1 . My best friend, Marcie, is an amazing person who I treasure. From the first day we met we have been the best friends. It all _______ when I was sitting alone at a _______job where I didn't know anyone—it was noon and she asked if I wanted to have _______ with her. That was in September of 2009.

Marcie is _______ with kindness and _______ someone with it every day. She often helps others and has never let me _______ any difficulties alone, from common childhood illnesses of my children to financial difficulties which we often have. She has helped me and my family through the recent _______ of my father, including helping me to find and _______ his urn(骨灰盒).

Marcie has _______ asked us to repay her, although we ________ to do it when we can. She never has made us ________she was giving us pity, only love.

Recently I celebrated my 37th birthday and, as usual, she made it ________. She gave me an ornament(装饰品) to hang on our ________ this Christmas. It says “Merry Christmas from heaven” with my dad’s ________ on the back. She knew, although I didn’t tell her, that the holidays were so ________ for our family. That gift was just what I needed to ________me that my dad was ________ around us, just in another way, and that the kids need to ________ this Christmas as much as ever. I hope that everyone has a ________ like mine—you can know that a friend like Marcie will always make you smile ________you do.

1.

A．ended

B．began

C．stayed

D．continued

2.

A．good

B．daily

C．new

D．difficult

3.

A．food

B．lunch

C．supper

D．drinks

4.

A．satisfied

B．compared

C．covered

D．filled

5.

A．touches

B．carries

C．offers

D．introduces

6.

A．move

B．keep

C．face

D．send

7.

A．illness

B．trouble

C．work

D．death

8.

A．pay for

B．pay back

C．put back

D．take care of

9.

A．also

B．almost

C．sometimes

D．never

10.

A．manage

B．refuse

C．try

D．stop

11.

A．feel like

B．feel free

C．look like

D．feel sure

12.

A．expensive

B．special

C．funny

D．popular

13.

A．roof

B．ear

C．house

D．tree

14.

A．record

B．name

C．address

D．voice

15.

A．great

B．wonderful

C．hard

D．successful

16.

A．teach

B．encourage

C．warn

D．remind

17.

A．even

B．therefore

C．still

D．often

18.

A．enjoy

B．remember

C．change

D．prepare

19.

A．friend

B．job

C．family

D．father

20.

A．though

B．if

C．unless

D．while

2 . One day, when I was working as a psychologist(心理学家) in England，a boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly. His head teacher had referred him to me. “This boy has lost his family,” he wrote. “He is understandably very sad and refuses to talk to others, and I'm

very worried about him. Can you help?”

I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesn’t have the answer to, and which no words can describe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically.

The first two times we met, David didn't say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the children's drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After that he played chess with me every Wednesday afternoon -- in complete silence and without looking at me. It's not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit I made sure David won once or twice.

Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why did he never look at me?

"Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with," I thought. "Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.” Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.

"It’s your turn," he said.

After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times about his biking with some friends, and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life.

Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one -- without any words -- can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.Ziyuanku.com

1. When he first met the author, David _________ .

A．felt a little excited	B．walked energetically
C．looked a little nervous	D．showed up with his teacher

2. Which statement about the passage is NOT TRUE?.

A．David enjoyed being with the author.

B．What David really needs is to play chess with someone.

C．David didn't say a word the first two times they met.

D．The author knows how to treat David's problem.

3. What can be inferred about David?

A．He recovered after months of treatment.

B．He liked biking before he lost his family.

C．He went into university soon after starting to talk.

D．He got friends in school before he met the author.

4. What made David change?

A．His teacher’s help.

B．The author’s friendship.

C．His exchange of letters with the author.

D．The author’s silent communication and company with him.

3 . An eight-year-old girl heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could save him now and there was no one to lend them the money.

When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother, “Only a miracle can save him now,” the little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.

She hurried to a drugstore (药店) with the money in her hand.

“And what do you want?” asked the salesman.

“It’s for my little brother,” the girl answered. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle.”

“Pardon?” said the salesman.

“My brother Andrew has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle cost?”

“We don’t sell a miracle here, child. I’m sorry,” the salesman said with a smile.

“Listen, if it isn’t enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it costs.” said the girl.

A well-dressed man heard it and asked, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”

“I don’t know,” she answered with her eyes full of tears. “He’s really sick and mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought all my money.”

“How much do you have?” asked the man.

“$ 1.11, but I can try and get some more,” she answered.

“Well, what luck,” smiled the man. “$ 1.11, the price of a miracle for little brother.”

He took up the girl’s hand and said, “Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”

That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor. The operation was successful and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again.

How much did the miracle cost?

1. What was the trouble in the little girl’s family?

A．Miracle was hard to get in the drugstore.

B．They were poor and no one can lend them money.

C．Nothing could save her brother.

D．Her brother was badly ill and her family couldn’t afford the operation.

2. In the eye of the little girl, a miracle might be _______.

A．something interesting	B．something beautiful
C．some useful medicine	D．some good food

3. What made the miracle happen?

A．The girl’s love for her brother.	B．The girl’s money.
C．The medicine from the drugstore.	D．Nobody can tell.

4. From the passage we can infer that _______.

A．the salesman didn’t sell miracle to the girl

B．a miracle is sure to happen if you keep on

C．the little girl is lovely but not so clever

D．Andrew was in fact not so sick as they had thought

4 . 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：在却此处加一个漏字符号（∧），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：在错的词下面画一横线，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。
（特别提示：要使用标准符号进行修改，否则不给分。每一行的错误都要写在行下，写在行上的不给分。）
Dear Ken,

I am very exciting to learn that you’re coming to Beijing for the Olympics. Both my parent miss you a lot. So do our friend, Cathy. August is the best time of the year to visit Beijing, because of there is only a few rain and the weather is neither too hot or too cold. There are so many places I want to take you after I finish my work like a volunteer. When you come, you can stay with ourselves. My home is about three kilometers away from the National Stadium, knowing as the “Bird’s Nest”, where opening ceremony will be held.

Best regards,

Janet

5 . 假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Mike即将完成学业，不久前来信就是否到中国工作询问你的意见。请根据以下提示回一封电子邮件。
（1）建议他可以来中国；
（2）阐述你的理由（就业机会多，专业受欢迎，不同的文化体验等）；
（3）承诺可以提供帮助。
注意：（1）词数不少于100；

（2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；

（3）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mike,

I’m very glad to have received the letter you sent me last week. _______________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Hua

6 . Years ago, I was on a long flight, during which a voice from the speaker said, “We won’t _____ drinks or the meal because we are facing a storm ahead. Please make your seat belts fastened. ”Many passengers became _____, talking about it with each other. At once it became _____ in the plane.

Soon, lightening _____ the darkening skies, and within moments the _____ was like a boat on waves in the storm. One moment it was _____ up by the storm；the next,it was thrown as if it were to _____ onto the ground. All the passengers were _____. Some cried. Some prayed (祈祷). The _____ seemed hopeless. I wondered if we could ______ it through the storm.

Then I noticed the little girl next to me. Surprisingly, the storm seemed to mean ______ to her. She was ______, looking through a picture book. Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would ______ again, but she never showed a(n) ______ of worry or fear. The little girl wasn’t afraid at all ______ all the adults were scared to death. Finding me watching her,the girl smiled at me and said,“Don’t worry. My father is the pilot. He is taking me home. Take it easy. He will take us home safely.”

When the plane was out of ______, I smiled at the girl and she gave me a big smile in ______. “I said my father would take us home safely.”

Many kinds of storms may ______ us: diseases, difficulties... They can easily darken our skies and ______ our planes into hard times. Let us ______： Love is the pilot. It will help us out of trouble. So take it easy.

1.

A．serve

B．take

C．get

D．sell

2.

A．excited

B．comfortable

C．happy

D．nervous

3.

A．noisy

B．quiet

C．warm

D．cold

4.

A．broke out

B．came about

C．lit up

D．gave off

5.

A．ship

B．plane

C．train

D．seat

6.

A．lifted

B．cut

C．turned

D．shut

7.

A．jump

B．fly

C．land

D．drop

8.

A．surprised

B．afraid

C．glad

D．interested

9.

A．weather

B．question

C．future

D．action

10.

A．make

B．reach

C．win

D．finish

11.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

12.

A．funny

B．frustrated

C．sad

D．calm

13.

A．talk

B．read

C．play

D．sleep

14.

A．book

B．story

C．expression

D．impression

15.

A．and

B．when

C．so

D．since

16.

A．order

B．date

C．fashion

D．danger

17.

A．turn

B．time

C．return

D．front

18.

A．trouble

B．help

C．encourage

D．stop

19.

A．introduce

B．invite

C．throw

D．change

20.

A．ask

B．remember

C．explain

D．wonder

7 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I've always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed，but others had their own ways of showing care.
What I remember most about visiting my____parents is the loud tick of the____in the dining room as we____ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to____his family as cold. When we got into the____to go home，his father suddenly appeared____, he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he is a____man through the glass.
I____another lesson about love a few years later. I always return phone calls____and regularly contact my friends. I____the same from them. But I had one friend who____called，answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the____: She wasn’t a good friend! My anger____as the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I hosted and____me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was____at her thoughtfulness，and regretful for____I'd considered her to be uncaring. Clearly I needed to____my expectations of friends.
Far too often，I ignored their unique____, eagerly expecting them to do things in my____ Over the years, however, I’ve learned to____other persons’ love signs.1.

A．own

B．boyfriend’s

C．girlfriend’s

D．father’s

2.

A．clock

B．table

C．plates

D．dishes

3.

A．excitedly

B．nervously

C．silently

D．instantly

4.

A．regard

B．treat

C．get

D．have

5.

A．bus

B．train

C．car

D．plane

6.

A．Punctually

B．Carefully

C．Proudly

D．Coldly

7.

A．cold

B．strange

C．tough

D．caring

8.

A．understood

B．learned

C．taught

D．tried

9.

A．in order

B．in turn

C．without delay

D．without difficulty

10.

A．expect

B．consider

C．intend

D．ask

11.

A．regularly

B．still

C．even

D．rarely

12.

A．faith

B．suggestion

C．judgment

D．approval

13.

A．remained

B．failed

C．grew

D．quit

14.

A．handed

B．bought

C．helped

D．offered

15.

A．depressed

B．upset

C．fascinated

D．shocked

16.

A．how

B．what

C．why

D．whether

17.

A．make

B．change

C．appreciate

D．draw

18.

A．expectations

B．experiences

C．adventures

D．expressions

19.

A．manners

B．skill

C．means

D．way

20.

A．send

B．read

C．give

D．express

8 . Last year I ruined (毁) my summer vacation by bringing along a modem convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad. Instead of looking at nature, I checked my email. Instead of paddling a small boat, I followed my Twitter feed (推特简讯). Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading four newspapers each morning. I was behaving as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation but my head wasn’t.

So this year I made up my mind to try something different: withdrawal (退出) from the Internet. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, since Fm bad at self-control. But I was determined. I started by giving the iPad to my wife.

The cellphone signal (信号) at our house was worse than in the past, making my attempts at cheating an experience in frustration (沮丧). I was trapped, forced to go through with my plan. Largely cut off from email, Twitter and my favorite newspaper websites, I had few ways to connect to the world except for radio and how much radio can one listen to, really? I had to do what I had planned to all along: read books.

This experience has had a happy ending. With determination and the strong support of my wife, I won in my vacation struggle against the Internet, realizing finally that it was I, not the iPad, that was the problem. I knew I had won when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “I don’t need it,” I said.

However, as we return to post-vacation life, a harder test begins: Can I continue when Fm back at work? There are times when the need to know what’s being said right now is great. And I have no intention (愿望) of giving up my convenience completely. But I hope to resist (抵抗) the temptation (诱惑) to check my email every five minutes, which leads to checking my Twitter feed and a website or two.

I think a vacation is supposed to help you reset your brain to become more productive. Here I hope this one worked.

1. What do we know about the author’s last summer vacation?

A．He was determined to enjoy the beautiful view.

B．He felt satisfied that he had stuck to his usual timetable.

C．He hated himself for acting as if he were at work on vacation.

D．His iPad ruined his plan of finishing a great novel.

2. What did the author do to keep away from the Internet this year?

A．He cut off his cellphone signal.

B．He handed his iPad to his wife.

C．He refused to cheat in his house.

D．He listened to the radio most of the time.

3. When back at work, the author will probably choose to       .

A．continue to read more and more books.

B．stay away from the Internet for ever.

C．stop checking what is being said right now completely.

D．keep control of when and how to use the Internet.

4. What is the author’s opinion of a great vacation in the passage?

A．A vacation means a change of pace to make one more creative.

B．A vacation is a period of time to do whatever one wished to.

C．A vacation is having nothing to do but read all day.

D．A vacation proves that a life of pleasure is overvalued.

9 . Christmas is the most important festival in the western world. It     1    (fall) on December 25^th . When my mother and I stayed in America, we     2    (invite) by one of my mother’s friends to observe Christmas with an American family. We bought some     3    (present) for our American friends on our way     4     their house.

They had prepared different kinds of gifts for their family and guests when we got to their house, such as Christmas candles, cakes, cards, little toys, biscuits and so on. A Christmas tree was placed in     5     corner of the brilliant hall.     6     beautiful is was! We were impressed by these. We had a big meal,     7    (share) some interesting stories about Christmas and sang songs.

We learned that Christmas had something to do with Jesus. We went to bed at midnight.     8     we knew the Santa Claus was not true, we were still waiting for the Santa Claus     9    (bring) us presents. And we received many beautiful presents the next morning.

This Christmas was really     10    (forgettable). Not only did I have a good time, but also I knew something about foreign culture.

10 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 （A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A few years ago when my daughter was about two years old, I went through a difficult time. My marriage was in trouble, and I didn’t have much ______. Looking back I think I was also a bit depressed (沮丧的) ______ I had to get on with taking care of my daughter as well as I could.
One day I thought I would ______ my daughter out for a nice day at a store and it was a nice, positive thing to do. I ______ to walk because the bus was ______, so it took us a long time to get there. When we ______ got there, immediately my daughter began to ______. She was cold, she was thirsty, and she wanted to go home. To be ______, I hadn’t been thinking straight (清楚地) as I had not ______ well. I didn’t ______ have any money to buy a drink or to take the bus back home. I was ______ sad and angry with myself that my dream of a nice time had ______.
I started ______ back home (it was nearly two miles), and my daughter would not ______ crying. I felt so bad and ______ with myself and my life that I started crying too.
At that point a car ______   and a gentleman gave us a lift. He took us home, and seemed really concerned --- he even ______ me all his change! The ______ of this stranger to a stranger like me really made me feel a lot ______. I never saw him again and I don’t know who he is but he really helped me out that day, so I just want to say “______”.1.

A．money

B．time

C．hope

D．energy

2.

A．so

B．and

C．but

D．or

3.

A．call

B．send

C．take

D．bring

4.

A．wanted

B．tried

C．liked

D．decided

5.

A．fast

B．slow

C．expensive

D．cheap

6.

A．first

B．finally

C．carefully

D．soon

7.

A．laugh

B．cry

C．smile

D．run

8.

A．friendly

B．easy

C．honest

D．happy

9.

A．prepared

B．worked

C．taught

D．learned

10.

A．yet

B．even

C．ever

D．still

11.

A．much

B．too

C．very

D．so

12.

A．passed

B．lost

C．come

D．failed

13.

A．walking

B．riding

C．driving

D．phoning

14.

A．enjoy

B．stop

C．forget

D．keep

15.

A．happy

B．surprised

C．eager

D．angry

16.

A．used up

B．took up

C．pulled up

D．brought up

17.

A．dropped

B．offered

C．showed

D．threw

18.

A．politeness

B．friendship

C．honesty

D．kindness

19.

A．better

B．worse

C．longer

D．faster

20.

A．My pleasure

B．Excuse me

C．Thank you

D．I’m sorry