1 . 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(不超过3个单词)

According to a recent survey,violence did exist in schools. Students showed their fear and parents and teachers also     1    (express) their great concern about it. Experts hope the whole society will pay more attention to the mental health of adolescents.

Nowadays,school violence is     2    hot issue. I think this is a phenomenon（现象）,    3    calls for our great concern. We should make every effort     4    (prevent)violence happening at school for more and more students would drop out of school     5    their personal safety could not be guaranteed（保证）. In fact,violence can be learned. Children learn violent behavior from adults or from     6    they see on television or on the Internet.

If I meet with school violence,I will not answer violence     7    violence,for it will result in     8    (much)fighting. I will tell my teachers or parents about it. I think they will help me deal with it well     9    they will protect me from the bad guys.

All in all,every student should behave     10    (he) and keep away from violence.

2 . Life is difficult.

What do you think about life? Maybe most people say that life is difficult. But life is no longer difficult once we truly understand and accept it. Most people do not fully see this truth. Instead, they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or their families, their class, or even their nation.

What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.

Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning.

Problems are the serious test that tells success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt instruct.” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.

1. The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to _________.

A．get readers’ attention	B．argue with readers
C．give an example	D．show his opinion

2. The saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt instruct.” suggests that _________.

A．we do not learn from experience

B．we do not learn when we are in pain

C．pain teaches us important lessons

D．the pain of problems is not welcome

3. The passage mainly tells us that _________.

A．life is difficult because our problems bring us pain

B．people like to complain about their problems

C．we become stronger by facing and solving the problems of life

D．everybody has problems

3 . 学校的各个学生社团(association)正在纳新。面对众多的选择，你的朋友王林没了主意，写信向你求助。假如你是李越，你认为可以考虑参加篮球协会(the Basketball Association)或者英语俱乐部(the English Club)。
请你用英语给王林写一封100词左右的信，推荐这两个社团，并分别说明推荐理由。
注意:信的开头已给出(不计入词数)。
Dear Wang Lin,
In your letter, you have asked me for my advice on how to choose a proper association in your school. Thanks for trusting me and I’ll try to make some suggestions.
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Yours sincerely

Li Yue

4 . 短文填空

As is known to all, art     1     (influence) by the customs and faith of a people. Styles in Western art have changed many times.

In the 5th century, the art of the Middle Ages came into being and the main aim of     2     (paint) was to represent religious themes.     3     a result, some pictures at this time were full of religious symbols,     4     (create) a feeling of respect and love for God. During the   Renaissance,   people   began   to concentrate     5     (little) on religious themes and adopt a more humanistic attitude     6     life. In the late 19th century, some painters became the Impressionists. And they were the first painters     7     (paint) outdoors. Paintings can reflect the     8     (develop) of civilization, and it is interesting to predict     9     styles of paintings there will be in the future.     10     not try to visit some art galleries to appreciate different styles of paintings?

5 . A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt ______. Late in the afternoon she gathered the ______to approach her employer. To her ______, the boss agreed to a raise.

The woman arrived home that ______ and saw a beautiful table set with their best dishes. Candles were softly glowing. Her husband had come home early and prepared a festive ______. She wondered if someone from the _______ had told it to him, or... did he just somehow know that she would not get ______?

She found him in the kitchen and told him the good ______. They hugged and kissed, then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman ______ a beautifully lettered note. It read, “Congratulations, darling! I knew you’d get the ______! These things will tell you how much I love you.”

Following the supper, her husband went into the kitchen to ______ up. She noticed that a second card had ______ from his pocket. Picking it off the floor, she read, “Don’t ______ not getting the raise! You deserve it ______! These things will tell you how much I love you.”

Someone has said that the ______of love is when you love without measure. What this man feels for his wife is total ________ and love, whether she succeeds or ______. His love celebrates her victories and calms her ______. He stands with her, no matter what ______ throws in their direction.

Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said, “What can you do to _______world peace? Go home and love your family.” And love your friends. Love them without measure.

1.

A．nervous

B．pleased

C．calm

D．angry

2.

A．spirit

B．strength

C．courage

D．money

3.

A．fear

B．delight

C．sorrow

D．disappointment

4.

A．week

B．morning

C．afternoon

D．evening

5.

A．meal

B．gift

C．party

D．list

6.

A．shop

B．home

C．office

D．restaurant

7.

A．kept out

B．turned down

C．set aside

D．put off

8.

A．position

B．income

C．news

D．job

9.

A．found

B．wrote

C．designed

D．read

10.

A．note

B．salary

C．present

D．raise

11.

A．eat

B．sweep

C．clean

D．cut

12.

A．hung

B．left

C．climbed

D．fallen

13.

A．worry about

B．get through

C．end up

D．take up

14.

A．somewhere

B．anyway

C．however

D．instead

15.

A．price

B．measure

C．method

D．means

16.

A．expression

B．operation

C．acceptance

D．reaction

17.

A．suffers

B．fails

C．falls

D．loses

18.

A．disease

B．problem

C．habit

D．pain

19.

A．life

B．family

C．duty

D．work

20.

A．protect

B．defend

C．challenge

D．help

6 . Eudaimonia is an Ancient Greek word, particularly stressed by the philosophers Plato and Aristotle, which deserves far more attention than it has because it corrects the shortfalls (缺失）in one of the most central, but troubling words in our modem language: happiness.

When we nowadays try to clearly express the purpose of our lives，it is the word “happiness” that we commonly turn to. We tell ourselves and others that the most important principle for our jobs, our relationships and the conduct of our day-to-day lives is the pursuit of happiness. It sounds like an innocent enough idea, but too much reliance on the term means that we frequently unfairly tend to quit or, at least, heavily question a great many challenging but worthwhile situations. The Ancient Greeks did not believe that the purpose of life was to be happy; they proposed that it was to achieve Eudaimonia, a word which has been best translated as “fulfilment”.

What distinguishes happiness from fulfilment is pain. It is very possible to be fulfilled and—at the same time—under pressure, suffering physically or mentally, overburdened and, quite frequently, in an irritable (易怒的）mood. This is a slight psychological difference that is hard for the word “happiness” to capture, for it’s tricky to speak of being happy yet unhappy, or happy yet suffering. However, such a combination is readily accommodated within the respected and noble-sounding idea of Eudaimonia.

The word encourages us to trust that many of life’s most worthwhile projects will sometimes be in conflict with contentment, and yet will be worth pursuing. Properly exploring our professional talents, managing a household, keeping a relationship going, creating a new business venture or engaging in politics... none of these goals are likely to leave us cheerful and grinning on a daily basis. They will, in fact, involve us in all manner of challenges that will deeply exhaust and weaken us, provoke (激怒）and wound us. And yet we will perhaps, at the end of our lives, still feel that the tasks were worth undertaking. Through them, we’ll have achieved something deeper and more interesting than happiness.

With the word Eudaimonia in mind, we can stop imagining that we are aiming for a pain-free existence—and then blaming ourselves unfairly for being in a bad mood. We’ll know that we are trying to do something far more important than smile all the time: we're striving to do justice to our full human potential.

1. What do we know about “Eudaimonia” from the passage?

A．It was first created by two Greek philosophers.

B．It has received a lot of attention from the public.

C．It still has some shortfalls that need to be corrected.

D．It was regarded as the purpose of life in ancient Greece.

2. According to Paragraph 3, happiness      .

A．is the opposite of fulfillment

B．is free from physical or mental pain

C．stresses the psychological difference

D．serves as a respected and noble life goal

3. We can learn from the passage that     .

A．aiming for happiness may lead to wrong self-blaming

B．goals that wound and weaken us result in happiness

C．challenges leading to contentment are worth undertaking

D．feeling fulfilled means we should avoid tough situations

4. The passage encourages the readers to      .

A．find fulfillment with all efforts	B．seek for a pain-free existence
C．keep optimistic whatever happens	D．balance happiness and suffering

7 . The train was delayed because of the heavy fog. Mr. Smith is ______ to arrive a bit late.

A．likely

B．possible

C．probable

D．partial

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where do people want to spend Christmas?

A．In the park.

B．At home.

C．In the church.

2. What is the only thing the mother tells the children before Christmas?

A．Father Christmas will bring presents to good children.

B．They will get tickets for the circus.

C．They will get a lot of presents.

3. What’s the main attraction of the circus?

A．The animals.

B．The clowns.

C．The free gifts.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The older children also don’t know who send them the presents.

B．The audience sit in a long line to watch the circus.

C．There are special shows for children at Christmas time in the theater.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What did the woman do at Qingqing Grassland?

A．She watched the sunset

B．She played basketball

C．She rode horses

2. What was the weather like at Qingqing Grassland?

A．Hot

B．Cool

C．Freezing

3. When will the man go to Qingqing Grassland?

A．Next year

B．Next month

C．Tomorrow

10 . 高中学习任务繁重，因此同学们对于参加学校活动有着不同的看法，请以“Taking Part in School Activities”为题，根据下表提示，并结合自己的见闻，用英语写一篇120词左右的短文（开头已写好，不计入总词数）。

现象与看法	观点与理由
许多同学对参加学校活动很感兴趣	从课本上学习并不是唯一的任务，应该抓住每个机会来获得实际知识 长时间学习之后，筋疲力尽，可以通过参加学校活动来放松自己
少数同学不愿参加学校活动	应该充分利用时间来学习 学校活动与他们未来的发展没关系
我的看法	…..(两点)

The study burden tends to be heavier and heavier for high school students. So they hold different views about whether they should take part in school activities.

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