12、 I was           lost in the play last night. There was nothing like it.

   A. thoroughly         B. partly         C. apparently        D. hardly

11、 Mr. Brown thought it would be a good idea to have          from his workers to improve his plan,

    A. summaries                    B. enquiries

    C. comments                     D. connections

10、 And the horses __ up to the finish line. They're neck and neck...neck and neck all the way. Oh and the Italian horse Manana Mia __ the race!

A. come; is winning                        B. have come; wins

      C. are coming; won                         D. are coming; wins

9、          having some money does add to our sense of happiness ,having too much money does not.

    A. While              B. When          C. As               D. Until

8、 --Let's do something different.

 --          How about tennis?

    A. So what?                              B. All right.

    C. Who cares?                           D. It depends.

7、The couple          last year. They had lived together for twenty years, though.

A. broke out           B. broke away     C. broke up          D. broke down

6、

When a giraffe has__ drink it has to stand with its front legs wide apart to reach                water.

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

5、  据报道，浙江省高中生从新学期开始必须选修一门新课程，修马桶、做凳子、换灯泡等

日常生活实用技术课列入其中。人们对此褒贬不一。请你用英语写一篇120―150词左右的短文，简要介绍此报道，及双方的争论，并发表你自己的看法。

  参考词汇：凳子stool；灯泡light bulb

二、选择题

（每空？ 分，共？ 分）

3、     I quit the game, WOW, a couple of years ago. My life has improved dramatically. I went from being single to being engaged, I received a second promotion in my career, and life couldn't be hatter. But even then, I still had an urge to play and I thought about it every day.

      About a month ago, I decided to start playing again. My friends still played and claimed that it's better than before. So I figured I'd give it a shot, and so far I've managed my time well. But the funny thing is that I'm not enjoying it as much as I thought I would. That sense of accomplishment I used to have back then is gone. I figured out why...

      My enjoyment in the game came from progression. 1 loved accomplishing quests (探求)and hitting 60, then beating the basses with 40 other people. Some nights sucked (糟透了),when nothing was done. But other nights, when we beat the hell out of a main boss, it felt incredible. I was actually progressing and improving in something. It may not have been real life, but it was there, on my screen, and it was visible for all to see.

      But now I've actually pursued tangible goals, and realized the sense of accomplishment in WOW is worthless. I don't get excited when the list of epic drops from a boss is sent to me from my friends. I haven't even been interested in getting a flying mount, or PVP gear. I just don't really care about them. I actually don't care about anything that happens in the game, except for some quests. 1 out of every 10 quests you do has an enjoyable story that makes it more interesting. But even so, they are what you can get out of a book, or a good single player game.

     Even though WOW is enjoyable in some aspects, it's extremely boring in others. Now to

me, above all, it's not worth my time to go through it, just to have temporary fun.

71. The underlined "it" in Paragraph 2 refers to __

    A. the game             B. the urge         C. the promotion      D. the goal

72. Why did the writer quit the game a couple of years ago?

A. Because he found much more fun from other games.

B. Because he couldn't get progression sometimes.

C. Because he followed his girlfriend's advice.

D. This passage doesn't tell us.

73. According to the passage, we can infer that __

    A. WOW has changed greatly

    B. WOW is attractive to everybody

    C. the writer was once addicted to WOW

    D. WOW helps you improve your life

74. What's the only part of the game the writer is now interested in?

    A. A flying mount.      B. A main boss.   C. Some quests,      D. Epic drops.

75. What can be concluded from the last paragraph?

    A. Playing WOW is rime-consuming.

    B. The writer won't play WOW any re, re.

    C. We must play the game in a proper way.

    D. Everyone should be responsible for his or her family,