1 . “I hate New Orleans! I wanna go home!” I _______ to my mother as we moved boxes. _______, going home was not easy because my home was 1,100 miles away.

I was born and _______ in northern Virginia. Virginia was my home, and I never expected that to _______. In 2014, my family experienced a tragedy (悲剧), so my parents decided to move to my mom’s hometown of New Orleans.

Only three months after my parents made the _______ to move, I found myself moving boxes into our new house. My announcement to my mother that I _______ the new environment was partly motivated by how hot it was, but it was mostly due to the fact that I felt like my entire life had been turned upside down. 1,100 miles away from everyone and everything I had ever known, I was _______. To make matters worse, I was starting high school in two weeks. Beginning high school is a scary _______ on its own.

I spent my first few months in New Orleans, _______ wanting to go home to Virginia. But after a few months of missing home, I ________ that I had a choice. I could continue thinking about how much I missed my old home, or I could start trying to build a new home right here. I chose the latter.

As soon as I stopped giving all my attention to how much I missed Virginia, I was able to begin accepting the love that people were already giving me. I joined some clubs at school, which gave me the chance to make friends. My neighbor taught me how to cook some New Orleans food, and I found a wonderful race of fellow cooks and neighbors. Overall, I seized every possible opportunity to better myself and to rebuild my life.

1.

A．announced

B．replied

C．turned

D．pointed

2.

A．Therefore

B．Instead

C．However

D．Besides

3.

A．trained

B．raised

C．promoted

D．fed

4.

A．develop

B．continue

C．exist

D．change

5.

A．command

B．suggestion

C．excuse

D．decision

6.

A．preferred

B．missed

C．hated

D．imagined

7.

A．surprised

B．frightened

C．delighted

D．relieved

8.

A．performance

B．region

C．presentation

D．experience

9.

A．partly

B．badly

C．slightly

D．hardly

10.

A．realized

B．remembered

C．observed

D．complained

2 . The Day Lisa Lost

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not talking about the many professional athletes of today who have developed a me-first attitude. I am talking about high school sports, where lessons of life are still being learned. Here, athletes still compete for the love of the game and their teammates. Lisa Kincaid is one of them.

I first met Lisa on the volleyball court. If anyone had a right to be cocky (自大的) or proud of herself, it was Lisa. Besides being one of the best volleyball players in the USA, she became a track legend (传奇人物) . She went sixty-four national games without losing any event.

However, she felt uncomfortable talking about her achievements and would usually change the conversation to others’ performances. She often lent her shoes to someone who’d forgotten her own, or sincerely sent best wishes to competitors from different teams.

Soon after, Lisa’s impossible failure in one game impressed me a lot. Lisa’s coach told her he needed her to run the mile. She had never done so, but agreed to do what was best for the team. Lisa easily outdistanced the competition, but on the last lap she seemed to grow tired. Jane, Lisa’s teammate, passed her. Lisa managed to stay just behind Jane and followed her across the finish line. Lisa lost an event for the first time in her track career.

Athletes in Lisa’s track program needed to earn a set amount of points to gain a varsity letter (校队标志微章). Lisa knew that Jane needed to finish first to earn a letter for the first time. Without Lisa, Jane would make it. Lisa remembered all this as she lined up for the start of that race. It suddenly struck me why she wore a slight smile on her face after having “lost” for the first time ever. Jane finally received her first varsity letter. And Lisa? On that day, the day she lost, she earned my respect and admiration.

1. From the passage, we can learn that Lisa_________.

A．valued the importance of respect	B．intended to prove herself in the race
C．won every race she had ever entered	D．cared less about what she had achieved

2. Why did Lisa wear a smile on her face after the race?

A．Because she did a deal with Jane.	B．Because she lent her shoes to others.
C．Because she carried out her secret plan.	D．Because she already earned her varsity letter.

3. Which of the following word can best describe Lisa according to the passage?

A．Generous.

B．Brave.

C．Patient.

D．Independent.

3 . 假设你是红星中学高一年级的学生李华。你校的交换生Tom受邀要去一个中国朋友家做客，他发来邮件询问一些做客习俗。请你根据以下内容回复：
1. 到达的时间及礼物；
2. 中国餐桌礼仪及含义。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3. 餐桌礼仪：table manners。
Dear Tom,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

6 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

The news of Scott’s death     1    (shock) the world. Even Amundsen was moved by Scott’s death saying “Captain Scott left a record, for honesty, for sincerity, for     2    (brave), for everything     3     makes a man”. Scott had failed to win the race to the Pole,     4     the great courage shown by Scott and his men made them heroes.

7 . 请选出与释义“热爱”匹配的单词。

A．passion

B．percent

C．poetry

D．protest

8 . 请选出与释义“探索”匹配的单词。

A．engage

B．extent

C．experiment

D．explore

9 . 请选出与释义“飓风”匹配的单词。

A．horror

B．hurricane

C．desert

D．drought