1 . Where do you go when you want to learn something？

School？ A friend？ A tutor？These are all _________ places of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really want _________ somewhere else instead. I had the _________ of seeing this first hand on a _________．

My daughter plays on a recreational soccer team. They did very well this season and so _________ a tournament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some _________ experiences on Saturday as they played against teams _________ trained. Through the first two games, her _________ did not get one serious shot on goal. As a parent, I _________ seeing my daughter playing her best，____________ still defeated.

It seemed that something clicked with the ____________ between Saturday and Sunday. When they ____________ for their Sunday game, they were ____________ different. They had begun to integrate (融合) the kinds of play and teamwork they had ____________ the day before into their ____________．They played aggressively and ____________ scored a goal.

It ____________ me that playing against the other team was a great ____________ moment for all the girls on the team.I think it is a general principle.____________ is the best teacher.The lessons they learned may not be ____________ what they would have gotten in school，but are certainly more personal and meaningful，because they had to work them out on their own.

1.

A．public

B．traditional

C．official

D．special

2.

A．passes

B．works

C．lies

D．ends

3.

A．dream

B．idea

C．habit

D．chance

4.

A．trip

B．holiday

C．weekend

D．square

5.

A．won

B．entered

C．organized

D．watched

6.

A．painful

B．strange

C．common

D．practical

7.

A．less

B．poorly

C．newly

D．better

8.

A．fans

B．tutors

C．class

D．team

9.

A．imagined

B．hated

C．avoided

D．missed

10.

A．if

B．or

C．but

D．as

11.

A．girls

B．parents

C．coaches

D．viewers

12.

A．dressed

B．showed up

C．made up

D．planned

13.

A．slightly

B．hardly

C．basically

D．completely

14.

A．seen

B．known

C．heard

D．read

15.

A．styles

B．training

C．game

D．rules

16.

A．even

B．still

C．seldom

D．again

17.

A．confused

B．struck

C．reminded

D．warned

18.

A．touching

B．thinking

C．encouraging

D．learning

19.

A．Experience

B．Independence

C．Curiosity

D．Interest

20.

A．harmful to

B．mixed with

C．different from

D．applied to

2 . Every year, during the Lantern Festival, the Chinese village of Nuanquan hosts one of the     1     (much) beautiful shows in the world. The tradition     2     (call) Da Shuhua involves experienced blacksmiths showering     3     (them) with molten(熔化的) iron.

Da Shuhua     4     (date) back to 300 years ago,     5     local blacksmiths came up with a unique alternative to fireworks. The rich would always celebrate New Year with firecrackers, but poor blacksmiths could not afford them, so they     6    (find) a cheaper alternative. Inspired by iron striking, the blacksmiths started melting iron to a temperature of around 1,000℃ and throwing it at a large stone wall to create an effect similar     7     fireworks.

The effect was so wonderful that Da Shuhua     8     (gradual) gained more appeal than firecrackers, attracting many people in the celebration. Throwing molten iron soon became a tradition in Nuanquan. Over the years the celebration has changed into     9     even more amazing show, as the blacksmiths start experimenting with other metals, like aluminium (铝), to create green and white     10     (flower) instead of just red.

3 . Do you know how to pick a good book you’ll really like? Here are some tips.

Start with your interest.     1    . You can pick something that you love to read, not for school. They can be ancient martial (武术) arts, computers, or fashion design. You name it, there are books about it.

Pick your type. Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction (or both)? Fiction books, like novels, can transport you to another world or help you imagine something beyond your own experience. Nonfiction books give you the who, what, when, and why of something.     2    . Many of them read like novels from start to finish.

Read the description. The reviews and quotes on the back and inside covers of many books give you an idea of what the book is about. They can also help you pick future books, too. If you find a book you really like, take a minute to read the quotes and see which authors praised the book.     3    .

Find a family favorite. Which book did your mother love best when she was at your age?     4    . Find out and give them a read — then you can share your thoughts about the book.

Find a quiet place and make time for the book.     5    . You can put on some good music, get yourself some tea and let yourself be carried away by the book. You’ll see that time does fly when you’re reading something you love!

A．How about your brothers and sisters?

B．They tell stories using facts — but that doesn’t mean they’re boring.

C．Reading is a good way to improve your English.

D．Most reading is best enjoyed when you can concentrate on it.

E．Often, they’ll have similar styles and you might find books you like by those authors, too.

F．So you should read as much as possible when you are free.

G．Reading on your own isn’t like reading for school.

4 . 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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Theme park getaways are popular with families, but they sure aren’t cheap. Happily, there are some golden rules of ticket-buying that apply to pretty much every theme park, and they can help you chip away at the cost of tickets.     1    .

●Buy tickets online.

Never ever pay the walk-up ticket price at a theme park.     2    .You're guaranteed to save a significant sum-sometimes as much as $$ 20 per ticket-even for same-day tickets.

●Buy in advance.

    3    .For instance, Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, slices off $$25 per ticket when you make your purchase at least three days ahead.

●     4    .

This one is a universal no-brainer. Single-day ticket prices at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, are about 30 percent less than admission on Saturdays and Sundays. But the big bonus is that lines will be much shorter, allowing you to spend less time waiting in lines and more time having fun.

●Go in the afternoon.

    5    .For example, Hersheypark’s sunset tickets allow entry after 4 pm or 5 pm, depending on the day. You'll still get between four to six hours of fun before the park closes, and you'll pay up to 50 percent less than the full-day ticket price.

A．Avoid weekends.

B．Buy more tickets than you need.

C．Here are some ways to lower your theme park spending.

D．At larger parks, you’ll save money when you buy a package.

E．Instead, visit the theme park website and print out your tickets before you go.

F．Some parks offer deeply discounted tickets for visitors arriving later in the day.

G．Most theme parks offer a price cut if you buy tickets at least a few days before you arrive.

5 . 国内某家英文报纸设有一个求助信箱（letters to Dr. Helper）。请根据一份学生现状中列出的部分信息，以高三学生王勇的名义，用英语给Dr. Helper写一封短信（写信时间为2003年2月16日）。
学生现状：1、每日在校时间9小时；
2、每日作业时间3—4小时；
3、每日课外活动时间几乎没有；
4、每日睡眠时间不足。
负担过重原因：考试压力大；作业多，家长期望高
生词：负担过重overload   压力pressure   期望expectation
注意：1、书信格式要正确；
2、表达要点要全，不能逐句翻译；
3、词数120左右。
Dear Dr. Helper,                                                                
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6 . 完形填空

There is one word that is on the lips of Americans, day and night, “Sorry”.

Once as I was walking on the street, a young man ran by________, brushing against my handbag. ________ he continued on his way, he ________ back and said “sorry” to me. Even in a rush, he didn’t forget to apologize.

One day, after I bought some apples, the salesman was giving me the change, ________ I wasn’t ready for it, and ________ dropped on the ground, “I’m sorry,” he said while bending down to pick it up. I was ________—why would he apologize when it was my ________?

Another time, I ________ on a man’s foot in an escalator (电梯). At the same time , we both said “sorry”. I thought it ________ at first: was it really _________ for him apologize?
Later on, an American friend _________ to me that according to the American _________, the escalator is a(n) _________ place which everyone should be able to stand in. After someone occupies(占据）a position in the escalator, making it _________ for someone else to find a place to stand in, isn’t it necessary to _________ an apology?
During my stay in America, I gradually _________ that when friction (摩擦) occurs in daily life, Americans don’t care much about who is _________. If someone is _________, a “sorry” is always necessary. Even if the other person is hurt, the “sorry” would _________ tempers(脾气). Perhaps this is _________ I never saw anyone quarreling on the buses, subways or streets in America.1.

A．excitedly

B．hurriedly

C．happily

D．fast

2.

A．Though

B．After

C．Even as

D．Even if

3.

A．stopped

B．held

C．watched

D．turned

4.

A．or

B．and

C．but

D．so

5.

A．a coin

B．the apples

C．the wallet

D．a bill

6.

A．impressed

B．moved

C．annoyed

D．puzzled

7.

A．problem

B．matter

C．fault

D．business

8.

A．moved

B．stepped

C．walked

D．knocked

9.

A．interesting

B．acceptable

C．exciting

D．reasonable

10.

A．polite

B．important

C．surprising

D．necessary

11.

A．announced

B．explained

C．suggested

D．admitted

12.

A．ideas

B．rules

C．opinions

D．senses

13.

A．open

B．common

C．public

D．free

14.

A．unfit

B．impossible

C．narrow

D．difficult

15.

A．express

B．speak

C．say

D．tell

16.

A．realized

B．remembered

C．recognized

D．meant

17.

A．mistaken

B．responsible

C．careless

D．correct

18.

A．nervous

B．sick

C．worried

D．troubled

19.

A．reduce

B．cool

C．lose

D．change

20.

A．that

B．when

C．why

D．how

7 . Most countries have their own breakfast traditions. For example, a breakfast containing bread, eggs, and coffee, is common in the United States. However, people in Japan usually have white rice and vegetable soup for breakfast.    1    In fact, in some Asian countries, breakfast does not usually mean foods that are different from other meals.European countries have their own breakfast traditions too! In Italy, people usually just eat bread and coffee.    2    And an “English breakfast” means eggs, salted meat, vegetables or fruit, and bread. It is a very large meal.In Africa, breakfast is very different across the continent.    3    In Nigeria, for example, many different tribes eat different foods for breakfast. One common thing is ground beans. In parts of Nigeria, people make a round cake from beans and cook it in oil. In other parts of Nigeria, people drink coffee. They also eat bread with butter or chocolate on it, along with fresh fruit.    4    People in Costa Rica, Central America have a meal called gallon pinto for breakfast. Gallo Pinto is Spanish for “spotted rooster,” but the breakfast food is not a rooster or a chicken! Gallo Pinto is just rice and beans. It also uses a special sweet and spicy(辛辣的) liquid called Lozano Sauce, which is a special part of the Costa Rican breakfast. People eat different versions of this same food in other Central American countries.    5    But all of them find ways to eat the things that will be healthy for them.

A．But these meals can be different.

B．In other parts of Africa, people drink coffee.

C．This is very similar to other meals in the day.

D．In the Americas, the breakfast meal is different too.

E．Each country across the world has a different breakfast.

F．In Germany, people eat different cold meats and special bread rolls.

G．What people have for breakfast differs a lot even within the same country.

8 . Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books — especially paperbacks(平装本), which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound(装订)between hard covers.

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock(贮存), or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the myriad(无数的)subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture(敢于去) off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. Instead, the booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small barrows(流动集售货车)which line the gutters(贫民窟). And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs(业余爱好者), have been waiting for them. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.

1. “Londoners are great readers” means that ________.

A．Londoners are great because they read a lot

B．There are a great number of readers in London

C．Londoners are readers who read only great books

D．Londoners read a lot

2. Charring Cross Road ________.

A．is in the suburbs of London

B．is famous for its bookshops

C．contains various kinds of shops

D．is the busiest street in London

3. If you want to buy really cheap second-hand books, you must ________.

A．venture in a most busy street

B．venture away from a busy street

C．take the risk of going to the beaten track

D．take the risk of wasting time to hunt them in less noticeable streets

4. The book sellers on Farringdon Road ________.

A．keep fine bookshops

B．keep only small bookshops

C．sell books on hand-carts

D．sell the same books as the bookshops on Charring Cross Road

5. The best topic for this passage is“_______”.

A．Bookshops in London

B．The biggest bookshop in the world

C．Charring Cross Road

D．Buying books in London

9 . “A rolling stone gathers no moss (苔藓),” but there is one living animal that does gather moss — the three-toed sloth（树懒） of South America. This slowest-moving member of the animal kingdom is so inactive that moss actually gathers on its body and turns it green — strange as it seems!
Most of the sloth’s life is spent motionless, hanging upside down from a limb（大树枝）.   And that is the way its hair grows. Long and coarse, the strands from receptacles for the damp jungle algae（藻类）turn the brown fur a mossy green. Actually this moss helps the animal survive because it serves as a perfect camouflage against the leafy trees and hides the sloth from the jungle’s swift-moving hunters. The sloth would have little chance of survival on the ground. With long, curved claws hooded over the limb of a leafy tree, it spends the long hot hours during the day drowsing and eating. Inch by inch, it strips the leafy limbs bare and crawls slowly down the trunk to find a new dining spot, but only at night.
In addition to looking rather like a vegetable, the sloth is a strict vegetarian.   Running out of its favorite leaf is about the only thing that will make a sloth move. Then its appetite（食欲）may even force the animal into swimming a stream to reach a succulent（肉质植物）. It will also force it into fighting to keep the tree all to itself. The sloth is lazy and prefers to be alone, but it will tolerate its own relatives!
1. A suitable title for this passage might be ________.

A．Wild Animals	B．Animal Kingdom
C．Moss Growth	D．The Lazy Animal

2. The author’s purpose in writing the passage is ________.

A．to help children to gain a better understanding of animal life

B．to prove that the saying “a rolling stone gathers no moss” is wrong

C．to introduce a particular animal to the common reader

D．to discuss with professionals the laziness of some animals

3. Which of the following is NOT true about the sloth?

A．The sloth does not eat any meat.

B．For most of its time, the sloth remains motionless on the ground.

C．To some degree, the sloth is protected by the moss growing on its body.

D．The sloth has a brown fur of its own.

4. According to the passage, the sloth will move about when ________.

A．it senses a coming danger

B．it is forced to swim in a hot day

C．it is short of its favorite food

D．it wants to keep the vegetable to itself

5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned or implied by the author?

A．The sloth has only three toes.

B．The sloth lives in the damp jungle of South America.

C．The sloth usually tries to find a new spot for food at night.

D．The sloth will never fight with other animals.

10 . 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仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Sandy is seventeen years old. And she is much busy. She never has enough time for that she wants to do. Like many other girls about her age, she spends hours on the telephone, talks to her friends. She often goes out on the weekends, and she looks after children for other families to get some money. But, of course, during the school years she herself has a lot homework to do. During the football season, Sandy is more busier than usual. She and other pretty girls are cheer leaders. They jump up and down together, cheering when the team have played well. When the team is not playing so well, the girls try their best encourage the players. The cheers are usually not long, but it takes a long time to practice shout them together.
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