1 . I was called into the principal’s office but I had no idea what I had done wrong. When I arrived, my brother Brian was there. He had been _______. Brian grasped my hand and said, “Amanda has been in a car accident.”

Every inch of my body went _______ as I realized what he had said. My sister was injured. One question sounded over and over in my head — how _______ this have happened? _______ she was only 17, Amanda was one of the safest drivers I knew. I felt shocked and terrified.

My brother and I _______ immediately for the hospital my sister was in. When we arrived, my sister’s face was _______ from the eyebrows up and you could see blood everywhere. She was _______ to several machines. My mom and dad stood at her side crying.

My sister looked up at me with blood-filled eyes, where I expected to see fear, I saw _______. She said to me, “I love you, Rence.” I suddenly realized how _______ I tell my sister I love her. I tried to ________ her, but she wasn’t listening any more, because some doctors were taking her away to the x-ray room.

As they ________ my sister I wanted to scream out, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t move, speak or even cry until she was around the corner. Then the ________ came.

Though everyone kept telling me she would be ________, something made me worried. Every moment that passed allowed the doubt in my mind to grow ________. Finally, the doctor walked down the hall and stood quietly in front of us. It was then ________ the long-awaited words came. Amanda was going to be okay.

My heart leaped as I realized I ________ had a sister. She would need a lot of plastic surgery (整容手术), but she was ________.

A year later, even though my sister and I quarrel sometimes, every time I see her face and ________ the large scar that stretches across it, I remember to tell her that I ________ her. I remember when I almost didn’t have the ________ to tell her again how much I love her.

1.

A．whispering

B．shouting

C．crying

D．sighing

2.

A．frozen

B．excited

C．confused

D．relaxed

3.

A．need

B．might

C．must

D．could

4.

A．Only if

B．Even though

C．In case

D．Now that

5.

A．cared

B．witched

C．kicked

D．left

6.

A．covered

B．painted

C．operated

D．repaired

7.

A．applied

B．attached

C．related

D．adjusted

8.

A．belief

B．trouble

C．strength

D．shyness

9.

A．frequently

B．much

C．soon

D．rarely

10.

A．answer

B．refuse

C．persuade

D．hug

11.

A．gave up

B．wheeled away

C．tamed to

D．picked up

12.

A．confidence

B．sweats

C．sympathy

D．tears

13.

A．angry

B．disappointed

C．fine

D．dissatisfied

14.

A．thinner

B．bigger

C．weaker

D．higher

15.

A．that

B．what

C．when

D．which

16.

A．still

B．ever

C．even

D．never

17.

A．ill

B．afraid

C．alone

D．alive

18.

A．feel

B．make

C．touch

D．spot

19.

A．cheat

B．move

C．love

D．help

20.

A．mood

B．chance

C．time

D．courage

2 . My earliest memory of Dad was grabbing his hand while we walked together. As I grew____, I remembered my father and I listened to basketball games on the radio. I always fell asleep____the game was over. When I woke up in the morning, the score sheet with the____score on it would be lying ___me.

On cold mornings my father would bring his bread truck by the house. I used to ride on the floor of that bread truck____he delivered the bread to the stores. The____and the warmth from the bread made my mouth water and kept me warm.

My father would____all my games. One night before an important game my father told me____that he wouldn’t be able to watch the game because he had to deliver the bread and it was a three-hour____from his route. The next day as the game time approached, I thought about my dad. I happened to look across the field and____saw his bread truck pulling into the stadium. He managed to____it to the game.

Years later I became a teacher. I’d never forget the voice on the phone early one morning telling me Dad had just been ___in a traffic accident. I could hear my heart ___in my ears. I ___the phone and went back to my bedroom. After that, nothing really____to me. I still taught in school____I couldn’t focus on my teaching. One day, I was on the playground when a little boy walked up to me and____my hand. His hand held mine the same way I used to hold my father’s by the last two____. At that moment I found my ___in life again. You see even though my father was gone, he left something with me. He left me his smile, compassion and touch. My purpose was to use those____as he did. From that day on I started.

1.

A．stronger

B．smarter

C．older

D．faster

2.

A．before

B．although

C．because

D．when

3.

A．important

B．final

C．official

D．opposite

4.

A．rather than

B．as well as

C．next to

D．ahead of

5.

A．as

B．since

C．until

D．unless

6.

A．color

B．smell

C．taste

D．shape

7.

A．seize

B．praise

C．serve

D．attend

8.

A．angrily

B．slowly

C．sadly

D．simply

9.

A．drive

B．walk

C．length

D．ride

10.

A．gratefully

B．curiously

C．surprisedly

D．disappointedly

11.

A．sacrifice

B．keep

C．tie

D．make

12.

A．killed

B．injured

C．trapped

D．saved

13.

A．striking

B．beating

C．knocking

D．hitting

14.

A．held up

B．turned down

C．set aside

D．hung up

15.

A．cared

B．occurred

C．mattered

D．meant

16.

A．if

B．once

C．and

D．but

17.

A．ignored

B．touched

C．grabbed

D．shook

18.

A．shoulders

B．fingers

C．arms

D．legs

19.

A．purpose

B．pleasure

C．position

D．fortune

20.

A．lessons

B．prizes

C．subjects

D．gifts

3 . 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

In the years of my growing up, Dad was strict with me. He made sure I made my bed and did my homework. He would call in advance to make sure there was no alcohol at the party. I got so angry with him for laying down the law. I would scream, “ I hate you!” Dad would yell back, “Good! I don’t care!” Deep down I knew he did.

   One time at a party, I drank too much alcohol and got so sick. I said, “ Call my dad.” Next thing, Dad was carrying me to the car. I woke up the next morning, thinking I would definitely be criticised. As expected, I got a roasting, but I now understand why I need discipline.

Dad was 29 when he got his big roles in films. I had an early start at the age of nine with a role in a 1990s TV series, but it wasn’t until I finished film studies that I pursued my career as an actress. Like those early days for Dad, I faced lots of rejections. Working in such a competitive industry, I’ve sometimes thought, “ I can’t do this any more.”

Once, after a trip to Hollywood, I returned to Australia so depressed and spent months in my bedroom painting, listening to Eckhart Tolle’s music and trying to find myself again. Dad sat me down and said,“Alice, I know it’s hard, but it’s all about persistence(坚持不懈).”

Now I get to work with Dad a lot, which I love. We both passionate about acting, which comes from us being so interested in people. If it weren’t for Dad, I wouldn’t be where I am today. He’s my biggest fan, and when you have that in your life you can go a long way.

1. What rules did Alice’s father set for her when she was growing up?(no more than 15 words)
2. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?(no more than 5 words)
3. What did Alice’s father do when she felt depressed?(no more than 5 words)
4. According to the last paragraph, what do Alice and her father have in common?(no more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of Alice’s father? Please explain.(no more than 20 words)

4 . Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic(全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.

Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.

Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that.

Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.

This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured(捕捉) and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t even know has been immortalized(使……永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.

Perhaps we all live in each others’ space. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.

That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.

1. What happened when the author was about to take a photo?

A．Her camera stopped working.

B．A woman blocked her view.

C．Someone asked her to leave

D．A friend approached from behind.

2. According to the author, the woman was probably_______.

A．enjoying herself

B．losing her patience

C．waiting for the sunset

D．thinking about her past

3. In the author’s opinion, what makes the photo so alive?

A．The rich color of the landscape.

B．The perfect positioning of the camera.

C．The woman’s existence in the photo.

D．The soft sunlight that summer day.

4. The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand ________.

A．the need to be close to nature

B．the importance of private space

C．the joy of the vacation in Italy

D．the shared passion for beauty

5. The passage can be seen as the author’s reflections upon _______.

A．a particular life experience

B．the pleasure of traveling

C．the art of photography

D．a lost friendship

5 . My daughter Kelly is a cautious person. She needs to warm up to situations, and is hesitant to try new things. When with close friends, she becomes a leader who laughs loudly and chants, “Girls rule, boys drool.” But when that comfort zone is not around her, she is shy and nervous.

This has been challenging for me at times. “Shy” is not a word that I think has ever been used to describe me. But this has been a year of firsts for my girl that has filled her with a new sense of confidence. This year she moved to lap lane in swimming where she was preparing for a swim team. This year she learned to ride a bike without training wheels. And this year she completed her first kids’ triathlon(三项全能).

On Saturday, with a thunderstorm coming soon and my son’s birthday party later in the day, we all went out in the dark of the morning for Kelly to participate in her first triathlon. We practiced transitions from swim to bike to run with her, we got all the equipment she’d need, and we kept talking about the race. But as we waited the two hours for the older kids to finish before her turn, she held my leg a little harder and told me she loved me a few too many times. She was nervous but trying to keep it together.

And then it was her turn. From the second she jumped into the water, my heart soared. My daughter transformed into the most confident human being I had ever seen. She dominated that swim, crushed that bike ride and ran to the finish with the biggest smile on her face.

I can honestly say that I never felt so proud of someone in my entire life. It wasn’t because she did a sport or anything like that. It was because she was afraid of something and conquered that fear with confidence and a fire I hadn’t seen before.

All day I would find myself just looking over at her and smiling. She might be wearing the finalist medal but I felt like I won that day. I won the chance to see my girl shine.

Shine on, sweet baby.

1. Kelly is nervous when ________.

A．situations are new to her	B．she changes into a leader
C．she is away from her mom	D．boys are around her

2. We can know from Paragraph 3 ________.

A．the race began in the early morning

B．the whole family gave Kelly support

C．Kelly was eager for her turn in the race

D．Kelly prepared for her brother’s birthday party

3. Seeing Kelly’s performance in the race, the author felt ________.

A．excited and proud	B．anxious and uneasy
C．worried and hesitant	D．curious and concerned

4. In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “conquered” probably means ________.

A．to defeat someone especially in a competition

B．to succeed in dealing with or control something

C．to become very popular or successful in a place

D．to take control of a country or a city and its people by force

5. In the ending paragraphs the author “felt like I won that day” because Kelly _______.

A．overcame the fear	B．expressed love to her
C．won the gold medal	D．took part in the sport

6 . 完型填空
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s____, she said she would go. This would be the ____ 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 (尴尬) 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 ____ senseless (失去知觉) but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She ____the burned side of her face. “This scar will be lasting, but to this day, I have never ____what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his ____ with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt great ____ from his mother. He held her hand ____for the rest of the day.1.

A．comfort

B．excitement

C．joy

D．upset

2.

A．last

B．first

C．second

D．third

3.

A．noticed

B．greeted

C．met

D．accepted

4.

A．grateful

B．ashamed

C．afraid

D．tired

5.

A．covered

B．passed

C．experienced

D．flowed

6.

A．talk about

B．go through

C．set down

D．rely on

7.

A．surprised

B．impressed

C．excited

D．judged

8.

A．in sight of

B．by means of

C．in view of

D．in spite of

9.

A．enjoyed

B．protected

C．hid

D．dressed

10.

A．understanding

B．hearing

C．packing

D．learning

11.

A．officially

B．happily

C．carefully

D．coldly

12.

A．Because

B．When

C．Since

D．Although

13.

A．so

B．much

C．quite

D．too

14.

A．out of control

B．out of sight

C．in ruins

D．in power

15.

A．shocked

B．ignored

C．knocked

D．settled

16.

A．washed

B．touched

C．swapped

D．buried

17.

A．regretted

B．forecasted

C．considered

D．organized

18.

A．teacher

B．classmate

C．desk

D．mother

19.

A．help

B．love

C．gift

D．hope

20.

A．loosely

B．gradually

C．tightly

D．suddenly

7 . Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendship don’t last long. To have a friend, You must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be good friend means learning three rules:
be honest; be generous; be understanding.
Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you do not tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest, you may lose the friend’s trust. Good friends always ____ one another to speak and act honestly.
Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You do not have to give your lunch money or your clothes. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them, you help your friend know better.
Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so you can understand the problem better.
No two friendships are ever exactly alike. But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friends, you must practice honesty, generosity and understanding.
1. Some friendships don’t last very long because_______.

A．some people receive friendship but don’t give friendship back

B．there are too many people who want to make friends

C．those who give others friendship receive friendship from others.

D．they don’t know friendship is something serious.

2. According to the passage honesty is_________.

A．something countable

B．the base of friendship

C．as important as money

D．more important than anything else

3. Which of the following isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A．Always tell your friends the truth.

B．Sharing your mind with your friends is of great value.

C．Discussing your problems with your friends often helps to solve the problem.

D．A friend who gives you his lunch money is a true friend.

4. The best title of this passage is_________.

A．Honesty Is the Best Policy

B．A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed

C．How to Be Friends

D．Three Important Points in Life

5. What’s the meaning of “count on” in the second paragraph?

A．期望，依赖	B．认为
C．重视	D．数，点（数）

8 . From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital _____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________.

So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______rising to play the piano in his very first recital.
My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _________lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there. When he retired three years ago, he _____ his church music director to take him as a student.
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress:___ _____the music and pretend the others aren’t there.
“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.
“Yeah, and doing it so______,” Jeff added.
With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.1.

A．reflected

B．explained

C．meant

D．proved

2.

A．would

B．could

C．might

D．should

3.

A．nothing

B．everything

C．anything

D．something

4.

A．goal

B．stage

C．journey

D．chance

5.

A．trouble

B．satisfaction

C．strength

D．disappointment

6.

A．kept

B．sent

C．watched

D．felt

7.

A．through

B．from

C．against

D．before

8.

A．miss

B．afford

C．select

D．understand

9.

A．as

B．once

C．if

D．while

10.

A．educated

B．protected

C．stuck

D．spoilt

11.

A．allowed

B．invited

C．inspired

D．persuaded

12.

A．roughly

B．simply

C．merrily

D．curiously

13.

A．words

B．videos

C．notes

D．lessons

14.

A．decades

B．weeks

C．hours

D．moments

15.

A．play

B．freeze

C．click

D．adjust

16.

A．same

B．warm

C．different

D．dirty

17.

A．predicted

B．realized

C．imagined

D．insisted

18.

A．pass over

B．turn up

C．bring in

D．concentrate on

19.

A．ashamed

B．aware

C．tired

D．proud

20.

A．casually

B．anxiously

C．nicely

D．frequently

9 . A Leap(跳跃) to Honor

Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13­year­old gymnast, is an expert at it.

To perfect her skills, Lola ___1 for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.

That’s especially impressive, ___2 she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移动) constantly. She often sees double and can’t ___3 how far away things are.

When she was little, her mom ___4 that even though she couldn’t see ___5 , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the ___6 right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

Though learning gymnastics has been more ___7 for her than for some of her teammates, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her ___8 stop her from doing anything that she wants to.

She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest ___9 is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to ___10 your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go,” says Lola.

To be a top­level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most ___11 for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall ___12 the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10—her highest score yet.

Lola doesn’t want to be ___13 differently from the other girls on her team. At competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision ___14 . She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her ___15 attitude.

Lola never thinks about ___16 . She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her ___17 is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids ___18 she grows up.

Lola is ___19 of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too. Her ___20 for other is “just believe in yourself”.

1.

A．runs

B．teaches

C．trains

D．dances

2.

A．since

B．unless

C．after

D．though

3.

A．tell

B．guess

C．assume

D．predict

4.

A．suspected

B．remembered

C．imagined

D．noticed

5.

A．deeply

B．well

C．ahead

D．closely

6.

A．task

B．sport

C．event

D．show

7.

A．boring

B．enjoyable

C．difficult

D．satisfactory

8.

A．talent

B．quality

C．nature

D．condition

9.

A．doubt

B．advantage

C．challenge

D．progress

10.

A．examine

B．express

C．open

D．trust

11.

A．fearful

B．harmful

C．unfair

D．inconvenient

12.

A．to

B．on

C．off

D．against

13.

A．greeted

B．treated

C．served

D．paid

14.

A．pains

B．stresses

C．injuries

D．problems

15.

A．positive

B．friendly

C．flexible

D．cautious

16.

A．defending

B．quitting

C．winning

D．bargaining

17.

A．standard

B．range

C．view

D．goal

18.

A．until

B．as

C．when

D．before

19.

A．proud

B．tired

C．ashamed

D．confident

20.

A．plan

B．advice

C．reward

D．responsibility

10 . In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil.

I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can’t be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.

“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these year.” I say to her, walking bank into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”

My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.”

Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”

This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.

1. Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?

A．To leave messages.	B．To list her everyday tasks.
C．To note down maths problems.	D．To write down a flash of inspiration.

2. What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand?

A．It has great value for the family.

B．It needs to be replaced by a better one.

C．It brings her back to her lonely childhood.

D．It should be passed on to the next generation.

3. The author feels embarrassed for_______.

A．blaming her mother wrongly.

B．giving her mother a lot of trouble.

C．not making good use of time as her mother did.

D．not making any breakthrough in her field.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The mother is successful in her career.

B．The family members like traveling.

C．The author had little time to play when young.

D．The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.

5. In thauthor’s mind ,her mother is_________.

A．strange in behavior.	B．keen on her research.
C．fond of collecting old things.	D．careless about her appearance.