nice, the fruit has a good sale.

   A. Tasting      B. Tasted    C. Being tasted     D. Having tasted

Friendship Day in India falls on the first Sunday of August every year. It is celebrated with many activities.

Young people in India spend the day with their closest friends and have fun together. Most youngsters in India plan a movie or have a meal with their friends. Many friends may go on a drive to tourist places or make a plan for camping. Some friends go to the supermarket to do some shopping. On Friendship Day, most stores offer discounted prices for customers and it is the perfect day to buy something for friends.

Some friends go to parties that are organized by many restaurants in order to attract youngsters. Such parties are very enjoyable. You can get food at a discounted price. Some friends just decide to meet up (碰头，相聚) at someone’s home and talk about their happy time. The time good friends spend sitting together and talking over a cup of coffee is precious and unforgettable.

Long-distance friends call up each other on this day and wish each other with warm feelings. Some of them even plan to meet up on this particular day. Yet some others plan a surprising visit just to see their friend gasp (喘息) in shock!

In 2009, Friendship Day in India falls on August 2^nd.So don’t forget to celebrate it with your friends.

When is Friendship Day celebrated in India?

A. On August 2^nd every year.               B. On the third weekend of August every year.

C. On August 1^st every year.                      D. On the first weekend of August every year.

According to the text, which of the following is the most popular way that youngsters in India celebrate Friendship Day?

A. Traveling with friends                           B. Seeing a film with friends

C. Dancing with friends                          D. Going shopping with friends.

How many ways are discussed in Paragraph 3 that friends spend Friendship Day together?

A. Two                 B. Three                C. Four                 D. Five

The underlined phrase “a surprising visit” in Paragraph 4 refers to “____”.

A. a visit to a friend who hasn’t expected it        

B. a visit to a friend who has dreamed of it for a long time 

C. a visit to a friend who tries to avoid it 

D. a visit to a friend who lives in a faraway place

I’ve won a holiday for two to Florida. I _____ my mum.

A. take           B. am taking          C. have taken         D. will have taken

Those lovely flowers were ______ for your mother for her 57^th birthday, but as she is away, I would be glad if you accept them.

A. committed  B. intended     C. supplied     D. scheduled

A woman renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.

“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a …”

“Of course I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.”

“We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation… ‘housewife’ covers it,” said the recorder.

       One day I found myself in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title．“What is your occupation?” she asked.

       The words simply popped out. “I’m a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”

       The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair.

       I repeated the title slowly, and then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.

       “Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what you do in this field?”

       Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t）, in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.”

       There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.

       As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (依托) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants---ages 13, 7, and 3.

       Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal pattern．

       I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”

       Motherhood…What a glorious career! Especially when there’s a title on the door.

What can we infer from the conversation between the woman and the recorder at the beginning of the passage?

       A. The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was.

       B. The recorder was impatient and rude.

       C. The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced.

       D. Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society.

How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation?

       A. curious        B. indifferent       C. puzzled       D. interested

How did the author feel when describing her job to the clerk?

   A. calm     B. panic-stricken      C. confident      D. cool

Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author?

A. Because the author cared little about rewards.

B. Because she admired the author’s research work in the lab.

C. Because she thought the author did admirable work.

D. Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of.

What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it.

B. To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect.

C. To show that the author had a grander job than Emily.

D. To show that being a mother is hard and boring work.                                    

A university graduate described as a “respectable and intelligent” woman is seeking professional help after being convicted of （证明有……罪）shoplifting for the second time in six months.

       Ana Luz, recently studying for her PhD, has been told she could end up behind bars unless she can control the desire to steal from shops.

       Luz ,who lives with her partner in Fitzwilliam Road, Cambridge, admitted stealing clothes worth ￡9.95 from John Lewis in Oxford Street, London, on March 9.

       Phillip Lemoyne, prosecuting（起诉）,said Luz selected some clothes from a display and took them to the ladies’ toilet in the store .When she came out again she was wearing one of the skirts she had selected, having taken off the anti-theft security alarms（防盗警报装置）.

       She was stopped and caught after leaving the store without paying, Mr. Lemoyne said.

       He added that she was upset on her arrest and apologized for her actions.

       Luz, 28, was said to have been convicted of shoplifting by Cambridge judges last October, but Morag Duff, defending, said she had never been in trouble with the police before that.

       “She is ashamed and embarrassed but doesn’t really have any explanation why she did this,” Miss Duff said. “She didn’t intend to steal when she went into the store. She is at a loss to explain it. She is otherwise a very respectable and intelligent young lady. She went to her doctor and asked for advice because she wants to know if there is anything in particular that caused her to do this.”

       Judge David Azan fined Luz ￡ 50,  and warned : “You’ve got a criminal record .If you carry on like this ,you will end up in prison ,which will ruin your bright future you may have.”

       Luz achieved a degree in design at university in her native Spain, went on to a famous university in Berlin, Germany for her master’s degree and is now studying for a PhD at Cambridge University, UK.

What does the underlined sentence “She is at a loss to explain it” mean?

A. In her opinion it was a loss to the clothes shops where she stole things.

B. She doesn’t have any idea why she has the desire to steal from shops.

C. She thinks it is a loss for her to explain why she stole things from shops.

D. Personally she feels ashamed and embarrassed for her shoplifting actions.

Which of the following best explains the meaning of the word “shoplifting” used in the passage?

A. Carrying goods in a lift for a shop.      B. Taking goods to the ladies’ toilet.

C. Selecting some goods from a display.      D. Taking goods from a shop without paying.

From the passage we can learn that           .

A. Ana Luz is already got her PhD at Cambridge University, UK

B. Ana Luz is ashamed and embarrassed and knows why she often did so

C. the university graduate will be put in prison if she steals in shops once more

D. Phillip Lemoyne is the “respectable and intelligent” woman’s defense lawyer

张林是上海世博会的一名志愿者，以下是他做志愿者的理由。请你根据下图所示写一篇100字左右的短文，并表达你的看法。

参考词汇：上海世博会：Shanghai World Exposition   美德： virtue

志愿者:   volunteer

The professor kept telling us that the future _____ to the well-educated and I kept wondering where I _____ of it.

A. would belong; heard                                   B. belonged; had heard      

C. was belonged; heard                              D. was belonging; had heard

Safety in school has been of great concern because of frequent reports about accidents _______ students got injured or killed while in school．

       A．in which                  B．when               

       C．that                     D．for which

A huge copy of “Zhang Zeduan’s Qingming Festival at the Riverside” in the Shanghai Expo brings a grand _________of national treasures and cultures to the Expo table.

A. chart               B. feast            C. impression       D. influence