As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to ____ a little pocket money.
One day I ____ on the door of an elderly woman and asked if she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in ____ and I showed her my worn coat, which no longer kept me warm. She ____ me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be ____now.” She then took out a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a ____job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to____new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to ____ me with your report card and I will ____ you when I see you have worked hard and have some good ____ Now reach out your little hands and take out as much ____as you can.”
I put my hands in the jar and grabbed so much money that it was ____ for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she ____ She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time showed her that I had an “A”.
I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge ____ this wonderful lady made over my life with her ____ This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.1.

A．save

B．give

C．earn

D．change

2.

A．turned

B．knocked

C．worked

D．looked

3.

A．school

B．time

C．trouble

D．bed

4.

A．allowed

B．forced

C．helped

D．stopped

5.

A．punished

B．tested

C．praised

D．paid

6.

A．boring

B．new

C．fine

D．terrible

7.

A．keep

B．buy

C．remove

D．make

8.

A．visit

B．forgive

C．welcome

D．serve

9.

A．recognize

B．reward

C．understand

D．protect

10.

A．goals

B．stories

C．marks

D．ideas

11.

A．room

B．money

C．food

D．time

12.

A．rare

B．enough

C．simple

D．special

13.

A．promised

B．discovered

C．knew

D．admitted

14.

A．decision

B．progress

C．mistake

D．difference

15.

A．courage

B．kindness

C．honesty

D．happiness

根据句子结构的语法性，在下面空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为1~15的相应位置上。
16. Asimov had _____ extraordinary imagination that gave him ability to explore future worlds.
17. The website is           (benefit) to the disabled people.
18. He has never been         (absence) from school this term.
19. ______ was then that Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window.
20. Just accept the disabled，and give them _______(encourage) to live as rich and full a life as you.
21. When you go to a new country，you must adapt ___ new manners and customs.
22. I try to set _____a few minutes each day to read English aloud.
23. As we drew closer，I could see a whale __________(attack) by a pack of about six other killers.
24. The robot   ______(rebuild)next week by the expert is named Tony.
25. Please don’t feel sorry for the disabled or make fun ____ them.
26. A large wise-looking turtle was passing so close to me ______ I could have touched it.
27. It was a time _____ the killer whales helped the whalers catch the baleen whales.
28. The whale _______ (drag)swiftly by the killers down into the depths of the sea yesterday.
29. I hope my suggestions will meet ________ your approval.
30. _____________(unfortunate)，the doctors don’t   know how to make me better.

Animals, including insects, don't have a "language" like ours. They do not 'talk' to each other in words and sentences. But if we watch them, we can see that they do have their ways of communicating with each other.
Can you see the rabbit's tail? When rabbits see this white tail moving up and down, they run away. They know that they are in danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.
Many other animals use this kind of "language". When a cobra is angry, it raises its head and makes itself look powerful . This warns other animals. When a bee has found food, it goes back to its home. It cannot 'tell' the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance. This tells the bees where the food is.
Some animals "say" things by making sounds. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs when it is pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning. Sometimes we human beings speak in the same way. We make sounds like "Oh" or "Ah" when we are frightened or pleased or when we drop something on our toes.
31. Which one is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Animals have languages like human beings.

B．Bees communicate with each other by dancing.

C．Animals can use words.

D．Animals are brave.

32. A rabbit uses its tail to ______.

A．warn other rabbits when they are in danger

B．tell other rabbits where food is

C．make itself look powerful

D．help it to run fast

33. When a cobra is angry, it ______.

A．makes a loud noise	B．raises its head
C．moves up and down	D．does a little dance

34. Several different sounds can be made by a _     _

A．rabbit

B．bee

C．bird

D．fish

35. From the passage, we know that _____ use words and sentences to express ideas and thoughts.

A．all living things	B．all animals
C．some birds	D．human beings

“Lizzie, there’s a letter for you!” Emily called up the stairs to her sister. Elizabeth looked down. “Is it from Harvard? They refused my application once.” Emily answered, “No, it’s from Yale.” Quickly, Elizabeth walked downstairs. She took the letter and opened it. “Rejected again,” Elizabeth said unhappily. “Who says women can’t be doctors?”
“They are fools not to accept you. You can’t let them stop you, Lizzie,” Emily said.
“I won’t. I’ll apply to (申请) Geneva Medical College,” Elizabeth told her sister. As it turned out, the professors at Geneva Medical College were not fools. They allowed Elizabeth Blackwell to study medicine.
In 1848, a year before Elizabeth would graduate, a typhoid epidemic (伤寒流行病) broke out in New York. Elizabeth wrote to Emily. “There’s an outbreak (爆发) of typhoid, and I am going to help. It is dangerous, so if I should not survive, please do me the honor of studying medicine yourself.”
Emily replied, “Encouraged by your dream and success, I have decided to study in medical school, as well.”
Having survived the disease, Elizabeth tried to set up a private medical practice. “I graduated first in my class but no one believes a woman can be a good doctor,” she said to Emily one day. “All I hear is that doctors should be men, while women should stay home to cook and clean.”
Emily said worriedly, “I will graduate in June with my medical degree. What shall we do?” Elizabeth thought for a while and replied, “There’s a big house in the poor part of our town. We can practice medicine there for people who couldn’t afford care.”
Soon with the help of some friends, Elizabeth and Emily bought the house and opened a hospital for poor women and children. “We’ll have an all-women staff (员工),” Elizabeth said. “And later, we’ll add a medical college for women!” Emily added. At last, Elizabeth realized her dream of being a doctor.
36. The underlined word “Rejected” in the first paragraph can be best replaced by _____.

A．Refused

B．Praised

C．Changed

D．Accepted

37. Hearing Elizabeth’s words about the letter from Yale, Emily felt _____.

A．excited

B．calm

C．satisfied

D．angry

38. In 1848, Elizabeth wrote to Emily to _____.

A．persuade Emily to come to help the sick	B．ask Emily to study medicine if she died
C．warn Emily the danger of typhoid epidemic	D．tell Emily she would graduate from college

39. We can learn from the text that Elizabeth _____.

A．received strong support from her sister	B．refused to go to study at Yale University
C．founded a medical college after graduation	D．was finally accepted by Harvard after her efforts

40. Which of the following can best be used to describe Elizabeth?

A．Humorous.

B．Honest.

C．Determined.

D．Careful.

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it. Mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be a most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed in action. But as a young girl. I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional ”. But she lived “on the surface ”.
As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.
My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace – it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
But the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside – a photo of my father and a one-paper letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter.
“In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.”
41. The writer began to love her mother’s desk________.

A．after Mother died

B．before she became a writer

C．when she was a child

D．when Mother gave it to her

42. The passage shows that_________.

A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

B．Mother was too serious about her daughter in words

C．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words

D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careless words

43. The underlined word “gulf” in the passage means_______.

A．deep understanding between the old and the young

B．different ideas between mother and daughter

C．free talks between mother and daughter

D．part of the sea going far in land

44. What did Mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?

A．She had never received the letter.

B．For years, she often talked about the letter.

C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.

D．She read the letter again and again till she died.

45. What’s best title of the passage?

A．My letter to Mother

B．Mother and children

C．My Mother’s Desk

D．Talks between Mother and me

Thirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert, seeking a million in prize money. To win, they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours. Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all, because these vehicles were missing a key part －drivers.
DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battlefields. But the Grand Challenge, as it was called, just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance. One had its brake lock up in the starting area. Another began by throwing itself onto a wall. Another got tied up by bushes near the road after 1.9 miles.
One turned upside down. One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote control. One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence; another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock. The “winner,” if there was any; reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long, narrow hole, and the front wheels caught on fire.
“You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things,” says Reinhold Behringer, who helped design two of the car-size vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics. “Even ants can do all these tasks effortlessly . It’s very hard for us to put these abilities into our machines.”
The robotic vehicles, though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers and GPS guidance, had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that a two-year-old human recognizes immediately, Sure, that very young child, who has just only learned to walk, may not think to wipe apple juice off her face, but she already knows that when there’s a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table, and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good. She is more advanced, even months old, than any machine humans have designed.
46. Watchers doubted if any of the vehicles could finish the race because        .

A．they did not have any human guidance

B．the road was not familiar to the drivers

C．the distance was too long for the vehicles

D．the prize money was unattractive to the drivers

47. DARPA organized the race in order to        .

A．raise money for producing more robotic vehicles

B．push the development of vehicle industry

C．train more people to drive in the desert

D．improve the vehicles for future wars

48. From the passage we know “robotic vehicles” are a kind of machines that        .

A．can do effortlessly whatever tasks living thing can

B．can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limit

C．can show off their ability to turn themselves upside down

D．can move from place to place without being driven by human beings

49. In the race, the greatest distance one robotic vehicle covered was          .

A．about eight miles	B．six miles
C．almost two miles	D．about one mile

50. In the last paragraph, the writer implies that there is a long way to go        .

A．for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficulties

B．for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie on the table

C．for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple problem that a little child can solve

D．for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。请阅读下列有关颜色偏好和性格关系的应用文：
A．GOLD
According to the True Colors system people who choose gold as their primary color like to fit in or belong. They tend to be reliable people who enjoy serving others. Things like tradition, home are very important to them. They need order and structure. They don’t like waste or change.
B．ORANGE
People who choose orange as their primary color need a lot of variety and freedom. They take pride in being highly skilled. They enjoy “hand-on” work and often are good in a crisis. They are risk taker, seeking challenges.
C．YELLOW
People who choose yellow as their primary color are curious about everything. They are confident and knowledgeable. They love sports very much and they work high efficiently.
D．GREEN
People who choose green as their primary color are competent and want to control the realities of life. They are analytical and enjoy solving problems and developing systems. They love intelligence and logic. They are often critical of themselves and others.
E．BLUE
People who choose blue as their primary color enjoy close relationships. Harmony and integrity are very important. These people are often very creative or they enjoy the creative work of others.
F．RED
People who choose red as their primary color are always full of vigor and they tend to be confident all the time. It seems like they are ready to do anything and they will be successful. And they have a strong desire for power.
请阅读以下根据员工性格而促进工作效率方法的信息，然后匹配上面的信息。
51. Creating a warm and personal working atmosphere; establishing a peaceful working environment and trying to avoid conflict; allowing them the freedom to express their feeling; praising their creative approach to the job; praising them with their good jobs.
52. Assigning work which needs detailed planning; defining the tasks in clear terms; providing a stable work environment and avoiding sudden change; giving standard rules and regulations and setting a good examples; praising them with their good jobs.
53. Assigning work which needs analytical thinking and problem solving; encouraging them to think independently and taking their ideas to the next step; praising them with their good jobs.
54. Assigning work which is action-packed; providing opportunities to be skillful and adventurous; allowing them the freedom to the job in their own ways; praising them with their good jobs.
55. Assigning work which needs full energy; providing opportunities for job competition; if he does well, let him know he is very likely to get promotion; praise them with their good jobs.

56. 我们一定能赢得这场比赛。
We _______ ________ _______ win the game.
57. 你没有达到要求的标准，换句话说你考试失败了。
Your performance in the exam did not reach the required standard；
_______ ________ _________ you failed.
58. 我首先意识到/知道的是我周围那些鲜艳的色彩—红色 橙色和绿色等。
The first thing I ________ _______ ________ was all the vivid colors surrounding me-purples reds oranges and greens.
59. 我告诉自己鲨鱼并不危险但是这样也不能抑制我那吓死了的心情。
I told myself the sharks weren’t dangerous but that didn’t stop me from feeling ______
______ _________for a moment.
60. 从詹姆斯的脸上我能看出他非常恐慌，生怕被我们遗弃。
From Jame’s face, I could see he was terrified of ______ ______ _____ us.

61. 阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Have you been asked for money by some beggars who have disabilities while you’re
enjoying shopping? Do you have any pity for that kind of people or just feel afraid? For whatever   reasons the number of disabled beggars bumming(行乞) along the street has increased rapidly.
Why are there so many disabled people begging in the street? The reasons are so various that we don’t need to understand. But we know that they do not lead an easy life. So we should help them in some ways.
The treatment for disabled people should go like this: First，accept them. Don’t be afraid of looking at the terrible shape of disabled. Try to treat
them equally. Because they are a part of the society.we can’t abandon them. The second is to help them as much as we could. If you can be a volunteer and do some work for the disabled people that would be very nice. That does good not only to disabled people but also to yourself，because you will feel good after your kind action.
So give an air of warmth to disabled people，and the world would be much better.
【写作内容】
1. 以约30词概括上文的主要内容。
2. 以约120词就 “How to care for the disabled” 这一话题发表你的看法，内容包括：
(1) 对待残疾人的正确态度；
(2) 你认为应该如何帮助残疾人；
(3) 残疾人也应该享有平等的权利。
(4)【写作要求】
1. 可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中句子；
2. 文中不能出现考生真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
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