“New York City is not America.” Your American friends are sure to tell you this when you get there. “You must go to see Boston, Washington, D.C, and ...” But first, of course, you want to see New York City. It isn't the capital city of the U.S. or the capital city of New York State（州）. But many people call it “the greatest city on earth”.

　　First, get a map of New York City. You can take a bus tour（观光）, but a better way to see the sights（风景）is to walk. It's not easy to get lost. Almost all the streets of NewYork City are straight（直的）. You may meet people from every country who are living in New York City.

　　Jones Beach is about an hour from New York City. You can enjoy a swim（游泳）and lie in the sun -- and the sun there can be very very hot.

(1) New York City is _______.

[　　]

A．the capital city of the United States

B．the capital city of New York State

C．not America

(2) If you want to see the sights of New York, you'd better（最好）________.

[　　]

A．take a taxi

B．walk around

C．take a bus

(3) ________ when you go around New York City.

[　　]

A．You may get lost easily	B．You may not get lost easily
C．You should walk straight

(4) When you go down New York City, ________.

[　　]

A．you may meet some Chinese	B．you can see Boston
C．you can see Niagara Falls

(5) Jones Beach is ________.

[　　]

A．in New York City

B．one of New York City's streets

C．not very far from New York City

　　A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with their children?”

　　①The old man pointed to（指向）a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one.“Please untie（解开）that string.”He said. The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side.

　　“Now tie it again, please.”said the old man.“②But first pull（拉）the string tight（紧）so that the young tree is straight（直）again.”

　　The young man did so. Then the old man said, “There, it is the same with children.”③You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on.④If they are not yet able to stand alone, you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone you can take the string away.”

根据短文内容选择正确的答案。并从画线句子中选出适当的短语或句式，以其适当的形式填入1～7小题的空白处。

(1) The story is about ________.

A．how to take care of young trees

B．how strict parents should be with their children

C．how the young father should get on with his old neighbour

D．how to tie a tree

(2) The young man untied the string ________.

A．in order to throw it away

B．so that both of the trees would grow straight

C．in order to see how tall it is

D．only to find that the young tree bent over to one side

(3) When can the string be taken away?

A．When the old man leaves.

B．When the young man unties it next time.

C．When the children are old enough.

D．When the young tree grows strong enough.

(4) Our teacher ________ us, so no one falls behind in our class.

(5) I watch English Outlook every day ________ I can improve my English very quickly.

(6) He ________ the house far away and told me he lived there five years ago.

(7) My sister ________ speak English very well when she was five years old．

 

假设你是一名记者，请根据以下提示，用英语给China Daily 写一篇关于2010年11月15日下午2点30分，上海静安区一高楼发生特大火灾新闻报道。字数80个词左右。注意：部分内容已为你写好，不计入总词数。

 

Place of fire	between the tenth floor and the twelfth floor.
People in the apartment building	still some retired teachers, be surrounded(v.围困)，big fire.
Number of the dead and the injured	58,killed, 70 , injured  0ver 50,  missing (adj.失踪的). by Nov.19th.
Time of stopping the fire	over 4 hours.
Cause of the fire	some careless construction(建筑) workers.
Comment	a big fire in a century in Shanghai.

 

An especially big fire broke out(爆发) in a 28-storey high-rise apartment building in Jingan District, Shanghai.

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假设你是一名记者，请根据以下提示，用英语给China Daily 写一篇关于2010年11月15日下午2点30分，上海静安区一高楼发生特大火灾新闻报道。字数80个词左右。注意：部分内容已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Place of fire	between the tenth floor and the twelfth floor.
People in the apartment building	still some retired teachers, be surrounded(v.围困)，big fire.
Number of the dead and the injured	58,killed, 70 , injured  0ver 50,  missing (adj.失踪的). by Nov.19th.
Time of stopping the fire	over 4 hours.
Cause of the fire	some careless construction(建筑) workers.
Comment	a big fire in a century in Shanghai.

 
An especially big fire broke out(爆发) in a 28-storey high-rise apartment building in Jingan District, Shanghai.
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书面表达 15分
假如你叫张宾，Jimmy是你的笔友，他下个月就要到中国旅游。请你根据下面e-mail给他介绍国内非常值得一去的地方。

省／市	供考虑的地点
首都北京	长城――世界七大奇迹之一；故宫博物馆――辉煌壮丽的清朝宫殿群；圆明园――举世闻名的皇家园林。
陕西省	秦陵兵马俑――世界上著名的景点；华山――悬崖峭壁，山势险峻；离西安不远。
湖南省	张家界——一个四周环山的好地方。

注意：
词数：80左右。开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：imperial adj.　皇帝的steep adj.陡峭的  the Terra Cotta Warriors秦陵兵马俑
Dear Jimmy,
I am very glad to hear that you’ll come to China for a visit next month. Now I will teel you something about the places of interest in China.
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Oh, I must stop now. I hope you will have a good trip!
Good luck!
Yours
Zhang Bin