-------There were already five people in the car but they managed to take me as well .

　　------- It ______ a comfortable journey .

　　A. can’t be　　　　B. shouldn’t be

　　C. mustn’t have been D. couldn’t have been

–Did the book give the information you needed?

–Yes. But _____ it, I had to read the entire book.

A. to find   B. find   C. to finding   D. finding

“如何真正處理好孩子與父母間的關系”一直是我們非常關注和想了解的話題。溝通是必要的方式之一，可如何能夠進行真正心靈上的溝通？我們，作為父母的，作為孩子的，都得需要思索。這篇文章會給你一定的啟示. . . .

I was 13 years old. My family had moved to Southern California from North Florida a year before. I hit adolescence with a vengeance. I was angry and rebellious, with little regard for anything my parents had to say, particularly if it had to do with me. Like so many teenagers, I struggled to escape from anything that didn't agree with my picture of the world. A "brilliant without need of guidance" kid, I rejected any overt offering of love. In fact, I got angry at the mention of the word love.

One night, after a particularly difficult day, I _____________, shut the door and got into bed. As I lay down in the privacy of my bed, my hands slipped under my pillow. There was an envelope. I pulled it out and on the envelope it said, "To read when you're alone. "

Since I was alone, no one would know whether I read it or not, so I opened it. It said "Mike, I know life is hard right now, I know you are frustrated and I know we don't do everything right. I also know that I love you completely and nothing you do or say will ever change that. I am here for you if you ever need to talk, and if you don't, that's okay. Just know that no matter where you go or what you do in your life, I will always love you and be proud that you are my son. I'm here for you and I love you—hat will never change. Love, Mom.

That was the first of several "To read when you're alone" letters. They were never mentioned until I was an adult.

Today I travel the world helping people. I was in Sarasota, Florida, teaching a seminar when, at the end of the day, a lady came up to me and shared the difficulty she was having with her son. We walked out to the beach, and I told her of my mom's undying love and about the "To read when you're alone" letters. Several weeks later, I got a card that said she had written her first letter and left it for her son.

That night as I went to bed, I put my hands under my pillow and remembered the relief I felt every time I got a letter. In the midst of my turbulent teen years, the letters were the calm assurance that I could be loved in spite of me, not because of me. Just before I fell asleep I thanked God that my mom knew what I, an angry teenager, needed. Today when the seas of life get stormy, I know that just under my pillow there is that calm assurance that love - consistent, abiding, unconditional love - changes lives.

1. What’s the best title of the passage?

2. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

I reached out my hands for the letter under the pillow that night when I went to bed, and I always felt relief with the letter under my pillow.

3. Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.（within ten words）

4. What do you learn after reading the passage? （within 30 words）

5. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

If I can help _____, I don’t like working late into the night.  

A. so      B. that    C. it      D. them  

We had a picnic last term and it was a lot of fun, so let’s have ______ one this month.  

A. the other   B. some     C. another    D. other  

對話填空  （滿分10分）

       請認真閱讀下列對話，并根據(jù)各題所給的首字母的提示，在答題卡右欄中標有題目的橫線上，寫出一個英語單詞的完整、正確的形式，使對話通順。

— How do you find your English teacher?

    — She is always full of _____ as though she never knew tiredness.

       A．strength    B．force C．energy      D．spirit

_____ you don’t like him is none of my business.

     A．That   B．What C．Who   D．Whether

Planting trees around poultry farms can improve air and water quality -- and relations with neighbors. Research has shown that just three rows of trees near poultry houses can reduce the release of dust and ammonia(氨). They can also reduce the strong smell of ammonia gas.

The trees take dust, ammonia and odors in their leaves. They also provide shade from the sun, so they reduce cooling costs in summer. And they act as a windbreak, so they reduce heating costs in winter. Trees can also improve water quality around farms by removing pollutions from soil and groundwater.

Several years ago, people were objecting to the odor of poultry farms on the Delmarva Peninsula in the eastern United States. Delmarva is where the states of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia come together. Two thousand farms there can each house an average of seventy-five thousand chickens.

Traditionally the farms used windows to provide fresh air in the chicken houses. Farmers rarely planted trees or tall crops around the buildings, so there would be no barrier to the airflow. But then farms began to use new ventilation systems. Instead of windows, the new systems used tunnel fans to circulate air. The fans directed airflow from the poultry houses toward the homes of neighbors.

Researchers began dealing with the problem in two thousand. They found that over a period of six years, planting three rows of trees reduced total dust and ammonia by more than half. And they found that smells were reduced by eighteen percent.

Farmers may think trees will take too long to grow and be effective. But some trees can grow quickly. At least one-third of the Delmarva farms have planted trees, technically known as vegetative environmental buffers. The idea offers a way to cut pollution, save money and energy, and make the neighbors happy.

49. The second paragraph mainly tells us ______.

A. planting trees as much as possible

B. the advantages of trees

C. how to reduce heating costs

D. why trees are received

50. The word “odor” in paragraph 3 means ______.

A. plant        B. smell        C. height       D. water

51. The farms on the Delmarva Peninsula used to use ______ in chicken houses to provide fresh air.

A. trees        B. tunnel fans  C. windows  D. poles

52. It can be learned from the last two paragraphs that ______.

A. three rows of trees are really good to the environment

B. researches began to realize the problem in 2000

C. most farmers show interest in planting trees

D. the trees growing quickly can be cut off in a few years

The Los Angeles district attorney on Monday charged Michael Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, ______ involuntary manslaughter in connection with the pop icon's death in June.

         A. of   B. for   C. with  D. as