John wants to see me today. I would rather he____ tomorrow than today.

A.could have come B. came

C. will come D. comes

_______ , the pay isn't attractive enough, though the job itself is quite interesting.

A.Strictly speaking B. On the contrary

C．In particular D.To be honest

Tom with his friend Jack went to his favorite newspaper stand. Jack the salesman selling the newspapers gently, but in return he received poor . The salesman never even looked up at his customer when he the late-night edition. Accepting the , Jack politely smiled and wished the salesman a pleasant weekend. The salesman made an unclear sound and seemed that the two men had completed their business. As the two friends walked down the street, Tom asked, “Does he always treat you so ?”

“Yes, , he does,” Jack responded. “And are you always so and friendly to him?” “Yes, I am!” Jack as they turned a corner. “Why are you so nice when he is so unfriendly to you?” Jack , “Because I don’t want him to decide how I am going to .”

Who how you are going to act? Is it your circumstances or the difficult people in your life that determine your ? When we allow our conflicts to us, we behave as if getting rid of our difficulties is our only priority. , it doesn’t really matter how we treat one another. For example, we’ll say, “This is causing me problems right now so I don’t care about exercising , self-control, and loving kindness. Instead, I want to let him know how I am because of his action.”

We forget our difficulties will eventually weaken. But the way we handle conflicts will influence our for a long time. Will you only respond to the momentary crisis or will you be more concerned about the of what kind of person you are becoming? Who decides how you will behave when the pressure is on?

1.A. praised B. paid C. greeted D. invited

2.A. harvest B. service C. instructions D. scores

3.A. asked B. completed C. requested D. printed

4.A. newspaper B. record C. radio D. food

5.A. relieved B. disappointed C. encouraged D. worried

6.A. separately B. seriously C. rudely D. quickly

7.A. strictly B. unfortunately C. originally D. finally

8.A. content B. smart C. polite D. energetic

9.A. struggled B. hesitated C. watched D. continued

10.A. ordered B. explained C. advised D. wondered

11.A. behave B. work C. arrive D. write

12.A. imagines B. decides C. answers D. doubts

13.A. growth B. appearance C. responses D. printed

14.A. control B. wound C. cheat D. kill

15.A. Instead B. Therefore C. Again D. Besides

16.A. exam B. trip C. person D. enemy

17.A. pressure B. patience C. duty D. power

18.A. proud B. angry C. glad D. fearful

19.A. team B. experiments C. friendship D. lives

20.A. time B. value C. use D. nationality

Hobbs was an orphan（孤兒）. He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work made him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.

One day a lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”

“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will,” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”

“Yes, I see. I’ll do that,” said the young man.

1. Hobbs wanted to borrow money to _______.

A. study abroad B. work abroad

C. pay off the debts D. learn to paint pictures

2.What does the underlined word “dumbfounded” （in Paragraph 2）probably mean?

A. Surprised. B. Frightened.

C. Satisfied. D. Excited.

3.With the money he got, at first Hobbs _______.

A. planned to have a happy life for a few days

B. decided to give up his work in the factory

C. was to give a dinner to his friends

D. had no idea what to do

4.Hobbs was asked to _______.

A. tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it

B. read his uncle’s will

C. tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money

D. buy some pictures

The Hunan Satellite TV(HNTV) show “Where are we going, Dad?” is a big hit. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care of their children, this new form of “Lost on the way” played by nanny Daddy and cute kids triggered（觸發(fā)）a lot of people’s emotional resonance（共鳴）. Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the modern parents and children.

The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance between career and family.

In real life, on the one hand the young parents feel helpless because they are too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the other hand they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV shows that nearly two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34.We can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing, or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility of raising a child. The participation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.

It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that “Where are we going，Dad?” shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go; and society will go where the children go.

1. In raising a child in modern society, parents should ________.

A. play computer games with their children

B. keep their children at home to avoid socializing

C. balance well between family and career

D. break down the barrier between children and teachers

2.Which of the following can be inferred in the passage?

A. Parents shouldn’t entirely leave the education of children to the old.

B. 36% of the audience of the program are female aged from 25-34.

C. The program shows us the confusion where the parents and children will go to play.

D. In a modern family it is often mothers who are responsible for raising a child.

3. Which one is the best title of the passage?

A. Confusion Behind “Where are we going, dad?”

B. Modern Education is Important

C. Nanny Daddy and Cute Kids

D. New problems in Modern Children’s Education

4.What attitude towards modern family education does the author express in the second paragraph?

A. Proud. B. Worried.

C. Optimistic. D. Indifferent.

※ Health, Wellness and the Politics of Food

9:00—9:45 a.m. Blue Tent

Panelists (成員)：Jami Bernard, David Kamp, Marion Nestle and Peter Singer.

Hosted by Denise Grady, science writer for the New York Times.

How does what we eat not only affect our bodies, but also the world？The food and nutrition experts debate the role that the diet plays in both personal and global health, and present a look at food politics.

※Sports Writing：For the Love of the Game

9:50—10:35 a.m. Blue Tent

Panelists：Christine Brennan, Ira Rosen, Joe Wallace and Joe Drape.

Hosted by William C. Rhoden, sports writer for the New York Times.

Whether catching that key moment of victory or defeat, or covering breaking news, sports writers are anything but audience. Listen as some professionals discuss the special experience in reporting of sports news.

※ The Art of the Review

11:15—12:00 a.m. Green Tent

Panelists: John Freeman, Barry Gewen, David Orr, Celia McGee and Jennifer Schuessler.

Hosted by Sam Tanenhaus, editor for the New York Times Book Review.

How much of an effect does the book review have on book sales？Join this group of critics(評論家) as they discuss the reality of book review and best?seller lists, and how they choose books for review.

※New York Writers, New York Stories

3:00—3:45 p.m. Green Tent

Panelists: Cindy Adams, Richard Cohen, RicKlass and Lauren Redness.

Hosted by Clyde Haberman, columnist (專欄作家) for the City Section of the New York Times.

Join this inspiring group of New York?centric writers as they talk about why New York is a gold mine of ideas for their work.

1.If you are free in the afternoon, you can attend_____________.

A. Health, Wellness and the Politics of Food

B. Sports Writing: For the Love of the Game

C. The Art of the Review

D. New York Writers, New York Stories

2.All the four activities above ______________.

A. are about writing B. will last 45 minutes each

C. can be attended freely D. will attract many readers

3. We can learn from the text that______________.

A. sports writers are a type of audience

B. the New York Times is popular

C. Denise Grady will discuss politics

D. book reviews may affect book sales

We often find that weekends and holidays feel so short while classes and work feel so long. In reality, though, we know that this is not true. But we still wonder where that strange feeling comes from.

In fact, this is one of the ways that we're tricked by time, according to the website All That Is Interesting. The website lists several wrong impressions we often have about time. Let's have a look.

First of all, emotions affect our time-keeping abilities: Negative emotions, especially anxiety and boredom, make time seem longer because they make us concentrate more on the passage of time. However, when we are enjoying ourselves, we pay more attention to what we are doing and are likely to lose track of(失去對…的意識) time.

Here is another example. In 2007, a group of scientists carried out a test. In the test, people fell 50 meters into a safety net and were then asked about their experience. Although the experience took shorter than 3 seconds, the people thought it was much longer than it actually was.

This is because of the way our bodies reply to danger, according to the scientists. Our bodies produce a chemical called adrenaline(腎上腺素) when we are faced with danger. It allows us to concentrate better so that we can stay alive. As a result, we are able to remember far more details over a short period of time, which makes it seem like time is going more slowly.

Another occasion when we make mistakes about time is when we take afternoon naps(午覺). Have you ever had trouble telling what time it is after a long nap? That's because the best amount of time for a nap is 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, you enter a new stage of sleep called slow-wave sleep. If you wake up mid-way in this stage, it will take a while before you can correctly perceive(感知) time again.

Yes, time can be mysterious and there is no way to control it So, perhaps the best thing to do is to make good use of every minute.

1. How many examples of being tricked by time are mentioned in the article?

A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five

2.When people feel that an experience is longer than it really is, _________.

A. a chemical called adrenaline is playing a role

B. they are concentrating on what they are doing

C. they are responding faster to the changes around them

D. they could be facing danger or feeling bored

3. According to the passage, in which situation do we make mistakes about time?

A. We have a math test when we fall down from a high place.

B. We have trouble telling what time it is after a 20 minutes’ nap.

C. We have many problems left in the test paper, but the time is up.

D. We go to school on the school bus as usual on weekdays.

4.What is the article mainly about?

A. How emotions affect time keeping abilities.

B. Tests which scientists carried out about time.

C. The best amount of time for an afternoon nap.

D. Mistakes that people make in their understandings of time.

I. 根據(jù)下列各句句意及所給單詞的漢語或首字母提示，寫出所缺單詞的正確形式。（10分）

1.The head office of the company is in Beijing, but it has ____（分公司）all over the world.

2.They often have the tradition of e gifts before they graduate from high school.

3.I’m not fond of sports. Honestly speaking, music _____to me more than sports.

4.It was e that the policy was a failure; nothing has changed at all.

5.What a c it is that they were born in the same year and on the same day!

6.I once a to read an English novel, but there were so many new words that I had to give up halfway.

7.She has already tried her best. Please don’t be too ______(挑剔) about her job.

8.Can you p what will happen if he is late for the meeting?

9.Our school has ______(采用) a new teaching method.

10.He studied hard with the a of passing the exam.

There are various reasons why people compose(創(chuàng)作) poetry. Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that 1. ( 留下印象) the readers deeply, while others try to c 2. certain emotions. The first poems 3. (寫) in English were nursery rhymes, 4. were used to delight small children. 5. their strong rhythm and a lot of repetition, they were easy to learn and to 6. (背誦).Cinquain is another form of poetry which 7. of five lines. People can describe a picture in just a few words with these poems.The Japanese form of poetry Haiku, 8. up of seventeen syllables, is not a traditional form of English poetry but p 9. with English speakers. In 10. , Tang poems are borrowed by English speakers, which are translated into English, making the English poetry more colorful.

假定你是李明，你的美國朋友Jack給你寫了一封信，信中告訴你他很想學(xué)好漢語，但是已經(jīng)學(xué)了一年了，漢語還不夠好。特請你給他回封信，提供一些學(xué)好漢語的建議。內(nèi)容包括：

1．建議課內(nèi)外多說，多看，多聽漢語；

2．建議同學(xué)之間進行漢字聽寫比賽等，培養(yǎng)學(xué)習(xí)漢語的興趣和能力。

（詞數(shù)要求100左右；參考詞匯：漢字聽寫比賽Chinese character dictation competition）

Dear Jack,

I have received your letter and I have known that you are not so good at Chinese.

Yours,

Li Ming