【正文】 Festival. In this day, girls will throw a sewing needle into a bowl full of water on the night of Qixi as a test of embroidery skills. If the needle floats on top of the water instead of sinking, it proves the girl is a skilled embroiders. Single women also pray for finding a good husband in the future. And the newly married women pray to bee pregnant quickly. Tradition transformed The love story of Niulang and Zhinu, and the Qixi Festival have been handed down for generations. Yet these ancient traditions and cus toms are slowly dying out. Many modern Chinese, particularly youngsters, seem to know more about St Valentine39。 with. Going can also give someone a change to their normal routine and a chance to fet their problems for a few hours. People without friends may bee depressed and lonely and, with no reason to look after themselves, may suffer from poor health. The most important thing is for people to recognise the benefits that having a good social life would bring. Once they realise this, they can do a number of things to help themselves. ? Get to know people at school, work and in the neighbourhood and invite them to your home if possible. They will then be more likely to invite you out. ? Make time for yourself, even if it is only one evening a week on which you don39。t stand 30 to the gym don39。 t until we get older that we accept the simple goodness of fish , adding them to the menu more often. Having acquired a taste for fish and learned how to cook them, one is better able to appreciate the short form of haiku. Like fishing , haiku writing can be done with minimal equipment. A pin or a pen, and a scrap of paper, is enough, but it is tempting to go all out and buy a rod and reel (even study Zen , visit a monastery or take a trip to Japan). If one goes in for deep sea fishing , a puter and laser printer are soon on the list of ? must haves39。 11 be slouched over with your shoulders hanging down and inwards. This flattens the chest and prevents good breathing, which in turn can make you feel and look nervous or unfortable. 18 . When you want to be authoritative and what you39。s so _________ A. simple B. appealing C. modern D. tiresome 13. You look a bit _________. Maybe you should take some extra vitamins. A. worried B. rundown C. confident D. outraged 14. Once the press find out his secret, he39。ll be mud. Are you with me? B, _________ A: Oh, I mean I39。m afraid I can39。t let your brother boss you around: _________! A. stand up to him B. stand up him to C. stand to him up D. stand him up 9. I wonder what qualifications you need to be a business _________ A. analyze B. analyst C. analysis D. analyzing 10. Many people are worried about the effect of_________ on local culture. A. global B. globalized C. globalize D. globalization 39。d better 2. conditionals: 0, 1, 2, 3 and mixed conditionals 1. phrasal verbs and expressions: money, business, banking 2. criticizing/showing annoyance 3. summaries , business, banking 2. survey 3. crime Unit 10 Where the heart is 1. relative clauses: defining and nondefining 2. description of a memorable place 1. animal homes and adjectives to describe them 2. collocations: places 1. animal homes 2. homes and houses 3. house rules and life skills 3 Unit 11 Give me a clue 1. past modal verbs with passive and continuous 2. impersonal report structures: it is/was thought to be/have been, etc. 1. words/collocations:live and die 2. problem solving 1. solving riddles 2. short newspaper, articles and headlines Unit 12 Newsworthy? 1. quantifiers 2. inversion 1. film vocabulary 2. reports: typical words and phrases 3. emphasis 1. movie mistakes about celebrity (五 ) 終結(jié)性考試試題類型及規(guī)范解答舉例 “高級英語（ 2） ”終結(jié)性考試題型包括單項(xiàng)選擇題、 閱讀理解題、完型填空題和寫作題。 第三，每份試卷所考的內(nèi)容，覆蓋本課程教材所學(xué)內(nèi)容的 80%以上。 （ 二 ）考核方式及計(jì)分方法 本課程的考核采取兩種形式：形成性考核和課程終結(jié)性考試。課程 總成績?yōu)榘俜种?，形成性考核?30%，課程終結(jié)性考試占 70%。 第四，試題應(yīng)難易適中，一般來講，可分為：容易、適中、較難三個程度，所占比例大致為：容易占 20%，適中占 60%，較難占 20%。 部分 題型 題量 每小題分值 總分 預(yù)期完成時間 第一部分 詞匯與結(jié)構(gòu) 單項(xiàng)選擇題 15 2 分 30 分 15 分鐘 第二部分 閱讀理解 第一篇文章 匹配題 5 4 分 20 分 15 分鐘 第二篇文章 單項(xiàng)選擇題 、正誤判斷題等 5 2 分 10 分 15 分鐘 第三部分 完形填空 單項(xiàng)選擇題 5 2 分 10 分 10 分鐘 第四部分 寫作 寫作題 1 30 分 30 分 35 分鐘 總計(jì) 31 100 分 90 分鐘 II．試題舉例 （一） 單項(xiàng)選擇題 Vocabulary and Grammar Choose the best answer for each blank from the four choices given. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.（ 2 points each， 30 points in total） 1. 1 was getting up when I heard a crash. This sentence means: _________ A. The noise woke me up. B. l39。d have called an ambulance if I_________ my phone with me. A. have B. had C. would have D. had had 12. If Tony_________ me a lift on his bike , I always say ?no39。t c. Do you think you could D. Thank you for 2. This time tomorrow, we39。ll be very unpopularI39。ll never live it_________ .A. up B. on C. down D. of 15. There are _________mistakes in this TV guide: I39。 re saying to be taken seriously, keep your head straight both horizontally and vertically. Conversely, when you want to be friendly and in a receptive, listening mode, tilt your head just a little to one side or other. 19 , so keep your arms out to the side of your body or behind your back. This shows you are not scared to take on whatever es your way. In general terms the more outgoing you are as a person, the more you tend to use big arm movements. The quieter you are, the less you move your arms away from your body. So try to strike a natural balance. When you want to e across in the best possible light, crossing the arms is a no no. Obviously if someone says something that really annoys you , then by all means show your disapproval by crossing them! 6 20 , consequently they39。 Like fishing, to c