3 . It was the day after Halloween when my grandmother was admitted to the hospital with the worst headache she'd ever had. While posing in our costumes the night before, we knew something was wrong, just not how wrong.

Grandma's house was the central gathering place of my family, Sunday lunches, birthday dinners, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas—all were our traditions, with her as hostess. While my parents were busy running their small business, there were many nights when Grandma fed me and put me to bed in her spare room, until they came to get me. I spent my summers at Grandma's and I went everywhere with her. I couldn't imagine a time when she wouldn't be around me.

Then November 1, 1991 began her month-long stay in the hospital—she suffered from a rare infection called nocardia asteroides. After being born in the year of the Great Depression, living through World War II, raising three kids, and being widowed at the age of 48, Grandma never expected to live into her seventies. The infection in her brain seemed to confirm that she wasn't long for this world. But that's not the end of her story. A team of doctors successfully removed the abscess（脓肿）, and Grandma even made it into a local medical journal. Her doctor called her "the brain lady".

Grandma celebrated her 85th birthday in March this year. In the almost 23 years since her recovery, she's seen two of her four grandchildren get married and welcomed three great-grandsons. Although they damage something in her house, she loves it when my two boys come over. And while I know they make her day, seeing her love blossom for another generation makes my day too. Happy Grandparents' Day to my amazing grandmother!

1. When celebrating Halloween, the author's family ________.

A．didn't know how serious Grandma's illness was

B．didn't realize that Grandma was feeling unwell

C．found that something was wrong with the costumes

D．knew Grandma would appear in a local medical journal

2. What is the tradition of the author's family?

A．Spending summers at Grandma's.

B．Running small businesses.

C．Gathering at Grandma's at special events.

D．Making Grandma hostess anywhere.

3. When did Grandma have the operation to remove the abscess?

A．After this year's Halloween.	B．Before November 1, 1991.
C．When she was about 62.	D．At the age of 60.

4. The author wrote this text ________.

A．in celebration of Grandma's recovery	B．to stress the importance of health
C．to promote Grandparents' Day	D．in honor of Grandma

4 . 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。

Last week I     1    (take) on a difficult task of showing kindness. The idea came from a few posts on a website. I decided     2     (reach) out to a few people I hadn’t talked to for the past few years.

One was a cousin,     3     I had lost touch with for 25 years. She was very happy when we got     4     touch. The other two were friends I hadn’t talked to in nearly 10 years. It was really good to talk to     5     (they) both.

With one of them, I reached out at a great time for him. He had forgotten my name     6    (entire) but remembered I disliked     7    (run) when young because I had asthma（哮喘）. He was grateful that I called him and said some very kind     8     (thing) to me about our past. I am glad our friendship mattered to him.

I think     9     is good to be the one to take the initiative（主动性）to be kind and reach out. Even if it seems difficult at the time, in the end it offers     10     (wonder) rewards!

6 . 假如你是李华，你的外国好友Peter当选为学校志愿者协会的会长（Volunteers Association）。请你写封信对他表示祝贺。
要点如下：1.表示祝贺；2.分析原因；3.其他。
注意：1.词数100左右       
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely，

Li Hua

7 . 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 sister and I went back at home from school one afternoon. Surprising, Dad announced that we are going to the neighborhood park. We screamed with excite and followed him outside. He was jogging in place, worn a big smile on his face. We ran after him to the playground of the park, what my sister and I joyfully watched Dad move from one piece of equipment to other. We followed him on the monkey bars and we attempted sit on his back when he did push-ups. I enjoyed these outing for briefly pulling me out of our apartment, and for helping me forgot unhappy feelings.

8 . Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are busy trying to make money in order to _________ my brother's education and mine. They don't act in the_________ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. My father has a bad temper, and it's easy _________ him to lose his temper.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I _________ sat down beside her and looked at her. “Is there love between you _________ Dad?” I asked her in a very low_________. My mother stopped her work and raised her head with_________ in her eyes. She didn't _________ my question immediately.Then she_________ her head and continued to sew the quilt. I was afraid that I had hurt her__________

I felt so __________that I didn't know what to do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words: “Look at this thread (线). Sometimes it __________ , but most of the time, it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable (耐劳的). If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be __________ anywhere or anytime, but it's really there.”

I listened carefully but I couldn't __________ until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. After they were back from the hospital, my mother__________ him to walk slowly on the beautiful country road every morning. My father had never been so gentle. But after two months he still couldn't walk__________. All of us were worried about him. "Dad, how are you feeling now?" I asked him one day.

“Susan, don't__________ me,” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother __________. Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this__________ , I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, __________ life strong and warm.

1.

A．pay for

B．look for

C．hunt for

D．search for

2.

A．religious

B．commercial

C．joyful

D．romantic

3.

A．at

B．from

C．for

D．of

4.

A．quickly

B．silently

C．carelessly

D．directly

5.

A．and

B．to

C．but

D．or

6.

A．sound

B．noise

C．voice

D．accent

7.

A．light

B．tears

C．surprise

D．anger

8.

A．answer

B．represent

C．respect

D．perform

9.

A．bowed

B．raised

C．nodded

D．shook

10.

A．gratitude

B．energy

C．soul

D．feelings

11.

A．embarrassed

B．capable

C．grateful

D．precious

12.

A．hides

B．appears

C．links

D．reaches

13.

A．touched

B．felt

C．seen

D．heard

14.

A．access

B．wait

C．promise

D．understand

15.

A．asked

B．helped

C．told

D．ordered

16.

A．by herself

B．by himself

C．by itself

D．by myself

17.

A．reflect on

B．be absorbed in

C．worry about

D．take advantage of

18.

A．gradually

B．deeply

C．significantly

D．originally

19.

A．suggestion

B．thought

C．experience

D．action

20.

A．making

B．made

C．to make

D．having made

9 . A man came home from work late, tired and unhappy, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

The boy asked, “Daddy, how much do you make per hour?” The father was furious at his son's question.

When he said $20 an hour, the little boy asked his father to lend $10 to him. The father was even angrier because he thought the boy just wanted some money to buy a toy. So he didn't answer his son.

The little boy quietly went to his room. After about an hour or so, the man calmed down and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.

“Maybe I was too hard on you just now,” the man went into the room and said. “Here's the $10 you asked for.”

“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” He said. Then, he reached under his pillow, pulled out some crumpled coins and said, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1. How much does the man make if he works 1 hour?

A．10.

B．$20.

C．$30.

D．40.

2. In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means ______.

A．very angry	B．quite happy
C．too excited	D．a little nervous

3. At first, the father refused to lend the boy any money because ______.

A．he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself

B．he did not have enough money at that moment

C．he thought the boy would buy something of no use

D．the boy always borrowed money from him

4. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that the boy's father ______.

A．often played with his son

B．spent little time with his son

C．didn’t love his son at all

D．often came back home early