14．自信对于学习和个人发展具有十分重要的作用，假如你是李华，将要参加你们学校举办的以Confidence为主题的英语演讲会，请根据下面的要点写一篇演讲稿．
1．自信在生活与学习中的重要作用；
2．培养自信的几种办法（多参加体育活动、多与同学合作交流、主动在课堂上回答问题等）；
3．不怕挫折，持之以恒．
注意：1．词数100-120词；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文流畅．

13．I mustapologize/apologise （道歉） for the delay in replying to your letters．

12．每句中有一处错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改．
    删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．
    增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符合（∧），并在改词下面写出该加的词．
    修改：在错的词下划-横线，在改词下面写出改正后的词．
    注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．至允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
Worrying about the time available．Zhang Pingyu had made list of the sites she wanted to see in London．Her first delightly was going to the Tower．It was build long ago by the Norman invaders of AD 1066．Fancy!This solid stone，square tower has remained standing for one thousand year．Although the buildings had expanded around it，but it remained part of a royal palace and prison combined．To her great surprised，Zhang Pingyu found the Queen's jewels guarded by specially royal soldiers which still wore the four-hundred-year-old uniform of the time of Queen ElizabethI．

11．After returning his count ry，Tom very wanted to see his friends．So he decided to invite his friends to dinner．He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen．Suddenly，he（41）found（find） that he had run out of salt．So Tom called to his son，"Go to the village and buy some salt，but pay a fair price for it：neither too much（42）nortoo little．"His son looked surprised，"I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much，Father，but if I can pay less，（43）whynot save a bit of money？"
"That would be a very （44）reasonable（reason） thing to do in a big city，but it could destroy a small village like ours，"Tom said．
       Tom's guests，（45）whohad heard their conversation，asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could．Tom replied，"The only reason a man would sell salt（46）ata lower price would be because he was desperate for money．And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect（47）forthe sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it．"
"But such a small thing couldn't（48）possibly（possible） destroy a village．"
"In the beginning，there was only（49）avery small amount of unfairness in the world，but everyone added a little，always （50）thinking（think） that it was only small and not very important，and look where we have ended up today．

10．Time is the most valuable thing that mankind has．（16）BMany people try to manage their time．They arrange information and tips in order to effectively do so．
（17）FTime can be managed easily by finding out what is important and arranging these things in the order of importance．In this way you know your direction before making any plans and do not waste time and energy unnecessarily．
Now comes the next question．（18）D．The answer is that you need to find out what steps you need to take to do and what you want to do．Then you know how much time to spend for each thing．These steps are like goals．
（19）ENot having them is like walking blindly in a dark room，trying to find the door．
Time management also demands a set schedule that works best for you．In this way you will be able to arrange your tasks based on their importance and finish them．In this way you will not waste your time in beating around the bush．（ 做事情绕圈子） 
（20）AThere are a lot of things that we need to do in a short time．Therefore，having good time management skills is at the top of the list of things we all need．

     A．We all live in a fast-paced world now．
     B．Using every passing second effectively can benefit us．
     C．Could you divide your time equally while doing your work？
     D．How do you manage time and what type of information is needed to do so？
     E．Setting goals is the most important part of tome management．
     F．Managing time is not that hard．
     G．The aim of time management is to give us a feeling of satisfaction．

9．This March is a busy month in Shanghai．There's a lot to do．Here are the highlights．
Live Music-Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis，the famous trumpet player．He's coming with his new 7-piece band，Herbie's Heroes．Herbie is known to play well into the early hours，so don't expect to get much sleep．This is Herbie's third visit to Shanghai．The first two were sold out，so get your tickets quickly．
PLACE：The Jazz Club                    DATES：15-23 March
PRICE：￥80，120                        TIME：10：00p．m．till late!
TEL：6466-8736       
Scottish Dancing
Take your partners and get ready to dance till you are tired．Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn．
Instructors will demonstrate the dances．The live band，Gordon Stroppie and the Weefrees，are also excellent．
PLACE：Jack Stein's                       DATES：every Monday
PRICE：￥60 including one drink            TIME：7：00-10：00 p．m．
TEL：6402-1877  
Exhibitions-Shanghai Museum
There are 120，000 pieces on show here．Your can see the whole of Chinese history under one roof．It's always interesting to visit，but doubly so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition．There are lots of mummies and more gold than you've ever seen before．Let us know if you see a mummy move!
PLACE：Shanghai Museum                       PRICE：￥30（￥15 for students ）
TEL：6888-6888                               DATES：daily
TIME：Monday-Friday 9：00a．m．-5：00p．m．，Weekends 9：00a．m．-9：00p．m．
Dining-Sushi chef in town
Sushi is getting really big in Shanghai．In Japan，it's become an art form．The most famous Sushi‘artist'is Yuki Kamura．She's also one of the few female chefs in Japan．She'll be at Sushi Scene all of this month．
PLACE：Sushi Scene in the Shanghai Hotel       DATES：all month
PRICE：￥200                                   TIME：lunchtime
TEL：6690--3211
For a full listing of events，see our website．

4．Bob and his friend want to go Scottish dancing．They should prepareBfor the tickets．
A．￥180     B．￥120     C．￥90     D．￥60
5．From the text we may learn that Kamura isA．
A．a cook    B．a waitress   C．an instructor        D．an artist
6．Suppose you are going to attend an ac tivity at 8：00p．m．on Saturday，which one can you choose？C
A．Live Music-Late Night Jazz           B．Scottish dancing
C．Exhibitions-Shanghai Museum          D．Dining-Sushi chef in town
7．Which of the following is true according to the advertisements？D
A．Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that it never tires you out．
B．The performance given by the American jazz band won't last long．
C．Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food．
D．It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhibits from Egypt．

8．Two little children were sitting by the fire one cold winter's night．Suddenly，they heard a knock at the door．"Who can it be？"they wondered．One ran（61）curiously（curious） to open it．There，outside in the cold and the darkness，stood a child（62）with no shoes on his feet and dressed in old thin clothes．He（63）was trembling （tremble） with cold，and he asked to come in and warm himself．
"Yes，come．"cried both the children．They drew the little stranger to their warm seat，shared their supper with him，and gave him their bed，and they slept on（64）a hard bench（长凳）．
On the night，they were awakened by sweet music，（65）which was played by a band of children in shining clothes．Suddenly the stranger child stood before（66）them：no longer cold and ragged，but dressed in silvery light．He said，"I am the Christ Child，（67）wandering （wander） through the world to bring peace and （68）happiness （happy） to good children as you．As you have helped me so much，this tree will give rich fruit to you every year．"
（69）While/As/When he was saying that，he broke a branch from the tree that grew near the door，and planted it in the ground and disappeared．But the branch grew（70）into a great tree，and every year it produced wonderful golden fruit for the kind children．

7．True friends are rare to come by these days．Even if you believe you've connected with someone，（36）F And often you will find that someone who you thought you could trust may have let you down．There are ways you can know if a friendship is true and how you can hold onto that friend．
A true friend is someone who will be there for you no matter what happens．Through good times and bad times，（37）A
They will accept you for who you are without trying to change you，and they will be there to help you grow in new ways．
Trust is another important aspect．A true friend will keep your secrets．They will be honest and be someone you can depend on．They will listen and be someone you know you can talk things over with，（38）G
Friendship is a two-way street though．To find true friends and keep them，（39）D．Be there for them in their hard times and share the good times with them．Be someone your friends can depend on as well and offer them the same things they give to you．A friendship will fall apart fast if only one person is giving and putting all the effort in．If you are the only one making an effort，be honest．
There will be barriers in the road but that is the test of true friendship．If it can survive those barriers，（40）E St Thomas Aquinas said，"There is nothing on this earth more prized than friendship"and it holds true．

A．they will stand by you．
B．how often does he let you down？
C．as if the could offer you great help．
D．you must in turn be the same as well．
E．it will be stronger and better than ever．
F．how do you really know he is a true friend？
G．even if they may not have advice to share with you．

6．Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart．A new study used a computer model to predict how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States．
The result：10% fewer heart attacks.8% fewer strokes.4% fewer deaths.11% fewer new cases of heart disease．And 240billion dollars in health care savings．
Researchers found it could prevent 100，000heart attacks and 92，000deaths every year．
The study is in the New England Journal of Medicine．Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo at the University of California San Francisco was the lead author．She says people would not even notice a difference in taste with three grams，or one-half teaspoon，less salt per day．The team also included researchers at Stanford and Columbia University．
Each gram of salt contains four hundred milligrams of sodium（钠），which is how foods may list their salt content．
The government says the average American man eats ten grams of salt a day．The American Heart Association advises no more than three grams for healthy people．It says salt in the American diet has increased by fifty percent since the 1970s，while blood pressures have also risen．Less salt can mean a lower blood pressure．
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading an effort called the National Salt Reduction Initiative．The idea is to put pressure on food companies and restaurants．Critics call it government interference．Mayor Bloomberg has already succeeded in other areas，like requiring fast food places in the city to list calorie information．Now a study by the Seattle Children's Research Institute shows that the calorie information on the menu can influence what parents order for their children．

32．According to the passage，what disease is not related to salt in diet？A
A．cancerB．strokeC．blood pressureD．heart attack
33．It can be inferred from the passage thatB．
A．the less salt one eats，the healthier he will be
B．how much salt is contained in certain food is measured by the amount of sodium
C．the American Heart Association suggests less than 3grams of salt a day for everyone
D．all the heart diseases result from eating too much salt
34．The National Salt Reduction Initiative aims toC．
A．attract the public attention to the problem
B．require fast food places to list salt information
C．put stress on food companies and restaurants
D．inform people of the harm that salt does to health
35．The last paragraph mainly tells usD．
A．a new study is being done about calorie information
B．Bloomberg is very successful in his career
C．parents must pay great attention to calorie information
D．Bloomberg has made some other efforts to improve people's health．

5．Early in the moring，I was waiting at the bus stop，worried about （41）being（be） late for school．There were many people waiting at the bus stop（42）andsome of them looked very anxious and （43）disappointed（disappoint）．When the bus finally came，we all hurried on board．I got a place next （44）tothe window，so I had a good view of the sidewalk．A boy on a bike （45）caught（catch） my att ention．He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms．I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver，but he refused （46）to stop（stop） until we reached the next stop．Still，the boy kept （47）riding（ride）．He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting．Finally，when we came to the next stop，the boy ran up to the door of the bus．I heard an excited conversation．Then the driver stood up and asked，"（48）Didanyone lose a suitcase at the last stop？"A woman on the bus shouted，"Oh dear!It's （49）me/mine（I）．"She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully．Everyone on the bus began talking about what the boy had done，and the crowd of strangers（50）suddenly（sudden） became friendly to one another．