That year , in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously stupid. Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners……
Before this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct his mistakes.
Whenever the new teacher asked questions, the stupid kid would stand up but made the wrong answers, the other students all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. To do this they used all kinds of stuff : sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc. It didn’t seem like any of this bothered the new kid.
However, Little Lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. On leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet him……
It was the new teacher!
The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.
【小题1】根据短文第二三段描述，可知这位新老师的工作很有创造性，故选A。
【小题2】根据短文最后一段Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.描述，可知选B，这个所谓的最蠢的学生其实比其它学生知道的多。
【小题3】根据Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school.描述，可知选B。
【小题4】联系上文To do this they used all kinds of stuff :可知选C。
【小题5】The math lessons became interesting again because of the new teacher’s ___________.

A．creativity

B．imagination

C．responsibility

D．curiosity

【小题6】The passage implies that the stupidest child____________________________.

A．was in great need of math teacher’s help after class

B．knew much more about math than other classmates

C．had no much gift for math and was slow to learn it

D．disliked both the new math teacher and his lessons

【小题7】According to the passage, Lewis followed the stupidest in order to ______________.

A．learn about where he lived	B．find out if he felt upset
C．say something to comfort him	D．make friends with him

【小题8】 What does the underlined word “this” in the third paragraph refer to ?

A．To find the stupidest kid’s mistakes.

B．To think up the most original ways to explain.

C．To use all kinds of stuff.

D．To follow him home after school.

9. I am in______charge of the class which was in ______ charge of my wife.

  A. 不填；the　　　　　　B. 不填；不填

　C. the; 不填　　　　　　D. the; the

选A。in charge of 的意思是“负责”、“管理”，其主语通常是人；in the charge of 的意思是“由……负责或管理”，其主语通常是物。

10. —Shall I sit at this end of the boat or the other end?

  —If you keep still, you can sit at______end.

  A. neither   B. each   C. either any

Part B 根据所给的信息，写一篇100字左右的短文

人们庆祝生日的方式各不相同，如购买生日礼物，开生日party，吃生日蛋糕等，但你却希望你的下一个生日过出新意或出人意料。请对照同学们庆祝生日的方式，结合你的设想用英语写一篇短文谈谈你自己的想法。

 注意：1。内容积极向上，语意连贯，结构完整。

       2．不能使用真实姓名。

                   A  ___________ ( Surprise / New--styled )Birthday

Everyone has his or her own way to celebrate his or her own birthday.____________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

《纽约时报》11月刊登了DAVID BROOKS的一篇评论文章“The Nation of Futurity”，他提出这种观点“中国崛起使美国产生信仰危机(critis)”。

原因	中国经济的增长速度；中国人的乐观态度
《新闻周刊》 Newsweek 的调查结果	1．86%的中国人认为自己的国家所走的道路是正确的；	美国只有37%的人认为自己的国家走在正确道路上；
	2．63%的人相信自己的国家30年之内将成为全球技术领先者；
	3．多数中国人认为中国将带来下一场社会变迁．	只有三分之一的美国人认为下一场突破会发生在美国．

 
请用5个句子表达全部所给的内容（短文的开头已给出，不计入总句数）；
The editorial“The Nation of Futurity”was published in New York Times on Nov．17th．．．

 

1.多读书对孩子们很有好处。

Reading more books is __________ __________ __________ __________ children.

2.他匆忙地赶往学校，就在这时，他看到了以前的老同学。

He was hurrying to school ____________ he ____________ ___________ __________ his former classmate.

3.空气中过多的二氧化碳使得地球上的热无法释放到太空中去。(prevent)

Too much carbon dioxide ___________ ___________ ______________ ______________ from the earth to space.

4.一种普遍被人们所接受的理论是：宇宙起源于一次大爆炸，它将物质投射到四面八方。

    According to _______ _____________ ______________ ____________, the universe began with a “Big Bang” __________ threw matter __________ ____________ _______________.