A.She lost her credit card.B.She was in debt heavily.C.She didn't trust the woman.

There is much discussion about the necessity of daily homework for students. Some say homework is necessary since only practice 【1】 (make) perfect, while others disagree. In my opinion, daily homework is necessary for students. However, this might be misleading that one may believe all forms of homework 【2】(be) necessary. Actually, only proper amount of homework in proper form is 【3】 (accept); some homework may not only fail to help the students, but on 【4】 contrary bore them so much 【5】 they may lose their interest in studying. “Proper” homework, in my opinion, should vary in its forms, 【6】 might be some extensive reading, a paper, or even just a game, as well as other ordinary exercise. And it should leave enough 【7】 (free) to the students so that they could do things they really like to do with selfmotivation, rather than unwillingness. We should always remember that homework is something for us to guide the students, rather than 【8】 (drive) them. Only if a teacher 【9】 (keep) this 【10】 his/her mind, the homework could be of the most help to the students.

注意：1. 詞數(shù)100左右；

2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

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Lai Shixiong, 68, president of the Ivy League Analytical English magazine based in Taiwan, believes that constant practice and hard work are the keys to mastering English。

Like many non-native speakers, Lai failed when he started learning English. When he was in high school, he once got the unbelievably low mark of seven out of 100 in an English test. He almost gave up on English, but then he graduated from high school and enrolled(入學(xué) )in a military(軍隊的) school, where he met a classmate who was very good at English.

Amazed by his classmate’s American accent, Lai decided to start learning English from the very beginning. To correct his pronunciation, Lai practiced phonetic symbols(音標(biāo)) hundreds of times everyday using vinyl records(黑膠唱片).

Now that he was able to pronounce words, he began to practice dialogues. “I just talked to myself as if I were in a dialogue," he said.“I was basically talking to the air.”

However, talking to himself also meant that Lai wouldn’t be able to hear English expressions from others. That was when dictionaries came to his rescue. Unlike many who just look up vocabulary and pronunciations, Lai looked at details—definitions, usages and example sentences. “By checking every single part of the entry(詞條), you learn not only the vocabulary itself, but plenty of useful small words,” Lai said.

Reading and listening to English news is another good way to keep abreast of(了解……的最新進(jìn)展) new expressions. “The English news can teach us how to describe new things in our daily lives,” Lai said.

When he found it easy enough to speak English, Lai thought of two ways to improve his skills. He used English to describe everything he saw. He even translated speeches when he went to class meetings at the military school. “There is no shortcut to mastering a language. You have to practice,” Lai said. After all, Rome wasn’t built in a day.

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On March 10, California lawmakers voted to change the legal age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21. It meant that the US state in which the most people live was about to become the second after Hawaii to ban teenagers from smoking. 【2】 Up to now, over 100 cities in the US, including New York and San Francisco, have passed similar laws of their own.

“We can save billions of dollars in direct health care costs and, most importantly, save lives,” senator Ed Hernandez, who wrote the bill, told the Associated Press.

【3】 Last year the Institute of Medicine(IOM) in the US predicted that if the legal age were raised to 21, by the time today’s teenagers became adults, the smoking rate would be cut by 12 percent. 【4】For example, Vending machines (自動售貨機(jī)) would go away and less than 10 percent of stores would sell cigarettes illegally to teenagers.

【5】 An article in USA Today pointed out that taking in nicotine(尼古丁) during your teenage years is likely to badly affect brain function and development. Teenagers get addicted to smoking more easily than adults because the parts of the brain that control most decision making and self-control are still developing. As for the health effects, the risks of smoking-related illness rise with the number of years a person smokes.

A. There is evidence that supports Hernandez's words.

B. There are many reasons to cut youth smoking further.

C. The law will take effect 90 days after the governor signs it.

D. Meanwhile, other ways of getting cigarettes would disappear.

E. Some people argue that 18-year-olds are mostly able to make adult decisions.

F. Many countries in the world, including China, have set the legal smoking at 18.

G. But in some parts of the US, there’s still one thing an 18-year-old can’t do—smoke.

Sailing home, Henry, 【1】 American businessman, found himself 【2】 (carry) out to sea by a strong wind. When he was just about to give himself up, he 【3】 (spot) by a ship and so he landed in London 【4】 accident. Hungry and alone, he walked on the streets of the city when he was 【5】 (expect) called into a mansion, where two rich brothers, Oliver and Roderick, gave him a letter and told him not to open it until two o’clock of the day. Not 【6】 (know) it was a million pound bank note, Henry left the mansion and went into a cheap restaurant to stuff his stomach. Everybody was rude to him because he was in 【7】 (rag) and looked depressed. Then, to the surprise of everybody, he handed the owner a million pound bank note to pay for the meal. On 【8】 (see) the note, all the people in the restaurant became polite and tried their 【9】 (good) to please Henry. Don’t you think it’s 【10】 most incredible tale in the world?

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（ ∧）,并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（ \）劃掉。

修改：在錯詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意： 1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

Dear Tom，

I'm glad to hear that you are considering make up with Peter. If I am you, I would consider a bike as a birthday present for him．

As far as I know, Peter is always in poor health, so he should take more exercises by riding a bike to have his body build up. In the meanwhile, you can often go out by bike together, which is helpfully in rebuilding your friendship. Besides, taking a bike is environmentally friendly means of transport. It is convenient to get around as well. Apart from giving him a gift,and you can also adopt other means,such as traveling,seeing a movie,having dinner and going shopping.No matter how you do,being sincere was the most important. I really hope that we can make up and be good friends forever．

Best wishes!

Li Hua

【1】What is London famous for?

A.Its unique buildings.B.Its special location.C.Its modern life.

【2】What's one of the advantages of living in London?

A.More job opportunities.B.Better government welfare.C.More education opportunities.

【3】Why is it hard to live in London for some people?

A.The streets are crowded.B.The living costs are high.C.The traffic system doesn't work well.

【4】What problem does London face?

A.Finance.B.Environment.C.Lack of natural resources.

A few years ago, my friend Al won the lottery. It changed his life. He was not “born with a silver spoon in his mouth”. Instead, my friend was always short of money. And the money he did earn was chicken feed.

Sometimes Al even had to accept handouts (施舍物) from his friends. But do not get me wrong. My friend was always very careful with the money he spent. In fact, he was often a cheapskate. He did not like to spend money. The worst times were when he had no single penny left.

One day, Al scraped together a few dollars for a lottery ticket. He thought he would never gain lots of money unexpectedly. But his combination of numbers was chosen and he won the lottery. Al was so excited. The first thing he did was buy a costly new car — one thing that he normally would not buy. Then he started spending money on unnecessary things. It was like he had “money to burn”．

When we got together for a meal at a restaurant, Al paid every time. He would always tell me the money made him feel like a millionaire. But, Al spent too much money. Soon he was “down and out” again. He had spent his “bottom dollar” — his very last amount. He did not even save any of the money.

I admit I do feel sorry for my friend. He had enough money to “l(fā)ive like a king”. Instead, he was back to “l(fā)iving on a shoestring” — a very low budget. Some might say he was wise about small things, but not about important things.

【1】What does the author desire to do like others?

A. To combine the numbers perfectly.

B. To make a huge fortune.

C. To be chosen for selling lotteries.

D. To get in touch with millionaires.

【2】Before Al won the lottery ________.

A. he spent too much money buying chicken

B. he didn’t value the money he had earned

C. he had trouble feeding his family

D. he hated to give a hand to his friends

【3】What does the fourth paragraph imply?

A. Al always had good luck in life.

B. Al valued his money above his life.

C. Al had loved the expensive car probably.

D. Al pretended to have more money.

【4】When a person is “down and out”， ________.

A. he is as poor as a church mouse

B. he lives a life like other people

C. he has set aside all his money

D. he is looking forward to big success

Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them as a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit into the hand?

Now something like a tablet-shaped but foldable phone is about to show up. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both produced foldable phones, The Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X. Mobile phone use has entered the “foldable future”, The Verge said.

The technology could change our lives in meaningful ways. These devices, because of their bendable screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket.

The technology could change other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modern cities, they will help us to make full use of space.

In a speech, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the foldable screen “the base for the smartphone of tomorrow”. “It’s a white paper for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.

According to tech news website Android Authority, the necessary parts of foldable phones were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every 10 OLED screens produced were not perfect. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these foldable devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that few people will be able to afford.

But if the foldable device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming. Patrick Moorhead, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if foldable mobile screens are the future of smartphones; the only question is when and by whom.

【1】What is the main idea of Paragraph 3 and 4?

A.Possible advantages of the foldable screen.

B.Where the idea of foldable screens came from.

C.Popular foldable screen devices on the market.

D.People’s words on the foldable screen.

【2】What can we learn from Denison’s words?

A.The Galaxy Fold still has many problems.

B.The foldable screen has bright future.

C.The production of foldable phones will soon increase.

D.Companies need to work together to develop foldable phones.

【3】Which statement is TRUE about the problem of foldable phones now?

A.90 percent of their screens are not perfect.

B.Their screens are difficult to produce.

C.They are too expensive for most families.

D.They are not as useful as thought.

【4】What is the author’s attitude toward the future of the foldable screen?

A.PositiveB.Unconcerned

C.WorriedD.Cautious.