How men first learned to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery．All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down．Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters we call words．

　　The power of words, then, lies in their combinations — the things they bring up before our minds．Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases．

　　Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts, but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and feelings．This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary （文字的） style．Above all, the real poet is a master of words．He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can move men to tears．We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and rude．

1．The origin of language _____．

A．is reflected in sounds and letters

　   B．is handed down from generation to generation

　   C．dates back to the prehistoric period

D．is a problem not yet solved

2．According to the passage, words are _____．

A．visual letters　              B．represented by sounds

C．represented either by sounds or letters       D．signs called letters

3．The secret of a writer’s success is the use of words that _____．

A．recall to us the glad and sad events of our past

B．a(chǎn)re arranged in a creative way

C．a(chǎn)re as beautiful as music

D．a(chǎn)gree with certain literary style

4．The author of the passage advises us _____．

A．to use words carefully and accurately         B．not to use silly and rude words

C．to become a slave of words                  D．to use emotional words

假設(shè)你參加了你校組織的 “關(guān)愛生命  攜手‘艾滋’兒童”的活動。請你根據(jù)以下信息，寫一篇英文日記，敘述活動情況。

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內(nèi)容       1．時間：2007年12月1日 星期六8:30 啟程，

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              2．地點：校門口集中，一個半小時自行車車程

      目的地：紅十字會醫(yī)院

      3．活動：親切交談、牽手跳舞、贈送禮物、拍照留念

       感受

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December 1^st   Saturday  2007                                 Fine_________  

In 1883, an imaginative engineer named John Roebling decided to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was a pipe dream. It was not practical. It had never been done before.

       But Roebling refused to listen to them. He thought about the bridge day and night and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. After much discussion and persuasion he convinced his son Washington, who was a promising engineer himself, that the bridge in fact could be built.

      Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished. With great excitement, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.

       The project started well, but several months after it began, a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was so seriously injured that he was never able to walk, talk or even move again.

       "We told them so", "Crazy men and their crazy dreams", "It's foolish to chase wild visions", the critics said and most thought the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap Washington still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever.

       Washington's wife tried to inspire and pass on her husband's enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task. As he lay in his hospital room, an idea suddenly hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this finger and tapping it on his wife's arm, he slowly developed a code to communicate with her. Then he used this method to tell his wife what the engineers should do. It seemed crazy but the project was under way again. For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife's arm, until the bridge was finally completed.

Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man's spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances.

1．What did most people think about Roebling's idea to build the bridge?

     A．It would never become a reality.

      B．Washington was not experienced enough.

     C．It would take a lot of time.

     D．Finding the money would be impossible.

2．The underlined word `daunted' (para. 6) is closest in meaning to ‘ ______’.

     A．unpleasant        B．scared            C．a(chǎn)mazed              D．determined

3．Which of the following shows the correct order of the events that happened in the story?

     a．Roebling convinced his son.

     b．Washington found a new way to communicate.

     c．They hired the crew.

     d．The bridge was completed.

     e. Roebling wanted to build a bridge.

     f. There was a tragic accident.

      A．e, a, c, f, d, b                                 B．e, a, f, b, c, d    C．e, f, a, b, c, d    D．e, a, c, f, b, d

4．What can we learn about Washington's wife?

     A．She knew sign language very well.

     B．She was devoted to her husband.

     C．She developed a code to communicate with her husband.

     D．She helped her husband design the plan.

5．What does the story tell us?

     A．Success will come with the passing of time.

     B．Struggles are exactly what we need in our lives.

     C．Even the most distant dream can be realized with a never-say-die attitude.

     D．The people who make a difference in our life should be remembered forever.

    假如你在春節(jié)期間到北京大學(xué)參加了一個為期十天的冬令營活動。以下是你參加本次活動期間所寫的部分日記摘要。

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    你擬向一英文雜志“我與奧運”欄目投稿，請根據(jù)日記內(nèi)容寫一篇短文介紹本次活動的內(nèi)容及你的感受。你的稿件需包括以下五方面的內(nèi)容：

    1．本次活動的概況（名稱、時間、地點）；

    2．介紹校內(nèi)活動的內(nèi)容；

    3．介紹校外活動的內(nèi)容；

    4．概述你對本次活動的總體感受；

    5．你對本次活動的建議并闡述原因。

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Alfred Korzybski believes that all human beings lead a kind of double life. First, people live in an internal (內(nèi)在的) world of ideas, feelings, etc. The happenings in this world are patterns of events in the human nervous system. Secondly , people live in a world outside their skins, the external(外在的)world of “reality”. The happenings in this world are patterns of events best known to science.

The first world, the patterns of events inside our skins, Korzybski called the INTEN- SIONAL area. The second, the patterns of events outside our skins, he called the EXTEN- SIONAL area. Think for a moment about the two worlds in which you live. Look, for example, at the following diagram:

INTENSIONAL PATTERNS           EXTENSIONAL PATTERNS

“cat”                             An object we call “cat”.

The word "cat ".                        A pattern of physical and

The image of this cat.                    chemical events best

Ideas about cats.                        known to science.

Feelings about cats.

Physical tensions aroused

by the cat: the urge to

pick it up, to kick it, etc.

Thinking along these lines, Alfred Korzybski began to see what was wrong with the great number of people: they confused intentional events with extensional “reality”. He believed that too many people mistake the events in their own nervous systems for events in the outside world. When they get lost in a strange city, more often than not they are angry at the map they use. In fact, it’s the maps of words in their heads that are to blame.

1．According to Alfred Korzybski, we human beings live in__________.

    A．the world of ideas

    B．the world of reality

    C．either the world of ideas or that of reality

    D．both the world of ideas and that of reality

2．The INTENSIONAL area in the passage refers to the patterns of events__________.

       A．outside our skins                                 B．best known to science

       C．in the human nervous system          D．in the external world of reality

3．Which of the following belongs to EXTENSIONAL pattern?

       A．A computer on the shelf.               B．A computer is useful.

       C．I like the computer.                   D．I want to buy the computer.

4．According to what Alfred Korzybski states in the last paragraph , you get lost because of _  .

       A．the map you bring with you                  B．the maps of words in your head

       C．the reality world before you                  D．the strange city you visit

New Zealand

1．Which of the following is a fact about New Zealand?

A.        20％of the population being Maoris．

B.        Four million white people．

C.        About 1600 km south of the Equator．

D.       Nearly 1/3 of the country being plants．

2．The country’s population is mainly made up of_______．

A.        the white people and the Polyesians

B.        the white people and the “pakeha”

C.        the Maoris and the white people

D.       the Maoris and the Polynesians

3．When did the white people begin to live in New Zealand？

A.        1000 years ago，

B.        200 years ago．

C.        85 years ago．

D.       50 years ago．

4．What do the Maoris value most in life？

A.        Living in small villages．

B.        Developing farming skills．

C.        Keeping their own culture．

D.       Taking up government jobs．

請根據(jù)下列圖表及文字說明用英語寫一篇短文,內(nèi)容應(yīng)包括中美高中生零花錢的主要來源、比例、差異及原因。

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        3．參考詞匯：百分比percentage (n.)

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       假設(shè)你叫李華，你的加拿大筆友James想了解一下2008年全國中學(xué)生英語夏令營的有關(guān)信息，請你根據(jù)下面的海報給他寫一封信，談?wù)勀阌嘘P(guān)情況和活動意義，并邀請他參加你們的活動。

       注意：1．此信必須包括以上提供的內(nèi)容要點，可以適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，使內(nèi)容連貫；

                  2．信的開頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)給出，不計入總詞數(shù)；

3．詞數(shù)：100左右；

4．參考詞匯：全國中學(xué)生英語能力競賽NEPC；交流vt. exchange

Dear James,

       Nice to hear from you again._      ____________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________    ___

       Best wishes,

                                                                                                      Yours truly,

                            Li Hua

       Congratulations! You are the Time magazine ‘Person of the Year’.

       The annual honor for 2006 went to anyone that uses or creates content on the Internet. The   magazine designed special cover — a white keyboard with a mirror for a computer screen where buyers can see their reflection- for the issue, reflecting the importance of user-generated（使用者自創(chuàng)） Internet content as a driving force in the modem world.

       User-generated content on websites such as YouTube has proved the latest twist（轉(zhuǎn)折） in the Internet revolution. YouTube has attracted millions of users and earned its founders $ US1.65 billion when it was bought by Google earlier this year.

       Normally, the magazine describes its person of the year not necessarily as an honor, but as ‘the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill, and represented what was important about the year’. Mr. Stengel said in an interview that to select the ‘Person of the Year’ is to look for someone who’s a symbol.

      The magazine did cite（提名） 26 ‘People Who Mattered,’ from Chinese President Hu Jintao to a group of three persons that included: U.S. President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield.

       It was not the first time that the magazine went away from naming an actual person for its ‘Person of the Year’. In 1966, the 25-and-under generation was cited; in 1975, American women were named; and in 1982, the computer was chosen.

       In 2005, the winners were Bill and Melinda Gates and rock star Bono, who were cited for their charitable（慈善的） work aimed at reducing global poverty and improving world health.

1．‘You’, the Time magazine ‘Person of the Year 2006’, refers to ___________.

       A．a(chǎn)nyone who reads this magazine                                                                    B．a(chǎn)nyone who surfs the Internet

C．a(chǎn)nyone who knows the result of the selection                       

D．a(chǎn)nyone who reads the passage

2．The fashionable character of the Internet revolution is __________.

    A．to search information on the Internet    B．to use the Internet to make money

    C．to be cited for ‘Person of the Year’      D．to create content onto the Internet

3．The usual qualification of ‘Person of the Year’ is that a person or persons must __________.

    A．do the most good to the world in the year

    B．not live up to the expectation of the world

    C．really affect the world the most in the year

    D．help the world move ahead in the year

4．Which of the following is true?

    A．U.S. President Bush was cited for ‘Person of the Year 2006’.

    B．Chinese President Hu Jintao was cited for ‘Person of the Year 2006’.

    C．‘Person of the Year’ must be a person or persons.

    D．A rock star is unlikely to be cited for the ‘Person of the Year’.

　　Experience the newly opened Grand Canyon (大峽谷) West Skywalk in Arizona. Departing from Grand Canyon’s South Rim by Airplane to Grand Canyon’s West Rim, you will land and take a ground tour to the Skywalk! Walk on air for 70 feet over the edge of Grand Canyon West.

This Skywalk has been open since March 28, 2007. Daily visitorship to the Skywalk has been over 4,000 people. Please be patient to enjoy your moment on the Skywalk.

After you have experienced the one and only Grand Canyon Skywalk Glass Bridge, you will return to the Grand Canyon West Airport and take your Airplane for a flight back to the South Rim of the Canyon. This is a tour never to be forgotten as you will have walked on air over the Grand Canyon.

Tour Itinerary (行程)

1. This advertisement is for __________.

   A. Grand Canyon West                            B. Grand Canyon South

   C. Grand Canyon                                    D. the Skywalk

2. The package fee does NOT cover the cost of _______.

3. The Grand Canyon Skywalk Bridge is made of glass because ______.

   A. it looks stranger                                  B. it is cheaper to build

   C. it looks more beautiful                         D. it gives you a better view

4. According to the Tour Itinerary, the route is ______.

   A. South Rim→Guano Point→West Airport→Eagle Point→West Airport→South Rim

   B. South Rim→West Airport→Guano Point→Eagle Point→West Airport→South Rim

   C. South Rim→West Airport→Eagle Point→Guano Point→West Airport→South Rim

   D. South Rim→West Airport→Eagle Point→West Airport→Guano Point→South Rim