1 . When I was young, my understanding of life was simple. This made it easier for me to deal with the world around me. As I grew up, things seemed more ________, which made life more challenging. Now, middle-aged, I find my ________ of the world is returning to the simple.

When I try to teach my daughter important ________ about life, I will ________ complicated things into small pieces. One of those basics is ________, for yourself, and for others. I teach my daughter to ________. To fail makes us feel bad, certainly, but not to have tried contributes to feeling ________, because you can’t respect yourself for it. And as the saying ________, if you don’t respect yourself, no one else will.

When I was seven or eight, I played at my cousin’s house with his toys. His family was better off, and he had many more toys. There was one in particular that I’d always desired, and I ________ it into my pocket. But a moment later, I ________, even at that age, that I would never enjoy playing with the toy. I would always know I had ________, and my evaluation of myself would ________. When his mother dropped me off later that day, I shamefacedly ________ out the toy and gave it back. She knew, I’m sure, what had happened, but she thanked me and never spoke of it again.

I hope to help my daughter ________ similar mistakes. She first has to gain self-respect before she can start respecting others. I believe in respect, because without it we’re all ________. I’m far from perfect in this regard. But I try my best, and I respect others for trying their best in this changing world.

1.

A．important

B．embarrassed

C．delicate

D．complex

2.

A．aim

B．view

C．experience

D．expectation

3.

A．basics

B．lessons

C．subjects

D．choices

4.

A．put down

B．cut down

C．break down

D．turn down

5.

A．passion

B．faith

C．respect

D．desire

6.

A．try

B．accept

C．compete

D．forgive

7.

A．cruel

B．worse

C．trapped

D．motivated

8.

A．runs

B．goes

C．witnesses

D．follows

9.

A．fetched

B．arranged

C．slipped

D．fitted

10.

A．doubted

B．promised

C．questioned

D．sensed

11.

A．lied

B．stolen

C．changed

D．cheated

12.

A．suffer

B．improve

C．fade

D．spread

13.

A．gave

B．left

C．pulled

D．handed

14.

A．admit

B．avoid

C．commit

D．recognize

15.

A．enemies

B．participants

C．coworkers

D．candidates

2 . 双向翻译
Hi Jianping,

I am happy to tell you what I think about winter swimming.

I know that you are a sports fan and like swimming very much.     1     I’m sure you can swim very well. However, winter swimming can be dangerous. I suggest you join a swimming club and learn from a coach.     2     Reading a book on winter swimming will also be helpful. Go swimming every day through summer and autumn. When winter conics, swim for just a few minutes at noon every day.     3     游泳前做一些准备活动。Otherwise, you may hurt yourself.

When you go winter swimming, find a good place. It’s important to find a place where you can get in and out of the water easily. To protect yourself from possible dangers,     4     you mustn’t drink wine before swimming. If the winter is very cold, you mustn’t swim for too long.

Finally, you needn’t be too worried. If you join a club and follow your coach’s advice,     5     你很快就会成为一名好的冬泳者！

3 . As time goes on, people have come to realize the importance of protecting the environment. But they can’t deal with everything by themselves. Take small steps, and you can make a difference.

●Think Green. Think about the environment as you live your life. If you turn off lights and TV when leaving the room, you’ll save energy. If you take shorter showers, you will save water.

●Shop Green. Shopping is fun, but buying things you don’t need is wasteful and even bad for the earth. Before you buy something, ask yourself how much you will use it, and whenever possible, buy things locally made instead of those shipped from far away.

●Dress Green. What really matters is not the colour. It’s how the clothes were made. So look for products made from environmentally friendly(环保的)materials.

●Study Green. What’s better than learning about the environment? Save it while you learn. It can be as simple as using both sides of a piece of paper before you recycle it.

1. What does the writer want us to do?

A．Know some facts.	B．Deal with everything at once.
C．Protect the environment.	D．Make no difference.

2. How many steps can we take according to the text?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

3. Which of the following is the writer’s idea?

A．Take a shower as long as possible.	B．Wear clothes whose colour is green.
C．Buy things that are locally made.	D．Use only one side of a piece of paper.

4. The text is most probably written for________.

A．children

B．women

C．men

D．all people

4 . As we all know, a friend in need is a friend indeed. I really didn’t know the meaning of this proverb（谚语）until one day something _________ happened to me.

That morning, I got up late and _________ to school without breakfast. While I was crossing a street, my bike hit a stone and I fell on the ground, with my both knees badly hurt.

I managed with the _________ and continued my riding. On my arrival at school, my teacher took us to the _________ for a basketball match._________ I could hardly walk normally, I joined in the game. When I _________ to pass the ball, I was knocked down and fell down on my back. I could not _________ the terrible pain and cried. My classmates all continued their match without noticing me._________ on the ground alone, hungry and painful, I couldn’t stop crying.

Just at that moment, Jack, one of my teammates,_________ towards me from the other end and helped me. He kept me company the whole day and even send me home after school was over.

It was on that day that I learned and believed the proverb “a friend in need is a friend indeed” to be __________.

1.

A．amusing

B．rewarding

C．familiar

D．unexpected

2.

A．walked

B．returned

C．drove

D．hurried

3.

A．pain

B．loss

C．fun

D．trouble

4.

A．campus

B．playground

C．library

D．lab

5.

A．Although

B．Since

C．Until

D．Once

6.

A．used

B．offered

C．managed

D．tried

7.

A．imagine

B．bear

C．control

D．forget

8.

A．Standing

B．Sitting

C．Falling

D．Lying

9.

A．jumped

B．looked

C．ran

D．jogged

10.

A．ordinary

B．true

C．positive

D．unique

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994 but I can remember my mother’s words as if it were yesterday: “Kerrel, I don’t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him. ”

AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together any more, and my dad lived alone. For a while he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him. We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no school supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost. The teacher’s words muffled (低沉) as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my burden with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die. But after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days.

注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support.
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Now, I am also working at the nonprofit organization.
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9 . 同样重要的还有良好的学习习惯，实用的技能以及积极的态度。（倒装结构）（汉译英）

10 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150词左右。

There was a rich couple who was holding a big new year party at their house. So they went shopping at the market where everything was expensive, but they didn’t mind paying a lot for it. After buying everything they needed, they called a porter(搬运工) to carry it and drop it off at their home. The porter who came was of an old age, not very healthy looking. His clothes were torn and he looked as if he wasn’t even able to meet his daily needs.

They asked the porter about the charges for sending their goods at their home. The old porter quoted(报价) $20, a price well below the market rate. Yet, the couple argued and bargained(讨价还价) with the porter and finally settled for $15. The porter was trying to make money for every meal so he needed anything he could earn.

The couple was very happy thinking how well they bargained with the poor porter and paid him $15 in advance and left after giving the porter their home address. They reached their home and two hours passed, the porter still hadn’t delivered their stuff.

The wife started to get angry at her husband, “I always tell you not to trust such person but you never listen to me. Such a person is not even able to earn to feed himself for one time in a day, and you handed him everything we bought for our big party. I am sure he must have disappeared with everything. We must immediately go back to the market to inquire(询问) and then to the police station to file the complaint against him(报案).”

They both went to the market. On their way, near the market, they saw another porter. They stopped him to inquire about the old porter and noticed that he was carrying their stuff(东西) in his cart!

Paragraph 1:

The angry wife asked him, “Where is that old thief? This is our stuff.”

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Paragraph 2:

Upon hearing this, the husband had tears in his eyes and turned to his wife.

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