【正文】 in a straight line.” Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. “At one point, I considered turning back,” he says. “I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.” After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, “Take down the umbrella!” Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. He took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him. “Let’s aim for the pier （碼頭） ,” Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. “Can you guys swim?” he cried. “A little bit,” the boys said. Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys’ faces. “Are we almost there?” they asked again and again. “Yes,” Tim told them each time. After 30 minutes, they reached the pier. 21. Why did the two boys go to the sea? A. To go boat rowing. B. To get back their football. C. To swim in the open water. D. To test the umbrella as a sail. 22. Why did Tim raise his head regularly? A. To take in enough fresh air. B. To consider turning back or not. C. To check his distance from the boys. D. To ask the boys to take down the umbrella. 23. How can the two boys finally reach the pier? A. They were dragged to the pier by Tim. B. They swam to the pier all by themselves. C. They were washed to the pier by the waves. D. They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back. B Never try to work when you are very hungry. If you want to do your homework right for school, you may want to eat something before getting to work. Always do your homework before you get too tired. Don’t wait until very late in the evening, or the assignment will seem much harder than it really is. Organize（組織） your time into a few parts if you have more than an hour’s work, give yourself a break after an hour. On the other hand, don’t break it up so much that you can’t get anything done. You should be able to work at least half an hour at a time without stopping. Don’t put it off until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you’ll have it on your mind. If you put it off until the end of the week or until right before a test, you will have too much catching up to do. A little bit each night, enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school, will take the fear at tests and keep you on top of it all. Do your homework at the same time every day. This will help you make it a habit— part of your everyday work. It will make it easier to do, and it will make your free time more enjoyable as well. 24. When someone is hungry, he’d better ___________. A. not work at all B. work harder C. not work too hard D. work as usual 25. The underlined word “assignment” here means ___________. A. work B. hunger C. housework D. homework 26. If you do your homework very late in the evening, it will seem ___________ it really is. A. as easy as B. easier than C. as hard as D. more difficult than 27. If you put off doing your homework, ___________. A. it will stay on your mind B. it will be much easier to do C. it will make you happy D. it doesn’t matter much C Wanted, Someone for a Kiss We39。 8. How long will the course last? A. For three weeks. B. For two years. C. For three years. 9. What do we know about the man? A. He is an English teacher. B. He has a master degree. C. He is learning Chinese. 聽第 8段材料，回答第 10至第 12 題。聽每段對(duì)話前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各小題，每小題 5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出 5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。聽完每段對(duì)話后，你都有 10 秒鐘的時(shí)間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。 第 Ⅰ 卷 （選擇題，共 100分） 第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分 30分） 做題時(shí)，先將答案標(biāo)在試卷上。 第 Ⅰ 卷 （選擇題，共 100分） 注意事項(xiàng)： 答第 Ⅰ 卷前，考生務(wù)必將自己的準(zhǔn)考證號(hào)、科目填涂在答題卡上。 本試卷共 150分，考試時(shí)間 120分鐘。 考試結(jié)束后，監(jiān)考人員將試卷答題卡和機(jī)讀卡一并收回。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。每段對(duì)話后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。 6. Where are the speakers now? A. At the center of the park. B. At the ticket office of the park. C. At the entrance of the park. 7. What will the man do first in the park? A. Buy some balloons. B. Ride on the Space Rocket. C. Watch a movie with his