A hobby can be almost anything that a person likes to do in his spare time. Hobbyists raise pets, watch birds, paint pictures, play the piano and grow flowers.   【小題1】  They collect everything from books to butterflies and from boxes to stamps.
People take up hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship and relaxation. Hobbies help people relax after a long time of hard work, and provide a balance (平衡) between work and play. Hobbies offer interesting activities for the old. Some hobbies can make a child grow as a person, develop his interest and help him learn new skills.   【小題2】  Doctors have found that hobbies are useful in helping patients (病人) recover (恢復(fù)) from illness. Hobbies give patients who can’t move around something to do, and provide interests that keep them from thinking about themselves. Many hospitals treat (治療) patients by having them take up interesting hobbies.   【小題3】 
In early times, most people were too busy making a living to have many hobbies. But some persons who had spare time did enjoy hobbies.   【小題4】 People today have more time than ever before for hobbies. Machines have now reduced much time that people must spend on their jobs.
  【小題5】  Those who have developed hobbies never need to worry about what to do with their newly-found free time hours.
Sir William Osler, a famous Canadian doctor expressed the value (價(jià)值) of hobbies by saying, “No man is really happy or safe without a hobby.”
請(qǐng)根據(jù)以上內(nèi)容，從下列五個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)木渥舆�原到短文中，使短文完整與正確。將其標(biāo)號(hào)在答題卡上涂黑。（每小題2分，共10分）     

A．More people retire at an earlier age than before. B．Hobbies can also help a patient to keep healthy. C．The ancient Egyptians played games with balls made of wood. D．They also go to concerts, climb mountains, go fishing, skate and swim. E. Anyone, old or young, sick or well, rich or poor, can follow a good hobby, in spite of his age, health or money.

 

Being able to multitask—doing several things at the same time—is considered (考慮，認(rèn)為) a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle a larger number of electronic devices (電子產(chǎn)品) as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a large amount of time in fruitless efforts (努力) as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people give so much attention to their own worlds, they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.
Multitasking also has an effect (影響) on young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinions of the effects of modern gadgets (器具) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive (肯定的) response (回應(yīng)). However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers (雇主) feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary (沒(méi)必要) for them to learn special skills to do their work.
【小題1】 What does the underlined word “juggle” most probably mean?

A．Want to buy.	B．Use at the same time.
C．Take the place of.	D．Search information from.

【小題2】In Paragraph 3, the author points out that__________.

A．family members do not greet each other

B．family members do not eat at the family table

C．young people get on well with their families

D．young people hardly communicate with their family members

【小題3】What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Young people must learn skills for future jobs.

B．Young people benefit (獲益) a lot from modern gadgets.

C．Multitasking is an important skill to young people.

D．Multitasking influences young people’s development seriously.

【小題4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Young people think multitasking is good for their study and work.

B．Employers consider it unnecessary for young people to be taught all over again.

C．Educators feel that young people don’t need to improve their study skills.

D．People from the world of education believe multitasking has a good effect on children’s later study skills.

【小題5】 The author develops (闡述) the passage mainly by__________.

A．providing special examples

B．following the natural time order

C．giving out a cause and analyzing (分析) its effects

D．comparing opinions from different worlds

選詞填空（每小題1分，共5分）
請(qǐng)根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容選擇正確的單詞，將其適當(dāng)形式寫(xiě)在答題卡上。

friends     interesting     film       where      do

David: Hi, Tom.
Tom: Hi, David.   【小題1】  were you last night?
David: I went to the cinema.
Tom: Oh, yes? What film   【小題2】 you see?
David: I saw Kong Fu Panda II.
Tom: Really? Is it   【小題3】?
David: Sure. It’s about a panda called Po, he saved his   【小題4】  in danger.
Tom: It sounds exciting, too. I will go to see the   【小題5】  this evening.
David: OK. Enjoy yourself.
Tom: Thanks.

請(qǐng)根據(jù)所給首字母或中文提示，寫(xiě)出單詞在句中的正確形式。每空只能填一詞，將單詞完整地寫(xiě)在答題卡上。
【小題1】 Hello, my n       is Peter. I’m from England. 
【小題2】It’s good for our health to g       up early in the morning.
【小題3】 She was b       in a beautiful village near the Lijiang River in 1995.
【小題4】 If you are in danger, remember to dial (撥) the telephone n        110 at once.
【小題5】 — Do you know what the p       of China is now?      
— It’s over 1.3 billion.
【小題6】 — Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to Nanxi Hospital?
— Sure. Just walk about 300 meters a       this street, it’s on your left.
【小題7】 — What’s the weather like today?       
— It’s _________ (熱的).
【小題8】 I _________ (熱愛(ài)) my hometown and the people there.
【小題9】 Sunday is the _________ (第一) day of a week.
【小題10】 Last summer holiday, my teacher _________ (介紹) Joy to me, and now we are close friends.

今年是桂林市創(chuàng)建全國(guó)文明城市關(guān)鍵的一年�！肮鹆质俏壹遥瑒�(chuàng)城靠大家”！作為中學(xué)生，我們應(yīng)積極參與。請(qǐng)根據(jù)以下提示，寫(xiě)一篇80詞左右的短文(開(kāi)頭已給出,不計(jì)字?jǐn)?shù))。
要點(diǎn)：
(1) 尊敬老師，對(duì)人禮貌；
(2) 幫助他人，友善待人；
(3) 遵守交規(guī)，過(guò)馬路走斑馬線，不闖紅燈；
(4)保護(hù)環(huán)境，不亂扔垃圾，不踩草地等；
(5) 補(bǔ)充兩句個(gè)人觀點(diǎn)。
參考詞匯：respect(尊敬); be polite to; obey(遵守); traffic rules; zebra crossing(斑馬線)
要求：
(1)內(nèi)容包括所提供的信息及要點(diǎn)，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，但不要逐條翻譯；
(2)不得透露學(xué)校、姓名等任何個(gè)人信息。

Look! There is ________ cat in the tree.

A．a(chǎn)

B．a(chǎn)n

C．the

D．/

I go to school ________ bus every morning.

A．in

B．on

C．a(chǎn)t

D．by

Please send ________ best wishes to Mary. 

A．I

B．me

C．my

D．mine

Could you please get me some ________? I’m hungry.

A．a(chǎn)pple

B．water

C．bread

D．egg

John, work hard ________ you will make much progress.

A．or

B．nor

C．but

D．a(chǎn)nd