2 . I felt my childhood was left on the plane to the United States when my baby cousins returned home. It was a really _______ moment for me.

During their stay in China, they had not only brought back the happy days of my childhood, but also helped me _______ from an at-times selfish teenager into a reliable grown-up.

Three years ago, my aunt and uncle moved here from Boston with their 1-year-old daughter Yasmeen and _______ an apartment close to our house. We were pretty _______ to have our family, especially a baby girl, so close to us. Yasmeen had close friendships with each of my sisters, but I knew the one that _______ between us was the strongest. As she began to walk on her own and talk in full _______, I realized my great _______ on her. I noticed that she’d _______ some of my unpleasant actions, _______ with her mother as I had done the same. Yasmeen made me realize what a good ________ should be.

When Maya was born, Yasmeen had a hard time ________ her younger sister. She was jealous(忌妒) of the attention we all paid to the little baby, so I did my best to keep her company when she felt ________. Once Yasmeen got over her jealousy, she was able to ________ Maya’s presence, like we all did. I tried my best to change my ________ in order to spend more time with my little cousins.

My ________ with Yasmeen and Maya has taught me the importance of being a good example.________ I helped my little cousins in a way, they have taught me how to be a good sister; and most ________, a better person — a more patient person, who would not be ________ by their endless questions; a(n) ________ person, who would be able to have fun and share with others; a role model, who ________ the babies ideas about right and wrong.

1.

A．sad

B．busy

C．proud

D．relaxing

2.

A．settle

B．come

C．grow

D．protect

3.

A．found out

B．lived in

C．searched for

D．broke up

4.

A．happy

B．embarrassed

C．surprised

D．afraid

5.

A．ended

B．started

C．suffered

D．developed

6.

A．words

B．sentences

C．voices

D．sounds

7.

A．opinion

B．partner

C．power

D．influence

8.

A．swap

B．gossip

C．copy

D．guide

9.

A．laughing

B．arguing

C．talking

D．checking

10.

A．leader

B．family

C．teacher

D．example

11.

A．holding

B．accepting

C．recognizing

D．biting

12.

A．ignored

B．admired

C．comforted

D．loved

13.

A．dislike

B．enrich

C．see

D．enjoy

14.

A．room

B．mind

C．schedule

D．job

15.

A．instruction

B．experiment

C．experience

D．interview

16.

A．However

B．Since

C．Although

D．So

17.

A．importantly

B．luckily

C．painfully

D．gratefully

18.

A．determined

B．upset

C．loved

D．hurt

19.

A．honest

B．independent

C．angry

D．happy

20.

A．showed

B．wrote

C．awarded

D．allowed

3 . I was never very neat （整洁的）, while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled（贴标签）everything. I always looked for everything. Over time，Kate got neater and I got messier. She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.

War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, "Take your shoes away! Why under my bed!" Deafened, I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.

The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up, she quickly crawled （爬）under her covers，sobbing. Obviously, that was something she should not go through phone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart.

Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor, even on her side. I got so into my work that I even didn't notice Kate had sat up. She was watching, her tears dried and her expression one of disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me, "Thanks."

Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn't always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.

1. How is Paragraph one mainly developed?

A．By analyzing causes.	B．By describing a process.
C．By showing differences.	D．By following time order.

2. What made Kate angry one evening?

A．She couldn't find her books.	B．She heard the author shouting loud.
C．She got the news that her grandma was ill.	D．She saw the author's shoes beneath her bed.

3. The author tidied up the room most probably because ________.

A．she wanted to show her care	B．she was asked by Kate to do so
C．she was scared by Kate's anger	D．she hated herself for being so messy

4. What might be the best title for the story?

A．My Best Friend Kate	B．Hard Work Pays Off
C．How to Be Organized	D．Learning to Be Roommates

4 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

An Act of Neighborliness

The skies were dark. A strong wind was blowing hard, cutting my face like a sharp knife. Rain fell in big drops and thunder and lightning flashed across the skies. I shook with cold and fear as I walked home, through the streams of muddy water. Some people were rushing by, completely wet in the heavy rain.

Along the way, I saw some schoolchildren holding their heavy schoolbags tightly and rushing home, I also saw that some road repair work had been abandoned by workers. Obviously, the workers had left in a hurry because of the storm. There were few signs and it was hard to see what was on the road. There were pieces of wood and metal and it looked like a hole had been dug and hurriedly covered with boards.

I moved on but suddenly stopped as I heard some sounds. It sounded like children crying. I quickly turned back and went back to the place from where the sounds came. I was frightened! To my sadness, I found that two small children had fallen into the hole on the road. The boards had moved away with the force of the rushing water. I could hardly see the children as it was dark all around me. I told them that I was going to look for help. I knew the neighbors well, and they all shared a sense of neighborliness, willing to give a hand.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为100左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I rushed to the nearest house, Mr. Lee’s, and told him about the problem.

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Hearing of what had happened, the children’s parents were in relief.

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5 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 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.

I hardly remember my grandmother. She used to holding me on her knees and sing old songs. I was only four when she passes away. She is just a distance memory for me now.

I remember my grandfather very well. He was tall, with broad shoulder and a beard turned from black to gray over the years. He had a deep voice, which set himself apart from others in our small town, he was strong and powerful. In a fact, he spent a lot of his spare time read books. In short, he was the gentlest man I have never known.

7 . When you choose a friend, you 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 (晴天) 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? I look for certain qualities of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠).

Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person’s place, and 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, good friends will be honest to each other and accept each other.

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 favour, 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 a 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 experience and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humour, 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 who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I’ve found a friend!

1. If you have fair weather friends, what will happen to you?

A．You will become rich

B．You can be sure that you get real friends

C．You will be refused when you get into trouble

D．They will give you all that they have when you need help

2. Which is the most important the writer thinks in choosing a friend?

A．Honesty.	B．Reliability.
C．Understanding.	D．A sense of humour.

3. What does the underlined word “down” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．Cloudy.

B．Unusual.

C．Unhappy.

D．Pleased.

4. What does this passage mainly talk about?

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

8 . When one of my best friends started making some bad choices, I knew I had to talk to her. Bekah was a_______in some of our school clubs. So when she went out_______ uncontrollably and partying throughout the night on New Year's Eve, I felt, as a friend, that I needed to say something.

When she _______ my house to return the sweater she'd borrowed, I thought_______and spoke up. "I don't want you to think I'm _______ you,“ I said. “But we promised each other if we ever started doing things like this we'd_______ each other of it. ” “You're right,“ Bekah said. "I had a lot of fun that night, and I got too crazy to_______ myself. But even though I knew it was _______, it was also what I wanted to do. " I went on to tell her this was about _______ just her. It was about her duties as a leader. And it was about my________ for a good friend. Bekah said she was thankful to my care,________she had decided this was how she wanted to live her life for now. It was one of the________conversations I’ve ever had, but I knew I was right to talk to her.________I don't think confrontation (对抗)is a good way, sometimes it's just the________ thing to do — that's why I confronted Bekah.

But why did it trouble me? A few ________ : First, Bekah's bad choices shook the belief she had expressed publicly, and she ________ she was wrong. Second, because Bekah was a leader, she had a(n)________to be an example to other students. Third, I knew her very well. In any case, a close ________ is important for any confrontation. Bekah________that I argued with her because I loved her. Love should ________ be the main motivation(动机)for our caring for or helping others.

1.

A．guest

B．head

C．supporter

D．partner

2.

A．drinking

B．devoting

C．begging

D．destroying

3.

A．looked around

B．found out

C．dropped into

D．went through

4.

A．slowly

B．easily

C．suddenly

D．deeply

5.

A．judging

B．requesting

C．rewarding

D．praising

6.

A．rid

B．cheat

C．warn

D．inform

7.

A．injure

B．control

C．forget

D．rescue

8.

A．different

B．common

C．acceptable

D．wrong

9.

A．more than

B．sooner than

C．less than

D．other than

10.

A．memory

B．invitation

C．thanks

D．concern

11.

A．but

B．for

C．or

D．so

12.

A．simplest

B．hardest

C．shortest

D．easiest

13.

A．Unless

B．Because

C．Though

D．When

14.

A．strange

B．main

C．extra

D．right

15.

A．results

B．choices

C．reasons

D．plans

16.

A．imagined

B．knew

C．refused

D．feared

17.

A．duty

B．excuse

C．method

D．chance

18.

A．communication

B．congratulation

C．friendship

D．agreement

19.

A．hoped

B．noted

C．decided

D．understood

20.

A．always

B．never

C．seldom

D．sometimes

9 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
A pleasant surprise

For a long time, I had been looking for a piano of my own to practise on. There was a piano shop on the street along which I walked every day to school. Whenever I passed the shop, I would stop, looking at the beautiful piano standing in the comer of the shop window. How I had been dreaming, day and night to possess a piano like that!

Unfortunately, my father was just a clerk. Times were tough during the Depression, and there were five mouths to feed, besides buying coal and wood for the stove. In order to save money, even on cold winter days, my father would walk the seven miles every day to get to work. No he could never afford to buy me an expensive piano. Though he knew I wanted to play that piano so much» buying it was an extravagance (奢侈品) well beyond our family’s income.

One day after school, I went as usual to the shop window to look at the piano. However, to my surprise and disappointment, the piano had gone. I should not have been surprised as others had the right to buy it, if they could afford to. Tears filled my eyes when I thought of not being able to sec that piano any more.

Disappointed, helpless and sad, I wandered aimlessly up and down the street. After about an hour. I returned home. I had just entered into our house, when I heard my mother calling me. I brushed away my tears and followed the sound of her voice into the dining-room.

Paragraph 1:

I could not believe my eyes.

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Paragraph 2:

As soon as my father appeared, I hugged him tightly.

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10 . My six-year-old granddaughter stared at me as if she was seeing me for the first time. “Grandma, you are an antique (古董),” she said. “You are old. Antiques are old. You are my antique.”

I was not satisfied to let the matter rest there. I took out the Webster’s Dictionary and read the definition to Jenny. I explained, “An antique is not only old, it’s an object existing since or belonging to earlier times...a work of art... a piece of furniture. Antiques are treasured,” I told Jenny as I put away the dictionary. “They have to be handled carefully because they sometimes are very valuable. In order to qualify as an antique, the object has to be at least 100 years old.”

“I’m only 67,” I reminded Jenny.

We looked around the house for other antiques, besides me. There was a desk that was handed down from Rone aunt to another and finally to our family. “It’s very old,” I told Jenny. “I try to keep it polished and I show it off whenever I can. You do that with antiques."

There was a picture on the wall bought at a garage sale. It was dated 1867. “Now that’s an antique,” I said with pride. “Over 100 years old.” Of course it was marked up and scratched (刮坏) and not in very good condition. “Sometimes age does that,” I told Jenny. “But the marks are good marks. They show living, or being around. That’s something to display with pride. In fact, sometimes, the more an object shows age, the more valuable it can become.” I believed this was important for my own self-worth.

Our tour of antiques continued. There was a vase on the floor. It had been in my house for a long time. I was not certain where it came from but I didn’t buy it new. One thing about antiques, I explained to Jenny, was that they usually had a story. They’d been in one home and then another, handed down from one family to another, traveling all over the place. They’d lasted through years and years. They could have been thrown away, or ignored, or destroyed, or lost. But instead, they survived.

For a moment, Jenny looked thoughtful. “l don’t have any antiques but you,” she said. Then her face brightened,“Could I take you to school for show and tell?”

“Only if I fit into your backpack,” I answered. And then Jenny’s antique lifted her up and embraced her in a hug that would last through the years.

1. Why did Grandma read the definition of “antique” to Jenny?

A．To change Jenny’s shallow understanding of antiques.

B．To list all the important characteristics of antiques.

C．To express her disappointment at being called “antique”.

D．To tell Jenny the importance of protecting antiques.

2. Which of the following information did grandma express to Jenny?

A．The desk reminded her of her dear relatives.

B．The marks on the picture showed its age and value.

C．There was usually a sad story behind each antique.

D．She planned to buy a new vase to replace the old one.

3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Jenny had a strong desire for grandma’s love.

B．Jenny was too young to know grandma’s humor.

C．Grandma had a deep long-lasting love for Jenny.

D．Grandma was too old to lift Jenny up.

4. What can be the best title for the passage?

A．Grandma’s Antique	B．A Story of Antiques
C．A Tour of Antiques	D．Jenny’s Antique