1 . 假如你是校学生会主席李华，学校安排你下周末作为导游带领外籍教师Mr. Smith进行一次近郊游。请你用英语给Mr. Smith写一封电子邮件，包括以下内容：
1.自我介绍；
2.出游的时间、目的地等信息；
3.需要提前做的准备工作。
要求：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr. Smith，
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely，

Li Hua

2 . My fiance (未婚夫）and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds (资金) were _______, and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.

One agent (代理人)_______ a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was _______ our range, so we declined (拒绝). But she kept urging (催促) us to have a look _______.

We finally did and it was _______ at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and _______ of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of _______ it would be like to live there.

Days later, we made a(n)_______ —far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t _______ us. They renewed their offer ________. It was also much more than we could afford but far ________ than the original asking price.

The next day, we got a ________ message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the ________ directly. We made our final offer, which ________ was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it,________ we had to try.

“Sold!” said the owner. Then he ________: He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d ________ the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a ________ by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the ________ in the price as “an early wedding present.”

That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are ________ they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.

1.

A．needed

B．limited

C．enough

D．large

2.

A．recommended (推荐)

B．decorated

C．sold

D．rented

3.

A．below

B．within

C．beyond

D．between

4.

A．at least

B．at most

C．at times

D．at hand

5.

A．relief

B．concern

C．love

D．curiosity

6.

A．pride

B．happiness

C．challenge

D．desire

7.

A．which

B．why

C．that

D．what

8.

A．effort

B．offer

C．promise

D．profit

9.

A．come across

B．look after

C．depend on

D．laugh at

10.

A．instead

B．indeed

C．aside

D．apart

11.

A．worse

B．better

C．less

D．higher

12.

A．relaxing

B．disappointing

C．pleasant

D．regular

13.

A．agents

B．buyers

C．managers

D．owners

14.

A．already

B．still

C．generally

D．ever

15.

A．so

B．or

C．for

D．but

16.

A．apologized

B．complained

C．criticized

D．explained

17.

A．check

B．analyze

C．appreciate

D．ignore

18.

A．loss

B．risk

C．chance

D．lead

19.

A．increase

B．difference

C．interest

D．average

20.

A．kind

B．polite

C．smart

D．energetic

3 . Life is just like a box. Inside it are happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in it teach us new lessons and make us a better person.
       Love
       Love plays a key role on our life. Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could become cruel and violent. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with unconditional love and care. They tell us what is right or wrong, good or bad.    1    . It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to the feelings of others. Kids make a person responsible and mature and help us to understand life better.
       Happiness and Sorrow
       Materialistic happiness is short-lived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others gives a certain level of fulfillment.    2    .   No mind is happy without peace. We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. But these things are temporary and pass away.
      Failure and Success
           3    . It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way.
       Hope and Despair
       Hope is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well. Hope makes us dream. Hope builds in patience.    4    .because after every night there is a day. Nothing remains the same. We have only one choice-keep moving on in life and be hopeful.
       Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is beyond our control. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be right or dull.    5    . So that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.

A．Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour

B．So the only alternative is work hard today

C．But we always tend to take this for granted

D．Success lies in trusting yourself

E．So let’s enjoy every day

F．Failure is the path to success

G．Peace of mind is the main link to happiness

4 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day, Miss Ellis gave her pupils a new kind of homework: homework on happiness. Her pupils would be “happiness_______”, and were to see what would happen when they tried to bring happiness to those around them. As part of their homework, all the students did really _______, wonderful things, but what Carla Chalmers did left everyone _______ Several days after the homework had been handed out, Carla turned up carrying a big bag.
“Here in this bag I have all the happiness I’ve collected so far,” she said _______ On seeing this, everyone was filled with _______, but Carla didn’t want to show anyone what was in the bag. Instead, she pulled out a small box and gave it to her teacher. When Miss Ellis had taken the box, Carla took a(n) _______ camera out of her own pocket and stood with it at the ready.
“Open it, Miss Ellis.”
The teacher slowly opened the box and looked inside. A big smile _______ on her face, and at that moment Carla took a photo, Carla’s photo came out of the camera immediately, and she _______ it to Miss Ellis along with a sheet of paper. The teacher read the paper in silence, and when she, had finished, she gestured at the _______
“Oh, so it’s…”
“Yes!” ________ Carla, opening the bag. “It’s a great big pile of smiles!”
She opened the bag and photos of different ________ fell out.
The rest of the class tried to ________ how Carla had managed to create such a great big chain of happiness. All there in the box was a photo of a big smile. But everyone who had seen it felt happiness being transmitted（传送）to them, and in return, without ________, every person ________ with a smile of their own.
She managed to ________ understanding of the smile truth that every time you smile you are sending a gift to the world.1.

A．explorers

B．instructors

C．players

D．collectors

2.

A．regretful

B．delightful

C．stressful

D．thankful

3.

A．surprised

B．satisfied

C．annoyed

D．depressed

4.

A．disappointedly

B．sadly

C．amazedly

D．smilingly

5.

A．astonishment

B．kindness

C．expectation

D．pride

6.

A．expensive

B．old–fashioned

C．instant

D．good-looking

7.

A．disappeared

B．froze

C．faded

D．shone

8.

A．offered

B．sold

C．packed

D．paid

9.

A．box

B．bag

C．camera

D．pocket

10.

A．added

B．questioned

C．replied

D．interrupted

11.

A．smiles

B．teachers

C．ceremonies

D．friends

12.

A．try out

B．focus on

C．decide on

D．figure out

13.

A．imagination

B．expression

C．hesitation

D．reason

14.

A．responded

B．refused

C．demanded

D．proved

15.

A．hide

B．correct

C．appreciate

D．spread

5 . Parents are a child’s first teachers. But some parents never learned from good examples. In New York City, a nonprofit agency called Covenant House tries to help homeless young mothers become good parents.
The twelve or so teenagers who live at the shelter attend parenting classes four days a week. The class is called Mommy and Me. Teacher Delores Clemens is a mother of five and a grandmother. She teaches basic skills, like how to give a baby a bath and how to dress a baby depending on the season.
She remembers one student who learned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby. The mother said that would only make the child needy and overly demanding. Delores Clemens says, “that's not true. You have to hold your baby! He is crying for a reason. If you never pick him up, he's going to keep crying. Pick your baby up. Cuddle your baby. Hug him! And she started to do that. They just want a little cuddling and a little love. And it works!”
Delores Clemens says her students also learn how to be good mothers by letting themselves be mothered. Around three hundred fifty teenage mothers graduate from Covenant House's Mommy and Me class every year.
In class, with her baby son is Natasha. She lived on the streets. She is glad not only for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House. As she told reporter Adam Phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in seeking a more secure life.
The World Health Organization says the United States has forty-one births for every one thousand girls age fifteen to nineteen. That is higher than other developed countries, as well as some developing ones. By comparison, northern neighbor Canada has fourteen births and southern neighbor Mexico has eighty-two.
1. What is the text mainly about?

A．Parents who are a child’s first teachers.

B．A class where teens learn mothering and are mothered.

C．A nonprofit agency that offers a more secure life.

D．A kind teacher who help homeless young mothers.

2. Covenant Houses’ Mommy and Me class is intended to _____.

A．help homeless young mothers become good parents

B．provide homeless young mothers with a warm shelter

C．help mothers in New York be good parents

D．teach some parents how to love their children

3. What can we know about Delores Clemens from the text?

A．She has a mother of five and a grandmother.

B．She thinks a crying baby should be picked up and hugged.

C．She teaches advanced skills on how to be good mothers.

D．She is very glad for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House.

4. According to the World Health Organization, which country has the highest births for girls age fifteen to nineteen?

A．Canada	B．the United States of America
C．Mexico	D．Britain

6 . In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.

It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

1. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.

A．want to be as rich as their neighbors

B．want to be happy

C．don’t want others to know they are rich

D．want others to know or to think that they are rich

2. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to _________.

A．live in New York City	B．live outside New York City
C．live in apartments	D．have many neighbors

3. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is _____.

A．an important name

B．a popular name in the United States

C．his neighbor’s name

D．not a good name

4. According to the writer, it is ________ to keep up with the Joneses.

A．impossible	B．interesting
C．correct	D．good

7 . Why do we laugh and get amusement from so many different things, from puns (双关语) to pratfalls? Why are some things funny to some people and not to others? How is that while a successful joke can cause pleasure, a sick one can cause serious harm?

Over the centuries, various scholars have attempted to produce a universally agreed-upon theory of humor. Plato and Aristotle introduced the superiority(优越感) theory, the idea that people laugh at the misfortune of others. Their theory seems to explain teasing, but it doesn’t work well for knock-knock jokes. Sigmund Freud argued for his relief theory, the concept that humor is a way for people to release psychological tension and reveal their inner fears and desires. His theory works well for dirty jokes, less well for most puns.

The majority of humor expels today agree with the incongruity theory, the idea that humor arises when there’s a gap between what people expect to happen and what actually happens. Incongruity has a lot going for it — jokes with unexpected funny lines, for example, fit well. But scientists have found that in comedy, unexpectedness is overvalued.

With the goal of developing a new, more satisfactory explanation, I produced “the gentle violation(违背) theory”, the idea that humor arises when something seems wrong or threatening, but is actually OK or safe. A dirty joke, for example, trades on moral or social violations, but it’s only going to get a laugh if the person listening is open enough to consider the subject OK to talk about. Similarly, puns can be seen as linguistic violations that still make grammatical sense.

And while most humor theories have struggled to account for tickling (挠痒痒), or just avoided the phenomenon altogether, my theory accounts for even this kind of laughter. Tickling involves violating someone’s physical space in a gentle way. People can’t tickle themselves — because it isn’t a violation.

1. What is the author’s attitude towards Plato and Aristotle’s theory?

A．Critical.	B．Approving.
C．Uncaring	D．Unclear.

2. According to Sigmund Freud’s theory, we can infer that ________.

A．people will laugh when they see others suffer

B．telling dirty jokes is a relief of one’s nervous feelings’

C．unexpectedness can explain how humor works

D．tickling doesn’t involve psychological tension

3. According to the author, why are some things funny to some people but not to others?

A．Because the sense of humor varies greatly from person to person.

B．Because people have different expectations for the same thing.

C．Because some people lack the sense of safety deep in their heart.

D．Because people’s understanding of violation is different.

4. What is the author’s main purpose of writing this passage?

A．To draw people’s attention to the research of humor.

B．To criticize people’s misconceptions about humor.

C．To explain what exactly causes people to laugh.

D．To prove the sense of humor can be developed.