Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games | |
Badminton | This sport was invented by British soldiers in India who called it Poono, the same name as the town in which they lived. It was first played at the Olympics in 1992 at Barcelona. Although the rules of the modern sport were developed in England, Asian countries are now the best. |
Football | There are two medal competitions for Olympic football, one for men’s teams and one for women’s. Football was first played at the 1908 Olympic Games and it has been played at every Olympic Games ever since, except for Los Angeles 1932. |
Archery | Archery has a 10,000-year history, when bows and arrows were first used in hunting and war. Archery first appeared at the Paris Olympics of 1990. |
Taekwondo | This Taekwondo sport’s name means “the way of the hand and foot”. The players get points by hitting each other with these two parts of the body only. The players mustn’t lie on the floor and no equipment can be used taekwondo first appeared at the 2000 Sydney Games. |
1.Who invented the sport of badminton?
A. Indians. B. Chinese.
C. British. D. Koreans.
2.Which sport was first named after a town?
A. Badminton. B. Football.
C. Archery. D. Taekwondo.
3.Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?
A. Taekwondo. B. Archery.
C. Badminton. D. Football.
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Asian countries have a lead in badminton.
B. Football was not played in the Los Angles Games 1932.
C. Archery was first invented to help hunt and battle.
D. The players in Taekwondo hit each other, using only the hands.
假定你是李华，你在网站上看到一则新闻报道：美国华裔女生Cassandra因突出的写作水平收到了美国八所常春藤高校（Ivy League universities）的录取通知书。请用英语给Cassandra写一封信，向她叙述你在英语写作中的困难，请教提高写作水平的方法，并向她询问出国留学可能面临的挑战。
注意：1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每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：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，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。
Dear Editor,
Now many students have iPods and regard them as their most favorites. Use an iPod, we can listen to music, download a lot of learning materials and read it on the screen. Apparently, it is great help to our study, especial to our English listening.
Some students, however, bring their iPods to classroom and listen to music, which makes the teacher and other students greatly annoying. What’s bad, some of them even waste precious time in class play video games.
In my opinion, the classroom is a place that students should concentrate in study. Furthermore, some rules should be made to guide the students to use iPods properly.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
Have you ever thought about the best meal you have ever eaten? For many people, it isn’t just about the quality of the food; it’s also about great memories of a particular vacation or the person it was shared 1.. We asked 100 famous chefs from around the world 2. their best meals were, and we got some 3. (interest) answers.
As the researchers expected, 30% of the chefs 4. ( survey ) said that their best meal as a kid was still what they liked the most as an adult. 20% 5. (consider) a meal in a fancy restaurant as the best one in their lives, and another 10% said that a meal while on vacation with their wife 6. husband was the best of all time. 15% said that a simple meal that they often cook at home ranked 7. (high) than any other meals, and the same number said that their best dish was something they make where they work.
8. (surprising), 10% of these chefs said that their favorite meal of their entire live was at a fast food restaurant! These best 9. (cook) in the world would pick McDonald’s or KFC if they had the choice of what 10. (eat).
第四部分 写作（百强校英语解析团队专供）（共两节，满分35分）
Big City Bus Driver
When I was 20, I went to stay with a friend for two weeks in Vancouver. My friend worked during the day, so I decided to go ____ on my own. I knew where I was and where I wanted to go, the Vancouver Aquarium（温哥华水族馆）. It sounded ____.
But soon I was completely ____. I boarded a bus, figuring it must do a circle, right? I rode a good half hour before becoming impatient and then got ____. I walked quite a while, up and down various blocks, but had no idea where I was.
I’ve lived in a tiny town all my life, rarely leaving it. Being a “small town girl”, I admit I’m fairly ____ about city life. People at home always told me city people were cold and unconcerned about others, so I was afraid to ____ to anyone.
I got on another bus, and then another again. Finally, after hours, I decided to get on ONE bus, and stay on ___ I recognized something. I rode over half an hour. Nothing ever seemed ____. When I became the only passenger on the bus, I began to get ____. I had no cellphone, and didn’t even ____ my friend’s office telephone number.
As I was about to give up and leave the bus, the driver asked ____ I wanted to go. I told him the aquarium, and he laughed, saying his bus wouldn’t go anywhere near. I ____ back in my seat, really afraid and upset. He asked where I was from, and I told him what had happened and now I just wanted to go back to my friend’s place.
__ , the driver pulled the bus over and called me to the front. He gave me detailed ____ as to which buses to take, and how to understand the bus system. He ____ printed the bus tickets I needed from his machine.
I was shocked. He spent a good twenty minutes ____ me, telling me everything I needed to know. Before giving me the tickets, I thanked him repeatedly, and asked him how much I ____ for tickets, “Nothing. Just get yourself to your friend’s home.”
Thanks to his ____, I was able to make my way back to my friend’s house. I don’t know what I would have done if that driver had not taken the ____ to help me. What people had told me was not true. City people ____, just like the driver. I never did learn his name, but I’ll always remember him.
1.A. marching B. shopping C. cycling D. exploring
2.A. simple B. special C. far D. true
3.A. late B. tired C. alone D. lost
4.A. up B. off C. over D. about
5.A. guilty B. impatient C. ignorant D. serious
6.A. walk B. nod C. talk D. write
7.A. because B. until C. though D. after
8.A. familiar B. interesting C. necessary D. ordinary.
9.A. scared B. surprised C. angry D. curious
10.A. call B. notice C. tell D. know
11.A. how B. why C. whether D. where
12.A. looked B. sank C. dropped D. kept
13.A. Obviously B. Amazingly C. Gradually D. Usually
14.A. appointments B. positions C. instructions D. requirements
15.A. only B. ever C. almost D. even
16.A. with B. on C. at D. to
17.A. bought B. owed C. ordered D. charged
18.A. courage B. honesty C. kindness D. trust
19.A. time B. pain C. place D. risk
20.A. serve B. behave C. care D. understand
In all our lives we must make choices. You make choices from the time you get out of bed in the morning until you go to sleep at night. What time to get up? What to wear? What to eat? You also make more significant choices when you graduate from high school. 1. College? Technical training?
No matter the size of the decision, the common thread in all of them is that they involve an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is your next best alternative—your second choice. For example, it’s a Saturday night, and you are trying to decide among going to the movies, hanging out at a friend s house or going to the football game. 2. What is your second choice? If it is the football game, then that is your opportunity cost.
Opportunity cost is important. When you make a certain choice, it forces you to think more critically about ail of the abandoned choices. By recognizing opportunity cost, you can decide whether your decision is worth it.
3. As a high school senior, you face several options, including going to college, going to technical school, or going to the work force. If you choose college, the opportunity cost is losing what could have been purchased or saved with the money spent on tuition（学费）, housing, books, etc. for four years. 4. You would also lose four years’ worth of income and experience that you could have earned if you had gone straight to work.
However, it is still the case that college graduates earn more than high school graduates. And the unemployment rate among college graduates is less than that of high school graduates. 5. But, like
all decisions, it is one that should be arrived at only after looking at the costs—including the opportunity cost一and considering the follow-up question: is it worth it?
A. Will you go straight to work?
B. What causes opportunity cost?
C. But that’s not the end of the costs.
D. Suppose you decide to go to the movies.
E. If you give up college, what do you lose?
F. A perfect example is the decision to go to college.
G. For many students, going on to college is a wise decision.
