1 . 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。

On a cold winter evening, I, together with my 6-year-olds on Bob, was on our way home, heading towards a bridge, when I heard some strange noise ahead.

As we approached the bridge, dusk was starting to fall and I could see a figure lying on the bridge floor, uncomfortably close to the railing (栏杆) of the bridge. It was a young man, clearly in great pain, crying and shouting, and his whole body was shaking. I was shocked, and suddenly realized the serious situation. The bridge ran over a high-speed train track and was a well-known death trap. A local family had lost their teenager in that exact place a few weeks earlier.

I quickly looked around but there was no one else nearby. I knew I wouldn't be able to live with myself if his death was reported the next day and I'd done nothing about that.

Without any hesitation, I inched towards the figure, and little Bob followed quietly on my side. I asked the young man if I could sit down, and then lowered myself on to the bridge floor opposite him. I tried a few gentle questions, asking, “What's your name? How old are you? What do you do?” His answers were rather simple, which were “Tom. 21. Computers.”

“Are you OK?” I asked. “No, I'm not!” He shouted back. He said something about a betrayal (背叛), and not knowing what to do. His emotions were changing wildly. I tried to make a connection, so It old him my name, where I lived, and how I was a mother of two children. After asking him where he went to college, I pretended to be amazed that my niece (侄女) had studied there, too. I told him that his life was very valuable and the betrayal was just one tiny part of it. I even found myself telling the story of Neil Lay bourn, who had persuaded a man to be down from Waterloo Bridge in London, “They're great friends now and have even run a marathon together for charity,” I said. “Who knows? That could be us.” I kept talking gently and eagerly.”

注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
I thought a train could come at any time.
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Then I broke the silence.
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2 . How to Encourage Your High School Students to De Their Best

Encouraging your high school students to do their best isn’t as hard as you may think. It should become part of a daily routine that both you and your teen can enjoy more than fear. The following tips may help you.

*Talk to your teen about school. Know what classes he/she is taking, what does your teen think of the teacher or ask if your teen feels he/she is learning anything.    1    

*Set the expectations.    2    You would not do your teen any favors by not telling him/her what grades you will be expecting. Send a clear message to your teen about the grades you expect to see in each class. Keep your expectations in line with what your teen feels he/she can do.

*    3    While your teen will need to keep his/her goals in line with your expectations, he/she may have a goal that he she feels important too. Learning to establish goals teaches independence, one of the things your ten needs to learn to become a successful adult.

*Have what they need at home, or a way to get it. Resources are important for high school students. Your family should have library cards or a way to access the Internet for homework.    4    It is also a good idea to set up a mobile homework center.

* Stay involved. Show support for your teen’s school by attending parents’ meetings and other activities.    5    Always be respectful to your teen’s teachers but do not be afraid to ask them tough questions. Please her your teen’s advocate (拥护者) when necessary.

A．Help him/her establish goals.

B．This is an excellent dinner table conversation if you can keep it light and positive.

C．Set up a good dinner table conversation.

D．Sign up for the school’s online grade reports.

E．Teens need a clear map of what you want them to do.

F．Without these things, your teen could be at a disadvantage.

G．Parents should show concern about teen’s outdoor activities.

4 . 假定你是李华，之前在英国伦敦做交换生，请给当时的老师Tom写一封邮件，感谢他之前对你的帮助，并邀请他暑假一起去昆明旅游，内容包括：
1. 表示感谢；
2. 发出邀请。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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5 . 假定你是李华。你班同学决定为小明举办生日聚会。请你写信邀请外教Susan参加，要点包括：
⒈ 时间：周五晚8点至9点
⒉ 地点：学生俱乐部
⒊ 内容：生日歌、蛋糕、游戏等
⒋ 要求：备小礼物
注意：⒈ 词数100左右，开头语已为你写好；⒉可以适当增加细节，以便行文连贯；⒊ 答案必须写在答题卡相应的位置上。
Hi, Susan,
We’re throwing a surprise party for Xiaoming’s birthday.

6 . What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt? Or is it the look on the recipient's face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?
This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming. and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.
I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe; my dad recited it as much as he did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood. I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.
Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad's face as he unwrapped those swirling black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.
1. The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was______.

A．doing shopping	B．having a debate
C．reading a message	D．leaving for Wyoming

2. The author's inspiration for the gift came from_____.

A．a photo of a flower	B．a story about a kid
C．a call from the mother	D．a text about Christmas

3. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by_____.

A．the father	B．the author
C．William Blake	D．Edgar Allan Poe

4. The author made the gift by_____.

A．searching for the poems online

B．drawing the background by hand

C．painting the letters in three colors

D．matching the words with pictures

5. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To show how to design images for gifts.

B．To suggest making gifts from one's heart.

C．To explain how computers help create gifts.

D．To describe the gifts the author has received

7 . Today is a perfect day that can leave you with good memories you may someday share with your friends. Here’s how:

    1     You can see or do something a million times, but you can only see or do it for the first time once. As a result, first time experiences usually leave a deep mark in our minds for the rest of our lives. So try to experience something different and you’ll have more memories!

Work on something that’s great to you.     2     Life is short. Today is the day to take action.

Smile and notice what’s right. Everything that happens in life is neither good nor bad.     3     And no matter how it turns out, it always ends up just the way it should. Either you succeed or you learn something.

Be true to yourself. The only shoes you can wear are your own. If you aren’t being yourself, you aren’t truly living.     4    

Make a new friend. People are interesting creatures (生物), and no two people are exactly alike.     5     Find out what makes them different. They’ll likely open your eyes to wonderful ideas. And you never know, they just might change your life.

Be present. Be here now. Remember, right now is the only dear moment to you.   Right now is life. Don’t miss it.

A．Try something new.

B．Learn a new skill.

C．And in fact, you’re only existing.

D．It just depends on your opinion.

E．So meet someone new today.

F．Make yourself busy with something meaningful.

G．Pay close attention to what you’re doing.

8 . 完型填空
A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew. One day, his friend
___him a young apple tree and told him to take it home and___it.
Seeing the gift, the farmer was very____, and he thought he would also have a lot of wonderful apples, but when he got home, he felt____. He didn’t know____to plant it. He thought over and over and____every place he could think of.____he decided to plant the tree in his woods. There were many high trees with thick leaves in the woods. With those trees around no one else could____the young apple tree. He even felt proud of himself for finding so____a place for the apple tree. Every day he went to take care of the tree,_____it. To his surprise and____, the apple tree didn’t grow as he___. It died without sunlight and good soil.
Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a____place. “What’s the difference?” the farmer said angrily. “If I had planted the tree near the____, passers-by (行人)would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and___some of the apples! If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the____. No matter where I plant the tree, I can’t have____to enjoy the apples. So there is no difference where I planted it.”
“Yes,” said the friend. “But____someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed(抢夺) everyone of the fruit, but also have____a good apple tree! You don’t know the true meaning of ‘share’!”
We should learn to____in our life. The more you want to own something all by yourself, the less you get at last.1.

A．lent

B．gave

C．sold

D．bought

2.

A．study

B．keep

C．plant

D．develop

3.

A．tired

B．sad

C．angry

D．happy

4.

A．interested

B．worried

C．bored

D．tired

5.

A．where

B．how

C．when

D．whether

6.

A．practiced

B．reached

C．visited

D．considered

7.

A．Finally

B．Generally

C．Suddenly

D．Recently

8.

A．like

B．see

C．move

D．hurt

9.

A．beautiful

B．secret

C．terrible

D．large

10.

A．watering

B．watching

C．correcting

D．making

11.

A．pleasure

B．excitement

C．disappointment

D．disagreement

12.

A．knew

B．said

C．expected

D．heard

13.

A．poor

B．great

C．suitable

D．comfortable

14.

A．park；

B．river

C．hill

D．road

15.

A．borrowed

B．stolen

C．chosen

D．collected

16.

A．leaves

B．flowers

C．fruit

D．tree

17.

A．rights

B．time

C．chances

D．interest

18.

A．as a matter of fact

B．in fact

C．first of all

D．at least

19.

A．destroyed

B．thrown

C．pulled

D．won

20.

A．wait

B．share

C．gain

D．enjoy

9 . A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she _______ play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill._______ she loved her parents and her family, she desired to live in such a house and _______all day about how wonderful and exciting   _______must feel to live there.

At the age when she gained some _______ skill and sensibility (识别力), she _______ her mother for a bike ride _______ the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go，_______ her keeping close to the house and not   _______ too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew________ where she was heading! ________ the hill and across the valley, she rode to the ________ of the golden house.

________ she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path________to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she ________ that all the windows were ________ and rather dirty.

So ________and heart­broken, she didn't go any further. She ________， and all of a sudden she saw an amazing ________. There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she________ that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her house.

1.

A．might

B．should

C．would

D．must

2.

A．Unless

B．Although

C．Since

D．But

3.

A．dreamed

B．worried

C．asked

D．shouted

4.

A．this

B．that

C．it

D．which

5.

A．different

B．scientific

C．musical

D．basic

6.

A．begged

B．blamed

C．invited

D．paid

7.

A．inside

B．outside

C．through

D．along

8.

A．insisting on

B．relying on

C．arguing about

D．wondering about

9.

A．traveling

B．running

C．riding

D．walking

10.

A．madly

B．rapidly

C．exactly

D．possibly

11.

A．Over

B．Down

C．Around

D．Beside

12.

A．windows

B．steps

C．center

D．gate

13.

A．Until

B．As

C．While

D．Because

14.

A．getting

B．introducing

C．leading

D．moving

15.

A．felt

B．learned

C．concluded

D．found

16.

A．transparent

B．bright

C．plain

D．wide

17.

A．anxious

B．angry

C．serious

D．sad

18.

A．turned around

B．cheered up

C．settled down

D．dropped in

19.

A．hill

B．valley

C．background

D．sight

20.

A．imagined

B．decided

C．realized

D．guessed

10 . Holidays are really important. Many of us will have childhood memories of summer holidays where we were taken away from home to experience new environments and learn in different ways.
But holidays are expensive and, for those on low wages or living on benefits, they are often unobtainable. Even the cheapest holidays require travel and other additional costs that are difficult for many families to meet.
For working parents, the long summer break can be a very difficult problem for childcare. When an annual leave allowance amounts to only five weeks, there is a need to spread this across the year. Couples can find themselves taking leave in turn in order to care for children who are on holiday. For some, this makes even an affordable family holiday difficult.
The schools that I visit in Nottingham are full of experienced staff committed to giving our children a caring and inspiring learning environment. The number of children receiving free school meals is quite large in Nottingham and many schools have breakfast clubs to make sure that children get a healthy start to the day. Most schools undertake programs of group or individual educational support. Schools also have an important role in sofeguaiding children's welfare through the ongoing touch and support with their pupils. During the long summer holidays, much of this is missed.
While teachers are holidaying in the UK, many of their pupils spend the whole six weeks on the street where they live. The lack of free school meals for six weeks can result in pressure on a family budget and an inability to afford the inspiring experiences that help children to continue their learning.
In setting out its plans for a five-term year, Nottingham City Council (委员会)is seeking to reduce the summer holiday down to four and a half weeks, with a more balanced five terms of roughly eight weeks, each followed by a two-week break. We believe this will give real “down time" for school staff and pupils alike but will be short enough not to cause a real break in learning.
We acknowledge that this change may be difficult for some school staff, particularly whose own children are educated in other authorities. However, this must be weighed against the benefits for city children for whom we all have the greatest duty of care.
1. The passage is probably written by .

A．an experienced teacher	B．a working parent
C．an inspired student	D．a city council member

2. The underlined word "they" in the second paragraph refers to " ’.

A．environments

B．holidays

C．wages

D．benefits

3. It is suggested in the passage that the summer break be reduced to.

A．2 weeks

B．4.5 weeks

C．5 weeks

D．6 weeks

4. The plans for a shorter summer holiday will help students_____ .

A．obtain the cheapest holidays without additional costs

B．get a chance to spend six weeks a term with teachers in school

C．benefit more from the caring and inspiring learning environment

D．have more school days to receive free school meals

5. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A．working parents can enjoy a five-week break to care for their children

B．the suggested plans for a five-term school year can hardly be carried out

C．the long summer holiday gives teachers and students real "down time"

D．some school staff will say “ No" to the plans for a shorter summer holiday