任務(wù)型閱讀:   下面的五個(gè)人都想找房子,以下各題是他們的個(gè)人情況介紹.閱讀所給出的六則廣告簡(jiǎn)介(A---F).選出符合個(gè)人需要的最佳選項(xiàng).選項(xiàng)中有一項(xiàng)是多余的.

__Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have four children. They haven't got a car, so they want to live downtown. They can pay $500 a month, but they can't pay more than that.

Mr. Smith has been retired and he is alone. He is now not in good health. He wants a house in the country which is very quiet and near to see the doctor.

__The Williams are very rich, and they want to find a clean and comfortable house. They have a lot of friends and often invite them to spend the weekend in their house.

__ Mrs. White has a young daughter who is only seven years old, but she doesn't want to spend too much time sending her child to school. And she also likes a house near a park or the forest.

__ Mr. Jackson is a truck driver and he has two children, one of whom has a car and is going to get married. So they want to find a house where they can park their car and truck easily.

A:  A small house in the country, two miles from a village but near a hospital,  450 dollars a month. Call 821-7146 for an evening or Sunday appointment.

B:  Now available at Franklin Park, one block from a primary school. Two bedrooms at $225. Utilities included except electricity. One month's deposit(押金）required.

C:  A flat of 120 square meters, with three bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen is in a building on New Street, which is not far from the center of the city. In each bedroom there is a bed, a sofa, a desk and two chairs. The rent is $480 per month. Five or six buses take you straight to the school, the hospital, the supermarket, and the train station.

D:  Nice modern apartment with nine bedrooms, a swimming pool and lovely gardens, start Jan. 1, partly furnished, with water and dryer, central air conditioning, 1800 dollars a month.

E:  A house available for rent-furnished. Street Croix, Virgin, pool, wide ocean view. No buses but a parking lot nearby, $200 weekly. November--April. SR Box Y---680.

每位同學(xué)都希望自己具有良好的人際關(guān)系，成為班級(jí)中受歡迎的人。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下表所提供的信息，寫一篇題為“Being a Popular Student”的英語(yǔ)短文，參加學(xué)校網(wǎng)站英語(yǔ)論壇的討論。

注意：1．對(duì)所給要點(diǎn)，逐一陳述，適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，不要簡(jiǎn)單翻譯。

             2．詞數(shù)120左右。開(kāi)頭已經(jīng)寫好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

Being a Popular Student

We all hope to be popular with our classmates and teachers.

Mr. Smith has been here for only a few days, so he hasn’t left a deep impression _____ us.

A. on    B. with    C. about   D. for

A woman had a _____ escape yesterday when her car left the road．

       A．sharp               B．narrow             C．good           D．smooth

The traffic is heavy these days．I ______ arrive a bit late, so could you save me a place?

       A．can   B．might       C．need  D．must

. It’s so nice to hear from her again. _____, we last met each other more than 30 years ago.

   A. What’s more   B. Believe it or not   C. In other words   D. That’s to say

Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants(居民) English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England. In fact, the British Isles contain a variety of peoples and only the people of England call themselves English. The others refer to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, as the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed(苦惱) at being classified as 'English'.

In Scotland the sound denoted by the letter 'R' is generally a strong sound, and 'R' is often pronounced in words in which it would be silent in southern English. In the Highlands and the Western Isles the ancient Scottish language, Gaelic, is still heard. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty(節(jié)約的) people, rather inventive(善于創(chuàng)造的) and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are often described as being more 'fiery(暴躁的)' than the English. They are often of a race that is quite different from the English.

The Welsh have protected their language to a remarkable extent. The English generally look upon the Welsh as an emotional(易動(dòng)感情的) people who are, however, somewhat difficult to get to know easily.

Ireland is divided into two parts. The six countries of Northern Ireland are still part of Great Britain, though, in normal circumstances(環(huán)境), they have their own Parliament. The Irish are known for their charm and vivacity(活潑), as well as for the beauty of the Irish girls. Irish, often calls Erse, is a form of Gaelic. It was in danger of dying out, but when the territory(地域) of the Republic became independent, Erse was received, and is now the official first language of the Republic, English being the second. The Irish are known for their charm and vivacity, as well as for the beauty of the Irish girls.

Why do many foreigners call the inhabitants English?

A. Because only English live on the British Isles.

B. Because only English plays a more important role than the others.

C. Because all the people are glad to be regarded as English.

D. Because they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England.

Today we still can hear Gaelic--the ancient Scottish language in __________.

A. both England and Scotland

B. both Wales and Ireland

C. both Highland and Western Isles

D. both Northern Ireland and England

According to the passage, which of the statements is TRUE?

A. “R” is often pronounced in words in which it would be silent in north English.

B. The Welsh, the Irish and the Scots are all the Celtic peoples of Britain.

C. The Celtic peoples are often of a race that is little different from the English.

D. The Welsh have not protected their language very carefully.

Irish is a form of ________, and is now the official ______ language of the Republic.

A．English; first          B．Gaelic; second         C．Gaelic; first      D．English; second

You want a smart phone， but just how smart do you want it？ How about one that can read your mind？ Well， that phone may well be on its way...

Justin Rattner， chief researcher at Intel， says that technology has developed to the point that “context-aware computing (情景感知計(jì)算)”， an idea that’s been around for twenty years， is becoming more of a reality.

That could lead to a phone that acts as a mind reader in your pocket. But rather than simply collect secrets about you， the device could do things with that information， such as predict what you might do next and make suggestions.

Rattner gave a few examples during his speech at Intel’s developer conference in San Francisco recently.

Among them is a software that Intel worked on with Fodor’s Travel， a traveling website. It learns what types of foods you like to eat and what types of places you like to visit， based on searches you type into the phone or places you searched using GPS (全球定位系統(tǒng)). The software makes similar recommendations when you visit a new city.

Tech companies are already working to predict what people want. Search engine Google， movie-rental service Netflix， and online radio service Pandora try to guess what people want even before they know they want it.

Putting those types of functions together with the other information that phones collect about people could pave the way for even more helpful mobile phones， Rattner said.

A challenge is training computers to look at data from “hard sensors (傳感器)” (which measure place， movement， temperature and the like) and combining those findings with data from “soft sensors” (such as calendar appointments and Web browsing history).

For example， your phone could tell that you have just left school and seem to be on your way home—a location it might know from your address book. It could then tell you the best route around traffic.

Rattner added that researchers are even making steps toward the final goal—a computer understanding of thoughts.

The country has already sent up three unmanned spacecrafts， the most recent 　　　　 at the end of last March.

A. has been launched   B. having been launched

C .being launched      D. to be launched

Heavy rainstorm broke out in South China,      68 lives and       62 still missing.

A．killing ,leaving B．killing ,left      C．killed, leaving  D．to kill , leave