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　　Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he in computers, she in special education．"Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say．In April1998, he learned he would need a heart operation．It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose．

　　Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation(基金會)that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee．“I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire, " Tim recalls．He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder．"

　　Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library．com．The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts．

(1)

Why did Arthur Miller's father move to the USA?

[　　]

A．

He suffered from severe hunger in his home country．

B．

He was attracted by the "Great American Dream．

C．

He hoped to make his son a dramatist．

D．

His family business failed．

(2)

The play Death of a Salesman

[　　]

A．

exposes the cruelty of the American business world

B．

discusses the ways to get promoted in a company

C．

talks about the business career of Arthur Miller

D．

focuses on the skills in doing business

(3)

What can we learn about Willy Loman?

[　　]

A．

He treats his employer badly．

B．

He runs the Wagner Company．

C．

He is a victim of the American system．

D．

He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues．

(4)

After it was flist staged, Death of a Salesman

[　　]

A．

achieved huge success

B．

won the first Tony Award

C．

was warmly welcomed by salesmen

D．

was severely attacked by dramatists

(5)

What is the text mainly about?

[　　]

A．

Arthur Miller and his family．

B．

The awards Arthur Miller won．

C．

The hardship Arthur Miller experienced．

D．

Arthur Miller and his best-known play．

答案：1．D;2．C;3．B;4．A;5．D;
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聽下面5段對話，每段對話有一個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。

1．When will the woman sleep?

[　　]

A．Before turning off the lights.

B．After taking a walk.

C．After turning off the lights.

2．What did the man mean?

[　　]

A．He could offer her a pencil.

B．He had lost his pen.

C．He could lend her an extra pen.

3．Why was the woman late?

[　　]

A．Heavy traffic.　　B．Missing the bus.　　C．Car trouble.

4．Where did the woman see the movie?

[　　]

A．At a cinema.　　B．On TV.　　C．In a shop.

5．How did Betty find the gift?

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A．Very satisfying.

B．Very disappointing.

C．Not mentioned.

聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。

聽第6段材料，回答第6至8題。

6．Where does the dialogue most probably take place?

[　　]

A．In a hospital.　　B．At the doctor's.　　C．At home.

7．What can we conclude about the man and the woman?

[　　]

A．The woman is a nurse.

B．The man has caught a cold.

C．The man doesn't have a cold at all.

8．What did the woman do with the man's trouble?

[　　]

A．She told him to go to bed.

B．She got some hot water for him to use.

C．She telephoned the doctor at last.

聽第7段材料，回答第9至11題。

9．Where do you think they were talking?

[　　]

A．In his house.　　B．In a hospital.　　C．In an office.

10．What most probably is Tim?

[　　]

A．A driver.　　B．A worker.　　C．A fire fighter.

11．What does the woman want the man to do?

[　　]

A．Not to save anyone any more.

B．To find another job.

C．To change his resting - place.

聽第8段材料，回答第12至13題。

12．What made the man worried?

[　　]

A．Losing his car.

B．The wheels of his car being gone.

C．His car being stolen.

13．How did that happen?

[　　]

A．He left his car outside.

B．Someone had broken into his garage.

C．He forgot to lock his garage.

聽第9段材料，回答第14至16題。

14．When does this conversation take place?

[　　]

A．At the beginning of the term.

B．At the end of the school year.

C．In the middle of the summer vacation.

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[　　]

A．To a movie at the student center.

B．To an opera at a concert hall.

C．To a popular music concert.

16．What are they going to do first?

[　　]

A．To buy two tickests

B．To have supper.

C．To go to the concert.

聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題。

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[　　]

A．In the northeast of England.

B．In the southwest of England.

C．In London.

18．Which of the following is not mentioned in this story?

[　　]

A．John has lost his job before going to the south.

B．He didn't want to get a job in the northeast of England.

C．It was easier to find jobs in the south.

19．How many people were there in John's car when the men with a gun came in?

[　　]

A．The car was full.

B．Only five people were there.

C．He was alone in the car.

20．Why was John shaking before the man with a gun?

[　　]

A．Because he found the man was very strong.

B．Because he was afraid of the gun.

C．Because he was afraid of the ticket - collector.

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聽下面5段對話．每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A，B，C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置．聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題．每段對話僅讀一遍．

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[　　]

A．$4.50.

B．$5.00.

C．$9.00.

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[　　]

A．She is sorry.

B．She is angry.

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[　　]

A．In an office.

B．In a shop.

C．In a bookstore.

4．What's the population of Hawaii?

[　　]

A．About 1,000,000.

B．About 100,000.

C．About 10,000,000.

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[　　]

A．The film is helpful to her to learn English.

B．The film is helpful to the man to learn Chinese.

C．The film is helpful to both of them to learn Chinese.

聽下面5段對話或獨白．每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A，B，C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置．聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間．每段對話或獨白讀一遍．

聽第6段材料，回答第6～8題．

6．Where does this conversation most probably take place?

[　　]

A．At a home.

B．On a train.

C．At a restaurant.

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[　　]

A．A train.

B．A bus.

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[　　]

A．Boas and clerk.

B．Customer and waitress.

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A．At home.

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[　　]

A．An Alexander.

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A．2

B．3

C．4

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A．Half.

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A．He felt sick.

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　　Arthur Miller(1915-2005)is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century．Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary．Drawn like so many other by the “Great American Dream” However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the earlv l930s．

　　Milles's most famous play, Death of a SaIesman, is a powerful attack on the American system．with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth．In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into double with his worth．Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment：if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go．Willy is painfully aware of this, and at loss as to what to do with his lack of sucess．He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end．

　　When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic revews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics` Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama．It was the first play to win all three of these major awards．

　　Millerl died of hear failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway．

　　The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters．Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see．“We didn’t want to give the children rubbish, ” says Linda．The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series．

　　Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work．Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12, 200 books to preschoolers in their in their area．Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative：“This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of．”

　　The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children．“Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim．“Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left．”

(1)

What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?

[　　]

A．

His health problem．

B．

His love for teaching

C．

The influence of his wife

D．

The news from the Web

(2)

What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?

[　　]

A．

Give out brochures．

B．

Do something similar．

C．

Write books for children

D．

Retire from being a teacher．

(3)

According to the text, Dollly Parton is ________．

[　　]

A．

a well-known surgeon

B．

a mother of a four-year-old

C．

a singer born in Tennessee

D．

a computer programmer

(4)

Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?

[　　]

A．

To avoid signing up online．

B．

To meet Dollywood board members．

C．

To make sure the books were the newest．

D．

To see if the books were of good quality．

(5)

What can we learn from Tim’s words in the last paragraph?

[　　]

A．

He needs more money to help the children．

B．

He wonders why some people are so busy．

C．

He tries to save those waiting to die．

D．

Hconsiders his efforts worthwhile．

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閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

　　Here are some comments on Li Hua from his classmates．

　　Lily said, "Li Hua is the smartest student in our class and usually scores the highest marks in the English and mathematics exams．His homework and assignments are always done to a very high standard so our teachers ask us to follow his example．We all admire his intelligence．"

　　Kate said, "Li Hua is really a hard-working student．He spends at least four hours everyday reviewing his lessons and his homework is never late．As the exams get closer he becomes even more diligent and works into the early hours of the morning, making sure he has gone over all of the information covered in our classes．"

　　John said, "Li Hua is the kind of person who is easy to co-operate with．Although he's very clever he is still willing to listen to others' opinions and take their suggestions．When we do group work in class we all want to be in his group because he always does his share of the work and is easy to get along with．"

　　Tim said, "Li Hua is the class monitor and the most helpful student in our class．He always makes sure the classroom is kept clean and assists the teacher in handing out and collecting the students' books and homework．When a student is absent from school he will call and tell them what they have missed．"

[寫作內(nèi)容]假設(shè)你叫李平，你的同學(xué)李華擬申請到美國某大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)。申請材料需包括同伴的推薦信。李華邀請你為他寫一封推薦信。上文是其他同學(xué)對李華的一些評價，請根據(jù)這些評價和你自己對李華的看法，寫一封推薦信。(信的開頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)為你寫好)：

1．以約30個詞概括同學(xué)們眼中李華的特點和優(yōu)點；

2．以約120個詞表達你對李華的看法，并包括如下要點：

(1)你對同學(xué)們評價意見的看法；

(2)以你和李華之間的經(jīng)歷來說明其中的一點看法。

[寫作要求]作文中可使用自己的親身經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

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