A boy was born to couple after eleven years of marriage．They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eyes． When the boy saw around two years old, the husband saw a medicine bottle open． He was late for work so he asked the wife to cap the bottle and put it in the cupboard．The mother, preoccupied in the kitchen, totally forgot the matter．

The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to it and, fascinated with its color, drank it all．It happened to be a poisonous medicine meant for adults in small dosages（劑量）．When the child fell down, the mother hurried him to the hospital, where he died．The mother was unconscious． She was terrified how to face her husband．

When the distraught （心煩意亂的）father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just four words．

What do you think those four words were? The husband just said, "I love You Darling"．

The husband's totally unexpected reaction is proactive（積極主動(dòng)的） behavior．The child is dead．He can never be brought back to life．There is no point in finding fault with the mother．Besides, if only he have taken time to put the bottle away, this would not have happened．No point in attaching blame．She had also lost her only child．What she needed at that moment was consolation and sympathy from the husband．That is what he gave her．

Sometimes we spend time asking who is responsible or who's to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know and miss out on the warmth in human relationships we could receive by giving each other support．After all, shouldn't forgiving someone we love be the easiest thing in the world to do? Treasure what you have．Don't multiply pain, anguish and suffering by holding onto forgiveness．

If everyone could look at life with this kind of perspective, there would be fewer problems in the world．

Take off all your envies, jealousies, unwillingness to forgive, selfishness, and fears and you will find things are actually not as difficult as you think．

1．The meaning of the underlined phrase is         ．

       A．a(chǎn)n adult                                              B．a(chǎn) healthy boy

       C．the love of the parents                          D．a(chǎn) naughty boy

2．Why was the mother terrified to face the husband?

       A．Because she was afraid of her husband．B．Because she thought that was her fault．

       C．Because she poisoned her son herself． D．Because she wanted to kill herself．

3．What does this passage mainly talk about?

       A．Be careful to do everything．                B．Forgive what you shouldn’t forgive．

       C．Treasure what you have now．            D．Envy can mislead the way you go．

4．Which column of a paper can we find this article?

      A．Financial aid to students．                    B．Grand view of science．

       C．Enjoying the countryside view．           D．Life and society．

Jean – Gilles was a millionaire．But Tuesday night, he was sleeping in his car．

Jean – Gilles was the owner of the Peace of Mind Hotel in Jacmel, Haiti, a three – story, 30 – room building in a quiet tropical valley on Haiti’s southern coast, 25 miles from the noises of the capital, Port – au – Prince．Jean – Gilles and his wife, Marie, lived in an apartment on the property, close enough to watch carefully over the guest rooms, conference rooms and restaurant, close enough that they know the first name of every guest．

After the 7．0– earthquake hit at 4:57 pm on Jan．12,2010, they slept in their aging Isuzu, parked in the hotel driveway．

Jean – Gilles figured a second was the difference between life and death when the earthquake struck．He was working in a ground – floor conference room and first heard, then felt the quake．He asked his electrician, Roberne St．Louis,who was working nearby, what was happening．

“Get out．Now ．Get out．Now,” St．Louis said．

Jean – Gilles cleared the falling structure by a mere second, he estimated．His wife, who was working in the couple’s apartment on the second floor, wasn’t able to get clear．People nearby heard her screams after the shaking stopped and removed the building blocks around her by hand．She was shaken and scratched, but walked away from the ruins．

“I am alive．God is good,” she repeated over and over on Saturday．

The Peace of Mind Hotel was a dream which had come true for Jean – Gilles, 57, and Marie, 59．Born in Port – au – Prince, they moved to the United States shortly after meeting 34 years ago．Together, they owned a beauty supply store in jersey City, New Jersey, and invested in real estate．In 2003, they cashed out their US investments, returned to Haiti and began building the Peace of Mind Hotel, looking to make a future for themselves and the people of their homeland．

1．Which of the following statements about Jean – Gilles is TURE?

       A．He lived far from the Peace of Mind Hotel．

       B．He helped St．Louis to manage a hotel．

       C．He was born in Haiti in 1976．

       D．He once owned a store in the US．

2．According to the passage, the Peace of Mind Hotel          ．

       A．offered guests different services            B．was located in the capital city of Haiti

       C．was a building with 30 guest rooms       D．was owned by Marie and St． Louis

3．When the earthquake hit, Marie was         ．

       A．sleeping in the car                                B．working in the conference room

       C．working on the second floor                 D．cooking in the restaurant

4．It can be inferred from the passage that         ．

       A．Haiti is the 51 st state of the US

       B．the earthquake happened quickly and unexpectedly

       C．nobody in the hotel died in the earthquake

       D．Marie was not sad about losing her property in the earthquake

The cost of rice is expected to go up in the coming months, as an improving global economy raises demand, and drought（旱災(zāi)）cuts production in countries such as India．Some economists say prices for rice, the Precision Castingstaple food for much of the world's population, could be returning to levels that sparked inflation（通貨膨脹）fears in much of Asia last year．

Charuk Singhapreecha is dean of the faculty（系）of economics at Thailand’s Kasetsart University．He says prices – especially for Thai rice – are being pushed higher by new customers coming into the market after the economic slowdown of the past year．They expect that the world demand will increase and Cast steel we expect that the price of rice will increase next year," Charuk said．"There are many new markets for the Thai rice and also we still have for our old customer - China, some Arab countries - they will increase the demand．"

Prices on the global market could again near the record above $1,000 a ton set in the middle of 2008．This month, export prices for Southeast Asian rice have jumped from about $550 a ton or less to more than $650．

Vichai Sriprasert, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, says further weakness in the US dollar and concerns over drought add to pressure on prices．Market experts say next year India is likely to try to import three million tons of rice – entering the world market for the first time in 21 years – because of a drought．

Vichai also warns that increasing demand for bio-fuels（生物燃料）from grain could reduce food crops, forcing the price of food grains higher．"This is very serious．That's why the price of rice will not go back to the level that we used to see," Vichai said．"It will have to be elevated at a higher level, but I don't know where．"

The Philippines this week said it is cutting rice imports because of high prices, even though the country lost more than a million tons of grain to typhoons this year．Officials from Vietnam, a leading export competitor with Thailand, predict prices will reach about $800 a ton by the middle of 2010．This week the Philippines' National Food Authority offered almost $665 a ton for 600,000 tons of Vietnamese rice．

Economists say higher food prices will only increase the problems faced by the region's poor, who are highly dependent on rice as a staple food．

1．Which of the following is NOT true according to paragraph 1?

       A．Drought reduces production of rice in India．

       B．Prices for rice were lower all the time in 2008．

       C．Rice is a major food for the world’s population．

       D．The improving global economy increases the need for rice．

2．How many reasons did Vichai mention about rice price’s going up?

       A．1．                     B．2．                     C．3．                     D．4．

3．Why does the Philippines plan to cut rice imports?

       A．Because of high prices．                      B．Because of typhoons．

       C．Because of civil war．                         D．Because of drought．

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

       A．Higher food prices will increase problems

       B．There are many new markets for the Thai rice

       C．The global economy is improving

       D．Prices for rice are expected to rise

The Heritage（遺產(chǎn)）at Risk programme aims to understand the overall state of England’s heritage by assessing each of its different elements．In particular we need to identify those that are facing the greatest pressures and threats．We will use this information to work out how to reduce those pressures and in turn to calculate the resources needed to make our unique heritage of historic places safe．

You can search for sites on the register by entering a site name, location, street or educational block in the box below．

A nationwide survey of conservation areas indicates that approximately 1 in 7 is at risk from neglect （疏忽）, decay （腐爛）or unpitying change．

Show your support for our campaign to save conservation areas from unavoidable decline and receive a free campaign pack by registering．There are some 9,300 conservation areas across England, meaning that we all live in or near to one or visit one regularly for work, shopping or rest．They are the element of England’s heritage that is all around us and which touches all of our lives．But until now no one had a clear idea what condition they were in．

The task of assessing condition and risk started with buildings．Following a survey of all grades of listed buildings in London, English Heritage published in 1991 the first annual register of those at risk there．

The success of this London work led to the national buildings at risk strategy in 1998, and publication of a register of buildings at risk conversing all grade I and II listed buildings and structural scheduled monuments in the country, at risk and vulnerable（易受傷害的）．

Parks & Gardens

    There are 1,600 entries on the current English Heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest．Sites at risk have typically been diversely（不利地）affected by development and neglect; often they have been changed by development and are faced with major change．Sometimes development beyond the boundary of a registered landscape can be just as harmful as construction within its boundaries; this is especially true that development would influence designed views that extend beyond the chosen site itself．

1．The purpose of using the information to work out how to reduce pressures is to          ．

       A．a(chǎn)ssess each of English heritage’s different elements

       B．identify those that are facing the greatest pressures and threats

       C．calculate the resources needed to make heritage of historic sites safe

       D．help you to search for sites at risk on the register

2．It can be inferred from “Conservation areas” that conservation areas across England        ．

       A．a(chǎn)re almost all at risk from neglect, decay or unpitying change

       B．can be entered with a campaign pack free of charge

       C．a(chǎn)re in very close connection with our lives

       D．a(chǎn)re in whatever condition people are sure about

3．The text mainly talks about          ．

       A．English heritage at risk                         B．historic places of interest

       C．English heritage register                        D．location of English heritage

4．According to the last paragraph, the bad effect development has on the sites at risk is that        ．

       A．it has changed the sites at risk with no intention

       B．it can sometimes cause harm beyond the registered boundaries

       C．it would affect the designed views instead of the chosen sites

       D．it has neglected the local people of special historic interest

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤．對(duì)標(biāo)題號(hào)的每一行做出判斷：如無錯(cuò)誤，在該行右邊的橫線上劃（√）；如有錯(cuò)誤（每行只有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（^），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯(cuò)的不要改。

There is public library in every town in Britain．                          1．       

There are branch library in many villages．                                        2．     

Anyone may borrow books, and it cost nothing to                                                       3．     

borrow them． In some places you may borrow many                       4．     

books as you want; in other places where you                                    5．     

are limited to a certain number, of that some                                       6．     

may be novels． Books may be keep for four weeks．                       7．     

Newly – published novels are always in great demand                         8．     

and some books, for example, books for history,                                 9．     

science, cooking but gardening are also popular．                               10．      

假如你是李華，由于高考臨近，你的好友王平感到前所未有的焦慮和壓力。請(qǐng)你結(jié)合以下要點(diǎn)，用英語給他寫封信安慰并鼓勵(lì)他。

1．保持良好的心態(tài)，對(duì)自己有信心；

2．緩解壓力的辦法：聽音樂、進(jìn)行體育鍛煉以及和家人或朋友交流；

3．高考的成敗并不能決定人的一生……

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 Wang Ping,

    I’m sorry to hear that you are suffering from heavy pressure and anxieties from college entrance examination．

Best regards,

Li Hua

— I am going to be a volunteer at the Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou this November．

— _______! Me, too．

A．That’s it       B．Good luck     C．No problem         D．That’s great

— When did you last see your first teacher?

— On _______ Friday last June, at _______ celebration of her 40^th year of teaching．

A．a(chǎn); the          B．a(chǎn); a          C．不填; the          D．不填; a

We went into a hall, on _______ walls hung a few pictures of some famous scientists．

A．its          B．which          C．whose         D．those

— Hello, everyone! Have you heard the meeting will be put off?

— Yeah, that’s what we _______ about when you came in．

A．were talking              B．a(chǎn)re talking            C．have talked            D．had talked