1 . Bob was born in Cambridge. When he was in elementary school, he asked his mother to take him to parks in their community so he could collect empty soda cans to recycle. His mother agreed, as long as he saved part of the money he earned for college.

Bob’s mother remembers Bob as the most determined of her seven kids. Bob’s hard work paid off. On Friday, he will become the first person in his family, originally from El Salvador, to graduate from college. And he’s graduating with university honors.

For his honors thesis（毕业论文）he researched unmanned solar-powered（太阳能）airplanes, which BYU students have been building and testing for about 10 years. Bob’s study helps discover the best way to fly a solar-powered airplane so that it uses the least amount of power. The goal is to design and build an airplane that flies uncertainly. Bob’s thesis helps lay the basis for this work.

“My parents were always hard-working,” Bob said. “They often tell us hard work leads to success.” Bob’s father taught him to read at the age of 3, and his mother is now a student at Utah Valley University in a way to becoming a dentist.

Bob recognized he overcame some obstacles（障碍）to get where he is. For starters, English is his second language. He also faced stereotypes（模式化的形象）. Although Bob never doubted that he would be a college graduate, other people believed he wouldn’t because he didn’t come from a family of high income. There were other obstacles as well, but Bob viewed them all as opportunities.

Bob’s mother says she feels very happy and proud that her son is about to graduate with honors, and remembers the effort he’s made to get there. “He has worked very hard. He started something, and now he has finished it,” Cathy says. “I have always told him, ‘If this is your dream, then you can get it! Keep working hard and you can get it!’”

1. From the passage we can know that Bob’s honors thesis __________.

A．makes his mother feel surprised

B．helps to save the power of flying a solar-powered airplane

C．is done with BYU students

D．doubts the way of flying a solar-powered airplane

2. According to the passage, Bob          .

A．researched unmanned solar-powered airplanes for 10 years

B．paid for all his study by collecting empty soda cans

C．worked hard and has graduated from college

D．was affected by his family and has made some achievements

3. People thought Bob couldn’t graduate from college because _________.

A．his parents had little money to support him

B．his teacher didn’t think he could graduate

C．he didn’t work hard on his study

D．he didn’t dare to face the obstacles for short of confidence

4. It can be inferred that       .

A．Bob’s mother is on the way to becoming a dentist

B．Bob’s mother works in their community

C．Bon’s father will graduate from Utah Valley University on Friday

D．Bob’s father learnt to read at the age of 3

2 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出修改后的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My swimming experience is extreme interesting. There was a time when I swim like a rock. This went on till one day that I was fishing with a friend of mine at nearby pond. I slipped into one. If my friend had not come to my rescue, I would have been drowned. Ever since then, I had come to know the importance of learning to swim. I decided to learn to swim. I didn’t attend to any training class but learned it all for myself. And now I have no difficulty swimming at all. Because the way I swim looks awkward (笨拙的), at least it can keep me floating. Thinking of this, I feel quite satisfying.

3 . 语法填空

Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will     1     (probable) say that they go to school to learn languages, mathematics, history, science and some other knowledge. That is quite true,    2    why do they learn these things?

We send our children to school in order     3     (prepare) them for the time when they really grow up and will have to work for     4     (they)．Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that     5     only reason why they go to school? There is more in education     6     just learning facts. We go to school to learn how to learn, so that when we have left school we can continue to learn.

A man     7     really knows how to learn will always be     8     (succeed)，because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able to do it well himself, but he will also be able to teach others how to do it in the     9     (good) way. The person with poor education, on the other hand, either finds himself unable to do something new, or just     10     (do) it badly. The main purpose of schools is not to teach those subjects, but to teach pupils the way to learn.

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。

One night, a mother and her daughter went out for dinner together. The mother was a heavy smoker,     1    (make) her daughter feel very upset and worried. She would often tell her mother that smoking was very bad     2    her health. But her mother wouldn’t listen and refused to stop smoking.

However, at     3    (they) dinner that night, she noticed that her mother didn’t have a single cigarette. As a matter of fact, she realized that she hadn’t seen her mother smoke for     4     whole day.

“I can see that you’re not smoking at all today. Are you trying     5    (give) up smoking?” the daughter asked hopefully.

The mother answered, “No, I’m just feeling a little bit sick right now. I don’t smoke     6    (cigarette) when I’m sick, because if I do, it takes me     7    (long) to get better.”

The daughter     8    (reply), “Well, I guess you would     9    (probable) live a better life     10     you got sick a bit more often!”

5 . I knew it was snowing before I opened my eyes. There was that special quiet in the air that comes when the city is heavily ________ with snow. My thirteen-year-old big brother, Lenny, came in and asked me if I wanted to go ________ with him in Madison Square Garden.

I had no time to ________. I dressed myself in a hand-mc-down winter coat, put on the boots and ________ the clasps（搭扣）. Eventually, we ________ on the twenty-block journey in the snow.

The first twelve blocks weren’t ________, but the long cross town street ________ to be terrible. The fierce winds made it almost impossible to ________ forward. I could no longer ________ my brother. My ________ was uncovered. My hands and feet ached with ________.

We stopped in a doorway for a rest. Lenny took his hands out of his pockets and bent down to refasten the ________ metal clasps of my boots. ________ that Lenny had to take care of me, I stared straight ahead and ________ a man walking toward us through the snow.

I was unable to ________ how old he was but he was tall, thin, and had a gentle, ________ face. He wore no hat. There was a ________ around his neck, and his overcoat, like ours, was caked with snow. He kneeled down before me and wrapped his soft wine-colored scarf ________ around my head.

1don’t remember ice-skating that day, or how we got home. All my ________ holds is the snow, the ________ of a stranger, and my big brother, Lenny.

1.

A．mixed

B．filled

C．blanketed

D．surrounded

2.

A．skating

B．swimming

C．running

D．shopping

3.

A．kill

B．pass

C．spend

D．waste

4.

A．fastened

B．opened

C．wore

D．broke

5.

A．cut off

B．blocked out

C．set out

D．settled down

6.

A．curious

B．difficult

C．distant

D．heartbreaking

7.

A．proved

B．failed

C．happened

D．promised

8.

A．ride

B．look

C．pull

D．push

9.

A．keep track of

B．keep up with

C．pay attention to

D．stay away from

10.

A．head

B．neck

C．hat

D．overcoat

11.

A．frost

B．cold

C．snow

D．wind

12.

A．small

B．great

C．dirty

D．icy

13.

A．Scared

B．Ashamed

C．Surprised

D．Excited

14.

A．viewed

B．watched

C．observed

D．saw

15.

A．recognize

B．know

C．describe

D．tell

16.

A．familiar

B．pretty

C．handsome

D．strange

17.

A．leather

B．lace

C．scarf

D．circle

18.

A．calmly

B．roughly

C．tightly

D．closely

19.

A．life

B．memory

C．family

D．heart

20.

A．kindness

B．modesty

C．optimism

D．determination

6 . An upset little boy wanted to meet God. He thought it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with a bag of potato chips and a six-pack of root beer and started his journey.

When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman sitting on a park bench alone. The boy sat next to her and opened his suitcase. He was about to drink his root beer when he thought that the old lady might be hungry, so he offered her some chips. She gratefully accepted it and smiled at him. Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her a root beer. Again, she smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling.

As dusk fell, the boy got up to leave; but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever.

When the boy opened the door to his own house, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. She asked him, “What did you do today that made you so happy?” He replied, “I had lunch with God”

Meanwhile, the old woman, also returned to her home with joy. Her son was stunned by the look of peace on her face and he asked, “Mom, what did you do today that made you so happy?” She replied, “I ate potato chips with God.”

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

1. What is the right order of the story?
a. The boy shared food with the old woman
b. The boy came across an old woman
c. The boy set out to meet God
d. The boy arrived home and surprised his mother.
e. The boy hugged the old woman.

A．c-b-a-d-e	B．c-b-a-e-d
C．b-a-c-e-d	D．b-d-e-c-a

2. Which of the following best explains “underestimate” underlined in the last paragraph?

A．Forget.	B．Praise
C．Ignore	D．Support

3. What is the author’s purpose in writing this text?

A．To introduce a kind boy who helped an old woman.

B．To describe a moving story between a boy and an old woman.

C．To inform us that the boy and the woman are God.

D．To remind us that little act of kindness can make a difference.

7 . These days, tall modern buildings are everywhere, But if you want to see how life was back in the old days, China still has many beautiful water towns to visit. And now, CNN has chosen five of the country’s most beautiful ones.

The village of Zhouzhuang in Jiangsu calls itself the “oldest water town in China”. The village was built in 1086and is crossed with canals. Taking a boat ride through town, the red lanterns might make you think of China’s romantic past.

Hongcun in Anhui is 900 years old. It was built to look like a big ox. Huangshan Mountain is the head; the town is the body and the bridges are legs. Hongcun is filled with lakes and beautiful Anhui-style buildings.

Fenghuang in Hunan doesn’t look like a bird, but is name mans “phoenix” in Chinese. The town is really as beautiful as the mythical bird. The stilted buildings on each side of the Tuojiang River make the area look like a scene from a postcard.

Huangyao in Guangxi is known for its natural fengshui. The town lies in a river bend. People say it can prevent the villagers’ good fortune from flowing away

While most water towns are in the south, Shangdong’s Tai’erzhuang stands out in the north. The town lies on the bank of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It was a busy trading center during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the town, there are ancient bridges, a canal and temples, making you think of its past glory.

1. Where are we supposed to go if we want to taste the ancient beauty of China?

A．The water towns.	B．The modem buildings.
C．Jiangsu Province.	D．North china.

2. Which of the following is true according to the text?

A．Hongcun is the oldest town in China.

B．The river bend in Huangyao can protect its villagers.

C．Most water towns are located in the north.

D．Tai’er Zhuang used to be a trading center.

3. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Welcome to China.	B．China’s Water Towns.
C．Tips for Visiting China.	D．CNN’s Choices.

8 . 假定你是李华，想邀请外教Peter一起参加你校学生会举办的主题为EnglishMusicWeek的活动。请你给他写一封电子邮件,内容包括:
1.活动时间、地点;2.活动内容。
注意:1.词数100左右(开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数);

2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

I m glad to tell you that

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Yours,

Li Hua

9 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仪限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last year I went to the seaside to spending my summer holiday with my family. We stayed there for about two week. The weather was much hotter than in my hometown, but I got used to it or felt not so bad. Every morning, I got up early than my parents and went for breakfast ahead of the time. Then I went to the beach and talked with John, my new friend whom I come across on my first morning there. John was warm-heart and he seemed to be very familiar to the seaside village. Soon we became very good friends. We have kept write to each other ever since then.

10 . What do the world’s most successful people all have in common? The researehers found that high achievers like Robert Moses turn out to be all alike:

Busy！Busy!

    1    in a study of general managers in industry, John Kotter reported that many of them worked 60 to 65 hours per week-which translates into at least six 10-hour days. The ability and willingness to work difficult and tiring hours has characterized many powerful figures. Energy and strength provide many advantages to those seeking to build power.

    2    

The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say “no” to almost everything. And that’s what gives them the time to accomplish so much.    3    . And focus means saying “no” to a lot of distractions（分散力）.

Know what you are

Ignore weakness and keep improving your strengths. Don’t waste time exploring skill areas where you have little competence. Instead, focus on-and build on-your strengths.    4    

    5    Wiseman created a “luck school” to test these ideas-and it was a success. In total, 80 percent of people who attended luck school said that their luck bad increased. On average, these people reported that their luck had risen by more than 40 percent.

A．Just say no!

B．Ask for more time.

C．Strengths are exactly what you are good at.

D．Achievement requires concentrations（注意力）

E．This means knowing who you are and what you are good at.

F．Does applying these principle（原则）to your life actually work?

G．High achievers never stop working and they never lose a minute.