The wedding（婚礼） took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father arrived in a new black American sports car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the cameras. The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled nervously at the waiting photographers and went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband for the very first time.
Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the winners of a radio station’s competition. The aim of the competition was to find two strangers prepared to marry without having met each other. Miss Germaine, 23, is a model. Mr. Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered for a particular “experiment” organized by BMRB radio in Birmingham, England. Greg and Carla were among eight finalists who were interviewed live on radio. They took a lie detector （测谎仪）test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities. The competition judges included an astrologer（占卜家）who declared that they were suited.
The couple celebrated their wedding with a wedding breakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not everyone shared their joy. Miss Germaine’s mother looked anxious through-out the wedding and Mr. Cordell’s parents are reported to be less than delighted.
Organizations, including the marriage guidance service Relate, have criticized the marriage. As one expert put it, “we have enough problems getting young people to take marriage seriously. Marriage should always be about love.”
The couples are now on a Caribbean honeymoon followed by journalists. Their other prizes include a year’s free use of a wonderful apartment in the centre of Birmingham, and a car. But will it last?
1.How did the couple’s parents react to the wedding?
A. The bride’s mother shared their joy.
B. The bridegroom’s parents were quite delighted
C. The bridegroom’s parents were not that joyful.
D. The bride’s father felt uncomfortable about the wedding.
2.Some experts believe that ________.
A. marriage without the couple’s meeting each other first ends up in divorce.
B. most young people take marriage seriously except this couple.
C. young people nowadays are too careless about marriage.
D. taking a lie detector test can not solve all the marriage problems.
3.One of the prizes for the couple is ________.
A. to spend their honeymoon wherever they like.
B. to use an apartment free for some time.
C. to have a wedding dress free.
D. to own an American sports car.
4.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. Two Strangers and a Wedding. B. A Wedding Based on love.
C. A Short--lived Marriage. D. A Well--Matched Couple.
Do you like to eat out? Do you like to eat quickly? Do you like inexpensive food? Some people go to fast-food restaurants for these reasons. In the past, people usually went to diners（小餐馆）for these reasons. In fact, many people in the States still go to diners today for the same reasons.
A man named Walter Scott had the first “diner” in 1872. It wasn’t a real diner. It was only a food cart. People on the street walked up to the cart to buy food. These carts served late-night workers who wanted a cup of coffee and a late-night meal. The meal was a sandwich or boiled eggs. In 1887, Samuel Jones built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come inside. However, they did not sit down. Later, people built diners with counters and stools, and people sat down while they ate.
Before long, many diners stayed open around the clock. In other words, people were able to eat in diner at any time. Diners changed in other ways, too. The original menu of sandwiches and coffee became bigger. It included soup, favorite dishes, and a breakfast menu. In addition, diners soon became permanent buildings. They were no longer carts on wheels.
Diners today look similar to the diners of the early 1900s. They are usually buildings with large windows. Inside, the diners have shining counters with stools, booths, and tables and chairs. People can eat all three meals in a modern diner.
Today, many people eat in fast-food restaurants such as McDonald’s and Burger King. However, the diner remains an American tradition, and thousands of people still enjoy eating there. It was popular a century ago, and it is still popular today.
1.A man named Walter Scott had the first “diner” in 1872. Why is the word “diner” in quotation marks(引号)？
A. Because it is spelled differently from “ dinner”
B. Because diner was a new word
C. Because the first diner was not what it is now
D. Because it is a special kind of restaurant
2.According to paragraph 3, diners changed in __________
A. Two ways B. four ways
C. three ways D. five ways
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Diners existed before a fast-food restaurant
B. The menu included more food than sandwiches and coffee
C. Sandwiches became bigger
D. Burger King is a fast-food restaurant
4.The main idea of the passage is that ______________.
A. Samuel Johns built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come inside
B. The diner is a traditional , popular place to eat in the United States
C. American diners serve many types of food 24 hours a day to their customers
D. Diners are different from fast-food restaurants in many ways
假如你叫李华，你的朋友Jenny来信向你询问如何保持健康。请你给他发一封E-mail提些建议。内容要点如下：
1. 注意合理饮食,多吃水果蔬菜；
2. 保证充足睡眠，至少8小时；
3. 坚持锻炼身体，多参加体育运动。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增添细节，以使行文连贯；
3.邮件的开头结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Jenny,
How nice to hear from you! In your letter you asked me how to keep healthy. I would like to give you some advice.
Yours
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，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。错误仅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词。删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Miss Jones was math teacher. Her home not far from her school, but she always walked there in the morning. All the pupils in the school was very young. In a cold and windy morning, Miss Jones walked to the school, and the cold wind goes into her eyes. and big tear began to run out . she reached school. opened the door and going into the classroom. It was nice and warm here and Miss Jones was happily, but then a small boy looked at her for a few seconds, to put his arms around her and said kind. "Don't cry, Miss Jones .School isn't very bad."
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A: Mary, tomorrow is your Mum's 50th birthday, do you know?
B: Of course I do. Do you have any idea about how __1.____(celebrate) it, Dad?
A: Of course, first of all, a birthday present. What about __2.____(buy) her a beautiful skirt?
B: That's a good idea. It'll make her look _3.___（young）. and a big birthday cake, too, with fifty___4.__(candle).
A: That’s right. ___5.___we have a special dinner?
B: How about a Chinese dinner?
A: Fine, where will we have it?
B: Dad, we can have it at home . I __6.____(learn) to cook a few Chinese dishes from a Chinese friend,__ 7.___ I am sure Mum would like __8.___.
A: All right. Will you do 9.____ shopping too?
B: ___10.___ don’t we go together, Dad?
A: OK.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I take the train to work every morning from a train station near my house. I can get to the station quite because there is a short cut(捷径)to the station. But in the summer, it can get quite smelly because of all the . So I always try to through it. Today I was trying to do so as usual something made me stop for a moment. I saw the most beautiful by an old woman walking in front of me with the help of a white .
She was short and and had white hair. She was walking as each step took some effort. I hadn’t specially noticed her ,until she stopped near a rubbish bin.
She slowly placed her walking stick the rubbish bin. Then she leaned(斜倚着)on it with her right hand. She bent down and 51 the rubbish. She clearly found it and it took her a while. She some rubbish with her left hand and slowly straightened(伸直) herself up again. All the while she used the rubbish bin to herself. She threw the rubbish inside the bin and then walking. It all took her great effort（努力）.
There’s so much rubbish and no one ever does about it. I was moved to this old woman make such a great effort to keep even a small part of it ! I haven’t been able to thinking about that all day.
I want to follow her example. I’ve decided to pick up rubbish off the if I meet from now on. I hope people will do the same as I do.
1.A. hard B. early C. easily D. late
2.A. rubbish B. boxes C. bottles D. paper
3.A. walk B. pass C. go D. rush
4.A. so B. until C. when D. because
5.A. back B. act C. mark D. color
6.A. bike B. stick C. dog D. umbrella
7.A. weak B. rich C. clever D. sad
8.A. quickly B. happily C. angrily D. slowly
9.A. at midnight B. at noon C. at last D. at first
10.A. in B. around C. against D. under
11.A. searched for B. threw away C. reached for D. looked at
12.A. unable B. difficult C. different D. impossible
13.A. picked up B. dropped down C. put in D. lifted up
14.A. warm B. help C. support D. hide
15.A. continued B. started C. enjoyed D. remembered
16.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
17.A. feel B. see C. have D. let
18.A. busy B. beautiful C. dirty D. clean
19.A. keep B. stop C. mind D. regret
20.A. Wall B. Desk C. ground D. classroom
