1 . I was never very neat while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but my always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Overtime, Kate got neater and I got my merriser. She moved to push my dirty clothing over and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.

Who broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “Take your shoes away! why under my bed!” Suddenly I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.

The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up. She quickly crawled (爬) under her covers, crying. Obviously. that was something she could not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy (同情) rose up in my heart.

Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bad. Cleaned the suckers and swept the floor even on her side. I got so absorbed into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching. Her tears dried and her expression was such disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. “Thanks.”

Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.

1. What made Kate so angry one evening?

A．She couldn’t find her books.

B．She heard the writer shouting loud.

C．She got the news that her grandma was ill.

D．She saw the writer’s shoes beneath her bed.

2. Why did the writer tidy up the room?

A．Because she was scared by Kate’s anger.

B．Because she hated herself for being so messy.

C．Because she wanted to show her care.

D．Because she was asked by Kate to do so.

3. How is paragraph 1 mainly developed?

A．By analyzing courses.

B．By showing differences.

C．By describing a process.

D．By following time order.

4. What might be the best title for the story?

A．My Friend Kate.

B．Hard Work Pays off.

C．How to Be Organized?

D．Learning to Be Roommates.

2 . 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about     1     (be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop,     2     some of them looked very anxious and     3    (disappoint) . When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next     4     the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike     5     (catch ) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused     6     (stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept     7    (ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked,“    8     anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It s     9     (I )”. She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully, Five others on the bus began talking about what the boy had done and the crowd of strangers         10    (sudden) became friendly to one another.

3 . If you want to be a volunteer, you have to answer the following typical questions. Do you want to work with people, animals or machines? Do you want to work indoors or outdoors, directly serve people in need or serve people behind the scenes? Every year, thousands of people in the west offer volunteer service. Volunteering greatly strengthens the community because it helps the old, the young, the weak, the sick, and the disabled and the injured to solve problems.

Volunteers usually help in many different ways. They may give people advice, offer friendship to the young, drive the elderly to church (if up to the driving age), advise kids against drugs, work as assistants in schools or nursing homes, raise funds, plant trees, help out in local libraries and do many other things. Volunteering can be a few hours a week or a few hours a month. Anybody who wants to serve people in need can become a volunteer.

In fact, the art of volunteering is a process of both giving and receiving. Volunteering allows volunteers to meet new people, make new friends and mix with people from all walks of life. Volunteering is an excellent way to experiment and try out new techniques and skills, discover your individual talents and explore career choice. Being a volunteer will take you on a wonderful journey and help you learn more than what you can get from books.

1. As a volunteer, only when you grow old enough can you _______.

A．plant trees on hills	B．give advice to others
C．drive the elderly to church	D．help out in local libraries

2. How is the second paragraph mainly developed?

A．By discussing.	B．By comparing.
C．By giving explanations.	D．By listing examples.

3. It can be inferred from the passage that to be a volunteer, _______.

A．you can do experiments	B．you can get something valuable
C．you need to work very long	D．you must be very strong

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Volunteer Service in the West	B．How to Hunt for Jobs
C．How to Make Friends	D．How to Work with Animals

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Table tennis, also called ping -pong, is     1     (play) all around the world. It is an Olympic sport. The table is 2.74 metres by 1.525 metres and     2     (stand) 76 centimetres from the ground. The net goes across the centre of     3     table and is 15.25 centimetres high. It is very similar to playing tennis on the court.

The exact origin of table tennis is not known.     4     we do know is that it began in England in the 1890s. Many people played table tennis     5     it did not require players to go outdoors. The game was popular     6     many foreign visitors, and soon it spread to many     7     (part) of Europe and Asia.

Many players believe table tennis is not only a physical game but a psychological game. A technique     8     (frequent) used by many players is to stare at the people they are playing against to make     9     (they) feel uncomfortable. Today, players from China, South Korea     10     Germany play leading roles in international table tennis competitions.

5 . Every year millions of people around the world die from smoking. Every packet of cigarettes contains _______ chemicals that result in lung cancer and heart disease. This is _______ we have chosen anti-smoking as the subject of our ad campaign.

The target audience is high-school _______. Our main aim is to _______ young people from smoking. Our research shows that young people, just like us, _______ about their health and future. We will educate them about the bad physical _______ of smoking and how smoking affects those people around them. We will explain all the _______ of not smoking, such as saving money which can be spent on other things. We will show how smoking is not cool or _______, because it makes people smell terrible, and gives them bad teeth, skin and fingernails. If we convince young people not to start, they might then urge their parents and other people to _______ smoking, too.

Our campaign will start on 31 May, World No Tobacco Day. We put large posters around the school with our logo and slogan. Our website will ________ students with more information about smoking. We will also publish an article in the school magazine informing students about the dangers of smoking, and we will organize an essay competition as well. Our slogan is: Smoking kills!

1.

A．harmful

B．useful

C．special

D．wonderful

2.

A．because

B．how

C．why

D．where

3.

A．teachers

B．students

C．researchers

D．educators

4.

A．find

B．see

C．choose

D．stop

5.

A．talk

B．care

C．know

D．lie

6.

A．effects

B．causes

C．habits

D．efforts

7.

A．rules

B．disadvantages

C．advantages

D．signs

8.

A．important

B．cheap

C．easy

D．attractive

9.

A．go on

B．give up

C．got on

D．think of

10.

A．provide

B．share

C．challenge

D．fight

6 . According to a recent survey, there are about 7,000 National Parks around the world. Many countries have National Parks. Most of them protect natural environment as well as the plants and animals that live there, but a few are in towns and cities.

There are nine National Parks in England. The first three were the Peak District, the Lake District and Dartmoor, which were all named as National Parks in 1951. Others followed afterwards, such as the North York Moors in 1952, the New Forest in 2005 and the South Downs in 2010.

Many National Parks around the world cover huge areas of land where nobody lives, but in England most of the countryside within them is useful for farming and other activities. As a result, National Parks in England include places where people live and work, as well as wild and beautiful areas where there is little sign of human life.

There are about 110 million visitors to the parks every year, bringing many benefits to the areas but creating problems too. In the parks litter is a particular danger to animals. Broken glass can also cause fires by focusing the rays of the sun. When these start in wild places, they are much harder to control and can damage large areas very quickly.

All National Parks in England promote (倡导) the Countryside Code, which tells people how to take care of their environment. If these rules are followed, the National Parks will be protected and continue to give pleasure to many people for a long time.

1. Which of the following was named the National Park in 1951?

A．The Lake District.	B．The North York Moors.
C．The New Forest.	D．The South Downs.

2. How are the National Parks in England special ?

A．They cover huge areas of land where nobody lives.

B．They are all in towns and cities.

C．Most of the countryside within them is useless for farming.

D．They also have places where people live and work.

3. Why do the parks in the last paragraph promote the Countryside Code?

A．To bring many people to the areas.	B．To find the causes of some problems.
C．To tell how to protect the environment.	D．To study the wild animals and plants

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．National Parks around the World	B．National Parks in England
C．Disadvantages of National Parks	D．How to Help with National Parks

7 . Wordsmith Competition

Enter the senior high schools’ English writing competition and you could win some great prizes and improve your English language skills at the same time.

The competition

This competition is designed to promote the development of English writing skills among senior high students. All Senior High 1 and 2 students are encouraged to enter the competition.

What to write

A story of 300 words about any subject you can think of.

Rules

You must give your story a title. You must provide personal information with your entry. You may only enter this competition once.

Guidelines

Your story must be original and written by yourself (all entries will be checked). Stories will be judged by a team of English teachers from five different senior high schools. Stories that are well researched, creative and imaginative will receive high marks. Remember to plan your story, write it, and then check the grammar, punctuation and spelling. You should keep a copy of your story for yourself. Competition entries will not be returned.

Deadline

Stories must be received by 5 August through e- -mail. Send your stories to wordsmith @ nol. edu. cn.

Prizes

Gold — £2,000 award

Silver — £1,000 award

Bronze — £500 worth of books

All winners will be informed by e-mail, and the winning entries will be posted on this website.

1. What is the purpose of the competition?

A．To promote students’ reading skills.	B．To promote students’ writing skills.
C．To promote students’ listening skills.	D．To promote students’ speaking skills.

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the guidelines?

A．The story must be original.	B．The story must be written by yourself.
C．Competition entries will not be returned.	D．Competition entries will be judged by yourself.

3. What is the prize for gold winners?

A．£2,000. .

B．1,000.

C．E500.

D．A story of 300 words.

4. We can infer from the text that a wordsmith is a person who is good at_

A．winning prizes

B．designing websites

C．using languages

D．copying others’ stories

8 . 假如你是李华，正在参与“未来学校”话题的讨论。请根据以下表格的内容，给校报写一篇文章，描述你心目中的学校。
注意：1.文中不得透露个人姓名、班级或学校名称；
2.词数100左右；
3.标题给出，不计入总词汇。

Future schools
Students	All ages from anywhere
Courses	More courses to choose from Offered on the Internet
Buildings and equipment	Modern Run by computer Easy to use
Ways of learning	At school or at home Choose teachers
Activities	Many different kinds
School life	Richer and more interesting

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9 . Luke is a cute dog, living together with me for five years. We get lots of   _________   in our area during the summer season. Many forests are badly _________ by fire each year. That hot summer, not far from our shelter, a forest   _________ fire. It was July, and there had been a heat wave going on for three days.

Somehow, Luke rushed toward the forest. There was no longer any hope at that moment to wait for Luke to come back to the _______. In fact, I was waiting for firefighters to tell me that he had _______ in the forest. Suddenly, a fireman burst into my office and     _______     me that Luke had succeeded in saving four kittens who had been _______by the flames. I _______   accompanied the fireman to the forest to get him back. _______ we got to the scene of the incident, we didn’t see Luke. Then we heard the   ________ of a dog barking in the forest. I ________the barks as Luke’s. The firemen ________ the tracks of the dog until they found him barking loudly by the side of an injured ________. Thanks to Luke, four kittens and a fireman were saved. This true story shows us that pets are loving, caring and compassionate. We should love and ________them. Little animals can do     ________     things for humans.

1.

A．rain

B．sun

C．noise

D．fires

2.

A．damaged

B．removed

C．changed

D．treated

3.

A．made

B．caught

C．set

D．burned

4.

A．forest

B．house

C．area

D．shelter

5.

A．lost

B．died

C．appeared

D．remained

6.

A．warned

B．reminded

C．informed

D．promised

7.

A．buried

B．trapped

C．controlled

D．swallowed

8.

A．immediately

B．slightly

C．approximately

D．particularly

9.

A．Since

B．Unless

C．When

D．Until

10.

A．call

B．shout

C．voice

D．sound

11.

A．understood

B．recognized

C．treated

D．realized

12.

A．recorded

B．noticed

C．followed

D．wanted

13.

A．fireman

B．doctor

C．farmer

D．teacher

14.

A．save

B．raise

C．protect

D．hate

15.

A．fun

B．enormous

C．little

D．risky

10 . Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. You have to learn different cultural practices and try to adapt to them.

    1     They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is annoying and intrusive.

In China, elders are traditionally treated with enormous respect and dignity while the young are cherished and nurtured. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children.    2    .

Chinese people have different meanings to define friends.     3    Friendship means lifelong friends who feel deeply obligated to give each other whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.

As is well known, the Chinese like to save.     4     It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts.    5     If you achieve something in the US, it's because you were great. While in China, if you achieve something in China it's because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets attributed to the greater whole, while in America individual merits are celebrated.

A．Just hanging out together time to time is not friendship.

B．Chinese people put more emphasis on good character and faith.

C．Chinese people value education and career more than Americans.

D．They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money.

E．Basically China values the community and the US values the individual.

F．Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do

G．Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.