In the 19th century England people liked to go to the seaside. In those days, ladies wore long bathing dresses, and men wore bathing suits. Women did not walk about on the beach(沙滩)in their bathing dresses. They hired a bathing machine. A bathing machine was used for changing in, and for taking the bather down to the sea. It cost 2 pence(便士) to hire a machine and an attendant(侍者). When she had paid, the bather climbed up the back steps and got into the bathing machine . Then she changed into her bathing dress. When she had changed, the machine was pulled down to the sea. The bathing machine stoped in the water and the bather went down the front steps into the   water. If she did not want to get into the sea, the attendant pulled her in.

1 A 19th century English lady bathing in the sea would wear something like:

2 Who used the bathing machine?

A. Women bathers.

B. Both men and women bathers.

C. Bathers who couldn't swim.

D. Bathers who couldn't walk.

3. A bathing machine was mainly used for       .

A. giving the bather a pleasure ride on the beach

B. giving the bather some exercise before getting into the water

C. protecting the bather from catching cold from the sea wind

D. protecting the bather from being seen in a bathing dress out of water

4 In 19th century  people who used the bathing machine usually did the following things.  Which is

the right order for doing them?

a. Changing into bathing clothes

b. Getting out of the bathing machine

c. Paying 2 pence

d. Getting into the bathing machine

e. Being taken down the beach

f. Getting into the water

A. e, d, a, b, f, c          B. c, d, a, e, b, f

C. c, d, e, a, b, f          C. d, a, e, b, f, c

你是李华，申请到一家外资企业工作。对方要求你用英语写一篇短文，介绍自己的基本情况。短文应包括下表所列全部内容。

注意：1. 情况介绍必须采用短文形式；

2. 词数100个左右；

3. 短文第一句已为你写好。

生词：竞赛-competition

My name is Li Hua.

1. When lost in the mountains, you can increase your chances of survival if you         .

A.  take a space blanket with you

B.  do more physical labor

C.  try to find a car immediately

D. walk as far as possible to find help

2. According to the passage, people most probably fail to survive if they        .

A.  do not take enough equipment

B.  stay in the middle of the mountain

C.  do not keep themselves warm

D. stay in a snow-covered area

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A.  Don’t travel by yourself.

B.  Mountain traveling is dangerous.

C.  Don’t get frightened in danger.

D. Avoid going to unfamiliar places.

1. Who is (are) the editor (s) of William Faulkner: Novels 1926-1929?

A. Noel Polk & Joseph Blotner.

B. Phillip Lopate.

C. Tony Kushner.

D. Leo Bersani.

2. How much do you pay for American Movie Critics?

A. US $45.

B. US $40.

C. US $35.

D. US $25.

3. Which book do you buy if you want to read the play "Death of a Salesman" ?

A. Arthur Miller: Collected Plays 1944 -1961.

B. William Faulkner: Novels 1926-1929.

C. Henry James: Novels 1901 -1902.

D. American Movie Critics.

4. Henry James' only book written in the first person is

A. The Wings of the Dove.

B. The Sacred Fount.

C. Soldiers'Pay.

D. Mosquitoes.

根据以下图画，写一篇英语短文，描述今昔通讯方式的变化，以及这些变化给人们生活带来的影响。

注意：1．词数：100左右

      2．生词：通讯：communicate(with sb．)vi.communication n．

               互联网：the Internet n.

书面表达假定你是李华。应英国朋友Bob的要求，写一封短信介绍你校图书馆的基本情况。内容须包括下面两幅图中的相关信息。

注意：1.词数100左右;

2.可以适当增减细节，以使行文连贯;

3.开头语已为你写好。

June 8

Dear Bob,

  Thank you for your last letter asking about our library.                                                                                                                                                                

                                                               Best wishes,

                                                                   Li Hua

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开放作文

    请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。

    You are your Australian friend Jim are visiting a city where you see the street sculptures as shown below.You and Jim are discussing what the artist is trying to say.Now you are telling Jim how you undersand this pieces of art and what makes you think so.

提示词：雕塑 sculpture

笔记本电脑  laptop

某城市街头雕塑

书面表达

受某英文报的委托，你最近对高中生的英语阅读兴趣做了一次调查。请根据以下信息，用英语为该报写一篇100词左右的短文。短文的标题及首句已为你写好。

调查内容：在新闻、故事、科普、学习方法四种英文文章中，学生最喜欢哪一种

调查范围：湖北省的10所中学

调查对象：高中生

调查人数：1200

调查方式：访谈

调查结果：（见下图）

Reading Interests of Senior Middle School Students

  Recently, a survey has been done to find out the reading interests of senior middle school students

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请用“中秋节的等待”为题，用英语写一篇短文，描述下面的内容，并就此发表你的评论。

要求：1.文章必须包括描述和评论两部分；

2.词语为100左右。