He can hardly swim,_______ he ?

A. can’t              B. doesn’t       C. can

Trees are very important to our environment. They can _____ wind from blowing the earth away.

A. kept    B. stop   C. put

—Mike, where’s today’s newspaper?

—Well, you don’t need to read it because there is _____in it.

A. something interesting

B. nothing special

C. important thing

I got up late this morning, _____, I missed the chance of the interview.

A. as a result

B. by the way

C. in the beginning

______ of us knows how to stop the bad behavior.

A. No one   B. None     C. Anyone

书面表达

假设某中学生英文报开展关于计算机与学生生活的征文活动，请你根据下表所提示的要点，以Computer in my life为题，用英语为该报写一篇短文，简述计算机在你生活中的用途，并就计算机对你生活的影响谈谈你的感受。

注意：

1.表达中必须包含所给要点，可以适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

2.词数80左右，开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

3.表达中请勿提及真实校名和姓名。

Computer in my life

The computer has become an important part of my life.

句子翻译

1.令我们惊讶的是，这位世界闻名的总统曾经做过演员。

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2.我们迫不及待地想知道考试的结果。

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3.李明不仅聪明而且勤奋。

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4.不要熬夜，否则你会在课上感到困倦。

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5.在公交车上，她乐意给有需要的人让座。

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词汇

1.Lucy is one of the _______________ (苗条)girls in our class.

2.I'm strongly _______________ (反对)smoking because it may cause cancer.

3.Rome was not _______________ (建造)in a day, so you should work hard to make progress.

4.Reading should be a life long          (习惯)for every one of us.

5.My grandmother is in her          （九十多岁），but she can still take care of herself.

6.What he said finally proved that he was         (不诚实的).

7.There is no          （怀疑）that Nantong will develop into a modern city in the near future.

8.She was fired out and rested at home instead of           (出席)the meeting.

9.—What happened over there?

—A car was out of           and crashed into a big tree.

10.—I've found a position in the department and worked as an accountant.

—congratulations !You don’t need to          on your parents any more.

Jack thought himself a basketball fan. He watched quite a lot of American NBA basketball games. Not only did he watch them, he spent much of his free time playing on the court too. Then came the final year of his middle school. All of his regular teammates stopped showing up on the court because they were simply too busy preparing for the high school entrance exam to play. He was, of course, under much stress himself, like everyone else. A good exam result meant a good high school; a mediocre(平庸的)score meant a mediocre school. Much was at stake. However, he loved basketball so much that he still found time to play, this time with a group of guys who were said to have skipped classes(逃课)before.

Some of his teachers started worrying about him. They asked his mother to go to school to let her know that Jack was hanging out with problem kids. When his mother returned home that day, she wanted to talk to Jack. Knowing the purpose of her visit to the school, Jack thought his mother would punish him for befriending those bad guys. To his surprise, his mother was not angry with him at all. She wanted to hear her son's side of the story. So Jack told his mother about what he knew of Simon and Peter. Simon's parents were badly ill; Peter's father had lost his job. They both seemed to Jack to be normal kids. Jack's mother thought for a moment, then went on to say that she was OK with her son playing with them and that she and her son should think of ways to help these kids. Soon Jack's mum introduced some part-time jobs to Simon and Peter, which they accepted. She believed in her son and cared about those who were less lucky.

Jack's basketball friends and he have left for different places, but they still keep in touch. He knows Peter is now a manager of a local bank. Simon is currently a freshman at a university. Sadly, it is impossible to get together to play basketball again, but whenever they get on the phone, they talk about it all the time.

1.After Jack's mother came home from school, she       .

A. was angry with him

B. told him what his teachers had said

C. asked him to keep away from problem kids

D. was patient enough to listen to her son's words

2.What does the underlined sentence "Much was at stake " probably mean in the passage?

A. Jack must be punished by his mother.

B. Jack might not enter a good high school.

C. Jack might get hurt when playing basketball.

D. Jack must be influenced badly by problem kids.

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Peter's family are living much better.

B. Simon is now studying at a university.

C. Jack's mum understood him instead of blaming him.

D. Jack's teachers wanted his mother to help his friends.

4.The main idea of the passage is to       .

A. make friends with problem kids

B. keep in touch with friends all the time

C. try to understand children and help problem kids

D. give up hobbies before the high school entrance exam

Holmes said, “Somebody sent a letter with five pips (桔核) in it from India, and arrived seven weeks later to kill John’s uncle. Then they sent five pips from Scotland and arrived three days later to kill John’s father. Now they have sent five pips to John from London!”

“The letters are all from sea ports (海港). The writer was on a ship when he wrote the letters,” I replied.

“Very good, Watson! And John’s enemy is in London already!”

“Well, I hope they won’t kill young John,” I said.

But they did. The next morning, we read in the newspaper that a policeman found him die near Waterloo station. Holmes was very angry about it.

“He came to me for help and those men murdered him! I’m going to find them, if it’s the last thing I do!” he said to me, and he hurried out of the house.

At night, when he came back, he was tired, but pleased, he said, “I know the names of John’s enemies! And now I’m going to send them a surprise! This will frighten them!” He took five pips from an orange and put them in an envelope (信封). On it he wrote “S. H. for J. C.”

“I’m sending the pips to captain James Calhoun. His ship is called the Star. He and his men are sailing back to Georgia, USA.”

“How did you find him, Holmes?” I asked.

“Ship’s papers,” he said, “I’ve looked at hundreds of them today. Only one ship, the Star, was in the three ports at the right times, this morning the Star left London to sail back to Georgia. I found out that the captain and two of his men, all Americans, weren’t on the ship last night, so I’m sure they killed John. When they arrive in America, they’ll get the pips and then the police will catch them!”

1.Holmes was ________ about John’s death.

A. curious        B. worried         C. crazy         D. angry

2.The Star left London for ________.

A. Canada        B. Australia

C. America       D. India

3.Who do you think the underlined letters “J. C.” stand for?

A. James Calhoun  B. James Columbus

C. John Calhoun  D. John Columbus

4.Which order is correct according to the story?

① John came to Holmes for help.

② John received a letter with five pips.

③ John was killed.

④ Holmes sent five pips to J. C.

A. ③①④②       B. ③④①②      C. ④①③②      D. ②①③④