I wrote my first poem at the age of seven and showed it to my mother．She read and cried, “Buddy, you really wrote a beautiful poem!”
Shyly but ____ , I said yes．She poured out her ____ “It was nothing short of talent!”
“What time will Father be home?” I asked．I could hardly wait to ____ my work to him．I spent quite some time ____ for his arrival. I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting, drew a fancy border around it and ____ I placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table. My father had begun his motion-picture career as a writer. I was sure he would be able to ____ my poem.
At almost 7 o'clock my father burst in. He seemed ____ He circled the dining-room table, complaining about his employees.
Suddenly he paused and glared at his plate. “What is this?” He was reaching for my poem.
“Ben, Buddy has written his first poem!” my mother began. “And it’s beautiful, absolutely amaz…”
“If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide for myself.” Father said.
I ____ my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of ____
“I think it’s terrible,” he said.
I couldn’t look up. My eyes were getting ____
“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs ____ ”
“I don’t know why.” My father held his ground. “Isn’t there enough awful poetry in the world already?”
I couldn’t ____ it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I ____ myself on the bed and cried the worst of the ____ out of me.
That may have been the end of the story, but not of its ____ for me. I realized how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, “I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who drove me to hear with “I think it’s ____ ”
Every one of us needs that mother force, from which all ____ flows; and yet the mother force alone is incomplete. It needs the balance of the force that ____ , “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”
Those ____ voices of my childhood ring in my ears through the years, like two opposing winds blowing me. Between the two poles of ____ and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true course．1.

A．typically

B．proudly

C．anxiously

D．honestly

2.

A．motivation

B．shock

C．Criticism

D．praise

3.

A．recite

B．describe

C．show

D．introduce

4.

A．waiting

B．preparing

C．Praying

D．planning

5.

A．gradually

B．desperately

C．confidently

D．casually

6.

A．appreciate

B．revise

C．read

D．polish

7.

A．relaxed

B．calm

C．noble

D．upset

8.

A．shook

B．lowered

C．raised

D．turned

9.

A．decision

B．excitement

C．meditation

D．devotion

10.

A．dark

B．wide

C．wet

D．bright

11.

A．arrangement

B．judgment

C．encouragement

D．adjustment

12.

A．hold

B．attain

C．control

D．stand

13.

A．threw

B．seated

C．left

D．kept

14.

A．confusion

B．pressure

C．disappointment

D．tiredness

15.

A．challenge

B．development

C．difficulty

D．significance

16.

A．elegant

B．awful

C．fluent

D．controversial

17.

A．failure

B．creation

C．limit

D．improvement

18.

A．orders

B．misleads

C．cautions

D．foresees

19.

A．inspiring

B．warning

C．disturbing

D．conflicting

20.

A．confirmation

B．restriction

C．distrust

D．Disapproval

There once lived a boy named Woo Sing,     21     father brought home a mirror. Woo Sing had never seen one before. So when he saw it for the first time, he didn’t understand     22     it was, but though he saw another boy, which made him very happy, for he thought the boy     23     (come) to play with him. He spoke to the stranger in a very     24     (friend) way, but received no reply. He laughed and waved at the boy, who did exactly the same thing. Then he thought, “I’ll go closer. It may be that he doesn’t hear me.” But when he began to walk, the other boy imitated (模仿) him. Woo Sing stopped     25     (think) about these strange actions, saying to himself, “This boy is fooling me. He does everything that I do.” And the more he thought about it, the    26    (angry) he became and soon he noticed the boy became angry too. So Woo Sing     27     (strike) the boy in the glass, but he only hurt his own hand and went     28     (cry) to his father, who said, “The boy you saw was    29    image. This should teach you an important lesson, my son. You should never show your anger to others. Now remember that in real life when you strike     30     any cause you’ll hurt yourself most of all.”

President Barack Obama has complained about the loss of privacy that comes with being leader of the United States, regretting the loss of simple pleasures such as a long walk or a trip to the car wash or supermarket．
“I just miss -- I miss being anonymous,” he said. “I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks. I can't take a walk.”
His dream, he said, was to “go through Central Park and watch folks passing by…spend the day watching people -- I miss that”.
Faced with angry criticism for playing more golf than most previous occupants of the White House, he explained that the sport was simply the best way of getting away from it all. “It's the only excuse I have to get outside for four hours.” he told Hearst magazines．
Though he said he enjoyed his life in the White House, he felt disappointed with some of the ways of Washington, which he has failed in his pledge (誓言) to change, such as the "kabuki dance" among political parties before serious policy discussions begin． His comments may be seen as vindication (证实) by critics who have accused him of appearing too detached (漠然), and being slow to engage in vital issues such as Libya and the near shutdown of the US government last week．
Since arriving at the White House in January 2009, Mr Obama has already racked up 60 rounds of golf in office, more than George W Bush did in his eight years．In terms of ability, Golf Digest magazine has ranked Mr Obama eighth out of the 18 presidents who played the game since it became established in the early 20th century．
31. What do the second paragraph and the third paragraph mainly tell us?

A．Obama likes living a busy life．

B．Obama used to spend most of his time with his family．

C．Obama wishes to enjoy simple pleasures．

D．He used to wash his car himself．

32. According to Obama, he plays golf to       .

A．release his pressure

B．keep fit

C．balance his work

D．show his ability

33. We can infer from the passage that Obama is         kabuki dance．

A．curious about	B．interested in
C．content with	D．tired of

34. Which of the following statements is from the critics?

A．The president lost lots of privacy, but he loves the life in the White House.

B．There are always unnecessary procedures among political parties．

C．The president seems to be indifferent towards some really important issues．

D．The president is really a great golf player．

35. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Obama's favorite pastime．

B．Obama’s complaints about lack of privacy as president．

C．The public's criticism of Obama．

D．Obama's regrets for being the US president．

At the age of 16, Clara Barton was advised to become a teacher since she was quite shy. She taught in Massachusetts for ten years, and was invited to Bordentown, New Jersey to teach in a school. She saw that these communities needed complimentary education for their citizens, and she took action by creating a free school, one of the first in her state. But later, ignoring her, officials named a male instead as the head teacher. Disappointed, she left her job and moved to Washington D.C., becoming the first woman employed by the US Patent Office.
Clara Barton was forever changed by her experience with the army in the Civil War. She saw doctors use leaves when dealing with injuries since they had nothing else. The medical supplies were well behind the army, who were moving faster than their medical supply lines. She brought in a truck of medical supplies that she collected personally some years ago. Miss Barton continued to work on the battlefields throughout the war.
She helped in the identification of 13,000 dead Union soldiers. This non-stop work made her fully exhausted, and upon recommendation by her physicians, she traveled to Europe where she recovered energy and enriched herself.
While in Europe, and still in poor health, Miss Barton was moved by the hardship on people brought about by the France-Prussia war. She helped in their relief effort, which encouraged her to create the Red Cross, which served the whole army and common people under a neutral flag.
Clara Barton returned to America and then began the establishment of the American Red Cross. The US government did not think there would ever be another war after the Civil War. But she convinced them that the Red Cross would be valuable to serve in times of natural disasters as well. This was her lasting legacy (遗产), an agency that still provides aid to all people today.
36. What does the underlined word mean in the first paragraph?

A．Public.

B．Personal.

C．Free.

D．Advanced.

37. . Why did Clara Barton bring her personal medical supplies
A There were no medical supplies for the army at all.

A．The army’s supplies couldn’t catch up with them.

B．The army’s supplies weren’t good enough to treat soldiers.

C．The enemies cut off the connection between the army and medical supplies.

38. Clara Barton set up the Red Cross because of _______.

A．her experiences in Europe

B．her poor health

C．the lack of supplies for the army

D．her work in the US Patent Office

39. The US government agreed to establish the Red Cross because Clara Barton _______.

A．gave a lot of her legacy

B．said there might be wars in the future

C．explained it would help people in peacetime as well.

D．claimed it could save people from the France-Prussia war.

40. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．The history of American Civil War.

B．A general introduction to Clara Barton.

C．Clara Barton’s contributions to the US.

D．The Establishment of the American Red Cross.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项是多余的选项。
Have you ever found it difficult to understand a text or express your own idea? In fact, someone who always comes across these kinds of problems may have learning disabilities. Today we begin a series of programs about learning disabilities. These are disorders in the ways that people understand or use language. They can affect the ability to listen or think, or to speak or to read and write. They can also affect the ability to do mathematics.    41    Researchers believe that learning disabilities are caused by differences in the way that the brain works with information. They say children with learning disabilities are unintelligent or do not want to work.    42    
Researchers say that as many as one of every five people in the United States has some kind of learning disability. Almost three-million children in the United States receive some kind of help in school for a learning disability.
    43    Experts look for a difference between how well a child does in school and the level of intelligence or ability of the child. But there is no one sign of a disorder. A few signs of learning disability include not connecting letters with their sounds or not understanding what is read. A person with a learning disability may not be able to understand a funny story. They may not follow directions. They may not read numbers correctly or know how to start a task.
    44    One person may have trouble understanding mathematics. Another may have difficulty understanding what people are saying. Still another may not be able to express ideas in writing. These different kinds of learning disabilities are known by different names. For example, a person who has difficulty reading may have dyslexia(诵读困难症)。
Experts say learning disabilities cannot be cured.    45    Teachers and parents can help young people with learning disabilities to learn successfully.

A．Different people have different kinds of learning disabilities.

B．Their brains just process information differently than other people.

C．People with learning disabilities have difficulty in communicating with others.

D．But people who have them can be helped.

E．However, practice can really make perfect.

F．A person with a learning disability has unusual difficulty in developing these skills.

G．How can you tell if someone has a learning disability?

46. 假定你是中学生李华。高三将是辛苦忙碌的一年，不管自己还是父母都会很辛苦。每个家长都是望子成龙的，处在这一重要的学习阶段，父母会对你的生活学习倍加关心。现在请你按照以下内容要点给自己的父母写一封感谢信。
内容要点：
1. 感谢父母这么多年来无微不至的关心；
2. 近段时间自己的学习情况及取得的进步，自己会继续努力，希望父母放心；
3. 高三过后一定多帮父母做家务。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出。
Dear parents,
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Love from,

Your son