More than 700 years ago，Scotland ( 苏格兰 ) was fighting with England . The king of England wanted to____Scotland. He had a strong army so it was____for the Scots to fight. They lost many times, King Robert of Scotland had to run from the English army.
One rainy day, King Robert lay in an old house. He thought that he was not good enough to be king. He was so____ that he didn’t even see a spider(蜘蛛)near him. He ____when he saw the spider climbing. It was trying to climb up its web at the top of the house but it fell down.
“How sad” thought King Robert. “The spider is like me. It’s not ____enough.”He watched while the spider climbed up again. It fell down a second time.
“Be careful, little spider， or you might die,”he said. “Life is so hard. You’ll never get back to your web.”But the spider____again and again. King Robert watched while it____climbed back to its web. After an hour, the spider got do the web.
“You are such a great____，”he said.“If you can keep trying. I can too. I must keep on fighting. I won’t let the English win.” His____grew strong and they____the English army. Scotland was free.
Nobody knows if this is a true story. Many parents tell it to their children because the want them to keep trying.1.

A．leave

B．control

C．help

D．Visit

2.

A．interesting

B．difficult

C．important

D．necessary

3.

A．surprised

B．bored

C．worried

D．Lonely

4.

A．looked ahead

B．looked out

C．looked on

D．looked up

5.

A．old

B．strong

C．fast

D．free

6.

A．tried

B．fell

C．practiced

D．cheered

7.

A．finally

B．easily

C．slowly

D．suddenly

8.

A．player

B．fighter

C．soldier

D．spider

9.

A．army

B．feeling

C．opinions

D．family

10.

A．kept

B．raised

C．stopped

D．joined

People are always afraid of making mistakes. But sometimes it's not bad to make mistakes, and here is why.
At first, mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things. It's always good to try new things, because when you are trying new things you are growing. If you never try new things, how can you improve? How can you create? The simple answer is，“You can't.” Look around you, everything you see is the result of someone trying new things.
Another good thing about mistakes is this: when you are making mistakes, you are learning. Consider this: Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb. When he was asked how he felt to fail that many times, he said that he hadn't failed 10,000 times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn't work.
Finally, when you make a mistake, you are that much closer to success. Why? Because you have said what you should say, and you have done what you should do. Every time you make a mistake, you are closer to success. But it doesn't mean that you can make mistakes without thin­king. Instead, when you try new things you have to think them over, so that you can keep away from some unne­cessary mistakes.
We shouldn't spend all our time and money on the only one way, but use them correctly. Because our time and money are limited (有限的).
There is an old saying, “If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.” So go bravely and make mistakes. And learn. And grow. And succeed.
11. If you are making a mistake, that means________.

A．you're careful	B．you're kind
C．you're growing	D．you know nothing

12. If you never try new things, you can't________.

A．improve

B．create

C．spend

D．A and B

13. After Edison failed 10,000 times, he________.

A．gave up

B．invented the light bulb

C．invented the computer

D．invented 10,000 new things

14. When you make a mistake, you are closer to________.

A．time

B．money

C．success

D．everything

15. What's the main idea of the passage?

A．Never make mistakes.

B．You can make mistakes without thinking.

C．Sometimes it's good to make mistakes.

D．Making mistakes is terrible.

Every year on my birthday since I was 11，a white gardenia （栀子花） was sent to my house．No card ever came with it．Calls to the flower shop were not helpful at all．After some time I stopped trying to find out the sender's name and was just pleased with the beautiful flower，in soft pink paper．
I couldn't stop imagining who the giver might be．Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming（幻想 ）about the sender．My mother encouraged these daydreams．She'd ask me if I had been especially kind to someone．Perhaps it was one of my classmates Perhaps it was the old man who I once helped．As a girl，I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy that I had met．
A month before my high school graduation（毕业），my father died．I was so sad that I became completely uninterested in my coming graduation dance，and I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not．My mother，in her own sadness，would not let me miss （过） any of those things．She wanted her children to feel loved．In fact，my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia：lovely，strong and perfect．
My mother died ten years after I was married．That was the year the gardenia stopped coming．
16. The writer received on her birthday since she was 11．

A．a white gardenia

B．a card

C．a card and soft pink paper

D．a gardenia and a card

17. The writer was very when she was imagining who sent the flower．

A．happy	B．sad
C．worried	D．nervous

18. It can be inferred （推断） from the passage that ．

A．the writer didn't get a new dress for the dance

B．the writer probably joined in the graduation dance

C．the writer's father died ten years earlier than her mother

D．the writer's father received a gardenia on each of his birthdays

19. The writer got the gardenias from on her birthdays．

A．her classmate

B．the old man

C．the boy

D．her mother

20. The passage mainly talks about ．

A．what a gardenia meant

B．what a girl dreamed about

C．how a mother loved her children

D．how a daughter missed her father．

In the eyes of many foreigners, Chinese are the best hosts（主人）and the worst guests in the world. They’re not really bad guests, but because the guest-host relationship in China is much different than in some western countries, it appears they are not nice guests. And western host sometimes look rude（粗鲁的）in the eyes of Chinese guests.

In China, guests are almost like gods. Whenever I enter a Chinese person’s home, there is always fruit on the table for me, and someone is quick to bring me a cup of tea or water. In the west, generally the guest is not a god. Acting according to the host’s way of doing things is usual behavior for a guest.

My wife’s mother, a very kind elderly Chinese lady, doesn’t smoke. When I see some of her guests smoking in her house, as a non-smoker, I feel unhappy. Usually I want to stop them directly, but I must realize that in China, to be a good host, she must not do that. In most North American homes, if you are a guest, and the hosts are not smokers, you should not smoke in their house. At the very least, you could ask. “Is it OK if I smoke?” But, don’t be surprised if they say “No, you can’t smoke.” In our culture, if you smoke in their home, you are a bad guest, but if they do not allow you to smoke in their house, they are not a rude host.

Guests in China also have special habits. Some western people may not adapt to these habits very soon. Thankfully my wife is Chinese,   so whenever we visit a Chinese family she tells me to buy them a gift. However, giving a gift to a host is not always necessary in my country. So, if you invite international guests to your house, don’t be too surprised if they don’t bring you a gift.

In China, you probably won’t need to change the guest-host relationship very much because you will probably only be the host, and Chinese are naturally very good hosts. If western hosts invite you to their house, try not to be too surprised if their style of treating you is not what you have expected.

21. Many foreigners think that Chinese hosts are the ________ in the world

A．best

B．worst

C．most natural

D．most different

22. When a western guest visits a Chinese family, he often ________.

A．buys some fruit	B．feels like a god
C．wants some gifts	D．takes a cup of tea

23. If the writer’s guests want to smoke in his house, what will he probably say?

A．It’s OK if you smoke here.	B．Let’s smoke together.
C．Sorry, you can’t smoke here.	D．Smoking is a bad habit.

24. What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “adapt to” in the passage?

A．think back to

B．get used to

C．look forward to

D．keep close to

25. What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Foreigners should learn from Chinese.

B．Hosts must do things in the guests’ way.

C．Western hosts are always nice to guests.

D．People should understand cultural differences.

阅读下面材料，把答案写在26〜35小题处横线上。有的答案要填入适当的内容，有的答案要用括号内单词的正确形式，每个答案不多于3个单词。
Where I'm     26    we're pretty relaxed about time.If you tell a friend you're going to     27    (they)house for dinner,it's okay if you arrive a bit late.    28    (spend) time with family and friends is very important to us.We often just drop by our friends' homes.
We don't usually have to make plans     29    (meet )our friends.Often we just walk around the town center,    30     (see )as many of our friends as we can!
In Switzerland,it's very important to be on time . We're the land of watches,after all ! If someone    31     (invite )you to meet them at 4:00, you have to be there at 4:00. If you're even fifteen minutes late,your friend may     32     (get)angry.Also,we never visit a friend's house without    33    (call ) first.We usually make plans to see friends.We usually plan to do something     34    (interest) ,    35    go somewhere together.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入横线上的最佳选项，其中有两项为多余选项。
    36    Pretty soon, you might get to do both at the same time, in true Harry Potter style.
Several companies are racing to produce electronic paper and ink, complete with colors and moving imagines(图像). One idea would be to create a newspaper like The Daily Project in the Harry Potter books. Its pages would hold video clips of baseball games instead of just black-and-white photos.
    37    A company in Massachusetts called E ink, for example, has been working for years on such a technology. Little electricity determines(决定)whether each micro-sphere(微球)looks black or white at any given time.     38    The techniques seems promising for creating still imagines that can be changed when needed, but the process(进程)is too slow for good videos.
Scientists in the Netherlands now report a new type of e-paper technology. By using layers(层) of oil, the researchers say that they can make images which change fast enough to meet standard video requirements. They can also make brilliant colors.     39    You may know how big your fingernail is.
    40    Keep your eyes open, though. In the future, TV watching and reading might be part of the same work.

A．Electronic paper is not a new idea.

B．For now, reading and watching TV will have to return two separate activities.

C．On school nights, lots of kids have to do their reading before they are allowed to watch TV.

D．produce electronic paper with colors and moving images

E．We can see similarities when we pay attention to the way words are used.

F．Together, micro-spheres make up words and imagines.

G．So far, however, each image is smaller than the fingernail.

41. My mother was very__________(有耐心的)with me when I was ill.

42. I have no problem _________ (爬) the mountain, which is not too high.

43. Of the two boys, who do you think is more__________(仔细).

44. Li Ming received a _______ (明信片）from his pen pal yesterday.

45. My life has _______ (改变) a lot in the last few years.