1 . A gentle breeze blew through Jennifer’s hair. The golden red sun was_______. She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery (火似的)ball. She was_______by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the_______and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.

The atmosphere_______her. After all she had been through, this was what she needed. “It’s getting_______,”she thought, “I must go home. My_______will be wondering where I am.” She wondered how they would_______, when she got home after the three days she was_______. She kept on walking, _______herself to the bungalow where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and________. Just in a few hundred meters she would be safe in her house.

It was really getting dark now. The sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold, too. She________she had her favorite sweater on—it kept her really warm. She imagined having it________her. This thought disappeared when she finally saw her front door. It seemed________. The outside garden seemed________. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy.

She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a________written by her father. It said, “Ellen, there is some coffee________.

I went looking. Ellen was her mother but—where was she? She entered her parent’s home. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed,________. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up, something was different. She was in her cozy________in her pajamas(睡衣).

It felt so good being back home.________she heard a voice, “Are you feeling better now?You know you got us very, very________.”

1.

A．disappearing

B．setting

C．rising

D．shining

2.

A．amazed

B．excited

C．disappointed

D．frightened

3.

A．music

B．waves

C．wind

D．streams

4.

A．surprised

B．confused

C．relaxed

D．exhausted

5.

A．early

B．cold

C．warm

D．late

6.

A．teachers

B．friends

C．brothers

D．parents

7.

A．blame

B．enjoy

C．react

D．cry

8.

A．ill

B．missing

C．travelling

D．sad

9.

A．pointing

B．enjoying

C．directing

D．teaching

10.

A．easily

B．silently

C．happily

D．willingly

11.

A．believed

B．wished

C．guessed

D．judged

12.

A．with

B．for

C．at

D．in

13.

A．same

B．familiar

C．difficult

D．different

14.

A．crowded

B．tidy

C．deserted

D．clean

15.

A．text

B．note

C．letter

D．sentence

16.

A．ready

B．gone

C．present

D．available

17.

A．cried

B．laughed

C．coughed

D．slept

18.

A．chair

B．room

C．bed

D．study

19.

A．Fortunately

B．Similarly

C．Suddenly

D．Constantly

20.

A．moved

B．lost

C．inspired

D．scared

2 . My wife Pat and I were having drinks outside our home, the weather was unusually_______for March in Mississippi, There was barely any breeze, after we finished the second cup, flashes of_______danced across the sky. When the first drops of rain drove us_______, the phone rang. Pat’s face_______on that gray and hot day. It was our son, David, a helicopter pilot who_______in the US Air Force in South Korea. David intended to sound_______, but we recognized the sign of homesickness from his voice._______, the power of conversation made us feel_______,until a crash shook the windows.

David wondered what it was, “Just thunder, “Pat said.

There were several seconds of silence,“David”,I asked, “are you_______there?”

“Yes…apart from the two of you, do you know what else I________most? Thunder, We have rain, wind, and________here, but it never thunders, Remember? Dad, when I was a kid, you laughed me out of fear of thunder? I wish I were there to________with you now.”

“Yes…”I said, trying to________my tears, On hanging up the phone, I told Pat, “I’m going to record our son some ________.”“Bob, the neighbors will think you’re crazy.”

“David won’t,” I said and went outside with a recorder, Later I ________the tape to David with a single line: A ________gift.

David called again, “Dad, “he said, “You won’t believe that some friends and I had a thunder party where we realized we were listening to the sounds of ________, Thanks, Dad! It was really a special present,” While David was in Korea, we found ourselves ________thunderstorms. ________feeling blue, we regarded the thunder as special which let us know that wherever we might be, we were ________together as a family.

1.

A．wonderful

B．fine

C．hot

D．unique

2.

A．images

B．lightning

C．electricity

D．clouds

3.

A．over

B．off

C．outside

D．inside

4.

A．darkened

B．lightened

C．widened

D．opened

5.

A．served

B．employed

C．searched

D．studied

6.

A．miserable

B．respectful

C．comfortable

D．Cheerful

7.

A．Suddenly

B．Gradually

C．Increasingly

D．Frequently

8.

A．simpler

B．less

C．worse

D．Better

9.

A．still

B．even

C．instead

D．yet

10.

A．possess

B．miss

C．offer

D．say

11.

A．sky

B．stars

C．snow

D．earth

12.

A．play

B．run

C．Listen

D．Work

13.

A．gave out

B．hold back

C．took in

D．Set off

14.

A．music

B．songs

C．wind

D．Thunder

15.

A．gave

B．presented

C．mailed

D．rushed

16.

A．typical

B．special

C．common

D．Strange

17.

A．countryside

B．city

C．suburb

D．home

18.

A．expecting

B．lacking

C．trusting

D．having

19.

A．Other than

B．Less than

C．Rather than

D．More than

20.

A．established

B．qualified

C．linked

D．pressed

3 . The pea incident happened when I was eight. My grandmother, my mother and I were having lunch at a restaurant. I _______ a Salisbury steak. When served, it was _______ accompanied by a plate of peas.

I have always _______ peas. It is a complete _______ to me why anyone would voluntarily eat peas.

“Eat your peas,” my grandmother said.

“Mother,” said my mother in her _______ voice. “He doesn’t like peas. Leave him alone.”

My grandmother _______ at me and said the words that _______ my life, “I’ll pay you five dollars _______ you eat those peas. Five dollars! And only one plate of peas stood between _______ and the possession of that ________ amount of money. I began to ________ the awful things down my throat and finally swallowed the ________ one of them. My grand-mother handed me the ________. I can do what I want, Ellen, and you can’t stop me,” she ________ to my mother. My mother glared at her and also glared at me ________ .

Several days later, at dinner, my mother offered me some steaming peas and I, of course, ________. My mother fixed me with a ________eye as she ________ more peas onto my plate. “You ate them for money,” she said, “You can eat them for love.”

Oh, despair! Now, too late, I realized that I had been ________ in a terrible place from which there was no ________. “You ate them for money. You can eat them for love.” Did I eat the peas? You bet I did. I ate them that day and every other time they were served thereafter.

1.

A．enjoyed

B．ordered

C．afforded

D．prepared

2.

A．unexpectedly

B．undoubtedly

C．reasonably

D．naturally

3.

A．preferred

B．valued

C．hated

D．ignored

4.

A．joke

B．mystery

C．tale

D．disaster

5.

A．trembling

B．ringing

C．urging

D．warning

6.

A．aimed

B．looked

C．laughed

D．shouted

7.

A．changed

B．improved

C．controlled

D．mixed

8.

A．unless

B．when

C．before

D．if

9.

A．my grandmother

B．my mother

C．me

D．us

10.

A．unimaginable

B．believable

C．unpredictable

D．acceptable

11.

A．throw

B．place

C．force

D．bite

12.

A．best

B．single

C．possible

D．last

13.

A．peas

B．steak

C．plates

D．money

14.

A．explained

B．announced

C．whispered

D．screamed

15.

A．in excitement

B．in relief

C．in silence

D．in love

16.

A．nodded

B．declined

C．defended

D．waved

17.

A．mild

B．blank

C．distant

D．cold

18.

A．held

B．chose

C．piled

D．dropped

19.

A．caught

B．left

C．beaten

D．hidden

20.

A．stop

B．risk

C．escape

D．cost

4 . 假定英语课课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，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。每处错误仅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限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Li Hua,
     I am glad to receive your letter. I can understand how sad you are as they have to transfer to other school. But everything will be fine when you adapt to your new surrounding. In your letter, you asked me about my first school. In my memory, my first school was very large with each classroom beautiful decorated. There was a big square lies in the center of the schoolyard. And I could have good view of the square from my classroom windows. My favorite teacher was my English teacher which was patient with me. Besides, I had met my best friend Peter in the school, to whom I still keep in touch even though we are in different schools now. I hope you will make new friends but enjoy your time in the new school.

5 . 假设你是晨光中学高二(1)班的班长李津， 得知美国学生Chris 作为交换生， 下学期将到你班学习。请你根据以下提示， 给他写封邮件：
(1) 表示欢迎            (2) 介绍与本地生活相关的信息（如天气， 饮食等）
(3) 介绍本班情况     (4) 希望Chris做哪些事情， 以增进中美学生之间的了解和友谊
注意：
(1) 请勿提及与考生相关的真实信息。       (2) 可适当加入细节， 使内容充实，行文连贯。
词数不少于100； 开头已给出， 不计入总词数。
(1) 参考词汇：     交换生   exchange student
Dear Chris,
I’m Li Jin, monitor of Class One, Grade Eleven.

6 . My First Trip in the United States
I still remember my first day in the U. S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane ____ at Kennedy Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was very ____ and it was snowing, but I was too excited to ____ . From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my ____ .On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the ____ time and I looked in surprise at the famous skyscrapers（摩天大楼） and their man-made ________ me unpack at the hotel, my friend left and promised to return the next day.
____ my friend had left, I went to a ____ near the hotel to get something ____ . Since I couldn’t speak a single word of English, I couldn’t tell the ____ what I wanted. I was very worried and started to make some ____ ,but he didn’t understand me. Finally, I ordered the ____ thing as the man at the next table was ____ . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway ____ I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I ____ to walk around the city. I wanted to see ____ on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.
When I returned to the hotel, I couldn’t fall asleep, lay ____ and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of ____ and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to ____ .1.

A．took off

B．landed

C．dropped

D．reached

2.

A．hot

B．warm

C．cold

D．cool

3.

A．look

B．listen

C．enjoy

D．mind

4.

A．home

B．hotel

C．office

D．school

5.

A．first

B．one

C．last

D．only

6.

A．satellites

B．lakes

C．beauty

D．parks

7.

A．Helped

B．Helping

C．Had helped

D．Being helped

8.

A．Before long

B．Shortly after

C．Soon

D．Then

9.

A．restaurant

B．shop

C．supermarket

D．pub

10.

A．to drink

B．to read

C．to eat

D．to listen

11.

A．boss

B．cook

C．waiter

D．waitress

12.

A．voices

B．suggestions

C．sounds

D．gestures

13.

A．similar

B．different

C．same

D．right

14.

A．looking

B．ordering

C．picking

D．eating

15.

A．until

B．when

C．before

D．after

16.

A．tired

B．stopped

C．determined

D．continued

17.

A．anything

B．everything

C．something

D．some things

18.

A．asleep

B．awake

C．afraid

D．alive

19.

A．noise

B．voices

C．streets

D．places

20.

A．drive a car

B．cook meals

C．teach Chinese

D．speak English

7 . The teacher who did the most to encourage me was, as it happens, my aunt. She was Myrtle C. Manigault, the wife of my mother’s brother Bill. She taught me in second grade at all-black Summer School in Camden, New Jersey.
During my childhood and youth, Aunt Myrtle encouraged me to develop every aspect of my potential, without regard for what was considered practical or possible for black females. I liked to sing; she listened to my voice and pronounced it good. I couldn’t dance; she taught me the basic dancing steps. She took me to the theatre—not just children’s theatre, but adult comedies and dramas—and her faith that I could appreciate adult plays was not disappointed.
My aunt also took down books from her extensive library and shared them with me. I had books at home, but they were all serious classics. Even as a child I had a strong liking for humour, and I’ll never forget the joy of discovering Don Marquis’s Archy & Mehitabel through her.
Most important, perhaps, Aunt Myrtle provided my first opportunity to write for publication. A writer herself for one of the black newspapers, she suggested my name to the editor as a “youth columnist”. My column, begun when I was fourteen, was supposed to cover teenage social activities—and it did—but it also gave me the freedom to write on many other subjects as well as the habit of gathering material, the discipline of meeting deadlines, and, after graduation from college six years later, a solid collection of published material that carried my name and was my passport to a series of writing jobs.
Today Aunt Myrtle is still an enthusiastic supporter of her “favourite niece”. Like a diamond, she has reflected a bright, multifaceted (多面的) image of possibilities to every pupil who has crossed her path.
1. Which of the following did Aunt Myrtle do to the author during her childhood and youth?

A．She lent her some serious classics.

B．She cultivated her taste for music.

C．She discovered her talent for dancing.

D．She introduced her to adult plays.

2. What does Archy and Mehitabel in Paragraph 3 probably refer to?

A．A book of great fun.	B．A writer of high fame.
C．A serious masterpiece.	D．A heartbreaking play.

3. Aunt Myrtle recommended the author to a newspaper editor mainly to ______.

A．develop her capabilities for writing

B．give her a chance to collect material

C．involve her in teenage social activities

D．offer her a series of writing jobs

4. We can conclude from the passage that Aunt Myrtle was a teacher who ______.

A．trained pupils to be diligent and well-disciplined

B．gave pupils confidence in exploiting their potential

C．emphasized what was practical or possible for pupils.

D．helped pupils overcome difficulties in learning

8 . How to describe the rising philosophy of the day ? I’d say it is data-ism . We now have the ability to gather huge amounts of data . This ability seems to carry with it certain cultural assumptions—that everything that can be measured should be measured ; that data is a transparent and reliable lens that allows us to filter out emotionalism and ideology ; that data will help us do remarkable things—like foretell the future . At the outset let me celebrate two things data does really well .
First , it’s really good at exposing when our intuitive（直觉的）view of reality is wrong . For example , nearly every person who runs for political office has an intuitive sense that they can powerfully influence their odds of winning the election if they can just raise and spend more money . But this is largely wrong .
After the 2006 election , Sean Trende constructed a graph comparing the incumbent（在任的）campaign spending advantages with their eventual victory . There was barely any relationship between more spending and a bigger victory .
Likewise , many teachers have an intuitive sense that different students have different learning styles : some are verbal and some are visual , some focus on details and some on whole . Teachers imagine they will improve outcomes if they tailor their presentations to each student . But there’s no evidence to support this either .
Second , data can clarify patterns of behavior we haven’t yet noticed . For example , I’ve always assumed people who frequently use words like “ I , ” “ me , ” and “ mine ” are probably more self-centered than people who don’t . But as James Pennebaker of the University of Texas notes in his book , The Secret Life of Pronouns , when people are feeling confident , they are focused on the task at hand , not on themselves . High-status , confident people use fewer “ I ” words , not more .
In sum , the data revolution is giving us wonderful ways to understand the present and the past . Will it transform our ability to predict and make decisions about the future ? We’ll see .
1. What do people running for political office think they can do ?

A．Use data analysis to predict the election result .

B．Win the election if they can raise enough funds .

C．Manipulate public opinion with favorable data .

D．Increase the chances of winning by foul means .

2. Why do many teachers favor the idea of tailoring their presentations to different students ?

A．They think students prefer flexible teaching methods .

B．They will be able to try different approaches .

C．They believe students learning styles vary .

D．They can accommodate students with special needs .

3. What does James Pennebaker reveal in The Secret Life of Pronouns ?

A．The importance of using pronouns properly .

B．Repeated use of first-person pronouns by self-centered people .

C．Frequent use of pronouns and future tense by young people .

D．A pattern in confident people’s use of pronouns .

4. Why is the author skeptical of the data revolution ?

A．Data may not be easily accessible .

B．Errors may occur with large data samples .

C．Data cannot always do what we imagine it can .

D．Some data may turn out to be outdated .

9 . When I was in junior high school, I was really a bad boy．My history teacher—Mr．Oven criticized me a lot because I was naughty（淘气的）in his class．By the end of the first semester, I’d had enough of his words and had decided that I would get my revenge（报复）on him.
The opportunity arose one morning when Mr．Oven was called to the office for a certain reason．While Mr．Oven left, my company Billy and I took Mr．Oven’s lunch bag from under his desk．I opened his sandwich and placed a worm（虫子） in between the two slices of breaD． We put it back and closed it．To keep it in memory, Billy took photos of the whole process．We laughed for weeks over this.
________________________．Billy’s mother found the pictures in his room, and demanded that he should tell her where these pictures were from．Billy told his mother the whole story, and Mr．Oven was informeD． Not only was I punished from school for two weeks, but also I was kicked off the football and basketball team．Before I could return to school, I had to turn in a 1000-word essay on what I did and why I did that．I really felt embarrassed every time I saw Mr．Oven in the hallway for the rest of the school year．I felt a little regret that Mr．Oven left our school the next year．
1. Mr．Oven criticized me a lot because________.

A．I didn’t go to his class

B．I was naughty in my homework

C．I didn’t answer his questions

D．I disobeyed his rules in class

2. How can you imagine Mr．Oven would act when he had his lunch?

A．He would cry out, shocked that the worm lay in his sandwich．

B．He would eat it as usual when he had his sandwich.

C．He would be glad to eat his delicious sandwich with the worm.

D．He would be very hungry when he found the worm in his sandwich.

3. The underlined sentence “Well, it all went south during Thanksgiving break.” in Paragraph 3 probably means________．

A．Billy and I went south during Thanksgiving break.

B．All the students left on Thanksgiving break.

C．All the students went south on Thanksgiving break.

D．It was not until Thanksgiving break ended that the secret was let out.

4. Which one was NOT true according to the article?

A．He had to eat the sandwich he had made for Mr．Oven.

B．He was kicked off the football and basketball team.

C．He had to be punished to leave school for two weeks.

D．He had to write a 1000-word essay to admit his mistake.

10 . Animals are not always animals. Some of them will try to cheat or cow some others in the way the human beings often do. Here is a fairy tale from Aesop for you to enjoy.
An eagle（鹰）made her nest at the top of a high tree while a cat, having found a convenient hole, moved into the middle of the trunk, and at the same time a wild pig, with her young took shelter in a hollow at its foot. The cat then decided to make all serve her in her wise way.
To carry out her design, she climbed to the nest of the eagle, saying, "Destruction is preparing for you and for me too, unfortunately. The wild pig, whom you see daily digging up the earth, wishes to uproot the tree, so she may on its fall seize our families as food for her young."
Having thus frightened the eagle out of her senses, she crept down to the cave of the pig, saying, "Your children are in great danger, for as soon as you go out to find food, the eagle is prepared to jump upon one of your little pigs."
Having filled these fears into the pig, she went and pretended to hide herself in the hollow of the tree. When night came she went out silently and obtained food for herself and her children, but pretending to be afraid, she kept a lookout all through the day. Meanwhile, the eagle, full of fear of the pig, sat still on the branches, and the pig, terrified by the eagle, did not dare to go out from her cave. Thus they both, along with their families, starved from hunger, and afforded good food for the cat and her children.
1. What was the eagle afraid of?

A．Her home would be destroyed.

B．Her children would get lost.

C．She would be taken as the cat’s food.

D．Her family would be eaten by the wild pig.

2. What was the pig frightened of?

A．The eagle would kill her young child.

B．The eagle would cheat her away.

C．The cat was telling the true story.

D．She could not find enough food.

3. How did the cat get what she wanted?

A．By running here and there.

B．By cheating both the eagle and the pig.

C．By waiting and catching the chance.

D．By fighting against the eagle and the pig.

4. Which of the following might be the best title of the above passage?

A．Believe it or not.	B．Animal stories.
C．How one can be successful.	D．Don’t be afraid.