Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything：animals, spiders, insects．
One day while walking through the woods, the nice old man found a cocoon（茧）of a butterfly．He took it home．A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole．Then it seemed to stop making any progress．It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther．Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon．
The butterfly then appeared easily．
But it had a swollen body and small, fragile wings．The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would be smaller in time．Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling （慢慢爬行）around with a swollen body and fragile wings．
It never was able to fly．
What the man in his kindness and hurry did not understand was that the limited cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon．
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life．If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles and difficulties, it would disable us．We would not be as strong as what we could have been．And we could never fly．
1.The butterfly could never fly because _______________．
A．it was too fat and strong．
B．it loved crawling around．
C．it got out of the cocoon easily．
D．it didn’t get through the cocoon．
2.The text is most likely to be found in a book about_______________．
A．popular science B．humorous stories．
C．successful people D．philosophy events
3.What is the implied meaning of the passage?
A．Life without any obstacles and difficulties is perfect．
B．Obstacles and difficulties contribute to success．
C．Never help a butterfly to get out of the cocoon．
D．A butterfly can never fly without going through the cocoon
从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出与所给单词划线部分读音相同的选项
1. block A. protect B. globe C. spot D. prove
2.steak A.great B. breathe C. wealthy D. ahead
3. minute A. curiosity B. butcher C. busy D.rude
4.amount A.touch B. trouble C. country D. surround
5. with A. wealthy B. thus C. author D. birthplace
某中学生英语报社正开展一场题为“Young teachers or elderly teachers，which do you prefer?”的讨论活动。
请你依据下面表格所提供的要点写一篇英语短文，客观反映同学们的看法及你自己的观点，向该报社投稿。
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Elderly teachers |
Young teachers |
你的观点 |
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教学耐心 经验丰富 讲解细致 |
精力充沛 教学活泼 勇于创新 |
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注意：1. 短文词数不少于100词，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 短文应当包括以表格内容，但不要逐条翻译，可适当增加细节使行文连贯；
3. 书写务必清晰工整保持卷面整洁。
参考词汇：enthusiastic 充满热情的 create new ideas创新
Young teachers or elderly teachers，which do you prefer?
Different students have different opinions about this question.____________________
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换个性作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除、或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号
，并在其下面写出该加的单词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误以及修改均仅限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者从（第11处起）不计分。
This morning I got up early and went to school as usually.But I found that there is nobody in the classroom because it was Sunday.“How a bad memory I have!”I couldn`t help bursting into laughing. Stand in front of the school gate, I wondered what to do next. Suddenly a good idea occurred to me.“Why not to get together with some friends for a picnic on such fine day?”I immediately telephoned some of my best friends,and to my delighted,they all agreed to go.About two hours late,we finally arrived a beautiful park.We really enjoyed us there.
单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
1.I must _________________(道歉）to you for not being able to meet you.
2.They entered the area without ________________(允许）.
3.The rise in the price of bread will ___________(影响）all the people in that small tow.
4.We held a great _______________(庆祝会）in memory of Madame Curie.
5.He is devoted to his research,so we all _______________(羡慕，钦佩）him for his devotion.
6.Her dark eyes are very _________________ (吸引人的）.
7._______________(以我个人看来），this plan is much better.
8.His speech was _________________(简要的，简洁的）and to the point
9.Christmas is the most important of all the _______________(节日）in western countries.
10.Tomorrow I`ll have my report _______________(打印，打字）?
根据短文内容，从下框的A—F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。
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A．Ways to advertise a product B．Things to be advertised C．Advantages of advertising D．A scientific business E．Preparations for an advertisement F．Ways to try out an advertisement |
61．__________________
Advertising is a highly developed twentieth-century industry．The development of radio, television, cinema, magazines and newspapers has gone hand in hand with the development of advertising．Why is advertising so popular? Is it a waste of money? It has been proved again and again that repeated advertising increases product sales．Since it increases production, the price can be reduced．Therefore advertising, instead of making a product more expensive, makes it cheaper．
62．______________________
What can you advertise ? You can advertise products of all kinds, such as shoes or umbrellas, or services like car repairs and travel．In Europe and USA political leaders often use recorded TV advertisements to persuade people to vote for them．Besides broadcast advertisements on radio and TV, there are other ways to advertise : cinemas,magazines and newspapers, for example．Large boards can be used for printed posters,especially near main roads．A sign outside or inside a shop is a form of advertising．Balloons and light planes can be used to pull huge signs as they fly slowly over a city．
63．________________
Advertising is now a scientific business．Once managers would say jokingly, " I know that half of what I spend on advertising is wasted, but I don't know which half．" Now, all parts of an advertising programme are properly measured and researched．
64． _________________
How are advertisements made? A company goes to an advertising firm to discuss the advertising of its product．The firm collects as much information as possible about product and the consumers who might buy it．The person at the advertising firm in charge of the matter then holds a meeting．Also present will be a person who thinks up an idea for an advertisement, and a person who will buy space in the newspapers or time on TV．There will be a writer writing the text for the advertisement and a designer who will design it, using pictures or photographs or the text．
65．_________________
When the advertisement is ready, it is shown to the company．If the company agrees, they may try it out in a small part of the country to see if product sales increases as a result of the advertisement．If they do, then it will be used throughout the country．If the advertisement fails, the whole program will be reviewed．Researchers will go out and interview possibles customers to find out the reasons for this failure．
