1 . Now I am living in Italy, working as an English language assistant. I am living with one of the _______ from a local school, who is very kind. At the moment, it’s a bit _______ as we don’t always understand each other. This is known as a _______ barrier(障碍), when two people cannot communicate because they don’t have a language in _______.

I have learnt that it is more _______ speaking in real life than speaking it in the classroom. My teachers could _______things to me in English when I didn’t understand. My _______ doesn’t speak any English. When I don’t know the _______ in Italian, I try to explain it and when that doesn’t _______, I try to show the thing I’m talking about.

Yesterday, the Internet wasn’t working and I had to __________ my housemate where the router(路由器) was so I could find the password for the Wi-Fi. I had no __________ what the Italian word for router was so I tried to explain it several time. In the end, I called it the “Internet box” and she __________ what I meant.

However, it isn’t all __________. When we finally understand each other, we both __________ and have a little celebration. Sometimes I feel very __________ because keep making many mistakes, but my housemate __________ me nicely and tells me that I’m doing well. I can also feel my language __________ because I have no choice but to __________ Italian. I hope that I will be speaking like a real Italian by the time I __________. I’m determined to __________ over this language barrier.

1.

A．teachers

B．doctors

C．workers

D．waiters

2.

A．grateful

B．difficult

C．boring

D．exact

3.

A．hearing

B．sight

C．language

D．taste

4.

A．business

B．advance

C．addition

D．common

5.

A．powerful

B．popular

C．official

D．different

6.

A．forgive

B．gain

C．explain

D．hold

7.

A．neighbor

B．housemate

C．classmate

D．friend

8.

A．word

B．letter

C．name

D．place

9.

A．appear

B．work

C．happen

D．flash

10.

A．pass

B．tell

C．ask

D．beg

11.

A．point

B．use

C．doubt

D．idea

12.

A．kept

B．ordered

C．understand

D．missed

13.

A．simple

B．nice

C．bad

D．wild

14.

A．whisper

B．clap

C．value

D．decorate

15.

A．unfair

B．embarrassed

C．excited

D．moved

16.

A．corrects

B．spreads

C．reforms

D．examines

17.

A．improving

B．escaping

C．ignoring

D．losing

18.

A．create

B．host

C．live

D．speak

19.

A．leave

B．begin

C．grow

D．arrive

20.

A．hand

B．climb

C．take

D．turn

2 . It’s spring in Southern California, when leaving the house means getting faced with the sweet smell of flowers. It’s also wildflower season, and thanks to some nice rains, we’re surrounded by super flowers. It got me thinking about the one sense, and thanks to some nice rains, we’re surrounded by super flowers. It’s also wildflower season, and thanks to some nice rains, we’re surrounded by super flowers. It got me thinking about the one sense I usually take for granted: Smell. And that’s especially true when it comes to teaching my child about the world.

There are some blocks and toy cars for touching, learning and body development. The toys are mainly mirrors, lights, things that make noise. Through these, children are introduced to materials, sights, and sounds. We also offer out children a daily touching of flavors and tastes. But how can we teach smell? Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked with memory, but it’s the one I often forget in my own life unless I’m faced with it – the sweet orange flowers of spring, the movie popcorn smell that remains on my clothes after I leave the theater, the sharp smell of onions, or the carpets in a house where someone smoked for decades.

I want to develop that sense more for myself, but also want to cultivate(培养) it in my child too. So last weekend I took my son on a smelly walk, and we walked around the neighborhood for flowers to experience and discuss. He’s only 2.5 years old, so I still have to remind him to smell by sucking the air in through his nose, not blowing the air out like a dragon. And it actually went really well! I think nest time we might walk through my training: Smells “cozy.” Smells “like morning.” Smells “like grandpa.” (Grandpa lives in Ohio and we haven’t seen him in more than a year, so I don’t know what this means.)…

1. What does the author usually take for granted?

A．The timely rains.	B．The sense of taste.
C．The sense of smell.	D．The knowledge about the world.

2. Children may develop other senses except smell by_______.

A．playing toys	B．smelling flowers
C．going to the theater	D．buying some popcorn

3. Why did the author remind the child to smell in a certain way?

A．It was the best way to smell.

B．The child was not old enough yet.

C．The child asked the author to do so.

D．The author dislike the child’s way to smell

4. How did the author feel about the training of smell last weekend?

A．Curious	B．Worried
C．Anxious	D．Satisfied

3 . When my best friend and I were teenagers, our favorite place to hang out was the Hallmark store. If we had money, we would choose a perfect card for each other and then share tears or smiles depending on what emotion the words expressed. In those coming years we developed a     friendship built on sincere feelings and we often found comfort in the words of a Hallmark card. I think it is perhaps since those years that I have become a greeting card collector.

The other day, while cleaning out the storage in my home, I came across the bag where I have kept greeting cards. They are the lasting messages that speak the meanings of my life. I pulled out a foolish-looking card. It has a stick drawing on the front that seems to be my portrait(肖像画), I laughed as I realized this is exactly how my oldest daughter saw her mum. Opening it up I saw a hand-drawn heart with eyes and a big smile. On the other side are some words “You are the best mum in the world!” This may be one card that Hallmark cards cannot compete with for it is a treasure more precious than gold. I can’t go back to where I’ve been but, from time to time, I can be taken into a welcomed memory trip.

These are the Hallmark moments of our lives. Words from once upon a time inspire us to appreciate the people in our lives who mean so much. When we sometimes have doubts, or when the world treats us unfairly, the encouraging words are there in black and white, sometimes drawn in a homemade stick drawing with a heart-shaped smiling face standing out from the rest.

Life is a Hallmark card when you care enough to send the very best.

1. What influence does the Hallmark card have on the author?

A．Finding her real hobby.

B．Becoming a greeting card donor.

C．Getting real friendship and comfort.

D．Learning to share the experience of making cards.

2. The author uses “a welcomed memory trip” in paragraph 2 to show that_______.

A．she often remembers her past trip

B．those cards are very meaningful for her

C．her daughter’s words moved her deeply

D．drawing herself on the cards is very meaningful

3. Why does the author think the words on the cards mean a lot?

A．Because they make her full of thanks.

B．Because they are written in different colors.

C．Because they can help her overcome doubts.

D．Because they always inform her of the card collector.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Words on the cards	B．Collecting greeting cards is a hobby.
C．Life is a Hallmark card	D．Memory in the childhood

4 . Ussery started driving 20 years ago and now transports more than 35 special-needs students from the Metro School area. Parents say you can set your watch by her.     1    She is always full of true kindness and has a smile for everyone.

Ussery takes her job very seriously. “There is no one more important than your kid”, she said. “And the person that's taking care of your kid needs to show love and patience. I never forget that.     2    ”

Ussery's kindness and patience are matched by her dedication(致力) to safety.“ I have to be patient not only with the kids, but with traffic,” she said. “    3     When I am picking their children up, my first consideration is to get them to and from school safely.”

Many of her passengers are in wheelchairs and she often deals with emergencies(突发状况) such as sick students.    4    “ I had one student who missed some school and I started texting his mom to make sure he was OK ”, she said.

Ussery thanks her colleagues(同事)for helping her succeed. “They are always open and willing to help out. It makes my job easier”.

    5    “I love my relationships with the children. I miss them over the summer. To do this job as long as I have, you must love it”.

A．I've never had an accident

B．We are special drivers in this area.

C．Her own son attended Metro School D I treat each of these children like they’ re my own E. She appears at your front door at the same time every day. F. Loving her job makes it easy for Ussery to come to work every day G. She keeps close relationships with all of the students and their parents

5 . 假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Michael在学校举办的“中国诗词大会”比赛中获得了外国选手组一等奖。请根据以下提示写一封英文电子邮件向他表示祝贺。
1. 祝贺他获奖；
2. 肯定他付出的努力；
3. 询问何时方便，一起交流一下中国古诗词学习心得。
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
中国诗词大会 Chinese Poetry Contest
Dear Michael,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

6 . 假定英语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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

Dear Bob, I’m writing to apologize for having forgotten to return The Beatles CD to you when I left Canada. I was in such hurry that I packed everything in my luggages without checking carefully. If I have paid more attention then, I wouldn't have made such stupid a mistake. Now everything must be done to solve the problem because I understand you cherish the CD enormous. I can either send it to you by express mail or alternatively compensate you in a reasonable price. If you do not mind, I may bring it back to you next time when I go to Canada. Please let me know which solution you prefer at your earliest convenience. Felt extremely guilty, I really hope you will accept my sincerely apology.

7 . A survey said the average Asian dad spent one minute a day with his children. I was shocked. I mean, a whole minute? Every day? Get real. Once a week maybe. The fact is, many Asian males are terrible at kid—related things. In fact, I am one of them.

Child—rearing (养育) doesn’t come naturally to guys. My mother knew the names of our teachers, best friends and crushes. My dad was only vaguely aware there were short people sharing the apartment. My mother bought healthy fresh food at the market every day. My dad would only go shopping when there was nothing in the fridge except a jar of capers and a bay leaf. Then he’d buy beer. My mother always knew the right questions to ask our teachers. My dad would ask my English teacher if she could get us a discount on school fees. My mother served kid food to kids. My dad added chili sauce to everything, including our baby food.

The truth is, mothers have superpowers. My son fell off a wall once and hurt himself all over. I demanded someone bring me a computer so I could google what to do. My wife ignored me and did some sort of chanting phrase such as “Mummy kiss it better,” and cured l7 separate injuries in less than 15 seconds.

Yes, mothers are incredible people, but they are not always right. Yet honesty forces me to record the fact that mothers only know best 99.99 percent of the time.Here are some famous slip-ups.

The mother of Bill Gates: “If you’re going to drop out of college and hang out with your nerdy friends, don’t come running to me when you find yourself penniless.” The mother of Albert Einstein: “When you grow up, you’ll find that sitting around thinking about the nature of time and space won’t pay the grocery bills.” The mother of George W. Bush: “You’ll never be like your dad, who became President of the United States and started his own war.”

1. The tone for the writer to write the passage is ___.

A．cruel

B．humorous

C．disapproving

D．critical(批评的)

2. In paragraph 2 the writer makes a comparison between mothers and fathers to prove that ______.

A．females love kids more than males	B．males are not good at child—rearing
C．Males are not interested in child-rearing	D．child-rearing is difficult both for females and males

3. What does the underlined word “slip-ups” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．stories

B．shortcomings

C．mistakes

D．advantages

4. The last paragraph is mainly developed by ___.

A．providing different examples	B．following the order of space
C．making comparisons	D．analyzing causes

8 . 假如你叫李华，进入高三的学习，压力很大，想和父母说说心里话，请你用英文在你的博客上用书信形式表达出来。主要内容如下：

知心话	感恩——感谢父母的关心、鼓励 对父母的期望——(1)多加交流 (2)适时提供帮助
学习打算	考生自拟(至少写两点)

注意：(1)短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥。
(2)词数：100左右(开头与结尾已给出，不计入词数)。
Dear Mom and Dad,

With the College Entrance Examination approaching, I really hope to have a heart-to-heart talk with you!

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mom and Dad, I am quite confident about my future. Wish you good health and a happy life.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

9 . I never saw my father home from work late or ill, nor did I ever see my father take a “night out with the boys”. He had no hobbies but just took care of his family.

For 22 years, since I left home for college, my father called me every Sunday at 9:00 am. He was always interested in my life----how my family was doing. The calls even came when he and my mother were in Australia, England or Florida.

Nine years ago when I bought me first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day for three days, painting my house. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked was a glass of iced tea, and that I hold a paintbrush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy, for I had a law practice to run, and I could not take the time to hold the paintbrush, or talk to my father.

Five years ago, my 71-year-old father spent five hours putting together a swing set (秋千) for my daughter. Again, all he asked was that I get him a glass of iced tea, and talk to him. But again, I had laundry to do, and the house to clean.

The morning on Sunday, January 16, 1995, my father telephoned me as usual, this time he had seemed to have forgotten some things we had discussed the week before. I had to get to church, and I cut the conversation short.

The call came at 4:40 am. That day my father was sent to hospital in Florida. I got on a plane immediately, and I vowed (发誓) that when I arrived, I would make up for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him and really get to know him.

I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, but my father had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.

In the years since his death I have learnt much about my father, and even more about every single day.

1. We know from the reading that the father_____.

A．liked to paint houses

B．had no friends around him

C．was not healthy in his youth

D．thought of his family as his all

2. When her father painted her first house, the daughter_____.

A．could only afford a glass of iced tea

B．was too busy to talk to her father

C．could do nothing but hold a paintbrush

D．spent eight hours a day working with her father

3. On January 16, 1995, the daughter felt that her father_____.

A．seemed to be a little different

B．had no time to phone her as usual

C．became interested in church

D．had forgotten to discuss some things with her

4. Which is the best title of the reading?

A．Painting Houses

B．Daughter’s Family

C．Father and I

D．Father’s phone calls

10 . The summer I turned 16, my father gave me a car, which permitted Hannah and me to drive around Tucson whenever we wanted to.

Hannah was my best friend. “Hannah’s amazing," my mother always said. And sure enough, that summer she signed with a modeling agency. She was already doing runway work.

One day, Hannah and I went to the movies. On the way home, we stopped at the McDonald's drive-through, putting the fries on the seat between us to share. "Let’s ride around a while," I said. It was a clear night, moonlight shone over the desert. Taking a turn too fast, I hit a patch of dirt and fishtailed.

French fries on the floor. An impossible amount of blood on Hannah’s face. They took us in separate ambulances. In the ER, my parents spoke quietly: Best plastic surgeon in the city. End of her modeling career.

We'd been wearing lap belts, but the car didn’t have shoulder harnesses. I’d cracked my cheekbone; Hannah's forehead had split wide open. What would I say to her?

When her mother, Sharon, came into my hospital room, I started to cry, bracing myself for her anger. She sat beside me and took my hand. “I almost ended my best friend when I was your age,” she said, “I totaled her car and mine.”

“I'm so sorry,”I said.

“You’re both alive,”she said, “The rest is window dressing.” I started to protest, and Sharon stopped me. “I forgive you. Hannah will too.”

Sharon’s forgiveness allowed Hannah and me to stay friends throughout life. I think of her gift of forgiveness every time I want to resent someone for a perceived wrong. And whenever I see Hannah, the scars are a symbol of grace for me.

1. What caused the car accident?

A．Poor visibility.

B．Driving too fast.

C．Hitting a patch of dirt.

D．Not staying focused.

2. Which word can best describe Hannah’s mother?

A．Supportive.

B．Generous.

C．Optimistic.

D．Helpful.

3. What result did the accident cause to Hannah and the author?

A．It worsened their friendship.	B．It made both of the two disabled.
C．It changed Hannah's working career.	D．It ruined the author’s confidence in driving.

4. Which is the best title for the text?

A．Lucky Survival	B．Lifelong Friendship
C．My Best Friend Hannah	D．Learning to Forgive