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Task 1

The other day an e-mail arrived in my inbox with the subject line “Buy one， get one.Two days only! ” I get these sales e-mails from the stores almost weekly， and even though I know exactly what the sellers are doing （trying to get me to spend money I wasn't planning to spend）， I usually end up buying， anyway. So I have to become a smarter， better shopper. You，too?

The other week it took me three hours to decide which local hotel to book for an overnight stay. There were just so many; what if I picked a wrong one and my husband and I ended up having a terrible time? This quandary （不知所措） illustrates one of the biggest problems facing shoppers these days. Alexander says， “It takes a lot of effort just to consider all the choices.” He points out you don't have to consider all the choices. “You always have to give up one thing for another. Do you prefer better quality or lower price in health care?About buying a car， do you prefer performance or comfort?” If you figure out what's more important to you ahead of time， you can keep yourself from choosing in a sea of too many choices.

Making a shopping list before hitting a store isn't just about remembering necessary things; it can also help you give up unwanted messages. If you make a good action plan (such as a shopping list)， you're more likely to do what you actually set out to do. Goldsmith points out that a shopping list can help a lot. A shopping list can keep your goal of shopping wisely in your mind.

1. What is the aim of stores by sending sales e-mails to the author?

A. To get her to buy their goods.

B. To make a plan for her money.

C. To invite her to visit their shops.

D. To advise her to be a smarter shopper.

2. How did the author feel when she chose a hotel?

A. Easy. B. Difficult. C. Comfortable. D. Sorry.

3. According to what Alexander says， what should we do before shopping?

A. Prefer better quality to lower price or comfort.

B. Find out what's the biggest problem these days.

C. Decide on what's more important ahead of time.

D. Think about all the choices carefully before you decide.

4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Make a shopping list. B. Remember necessary things.

C. Give up unwanted messages. D. Shop wisely.

Task 2

Help children prepare for tests

To help children prepare sufficiently for tests， you can do several things to provide support and create a positive test-taking experience.

☆Study hard

If your child is nervous at the test time， please help your child develop a set of calming activities to relax in stressful situations at home and in the classroom. Start with deep breathing， inhaling(吸入)deeply and then breathing out. Try muscle relaxation， working from top to toe and tensing and relaxing each group of muscles as he or she goes.. For example， just focus on sights and sounds.

☆Take action

Encourage your child to study over a period of time. Encourage your child to listen carefully to all test-taking directions given by the teacher and to ask questions about the directions that are unclear. See that your child gets his or her regular amount of sleep before the tests.. Hunger can detract（减损） from the test performance.

A. Help your child relax

B. Know what tests your child will take

C. The best way to prepare for tests is to study hard

D. The first thing to remember is that they must be willing to learn

E. Make sure that your child eats his or her usual breakfast on the day of the test

F. Taking tests doesn't come naturally， and knowing how to take them is important

G. Take an imaginary vacation， leading your child through a series of positive images

Task 3

It is known to us that failure and fame are written in water.

Mary Harvey was the goalkeeper on the first Women's World Cup winning team. Right before halftime of the championship， she made a mistake anda goal. Suddenly， the US was1-0 with 45 minutes to play and the world championship was on the line. During the halftime， the team figured out how to. They came out for the second half and went on tothe game with Harvey's help. She made a. She knew it and so did everyone else.， she was able to put the mistakeher and help her team win. It is worth noting that Maryme， “I can't recall a single thing I learned from winning.”

Daniel Karbassiyoon was the first American tofor Arsenal， a famous team in England.But injuries cut his careerand he was a former almost-star before he knew it. He went on to find an online video game company. As heit to me， “Failure is not a choice for me， but aIt knocks you down， and you have to go on and getbecause of it.” Failure doesn't have toand fame almost never does. Daniel was a risingwith one of the biggest teams in the world—then， he wasn't. Mary was the best femaleon the planet—then she became a consultant（顾问）.

1. A. took in

2. A. ahead

3. A. leave

4. A. win

5. A. mistake

6. A. Immediately

7. A. up

8. A. asked

9. A. wonder at

10. A. result

11. A. unusual

12. A. hated

13. A. support

14. A. easier

15. A. last

16. A. star

17. A. player

B. brought in

B. back

B. adjust

B. continue

B. face

B. Surprisingly

B. behind

B. told

B. think back

B. mark

B. strong

B. got

B. necessity

B. harder

B. appear

B. smoke

B. goalkeeper

C. put in

C. down

C. move

C. change

C. fire

C. Strictly

C. on

C. announced

C. figure out

C. score

C. high

C. made

C. reality

C. nicer

C. work

C. light

C. teacher

D. let in

D. off

D. relax

D. play

D. discovery

D. Seriously

D. from

D. explained

D. turn to

D. count

D. short

D. put

D. barrier

D. stronger

D. rise

D. leaf

D. athlete

18. A. collected

19. A. none

20. A. luck

B. mistook

B. both

B. belief

C. enjoyed

C. neither

C. fact

Task 4

D. disliked

D. either

D. moment

一、语法填空

Ieoh Ming Pei died at the age of 102. The Chinese-American architect， born on April 26， 1917，is one of the most 1.________（create） architects of our times. He has combined both Eastern and Western ideas into his 2.________（design）.

I.M. Pei grew up in Hong Kong and Shanghai before 3.________(move) to the United States to study architecture. He received his Bachelor's degree in 1940， 4.________the second Sino-Japanese War forced him to abandon his plans 5.________（return） to his home country.

Pei 6.________（found） his own company in 1955. In its six-decade history， the firm’s most well-known work is likely his crystalline （水 晶 般 的 ） extension to the Louvre in Paris; other 7.________（high） influential works include the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong， the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington， D.C. 8.________the JFK Presidential Library in Boston.

Though known as a modernist， and famous 9.________his forms based upon arrangements of simple geometric （几何学的） shapes such as triangles， circles and squares， Pei has rejected the idea of “International Style”， instead of publicly supporting contextual development and variation in style.He once commented that the clear 10.________（different） is between a stylistic approach to the design and an analytical approach giving the process of due consideration to time， place and purpose.

二、书面表达

假定你是李华，你班交换生Tom假期要回国，想为他的朋友带一份有中国特色的礼物。请你给他回封电子邮件，内容包括：

1. 推荐什么礼物；

2. 推荐理由；

3. 说明如何购买。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,

Yours，

Li Hua