1．Is this you p       （永久的）address, or are you staying there for a very short period of time?

2．Newly arrived guests are required to r         （登记，注册）at the hotel’s reception desk.

3．I recommended that each c         （竞争者）should be praised for what they has done in the race.

4．A committee was a        （任命，委任）to look into the case and collect as much as information as possible.

5．It was now time to interview the farmer, for whom I had p          （先前，以前）worked.

6．If you could find some witnesses it would greatly s          （加强，巩固）your case.

7．They set up an i          （有影响力的）company to advise more people to make the best use of water.

8．If you cannot go yourself, why not find someone to s      （代替，替代）you?

9．It’s quite a          （显然的，显而易见的）that she has no intention of changing her mind.

10．The manage issued an order i       （指令，吩咐）its members not to work overtime.

To a child’s ear, “mother” is magic in any language.

I firmly believe that e         in the world loves his mother

So ________ I. My mother is an ordinary math teacher. She

always works h        , devoted to her job heart and soul.

In fact, she isn’t ________ good health. She has been suffering

from heart disease for many years. Weak t          she is,

she never stops _____________(工作) or gives up hope. I still

remember the day when my mother r            a card of

______________(祝贺) on her achievements from her director.

The card r           “ Thank you for your excellent work. Happy Teachers’ Day to you!” At that moment, I was so moved

that tears came to my eyes. I am p       of my mother.

When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy; it is just that we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?” they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together．

   Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us; we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost------No television! -------So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full; they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games．

69. The couple have not got a television, because   ______  ．

A. they are not rich enough         

B. they are strange people

C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways

D. they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts

70. At night when there is no electricity, the couple   ____    ．

A. have to look at the walls    B. can do nothing but sit in silence

C. will have many visitors      D. have to go out for candles

71. The best title for this passage is _____________.

A. Why Do We Need a Television?   B. Candle! But No Electricity!

C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies   D. We Go Without Televisions!

When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy, it is just that we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?”，they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.
Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us, we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost---no television!---So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full ---they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.
57. The couple have not got a television, because     .
A. they are not rich enough         
B. they are strange people
C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways
D. they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts
58. Both of them are interested in     .
A. learning languages  B. traveling 
C. staying home alone                D. watching people play games
59.At night when there is no electricity, the couple       .
A. have to stare at the walls B. can do nothing but sit in silence
C. will have many visitors  D. have to go out for candles
60. The best title for this passage is _____.
A. What is the function of television?     B. Candle! But No Electricity!
C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies.   D. We Go Without Televisions!

单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

1.I have no idea of the ___________(平均) size of classes in the UK.

2.Great changes have taken place in our country ___________(近来).

3.Good ________(准备) should be made before we have the important meeting.

4.Don’t feel e__________ about being different from others.

5.I would p________ playing outdoors to watching TV at home.

6.__________ (注意力集中) more on your work or you will be fired.

7.I found it difficult to keep my b________ on the icy road.

8.She performed the most c_________ task without a mistake.

9.I’m learning German, but I still can’t speak it p_________.

10.Children should be encouraged to be i____________ thinkers.