假设你叫张林。你的英国朋友Andrew下月要来你校学习两个月。他来信请你对他上学期间的交通方式提出建议。

现在，请你用英语回一封信，按以下各点答复。

1．建议骑自行车上学；

2．自行车是学生常用交通工具；

3．骑自行车的一些好处；

4．骑自行车需注意的问题。

注意：

1．词数100左右，信的开头和结束语已为你写好（不计入总词数）

2．可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

Dear Andrew,

Very happy to hear from you and you’re welcome to study in our school for the next two months. ________________________________________________________________________

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Hopefully, what I’ve mentioned above could be helpful and wish you a fun time in our school.

                                                             Yours sincerely,

                                                                 Zhang Lin

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词，在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Like many teenagers in China, most of my spare time was                     1．____________

spent doing my homework, or I don't have enough time to                     2．____________

do what I’m interested in even on weekends or on holiday.                      3．____________

The first thing which I enjoy when I have a few spare                           4．____________

minute is to listen to music. It’s the best way for me to                           5．____________

escape the stress of their study. When I listen to music,                          6．____________

it is like go to another world. Sometimes, the words of                           7．____________

the songs seem to express exact how I’m feeling.                                 8．____________

Besides, I’m also interested in a fashion and I’m always                          9．____________

searching something special that can reflect my personality.                     10．____________

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项， 选项中有两项多余选项。—Officer, officer, I’ve something important to report, and you must help me.

—OK. But before you start, why not take a seat and calm down a little?

—You’re completely right. You see,     1   

—Well, could you please tell me some details?

—Where should I begin?

—    2     Could you tell me when it took place?

—About ten minutes ago.

—And where was it?

—Probably on the moving stairs coming up from the underground at Sidan.    3   

—The bank?

—Well, I went to a bank to change the traveller cheque for money, so I can buy the air ticket back home. I’m only on a visit, you see.

—Yes, yes,    4   

—About 1,500 dollars worth.

—    5   

—All of it.

President Coolidge’s statement, “The business of America is business,” still points to a very important truth today—that business organizations have more prestige（威望） in American society than any other kind of organization, including the government. Why do business institutions still possess this great prestige?

One reason is that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the idea of competition than other organizations in society. Since competition is seen as the main source of progress and development by most Americans, competitive business organizations are respected. Competition is not only good in itself; it is the means by which other basic American values, such as individual freedom, equality of opportunity, and hard work are protected.

Competition protects the individual freedom by making sure that there is no monopoly（垄断） of power. Compared with one and all-powerful government, many businesses compete against each other for benefit. If one business tries to take unfair advantage of its customers, it will lose to the competing business which treats its customers more fairly. Since there are many businesses competing for the customers’ dollars, they cannot afford to treat them unfairly and the customers would lose nothing.

A contrast（对比） is often made between business, which is competitive, and government, which is a monopoly. Because business is competitive, many Americans believe that it gives more support for freedom than government, even though government leaders are elected by the people while business leaders are not. Many Americans believe that competition is as important, or even more important, as democracy（民主） in protecting freedom.

Competition in business is also believed to strengthen the idea of equal opportunities. Competition is seen as an open and fair race where success goes to any person regardless of his or her social class background. Competitive success is commonly seen as the American choice of the higher social position which is not based on one’s family background. Business is therefore viewed as an expression of the idea of equal opportunities.

1．Which of the following is discussed as the main topic in the passage?

A．Competition in America’s business.      B．Freedom in America’s business.

C．Americans’ different values.              D．Business against government.

2．Americans believe that they can realize their personal values ________.

    A．when given equal opportunities              B．through doing business

C．by protecting their individual freedom    D．by means of competition

3．Who can benefit from business competition?

A．Businessmen who compete

B．Customers of those businesses

C．People with the idea of equality and freedom

D．Both business organizations and government

4．It could be inferred from that the author believe ________.

      A．business in other countries are not as competitive as those in the USA

B．business problems are very important to the American government

C．the competition in business plays a very important role in America

D．American business is the most powerful one in the whole world

The first weeks were a bit hard. Loneliness wasn’t the problem—I was in constant contact with clients by e-mail and phone. But I did feel claustrophobic（患幽闭恐怖症的）. With wheels on my desk chair and the refrigerator just two feet away, I could work for twelve straight hours without ever standing up. There are no physical separation between my living room and work table, so the only way I found to feel like I was going “home” at the end of the day was to forbid my use of the working chair. At nine-thirty at night, when I turned my computer off, I felt a bit like the family dog reaching the high point of its day: “Whoohoo! I get to go for a walk!” Then, around eleven-thirty, I’d found myself turning on the computer again to solve some work issue that was pre-occupying me…

At the same time, I discovered that working this way had definite advantages. Not only did I save an hour from going to work and back home, I also gained a great deal of control over my time. There were fewer interruptions than in an office, I could schedule meetings and phone calls in blocks to increase the productive time around them, and the easy access to my workspace late at night and on weekends could obviously be of mixed effects. This was especially important to me since, in addition to consulting work, I was writing fiction and planning a new business. Working at home allowed me to manage all of these activities at once without losing significant sleep. This turned out to be well worth the claustrophobia, which also faded as I became more used to the new routine. A short walk in the late afternoon could reduce the shut-in feeling and make me get energetic again to work through the evening.

You might think that, with all this added time flexibility, I would even find a few hours to clean my apartment, but, unfortunately, this never happened.

1．The writer felt claustrophobic because _________.

      A．she was lonely                               B．she worked long hours

       C．she couldn’t go for a walk                  D．she worked alone for long

2．Where does the writer work?

      A．In her own home.                           B．In an office.

       C．In a hospital.                                   D．At a newspaper.

3．What does the writer think of working late at night and on weekends?

      A．It was convenient for her.                B．It has advantages and disadvantages.

       C．She didn’t like it at all.                       D．She enjoyed working late.

4．What’s the writer’s general attitude towards her work?

       A．She didn’t like it very much.               B．She enjoyed doing her work.

       C．It allowed her little spare time.              D．It was too hard for her.