—Would you like to join me for a quick lunch before class?
— ______, but I promised Nancy to go out with her.

-What fruit is in season now?
-Pears and apples,.

Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.

My earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A's and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as "successful" as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.

On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father's friends for lunch at an outdoor café. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son's funny facial expressions. Gone was my father's critical(挑剔的) air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?

The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I'm at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I'm delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.

More than 10 years ago, it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple. The fruits that made it to the UK were green on the outside and, more often than not, hard with an unpleasant taste within. Then in 1996, the Del Monte Gold pineapple produced in Hawaii first hit our shelves.
The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy-gold than green. It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside. But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit-and-miss pineapples we had known. In no time, the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm, rapidly becoming the world's best-selling pineapple variety, and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth, up until then only found in tinned pineapple.
In nutrition(营养) it was all good news too. This nice-tasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C(维生素C) than the old green variety. Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins, but also good against some diseases. People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit. The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.
Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple, Del Monte tried to keep the market to itself. But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples. Del Monte turned to law for help, but failed. Those companies argued successfully that Del Monte's attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself were just a way to knock them out of the market.

阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced  1  for a few days, I was   2  to wait tables on my own. All went  3   that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily  4  the tables not far from the kitchen.   5   , I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘)。
Before I knew it, the  6  was full of people. I moved slowly,   7  every step. I remember how  8   I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked different from the one I was  9   on. It had nice handles (手柄)，which made it  10   to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to  11  I was a natural at this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved __12  you work. It seems your tray stand has been very  13   to you, but we are getting ready to  14   now, and my wife needs her  15  back.”
At first his   16  did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was  17  . I wanted to get into a hole and  18  .
Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just   19   , I have learned to be more  20  and not to be too sure of myself.

A．manager B．assistant C．cook D．waitress

A．promised B．invited C．allowed D．advised

A．well B．quickly C．safely D．wrong

A．left B．given C．brought D．show

A．Therefore B．However C．Otherwise D．Finally

A．kitchen B．street C．restaurant D．table

A．minding B．changing C．taking D．saving

A．fixed B．trained C．loaded D．waited

A．slower B．lighter C．quieter D．easier

A．believe B．agree C．regret D．pretend

A．letting B．making C．watching D．having

A．useful B．familiar C．unusual D．interesting

A．rest B．order C．eat D．leave

A．bag B．walker C．tray D．coat

A．idea B．praise C．message D．need

A．cold B．full of joy C．pale D．on fire

A．lie B．hide C．defend D．stay

A．repeated B．discovered C．corrected D．described

A．careful B．patient C．honest D．practical

It is often necessary to release a fish, that is, set it free after catching, because it is too small, or you just don't want to take it home to eat. In some cases, releasing fish is a good measure that will help keep fish variety and build their population size. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) encourages fishermen who practice catch-and-release fishing to use a few simple skills when doing so. The advice provided below will help make sure that the fish you release will survive (存活) to bite again another day.
-When catching a fish, play it quickly and keep the fish in the water as much as possible.
Don't' use a net in landing the fish and release it quickly to prevent it from dying.
-Hold the fish gently. Do not put your fingers in its eyes. Don't wipe the scales (鱼鳞) off the   fish because it might cause it to develop a disease and reduce its chance of survival.
-Remove your hook (鱼钩) quickly. If the hook is too deep or hooked in the stomach, cut the   line and leave the hook in. The hook left inside will cause no serious problem to the fish.
-Take good care of the fish by moving it gently in water . Release the fish when it begins to   struggle and is able to swim.
-Do not hold fish in a bucket or some other containers and later decide to release it. If you are   going to release a fish, do so right away.
With a little care and by following the suggestions given above, you can give the released fish a better chance of survival. 

The performance _______ nearly three hours, but few people left the theatre early.

假定你是李华，从小喜爱大熊猫（panda）,一直通过有关网站(website)关注三年前在美国圣迭哥动物园出生的大熊猫"苏琳"和她的母亲"白云"。现在苏琳即将三岁。请根据以下要点给动物园工作人员写一封信：
1、自我介绍；2、祝贺苏琳生日；3、感谢工作人员；4、索取苏琳三岁生日照。
注意：1、词数100左右；2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3、开头语已为你写好。
例文：
Dear Sir/Madam,

本文介绍了美国著名的生物学家Edward Wilson 的著作The Future of Life中的一些有关如何开发、利用和保护自然资源的情况。
Edward Wilson is America’s, if not the world’s, leading naturalist. In The Future of Life, he takes us on a tour of the world’s natural resources(资源). How are they used? What has been lost? What remains and is it able to continue with the present speed of use? Wilson also points out the need to understand fully the biodiversity(生物多样性)of our earth.
Wilson begins with an open letter to the pioneer in environment (环境) protection, Henry David Thoreau. He compares today’s Walden Pond with that of Thoreau’s day. Wilson will use such comparisons for the rest of the book. The problem is clear: man has done great damage to his home over the years. Van the earth, with human help, be made to return to biodiversity levels that will be able to support us in the future?
Biodiversity, Wilson argues, is the key to settling many problems the earth faces today. Even our agricultural crops can gain advantages from it. A mere hundred species(物种) are the basis of our food supply, of which but twenty carry the load. Wilson suggests changing this situation by looking into ten thousand species that could be made use of, which will be a way to reduce the clearing of the natural homes of plants and animals to enlarge farming areas.
At the end of the book, Wilson discusses the importance of human values in considering the environment. If you are to continue to live on the earth, you may well read and act on the ideas in this book.
We learn from the text that Wilson cares most about ______

How many species are most important to our present food supply?

Wilson suggests that one way to keep biodiversity is to _______.

We can infer that the text is _______

Holidays

 
What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?
A. Choose the holiday in Devon. 
B. Go to the Snowdonia Centre
C Join the World Sea Trip of 2008
D. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii
In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?

What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?

At the Snowdonia Centre, the beginners’ costs of ￡57 do not cover               .

Let's learn to use the problem we are facinga stepping-stone to future success.

The lawyer seldom wears anything other than a suitthe season.

I like getting up very early in summer. The morning air is so good _________.  

Have you known Dr. Jackson for a long time?

-Yes, since shethe Chinese Society.

You are driving too fast. Can you drive_________?

The wet weather will continue tomorrow when a cold front ______ to arrive.

Which of the two computer games did you prefer?
—Actually I didn’t like ______.

—Have you got any idea for the summer vacation?
—I don’t mind where we go ______ there’s sun, sea and beach.

The weather wascold that I didn't like to leave my room.

The English spoken in the United States is only slightly different fromspoken in   England.

After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane ______ her job as a doctor in the countryside.

-Sorry, I made a mistake again.
-. Practice more and you'll succeed.