I am Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favourite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand（拓展）. My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I had never learned any French, my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. That’s the time I started writing, just for myself, and I’ve been writing ever since. I have always loved BIG IDEAS, and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror（恐怖的）stories. I think they are like the old fairytales（童话故事）,and can teach you important things. I am in my forties on the outside, twelve on the inside. I like rock music, Indian and Chinese food, and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits. If you’d like to find out more about me and hope to buy my books, go to www. sbowkett. freeserve. co. uk.
66. When he was 13, the writer ______. A. wrote lots of poems B. moved out of Wales
C. sold many story books D. became a famous singer 67. He liked playing out on the hills because he could ______. A. expand his imagination B. learn French
C. listen to stories D. buy some books 68. Maybe the writer is ______ years old now. A. 12 B. 22 C. 32 D. 42 69. According to the passage, the writer keeps ______. A. cats, hens and pigs B. ducks, goats and rabbits
C. hens, rabbits and dogs D. rabbits, pigs and cats 70. From the passage, we can learn that the writer ______.
A. lives in a big city with his son B. likes eating Japanes and C. lives in the countryside with his wife D. introduces a nice book to us
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There are stock markets (股票市场) in large cities in many countries. Stock markets in Paris, London, Tokyo, Shanghai and New York are among the largest and most well-known. The stock, also called stock exchange, is a place where people can buy or sell shares of a factory or company. And each share means certain ownership of a factory or company.
Different people go to stock markets. Some are rich, who want to get more money than they have. Others are not very rich, who buy stocks to try to become rich. Still others buy stocks as part of their plan to save money.
Of course, investing money in the stock market is not the safest way to make money. No one can tell exactly whether the shares will be doing well. The factory or company may do badly. Then the stocks will go down, and the investors will lose money. The stock may go up or down for a number of untold reasons. Everyone wants the stock to go up, but sometimes even if a factory or company does a good job, the stock may still go down.No wonder going to the stock market is often compared to gambling (赌博). All are eager to make money by “gambling’ in the stock market. Factories and companies that need money are pleased that so many people are willing to “gamble”. Indeed, the stock market is an attractive and complex part of the business world. 71. If you are a good investor, ________ in the stock market. A. you can always make money
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B. you can tell exactly when the stock goes up or down C. you may sometimes lose money D. your gambling is always safe
72. Which of the following statements is FALSE? A. Some rich people go to stock market.
B. All the people who want to get more money go to stock market. C. Some people who are not rich go to stock market.
D. Some people who want to save money go to stock market.
73. No one can tell exactly whether the shares will be doing well because __. A. stock markets are not the safest place to make money B. the factory or the company may do badly
C. the stock may go up or down for a number of untold reasons
D. sometimes even if a factory or company does a good job, the stock may still go down 74. Factories and companies are pleased that so many people “gamble” because_______. A. they can make them rich
B. they need their money to do business C. they need more people to work for them D. some people win and some lose 75. The passage is mainly about __. A. how to buy or sell shares
B. the stock market is like a gambling house C. the ABC of the stock market
D. investing money in the stock market is not the safest way Ⅴ.书面表达。（30分）
根据提示和要求写一篇100个单词左右的应用文
假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Tom听说你校学生正在开展研究性学习，来信询问 有关情况。请你根据下表提示的信息写一封回信，谈一谈开展研究性学习前、后你的学习情况的相关变化。 注意：（1）书信的使用格式。
（2）字数为80?100 个。
（3）生词：研究性学习（exploring study），上网（surf the internet）
过 去 1．课堂上，老师讲解知识点，学生听课、做笔记。 2．课后布置大量的作业 现 在 1．老师提出问题，学生互相讨论或学生自己提出问题，自己讨论解决。 2．有丰富多彩的课外活动，如读自己感兴趣的书籍，去图书馆或上网查资料等。
key:
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1——20 BCDAB CADAB DDAAD BDCBC 21——40 CBCAD DCBBC ACDBA DBACD 41——50 BBABB ACCCD
51——75 CBDDC ACABA CBACD BADBC CBDCC
书面表达（30分） Dear Tom,
How nice to hear from you again. You want to know what is going on in our school. In short, things have been improved since the school began to carry on exploring study.
In the past, the teachers always kept on explaining the points in class. We students just listened and took notes. But now we often discuss and try to solve the problems raised by the teachers or ourselves. After class, we enjoy different kinds of activities instead of doing endless homework. For example, we can read what we are interested in, we can go to the library or surf the Internet for various kinds of information.
In a word, we are now masters of study, and we are very happy.
Yours, Li Hua
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