Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy .He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam in2014 instead of 2016.

On October 22,Beijing Municipal Commission of Education* announced that, from 2016,the English scores in the senior high school entrances exam will be reduced* from 120 to 100.Of the 100 points, the listening ability scores will increase to 50.Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150.

“The change won’t affect me. I fell so lucky because English is my strongest subject,’’ said Wang. Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study and reduces students’ pressure, said Li Yi, a spokesman of the commission.

“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage of English.,’’ said Li. “Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones.”

There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams.

For example, Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its Gaokao. But, “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.

English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Wang Jiaming said he understood the change.

“Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue*,” he said. “ but still, I think English is both interesting and useful.”

1. In the Beijing senior high school entrances exam of 2016, the English scores will be cut down to __________.

A. 50                 B.  100            C. 120           D. 150

2. Wang Jiaming feels lucky because _______

A. the exam change from 2016 doesn’t affect him

B. he doesn’t need to take the important exam

C. Chinese is his strongest subject

D. he is not good at chemistry

3.The sentence “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” in the passage means ______________

A. the students can spend less time on English.

B. it’s harder to for the students get a high score.

C. English is not as important and useful as before

D. studying English is still important for the students.

4. What is the main purpose of the change?

A. To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English.

B. To make students to learn to read English news on mobile phones.

C. To ask students to prepare for the college entrance exam.

D. To make students pay more attention to learn Chinese.

 補(bǔ)全對話

A: Do you like English?

B: (111)________________. It’s my favourite subject.

A: (112) ________________________________?

B: No, it isn’t. I think it is easy to learn English. (113) __________________ ?

A: My favourite subject is history. Are you good at chemistry?

B: (114) ___________________ . What about you?

A: I am good at chemistry, too. (115)_______________________ .

B: Oh, no, chemistry is interesting and English is also interesting.

補(bǔ)全對話

A: Do you like English?

B: (111)________________. It’s my favourite subject.

A: (112) ________________________________?

B: No, it isn’t. I think it is easy to learn English. (113) __________________ ?

A: My favourite subject is history. Are you good at chemistry?

B: (114) ___________________ . What about you?

A: I am good at chemistry, too. (115)_______________________ .

B: Oh, no, chemistry is interesting and English is also interesting.

完形填空 (共10小題；每小題1分，計10分)
Do you have a beautiful dream?I know almost everyone ___1____ his own dream in his life.The dreams are very important ___2_ them. The dreams can make them___3__ harder.
I am studying in a school now. My dream is ___4___ a teacher in west China. Many children there want to go to school____5____they can't. Their families are poor and their parents don't have enough money___6___ their children to school. I think that going to school and studying is the only __7__to change their life.
Teachers are greatly needed there, so I want to be a teacher to help them. I will be kind to my students and make __8___with them. I will give them love and teach them   9____ to be a useful person. I think it is an interesting job in the world. I hope my dream can ____10____!

 Last week, the manager of an old jeweler's shop received a letter marked "personal". As he was very busy, the letter lay on his desk till teatime. When he opened it, a $100 note fell. out onto his desk. With the note was a short letter. This is what it said:

    Dear sir,

    I got engaged (訂婚的) forty years ago. Unfortunately at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I lost my job. I was out of work for about six months before I got another one. Of course I was very short of money.

I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring one day. The assistant brought some rings for me to have a look, later she was called away, and then I put one of the rings into my pocket. When she came back, I said I did not know the size of my girlfriend's finger.

So I left the shop without paying for the ring. My wife died a month ago, and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience

 (讓我良心不安) all these years. I always feel guilty about that. At that time the ring cost $ 20, and I think that is about five times- $100 at today's price. Now I am sending you that amount.

    Yours truly,

    A customer

    After reading the letter, the manager said, "Well, well, well, life is full of surprise!"

1.The ring that the customer put into his pocket was_______ at that time.

A. $20                      B. $50             C. $100    D. $400

2.The underlined word "unemployment" means "_______" in Chinese.

A. 辭職                   B. 就業(yè)                   C. 悲傷          D. 失業(yè)

3.How long has the customer's wife been dead?

A. A week.    B. A month.             C. A year.    D. Two months.

4.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The manager opened the letter by himself.

B. The manager thought life was full of surprise.

C. When the customer's wife knew the fact, she was impatient.

D. The customer always feels sad for not paying for the ring years ago.