“The pen is more powerful than the sword（刀）.” There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them.
She was born in the U.S.A. in 1811.One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freeing the enslaved race. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won.
This book that shook the world was called Uncle Tom's Cabin. There was time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child has read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting. The book has shown us how a warm-hearted writer can arouse (唤起) people's sympathies. The author herself had neither been to the Southern States nor been a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the book, which they said did not at all represent true state of affairs, but the Northern Americans were wildly excited over it and were so inspired by it that they were ready to go to war to set the slaves free. According to the passage______
| A．every English-speaking person has read Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| B．Uncle Tom's Cabin was not very interesting |
| C．those who don't speak English cannot have read Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| D．the book Uncle Tom's Cabin did a great deal in the American Civil War |
What do you learn about Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe from the passage?
| A．She had been living in the north of America before the American Civil War broke out. |
| B．She herself encouraged the Northern Americans to go to war to set the slaves free. |
| C．She was better as writing as swinging (挥舞) a sword. |
| D．She had once been a slave. |
Why could Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe's book cause a civil war in America?
| A．She wrote so well that Americans loved her very much. |
| B．She disclosed the terrible wrongs that had been done to the slaves in the Southern States. |
| C．The Southern Americans hated the book while the Northern Americans like it. |
| D．The book had been read by many Americans. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．We needn't use weapons (武器) to fight things that are wrong. |
| B．A writer is more helpful in a war than a soldier. |
| C．We must understand the importance of literature and art. |
| D．No war can be won without such a book as Uncle Tom's Cabin. |
To all of you at Chinese love links.
I am 44 years old and never married. I have always wanted to find that perfect someone that I dream about. For about the last five years I have almost given up the hope of ever finding the one I truly wish to spend the rest of my life with.
I have always tried to be a nice guy. I had found your website some four or five months before. I did not know what to expect. I don’t know how to speak Chinese and never thought truly of how I was to an Asian woman.
Well, I had a lot of replies from some very nice and pretty women. I had a hard time finding only a couple to write to. But one stood out from the rest. She was cute, nice and seemed to hold a lot of the same values as I do. In a short time I had decided to write only to her. We communicate via e-mails 2-3 times a day and phone calls once or twice a week.
I went and met her and her family only a week ago. Her name is 
Yun and she lives in Nanning. I found Nanning to be one of the most beautiful cities I had ever been to. We had even decided to marry and bring her to the USA under the finance visa. Not only did she meet everything I had ever hoped to find in someone else but turned out to be what every woman should be like, at least the ones I have met. We plan to marry as soon
as she is here and start a family together as neither of us has children but we both want them.
So to anyone out there reading this, I can only say this: You may not find what you are looking for if you’re not honest with your partner and yourself. This site worked for me mostly because I was honest with something that I wanted in someone else. When I did find her, love can work even across the other side of the world, between language differences and cultural differences. I wish you all luck in finding your perfect match. I have finally found mine and wish to give all my thanks to those at Chinese love links to help make it happen.
Sincerely yours,
ArthurWe can infer from the letter that Chinese love
links is
a website to ____________.
| A．help foreigners to travel in China |
| B．help both Chinese and foreigners to find one they want to marry |
| C．help Chinese and foreigners make friends |
| D．receive letters from the USA |
Which of the following is true about Arthur’s story?
| A．He was sure of finding a Chinese woman as his wife at first. |
| B．He was determined to find a Chinese woman as his wife. |
| C．He almost lost hope in finding a perfect wife until he found Yun. |
| D．No women wrote to him before Yun. |
Yun stood out from the rest because ________.
| A．she was a Chinese. |
| B．she had much in common with Arthur |
| C．other women stopped writing to Arthur |
| D．she was cute and nice and often phoned to Arthur |
Arthur thinks _________ is the most important in finding someone one wants to ma
rry .
| A．being honest with the partner and oneself | B．help from the website |
| C．difference in languages and places | D．difference in cultures |
What is language for? Some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words — the longer the lists, the better. That’s wrong. Language is for the exchange (交流) of ideas and information. It’s meaningless knowing all about a language if you can’t use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can ’t speak correctly or fluently(流利地). They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too. Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” But the mistakes that native speakers make are differ
ent from those that Chinese students make. They are English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong becomes right. People not only make history, but they make language. But people can only make its own language. It can’t make another people’s language. So Chinese students of English should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn’t overdo it. They should put communication first.Language is used to ________.
| A．express oneself | B．practice grammar rules |
| C．talk with foreigners only | D．learn lists of words |
Generally, when an American or an Englishman speaks English, he ______.
| A．never makes mistakes | B．often makes mistakes |
| C．can’t avoid（避免）making mistakes | D．always makes mistakes |
“Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” The sentence means that ______.
| A．foreigners speak correct English. |
| B．foreigners speak incorrect English. |
| C．foreigners speak English according to the grammar rules. |
| D．foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English. |
If too many native speakers break a rule, ______.
| A．what they will become right | B．they are against the law |
| C．they should say sorry to others | D．they will become heroes |
When we speak a foreign language, we should _____.
| A．speak in Chinese way | B．speak by the rules |
| C．speak to native speakers | D．not be afraid of making mistakes |
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What I like best is seeing Arsenal win and playing football. If I am feeling sad I will play a football game on my Play Station 2. The best day I have ever had was when I finished first in the 800-metre race at my secondary school. It was a school record, although I didn’t know that at the time. My family makes me happy, too.
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My little sister makes me sad because she always tells tales on me to my mum. If I am having a bad day, food cheers me up. I like chili con carne and sweet chili crisps. It makes me happy because I want to be big and have lots of energy.
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I haven’t done anything very exciting in my life but one of my best achievements is that I got a good report from my school this year, because last year I got a bad one. People on TV make me laugh, particularly Eddie Murphy. If I am having a bad day I watch Ｂａｓｉｌ Ｂｒｕｓｈ. I am good at making other people happy. I just talk and my friends start laughing — they think I am silly.
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If I’m having a bad day, knowing that someone is there for me can make me happy. I wouldn’t say I’m the best at making other people happy, but I know that just being a good friend to other people is important. The things I like doing are singing, dancing, hanging out with my friends and just being lively and funny.
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The most exciting thing I have ever done in my life was when I went abseiling in Wales. But that was a one-off. The things I do all the time are playing football, watching movies and going places with my friends. I know it sounds bad, but what I find funny is when people hurt themselves. If I am having a bad day and I see someone having a worse day than me, that makes me feel better. Food is very important for _________ when he has a bad day.
| A．Kinzey | B．Ashleigh | C．Antonio | D．Usman |
________ like playing football.
| A．Jason and Ashleigh | B．Jason and Usman |
| C．Kinzey and Usman | D．Kinzey and Jason |
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
| A．Kinzey finds it bad when people hurt themselves. |
| B．Jason knew he had set a new school record when he finished first in the 800-metre race. |
| C．When Usman talks, his friends start laughing because they think he is humorous. |
| D．Antonio likes food because he wants to be big and have lots of energy. |
Ashleigh mentions all the following things EXCEPT（除外）_________.
| A．to make other people happy |
| B．to play football with friends |
| C．to hang out with friends |
| D．to be lively and funny |
The passage is mainly about _________.
| A．what makes different people happy |
| B．what makes different people feel moved |
| C．relationships between different people |
| D．what different people think success is |
I went to the Chinatown market in London last Sunday. The first thing I did was to go to one of the Chinese green grocers’ shops. As soon as I entered the shop, I smelt mixtures of Chinese spices and saw the new season’s fruits. My son wanted a bag of sweets, so we popped into the shop next door which sells many kinds of candy.
There’s a lot of noise in the Chinatown market and you will see many tourists too. There are a lot of cars and trucks that never stop beeping. While people are loading and unloading their goods, most of them have their cars and trucks parked in the middle of the road. This causes great inconvenience for other drivers. Can you imagine that?
After we had done all our shopping, my son and I went to a restaurant for lunch. We enjoyed our meal very much. But the shopping made us both very tired at the end. We headed down the road to catch our bus home. My son and I enjoyed riding in the bus. We also enjoyed looking at different buildings and people walking by dressed in fancy outfits. Although Chinatown can be a busy place to shop, I do enjoy going there now and then. I can buy some of my necessities, and I can also look and browse around the other shops and department stores where I can indulge (使沉迷) myself with some nice things. Chinatown is located in the heart of central London where you can find tons of shops and other places to amuse you. And for me, I certainly don’t mind going back there again soon.The underlined words “popped into” most probably could be replaced by “_____”.
| A．broke into | B．rushed into | C．pushed into | D．walked into |
The author probably didn’t go to a ______.
| A．restaurant | B．grocery |
| C．clothing store | D．sweets shop |
What can we learn from the passage?
From the passage, we can infer that the author most probably went to Chinatown by_____
What does the last sentence of the passage imply?
Playing with toy blocks (积木) may lead to improved language development in young children, a new study reported.
Early childhood is an important period in the development of young minds. The newborn brain grows three times in size between birth and age 2. Scientists have said that certain activities during this important period may promote (促进) healthy development while others may hold it back, and development of memory and language may especially be helped by imaginative play.
After six months, language scores among half of the 175 children aged 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 who were sent plastic blocks were 15 percent higher than a matched group that did not receive the free blocks, according to the study by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Parents were given ideas about how to help their children play with the blocks, then were told 
to keep diaries of their children’s activities over four days. Finally, all the parents filled out questionnaires that judged their children’s vocabulary, grammar, and other language abilities. Study author Dimitri Christakis said unstructured play with blocks motivated children’s thinking, memory and physical skills at a time when a child’s brain is growing rapidly. “They are the foundation of thought and language,” he wrote of the skills learned from building blocks. “Older children begin to make up stories for these objects .”
Such play may also take the place of less helpful activities such as watching TV, he said, adding parents ought to have doubts about some toy-makers’ words. “An increasing number of media-based products are making ungrounded (无根据的) claims that they can make children smarter, more literate, and more musical,” Christakis said.What can we learn from the second paragraph?
| A．Parents should allow their children to play as long as they want. |
| B．The brains of kids develop very quickly before they are two years old. |
| C．Playing blocks can help children do well in sports at school. |
| D．Activities, like imaginative play, may delay the development of the brain. |
According to the study, about ________ children’s language scores were 15 percent higher than those of children who didn’t play with blocks.
| A．87 | B．55 | C．23 | D．157 |
Building blocks helps kids gain language skills because _________.
| A．young children always talk to themselves while building blocks |
| B．their parents can teach them when they are playing with blocks |
| C．their parents are given ideas on how to develop their brains |
| D．it can help them improve thinking, memory and physical skills |
The aim of the passage is probably to _______.
| A．raise the present level of children’s language ability |
| B．encourage parents to let their babies play with blocks |
| C．improve parents’ knowledge of raising children |
| D．encourage makers of blocks to develop more toys |
We can infer from what Mr Christakis said that _____.
| A．television will be definitely replaced by blocks |
| B．the market will be full of media-based toys |
| C．we can’t always believe what toy makers say |
| D．toy makers care about kids’ development very much |