Five years ago, David Smith wore an expensive suit to work every day．“I was a clothes addict．” he jokes．“I used to carry a fresh suit to work with me so I could change if my clothes got wrinkled．” Today David wears casual clothes—khaki pants and a sports shirt—to the office．He hardly ever wears a necktie．“I am working harder than ever．” David says, “and I need to feel comfortable．”

More and more companies are allowing their office workers to wear casual clothes to work．In the United States, the change from formal to casual office wear has been gradual．In the early 1990s, many companies allowed their employees to wear casual clothes on Friday（but only on Friday）．This became known as “dress-down Friday” or “casual Friday”．“What started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit for employees has really become an everyday thing．” said business consultant Maisly Jones．

Why have so many companies started allowing their employees to wear casual clothes? One reason is that it’s easier for a company to attract new employees if it has a casual dress code．” “A lot of young people don’t want to dress up for work,” says the owner of a software company, “so it’s hard to hire people if you have a conservative（保守的）dress code．” Another reason is that people seem happier and more productive when they are wearing comfortable clothes．In a study conducted by Levi Strauss and Company, 85 percent of employers said that they believe that casual dress improves employee morale（心境，士氣）．Only 4 percent of employers said that casual dress has a negative influence on productivity．Supporters of casual office wear also argue that a casual dress code helps them save money．“Suits are expensive, if you have to wear one every day,” one person said．“For the same amount of money, you can buy a lot more casual clothes．”

1.David Smith refers to himself as having been “a clothes addict,” because ________．

A．he often wore khaki pants and a sports shirt

B．he couldn’t stand a clean appearance

C．he wanted his clothes to look neat all the time

D．he didn’t want to spend much money on clothes

2.David Smith wears casual clothes now, because__________．

A．they make him feel at ease when working

B．he cannot afford to buy expensive clothes

C．he looks handsome in casual clothes

D．he no longer works for any company

3.In this passage, the following advantages of casual office wear are mentioned EXCEPT __________．

A．saving employees’ money

B．making employees more attractive

C．improving employees’ motivation

D．making employees happier

In Los Angeles, drivers spend sixty-one hours every year stuck in traffic．These drivers know all too well how bad the traffic can be．“There're too many cars, and you can't move around a lot．”

Professor Cyrus Shahabi also knows about traffic jams．He lives more than 65 kilometers from his office at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles．He is always late even with the help of a navigation （導(dǎo)航） system．

He decided to develop a program called ClearPath for that．He says his program uses historical data to predict traffic conditions even before the driver leaves the house． “What’s unique is that we use a lot of data that’s currently become available including traffic data, weather data, and we analyze that so that we can predict what's going to happen in front of you when you leave home．”

Professor Shahabi says his system does more than just respond to current traffic conditions．With ClearPath, he says, a driver can decide what time he wants to leave, and ClearPath will give the fastest route．It looks at the entire road network, including surface streets as well as highways, before the driver hits the road．Professor Shahabi hopes to have ClearPath available nationwide and overseas once they can collect traffic data from other cities．

“I always thought thatLos Angeles had the worst traffic, but now I know that Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, believe it or not, Singapore, Hong Kong certainly are examples that can immediately use this．”

Professor Shahabi hopes to share this new technology with companies that already have navigation systems, such as Google and Apple．

1.Drivers in Los Angeles were mentioned in order to__________．

A．show care for them B．introduce their life

C．solve traffic problems D．raise the topic

2.What is unique about ClearPath?

A．It can use a lot of information all over the world．

B．It can ensure that you will never be late for work．

C．It helps drivers see clearly what happens on the road．

D．It helps drivers know the road conditions ahead of time．

3.The underlined word “hits” in the fifth paragraph probably means __________．

A．have an accident B．get to

C．turn left or right D．collect traffic data

4.What's Professor Shahabi’s attitude toward his invention?

A．Disappointed． B．Proud．

C．Optimistic． D．Worried．

1. Sometimes they try to get out of a class to escape a teacher they don’t like．Here is some advice to solve this problem．

Ask yourself, “What can I learn from this teacher?” Even if you don’t worship （崇拜） his or her personality or lectures, dig deep until you find a subject in which he or she is very knowledgeable．Focus on that part of the teacher’s personality, and use him or her as a tool for learning．Not only will you gain more knowledge in that subject, but a closer relationship with your teacher may help you understand one another better．2.

Talk to students who are doing well in the class and ask them for tips, tools, and a plan of action to get along with the teacher better．3.

If you still can’t get along, make an appointment with the school guidance counselor （輔導(dǎo)員）．He or she will offer many tips and suggestions for you to get out of difficult teacher relationships．4. That means they can help you and your teachers get rid of the bad impression on each other．

5. Your parents can meet with your teacher and try to work it out．

Teachers are there for more than just homework, and they know about more than just their subject matter．They can help you learn how to function as an adult and a lifelong learner．

Undoubtedly, these will be a few teachers along the way who you will always remember and who might change your life forever．

A．Sometimes a guidance counselor can act as a mediator between you and the teacher．

B．If you’re too shy to talk to another student, study his or her actions and behavior in the classroom and try to follow that lead．

C．Guidance counselors have the right to blame teachers．

D．There must be something good in every teacher for you to learn from．

E．Students find it easy to get along well with their teachers．

F．If your relationship problems can’t be solved in school, then it’s time to tell your parents or guardians．

G．Students don’t always get along well with their teachers．

My wife and I moved into our home two years ago．We had a yard with a lot of ．Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some to the area．

Last summer, I found a tiny little in the yard that I could not immediately identify．I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either．We decided to let it growing until we could find out what it was．

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the plant, it appeared to be a sunflower．I decided to the weeds around it．As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something ．The sunflower had not where I saw it begin．It actually had begun under a big and grown under and around it to reach the ．

That’s when I that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing．If we ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we to go and get what we need for growth．

We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the to achieve our goals．Like the , it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had in itself that it would succeed．Stand tall like the sunflower and be who and what we are, then the environment will begin to us．We will find a way to go under or any “rocks” in order to reach our goals．

1.A．flowers B．insects C．rocks D．vegetables

2.A．color B．water C．fertilizer D．shape

3.A．weed B．seed C．rock D．plant

4.A．stop B．continue C．improve D．escape

5.A．weak B．lonely C．strange D．pretty

6.A．remove B．tend C．watch D．collect

7.A．wonderful B．terrible C．valuable D．unusual

8.A．passed B．started C．left D．died

9.A．tree B．table C．rock D．wall

10.A．a(chǎn)ir B．top C．sun D．house

11.A．realized B．doubted C．regretted D．hoped

12.A．place B．way C．course D．process

13.A．fill in B．put in C．worry about D．believe in

14.A．forget B．hate C．a(chǎn)im D．wait

15.A．a(chǎn)bility B．wish C．plan D．idea

16.A．yard B．sunflower C．home D．summer

17.A．energy B．virtue C．courage D．faith

18.A．a(chǎn)ware of B．a(chǎn)fraid of C．proud of D．tired of

19.A．support B．a(chǎn)ffect C．upset D．forgive

20.A．into B．a(chǎn)round C．through D．from

Susan: I’m so glad to see you, David．1. has been such a long time．How are you?

David: I’m fine, and you?

Susan: I’m just wonderful．God, time goes by so quickly! Are you going to the air quality conference in Chicago?

David: I am．And I’m really glad to see you．Just last night I found your name in the conference materials, but it didn’t come to my 2. that we would meet on the plane．

Susan: I’m afraid I haven’t had time to look at 3. conference materials very carefully．I had no idea you were coming, but I am certainly glad to see you．I was feeling very nervous about going there 4. friends．

David: I can imagine．My English has gotten not so fluent since I returned from the States, 5. I’m rather nervous myself．But I saw that you 6. （give） the most important talk at the conference．

Susan: 7. （frank） speaking, I’m scared to death about it．

David: I’m just giving a talk in one of the workshop sections, and I hope I won’t make all of you 8. （disappoint）．

Susan: But your English is much 9. （good） than mine．

David: But you’re now the Director of the Air Quality Institute, so you 10. know the technical terms．

Susan: Maybe．But I still can’t understand totally a lot of technical terms in my field．

短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

假定英語(yǔ)課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下書信。

書信中共有10處錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏詞符號(hào)∧，并在此符號(hào)下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線＼劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)詞下面劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1、每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2、只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

Dear Sir，

Thank you for invite me to the summer English course in your school．As for your choice between the two courses, I prefer the four-week course because of this will allow me more time to do some traveling but make a few new friends．Of all the subject I’m learning at school, I like English best．I had been learning English for eleven years but my spoken English remains poorly．So I really hope to take this chance improve it．If possible, I’d like to stay with a family for a couple of days in order that I can know some customs in England, that I’m particularly interested in．I believe I will have wonderful time this summer．

Yours truly,

Li Hua

假如你是榮光中學(xué)的學(xué)生李華，你偶然看到在你市求學(xué)的美國(guó)學(xué)生Tom在網(wǎng)上發(fā)帖，要大家給他推薦一本學(xué)習(xí)漢語(yǔ)的書。你手頭正好有一本合適的書可以借給他。請(qǐng)你給他發(fā)一封電子郵件，要點(diǎn)如下：

1．說(shuō)明寫信原因；

2．描述書的情況；

3．約定見面時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)。

注意：1．詞數(shù)100左右；

2．可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3．開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

Dear Tom,

I’m Li Hua, a student of Rongguang Middle School．

Yours,

Li Hua

How cool can libraries be in an era（時(shí)代）of iPods and Kindles? More than you think．Only if you know where to go．

Central Library: Seattle, Washington, United States

The Central Library in Seattle is modern and fashionable and has tourists from around the world paying visits and taking tours．It was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and American designer Joshua Ramus．Tours began in 2006, two years after its opening．The library holds various art exhibitions, book signings and other events, while visitors can stop by the Chocolate cart for a coffee and scan through the gift shop anytime

Trinity College Library: Dublin, Ireland

The Trinity College Library in Dublin is the oldest library in Ireland, founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I．It is the largest single library in the world, also known as the Long Room, which contains more than 200,000 0fthe library's oldest books．The Long Room houses one of the oldest harps（豎琴） in Ireland．Dating to the 15th century, the old harp is the model for the symbol foreland．

Geisel Library, University of California: San Diego, United States

At first glance, it looks like a spaceship．Architect William Pereira, who helped design actual space launch facilities at Cape Canaveral in Houston, Texas, designed the library in 1970．It has been featured in sci-fi films, short stories and novels．The library hosts "Dinner in the Library," which invites readers for cocktails, and also a special speech from distinguished authors．

TU Delft Library: The Netherlands

The library at the Delft University of Technology was constructed in 1997 and has more than 862,000 books, 16,000 magazine subscriptions and its own museum．The building itself exists beneath the ground, so you can't really see the actual Library．What makes it interesting is the roof, which is a grassy hill．The roof covers 5,500 square meters．And it has become one of the most striking and greenest structures in the area．

1.Which of the four libraries has the longest history?

A．Central Library． C．Geisel Library．

B．Trinity College Library． D．TU Delft Library．

2.What makes Geisel Library different from the others is that__________.

A．famous writers often deliver speeches there

B．it has a reoffer grassy hill

C．Queen Elizabeth I founded the library

D．it is the largest single library in the world

3.In Central Library, you can__________.

A．buy souvenirs C．enjoy sci-fi films

B．drink cocktails D．see the old harp

If you see a group of people dancing and singing on the street or in the railway station, you don't need to feel surprised．They are a flash mob （快閃族）, which is a group of people who come together suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a brief period of time, and then quickly break up．They are usually organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communication network．At a predetermined time, they gather and perform some distractions（消遣） such as waving their hands and exchanging books, Then, they quickly break up before the police can arrive．Using mobile phones, the flash mob can change its location if the first one has been replaced for any reason．

Bill Lasik, senior editor of Harper’s Magazine, organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May 2003 and the first successful flash mob came together on June 3, 2003 - after the first attempt was foiled at Macy's department store．Lasik claimed that the activity was designed to make fun of hipsters （起時(shí)髦的人）, and call attention to the cultural atmosphere．

Flash mob gatherings can sometimes shock people．Such an activity might seem amusing and untrue, but it also might frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place．Undoubtedly, flash mobs can serve as good political tools in any direction．They also have great economic potential, such as using flash mobs to advertise a product．

The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular．People use it to do many things．For example, in 2009, Michael Jackson's fans took part in a flash mob to remember him．Hundreds of his fans gathered singing and dancing Michael's famous song "Beat It" together．Flash mobs give people from all walks of life an opportunity to come together to create a memory．

1.The undefined word "foiled" in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by _ 。

A．forgotten B．prevented

C．a(chǎn)nnounced D．confirmed

2.What can you learn about the flash mob from the passage?

A．The flash mob usually breaks up quickly for lacking enough time．

B．Once the place for the activity is determined, it can't be changed．

C．The flash mob can be made use offing many fields just for fun．

D．It gives people the chance to come together to do something unusual．

3.The main purpose of the passage is __________.

A．to entertain B．to encourage

C．to inform D．to persuade

4.The writer's attitude towards the flash mob is__________.

A．negative B．favorable

C．objective D．doubtful

Helen Thomas, the pioneering White House reporter known for putting presidents on the hot seat, died at 92．

To those who regularly watch presidential press conferences, Helen Thomas is a familiar figure．Usually dressed in red and always seated in the front row, she is always the first or second reporter the president calls upon．It is an honor she has earned．Besides, it affords her the perfect opportunity to do what she does best - challenge the president and other public officials to tell the plain truth．She said, "We reporters' priority（首要事情） is the people's right to know - without fear or favor．We are the people's servants．"

Helen Thomas was born in Kentucky in 1920．All the nine Thomas children were brought up to value education, and all were expected to make something of themselves through working hard．She made up her mind while still in high school to become a reporter after writing for the student newspaper．After receiving her bachelor's degree in 1942, Thomas headed straight for Washington, D．C．in search of a newspaper job．Before long, she landed one at Washington Daily News．Her duty included fetching coffee and doughnuts for the paper's reporters and editors．The eager young woman found the atmosphere exciting and was convinced she had made the right career choice．

Her big break came when she was sent to Florida to report on the vacation of President-elect John F．Kennedy and his family．Once President Kennedy took office, Thomas changed her focus from the president's family to his policies．She began attending the daily press briefings at the White House as well as presidential press conferences．Thomas has covered every president since Kennedy．Over the years, Thomas found her job "thrilling and inspiring," but never boring．And she took very seriously her duty to "keep an eye on the president" and keep American people informed．

1.What can we learn about Helen Thomas from the passage?

A．Her career took off after covering the Kennedys．

B．Her first job was to deliver doughnuts to a news agency．

C．She was born to a large family in Kentucky in 1942．

D．She decided to be a reporter while in college．

2.Paragraph 3 is written to show Helen Thomas__________.

A．is a good decision maker for her career

B．a(chǎn)ppreciates education and hard work

C．wants to be famous by writing reports

D．has great support from her family

3.What does Helen Thomas think other work?

A．Unbearable． B．Exciting． C．Challenging． D．Unforgettable．

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A．A reporter sticking to the facts．

B．A reporter challenging President Kennedy．

C．A reporter from an ordinary family．

D．A reporter for Washington Daily News．