– It is raining hard. Will you go to your friend’s birthday party ?
-- I promised him to go , but the heavy rain really places me in a ____. I’m not sure whether to go or not.
A. disadvantage B. currency
C. conclusion D. dilemma
It is thought that ___ is the leading factor contributing to language learning.
A. attraction B. motivation
C. instruction D. admission
请根据以下内容写一封回信。(30分) 字数：100-120个单词
Dear Miss Wang , I am a student from Huzhou Senior High School . I have a problem . I’m not good at English . But I do want to change the situation . I hope that you can give me some advice on how to improve my English .
Yours
Xiao dong
完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分,满分20分）
1. On the phone he told me that it was the first time that his parents ______________________ him home alone. (leave)
他在电话中告诉我那是他父母第一次把他单独留在家中。
2. At one point we were so high ______________________________ cycling through the clouds.(find)
在某个时刻，我们置身高处，我们发现自己（仿佛）在骑自行车穿越云层。
3. You had so much free time yesterday. You __________________________ a part in the activity organized by the school. (play)
昨天你有许多空余时间。你本应参与学校组织的活动。
4. He asked me whether I ____________________________the class discussion the next day. (join)
他问我第二天是否将会参加班级讨论。
5. It was my sister _____________________________ find where the river begins. (determine)
是我的妹妹决定要找到河流的源头。
6. After the disaster, workers were sent to build shelters for survivors _________________________in the earthquake. (destroy)
灾难发生后，工人们被派去给那些在地震中家园被毁的人建起庇护所。
7. My teacher told me not to ______________________the door when I left the classroom. (lock)
老师告诉我离开教室时不要忘了要锁门。
8. Ever since last year, the number of people learning to drive _________________________ a lot because of the improvement of people’s living standard. (increase)
由于人们生活水平的提高，学开车的人数从去年以来大幅增长。
9. Mike told me that there was a time __________________________ going over his lessons. (stay up)
迈克告诉我曾经一段时间他熬夜复习功课。
10. This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news _______________________excellent English. (expect)
这是因为在早期的电台节目里，人们期待播音员说讲好的英语。
A teenager who is preparing to go to high school has probably heard all kinds of different things about high school freshmen from his parents , fiends , or old brothers and sisters. The change from middle school to high school can seem like a frightening experience for teens going into high school , but it is not always so hard as it may seem. Usually , middle school students can get used to high school life within a few months of their freshman year. A few tips for high school freshmen are as follows.
Grades are important . While it is important for a student to try to do his best in school , the grades that he gets in high school are even more important , since they are what colleges will look like when considering his application (申请)for their school .
Classes . The classes a freshman takes throughout his whole high school can help them a lot when he gets ready to go to college or look for a job . Some special classes allow students to get college credits（学分）while they are still in high school in some countries . Most high school classes will have more homework than middle school classes and this can be a hard adjustment (适应) at first .
Being prepared . Middle school classes might not request students to prepare very much before they attend them . But high school teachers will expect students to get everything ready before the class begins .It is also important for students to study for tests and do all homework that is required during class.
Making good choices. Most high school students have more freedom than middle school students, but what a student does with this freedom is very important to his future life for many years after high school is over. Peer pressure（同龄人压力）, while it can be good sometimes, is often a problem with younger teens .It is important for a teen to make good choices throughout his high school career so that he can be successful later on in his life .
High school is a memorable experience for teenagers .They should not be afraid of becoming a freshmen . After studying for a period of time , they will surely enjoy it.
1. The first paragraph mainly tells readers that _________.
A. It is necessary for teens to worry about something
B. there are few differences between high school and middle school
C. teens are too worried to go to high school
D. It is not so difficult for teens to get used to high school life
2. According to the passage , which of the following is right ?
A. The grades in middle school are not important
B. All the classes don’t allow the students to get credits in high school in some countries
C. A teenager may hear things about high school from their teachers
D. What a teen does with his freedom in high school has nothing to do with his college life.
3. What will be considered when a college decides whether to accept a student’s application or not ?
A. His choice in middle school
B. His unforgettable experience in high school
C. His grades in high school
D. His college credits in high school
4. The passage suggests that ________.
A. The teens don’t always have a problem with peer pressure
B. If a teen makes good choices in his high school , he will surely succeed in later life
C. The life in high school is less difficult than it looks
D. A teen needn’t be worried about his high school life because everything will be exactly the same as before.
Donald Watson was a man who thought very much about the food he ate. He was born in yorkshire， England , in September 1910. And he died in November 2005, at the age of 95. That is a very great age. Watson explained that it was because he never ate any food from animals.
When he was a boy , Watson stayed on a farm. .He loved to see the animals. He said that they gave so much to people. And all the animals were so friendly. Then , one day , he saw a man killing a pig . He was very sad. . From then on, Watson decided that he would never again eat meat . Twenty years later he decided that he wouldn’t eat anything from animals, such as milk, cheese or eggs. He became vegan (素食主义者).
Watson formed a group called “The Vegan Society”. In its newspaper, The Vegan Society thought it was terrible and wrong to eat food from animals. At first, there were not many people who agreed with him . They thought it was crazy to do it .Most people thought it was too difficult and unhealthy. However, over time , more and more people began to agree with Watson and The Vegan Society.
People become vegans for many reasons. Watson and his friend stopped eating because they loved animals. They believed that it was wrong to hurt another living thing .
Now, people also become vegans for environmental reasons. Keeping animals takes a lot of resources(资源)， including water and food. Also, in some places, people are cutting down trees to create more land for cows. By avoiding food from animals, vegans hope to protect these forest areas.
Finally, just like Watson, some people believe that being a vegan is healthier. They believe that food from animals causes heart problems, a high body weight and many other health problems.
1. We know from the text that Watson __________.
A. lived a very long life
B. refused to eat meat at 20
C. helped kill a pig on a farm
D. enjoyed good food very much
2. The underlined word “it’ in paragraph 3 means “ ________”.
A. agreeing with Watson
B. publishing a newspaper
C. forming “The Vegan Society”
D. avoiding all food from animals
3. Watson refused to eat meat ______.
A. because of his love of animals
B. because of environmental reasons
C. because he had a lot of health problems
D. because keeping animals needs lots of resources
4. What’s the best title (标题)for the text?
A. Donald Watson : a new way to eat
B. Animal protection in England
C. The Vegan Society：a special group
D. Healthy eating habits
