After the examination，my teacher told me that failure _______the mother of success.

A．was     B．is     C．be     D．been

Mr. Zhang, our math teacher, is strict with students and serious in teaching work, so he ____.

A. thinks highly of    B. is thought highly

C. is highly thinking       D. is highly thought of

Mr. Li is absent today. What do you consider ________ to him?

A. happens          B. is happened      C. happening   D. has happened

Jane's pale face suggested that she    ill and her mother suggested that she be sent to hospital

without delay.

A. be   B. should be    C. was  D. is

Was it in the train “ Harmony”, ______ is China’s first high-speed one, that John met with his foreign friend？

A. which                B. that             C. what         D. where

完形填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

    閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從下列各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項.

As a young reporter, Sparky asked Lu Haoting, a business reporter from China Daily, for help on interviewing．He found that interviewing people is not as    as just asking questions．To his    , journalists also need to do a lot of homework  23  an interview．

Lu shared her    of a recent interview with the president of Boeing China, David Wang, with Sparky．

There are two    of interviews, inclusive （群訪） and exclusive （專訪）．The inclusive interview is  in the form of a press conference．

In a（n） interview, only you and the interviewee talk    ．You need to   all your questions for both types of interviews    ．

"    you don't prepare, you will ask some silly questions and    your time," Lu said．

"I wanted to know Boeing's new strategy in the Chinese market．  I checked out over 20 reports from different newspapers about Boeing and its rival, Airbus," Lu said．She also found useful   about the two companies on their websites．

On many occasions, interviewees    journalists to provide a question list in advance of an interview．In order to    a proper objective story Lu also interviewed some    to get their comments on Boeing's performance in China．

  her interview with David Wang only lasted about half an hour, her    helped her to ask many good questions about Boeing's development in China．

"After a successful interview, you always find all that homework was really    it," Lu told Sparky．

A．interesting         B．simple           C．general          D．interactive

A．excitement      B．disappointment   C．surprise             D．delight

A．before          B．a(chǎn)fter                C．a(chǎn)t               D．in

．A．idea               B．opinion          C．knowledge        D．experience

．A．stages             B．kinds            C．steps            D．ways

A．a(chǎn)lmost          B．nearly           C．mainly           D．hardly

A．inclusive           B．exclusive            C．formal           D．informal

A．side by side        B．in secret            C．a(chǎn)t work          D．face to face

A．prepare             B．think            C．find                 D．a(chǎn)sk

A．in case             B．in memory        C．in advance       D．in mind

A．Though          B．As               C．Since            D．If

A．waste           B．take                 C．cost                 D．lose

A．But                 B．So               C．Then             D．Now

A．comments        B．information      C．news             D．reports

A．insist          B．a(chǎn)llow            C．require          D．a(chǎn)gree

A．read                B．produce          C．make             D．form

A．experts             B．friends          C．businessmen      D．others

A．Then            B．Although             C．When             D．Until

A．homework        B．friends          C．a(chǎn)ttitude             D．search

A．realizing           B．behind           C．worth            D．helping

Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening. 

One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own. 

Then, in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature. 

Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional(偶爾) walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night. 

Which of the following statements is true? 

A. People who like country things prefer to live outside the city. 

B. Few people who work in London prefer to live in the country. 

C. One disadvantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper.

D. The people living outside London must like gardens.  

One can use the same money for ________ in London to buy a little house with a garden in the country.

A. getting a small flat with a garden            B. having a small flat with a garden

C. renting a small flat without a garden        D. buying a small flat without a garden

When the flowers and vegetables in the garden come up, those _______can share the secret of Nature. 

A. who live in the country           B. who have spent time working in the garden

C. who work inside the city          D. who sometimes walk in the parks

People who like the city life would feel that _______ if they had to live outside London. 

A. their life was meaningless              B. their life was invaluable

C. they didn’t deserve a happy life       D. they were not worthy of their happy life

寫作（滿分25分）

根據(jù)英文信息提示，寫一篇題為My Senior High School Life 的120-150詞左右的短文。短文寫在答題卷上，文章開頭已寫出（不記入總字?jǐn)?shù)）。

______ nice，the food was all eaten up soon.

A. Tasting   B. Taste   C. Tasted    D. To taste

________ such heavy loss during the financial crisis(金融危機(jī)), the businessman didn’t have the courage to go on.

A. To suffer                       B. Suffering       C. Having suffered        D. Suffered