One of my happiest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting lazily on the bank. There I would watch the water       downstream. There I would also watch the bamboo trees       under pressure from the wind and watch them       elegantly to their original position after the wind had      . When I think about the bamboo tree’s       to bounce back(弹回) to its original position, the word flexibility(柔韧)       to mind. When used in relation to a person, this word means the ability to       from shock, depression or any other situation that extends the limits of a person. Have you ever felt like you are at your       point?      , you have survived the experience to live to talk about it, though during the experience, you felt emotionally(情感上的) tired, mentally exhausted and you even felt       physically.

    Life is a       of good times and bad times. The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times that take you       to your breaking point, bend but don’t break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you.

1.A. flow      B. rush           C. go                        D. come

2.A. break     B. move          C. bend                     D. tremble

3.A. return     B. stay           C. give   D. fly

4.A. died from   B. died out    C. died down           D. died off

5.A. power      B. ability        C. energy          D. strength

6.A. strikes        B. goes        C. appears               D. comes

7.A. recover     B. calm         C. comfort                 D. sink

8.A. high        B. low           C. breaking              D. returning

9.A. Thankfully   B. Hopefully         C. Surprisingly          D. Happily

10.A. relaxed  B. terrible        C. strong            D. terrified

11.A. lesson      B. mixture          C. connection   D. stage

12.A. away       B. far       C. close                     D. fast

 

阅读理解

　　An altimeter is an instrument used in an airplane to tell the pilot how high he is flying. The altimeter used in most airplanes is a kind of barometer, which, like barometers found in ordinary homes, is a measuring instrument for air atmosphere presses downwards everywhere. At sea level this pressure is more than 14 pounds on every square inch of the surface. The higher you go into the air, the lower the air pressure is. An altimeter measures this air pressure to show the altitude of the airplane, or, how high it is above sea level. But the altimeter does not show how high the plane is above the ground. A plane might, be flying at an altitude(高度)of 15000 feet, but, it would be only a thousand feet or so above the ground if the land in that area happened to be 14000 feet above sea level.

　　The pilot adjusts(调整)his altimeter to the actual sea－level pressure before leaving the airport and then corrects it in flight by new information given to him by radio. He flies high enough to above any mountain he may pass on his course. The barometer altimeter is correct within about 300 feet.

　　Another kind of altimeter, the radio altimeter, makes use of radio reflection. It calculates the height of the flying plane by sending out electrical signals to the surface below and measuring the time required for them to bounce back(弹回). It is correct within 15 feet over water, but is not reliable(可信的)over land. Big planes usually have both kinds of altimeter.

1．The passage mainly introduces ________.

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A．the barometer altimeter and air altimeter

B．the sea－level altimeter and the radio altimeter

C．the barometer altimeter and the radio altimeter

D．the air altimeter and the sea－level altimeter

2．Suppose a plane using a radio altimeter is flying 10 000 meters above a highland which is 4 000 meters above sea level. What reading will be given by the altimeter?

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3．Suppose a plane using both kinds of altimeters is flying over a mountainous area where the land rises and falls very abruptly. The pilot keeps his plane steady at the same height. What kind of reading will you get on each of the altimeters?

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A．The readings on both altimeters will remain steady.

B．The readings on both altimeters will rise and fall abruptly.

C．The reading on the barometer altimeter will rise and fall abruptly, while that on the radio altimeter will remain steady.

D．The reading on the radio altimeter will rise and fall abruptly, while that on the barometer altimeter will remain steady:

4．How does the radio altimeter compare with the barometer altimeter when a plane is flying over an ocean?

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第三节 书面表达（满分30分）
假设你是张华，你收到英国笔友Bob的一封电子邮件（见表一），请根据邮件内容和你所获得的海报（见表二）所提供的信息，给Bob回一封电子邮件。
(表一)

Dear Zhang Hua, How are you getting on recently? I’m so glad to tell you that I have planned to go to Beijing to study Chinese in my coming holiday． Would you please help me find a Chinese training school, and give me some information about it? Write back soon． Bob

(表二)  

LET’S TALK IN CHINESE Course: Chinese for beginners Time: January 20—February 19 Place: No．1 Lecture Hall Tuition: 2,000 RMB Fore more information: www．feiyue．org Feiyue Language School

注意：1．词数： 120 左右；
2．可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．文章的开头已给出。
Dear Bob,
I’m so delighted to learn_________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,
Zhang Hua

阅读下面短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文

Some post-80s graduates have given up the dream of working in a big city, and heading back home has become part of future job consideration. Two of the more common ones are trying to avoid the intense competition and the pressure, and seeing unprecedented opportunities in the growing economies back home.

Changping. a 22-year-old student from Hainan University, said that if he would decide on starting his business, he’d certainly return to his hometown, Xiangfan，in Hubei Province. That was because he has his own network of people who could help him in every way. Also, he could get some good business ideas like setting up advanced kindergartens in small cities. If no one was doing that, the chance ofbeing successful seemed higher.

But Chen Haihua，a college student from Guangzhou Medical College, said that she would plan to stick to a big city, Guangzhou, instead of going back to her hometown, Zhanjiang, in Guangdong Province. She wanted to struggle in the big city for a more exciting, better life. She explained that she also could be a role model, letting the kids in her hometown work hard Io go to key universities.

【写作内容】

1.   以约30个词概括该短文的内容；

2.   然后以约120个词谈谈你对就业方向的看法，内容包括：

(1 ) 试分析在大城市和回家乡就业各自的有利因素；

(2)如果你大学毕业了，你会选择在哪里就业？

(3)  选择的理由。

【写作要求】

1.作文中可以使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不 得直接引用原文中的句了

2.   作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

【评分标准】

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇迮贯。

 

I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz（爵士音乐） concert last Friday. The advertisement（广告） in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00.Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unluckily, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round（往返的） trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for the bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again the next day. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back（奔回） across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, however, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.

1.The man learned that there would be a concert last Friday ________.

A. from his friends                                                   B. from one of his workmates

C. over the radio                                                          D. from the newspaper 

2.One day the man took________ to get to the theatre by bus.

A. forty-five minutes                                      B. fifteen minutes 

C. just twenty minutes                                 D. over an hour      

3.The underlined word “relieved” may best be replaced by“________”.

A. worried                            B. pleased                           C. puzzled                   D. sorry   

4.The writer mainly shows us his________.

A. enjoyment of the concert                                 B. anger for buying the ticket

C. efforts to buy the ticket                                     D. disappointment at the concert