1 . —Did you enjoy yourself at the party?
— ________! I've never been to a more exciting one before.

A．You bet

B．No problem

C．Don't mention it

D．That's right

2 . 假设你是新华中学的学生会主席。近来，随着网络的普及，学生的汉字书写能力降低。为了保护传统民族文化——汉字，校学生会提出倡议。请你根据以下内容提示，为学校《英语沙龙》的同学们写一封倡议书。
内容要点：
1.少上网，多读书、勤记笔记；
2.养成练书写和写日记的习惯；
3.自拟一项其他方面的倡议内容。
注意：短文字数不少于100词。
参考词汇: 汉字Chinese characters

3 . One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds dashing and dancing in the exciting atmosphere above the earth. As the strong winds gusted against the kites, a string kept them in check.
Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the controlling string and the clumsy tail kept them in tow(牵引), facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They flew beautifully even as they fought the forced restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wind.”
Yet freedom from control simply put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic gentle wind. It flew ungracefully to the ground and landed in a twisted mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”. Free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to settle down lifeless against the first roadblock.
How much like kites we sometimes are. There always exist misfortunes and restrictions, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Prohibition is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition. Some of us pulled at the rules so hard that we never fly fast to reach the heights we might have obtained. If we keep all the commandment(戒律), we will never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.
Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the prohibitions are actually the steady force that helps us climb and achieve.
1. In the passage the writer watched _____.

A．many young people enjoying the sunny day

B．many birds dashing and dancing in the sky

C．many young people flying multicolored kites

D．the strong winds blowing against the sky

2. What enables a kite fly gracefully in the sky according to the story?

A．The kite itself and strange shapes.

B．A long string and blowing wind.

C．A windy spring day and blue sky.

D．The size of the kite and a long string.

3. What didn’t happen to the freed kite?

A．It kept flying freely in the air.

B．It lay powerless in the dirt.

C．It was trapped in a dead bush.

D．It was blown helplessly around.

4. What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?

A．To give up tips on how to fly kites effectively.

B．To warn us that freedom is actually powerless.

C．To explain that restrictions are really unnecessary.

D．To teach us a lesson that rules are important in life.

5. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．Fly with Restrictions

B．Where to Fly

C．Why to Fly Kites

D．Fly to Freedom

4 . It’s a tradition that dates back to the 1930s’ and it’s designed to give all children in Finland, no matter what background they’re from, an equal start in life.

The maternity(母性) package — a gift from the government — is available to all expectant mothers. It contains bodysuits, a sleeping bag, outdoor gear, bathing products for the baby as well as nappies, bedding and a small mattress.

With the mattress at the bottom, the box becomes a baby’s first bed. Many children, from all social backgrounds, have their first naps within the safety of the box’s four cardboard walls.

The tradition dates back to 1938. At first, the scheme was only available to families on low incomes, but that changed in 1949. In the 1930s Finland was a poor country and the infant death rate was high — 65 out of 1,000 babies died. But the figure decreased rapidly in the decades that followed. Over 75 years, the box has been an established part of the Finnish rite(仪式) of a passage to motherhood, uniting generations of women.

Reija Klemetti, a 49-year-old woman from Helsinki, remembers going to the post office to receive a box for one of her children. “My partner Milla and I were living in London when we had our first child, Jasper, so we weren’t eligible (有资格) for a free box. But Milla’s parents didn’t want us to miss out, so they bought one and put it in the post office. We couldn’t wait to open the box. There were all the clothes I had expected, with the addition of a snowsuit for Finland's cold winter.”

“We now live in Helsinki and have just had our second child, Annika. She did get a free box, from the Finnish government. This felt to me like evidence that someone cared — someone wanted our baby to have a good start in life,” Reija Klemetti said.

1. In Finland the maternity package is probably seen as a symbol of_____.

A．wealth

B．equality

C．pride

D．fame

2. The fourth paragraph implies that_____.

A．the rich refused to use the boxes

B．there were not enough boxes at first

C．the boxes were given to poor families only

D．the boxes helped cut down the death rate of babies

3. Why couldn’t Reija Klemetti get a free box when her first child was born?

A．They were not citizens of Finland.

B．They lived outside Finland.

C．They didn't apply for the box.

D．They had got one from their neighbors.

4. How did Reija Klemetti feel when she received the box from the post office?

A．Worried.	B．Disappointed.
C．Puzzled.	D．Excited.

5. What did Reija Klemetti want to tell us in the last paragraph？

A．A free box came at last.

B．She was longing for a free box for her child.

C．She returned to Finland to get a free box.

D．The free box gave her a feeling of warmth.

5 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
        Annie, a neighbor’s daughter, was away for her first semester at college this school year. She is a very sweet girl but just a bit shy. When her birthday came around, I found out she was feeling a bit ____ .
        Her family is quite poor and ____ are tight, so there wouldn’t be any birthday visitors. I wanted to _____ her a card and maybe a small gift to ____ her day a bit. I got her school ____ from her mom and planned to pick something up. Then I got a(n) ____ !
        I ____ perhaps a bit more birthday cheer was needed here. I bought some balloons, birthday hats, and _____ novelties at a store. I took a small ____ and asked three other people in my area at work to ____ “Happy Birthday” and send some birthday wishes to her. It was such fun making the recording! Other people ____ what we were doing and ____ their voices, so it really sounded like we had a party going on!
        Then I bought her a small present and a card as ____ planned. The real fun was packing them to be sent. I _____ everything so it was like opening a mini birthday party! At the last minute I added a pack of cupcakes and a box of birthday candles ____ sending them off. I got a call a few days later．Annie said her roommates and one of their neighbors in the ____ got together with her and held a party for her the moment they arrived. She sounded so ____ and I was so glad that she had some friends to ____ her special day with.
        It was such an easy and ____ thing to do. The people who helped me make the tape still laugh and talk about it. And Annie ____ me it was the most fun birthday she would remember!1.

A．lonely

B．nervous

C．happy

D．bored

2.

A．thoughts

B．finances

C．measures

D．times

3.

A．provide

B．sell

C．send

D．draw

4.

A．attract

B．remember

C．describe

D．brighten

5.

A．number

B．campus

C．address

D．report

6.

A．idea

B．surprise

C．chance

D．message

7.

A．decided

B．thought

C．wished

D．concluded

8.

A．another

B．others

C．other

D．one

9.

A．radio

B．camera

C．recorder

D．phone

10.

A．say

B．sing

C．repeat

D．make

11.

A．took out

B．set out

C．gave out

D．found out

12.

A．added

B．devoted

C．cleared

D．lifted

13.

A．suddenly

B．originally

C．finally

D．carefully

14.

A．collected

B．paid

C．arranged

D．expected

15.

A．until

B．after

C．unless

D．before

16.

A．dormitory

B．home

C．classroom

D．office

17.

A．familiar

B．happy

C．wonderful

D．upset

18.

A．help

B．compare

C．share

D．witness

19.

A．hard

B．challenging

C．fun

D．time-consuming

20.

A．warned

B．convinced

C．advised

D．told

6 . What the children in the mountain village need ______ good books.

A．is	B．are
C．have	D．has

7 . Opposite our school ______, where a lot of people play or take exercise at any time.

A．does a park lie	B．is a park lie
C．a park lies	D．lies a park

8 . I just don’t understand _______ that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect.

A．why it does	B．what it does
C．what it is	D．why it is

9 . His study in Peking University lasted four years, ______ he founded his own company in Hong Kong.

A．after which	B．after when
C．after that	D．after it

10 . —Did you remember to give Jack the book?
—Yes，I gave it to him________I saw him.

A．while	B．immediately
C．once	D．suddenly