1 . My sister has always been a good friend to me. Thirteen years ago, she tried to throw a blue plastic toy at my nose to see if it would dangle(悬挂)delicately on my face. Her first_________was unsuccessful. I giggled(咯咯笑)and applauded(喝彩)her poor motor skills. Again, she threw it, and this time it ________my nose. It hurt slightly, but tears ________my face. Seeing this, my mother rushed down the steps and took me to another room. I recall I ________for hours, not because of the pain but because I was taken away from my sister who was teaching me how to have _______.

Growing up, my sister was the person I wanted to be. So I took up _______in Grade Three, just like her. I was a reasonably _______player, with the height and the stamina(耐力)to change up and down the court. But by the middle of the season, I had found myself _______it. I didn’t like the girls, the coaches, or the competitiveness of the game. I usually _______to be sick so I could skip practice.

Finally my mom _______this and told me that if I hated it so much, I should ______. was she serious? I couldn’t quit! My sister never gave up anything, and neither would I. ________, when I finished the season hating each and every moment, I knew I couldn’t _______to play it anymore.

I turned to my sister, telling her that the ________of stopping playing basketball seemed weird(奇怪的)_______it was the only thing I could do. I told her I was ________of my future, not knowing how to handle the rest of my life and that I needed her _______.

To my 13-year-old self, this seemed like a big problem, but to my 17-year-old sister, the solution was ________:take a risk. She asked me to do whatever interested me. So I did. Grade Eight I ______basketball tryouts, and auditioned(试演)for the ________of the queen in the school play and that brought me lots of fun.

1.

A．goal

B．support

C．attempt

D．decision

2.

A．trained

B．hit

C．moved

D．pulled

3.

A．rolled down

B．pushed against

C．pointed at

D．held back

4.

A．cheered

B．cried

C．nodded

D．joked

5.

A．belief

B．fun

C．respect

D．promise

6.

A．basketball

B．football

C．volleyball

D．baseball

7.

A．equal

B．talented

C．single

D．similar

8.

A．ignoring

B．improving

C．hating

D．grasping

9.

A．regretted

B．forgot

C．feared

D．pretended

10.

A．expected

B．admitted

C．created

D．realized

11.

A．search

B．prepare

C．quit

D．wait

12.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Otherwise

13.

A．continue

B．remember

C．refuse

D．fail

14.

A．memory

B．idea

C．chance

D．record

15.

A．if

B．until

C．though

D．since

16.

A．proud

B．jealous

C．confident

D．afraid

17.

A．donation

B．advice

C．argument

D．impression

18.

A．extra

B．safe

C．terrible

D．simple

19.

A．required

B．permitted

C．skipped

D．followed

20.

A．stage

B．part

C．aim

D．action

2 . I had been rather proud of myself when my friends and family got the ticket, whether it was for speeding, parking or stop sign violations (违反). It was something that happened to others. But last Friday I joined the club.

I was asked to do a new project last week. On Friday morning on my way to work, I suddenly remembered that I had spent the past six weeks without considering that I had a week’s vacation planned during that time. I was very disappointed with myself for not remembering it.

The truth is that I was not paying enough attention to my driving and I did not come to a complete stop at the stop sign in front of a school. I was so distracted (思想不集中的) that I didn’t even notice I had a policeman on my tail with his lights flashing. Finally I looked in my mirror and caught on.

The policeman was rude and took my papers. Fortunately, I had everything up to date and since I had never had a ticket before, there was nothing for him to do but write me a ticket. While I was sitting there in the seat of “shame”, I felt bad. If I had been that distracted and a child had run onto the road, perhaps I would have not reacted as well as I could have. It was a wake - up call.

People at work asked me if I tried to talk my way out of it. Frankly, it never occurred to me I felt sorry. Now I no longer have a clean driving record. Please be careful out there, as a moment’s distraction can lead to tragedy.

1. What is this passage mainly about?

A．The writer’s most unforgettable experience.

B．How the writer got her first ticket.

C．An accident caused by the write.

D．Why the writer is always so careful.

2. W underlined part “the club” in Paragraph One here refers to       .

A．people who are crazy about driving cars

B．a dub for drivers without much experience

C．people who get tickets breaking traffic rules

D．a club for people to talk about their driving stories

3. What made the writer unable to focus on her driving?

A．Planning how to spend the vacation.

B．Thinking of the forgotten vacation.

C．Thinking about her work.

D．Missing her children.

4. When the writer received the ticket, she       .

A．felt lucky that she was an experienced driver

B．was so nervous that she shook all over

C．was ashamed of herself for being distracted

D．was worried about being laughed at

3 . 1. Road rage (路怒症) includes various driver acts and types of behavior. Speeding or aggressive acceleration, cutting others, sounding the vehicle horm (喇叭）, flashing lights excessively, making rude gestures, shouting verbal abuse, hitting another person, throwing objects outside the vehicle—all of these are considered road rage. About 100 million road rage incidents have been reported since January 2012.

2. Experienced drivers may well suffer road rage due to impatience caused by other drivers who may not be as skilled. If a person's job requires him/ her to be on the road a lot of the time, he/ she will encounter many more mistakes made by other drivers. Some cyclists and pedestrians (行人) don’t think road rules and regulations apply to them. These also contribute to road rage.

3. The number of privately-owned automobiles has been increasing rapidly. According to statistics collected by Gaosu.com, there were a total of 73.27 million privately-owned automobiles in China as of 2011. From 2002 to 2011, the number of privately-owned automobiles has, on average, grown 25% annually.

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1. 用约30个单词描述信息主要内容；
2. 结合上述信息，简要分析路怒症产生的原因；
3. 谈谈如何预防和应对路怒症。（不少于两点）
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1. 阐述观点或提供论据时，不能直接引用原文语句；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3. 不必写标题。
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4 . Getting your children to study can be a little like getting them to eat their vegetables.
    1     Make a study time and have it at the same time every day. This will help your kids to learn to schedule their day and will give them a sense of control over how they spend their time.
Allow them to study in blocks of time, such as for half an hour with a five-minute break in the middle.     2     Ideal(理想的) study times are after dinner or right after school before dinner.
Never allow your children to study in front of the television, as that will encourage passive activity.     3    
You’ll also need to help your kids find the right place to study. After you’ve set up a good study time for little learners, set up a good place where they can get those creative juices flowing.
    4     Make sure there is a table or a desk and a comfortable chair.
    5     This includes helping them out with their homework sometimes and being there for them with the answers to any questions. The input you give your children during study periods will help form a bond and help make studying enjoyable.

A．Pick a place where your children can study properly.

B．Hold them to the schedule they create for themselves.

C．Finally, spend time with your kids when they’re studying.

D．Keep the atmosphere light and offer lots of encouragement, too.

E．Instead, use TV as a treat or a reward when the homework is completed.

F．Try to stop this bad habit by offering some sort of reward.

G．One of the best ways to form good study habits for your kids is to design a schedule that they keep to.

5 . A trip to the bookstore with my granddaughter is always a big event. She ___ in it for hours, touching the books, running her hands over the covers, looking at a few ______ here and looking at a few pages there.

I never _____ the full importance my five-year-old Grand Angel placed on these trips, until the day I suggested she pick the book she liked best, ______ we could go home for dinner. Her response was _____.

“But Grammy, I ______ them all the best. All the covers are be-yoo-tiful and all the pictures are bee-yoo-tiful and they’re all _____. Just like people. Remember when you told me about people?”

I most certainly ____ when I told her about people. I had explained that we are all _____ in our own different way. Each of us has a story to ______ and no two stories are similar. We learn by ______ our stories and listening to the stories of others. Difference is the thing that makes each and every one of us _____. I had no idea that she’d connected the lesson with ______. Actually, no one book was ______ than any other book. They were equally beautiful and equally special (特别的).

With dinner still ______ and our stomachs beginning to make noise, ______ time was finally at hand. But how to choose? I suddenly ______ the right question when I asked, “Which book wants to go home the most with you today?” After a short moment of ______, her eyes lit up. She ran to a specific book and ______ it from its place on the shelf. The main ______ was the picture on the cover, a turtle with sad eyes. “We need to find out why the turtle is sad,” she said.

1.

A．stands

B．plays

C．studies

D．stays

2.

A．chairs

B．pages

C．papers

D．shelves

3.

A．realized

B．asked

C．supported

D．approved

4.

A．but

B．if

C．so

D．or

5.

A．important

B．great

C．independent

D．fluent

6.

A．accept

B．care

C．discover

D．like

7.

A．different

B．cheap

C．expensive

D．valuable

8.

A．forgot

B．insisted

C．remembered

D．limited

9.

A．confused

B．beautiful

C．helpful

D．energetic

10.

A．show

B．write

C．follow

D．tell

11.

A．sharing

B．changing

C．collecting

D．rewriting

12.

A．independent

B．kind

C．special

D．clever

13.

A．stories

B．books

C．people

D．life

14.

A．thicker

B．bigger

C．cheaper

D．better

15.

A．preparing

B．arriving

C．waiting

D．cooking

16.

A．decision

B．dinner

C．reading

D．shopping

17.

A．answered

B．raised

C．thought of

D．left out

18.

A．talking

B．thinking

C．walking

D．sleeping

19.

A．repaired

B．received

C．exchanged

D．removed

20.

A．reason

B．act

C．question

D．problem

6 . Mr. Hart, a London taxi driver, has a new black taxi. He hurries through the busy ____ every day.
One day when he was having a short rest, a young man jumped into his ____ .
“To the station as ____ as you can,” shouted the man in a very ____ way. “My ____ leaves at three o'clock.”
Mr. Hart did his best, but there was a lot of traffic. At every corner there was a ____ light.
The young man said,” Hurry up, man! I don’t want to ____ my train.”
“And I don’t want to have an ____ ,” replied Mr. Hart quickly.
While he was ____ , Mr. Hart suddenly recognized the man’s ____ He was a ____ The police were looking for him. His picture was in the ____ that he read.
Mr. Hart raced through the streets and ____ through red lights. Soon there was a police car ____ him. Mr. Hart raced on until he ____ the station. He stopped in front of the station at two minutes ____ three. The young man quickly jumped out of the taxi, and ran into the station.
“ ____ !” cried Mr. Hart. At the moment the police car stopped, too. “Quick! He is the thief!” shouted Mr. Hart. Two policeman ____ into the station. Three minutes later they ____ with the young man.
“Well ____ !” a policeman said to Mr. Hart as they were taking the thief to the police car.1.

A．stations

B．streets

C．building

D．shops

2.

A．house

B．truck

C．bed

D．taxi

3.

A．fast

B．slowly

C．quietly

D．early

4.

A．kind

B．friendly

C．unfriendly

D．lovely

5.

A．train

B．bus

C．plan

D．ship

6.

A．green

B．yellow

C．red

D．black

7.

A．catch

B．get

C．leave

D．miss

8.

A．interest

B．accident

C．answer

D．example

9.

A．driving

B．listening

C．begging

D．walking

10.

A．face

B．eye

C．coat

D．back

11.

A．driver

B．runner

C．thief

D．worker

12.

A．films

B．newspapers

C．stations

D．offices

13.

A．walked

B．drove

C．flew

D．ran

14.

A．before

B．beside

C．behind

D．near

15.

A．reached

B．passed

C．hit

D．entered

16.

A．after

B．to

C．past

D．at

17.

A．Look

B．Stand

C．Stop

D．Hands up

18.

A．broke

B．went

C．walked

D．rushed

19.

A．disappeared

B．left

C．met

D．returned

20.

A．finished

B．done

C．known

D．take

7 . 阅读理解
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Previously, I heard a story about a mother who had two daughters. She loved them very much, but two girls would fight with each other from their earliest years. As they grew older, they became total strangers. They had no contact with each other when they were adults.
This caused the mother great pain. Then, later, she had an idea. She decided to write a letter to them. In this letter, she told them how much she loved them, and how she wanted them to love each other in this way. She also gave them news of herself, and some guidance on how they might live happier lives.
When the letter was ready, she wrote out one copy for each daughter, but these copies were special. Each copy contained only every second sentence of the original letter. The copy for one daughter had only the even(偶数的) sentences, and the other daughter’s copy contained only the odd sentences. Neither copy made sense on its own. Neither contained the fullness of the mother’s message.
When the two daughters received their letters, they were puzzled. If they really wanted to know what the letters said, they would have to put the two letters together, and read them as one. That meant they must approach one another again in mutual(彼此的) love and respect.
For a long time, the mother waited in vain. Both daughters tried to understand the half-letter, but they each blamed the other for not helping them. Each daughter thought she knew her mother better.
Then one day, when the mother had almost given up hope, there was a knock at the door. There they stood, together. “We’ve come home,” they said at the same time. “We’ve finally put our letters together, and we’ve come to say how much we love you, Mum.” Then she hugged them both, tears of joy streaming down her cheeks, and welcomed them back home.
1. Why did the mother give her daughters incomplete letters?

A．She wanted to tell them her good news and bad news.

B．She hoped they would ask her for more information.

C．She hoped they would approach each other and make up.

D．She thought she could change their attitude towards her.

2. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

A．love can neither be bought nor sold

B．faults are thick when love is thin

C．without respect, love can’t go far

D．love can help enemies become friends

3. What is the best title for this passage?

A．An Unusual Letter

B．A Mother’s Endless Love

C．Special Daughters

D．Deep Love from Daughters

8 . IKEA is the world’s largest furniture retailer, and the man behind it is Ingvar Kamprad, one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs. Born in Sweden in 1926, Kamprad was a natural businessman. As a child, he enjoyed selling things and made small profits from selling matches, seeds, and pencils in his community. When Kamprad was 17, his father gave him some money as a reward for his good grades. Naturally he used it to start up a business—IKEA.
IKEA’s name comes from Kamprad's initials （I.K.） and the place where he grew up （‘E’and ‘A’）. Today IKEA is known for its modern, minimalist furniture, but it was not a furniture company in the beginning. Rather, IKEA sold all kinds of miscellaneous goods.
Kamprad’s wares included anything that he could sell for profits at discounted prices, including watches, pens and stockings.
IKEA first began to sell furniture through a mail-order catalogue in 1947. The furniture was all designed and made by manufacturers near Kamprad’s home. Initial sales were very encouraging, so Kamprad expanded the product line．Furniture was such a successful aspect of the business that IKEA became solely a furniture company in 1951.
In 1953 IKEA opened its first showroom in Almhult, Sweden. IKEA is known today for its spacious stores with furniture in attractive settings, but in the early1950s, people ordered from catalogues. Thus response to the first showroom was overwhelming: people loved being able to see and try the furniture before buying it. This led to increased sales and the company continued to thrive. By 1955, IKEA was designing all its own furniture.
In 1956 Kamprad saw a man disassembling（拆卸） a table to make it easier to transport. Kamprad was inspired. The man had given him a great idea: flat packaging. Flat packaging would mean lower shipping costs for IKEA and lower prices for customers. IKEA tried it and sales soared. The problem was that people had to assemble furniture themselves, but over time, even this grew into an advantage for IKEA. Nowadays, IKEA is often seen as having connotations（内涵） of self-sufficiency. This image has done wonders for the company, leading to better sales and continued expansion．
Today there are over 200 stores in 32 countries. Amazingly, Ingvar Kamprad has managed to keep IKEA a privately-held company. In 2004 he was named the world’s richest man. He currently lives in Switzerland and is retired from the day-to-day operations of IKEA. IKEA itself, though, just keeps on growing.
1. The author states in Paragraph 6 that flat packaging___________.

A．needs large space to assembly furniture

B．is a business concept inspired by Kamprad

C．helps reduce transportation costs

D．makes the company self-sufficient

2. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Ingvar Kamprad is the richest man in the world.

B．IKEA is the world’s largest furniture retailer.

C．The advantage of IKEA’s furniture is dissembling.

D．Ingvar Kamprad established IKEA and led it to great success.

3. What is the author’s attitude towards IKEA’s future according to the last paragraph?

A．Indifferent	B．Optimistic
C．Doubtful	D．Pessimistic

4. The passage is developed primarily in terms of ___________．

A．order of events

B．analysis of a process

C．examples that illustrate（阐释） a problem

D．comparison and contrast

9 . When I first got an e-mail account ten years ago, I received communications only from family, friends, and colleagues. Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail, I have an endless series of advertisements and other correspondence that do not interest me at all. If we want e-mail to continue to be useful, we need specific laws that make spamming(发送垃圾邮件) a crime.
If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam, the problem will certainly get much worse. Computer programs allow spammers to send hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly. As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products, individual(个人的) e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails. Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time?
This problem is troubling for individuals and companies as well. Many spam e-mails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company. Companies rely on e-mail for their employees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively. Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks. These computer problems raise production costs of companies, which are, in the end, passes on to the consumer.
For these reasons, I believe that lawmakers need to legislate (立法) against spam. Spammers should be fined, and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people. E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently, but spam is destroying this convenience.
1. According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam?

A．Companies rely on e-mail for communications.

B．More people in the world communicate by e-mail.

C．More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam.

D．Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail.

2. According to Paragraph 3, who is the final victim of spam?

A．The business

B．The advertiser

C．The consumer

D．The employee

3. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To inform

B．To educate

C．To instruct

D．To persuade

10 . Danielle Steel, America's sweetheart, is one of the hardest working woman in the book businessUnlike other productive authors who write one book at a time, she can work on up to five. Her research before writing takes at least three years. Once she has fully studied her subjects, ready to divide into a book, she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk. Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education. After graduation, s he worked in the public relations and advertising industries. Later she started a job as a writer       which she was best fit for. Her achievements are unbelievable: 390 million copies of books in print, nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels, and a series of “Max and Martha” picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problem of death, new babies and   new schools. Her 1998 book about the death of her was shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out. Twenty eight of her books have been made into films. She is listed in the Guinness Books of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.
Not content with a big house, a loving family, and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource and has kept in touch with them by e-mail. While she is often compared to the heroines of her own invention. Her life is undoubtedly much quieter. But if she does have anything in common with them, it is her strength of will and her inimitable style. There is only one Danielle Steel.
1. Children who have read “Max and Martha” picture books may know ________.

A．how to deal with affairs at school

B．what to do if Max and Martha die

C．what to do when new babies are born into their families

D．how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes

2. One of Danielle Steel' a achievements is that ________.

A．some TV plays were based on her books

B．her picture books attracted a lot of young men

C．one of her books became a best-seller in 1998

D．she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records

3. We can learn from the passage that Danielle Steel ________.

A．lives an exciting life

B．values her readers a lot

C．writes about quiet women

D．is pleased with her achievements