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A. F. (A ) Dear Kimiko,
I can 'wait until you get here! I am meeting you at the airport at 1:00 on Friday. From there we are going right home, so you can meet my family. After you rest for a few minutes, we are all going to dinner at a Japa nese restaura nt. We want you to feel comfortable on your first day in New York. After dinner, we 'probably go to a movie.
Saturday we can sleep late if you wan t to. In the after noon, we can take a boat ride around New York, so you can see what it looks like. Later we are visit ing a couple of museums, Jerry and Tania want to have dinner with us Saturday night. We'll probably meet them at an Italian restaura nt on 56th Street.
I'm sorry you have to go to Wash ington so soon, I am going to the airport with you on Mon day morning to say good-bye. Have a safe trip, Maria
判断下列陈述是否和以上电子邮件内容相符： ( ( ( ( (
(相符的写T,不相符的写F)(10%)
B. G. C. H. D. I. E. J. 总 分 (请注意：本次竞赛共十篇文章，限时
60分钟。在第8页有简易词典可提供帮助。) )1. Kimiko is going to New York by pla ne.
)2. Maria will take Kimiko to a French restaura nt on her first day in New York. )3. Maria and Kimiko are visit ing the museums on Saturday ni ght. )4. Kimiko is going to leave New York on Mon day morni ng.
)5. Maria feels sorry because she is too busy to go to the airport withKimiko to say
goodbye.
(B )
Johnny Smith was a good math student at a high school. He showed great interest in his computer. He came home early every day. Then he worked with it till mid ni ght. But Joh nny was not a good En glish stude nt, not good a bit. He got an F in his En glish class. One day after school, Johnny joined his computer to the computer in his high school office. The school office computer had the grades of all the stude nts. He found his En glish grade. Ah F! Joh nny cha nged his English grade from F to A. Johnny' parents looked at his report card. They were very pleased with the result. An A in English! \”
Johnny is a hacker. Hackers know how to take information from other computers and put new
information in them. Using a modem, they join their computers to other computers secretly. School headmasters and teachers are worried about hackers. So are the police, for some people even take money from bank computer accounts and put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers. 根据短文内容判断正误： (10%) ( ( (
) 1. Johnny Smith did well in both math and English. ) 2. Johnny Smith loved computers.
) 3. When Johnny 's parents saw the report card, they didn 't believe the result.
( ) 4. School headmasters, teachers and police are worried about hackers. (
) 5. Hackers can take money from bank computer accounts without leaving home.
( C )
The day was like any other day in his life. After school Bill walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have a new pair for his birthday.
He sadly walked away and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give him anything if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, because he looked worried and he didn 't want to make his mother worry about it. So he went to the park and there he sat on the grass. Then he saw a girl in a wheel chair. He found that the girl moved the wheels with her hands. Bill looked at her carefully and was surprised to see that the girl had no feet. He looked down at his won feet. “It is much better to be without shoes than without feet. ”He thought. It was not right for him to feel so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was more lucky in life.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案： (10%) (
) 1. Bill was sorry that __________ .
A. the shoes in the shop were too large for him B. he forgot to bring any money with him C. he couldn 'tget a new pair of shoes D. he had to work hard every day
( ) 2. Which of the following is True ?
A. Bill 's mother had much money.
B. Bill 's mother often bought presents for Bill 's birthday.
C. Bill 's mother didn 't love him so she never bought him anything. D. Bill had a poor family.
(
) 3. Why didn 't Bill go home at once?
A. Because his mother was at work.
B. Because his mother wouldn 'give him any money.
C. Because he was tired and he wan ted to have a rest on the grass. D. Because he did n 'twa nt to give his mother any trouble.
(
)4. I n the park, Bill found the girl _____________ .
A. without hands C. walk ing sadly
(
)5. At last Bill ____________ .
A. decided to buy a new pair of shoes B. left the park sadly
C. thought he was more lucky than the girl in the wheel chair D. didn 'tknow what to do with his old shoes
(D )
选择方框里的单词完成短文： easier sleep problems cook B. without feet D. sitt ing on the grass
（10%） childre n swimmi ng husbands family alo ne outside Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother ' Camp. There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woma n want to take a vacati on without her _______________ ? Some wome n say they n eed time to be ________________ .
At Mother 'Camp a woman has room to herself. She can ________________ , read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No ___________________ will ask, Mom, what' for dinner?\husba nd will say, Oh, dear, I can 'fi nd any clea n socks. \United States work ___________________ the home. Many of them work full-time and then come home to a sec ond job—tak ing care of their homes and families. These work ing wome n say one of their biggest ___________________ is housework.
In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their __ say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can't find the pans. They asked so many questions that their wives decide it is __ to do the job themselves.
Some women go to Mother 'Camp just to get a rest from housework. For two days they don ' , they don 'clea n, they don 'look after their childre n and husba nds. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walk ing, ________________________________________ or boati ng in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really great vacation at Mother 'Camp!
Yesterday and Today
Life in the twenty-first century will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetable. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem. 根据短文内容选择最佳答案： (10%) (
) 1. In the next century people don ' ht a've to ____________ .
A. work long hours C. walk on foot
(
A. fruit B. fish
B. work fast D. eat meat C. meat
D. rice
) 2. People may not eat ____________ as much as they do today.
( ) 3. One big problem in the future is that _______________ .
A. many people don 't have to work B. many people will not be able to find work C. people won 't have enough food to eat D. all the work will be done by robots
( (
) 4. Every family will have at least one ________ in the next century.
A. robot
B. cow
C. TV set D. computer
) 5. In the future ________________ .
A. traveling will be more expensive B. computers will be less important C. people will be too busy to do sports. D. computers will be much smaller.
搭配下列的谚语和方框里相应的意思 ( ( ( ( ( (
)1. Practice makes perfect
:(将方框里句子序号填在相应谚语前的括号内
)(12%)
)2. The first step is always the hardest )3. You have to take the good with the bad )4. Don 'put all your eggs in one basket )5. East or west, home is the best. )6. Don 'bite the hand that feeds you. A. Don 'risk losing everything at once B. A pers on is the happiest with his or her family and friends C. You must accept disappo in tme nt along with success D. Doing something many times improves one 'skill at it E. Don 'hurt some one who takes care of you. F. The most difficult part of doing someth ing is gett ing started (G )
Visit Swansea Zoo
Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers form America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the cute dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are wait ing to look dow n on you.
Tickets Adults: $ 2.00 Childre n: Over 12 : $ 1.00
Opening time
9:00 a.m. -4: 00 p.m. except Friday
10:00 a.m. -3: 00 p.m.
Un der 12: Free Keep the zoo clea n! Do not touch, feed or go n ear the ani mals.
根据以上的广告信息，选择最佳答案： (
(8%)
)1. How many kinds of ani mals are talked about in the ad?
A. Four.
B. Five.
C. Six.
D. Seve n.
( )2. Now Mr and Mrs Smith are in the zoo with their two sons. One is 14 years old and
the other is 10 years old. How much should they pay for the tickets? A. $ 5.00. B. $ 4.00.
C. $3.00.
D. $2.00.
( )3. People can ___________ in the zoo.
A. give sn acks to the bears C. take some photos
B. feed the mon keys
D. swim with the dolph ins in the pool
( )4. Which one is Not True ?
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