If your boss asks you to work in Moscow this year, he’d better offer you more money to do so —or even double that depending on where you live now. That’s because Moscow has just been found to be the world’s most expensive city for the second year in a row by Mercer Human Resources Consulting.

   Using the cost of living in New York as a base, Mercer determined Moscow is 34.4 percent more expensive including the cost of housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment(娛樂(lè))。

   A two-bedroom flat in Moscow now costs ＄4,000 a month; a CD ＄24.83, and an international newspaper ＄6.30, according to Mercer. By comparison, a fast food meal with a hamburger(漢堡包) is a steal at ＄4.80.

   London takes the No.2 place, up from No.5 a year ago, thanks to higher cost of housing and a stronger British pound relative to the dollar. Mercer estimates(估算) London is 26 percent more expensive than New York these days. Following London closely are Seoul and Tokyo, both of which are 22 percent more expensive than New York, while No.5 Hong Kong is 19 percent more costly.

   Among North American cities, New York and Los Angeles are the most expensive and are the only two listed in the top 50 of the world’s most expensive cities. But both have fallen since lase year’s study—New York came in 15^th ,down from 10^th place, while Los Angeles fell to 42^nd from 29^th place a year ago. San Francisco came in a distant third at No.54, down 20 places from a year earlier.

   Toronto, meanwhile, is Canada’s most expensive city but fell 35 places to take 82^nd place worldwide. In Australia, Sydney is the priciest place to live in and No.21 worldwide.

1. What do the underlined words “a steal” in Paragraph 3 mean?

   A. an art of stealing                B. something delicious

   C. something very cheap              D. an act of buying

2. London has become the second most expensive city because of           .

   A. the high cost of clothing         B. the stronger proud against the dollar

   c. its expensive transportation       D. the high prices of fast food meals

3. Which city is the third most expensive on the list?

   A. Tokyo         B. Hong Kong        C. Moscow           D. Sydney

4. Which city has dropped most on the list in North America?

   A. New York    B. Los Angeles              C. San Francisco           D. Toronto

   此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤。對(duì)標(biāo)有題號(hào)的每一行作出判斷：如無(wú)錯(cuò)誤．在該行右邊橫線上畫(huà)一個(gè)勾(√)；如有錯(cuò)誤(每行只有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤)．則按下列情況改正：

   此行多一詞：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

   此行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧）．在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出該加的詞。

   此行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出改正后的詞。

   注意：原行沒(méi)有錯(cuò)的不要改。

It is five years now since I graduate from No.3 High          1.           

School. Last Saturday, the class that I was on held a          2.           

get-together, which took us a long time prepare. It             3.           

was indeed not easy to get in the touch with everybody             4.           

and set a well time for all of us. We all enjoyed                  5.           

this precious day greatly, remember the time we spent        6.           

together and the people they were familiar with. It was              7.           

a pity which some of us were not present as they had        8.           

gone abroad for further studies, but they called back          9.           

or sent greeting card from different places.                       10.           

   假定你是李華，準(zhǔn)備參加學(xué)校舉辦的主題為“健康成長(zhǎng)”的英語(yǔ)作文比賽。請(qǐng)按要求寫(xiě)一篇短文。主要內(nèi)容包括：

   1．樂(lè)觀的人生態(tài)度：2．努力學(xué)習(xí)：3．參加體育鍛煉。．

   生詞：態(tài)度attitude

   注意：1.詞數(shù)l00左右：2.可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫：3.開(kāi)頭己為你寫(xiě)好．

—Would you like to join me for a quick lunch before class?

—        , but I promised Nancy to go out with her.

A. I’d like to         B.I like it               C.I don’t              D.I will

—What fruit is in season now?

—Grapes and peaches,       .

A.I know                      B.I think                C.I see                  D.I feel

The performance        nearly three hours, but few people left the theatre early.

A. covered                    B. reached             C. played               D. lasted

Let’s learn to use the problem we are facing      a stepping-stone to future success.

A. to                                   B. for                    C. as                            D. by

The lawyer rarely wears anything other than jeans and a T-shirt       the season.

A. whatever                         B. wherever           C. whenever          D. however

I like getting up very early in summer. The morning air is so good       .

A. to be breathed                                      B. to breathe

C. breathing                                              D. being breathed

—Have you known Dr. Jackson for a long time?

—Yes, since she        the Chinese Society.

A. has joined                 B. joins                  C. had joined                 D. joined