A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.

The conversation soon turned into complaints about _______ in work and life. To offer his_______ coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and _______ with a large pot of coffee and a _______ of cups---porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to _______ themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “If you have _______all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, _______ the plain and cheap ones. While it is _______ for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the _______ of your problems and stress.”

“Be assured that the cup itself __________ no quality to the coffee. __________ it is just more expensive and in some cases __________ hides what we drink.”

“__________ all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, __________ you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began __________ each other’s cups.”

Now consider this: __________ is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and ____________life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the __________ of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we __________ to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups __________ you...enjoy the coffee instead.

1.A. stress B. dream C. sorrow D. truth

2.A. friends B. customers C. fellows D. guests

3.A. carried B. returned C. arrived D. reached

4.A. kind B. variety C. sort D. number

5.A. devote B. expose C. help D. absorb

6.A. searched B. witnessed C. noticed D. discovered

7.A. leaving behind B. leaving over C. falling about D. falling behind

8.A. strange B. normal C. wonderful D. important

9.A. purpose B. answer C. source D. result

10.A. takes B. links C. passes D. adds

11.A. At no time B. At all times C. In no case D. In most cases

12.A. ever B. even C. never D. hardly

13.A. What B. That C. Which D. Whether

14.A. but B. so C. and D. for

15.A. suspecting B. liking C. praising D. eyeing

16.A. Love B. Life C. Future D. Failure

17.A. contain B. create C. support D. own

18.A. quantity B. style C. quality D. standard

19.A. have B. manage C. plan D. fail

20.A. envy B. drive C. force D. assess

On a cold evening with snow floating in the air, I got 1.(stick) on the road because of a flat tire(輪胎). I attempted 2.(seek) help from the passing cars, but no one stopped. As I was about to give up hope, a man 3.(drive) an old dirty car came to my aid. To be honest, I was scared when he first approached me. Eying him up and down, I thought to myself, “There is a very good chance 4. he may rob me,” He seemed to have sensed my discomfort so he tried to ease my 5.(anxious) by introducing himself. His act of kindness made me feel ashamed to have questioned his intentions. 6.was really considerate of him to stop to help a perfect stranger like me, especially in such terrible weather. Thus, after the spare tire was fitted, I asked 7. much I owed him. I wanted to pay him back. 8.(surprising), he did not take my offer but rather told me to pass the act of kindness forward and help more people 9. need. As he said those words, I noticed him wearing a smile of contentment. Helping others seemed a very 10.（nature）thing to him. I witnessed the true beauty of human nature in him.

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均限一詞;

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

I’ve been dancing since I am five. My parents, that were very strict with me, put me in many famous dance studio. I must go to dance almost every day, and only rested in Sundays. My parents wanted me learn every kind of dance so that when he owned my dance studio, I could teach other students. I loved dancing or sometimes they pushed me so hard that I hated it. Anyhow, I thanked them for pushing me and make me an excellent dancer. When I was 20 I opened my own dance studio with their help. Now I’m glad to be able to teach different people what to dance.

假設(shè)你是一中學(xué)生李華。近日，你的英語筆友John聽說你們學(xué)校正在開展“建設(shè)節(jié)約型社會(huì)(Construction of an energy-saving society)”主題活動(dòng)，發(fā)來郵件請你介紹一下你對活動(dòng)的看法和建議。請你結(jié)合以下要點(diǎn)，用英語給John回復(fù)郵件。

1.不浪費(fèi)糧食和紙張;

2.盡量不使用方便筷（disposable chopsticks)、塑料袋;

3.畢業(yè)生將書贈(zèng)給低年級同學(xué)循環(huán)使用;

4.其他建議（如綠色出行等）

5.只有我們共同努力……

注意:

1. 不要逐字翻譯，可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié);

2. 詞數(shù)：120左右。開頭已經(jīng)為你寫好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù);

Dear John,

Glad to receive your E-mail.

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Yours,

Li Hua

According to a recent survey, homework is what students most often ________ for their lack of sleep.

A. blame B. remind

C. accuse D. suspect

Don't pretend ________ hard. I know that you are reading a magazine at the same time.

A. to work B. working

C. to be working D. to have worked

Generally，________ to a university in the USA, foreign students need to prove their strong ability in using English.

A. admitting B. admitted

C. to be admitted D. being admitted

With our knowledge ________ practice，we can make great contributions to our society.

A. to base on B. basing on

C. based on D. base on

Generally speaking，the limits of a person's intelligence are fixed at birth，but whether or not he reaches those limits will ________ his environment.

A. focus on B. rely on

C. agree on D. carry on

I am sorry, but I didn't mean to keep you waiting here so long. Can you ________ me?

A. hesitate B. forgive

C. apologize D. satisfy