It is well known that knowledge is ____ treasure house, but practice is ___ key to it.

A. a; the  B. the; the      C. a; x            D. x; the

单项选择（每题1分）

—Listen！It is raining.

—Oh， really！  I______ it at all.

A. didn’t realize                         B. don’t realize      

C. haven’t realized                       D. hadn’t realized

“Only two centimeters higher,        break the world record,” encouraged  the

coach.

A. you will  B. and you will     

C. or you will D. will you

As a result of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area       .

A. need to repair           B. needs to repair         

C. needs repairing         D. need repairing

Teresa was born in Yugoslavia on August 27,1910. Her parents were Albanians(阿尔巴尼亚人) and member of the Roman Catholic Church. When she was seven years old, her father was murdered. She decided not to be filled with hate because of this tragedy(悲剧). Instead, she would seek a life of love. This ambition led her to Ireland where she became a nun(修女) at the age of eighteen.

After only one year of training, she was sent to India to teach in a school called Loretto House, where the students were mostly from rich Indian families. After 15 years there, she left her duties as a teacher to “follow Christ into the slums(贫民窟).” Her heart led her away from the rich to the needs of the poor. She was then 36 years old.

Teresa no longer was affiliated(隶属) with the Irish nuns who sent her to Loreto House but worked independently. However, her work was recognised by the Pope in Rome for she still was a nun. He allowed her to set up her own group, which was called the Missionaries of Charity(仁爱传教修女会).

She no longer dressed as a nun in the European or Irish tradition. Instead, she put on a sari, the local dress of the Indian people. At first, people were sceptical(怀疑的) about her motives. Soon, they realised she was really interested in loving poor people, even those who were dying and had no chance of survival.

Soon, other Indian people began to spare time to help Mother Teresa. She had taught everyone that the poor and dying people need love most of all.

In 1979, she won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Why did Mother Teresa become a nun?

A. Her father was killed.                B. The hate of her father’s death.

C. She was looking for a life of love.      D. The poor life of her childhood.

Why did she leave her duties as a teacher after 15 years in Loretto House?

A. To be a teacher was too tired       B. The students in Loretto House were rich.

C. She was tired of teaching.         D. The poor in the slums needed her care.

Which of the following is WRONG?

A. Mother Teresa was a Catholic.

B. “Sari” is an Indian word that means clothing.

C. At first people didn’t believe her motives.

D. She served poor people in the slums as a teacher.

Perhaps the most important lesson the world has learned from Mother Teresa is     .

A. regular assistance               B. food and shelter

C. to care for the poor of the earth    D. protection

If you’ve ever seen a James Bond movie you’ll know that the hero gets around in a smart Aston Martin car. Even if you know full well that you could never afford such an expensive vehicle, you don’t forget the name, or the car. Why? You have been subjected to product placement.

Companies pay for a film to place their products in the movie. Product placement took off in the West in the 1980s and is now catching on in China. Two Hunan Satellite TV series are recent examples：Ugly Wudi and Let’s Go Watch the Meteror Shower（《一起去看流星雨》）. Shampoo, mobile phones, cars— anything can be product-placed. Advertisers value the great appeal (吸引力) of the movies, knowing that a successful film can showcase their goods to hundreds of thousands of viewers. But when product placement takes over, artistic value can take a back seat.

Cai Zhiyong has been product-placing for years. The Beijing-based advertiser admits there is a conflict between art and business. He explains cash-strapped filmmakers often have to sacrifice (牺牲) the quality of their work because they need money from advertisers. In the original story for Meteor Shower, the heroine’s mother owned an ice cream shop. But no ice cream company wanted to give away money to the film. For this reason, the story was changed. In the film the man drinks 20 cups of milk tea where it was originally intended that he would eat ice cream.

Even here incredible, you may see the power of business over the movies, since the flim was perhaps written so that a product could be placed— whether it was ice cream or milk tea.

James Bond movies are mentioned in the first paragraph to show _________.

A. how popular James Bond is      B. how great the Aston Martin car is

C. how to make a movie more artistic   D. how well product placement works

Product placement can have a bad effect on the _________ of a movie.

A. sound effect             B. appeal       

C. commercial success          D. artistic value

What does the underlined word “cash-strapped” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A. Short of money.        B. Self-moneymaking

C. With a lot of cash.            D. Intending to earn money

We can learn from the example of Meteor Shower that __________.

A. business has a big say in the movie 

B. the original story was not good for a movie

C. filmmakers care more about making money.

D. milk tea companies are more successful than ice cream companies.

第二节：书面表达 (满分25分)

一家英语报曾对欧洲60岁以上的人进行了一次专题调查，题目是：你现在最后悔的是什么？调查结果见下表：

请你用英语写一篇文章，简要介绍此次调查的情况，并就其中一项发表你的看法。

注意：

词数：100左右

不能逐字翻译，并注意文章的逻辑性。

参考词汇：后悔 regret

The weather in Beijing in winter is colder than         in Fuzhou.

A. one          B. it            C. that           D. what

--Why did he suffer failure again?  

--It was his carelessness that      it.

A、managed         B、resulted from     C、benefited from      D、contributed to

It is the day October 1st, 1949 _____ the People’s Republic of China was founded _____ we’ll never forget.

   A. that; that      B. that; when     C. in which, that     D. when, that