1 . I can remember the day when my father told me the news in a restaurant. Now almost two years have passed since that day. Looking back, I thought it almost seems like a _______ from a movie. My dad had just told me that he was going overseas to _______ our country in Iraq. I didn’t shout or _______, but a river of tears did fall from my eyes. The only thing I could _______ on my way home was, “Why my dad?”, “Why now?”

Shortly after he _______, I began my junior year in high school. In the beginning, we wrote letters and emails to _______ all the time. Though we had an eight-hour zone difference, we were able to _______ fairly well. Every morning before _______, I would run to my _______ to check my email and wait ________ to see if there was a message in my inbox. His emails were always a great way to start the ________ because he would always have a funny ________ or joke to tell me. We were never really ________ before he left, because at that lime all he wanted to ________ was what was going on in my life, but I just didn’t want to ________ and let him into my world.

________, it was time for my dad to return home from the battlefield. Almost a year had passed and I was so ________ to see him and get one of his big bear hugs.

Today as I’m about to have a new adventure at college, I fell closer to my dad than ever.________ my dad and I have a(n)________ way to go in building our father-daughter relationship, I ________ that it will continue to develop in the years to come.

1.

A．role

B．dream

C．signal

D．scene

2.

A．tour

B．represent

C．serve

D．defend

3.

A．cry

B．give up

C．calm down

D．complain

4.

A．try out

B．think about

C．get through

D．look into

5.

A．left

B．stopped

C．responded

D．decided

6.

A．everyone

B．others

C．another one

D．each other

7.

A．lake a photo

B．set an example

C．keep in touch

D．play a part

8.

A．study

B．darkness

C．work

D．school

9.

A．classroom

B．table

C．computer

D．door

10.

A．eagerly

B．patiently

C．proudly

D．carefully

11.

A．day

B．conversation

C．journey

D．race

12.

A．dream

B．idea

C．story

D．reason

13.

A．cheerful

B．close

C．painful

D．upset

14.

A．improve

B．appreciate

C．prove

D．know

15.

A．hold up

B．come up

C．open up

D．speed up

16.

A．Gradually

B．Certainly

C．Suddenly

D．Eventually

17.

A．puzzled

B．shocked

C．excited

D．satisfied

18.

A．Although

B．Because

C．As

D．Unless

19.

A．separate

B．long

C．proper

D．easy

20.

A．notice

B．hope

C．conclude

D．imagine

2 . The Marches were a happy family. Poverty, hard work, and even the fact that Father March was away with the Union armies could not down the spirits of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, and Marmee, as the March girls called their mother.

　　The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults. Pretty Meg was often displeased with the schoolchildren she taught; boyish Jo was easy to become angry; golden-haired schoolgirl Amy liked to show up; but Beth, who kept the house, was loving and gentle always.
　　The happy days passed and darkness came when a telegram arrived for Mrs. March. “Your husband is very ill,” it said, “come at once.” The girls tried to be brave when their mother left for the front. They waited and prayed. Little Beth got scarlet fever(猩红热)when she was taking care of a sick neighbor. She became very ill but began to recover by the time Marmee was back. When Father came home from the front and at that joyful Christmas dinner they were once more all together.
　　Three years later the March girls had grown into young womanhood. Meg became Mrs. Brooke, and after a few family troubles got used to her new state happily. Jo had found pleasure in her literary efforts. Amy had grown into a young lady with a talent for design and an even greater one for society. But Beth had never fully regained her health, and her family watched her with love and anxiety.
　　Amy was asked to go and stay in Europe with a relative of the Marches’. Jo went to New York and became successful in her writing and had the satisfaction of seeing her work published there. But at home the bitterest blow was yet to fall. Beth had known for some time that she couldn’t live much longer to be with her family, and in the springtime she died.
　　News came from Europe that Amy and Laurie, the grandson of a wealthy neighbor, had planned to be married soon. Now Jo became ever more successful in her writing and got married to Professor Bhaer, and soon afterwards founded a school for boys.
　　And so the little women had grown up and lived happily with their children, enjoying the harvest of love and goodness that they had devoted all their lives to.
1. The members of the March family were Father March, Mrs. March and their ________．

A．five daughters	B．four daughters
C．son and four daughters	D．son and five daughters

2. Who was the most successful in career(事业)among the March girls?

A．Amy.

B．Beth.

C．Jo.

D．Meg.

3. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．The March Family.	B．The March Parents.
C．The March Girls.	D．The March Relatives.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that the March family had ________．

A．a lot of rich relatives	B．wealthy neighbors
C．more girls than boys	D．both happiness and sadness

3 . 假定你是李华，上周你误会交换生John 弄坏了你的手表，导致你们的关系紧张。就此请你用英语给他写封信，，主要内容包括：
1. 表示歉意；
2. 解释原因；
3. 提出和好措施。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear John,

I’m writing the letter to you to

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Yours,

Li Hua

4 . I live in New York City, and my “neighbors” are people I don’t know. My city, neighborhood and block are filled with people who don’t know me, don’t care to know me, and don’t talk to me. I find that it’s pretty hard to love people you don’t even know. And sometimes, we all, myself included, use that as an excuse not to try.
One day, Brendan, a young man in New York, was coming home to his Brooklyn apartment when a homeless woman called Jackie asked him for money. He said that he had no money. By the end of the week, she asked two more times, and each time he answered “No.” The woman looked sad, so Brendan said, “I am on my way to a job interview. If I get the job, I will take you out for Chinese food.”
Brendan got the job and carried out his promise. That was when their friendship began. They built a strong friendship by supporting each other and spending their birthdays, holidays and tough times together, over a period of eight years. When Brendan’s heater broke, Jackie made him a blanket. Two days later when he told her that he had lost his job, she disappeared, returning minutes later, bringing him food to eat. She continued to do throughout the winter. Even with so little, she never hesitated to give back.
Over these years, Jackie moved from the streets and subway stations, into a halfway house, and is now moving into an apartment. To celebrate it, Brendan wanted to do something special for Jackie. He went with her to Target, and helped her to pick out everything she’d need for her new apartment.
May Brendan’s story encourage us to find a new way to honor, serve and love the people around us.
1. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 1?

A．He often stays indoors.

B．He cares about his neighbors.

C．He is good at making friends.

D．He hardly talks to his neighbors.

2. What did Brendan do when Jackie asked him for money?

A．He was angry with her.

B．He didn’t give her any.

C．He offered her some food.

D．He gave her some spare change.

3. What does the underlined words “his promise” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Giving Jackie some money.

B．Helping Jackie find a place to live in.

C．Taking Jackie out for Chinese food.

D．Making a blanket for Jackie.

4. What happened after Brendan and Jackie had the meal together?

A．They became good friends.

B．They became colleagues.

C．They fell in love with each other.

D．They became neighbors.

5 . 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：在错词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

My name is Ann. I’ve been in China in a few years. With the help of Li Hua, a good friend of mine, I’ve been used to live in China. Li Hua, like many girls, are beautiful and lively. We became friends after we meet each other a few years ago. Although her English isn’t easy to understand, but we enjoy chatting and we usually talk a lot about our favorite books. We’re both surprised that Chinese culture or American culture are so differently. Now we are planning nice party for next Sunday. There, I will introduce Li Hua to my friends, one of who has been to China several time.

6 . When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. They were the "in" thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it. I was in heaven.
What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn't being "replaced". We'd been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything—so most of the " new" stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what we'd lost. But not my ring. My ring was new.
Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking for it. And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.
Years passed, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents' when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn't my birthday, nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other gift-giving occasion. Mum noticed my questioning look. " You'll recognize this one," she said, smiling.
Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside. The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They'd had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. And it still fits me.
1. When she got the ring back, the writer was about _____.

A．13 years old	B．15 years old
C．26 years old	D．28 years old

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The writer's family moved several times.

B．The writer never stopped looking for her ring.

C．The writer's ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.

D．The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.

3. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．My New Ring	B．Lost and Found
C．Lost and Replaced	D．An Expensive Ring

7 . 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从下列小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项
There was a man who played the piano in a small bar. There were not too many_______, but because he was a good piano player, some people_______came in every night just to hear him play. But one night, a patron (老主顾) told him he didn’t want to hear him play but to sing a song.
The man said, “I have never_______that before in public. I think I’m_______at playing the piano.”
But the customer_______He told the waiter, “I’m_______listening to the piano day after day. I want to hear something new and I want that guy to sing.”
The waiter_______across the room, “Hey, buddy! If you want to get_______, sing a song. The patrons are asking you to sing!”
_______in order to bring some money home that night, the piano player who had never sung in public did so for the very first time. And____________had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung before____________that night by Nat King Cole, and it surprised all, including the____________himself!
He had talent he was____________on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar, but because he had to sing, he____________to become one of the best-known entertainers in America.
You, too, have skills and____________You may not feel as if your “talent” is particularly____________, but it may be better than you think! And with persistence (坚持), most skills can be____________Besides, you may as well have no ability at all if you sit on whatever talent you____________! The____________is not “What ability do I have that is useful?” It is____________“How will I use whatever ability I have?”.1.

A．waiters

B．customers

C．singers

D．players

2.

A．never

B．still

C．ever

D．only

3.

A．practiced

B．shown

C．dreamed

D．done

4.

A．better

B．richer

C．easier

D．sooner

5.

A．agreed

B．confused

C．insisted

D．charged

6.

A．familiar with

B． fond of

C．used to

D． tired of

7.

A．served

B．explained

C．shouted

D．complained

8.

A．changed

B．broadcast

C．paid

D．drunk

9.

A．So

B．And

C．Because

D．But

10.

A．nobody

B．anybody

C．somebody

D．everybody

11.

A．until

B．after

C．since

D．when

12.

A． waiter

B．singer

C．patron

D． owner

13.

A．sitting

B．waiting

C．depending

D． playing

14.

A．went up

B．went on

C．went off

D．went away

15.

A．advantages

B．character

C．principle

D．abilities

16.

A．unique

B．surprising

C．famous

D．great

17.

A．recognized

B．wasted

C． improved

D．impressed

18.

A．imagine

B．possess

C．expect

D．develop

19.

A．decision

B．answer

C．question

D．solution

20.

A．even

B．rather

C．pretty

D．Fairly

8 . When Steve Jobs was born on February24,1955, in San Francisco , California, his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption because she wanted a girl. So in the middle of the night, his mother called a lawyer named Paul Jobs and said, “We have             an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” But his mother told his future parents to promise that they would send Jobs to college. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but decided to drop out because it was so expensive             that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends’ rooms.
At 20, he and a friend(Steve Wozniak) started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976. Jobs named their company ----Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as an orchard (果园) in Oregon.
After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage, Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4000 employees.
At 30, Jobs , however, was fired from the company he co-founded. But after he had to leave the company, Apple was under heavy pressure from rival (对手) Microsoft and in 1996 posted billions of dollars in losses. Apple needed Steve Jobs and he was appointed             as Apple’ CEO in1997. Under his leadership, Apple returned to profitability and introduced new products such as the iPod, the iPhone and the iPod.
Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick, Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.
1. Which of the following is right according to paragraph 1?

A．Jobs’ unmarried mother adopted him.

B．Paul Jobs was a college teacher.

C．Jobs’ finished his education.

D．Jobs’ unmarried mother wanted a girl.

2. Steve Jobs didn’t finish his college education because he ______.

A．wanted to start a company.

B．had financial problems.

C．took no interest in his major.

D．hated to share rooms with his friends.

3. It can be inferred that Apple____.

A．was founded in Oregon

B．developed from a garage

C．had a difficult beginning

D．had a successful beginning

4. What can we learn from what Steve Jobs said?

A．Interest is key to success.

B．Hope helps us succeed.

C．Attitude is everything.

D．Courage goes with confidence.

9 . Making friends is a skill. Like most skills，it_______with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends，you must be able to take some action. You must first go_______there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone. _______a club or a group，for talking with those who like the same things as you do is_________easier._______join someone in some activities.

Many people are_________when talking to people. After all，meeting_________means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the_________. Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We think other people are judging us，find us too tall or too short，too_______or too fat. __________don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to__________yourself as you are，and try to put the other person at ease(舒适). And you’ll feel more__________.

Try to act self-confidently(自信地) even if you don’t feel that way__________you enter a room full of strangers，such as a new classroom，walk tall and straight，look directly at other people and____________. If you see someone you’d like to__________something to，don’t wait for__________person to start a conversation.

Just meeting someone__________doesn’t mean that you will make friends with that person—________is based on mutual(相互的) liking and “give and take”. It takes__________and effort to develop. And there are things that__________a new friendship from growing.

1.

A．produces

B．improves

C．increases

D．raises

2.

A．where

B．when

C．why

D．what

3.

A．Join in

B．Attend

C．Join

D．Take part

4.

A．very

B．more

C．ever

D．much

5.

A．Or

B．But

C．So that

D．Either

6.

A．nervous

B．excited

C．worried

D．happy

7.

A．friends

B．classmates

C．strangers

D．teachers

8.

A．unknown

B．rich

C．poor

D．old

9.

A．big

B．thick

C．kind

D．thin

10.

A．So

B．Then

C．But

D．Too

11.

A．receive

B．accept

C．think

D．find

12.

A．friendly

B．comfortable

C．nice

D．good

13.

A．before

B．after

C．until

D．when

14.

A．laugh

B．smile

C．stare

D．speak

15.

A．say

B．tell

C．speak

D．talk

16.

A．another

B．other

C．the other

D．others

17.

A．young

B．old

C．small

D．new

18.

A．love

B．friendship

C．dislike

D．care

19.

A．money

B．trouble

C．time

D．information

20.

A．stop

B．start

C．have

D．help

10 . Having friends may well keep you healthier and help you deal with stress better. Some studies show that people with close friends have a greater ability to fight disease than people who are alone.

Make friendship a priority(优先). Find the time to be with friends even if it means letting the lawn go unmowed(未割草) or the dishes unwashed for a while. When you can’ t get together, use the phone to keep in touch.

Open up to close friends. Maintaining a deep friendship requires a level of heartfelt intimacy(亲密). Don’t be afraid to express your inner fears and disappointments. Listen to your friends when they have problem, but offer advice only when it’s wanted.             Help raise friends’ self-esteem when they are shaken by a job loss, or other such events.

Have different friends for different activities, such as going to the movies, singing in a choir(合唱), and joining in a bowling league.

Don’t wait for a friend to ask a favor. When a friend has the flu, offer to go to the store or drive his or her children to their after-school activities.

Never take a friendship for granted. Like a good marriage, friendship needs care and patience. Become a joiner. Find a group that matches your interests.

Talk to strangers. Conversations started in museums, laundry rooms, or bookstores can lead to firm friendship.

Enroll in an adult-education course. A classroom is an ideal place to meet others with similar interests.

1. People with close friends have a ____ ability to fight disease than people who are alone.

A．less

B．greater

C．poorer

D．little

2. What we should do to have friends according to the author?

A．Make friendship a priority.	B．Open up to close friends.
C．Never take a friendship for granted	D．All the above.

3. Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．You should have different friends for the same activities.

B．You should wait for a friend to ask a favor.

C．You should avoid talking with stranger in museums, laundry rooms of bookstores.

D．You should never take a friendship for granted.

4. . The underlined word “enroll” in the last paragraph means _____.

A．give

B．join

C．get

D．catch