C．look up D．pick up

　　解析：选B。考查短语辨析。turn up出现，到场。bring up抚养，培养，教育，提出；look up查找；pick up 拣起，拾起，(开车)去接某人，(非正式地)学会，学到。

　　8．Sir，you are not allowed to enter the building if you don't get our manager's ___________.

　　A．permission B．connection

　　C．instruction D．introduction

　　解析：选A。考查名词辨析。permission允许，许可。句意：先生，如果没有我们经理的允许，你不准进入这座大楼。connection连接，关系；instruction指示，说明；introduction介绍。

　　9．The headmaster told the boy ___________the angry teacher，but he refused to.

　　A．to apologize B．apologize to

　　C．to apologize for D．to apologize to

　　解析：选D。考查动词用法。tell sb.to do sth.告诉某人做某事；apologize to sb.(for sth.)(因某事)向某人道歉。

　　10．We are looking forward to ___________a chance to watch the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

　　A．give B．be given

　　C．being given D．giving

　　解析：选C。句意：我们期望有机会看到伦敦2012年奥运会的开幕式。look forward to后面要跟动名词形式，根据语境可知要用被动形式，故C项正确。

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　A

　　(2009年温州检测A)"Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him，and let him know that you trust him."These words are from the black American educator，Booker Washington. He was saying that，"If you want people to grow up，you have to stop treating them like children."

　　In America，families are close but children are encouraged to be independent，to make their own decisions，even at a very early age. It's not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance(津贴)every week. The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever they choose，for example，buying clothes，school supplies or CDs.Some teenagers even have their own credit cards! That's a big responsibility since even adults are tempted to overspend when they have credit cards.

　　From an early age，American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family decisionmaking.At the dinner table，teenagers will be listened to on any topic，from politics to buying a new family car or where the family will go on vacation.In this way，teenagers are getting practice in becoming individuals：they are learning how to stand on their own two feet.

　　Many Chinese young people are becoming almost as interested as American teens in searching for independence.They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings. You can see this in the way they dress, the music they listen to and the friends they choose."Super Girl" Li Yuchun caught the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the "Super Girl" television contest.She was not the traditional "nice，young Chinese girl"．With her short，spiky hair and boylike clothes，she was telling everyone that she was different. She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet...and she won!

　　There is an old saying，"Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then choose that way with all his strength."If you do this，step by step，over a period of time，you may find that you have become the person you always wanted to be.

【解题导语】　生活中几乎没有东西比责任更重要，更能够帮助别人，并让别人觉得