Here is the Eight O’clock News.

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Chinese people spent about 120 billion yuan during the first three days of the May Golden Week last year. This year it has increased to 140 billion yuan.

The children of Beijing No.2 Middle School sang with students from Toronto in Canada to celebrate the 20th anniversary. They had been sister schools since 1986. They spent about two weeks together in Beijing. They visited the Great Wall and the Summer Palace. They took a lot of photos in Beihai Park.

Have you ever got tired of heavy shopping bags? A new shopping assistant robot which was invented by a Japanese company could be the answer. The helpful robot can follow you around and carry several bags. The robot was tested at a shopping center in February 2006.

About 500 people from different countries were in the 2006 “Rock Paper Scissors (剪刀)” World Match in Canada. This event was founded in 1842. It is said that playing this game is fun, and also a good way to solve problems among people.

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And now it’s time for Morning Music.

1.The students from Canada and Beijing No. 2 Middle School didn’t _________.

A．take photos                            B．visit places of interest

C．sing songs                             D．have a football match

2.Which of the following is NOT talked about in the news?

A．The robot can help with shopping bags.

B．A Japanese company invented the robot.

C．The robot was tested at a shopping centre.

D．There are such robots in people’s homes now.

3.The underlined word “anniversary” means_________.

A．birthday

B．yearly return of the date of an event

C．university

D．the new beginning of something important

4.Which of the following is a game?

A．Shopping assistant robot.                 B．May Golden Week.

C．Rock Paper Scissors.                     D．A visit to the school.

Hilton English Language Center

Information for New Students

CLASS TIME: 8:30a.m.—10:00a.m., 10:30a.m.—12:00a.m., 1:30p.m.—3:00p.m..

The Language Center is open Monday to Friday. Each class has one afternoon free per week. On the first day, go to the lecture hall to check your timetable.

SELF-ACCESS: The language laboratory (Room 1110) is open Monday to Friday from 3:15p.m. to 5:00p.m. for all full-time students.

You can learn how to use computers for language games or word-processing（文字处理）. There are tapes for students to borrow to practice their English. Go in and ask the teacher to show you. If you plan to take public examinations, there are dictation and listening comprehension tapes for you to practice with. There are cloze exercises on the computers. Ask your class teacher for a list of past exam essays. Students can borrow tapes to take home but they must be returned after two days.

ATTENDANCE（出勤）：All students are expected to attend classes as it is required. Students who do not attend classes will be reported to OSS. Eighty percent attendance is required for students to receive their certificates（证书）when they finish their courses. It is also required by OSS for an extension to your visa.

BOOKS: If students are given course books, the books are their responsibility. If a book is lost, the student will be expected to pay for it.

If students wish to buy books, there is a bookshop in the college specializing in English books (Room 3520).

1.When do classes begin and end on a full day?

A．8:30a.m.—1:30p.m..                     B．8:30a.m.—3:00p.m..

C．8:30a.m.—3:15p.m..                     D．3:15p.m.—5:00p.m..

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．No teachers are in the language lab.

B．90% attendance is required for the students.

C．Books can’t be taken out of the center.

D．Students can prepare for exams by listening to tapes.

3.The timetable can be seen in _____.

A．the lecture hall     B．Room 3520        C．the classroom      D．Room 1110

After the Summer Olympics are over, when all the athletes have gone home and the television audience has switched off, another group of athletes and fans will arrive at the host city, and another competition will begin. These are the Paralympics, the games for athletes with a disability. But in Beijing in 2008, for the first time, one of the greatest Paralympics athletes did not take part.

She is a British athlete by the name of Tanni Grey-Thormpson. Born with spine hifida (脊椎裂) which left her paralysed from the waist. Tanni used a wheelchair from the age of 7. at first, she did not like sports, apart from horse-riding, which gave her a sense of freedom. But in her teens, she started taking sports more seriously. She tried swimming, basketball and tennis. Eventually she found she began to love athletics, and never looked back.

Indeed, Tanni’s athletic career took off . In 1984, when she was 15, she pulled off a surprise victory in the 100metres at the Junior National Wheelchair Games.

In 1988, Tanni went to her first Paralympic Games in Seoul. She won bronze in the 400 metres. Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelonn. Paralympics. Tanni won gold in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres relay, setting two world records in the process. In the same year she achieved the first of her six London Wheelchair Marathon victories.

Tanni’s success had been part motivation(动机), part preparation, “The training I do that enables me to be a good sprinter(短跑运动员) enables me to be good at a marathon too. I train 50 weeks of the year and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I want to see…. I am still competing at a very high level, but as I get older, things get harder and I want to retire before I fall apart.”

Indeed Tanni retired finally after the Visa Paralympic World Cup in 2007. Her wish is to coach young athletes for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

In spite of ups and downs, she never takes her fate lying down. In her splendid life, she has won an amazing eleven gold medals, four silvers and one bronze in series of Paralympics- a top level athletic career covering two decades. She has won the London Wheelchair Marathon six times, more than any other competitor, and she has set over thirty world records.

What advice does she have for young athletes? “Work hard at your studies, and then train, train and train again.”

1.Which of the following sports did Tanni like before thirteen?

A．Basketball         B．Swimming.         C．Tennis.            D．Horse-riding.

2.When did Tanni win her first Olympic gold medal?

A．In 1984.          B．In 1988.           C．In 1992.           D．In 2007.

3.The underlined word “that” in the 5th paragraph refers to _______.

A．fifty weeks’ training

B．being a good sprinter

C．training almost every day

D．part motivation and part preparation

4.What can we learn from Tanni’s success?

A．Union is strength.                       B．Never too late to learn.

C．Well begun is half done.                  D．No pains, no gains.

单词拼写（每小题1分 共15分）

1.It sounds a good idea, but it r__________ to be seen whether it will succeed.

2.She prefers pop music and jazz to c__________ music.

3.A m_______ is a person who performs or writes music, especially as his/her job.

4.Many countries, i_________ China, are strongly against terrorism (恐怖主义).

5.C__________ among youths to enter the best colleges is intense (激烈的).

6.Unexpected difficulties a__________ when they were doing their experiment.

7.Man should protect w__________ for his own existence.

8.There is no _________ (怀疑) that he can do the job well.

9.More than a hundred people were killed in the crash and only five passengers ______(幸存).

10.People in Europe are not ________ (熟悉) with Chinese music.

11.We will ___________(替换) any goods that are damaged.

12.The noise from the street __________ (影响) our work.

13.What should we do to punish those who do _______(危害) to the animals?

14.I would _________ (感激)it if you could pay in cash.

15.Hangzhou is an ancient city with many c      sites. Many visitors come to Hangzhou every year.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I like music very much, pop songs particularly. Every evening then I am doing homework and at weekends when I at home, I always play some of my favorite songs on my MP3 player. The familiar patterns of notes attracts me into the colourfully world of music. Now and then I stopped to follow the songs. Sometimes, my mother comes in, asking me to pay my attention on my homework. She does not like the pop music. Like most grown-ups, she enjoys folk songs, because the peaceful music reminds her of their beautiful life when she was young. It is true which people of different age understand music differently and enjoy different kinds of music.

假设你是李华，请你根据下列要点，用英文给玛丽回一封电子邮件，建议她来你所在的学校作交换生。理由是：1．你校每年都接纳交换生；

2．学校条件好，各种设施好，有图书馆，电子阅览室……；

3．课外活动丰富多彩；   4．你校学生英语水平好，易于交流；

5．特别是老师好，教法生动有趣

注意：

1．可根据要求加以必要发挥，但不要逐字翻译；   2．词数为100左右；

参考词汇：设施：facility  电子阅览室：electro-reading-room

Hi Mary,

Nice to read your e-mail today. It’s very kind of you to give me encouragement, l owe a lot to you for your help.

As to which school is the best one for you to stay in, I should suggest              _____                                                                                 

Hope you’ll choose my school.

Li Hua

The most interesting thing to the small boy was _______ he got close to the door, it would open of itself.

A．that as            B．that that           C．what that          D．what when

We had an anxious couple of weeks, _______ for the results of the experiment.

A．wait              B．to be waiting       C．waited            D．waiting

 He had no choice but to go on because it is their agreement that no one ______ quit the plan half way.

A．need             B．will              C．shall             D．can

 --What should I prepare for him?

--________ anything. He is not particular with food.

A．Nearly            B．Almost            C．Mostly            D．Most