1 . When I was a little girl, my mom would say, “Half the fun of doing anything is sharing it with others.”     1    Friends and mates allow us to enjoy our successes and our joys, comfort us in our hard moments, and provide a mirror for us to learn more about ourselves. I’ve always looked at friends as the family we choose. They enrich our lives. As Robert Louis Steven once said, “    2    ”.

To be a good friend or partner, it’s important to be a good listener. Hear what your friend or mate has to say first rather than jump to conclusions or get defensive.    3     When they hear their words repeated back to them, it can help them to realize what they said was not exactly what they meant to say.

    4     You know the old golden rule, “Care for others the way you would like them to care for you.” The support of a friend during a tough time could make the difference between success and failure. Encouragement and confidence are the gifts that can help change a person’s life.

Take care, though, with whom you choose to have close relationship, for they can have a great effect on yourself – respect and life path. As someone once told me “    5     They will either take you up or down.”

A．I am afraid so.

B．It is quite true

C．Friendship is the most important factor.

D．Sometimes it is useful to be their mirror.

E．A friend is a present which you give yourself.

F．The attitudes of your friends are like the buttons on a lift.

G．Patience, sympathy and understanding are also important qualities.

2 . A man walked into a small Irish pub and ordered three beers. Bartender was surprised, but he served that man three beers. One hour later the man ordered three beers again. The very next day that man ordered three beers again and drank quietly at a table. This repeated several times and shortly after the people of the town were whispering about the man, who was ordering three beers at once.
A couple of weeks later, the bartender decided to clear this out and inquired: “I do not want to pry, but could you explain, why do you order three beers all the time?” The man replied: “It seems strange, isn’t it? You see, my two brothers live abroad at the moment, one – in France and another – in Italy. We have made an agreement, that every time we go to pub each of us will order extra two beers and it will help keeping up the family bond ”.
Soon all the town have heard about the man’s answer and liked it a lot. The man became a local celebrity. Residents of the town were telling this story to newcomers or tourists and even invited them to that pub to look at Three Beer Man.
However, one day the man came to pub and ordered only two beers, not three as usual. The bartender served him with bad feeling. All that evening the man ordered and drank only two beers. The very next day all the town was talking about this news, some people pray for the soul of one of the brothers, others quietly grieve.
When the man came to pub the next time and ordered two beers again, the bartender asked him: “I would like to offer condolences to you, due to the death of your dear brother”. The man considered this for a moment and then replied: “Oh, you are probably surprised that I order only two beers now? Well, my two brothers are alive and well. It‘s just because of my decision. I promised myself to give up drinking.”
1. The man ordered three beers all the time because _______.

A．people were fond of drinking beers in this pub.

B．he missed his two brothers living abroad very much.

C．this would help him become a local celebrity.

D．it was an agreement with his brothers to keep up the family bond.

2. We can infer from the passage that______.

A．news traveled fast in the town.

B．the man became famous in the town because he was a heavy drinker

C．the man’s brothers liked drinking beer very much

D．the man was strong-minded to give up drinking

3. The bartender served the man with bad feeling because ________.

A．he thought the man should order three beers

B．he thought one of the man’s brothers had passed away

C．he would earn less money

D．the man decided to drink two beers

4. The underlined word “condolences” in the last paragraph can be replaced by______.

A．gratitude

B．sympathy

C．appreciation

D．surprise

3 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Diana got married and had a 5-year-old son named Dusfin. They lived a very happy life and have been expecting a new family member coming. But a disease forced her to experience an emergency operation to deliver their new daughter．At 12 inches long and ________ only one pound and nine ounces，she was a premature baby．But the doctor’s soft words dropped like ________．“I don’t think she’s going to make it” he said．“There’s only a 10-percent ________ she will pull through the night，and even then，if by some chance she does make it，her future could be a very ________ one．”
David and Diana listened as the doctor ________ the serious problems the newly—born baby，Anna，would ________ face if she survived．She would never walk；she would never ________；she would probably be blind；and so on．
“No! No!” was all Diana could ________．The whole family had long ________ the day they would have a daughter to become a ________ of four．Now，within a matter of hours，that dream was slipping away. But Diana insisted，“I don’t care what the doctors say! One day she will be coming home with us!”
Certainly，there was ________ a moment when Anna suddenly grew ________．But as the weeks went by，she did ________ gain an ounce of weight here and an ounce of ________ there. At last，when Anna turned two months old，her parents were able to ________her in their arms for the very first time though ________ continued to gently but coldly ________ that her chances of surviving，much less living any kind of normal life，were next to zero．
Finally，Anna went home from the hospital，just as her mother had ________.Today，five years later，Anna is a little but lively young girl with bright gray eyes ________ a strong interest for life. She shows no ________ of any mental or physical injuries. Simply，she is everything a little girl can be．1.

A．weighing

B．counting

C．measuring

D．looking

2.

A．gifts

B．rains

C．orders

D．bombs

3.

A．chance

B．right

C．deduction

D．result

4.

A．easy

B．common

C．cruel

D．peaceful

5.

A．solved

B．collected

C．created

D．described

6.

A．bravely

B．likely

C．completely

D．firmly

7.

A．talk

B．taste

C．breathe

D．see

8.

A．act

B．consider

C．say

D．refuse

9.

A．gone through

B．given up

C．relied on

D．dreamed of

10.

A．family

B．group

C．team

D．unit

11.

A．ever

B．even

C．never

D．still

12.

A．happier

B．stronger

C．quieter

D．calmer

13.

A．strangely

B．sharply

C．particularly

D．slowly

14.

A．strength

B．progress

C．skill

D．wisdom

15.

A．hold

B．grasp

C．touch

D．flick

16.

A．barbers

B．parents

C．relatives

D．doctors

17.

A．notice

B．warn

C．judge

D．present

18.

A．doubted

B．feared

C．hoped

D．accused

19.

A．but

B．and

C．so

D．or else

20.

A．effects

B．marks

C．signs

D．evidences

4 . John Smith was a very handsome young man but he was lazy. He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and listen to the radio all day long. In fact, he had been doing nothing for almost six months, which worried his father a lot. One day Mr. Smith decided that he had to do something. “Johnny, When I was your age I was working and supporting my ten brothers and sisters. I want you to go out and get a job.” So that was what he did. In fact, in the next three months, Johnny started ten jobs and was fired from ten jobs. He explained to his father.
“They wanted me to be at work at 8:00 a. m. and told me to do all sorts of unpleasant things.”
“I don’t care how you do it,” Mr. Smith said. “Either you earn some money or move out of the house. I gave you one week’s time.”
In the next few days Johnny began to change. He still stayed in his room all day, but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers. More and more posts began to arrive for him. He bought a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and for dinner afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town. When his proud parents arrived home after their evening hour, a policeman was waiting at the front door.
“John Smith,” he said as he handed him a piece of paper, “I’ll see you in the court tomorrow.”
When he got outside, Johnny told his parents everything. “When you told me to earn some money, I decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper saying, ‘New way to money fast! Send me $ 5 and I’ll tell you my secret.’ When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do.”
Johnny was fined $250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back. As he left the court house feeling very ashamed, a newspaper man came up to him, “Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $2,500?”
1. Johnny was fired from the jobs because _______.

A．he liked listening to the radio

B．he had a big family to support

C．he spent a lot of time writing letters

D．he didn’t do the jobs well

2. Why was Johnny fined $ 250?

A．Because he was lazy.

B．Because he was out of work.

C．Because he cheated the people.

D．Because he didn’t pay for his new suit.

3. What would probably happen at last?

A．Johnny would get $2,500 from the newspaper.

B．The court would give $ 250 back to Johnny.

C．Johnny would continue to advertise in the newspaper.

D．Johnny would become a newspaper reporter.

4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．How did the parents feel when Johnny invited them to the theatre and dinner.

B．What’s Johnny’s secret.

C．What did the policeman want Johnny to do.

D．How much did Johnny have to pay all the people back.

5 . Being a good friend isn’t always easy，but taking the time to develop a lasting friendship is worth the effort.As the years pass，you will realize that each friendship you keep is priceless.    1     To be a good friend and deepen a friendship，just follow these steps.

Keep your promises.

Don’t ever make a promise that you can’t keep.If you say you’ll hang out with a friend and an unexpected situation arises，explain the situation.Give your friend a gift and tell him or her you are sorry.Nobody is perfect，and it’s okay if you break a promise once in a blue moon.    2    

Apologize when you’ve made a mistake.

    3    Though your friend won’t be happy that you made a mistake，he or she will be very pleased that you admit it instead of just pretending that nothing is wrong.

    4    

To be truly supportive，you will have to be able to watch out for your friend when he/she is having a difficult time.If you sense that your friend is getting into some trouble，help him or her away from the situation by not being afraid to speak up about it.

Give your friend some space when he or she needs it.

Part of being supportive means supporting the fact that your friend won’t always want to spend time with you.Learn to step back and give your friend space.    5     Don’t be jealous (嫉妒的) if your friend has lots of other friends.

A．However，don’t make it a regular thing.

B．Help your friend deal with his or her struggles.

C．Learn to forgive your friend and move forward.

D．Of course，to have a good friend，you must be one.

E．If you want your friend to believe in you，you can’t act like you’re perfect.

F．Understand if your friend wants to be alone or to have a walk with other people.

G．Take the time to truly understand your friend when he or she is talking to you.

6 . 短文改错
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。短文中共有10处错误，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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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
Jenny is one of my classmates but she is always happy to give others hand. When Tracy’s hair was falling out after her treatment for cancer, Jenny wants to do something to help. She knew Tracy was not like being the only one without hair. So, Jenny made a decision. All of us felt great surprised when Jenny had her shoulder-length hair cutting off. But Jenny said she just didn’t want to let her friend to feel alone. Beside, Jenny did this two more times in support of her friends Tracy. “I knew this was the right decision,” she said. “Her heart told me so.”
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7 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My sister and I have been a headache for my mother, because my father was in the army, he was not around too often. ____, my mother brought us up almost single-handedly and it must have __real strength of mind to bring up such naughty and stubborn children who got out from one trouble only to get into another.

Bonus and I weren’t scholars either. ____, we hated studying from the very beginning. We were __to spend time with our schoolbooks out of the fear of Mum’s scolding. I almost did not make it to 10th grade. That entire summer Mum ______ that I read my schoolbooks from the very first chapter till the last.

I left __college at 18. In my second year of college, while I was studying for my final exams, I got a phone call from Mum __my sister had failed her 9th grade exams. Mum was heartbroken. My mother was an English teacher in a famous school in the city and it was a(n) __for her.

Then started another___for my Mum. There always seemed to be people who would come and talk about how well their children were doing   ___ my mother would be having a tough time making sure we stayed on the right path. Mum was __ that we would do well for ourselves. She never let my sister and me __ that we had lost out on something and always told us: “Let this be a lesson. We are going to work really really hard···Circumstances__change.”

Things did change, but very slowly and __, one little step at a time. Last year I finished with law school and started working. My mother’s belief in me__. And just a few days ago I got a phone from Bonus. She had ___the exam with honors and was___ to the best university in the country. I was in tears. Later that night I ___Mum, “Mum, your two little failures didn’t do as badly as everybody thought.” Mum __ and said: “You are my daughters and I knew you the best. I always knew that you would succeed. It was just a____of time.”

1.

A．However

B．Thus

C．Otherwise

D．Besides

2.

A．devoted

B．spent

C．taken

D．wasted

3.

A．In that case

B．In this way

C．On the other hand

D．On the contrary

4.

A．pleased

B．annoyed

C．forced

D．advised

5.

A．demanded

B．concluded

C．promised

D．mentioned

6.

A．at

B．for

C．from

D．after

7.

A．announcing

B．reading

C．knowing

D．saying

8.

A．shame

B．challenge

C．pride

D．honor

9.

A．experiment

B．research

C．conflict

D．trial

10.

A．though

B．while

C．as

D．unless

11.

A．determined

B．astonished

C．satisfied

D．concerned

12.

A．predict

B．imagine

C．guess

D．feel

13.

A．need

B．would

C．will

D．shall

14.

A．quickly

B．extremely

C．smoothly

D．gradually

15.

A．made up

B．paid off

C．took on

D．burst out

16.

A．attended

B．received

C．passed

D．failed

17.

A．accepted

B．allowed

C．admitted

D．permitted

18.

A．questioned

B．convinced

C．persuaded

D．called

19.

A．nodded

B．laughed

C．shouted

D．joked

20.

A．matter

B．period

C．waste

D．length

8 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

One day, I was walking with my daughter, and we saw a man picking bottles out of garbage cans(垃圾箱). He did not ask us for spare _______, like others had before him. My 10-year-old daughter asked _______ he was doing that, as he appeared to be unclean and possibly _______. I told her he had his dignity(尊严), and was doing what he could to help _______ . My daughter had a 2-dollar _______ I had given her, and she told me she _______to give her money to this man_______ she thought he needed it more than she _______. I agreed. We are on welfare(福利救济), _______we have a place to live, and food to eat. So we followed the man ________ the local store, where he sold his bottles and cans. My daughter walked up to him and gave him the coin. He ________ us loudly as we left the store, and asked God to bless us.

The kindness was repaid to my daughter. When she got to the ________ a couple of months later, she realized she had left her ________ at home and it happened that I had not taken my purse along, either. Then a lady noticed us and saw how ________ my daughter was. The lady gave her the money to go swimming. Surprisingly, it was two dollars, which was the ________ amount as that she had given to the man on the street.

1.

A．room

B．time

C．bottle

D．change

2.

A．what

B．how

C．why

D．where

3.

A．honest

B．homeless

C．unnecessary

D．hopeful

4.

A．others

B．us

C．children

D．himself

5.

A．coin

B．can

C．toy

D．box

6.

A．had

B．tried

C．wanted

D．agreed

7.

A．because

B．while

C．unless

D．though

8.

A．would

B．needed

C．expected

D．did

9.

A．so

B．thus

C．but

D．still

10.

A．off

B．into

C．onto

D．at

11.

A．begged

B．called

C．answered

D．thanked

12.

A．square

B．store

C．pool

D．park

13.

A．pass

B．money

C．clothes

D．glasses

14.

A．sad

B．worried

C．bad

D．lovely

15.

A．exact

B．more

C．different

D．same

9 . My wife and I have always been friendly with the clerks at the local store. I don’t think many people appreciate what a difficult job these clerks have. They work for a little money and I often wonder how they make ends meet.
One of the clerks, Charlie, was always wearing his glasses but he didn’t one day. I asked him about it and he said they’d been out of order and that he couldn’t afford a new pair. His family needed money. It was clear that he was having a difficult time.
We wanted to help him, so we turned to our own eye doctor for help with a plan. We had his secretary contact him, asking him to come in for an eye exam for free. We told the doctor to let him order whatever glasses he wanted and that we would pay for them. Although Charlie questioned what was going on, the doctor just told him that someone had offered the money for his new glasses. When we went in to pay the bill, the doctor told us he was touched by our idea so that he waived the exam fee and only charged us for half the price of the glasses!
It was so wonderful to see Charlie in his new glasses and he enjoyed telling all the regular customers how the gift came about. I’m sure that upon hearing his story, ideas of kindness may have come in the minds of many people.
1. Why didn’t the clerk Charlie wear glasses one day?

A．It was very warm and fine.

B．His glasses were missing.

C．His old glasses were broken.

D．He forgot to wear his glasses.

2. From the passage, we can infer that ______.

A．Charlie was a young man with skills

B．Charlie knew who paid the money for the new glasses

C．Charlie completely accepted the money for the new glasses

D．Charlie couldn’t support his family with enough money

3. The underlined word “waived” in the third paragraph can be replaced by ______.

A．took up	B．gave up
C．cut down	D．put off

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

A．Customers’ Gift to an Employee

B．A Friendly Clerk — Charlie

C．The Wonderful Feeling of Helping others

D．An Expensive Pair of Glasses

10 . A little boy invited his mother to attend (参加) his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s ________, she said she would go. This ________ be the first time that his classmates and teacher ________ his mother and he felt ________ of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕) that ________ nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to ________ why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were ________ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother ________ the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and ________ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within ________ of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked ________, “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “________ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was ________ afraid to go in because the fire was ________, so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked ________ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She ________ the burned side of her face. “This scar will be ________, but to this day, I have never ________ what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great ________ of the sacrifice(牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand ________ for the rest of the day.1.

A．enjoyment

B．disappointment

C．surprise

D．excitement

2.

A．would

B．could

C．should

D．must

3.

A．noticed

B．greeted

C．accepted

D．met

4.

A．sick

B．ashamed

C．afraid

D．tired

5.

A．included

B．passed

C．covered

D．shaded

6.

A．talk about

B．think about

C．care about

D．hear about

7.

A．impressed

B．surprised

C．excited

D．comforted

8.

A．in sight of

B．by means of

C．by way of

D．in spite of

9.

A．hid

B．protected

C．separated

D．escaped

10.

A．understanding

B．reminding

C．hearing

D．learning

11.

A．carefully

B．seriously

C．nervously

D．anxiously

12.

A．After

B．When

C．Since

D．While

13.

A．so

B．much

C．quite

D．too

14.

A．out of control	B．under control
C．in control	D．over control

15.

A．helpless

B．hopeless

C．senseless

D．useless

16.

A．pointed

B．showed

C．wiped

D．touched

17.

A．ugly

B．lasting

C．serious

D．frightening

18.

A．forgot

B．recognized

C．considered

D．regretted

19.

A．enjoyment

B．sense

C．happiness

D．pride

20.

A．quietly

B．proudly

C．tightly

D．quickly