nobody likes staying at home on public holidays, especially if the weather is fine . last august we decided to spend the holiday in the coutryside. we moved out of the city slowly because there were a lot of cars on the road but at last we came to a quiet country road after sometime, stopped at a lonely farm.we sat down near a path at the foot of a hill and got the food out of the car. it was very peacefulin the cool grass! soon afterward we heard bell ringing at the top of the hill and we had to run back to the car as quickly as possible:about two hundred sheep were coming down the path

1, where did they decide to spend their holiday?

2, why did they move out of the city slowly

3.did they come toa noisy road at last?

4.where did they stop?

5. did they sit down near a path on the top of a hill?

I. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words.

We went(1)...............at Waikiki Beach as soon as we arrived on the Hawaiian island of Tahu. We took a(2)...................plane to Kilauea Volcano this afternoon. The lava(3).................pouring when we flew overhead. If was(4)..................exciting.

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Nobody likes staying at home on a public holiday especially if the weather is fine. Last August we decided .......... the day in the country. The only dificult was that milions of other people had exactly the same idea. We moved............... of the city slowly behind along................ of cars, but at last we came to a quiet country road and after some time, stopped at a lonely farm. We had ................ plenty of food with us and we got............. out of the car. Now everything was ready so we sat down near a path at the foot of the hill. It was very peaceful in the cool grass until we................. bells ringing at the top of the hill.What we saw made us.............. up our things and run back................ the car as .......................... as posiable. There ưere about two hundred sheep coming ..................... us down the path

Read the following passage andmark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correctanswerto each ofthe questions from 36to 42.

In my experience, freshmen today are different from those I knew when I started as a counselor and professor 25 years ago. College has always been demanding both academically and socially. But students now are less mature and often not ready for the responsibility of being in college.

It is really too easy to point the finger at parents who protect their children from life’s obstacles. Parents, who handle every difficulty and every other responsibility for their children from writing admission essays to picking college courses, certainly may contribute to their children’s lack of coping strategies. But we can look even more broadly to the social trends of today.

How many people do you know who are on medication to prevent anxiety or depression? The number of students who arrive at college already medicated for unwanted emotions has increased dramatically in the past 10 years. We, as a society, don’t want to “feel” anything unpleasant and we certainly don’t want our children to “suffer”.

The resulting problem is that by not experiencing negative emotions, one does not learn the necessary skills to tolerate and negotiate adversity. As a psychologist, I am well aware of the fact that some individuals suffer from depression and anxiety and can benefit from treatment, but I question the growing number of medicated adolescents today.

Our world is more stressful in general because of the current economic and political realities, but I don’t believe that the college experience itself is more intense today than that of the past 10 years. What I do think is that many students are often not prepared to be young “adults” with all the responsibilities of life. What does this mean for college faculty and staff? We are required to assist in the basic parenting of these students - the student who complains that her professor didn’t remind her of the due date for an assignment that was clearly listed on the syllabus and the student who cheats on an assignment in spite of careful instructions about plagiarism.

As college professors, we have to explain what it means to be an independent college student before we can even begin to teach. As parents and teachers we should expect young people to meet challenges. To encourage them in this direction, we have to step back and let them fail and pick themselves up and move forward. This approach needs to begin at an early age so that college can actually be a passage to independent adulthood.

(Adapted from “Students are different now” by Linda Bips. New York Times, October 11, 2010

The word "them" in the last paragraph refers to __________.

A. college professors

B. young people

C. teachers

D. parents

Give the correct form of verbs in brackets

31. Someome broken into our house while we (be)..............on vacation in Da nang.

32. By the time the boss (return) .................from Paris, we will have finished the project.

33. As we arrived at the airport, she (wait)....... .........for us there.

34. After she (finish)...........her work, she will invite us to a restaurant.

35. The boy wishes he (win).........the competition next week.

36. I wish that I (be)....... .......at home now to watch the final match with my family.

37. She said that she (not/ go).....to the cinema the night before.

38. If my mother is not at home, I ( do)..........some housework.

39. Not until the man revealed the truth the police (stop)....investigating the case.

40. She could get a well-paid job if she (speak).......English better.

41. No sooner the bell (ring)...........than the students got out of the classroom.

42. If my sister (have)........a dictionary, it would be much easier for her to learn English.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

As soon as we arrived at the beach, it started to rain.

A. We had no sooner arrived at the beach, it started to rain. 

B. No sooner had we arrived at the beach than it started to rain. 

C. We had hardly arrived at the beach, it started to rain. 

D. It started to rain when arriving at the beach.

Read the following passage andmark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correctanswerto each ofthe questions from 36to 42.

In my experience, freshmen today are different from those I knew when I started as a counselor and professor 25 years ago. College has always been demanding both academically and socially. But students now are less mature and often not ready for the responsibility of being in college.

It is really too easy to point the finger at parents who protect their children from life’s obstacles. Parents, who handle every difficulty and every other responsibility for their children from writing admission essays to picking college courses, certainly may contribute to their children’s lack of coping strategies. But we can look even more broadly to the social trends of today.

How many people do you know who are on medication to prevent anxiety or depression? The number of students who arrive at college already medicated for unwanted emotions has increased dramatically in the past 10 years. We, as a society, don’t want to “feel” anything unpleasant and we certainly don’t want our children to “suffer”.

The resulting problem is that by not experiencing negative emotions, one does not learn the necessary skills to tolerate and negotiate adversity. As a psychologist, I am well aware of the fact that some individuals suffer from depression and anxiety and can benefit from treatment, but I question the growing number of medicated adolescents today.

Our world is more stressful in general because of the current economic and political realities, but I don’t believe that the college experience itself is more intense today than that of the past 10 years. What I do think is that many students are often not prepared to be young “adults” with all the responsibilities of life. What does this mean for college faculty and staff? We are required to assist in the basic parenting of these students - the student who complains that her professor didn’t remind her of the due date for an assignment that was clearly listed on the syllabus and the student who cheats on an assignment in spite of careful instructions about plagiarism.

As college professors, we have to explain what it means to be an independent college student before we can even begin to teach. As parents and teachers we should expect young people to meet challenges. To encourage them in this direction, we have to step back and let them fail and pick themselves up and move forward. This approach needs to begin at an early age so that college can actually be a passage to independent adulthood.

(Adapted from “Students are different now” by Linda Bips. New York Times, October 11, 2010

The phrase "on medication" in paragraph 3 is similar in meaning to

A. receiving medical treatment

B. suffering anxiety or depression

C. doing medical research 

D. studying medicine at college

Read the following passage andmark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correctanswerto each ofthe questions from 36to 42.

In my experience, freshmen today are different from those I knew when I started as a counselor and professor 25 years ago. College has always been demanding both academically and socially. But students now are less mature and often not ready for the responsibility of being in college.

It is really too easy to point the finger at parents who protect their children from life’s obstacles. Parents, who handle every difficulty and every other responsibility for their children from writing admission essays to picking college courses, certainly may contribute to their children’s lack of coping strategies. But we can look even more broadly to the social trends of today.

How many people do you know who are on medication to prevent anxiety or depression? The number of students who arrive at college already medicated for unwanted emotions has increased dramatically in the past 10 years. We, as a society, don’t want to “feel” anything unpleasant and we certainly don’t want our children to “suffer”.

The resulting problem is that by not experiencing negative emotions, one does not learn the necessary skills to tolerate and negotiate adversity. As a psychologist, I am well aware of the fact that some individuals suffer from depression and anxiety and can benefit from treatment, but I question the growing number of medicated adolescents today.

Our world is more stressful in general because of the current economic and political realities, but I don’t believe that the college experience itself is more intense today than that of the past 10 years. What I do think is that many students are often not prepared to be young “adults” with all the responsibilities of life. What does this mean for college faculty and staff? We are required to assist in the basic parenting of these students - the student who complains that her professor didn’t remind her of the due date for an assignment that was clearly listed on the syllabus and the student who cheats on an assignment in spite of careful instructions about plagiarism.

As college professors, we have to explain what it means to be an independent college student before we can even begin to teach. As parents and teachers we should expect young people to meet challenges. To encourage them in this direction, we have to step back and let them fail and pick themselves up and move forward. This approach needs to begin at an early age so that college can actually be a passage to independent adulthood.

(Adapted from “Students are different now” by Linda Bips. New York Times, October 11, 2010

According to the writer, failure in life and less support from parents will ________.

A. defeat students from the very beginning

B. help students to learn to stand on their own feet

C. discourage students and let them down forever

D. allow students to learn the first lesson in their lives