阅读下面短文， 从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As prices and building costs keep rising, the "do-it-yourself" (DIY) trend（趋势）in the U.S. continues to grow. "We needed furniture（家具）for our living room, "says John Ross, "and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs." John got married six months ago, and in common with many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420. "I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself."
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a "do-it-yourselfer", you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
1.We can learn from the text that many newly married people _____.
A. find it hard to pay for what they need
B. have to learn to make their own furniture
C. take DIY courses run by the government
D. seldom go to a department store to buy things
2.Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when _____.
A. his car repairs cost too much
B. the car repair class was not helpful
C. he could no possible do two jobs
D. he had to raise the children all by himself
3.What would be the best title for the text?
A. The Joy of DIY
B. You Can Do It Too!
C. Welcome to Our DIY Course!
D. Ross and Hatfield: Believers in DIY.
写作。
假设你是一名高中生，名叫李华。因为老师担心同学们浏览不健康的网站，学校关闭了电脑教室的上网功能，同学们感到很郁闷。请你给校长写一封建议信。内容包括：
1. 无法上网给学生带来的不便；
2. 网络的必要性（帮助解决学习难题、获取最新信息；）
3. 就老师的担心发表你的看法。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头和结尾部分已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear headmaster,
I’m writing to request you to allow us to surf the Internet in the computer classroom.
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Yours,
Li Hua
语法填空。
Once there lived a rich man 1. wanted to do something for the people of his town. 2. first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed 3. very large stone. Then he 4. (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow. “Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man，but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. 5.man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 6.. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone，7. (say) to himself: “The night 8. (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 9.(strong) to move it，only 10. (find) a bag of money under the stone. Imagine how surprised he was!
根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式或短语。
1.They are both very s________ with what we have done for them.
2.Tom r________ saying dirty words to his classmates the other day.
3.You have no choice but to s_______ for your own future.
4.Liu Hulan ________(宁愿) die than give in to the enemy.
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The Internet has opened up a whole new online world for us to meet, chat and go where we’ve never been before.
But just as in face to face communication, there are some rules of behavior that should be followed when on line. 1. Imagine how you’d feel if you were in the other person’s shoes.
For anything you’re about to send: ask yourself, “Would I say this to the person’s face?” if the answer is no, rewrite and reread. 2.
If someone in the chat room is rude to you, your instinct (本能) is to fire back in the same manner. But try not to do so. 3.If it was caused by a disagreement with another member, try to fix the situation by politely discussing it. Remember to respect the beliefs and opinions of others in the chat room.
4. Offer advice when asked by newcomers, as they may not be sure what to do or how to communicate. When someone makes a mistake, whether it’s a stupid question or an unnecessarily long answer, be kind about it. If it’s a small mistake, you may not need to say anything. Even if you feel strongly about it, think twice before saying anything. Having good manners yourself doesn’t give you license to correct everyone else. 5.At the same time, if you find you are wrong, be sure to correct yourself and apologize to those that you have offended.
It is not polite to ask others personal questions such as their age, sex and marital status. Unless you know the person very well, and you are both comfortable with sharing personal information, don’t ask such questions.
A. It’s natural that there some people who speak rudely or make mistakes online.
B. Repeat the process till you feel sure that you’d feel comfortable saying the words to the person’s face.
C. Everyone was new to the network once.
D. The basic rule is simple: treat others in the same way you would want to be treated.
E. When you send short messages to a person online, you must say something beautiful to hear.
F. You should either ignore the person, or use your chat software to block their messages.
G. If you do decide to tell someone about a mistake, point it out politely.
阅读理解。
I know what you’re thinking: pizza? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night’s leftovers in the morning if you want to.
I know lots of women who don’t have breakfast, and they have many different excuses for doing it. Some say they don’t have time, others think they’re “saving” calories(卡路里), still others just don’t like breakfast food.
But eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying to lose weight. Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all.
Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers found that those who don’t have breakfast have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.
So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers-it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow,”I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it…you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.
1.The word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means __________.
A. pizza topped with fruit
B. things left undone
C. food remaining after a meal
D. meals made of vegetables
2.According to the last paragraph, it is important to __________.
A. be careful about what you eat
B. eat something for breakfast
C. heat up food before eating it
D. eat calorie-controlled food
3.What can we infer from the text?
A. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.
B. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.
C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal.
D．Eating vegetables helps save energy.
4.The text is written mainly for those__________.
A. who go to work early B. who go to bed late
C. who eat before sleep D. who want to lose weight
5.What does the author advise the readers to do?
A. Better eat up all the food at dinner in the night.
B. Better eat less in the night.
C. Better eat leftovers in the morning.
D. Better get up late and eat nothing in the morning in order to burn more calories.
