1 . My mother left the field of education formally after I was born. However, she did not leave it _________. She made learning a _________ part of my life. I never watched television, not because I was not _________ to, but because it was more fun writing stories with my mom.

On my first day of kindergarten, I was excited, but _________. During snack time that day, I sat quietly and opened my _________. Inside, I found a note from my mother written on a napkin(餐巾纸). The note said that she _________ me, that she was proud of me and that I was the best kindergartener in the world! Because of that napkin note I _________ my first day of kindergarten successfully and many more school days to follow.

There have been many napkin notes since the _________ one. There were even napkin notes _________ to me in college, far away from my home. __________ I changed majors, changed the way I looked at the world, there was one thing that never __________ — my mother’s encouragement, support and __________ in napkin notes.

This year, my mother __________ to go back to school to earn her degree in teaching. Although I was in __________ of my mother for following her dreams, I wanted her to __________ that she didn’t need a(n) __________ to make her an excellent teacher.

So I gave her a __________ for school: a lunch bag filled with her favorite foods. She laughed as she __________ the lunch bag. Then she pulled out a napkin with __________ on it.

As she opened up her “You can do it!” napkin note from me, tears began to run down her face. When her eyes met mine, I saw she __________ my unspoken message: My mother is, and always has been, a teacher.

1.

A．finally

B．completely

C．clearly

D．naturally

2.

A．lucky

B．crazy

C．helpful

D．fun

3.

A．admitted

B．allowed

C．advised

D．invited

4.

A．tired

B．shocked

C．nervous

D．bored

5.

A．lunch box

B．school bag

C．pencil box

D．toy bag

6.

A．thanked

B．loved

C．missed

D．accepted

7.

A．spent

B．began

C．ended

D．won

8.

A．same

B．recent

C．best

D．first

9.

A．read

B．returned

C．sent

D．introduced

10.

A．Because

B．Although

C．If

D．Unless

11.

A．continued

B．escaped

C．changed

D．reduced

12.

A．teachings

B．warnings

C．choices

D．dreams

13.

A．suggest

B．offered

C．promised

D．decided

14.

A．charge

B．memory

C．favor

D．control

15.

A．show

B．know

C．imagine

D．hope

16.

A．book

B．degree

C．award

D．answer

17.

A．gift

B．chance

C．guide

D．speech

18.

A．washed

B．filled

C．packed

D．opened

19.

A．pictures

B．replies

C．suggestion

D．writing

20.

A．remembered

B．trusted

C．understood

D．believed

2 . 假如你是李华，进入高中两个月有余了，你的朋友Jim来信想了解你的生活，特别是交友情况。请你写一封回信，告诉他你在新学校是如何交上朋友的。内容包括：
1.与人相处方式：微笑，助人；
2.通过一些活动：课外：军训，运动会；课内：上课，共同解决学习的问题。
3.你对交友的看法。
参考词汇：军训military training；运动会sports meeting
要求：
1.词数100字左右;
2.开头结尾已写好，不计入总词数；
3.请勿泄露你的个人信息；
4.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jim,

How’s everything going?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

3 . 阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

When I was seven years old, I saw my mother making doll clothes. She told me that they were for the poor people, so I never gave it another thought. On Christmas morning when I opened my present, there were those beautiful doll clothes. My mother just smiled and said, “They are for the poor people. We’re poor.”

When I was nine, my greatest desire in life was to own a pogo stick (弹簧高跷). But my mother told me that we simply couldn’t afford one. A few days before Christmas, my parents and I went shopping. While my mother and I were paying the money, my dad came with a long box. I remember wondering at that very moment if it was a pogo stick in that box. After we arrived back at home my dad put the box in the barn. While my parents were away, I shuck out to the barn to find the box. I was so excited and I knew that as soon as I opened that magical box, my bright, shiny pogo stick would appear. No such luck! Inside the box was a silly old broom. And so Christmas morning was disappointing. After all the wrapping paper was cleaned up, my dad came back from the barn with a beautiful pogo stick. I couldn’t believe it, how they were able to get the money for it and how they tricked me with the broom. My parents probably laughed quietly when they played the trick on me and I wondered if they were watching me from the window as I went out to the barn secretly for my Christmas present.

Although we didn’t have much money, my parents gave me the most important gift of all, much love. We had love and we had joy.

1. What present did the author receive on Christmas morning at the age of 7?(no more than 10 words)
________________
2. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean? (no more than 5 words)
________________
3. Why did the author feel disappointed when the author found a broom in the box?(no more than 15 words)
________________
4. Why did the author’s parents put a broom in the box? (no more than 15 words)
________________
5. What is the best present you’ve received from your parents? Please give your reasons.(no more than 20 words)
________________

4 . I had a busy to - do list today and was about to get started when my sister called.

I talked with her for a short time and could _________ my seven - year - old niece (侄女，外甥女) in the background, full of energy as always, and getting blamed for something. I _________ to speak with her, both because I love talking to her and because I was _________ that I could help redirecting (使改变方向) some of her energy in a more _________ direction and give my sister a break.

I listened and talked with her on the phone, giving her as much _________ as she needed to share her thoughts and _________ herself.

The conversation went for quite a while. _________ my time, she gifted me her funny stories and sense of _________. She said the cutest things that always _________ me and caused me to laugh out loud! She told me about her friend’s birthday party, which __________ a cake, chocolate ice cream, and sand art! Then there were __________ about her new little brother, cute animals she saw recently and of course, the weather!

Forty minutes later she __________, saying, “Well, I should __________ have let you get going.”

At one point in the conversation my __________ had turned back to my “to - do” list, but then I consciously (有意识地) turned it back to her. I chose to be __________ with her and give my full attention to her so that she __________ important and special. __________, she is indeed important and special. Children are so precious (宝贵的) and __________ so fast! And we can learn so much from them, including the __________ they see the world. When choosing between my niece and my to - do list, I __________ that chores and errands (差事) could wait — every time!

1.

A．imagine

B．meet

C．observe

D．hear

2.

A．happened

B．promised

C．asked

D．had

3.

A．hoping

B．imagining

C．realizing

D．insisting

4.

A．positive

B．serious

C．confusing

D．unusual

5.

A．energy

B．relaxation

C．space

D．time

6.

A．enjoy

B．express

C．forget

D．teach

7.

A．Instead of

B．Thanks to

C．In exchange for

D．In addition to

8.

A．relief

B．humor

C．achievement

D．responsibility

9.

A．surprised

B．embarrassed

C．puzzled

D．interested

10.

A．created

B．included

C．stored

D．sold

11.

A．stories

B．dreams

C．articles

D．reports

12.

A．continued

B．finished

C．explained

D．explored

13.

A．typically

B．significantly

C．probably

D．secretly

14.

A．mood

B．feeling

C．decision

D．mind

15.

A．familiar

B．present

C．strict

D．confident

16.

A．felt

B．became

C．proved

D．remained

17.

A．Likely

B．Currently

C．Actually

D．Regularly

18.

A．grow

B．study

C．begin

D．appear

19.

A．change

B．process

C．way

D．direction

20.

A．argued

B．proved

C．debated

D．believed

5 . 假如你是新华中学的学生李津，你的美国笔友Tom听说你升入高中，想了解你的近况，请用英语给Tom写一封信，描述一下你的近况。内容包括：
1．你对新学校、新班级的印象;
2．你对高中生活的感受和打算;
3．你对Tom的想念和对友谊的理解。
注意：1．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
2．词数不少于100词(信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数)。
Dear Tom,

How are you? I am a student in Xinhua High School now.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours,

Lin Jin

7 . An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house chatting with his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow (乌鸦) landed on their window edge.

The father asked his son, “What is that?”

The son replied, “That is a crow.”

After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this?”

The son said, “Father, I told you just now. It’s a crow.”

After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for the third time, “What is this?”

This time, the son said to his father in a low and cold tone, “It’s a crow, a crow, a crow.”

After a moment, the father yet again asked his son for the fourth time, “What is this?”

This time the son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already, ‘IT IS A CROW.’ Are you unable to understand this?”

A minute later the father went to his room and came back with a diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page.

“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa when a crow suddenly landed on the window edge. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I didn’t feel angry at all, but instead felt affection for my son”.

If your parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but speak to them gently, and be kind to them. From today say this aloud, “I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered me with love. I will respect and take care of my old parents in the best way no matter how they behave.”

1. In what tone did the son said to his father “It’s a crow, a crow, a crow.”?

A．Impatient.

B．Excited.

C．Hurried.

D．Surprised.

2. We can infer that the father wrote that piece of diary at the age of _____.

A．eighty

B．three

C．thirty-eight

D．forty-five

3. What is the most suitable title for the passage?

A．A crow

B．Father’s love

C．An old dairy

D．An old man

9 . In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair-weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend?

In my opinion, understanding is the most important quality in choosing a good friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.

At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.

Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.

There is a fourth quality that makes friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experiences and learn from each other. A good friend has a sense of humor, too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.

When I meet someone that is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I’ve found a good friend.

1. In the opinion of the writer, what is the most important in choosing a good friend?

A．A sense of humor.	B．Sharing experiences.
C．A good listener.	D．Understanding.

2. If you have fair-weather friends, ______.

A．you will be refused when you get into trouble.

B．they will give you all that they have when you need help

C．you will become rich

D．you can be sure that you get real friends

3. Good friends need to ______.

A．have money or luck	B．understand each other’s feeling
C．be helped with money	D．always point out each other’s mistakes

4. The passage is mainly about ______.

A．how to get along with friends	B．where to choose friends
C．the qualities of friends	D．the importance of having a friend

5. The underlined word “reliability” means someone that you will ______.

A．rely on

B．call on

C．go on

D．hold on

10 . I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. ________, he didn’t teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was ________ and ill.

My father was ________ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness________ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is ________. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started ________ about life, and I told them about one of my ________. I said that we must very often give things up ________ we grow — our health, our beauty, our friends — but it always ________ that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father ________ up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up ________! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. ________, he answered his own question, “I________ the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also________ by his words. After that, when I began to feel angry at someone, I ________ remember his words and become ________. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be ________ to give up my small anger. In this ________, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I ________ what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this________.

1.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Afterwards

D．Meanwhile

2.

A．tired

B．slow

C．poor

D．weak

3.

A．already

B．once

C．only

D．still

4.

A．sent

B．threw

C．took

D．put

5.

A．impossible

B．hopeless

C．stressful

D．difficult

6.

A．worrying

B．caring

C．talking

D．asking

7.

A．decisions

B．beliefs

C．strengths

D．imaginations

8.

A．before

B．since

C．as

D．till

9.

A．suggests

B．seems

C．promises

D．requires

10.

A．opened

B．turned

C．broken

D．spoke

11.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

12.

A．Naturally

B．Surprisingly

C．Truly

D．Certainly

13.

A．had

B．accepted

C．enjoyed

D．gained

14.

A．defended

B．astonished

C．touched

D．warned

15.

A．would

B．could

C．should

D．might

16.

A．quiet

B．relaxed

C．calm

D．happy

17.

A．able

B．likely

C．free

D．ready

18.

A．case

B．way

C．method

D．form

19.

A．doubt

B．guess

C．know

D．wonder

20.

A．award

B．theme

C．gift

D．word