1 . I was never very neat while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but my always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Overtime, Kate got neater and I got my merriser. She moved to push my dirty clothing over and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.

Who broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “Take your shoes away! why under my bed!” Suddenly I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.

The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up. She quickly crawled (爬) under her covers, crying. Obviously. that was something she could not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy (同情) rose up in my heart.

Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bad. Cleaned the suckers and swept the floor even on her side. I got so absorbed into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching. Her tears dried and her expression was such disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. “Thanks.”

Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.

1. What made Kate so angry one evening?

A．She couldn’t find her books.

B．She heard the writer shouting loud.

C．She got the news that her grandma was ill.

D．She saw the writer’s shoes beneath her bed.

2. Why did the writer tidy up the room?

A．Because she was scared by Kate’s anger.

B．Because she hated herself for being so messy.

C．Because she wanted to show her care.

D．Because she was asked by Kate to do so.

3. How is paragraph 1 mainly developed?

A．By analyzing courses.

B．By showing differences.

C．By describing a process.

D．By following time order.

4. What might be the best title for the story?

A．My Friend Kate.

B．Hard Work Pays off.

C．How to Be Organized?

D．Learning to Be Roommates.

2 . “Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you don’t ________, something good will happen some day.”

Mother was ________, as I discovered after graduating from college, I had ________ myself to be a sports announcer(播音员). So I went to Chicago to knock on the door of every station and was ________ every time. In one station, a ________ lady told me that large stations wouldn’t employ（雇佣） a person without ______ since I just graduated. “Go out of the town and find a small station that might give you ______,” she said.

I returned to Dixon, where I had finished my high school education and had ______ high school football. My father said that our town had built a store and wanted a man to ______ its sports department. The job sounded just ______ for me but I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment had ______ as if by design. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom ______ me. Dad lent me his car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio Davenport. The program director told me they had already ______ an announcer. After I left his office, I asked aloud “______ can a fellow get to be a sports ______ if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” ______, I heard the director calling. “Do you know anything about ______?” Then he asked me to ______ an imaginary game. It was easy, and I did it without difficulty. The director was ______ and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the ______ Saturday.

1.

A．insist on

B．wait for

C．focus on

D．give up

2.

A．false

B．right

C．great

D．strong

3.

A．devoted

B．wanted

C．found

D．enjoyed

4.

A．called

B．received

C．refused

D．accepted

5.

A．large

B．tall

C．kind

D．rude

6.

A．experience

B．examination

C．agreement

D．permission

7.

A．money

B．chance

C．time

D．patience

8.

A．played

B．joined

C．taken

D．fought

9.

A．own

B．manage

C．report

D．enter

10.

A．funny

B．annoying

C．right

D．important

11.

A．shown

B．disappeared

C．resulted

D．turned

12.

A．asked

B．advised

C．ordered

D．reminded

13.

A．hired

B．fired

C．dismissed

D．bought

14.

A．What

B．How

C．Whenever

D．Wherever

15.

A．player

B．announcer

C．fan

D．coach

16.

A．Suddenly

B．However

C．Besides

D．Though

17.

A．chat

B．music

C．football

D．broadcast

18.

A．make

B．act

C．broadcast

D．play

19.

A．moved

B．sorry

C．thankful

D．satisfied

20.

A．past

B．coming

C．last

D．rainy

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What difference does the speaker talk about first?

A．Some expressions.

B．Traffic rules.

C．The food.

2. What does the speaker think of the weather in London?

A．Changeable.

B．Great.

C．Uncomfortable.

3. When does the speaker finish work now?

A．At 5 p.m.

B．At 8:30 p.m.

C．At 9 p.m.

4. Where did the speaker use to go on Friday evening in America?

A．To the club.

B．To the gym.

C．To the restaurant.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where does the speaker have breakfast if the weather is fine?

A．In the garden.

B．In the kitchen.

C．In the living room.

2. When does the speaker usually go to work?

A．At 2:00 p.m.

B．At 6:00 p.m.

C．At 6:30 p.m.

3. How does the speaker usually go home from the restaurant?

A．By bus.

B．By taxi.

C．By train.

4. What do we know about the speaker?

A．She is a violinist.

B．She often eats alone after work.

C．She often reads the newspaper at night.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What was the relationship between the woman and Jim in the past?

A．Relatives.

B．Classmates.

C．Colleagues.

2. What is the woman?

A．A film actress.

B．An art director.

C．A magazine editor.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where does the woman live now?

A．In Canada.

B．In America.

C．In Japan.

2. What language is the woman good at?

A．Italian.

B．French.

C．Spanish.

3. What does the woman teach in a school?

A．Medicine.

B．English.

C．Math.

7 . What does the man think of Linda’s husband?

A．Clever.

B．Unfriendly.

C．Quiet.

8 . 假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Mary is a high school student, who devoted herself to her lessons every day. Last Saturday, as usual, she went to several class.

In the evening, she continued to study until deeply into night. She was too sleepy and tired that she couldn’t work effectively. On the Sunday morning, she was about to do her lessons while her Father came up and advised her to take a break. Soon they came up a good idea. We decided to go cycling in the countryside. Mary enjoyed herself, competing and chatting with her father, and felt relaxing in the open air. On Monday, Mary was energetic but active in class .

9 . I got this strange idea in my eight grade: to run for the president of the student Union. It is not a surprising decision for most outgoing, popular people. But I was neither. In fact I tended to daydream, read books that were not on the required list, and sit at the far corner of the cafeteria with the only two friends I had, Denise and Janice.

However, Claire, my enemy, motivated me to sign up to run against her. Denise decided we should form a group of advisors to get me elected. We met every day, right after school,reviewing every student. We tried to figure out why our schoolmates might want to vote, in their own interests for me or(more likely) against Claire.

We created cascades, a term we learned from Denise’s sister. In other words, we looked for students who were most likely to influence a group of other students. Those are the people that one of us approached first. My narrow victory was a surprise to many including, frankly, the three of us.

That’s how I got my first taste of the power of the so-called Collective Intelligence and it turned out to be the best method of succeeding in various work.

When a group commits to supporting each other by meeting regularly and obeying the negotiated rules, remarkable things happen. We tend to bring to bring the the the best out other, as thousands have learned around the world. When individuals become tight-knit teams, we become happier and higher-performing with and for each other. It is never too late for us to start our own advising group of no more than seven members around a strong sweet spot of common interest—which will help us achieve something different and more meaningful over the years.

1. What can we know about the author according to the first paragraph?

A．She has a lot of friends.	B．She loves reading.
C．She enjoys public debating.	D．She is very realistic.

2. Which of the following best explains the underlined word “cascades” in paragraph 3?

A．Boards of advisors	B．Committees of teachers.
C．Teams of important schoolmates.	D．Groups of devoted friends.

3. In the last paragraph, the author intends to encourage readers to_________.

A．commit to supporting others	B．meet friends as regularly as possible
C．do something different and meaningful	D．make best use of collective intelligence

4. What can be a suitable for the text?

A．A Sure Path to Great Success	B．A Secret to Win the Election
C．Clever Ways to Defeat Your Enemies	D．Effective Methods of Making Friends