What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.

If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically（按字母表的顺序）and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98, meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96, while love:12+15+22+5=54, and luck : 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer（祈祷）? They can’t , either.

Then what else? Don’t be worried． You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude（态度）.Yes, attitude is the word． See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.

Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the better after one has changed one’s attitude.

When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive（积极地）attitude towards failure（失败）,you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.

1．In the writer’s opinion, what is the most important things in a person’s life?

    A．Hard-work.             B．Knowledge.            C．Money.          D．Attitude.

2．According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to ___________.

    A．ask for help from others                      B．say your prayers to God

    C．change your attitude                         D．try maths-solving methods

3．From the passage we can learn that ______________.

    A．different attitudes come from different courses of life.

    B．mathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life

    C．failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude

    D．none of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more

Many years before the United States was founded（建立）, Americans had already invented barbecues. But the first barbecues, in fact ,were the invention of the Taino Indians of Haiti, who dried their meat on raised frames（架子）of sticks over fires. Spanish explorers spelled the Taino word as barbacoa, and as time passed, English settlers along the Atlantic coat had their own barbecues.

One summer day in 1773, Benjamin Lynde, a citizen of Massachusetts, wrote in his diary, “Fair and hot ; Browne; hack overset.” That is , on a bright and hot day he went to the Brownes to attedn a barbecue, and his carriage（马车）fell over. It shows that the barbecue had its social occasion by that time. Large animals would be roasted whole on frames over hot fires, and neighbours would be invited to dinner.

In later centuries, as settlers moved to the west, the barbecue went along with it, reaching an especially large size in Texas, where a pit （坑）for fuels（燃料） such as tree branches might be over ten feet deep. Today , the barbecue grills（烧烤架）which are fueled by charcoal（木炭） or electricity are likely to be small and easy to move , and can cook only parts of an animal at a time, but people still have barbecues out of doors and always invite their neighbours or friends over.

1．Who invented the barbecues first in history?

A．American people.                   B．Taino Indians.

C．Spanish explorers.             D．English settlers.

2．The second paragraph mainly tells us that the barbecue_______________.

A．is only held on a hot sunny day

B．welcomes people who keep diaries

C．is held both indoors and outdoors

D．has its social occasion for over 200 years

3．The underlined expression “ social occasion” can be best translated into______________.

    A．社交功能               B．社会福利               C．社会地位               D．社会背景

4．The following are all the barbecue ways        EXCEPT __________________.

    A．drying meat on raised frames of sticks over fires

    B．roasting a whole animal over a pit full of burning tree branches

    C．cooking parts of animals over fires on grills fueled by charcoal

    D．heating meat in the bright and hot daylight

On a British Airways flight from Johannesburg, a middle-aged, rich white South American lady found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin stewardess（机舱乘务员）over to complain about her seating.

“What seems to be the problem, Madam?” asked the stewardess.

“Can’t you see?” she said． “You’ve sat me next to a black man. I can’t possibly sit next to this kind of human. Find me another seat!”

“Please calm down, Madam,” the stewardess replied． “The flight is very full today, but I’ll tell you what I’ll do---I

Will go and check to see if we have any free seats in Club（商务舱）or First Class.”

The lady had an unfriendly look at the outraged（被激怒的）black man beside her.

A few minutes later the stewardess returned and said to the lady with a self –satisfied smile, “I’m sorry, Madam, this Economy（经济舱）is full, and Club is also full. However, we do have one seat in First Class.”

The lady could not help looking at the people around her. But before she had a chance to get up or make any answer, the stewardess continued , “ We seldom make this kind of upgrade（升级）,however, and I had to report it to the captain（机长）.When the captain heard this, he said that it was not proper to make someone sit next to such an obnoxious（令人讨厌的）person.” Having said that, the stewardess turned to the black man sitting next to the lady, and said, “So if you’d like to get your things, sir, I have a seat ready for you…”

At this time, the people around stood up and clapped their hands. The black man walked up to the front of the plane.

That was an unforgettable flight for me, for I was the black man who had never flown First Class before.

1．Where did this story happen?

    A．At the booking office.                            B．In the Economy cabin.

    C．In the Club cabin.                              D．In the First Class cabin.

2．The black man was finally upgraded to the First Class cabin because _____________.

    A．the stewardess loved him                        B．he was angry with the white lady

    C．the captain knew him                           D．the white lady was too impolite

3．What might be the correct order of the cabins from the front to the back on this place?

A．Club→Pilots’ →Economy →First Class

B．Pilots’ →Club →Economy →First Class

C．Club→Economy→ First Class→ Pilots’

D．Pilots’ → First Class →Club→ Economy

4．What can be the best title of this article?

A．Flying First Class

B．On a British Airways Flight

C．Sitting Next to a Lady

D．An Unforgettable Free Flight

根据句意和汉语提示，在空白处填入适当的单词

1．—I like this camera! Is it yours?

   ---Yes, I _____________（花费）1,200yuan on it last year.

2．---How often do you play badminton with your classmates?

   ---________（一次）a week.

3．—I am worried I’m getting fatter.

   ---You should eat _________（少）food and do more exercise.

4．Having many___________（帮手）makes a task easier.

5．Huaguo Mountain has become the ___________（象征）of Lianyungang.

根据对话意思和所给首字母，写出完整正确的单词

 Susan: Where are you going , David?

 David: To Beijing?

 Susan: It’s a long trip from here by bike. How long will it take you to （1）c_________it?

 David: About two years.

Susan: How many （2）o______ you are making the trip?

 David: Five.

Susan: （3）W_________are you making it?

 David: We are trying to collect some money.

Susan: What will the money be used for?

 David: To a charity （4）c__________ Protecting the Red-Crowned Crane.

Susan: That sounds great. Good （5） l____________ with your trip.

 David: Thanks.

从方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用其正确的形式填空。

1．Time for Africa _______________as the 2010 World Cup song, hasn’t it ?

2．---Jack, coffee or juice ?

    ---Juice, please. I _________________ drinking it.

3．If we don’t reduce carbon emission（碳排放）to stop the temperature from ______, there will be more disasters.

4．---What a pity! The film ____________________ for one hour.

    ---It doesn’t matter. We can see it next time.

5．Tony wants to know how much I_____________this new dictionary just now.

6．---Dad, I’m very nervous because of the ______________ English competition.

7．----Herta Muller is great. She was the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature.

  ----Yes. She’s the 12^th woman__________________.

8．_________________ of 2010, a 3D film , Avatar was shown all over the world．

9．People in some parts of China_______________________ the serious rainstorms at present.

10．---What were the children doing over there?

  ----They ______________ to welcome the 41^st World Earth Day.

在横线上填入所缺部分，使句子完整（注意：每空不止一个单词）

A．同义句改写

1．Nick was so tired that he couldn’t walk any further.

   Nick was _____________________________ any further.

2．We can’t finish the project on time unless you support us.

   The project can’t be finished on time ______________________________.

3．Shall we watch the exciting ping-pong match together?

   ______________________________watch the exciting ping-pong match together?

B．根据所给汉语和句子意思，用英语补全句子。

4．As we all know, waste water and gas ____________（对……有不良影响）the environment.

5．A pair of pandas __________________（赠送）to Australia months ago, which represents the friendship between Australian and Chinese people.

6．---Do you often use Baidu?

  ---Yes, it’s one of ____________________________（最受欢迎的）Internet search engines.

The earthquake which happened in Yushu________ 14th April 2010 was a big disaster．

A．at                 B．on                     C．in                 D．to

I can________ be a nurse．I’m not a very patient person．

A．seldom               B．ever                  C．never                D．always

—Do you know if Cindy wilt drive to Italy this weekend?

—Cindy? Never! She_______ driving．

A．has hated           B．hated          C．will hate             D．hates