1 . What is the woman doing now?

A．Eating in a cafe.

B．Cooking her lunch.

C．Studying for an exam.

2 . 假设你是李华，上周你的英国好友Peter发来电子邮件，想让你分享做家务的一次经历。请你给他回一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 你做家务的过程；
2. 你的感受。
注意：1. 词数100 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,

How are you! Knowing that you are interested in my experience of doing housework, I’m willing to share it with you.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

3 . Want to see your work published and win some cash along the way? Then read on. The national Spark a Story writing contest is calling in all young storytellers!

●Who can participate?

The contest is open to students in grades 9, 10, 11 or 12, or those who are being home-schooled in the United States.

●Deadline and requirements.

You’re able to send your short story up to October 7th. It will be judged on creativity, originality and overall quality of writing. Your story must be original works and shouldn’t be longer than 5000 words. There is no minimum length requirements.

●How can I send my short story?

*Online at http://learn.hmhco.com/hmhsparkamind

*Send your short story as a PDF or Microsoft word document to Sparka@hmhco.com

*Send your short story via U.S. Mail to:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

222 Berkeley Street

Boston, MA 02116

●What will I win?

The best stories will be published next year. Winners will receive a free copy of the book and $100 cash.

1. Who is this passage intended for?

A．Students.

B．Teachers.

C．Parents.

D．Editors.

2. How many ways can you use to send your short story?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

3. In which section of a newspaper can you read this passage?

A．Sports.

B．Science.

C．Education.

D．Fashion.

5 . You will pass the exam easily ________ you study hard.

A．if

B．where

C．why

D．how

6 . Traffic lights are important. When the red light is on, you ________ cross the street.

A．can’t

B．mustn’t

C．shouldn’t

D．wouldn’t

8 . Nowadays the Internet plays ________ very important role in our daily life.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．\

9 . Serena was walking to her class slowly. She worried about the ________ test she would have to take that morning. As she was reaching the classroom, a piece of paper suddenly fluttered (飘落) down and ________ near her feet. As Serena ________ the paper, her heart nearly missed a beat. It was the history test paper complete with ________!

Serena’s very first ________ was not to tell anyone what she had found. She would ________ all the answers and do extremely well in the test. After some hard thinking, however, she realized that it would be a very ________ thing to do. Besides, it would be ________ to her classmates. In the end, Serena ________ the paper to her history teacher, Miss James.

“Thanks, Serena. I have been ________ for it everywhere,” said the teacher. “Sorry, Miss James. I’ve read all the questions already.” Serena said.

Miss James told her not to ________ as she would think of new ________ for the test. Serena’s heart sank. She was half hoping that the test would be cancelled (取消). However, she did her best in the new test later that day.

A few days later, the test papers were returned to the class. To her pleasant ________, Serena discovered that she had scored eighty marks.

“You know,” she told her friends, “I could ________ have got full marks if I had cheated. But I wouldn’t be as ________ as I am now with the eighty marks I got.”

1.

A．English

B．Chinese

C．maths

D．history

2.

A．disappeared

B．landed

C．slid

D．hung

3.

A．aimed at

B．laughed at

C．looked at

D．shouted at

4.

A．answers

B．introductions

C．explanations

D．marks

5.

A．discovery

B．impression

C．thought

D．guess

6.

A．forget

B．memorize

C．ignore

D．correct

7.

A．dangerous

B．wonderful

C．dishonest

D．hopeful

8.

A．useful

B．easy

C．difficult

D．unfair

9.

A．pushed

B．returned

C．introduced

D．recommended

10.

A．waiting

B．hoping

C．searching

D．asking

11.

A．worry

B．lie

C．hesitate

D．excuse

12.

A．pictures

B．questions

C．places

D．goals

13.

A．surprise

B．regret

C．anger

D．horror

14.

A．never

B．ever

C．hardly

D．easily

15.

A．pleased

B．bored

C．patient

D．angry

10 . Many have had the same thought as Shannon St. Onge when looking at the approach of snow on a weather forecast—that they have time to finish their jobs. As the director of finance at the First Nations University of Canada, she had to drive 25 kilometers from her home to the city of Regina to attend an important meeting.

As she was leaving, the winter snow began to fall. Taking a dirt road for better traction (牵引) on her tires, she quickly became lost, with no ability to see the edge of the road from a rolled-down window. After a while she stopped and called 911.

“The operator took my information and told me to wait out the storm as my tank was full and I was warm. I waited almost 14 hours and nobody has called me yet to check in,” she wrote in a Face-book post.

“Would the gas tank last until morning? What if I was hit by another vehicle? What if I didn’t make it home at all?” St. Onge wondered.

Determined to ensure the safest end, she went out in the storm and discovered her location on a road sign, and then found a neighborhood Facebook group for the area she was passing through—warning others of her plight through a Google Maps pin.

That was when 80-year-old Andre Bouvier Sr., a retired rescuer, got a call about St. Onge’s situation. He went out to find her, on foot, since he couldn’t manage to start his tractor.

On the way he found three other stranded (被困) vehicles. He walked the quarter mile there and back, and led the helpless cars one by one to his home. Bouvier let the survivors sleep at his house, where they ate and laughed, and departed the next morning after he had cleaned the driveway.

1. Why did St. Onge take a dirt road?

A．She was familiar with it.	B．She could refuel on the road.
C．She took the dirt road to save time.	D．She thought dirt road could increase traction.

2. What does the underlined word “plight” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．Wrong turn.	B．Poor sense of direction.
C．Difficult situation.	D．Bad weather.

3. Which of the following can best describe Bouvier?

A．Patient and gifted.	B．Brave and selfless.
C．Proud and determined.	D．Adventurous and ambitious.