1 . I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt (被子) after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.

“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This certainly didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.

“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is what I’ve done so far.”

I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched (缝) a piece of cloth with these words: “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”

“Ooh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.

1. Why did the author go to mother’s home?

A．To see her mother’s quilts.	B．To help prepare for a show.
C．To get together for the family dinner.	D．To discuss her grandmother’s life.

2. The author was surprised because      .

A．the quilt looked very strange	B．her grandmother liked the quilt
C．the quilt was the best she had seen	D．her mother had made some changes

3. The underlined wood “crooked” in the passage most probably means       .

A．unfinished

B．broken

C．bent

D．unusual

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

A．A Quilt Show

B．Mother’s Home

C．A Monday Dinner

D．Grandmother’s Quilt

2 . Not long ago, a good friend of mine asked me to help him in a halfway house in Nashville. I agreed and made my way there one evening.

When I got there, I sat with my friend and talked about how he ended up there. As we talked, another man came up, lighting up his cigarette as he sat down. He had dark, leather skin, and looked like he had endured the sun, the rain, and the wind for long, long time. I couldn’t tell how old he was, but I was sure that he was younger than he looked.

Through a bit of conversation, I found out that he had been on the streets for many, many years.

Without my asking, he started describing life as a homeless man. How he got food; how he stayed warm; how he got money. And he told me something that caught my attention.

He said, “You want to know how I keep my stuff safe at night?”

“Sure, “ I replied.

“I put it up in the trees.”

“Why is it safe in the trees?” I asked.

“The homeless are always looking for treasure on the ground--- coins, something someone’s dropped, half-smoked cigarettes. I know if I put my stuff in the trees, they’ll never find it because they never look up. Never. “

Profound words from an unexpected place. And his message is for all of us.

We all have our particular search. We’re looking for treasure on this earth. But what we are REALLY looking for is right there above us. There’s really nothing we need on the ground.

In fact, it’s surrounding us.

1. What did the author go to Nashville for?

A．To help his friend.	B．To build a halfway house.
C．To visit a stranger.	D．To pick up a homeless man.

2. The underlined word “endured” in Paragraph 2 means _________ .

A．Enjoyed	B．shared
C．Suffered	D．expected

3. The homeless man hid his things in the trees because________.

A．nobody could climb up the trees	B．there was a hole in the tree
C．The leaves of the trees were thick	D．the homeless never looked up

4. From what the homeless man said, the author learned that________.

A．We should look up for treasure in future

B．What we’re looking for is just by our side

C．There’s really nothing we need on the ground

D．It is wrong to look for treasure on the ground

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Marty is a disabled but fairly positive person who never feels sorry for     1    (he). He looks the same as other people but has a muscle disease which       2    (make) him very weak. Though sometimes he is clumsy and drops things or bumps into furniture,      3     (gradual) he has learned to adapt to his disability. Every time after a long absence      4     school, he feels stupid because he lags far behind others. When some people can’t see the real person inside his body, Marty doesn’t get     5    (annoy) and just ignores them.

In fact, Marty’s disability has made him a mentally strong and independent boy. He is able to live as rich and full     6       life as everyone else does. He keeps himself busy doing things like writing, keeping pets     7     computer programming that do not require physical     8    (strong). He has many good friends with     9     he can go to movies and football games. He suggests that the disabled     10    (accept) for who they are and be given encouragement to live their life to the full.

4 . We are told that “a family that eats together stays together”. We even follow it by making the whole family sit in front of the television while eating, right? Wrong. Television does nothing to help make the family relationships better.     1     It’s thus better to give the TV a break and to sit at the dinner table. Family dinners need another important part－conversations that bring in a pleasant atmosphere.

It often serves well to start the conversation right before dinner so that setting the table and doing other things may become less boring.     2     As a result, there are no embarrassing moments when people are actually eating. Also, you can change the topic if you feel that it might start arguments.

Children aren’t usually very good at sharing information and don’t know how to reply when you ask them questions like “How was your school today?”     3     For this, you can ask them about the after-class activities that they might be taking part in.

    4     Therefore, all controversial (有争议的) topics should not be talked about. Actually, if you have had a funny incident in your day at the work, share it with others. What’s more, it serves well if you share your childhood memories with your family.     5     In a word, it is always important to choose the right topics for the family dinner conversations

A．Try to know more about them than just their school life.

B．It’s often difficult to start a conversation at a family dinner.

C．But try to keep in mind some family dinner conversation ideas.

D．Doing things together can make family members feel interested.

E．In fact, it only increases the distance between members of the family.

F．They, especially your kids, will feel excited to hear about what you did as a child.

G．Conversations during dinnertime should encourage family members to eat well.

5 . She’s 14 now, a turbulent (不安的)age.

She walks into the ____. It is night time, and I’m picking her up from an activity, and she is ____. She used to always be happy. ____ it’s a 50-50 matter. She ____ me a picture she wants to post on the Internet of her and a friend. She asks if it’s OK. I ____ her it’s OK. I don’t know if it’s OK; I’m ____ trying hard to keep up with the rules. She is happy.

We sit in the car, and talk about ____.   It is pleasing for a moment not to be asking her about school or homework or friends and ____ for her for a moment not to be ____ about any of it.

“Hey Dad,” she says. “Can I have your phone? I want to ____ some music.”

“Sure,” I say, and I give her the ____. She presses a few buttons ____ - this technology comes second nature to her generation. They don’t need ____. They just know.

The song begins and ____ I know. It’s her favorite _____

I introduced her to this song a while ago. She sings along to every word. I do too.

She looks up at me and ____. Her teeth are straight; the braces(牙箍)are gone. She leans closer to me and says, “Don’t you love this song Daddy?” I hear her say “Daddy,” and think ____ to a time when she raced over to me at the airport ____ I returned from a business trip several years ago. She’s 14 now, a turbulent age. Tomorrow, she may ____ me. But now, in the coolness of the evening, she smiles at me, and we ____ together. We are off key. We are off key together.

1.

A．plane

B．car

C．restaurant

D．classroom

2.

A．happy

B．cold

C．tired

D．pretty

3.

A．Again

B．Thus

C．Then

D．Now

4.

A．brings

B．offers

C．sends

D．shows

5.

A．convince

B．order

C．tell

D．promise

6.

A．just

B．still

C．even

D．also

7.

A．something

B．nothing

C．anything

D．everything

8.

A．annoying

B．common

C．pleasing

D．valuable

9.

A．complaining

B．worrying

C．talking

D．writing

10.

A．create

B．hear

C．perform

D．record

11.

A．phone

B．key

C．tape

D．CD

12.

A．carefully

B．easily

C．proudly

D．gently

13.

A．opinions

B．knowledge

C．instruction

D．education

14.

A．honestly

B．partly

C．eventually

D．immediately

15.

A．song

B．activity

C．picture

D．time

16.

A．shouts

B．answers

C．continues

D．smiles

17.

A．over

B．up

C．back

D．ahead

18.

A．until

B．after

C．since

D．though

19.

A．look through

B．look at

C．look after

D．look for

20.

A．communicate

B．drive

C．celebrate

D．sing

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。错误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仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My little cousin is greatly interesting in science. And he does some dangerous experiments sometimes. Although his parents want to encourage him to be great scientist, at times they worry about his safety. Last week, if my cousin was doing an experiment, he hurts his thumb. My aunt felt sadly and wanted him to stop from doing that experiment. However, my cousin didn’t want to give up. She said, “Many scientists got hurt when they were doing experiments, so they didn’t give up.” My aunt had to let him finish the experiments and he finally succeeded in finish it.

7 . Sonia learnt some first aid skills in her infant CPR (幼儿心肺复苏) class. Last week she told us that she_______ her daughter’s life using the skills. Her experience might be _______ to other parents with young children. Here is her _______.

Last Friday I took my 9-month-old daughter to a doctor and she had blood drawn (抽血) from her finger. The doctor put a band-aid on her finger. Then we _______.

My husband _______ the car outside his friend’s house because he had to _______ something that he borrowed from his friend. Then I heard my daughter make _______ sounds. I looked at her and found she had tear-filled eyes, vomit (呕吐物) on her shirt, and a look that said, “Help me, Mom.”   _______, she wasn’t blue (青紫的).

I jumped out of the car, _______ her out of the car seat, flipped her over, and hit her on the ________ three times. I saw something fly out of her ________. I saw it was the ________ when I picked it up. I was so ________. I couldn’t imagine what could have happened if we had ________ home instead of parking the car there.

I went home and ________ signed up for Child CPR. I had taken Infant CPR in our town and remembered not to stick my ________ in her mouth to get out the choking object (填塞物) ---- ________my instinct (直觉) was to do just that.

It terrifies me that ________ like this can happen so suddenly to people around us. I think if it happened to my daughter, it could happen to anyone’s ________. I’ve also been telling all my friends with children to sign up for CPR classes because you just ________ know what might happen.

1.

A．improved

B．replaced

C．found

D．saved

2.

A．interesting

B．helpful

C．shocking

D．new

3.

A．plan

B．reason

C．story

D．advice

4.

A．went

B．listened

C．left

D．came

5.

A．parked

B．drove

C．repaired

D．transported

6.

A．show

B．return

C．check

D．post

7.

A．lovely

B．fluent

C．strange

D．beautiful

8.

A．Generally

B．Sadly

C．Usually

D．Thankfully

9.

A．pulled

B．handed

C．threw

D．passed

10.

A．jacket

B．trousers

C．head

D．back

11.

A．ears

B．mouth

C．nose

D．eyes

12.

A．blood

B．paper

C．band-aid

D．fingernail

13.

A．tired

B．scared

C．disappointed

D．bored

14.

A．left

B．flew

C．walked

D．driven

15.

A．immediately

B．luckily

C．unwillingly

D．bravely

16.

A．chopstick

B．spoon

C．fork

D．finger

17.

A．so

B．because

C．though

D．if

18.

A．everything

B．nothing

C．anything

D．something

19.

A．husband

B．child

C．doctor

D．son

20.

A．always

B．never

C．still

D．even

8 . 假定你是李华，最近你的英国笔友James发来邮件说他的第一本小说出版了，并给你寄来了样书（sample copy）。请用英语给他回一封邮件，内容如下：
1．表示祝贺；
2．感谢赠书；
3．希望提些写作建议。
注意：1．词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear James,
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

9 . My mother and my brother were taking a trip to Washington, D.C. They came back with the most       1     (amaze) story I have ever heard!

When they passed by New York, their train failed to work       2     (proper), the conductors asked everyone to move forward to another train. When everyone     3     (seat), my mother realized she didn’t have her handbag, in     4     was her money, tickets, credit card and license. She rushed to a conductor. “Excuse me, I left my bag on the other train. Can you stop the train?” The conductor replied, “ Oh, I’m sorry,     5     we cannot let you off.” My mom quickly picked up her cellphone,       6     only thing she had, and started calling someone for help but       7     vain.

Luckily, when the train finally stopped in Delaware, a man left the train and handed my mom $ 112. My mother thanked him and felt grateful for his     8    (kind). She got the man’s address and promised     9     (find) a way to pay him back. My mother and my brother finally arrived in Washington, D.C., but did not get to do all the things as     10    (plan). They got to take a few like rides, buy souvenirs, and more. They made the best of the worst vacation!

10 . “Whoa! What are you doing? ” I asked. I had just walked into my daughter’s room as she was _____ a science project. Normally, I would have been pleased at such a(n) ______ But this time, her project involved much sand. ____ she’d put some plastic under her work area, it wasn’t nearly enough. The sand was ____ all over our newly renovated(整修的) floor.

My daughter immediately felt my displeasure and began to ____ herself. “I used plastic!” she responded angrily. I responded more   ___, “But the sand is getting all over!”

“Where else am I supposed to do it?” she ____.

Why won’t she admit when she has done something ____? I felt my ____, thinking of the future: what would her life look like if she couldn’t admit her mistakes?

My fear translated into more anger, this time about how ______ it was for her to admit mistakes. We had a   ______. She said something that I felt disrespectful to me and I ______ my voice. Both of us ended up ______ terrible. I wished this _____ happened before.

So I thought that I needed a good ______ to respond to my daughter. For this, I went to my wife, Eleanor, who was truly a master. I asked her how I should have ______ it.

“Sweetie,” she said, role-playing me in the _____ with my daughter, “There’s a lot of sand here and we need to ______ it up before it destroys the floor, how can I help?

That’s really a great way to deal with it: first ______the problem, next state what needs to happen and then offer to ______. It’s simple, right? However, it’s really helpful in solving some problems in life.

1.

A．applying for

B．worrying about

C．working on

D．caring for

2.

A．accident

B．sight

C．lesson

D．item

3.

A．When

B．If

C．Because

D．While

4.

A．spreading

B．flowing

C．decorating

D．covering

5.

A．behave

B．express

C．defend

D．enjoy

6.

A．calmly

B．angrily

C．quickly

D．nervously

7.

A．suggested

B．smiled

C．nodded

D．shouted

8.

A．wrong

B．good

C．dangerous

D．unusual

9.

A．sadness

B．disappointment

C．fear

D．anger

10.

A．possible

B．important

C．natural

D．reasonable

11.

A．quarrel

B．discussion

C．chat

D．meeting

12.

A．lowered

B．lost

C．raised

D．heard

13.

A．remaining

B．sounding

C．looking

D．feeling

14.

A．seldom

B．never

C．always

D．sometimes

15.

A．chance

B．excuse

C．way

D．right

16.

A．handled

B．accepted

C．understood

D．tolerated

17.

A．course

B．conversation

C．company

D．game

18.

A．pick

B．bring

C．put

D．clean

19.

A．solve

B．create

C．identify

D．ignore

20.

A．help

B．leave

C．give

D．stay