-Yes, ______,I’m going to visit some homes for the old in the city.

-Good evening. _______?

          Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column.She had been a school taether before she retired,but she needed to keep1. She was even willing to work without pay.She then offered her2with a business that helped other businesses to find jobs for old people.Every day she3other old folks like her.By talking with them,she4two things.Old people had abilities that were not5. also had some6.She found a new purpose for herself then.

         Through the years，she7to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new8： Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called“Sixty Plus”， which was about9old . She writes about the problems of old people，especially their problems with being10.  
         Anna Douglas uses her11ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands12problems begin. For example，one of her13said that his grandchildren14the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs Douglas15some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.  
         “It's important to know16about your grandchildren's world，”says Mrs Douglas. “That means questioning and listening，and17is not what old people do best. Say good things to them and about them，”she continues. “Never try to18your grandchildren or other young people. Never19your opinion. Don't tell them what they should do.20 ，they have been taught they should have respect for old people. The old should respect them as well. ”

    More over smart phone, the intelligent watch is about to take your spot as the latest hi­tech current, allowing wearers to glance at messages and even take calls without touching their phones. The i'm Watch, available since 2011, is the flagship product of an Italian company—i'm. This smart watch is an assist to the smart phone, with which it can communicate by Bluetooth wireless technology. It means you can leave your phone in your pocket as you answer or reject a call, review e­mails or read updates from friends on Twitter or Facebook.

    The i'm Watch also has its own applications, such as i'm Sport, which links with a heart rate detector (检测器) to allow a runner to check his pulse. Such functions already exist in specialized sports watches but not on watches that are linked to smart phones.

    With a square shape, a 3.8­centimeter touch screen and various colors, the i'm Watch sells for a minimum of 300 Euros ($390) for the basic model and prices climb to 16 000 Euros for a luxury model in silver or decorated with diamonds.

    So far, the watch has already found 30 000 buyers, 80 percent of whom are men aged 25 to 50. “Seventy percent are iPhone users, 25 percent Samsung and the rest are other telephones using Google's Android operating system，” said Massimiliano Bertolini, a manager of the company, which aims to sell more than 200 000 watches this year. The company's target market is the person who is always glued to his smart phone, even in meetings or at the movies, or people who wish to keep an eye on their heartbeat during exercise. They will especially target women with advertisements emphasizing its design rather than its technology.

    In the mid­1950s，I was a somewhat bored early­ado lescent male student who believed that doing_any_more_than_necessary_was_wasted_effort.One day，this approach threw me into embarrassment.

    In Mrs.Totten's eighth­grade math class at Central Avenue School in Anderson，Indiana，we were learning to add and subtract decimals (小数)．

    Our teacher typically assigned daily homework，which would be recited in class the following day.On most days，our grades were based on our oral answers to homework questions.

    Mrs.Totten usually walked up and down the rows of desks requesting answers from student after student in the order the questions had appeared on our homework sheets.She would start either at the front or the back of the classroom and work toward the other end.

    Since I was seated near the middle of about 35 students，it was easy to figure out which questions I might have to answer.This particular time，I had completed my usual two or three problems according to my calculations.

What I failed to expect was that several students were absent，which threw off my estimate.As Mrs.Totten made her way from the beginning of the class，I desperately tried to determine which math problem I would get.I tried to work it out before she got to me，but I had brain freeze and couldn't function.

    When Mrs.Totten reached my desk，she asked what answer I'd got for problem No.14.“I...I didn't get anything，”I answered，and my face felt warm.

     “Correct，”she said.

    It turned out that the correct answer was zero.

    What did I learn that day？First，always do all your homework.Second，in real life it isn't always what you say but how you say it that matters.Third，I would never make it as a mathematician.

    If I could choose one school day that taught me the most，it would be that one.

    When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was 1to see that it was an English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary.2it was a dictionary intended for non—native learners, none of my classmates had one, 3, to be honest, I found it extremely 4 to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and 5 not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the 6 bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are 7 both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt 8 to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I 9 that monolingual dictionaries are 10 in learning a foreign language As I found out, there is 11 often no perfect equivalence(对应)between two 12 in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to 13 that a Chinese "equivalent" can never give you the 14 meaning of a word in English! 15, she insisted that I read the definition(定 义) of a world in a monolingual dictionary 16 I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. 17, I have come to see what she meant. Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n) 18 number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am 19 exposed to(接触)the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. 20 this, I can express myself more easily in English.

假如你是李华，已经被大学录取，即将进入大学学习。请你用英语给好友Sam写一封信，谈谈进入大学后的打算。

短文应包含以下要点：1）尽快适应环境;

2）注重能力发展。

注意：1）词数100左右；书信的开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sam,

    How are you getting along with your life recently? ……

    Yours sincerely,

    Li Hua

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1）只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分；

2）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。  

    There were many people on the bus and no vacant seats. When a woman got off, a man near the door attempted to rise, but she had forced him back into his seat. “Thank you,” she said, “but please don't do that. I am perfect able to stand.” “But, madam, let me…” began the man. “I ask you to keep your seat,” interrupted a woman with the hands on her shoulders. So the man tried to rise, and said: “Madam, will you kindly permit me to…?” “No, no,” said the woman and again force him back. At last the man managed to get up, say: “Madam, you have carried me three block beyond my house. I want get off.”