1 . My 10-year-old Donna said, “Mom, I made a new friend at school today. Can she come over tomorrow?” Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell.

“Sure, honey, that sounds great.” I said, thinking back to my own best friend, Lillian. We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights, New York. We met at the age of 10, too. Like my daughter, I was shy, but Lillian drew me out. She was one of the friendliest people in school, with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile.

In senior high school, Lillian went on a trip to Florida. This was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days. “I’ll be back soon.” she told me. But three days later, Lillian’s sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn’t come out any more. Soon, my family moved to New Jersey. Whenever I thought of her, tears came into my eyes.

The next day Donna brought her new friend home. “Hi, Mrs. Loggia.” the little girl said. Her hair was so shiny and black and she shot me a big smile. “My name is Laura.”

My daughter’s new friend was so much like Lillian. I was still puzzled (迷惑) when Laura’s mom came to pick her up later that afternoon. I opened the door to let her in. “Judy!” she cried. “It’s me, Lillian’s sister, from Washington Heights.” Yes, my daughter’s friend looked familiar. She was Lillian’s niece (侄女).

1. Who is my daughter?

A．Lillian

B．Donna

C．Judy

D．Laura

2. The underlined words in the first paragraph “to bring her out of her shell” mean ________.

A．to help her become less shy	B．to help her become smart
C．to help her live happily	D．to help her walk out of her house

3. Laura looked familiar to the writer because she ________.

A．was Lillian’s niece	B．was as old as her daughter
C．was from Washington Heights	D．had shiny black hair and a big smile, too

4. Why did the writer lose her best friend? Because ________.

A．she moved to New Jersey

B．they were different from each other

C．her best friend travelled to Florida

D．her best friend lost her life on a trip

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What does the speaker’s mother want her to be?

A．A confident person.

B．A warm-hearted person.

C．A humorous person.

2. Why did the speaker feel lonely in her childhood?

A．She often traveled by herself

B．Her family moved frequently.

C．Her mother was busy working.

3. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A．Importance of home schooling.

B．Mother-daughter relationship.

C．A role model in her family.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What was Prof. Stone’s grandfather afraid of?

A．Leaving his home.

B．Parting from his son.

C．Taking early retirement.

2. What does old age mean to many elderly Americans?

A．Lack of moral support.

B．Loss of self-worth.

C．Change of living habits.

3. What will Prof Stone talk about next concerning elderly people?

A．Public services they ask for.

B．Health care available to them.

C．Contributions they can make.

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，每句中最多有两处乙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。
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 father and I have one thing in common: We are all music lovers. My father loves singing as well as listening music. Every morning, he will go to the park nearby and practise sing there. In the evening, when he usually enjoys music with my mother. He says music makes himself relaxed after a day's work.

Unlike my father, I like playing a violin. I'm regarded as one of the best violinist in my school. I still remember I once invite my father to the music festival in my school which I played a beautiful piece of music. I could see how proudly he was while I was playing.

5 . I don't remember the day when my mother saved my life. But for her, the _________ of that day is vivid. When she _________ those events, she's thirty-five years old again and I am a tiny baby in her arms.

It was early March, but the _________ wind bit our faces like it was the depth of winter. My mother _________the blanket even tighter around me as she hurried to the _________. I was two months old, and that was our third _________ to the clinic that week. Each time a different face said the same words, “It's _________. Just a slight cold, ma'am.” That day was no different. My mother left, feeling _________, and believed there must be something wrong with my breathing. At home, she paid more attention to me than usual, _________ monitoring my breathing.

When I woke up the next day, fighting for breath, her __________ were around me with quick sureness, and I was rushed to the __________. We flew past red __________. “Breathe, Alana! Breathe!” she cried out. We reached the hospital, and her arms were around me again. “This baby can't __________!” my mother shouted. Even when I was __________ by doctors, her arms never let me go.

I have grown up in Mom's arms. Today I'm seventeen, and for most people that means the time for __________ is over. But when I'm applying to colleges, I __________ at the computer screen for hours-I feel __________, not knowing what to do. I realize that dependence is not a(n) __________. Instead, with someone by my side, I will be much stronger than I will ever be __________. I may not remember the moment when my mother saved my life so long ago. __________, looking back on those days, I see that my mother saves my life every day.

1.

A．memory

B．show

C．imagination

D．video

2.

A．recalls

B．causes

C．ignores

D．reports

3.

A．warm

B．gentle

C．icy

D．soft

4.

A．tore

B．brought

C．attached

D．wrapped

5.

A．hotel

B．clinic

C．cinema

D．museum

6.

A．invitation

B．service

C．visit

D．gift

7.

A．every

B．something

C．anything

D．nothing

8.

A．excited

B．relieved

C．surprised

D．upset

9.

A．constantly

B．flexibly

C．exactly

D．secretly

10.

A．legs

B．arms

C．eyes

D．hands

11.

A．car

B．kitchen

C．garden

D．bus

12.

A．buttons

B．flowers

C．lights

D．shirts

13.

A．sleep

B．cry

C．move

D．breathe

14.

A．supported

B．selected

C．surrounded

D．praised

15.

A．love

B．dependence

C．money

D．complaint

16.

A．point

B．laugh

C．shout

D．stare

17.

A．unsure

B．peaceful

C．crazy

D．energetic

18.

A．advantage

B．weakness

C．pity

D．dream

19.

A．nervous

B．odd

C．alone

D．sick

20.

A．Otherwise

B．Besides

C．However

D．Therefore

6 . Once upon a time, there was a man who worked very hard just to keep food on the table for his family. A few days before Christmas, he _________ his five year-old daughter after _________ that she had used up the family’s only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper.

As money was tight, he became even angrier when on Christmas Eve he saw that she had used all of the gold paper to _________ one shoebox. He was also concerned about where she had gotten _________ to buy what was in the shoebox.

The next morning the little girl, _________ excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, “This is for you, Daddy!” Holding the box, the father was embarrassed by his earlier behavior, _________ what he had done to her.

But when he _________ the shoebox, he found there was nothing. “Don’t you know, young lady,” he said _________, “when you give someone a _________, there’s supposed to be something inside the package!”

The little girl __________ him with sad tears rolling from her eyes and whispered, “Daddy, it’s not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was __________.” He fell on his knees and put his arms around the girl and begged her to __________ him for his unnecessary anger.

An accident took the girl’s life only a short time later. It is said that the father __________ this little gold box by his bed for all his life. Whenever he was __________ or faced difficult problems, he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and __________ his daughter’s love.

1.

A．praised

B．encouraged

C．thanked

D．punished

2.

A．promising

B．learning

C．admitting

D．agreeing

3.

A．decorate

B．draw

C．buy

D．measure

4.

A．time

B．advice

C．space

D．money

5.

A．filled with

B．ready for

C．different from

D．related to

6.

A．thinking

B．forgetting

C．ensuring

D．regretting

7.

A．closed

B．opened

C．accepted

D．found

8.

A．happily

B．anxiously

C．angrily

D．shyly

9.

A．hand

B．lecture

C．solution

D．present

10.

A．looked up at

B．caught up with

C．lived up to

D．made up for

11.

A．empty

B．broken

C．full

D．colorful

12.

A．love

B．hate

C．forgive

D．defend

13.

A．kept

B．observed

C．used

D．searched

14.

A．interested

B．discouraged

C．surprised

D．terrified

15.

A．share

B．refuse

C．remember

D．remove

8 . The first time my grandma came to visit us in Canada, she was a little upset. She ________ that there was nothing to do.

Before my grandma arrived, I used to tend the flowers in our garden. But while I was at school and my parents were at work, my grandma, feeling ________, came down upon the little piece of land. She pulled out the annuals (一年生植物) and ________ those with orderly rows of green onions and other ________. I told her to stop, to keep the flowers. “They’re pretty, but they’re ________,” she said matter-of-factly. I was annoyed until I learned something about her past.

Grandma was ________ at the time of a severe famine (饥荒). She lost her parents and did everything on her own. ________ , she never cried about it to anyone.

Different times ________ unique characters. My grandma was shaped by the ________ of her family members and the difficulties in China’s recent history. Those who experienced the famine are, ________, unwilling to use valuable land to plant flowers. Her ________, responsibility, diligence and frugality (勤俭), helped her through those difficult years, some of which were laid down by the hands of time, and to change them now would ________ her. She is a(n) ________ link between my family’s past and future — she ________ her times’ challenges to support the next generation. Someday, I will be like my grandma and ________ my small part to human’s moving on.

1.

A．believed

B．confirmed

C．complained

D．agreed

2.

A．bored

B．curious

C．amused

D．delighted

3.

A．removed

B．surrounded

C．decorated

D．replaced

4.

A．trees

B．flowers

C．grasses

D．vegetables

5.

A．useless

B．complicated

C．expensive

D．natural

6.

A．picked up

B．let down

C．brought up

D．reached out

7.

A．Thus

B．Otherwise

C．However

D．Instead

8.

A．create

B．inform

C．combine

D．explain

9.

A．loss

B．experience

C．blessing

D．love

10.

A．gradually

B．naturally

C．rarely

D．immediately

11.

A．achievement

B．independence

C．guideline

D．gentleness

12.

A．attach

B．break

C．threaten

D．help

13.

A．direct

B．accurate

C．essential

D．impressive

14.

A．escaped

B．battled

C．folded

D．adapted

15.

A．provide

B．contribute

C．influence

D．gain

9 . People all need friends because nobody wants to be lonely and a friend can help you in good and bad times.     1     Here are some tips to tell you if your friend is a true friend.

Always There for You

There are always periods in your life when you have problems or difficulties.     2     Sometimes, she or he may not be able to offer an immediate solution to your problems but the fact that your friend makes time to listen is a sign he/she cares for you.

    3    

Honest is important to keep a relationship alive. A true friend always tells you the truth. It may be hard sometimes but lying can destroy a friendship. It is important that your friend speaks honestly and never makes up stories.

Always Respectful

    4     Your true friend may disagree but never insists that he/she is correct.

Always Understanding

    5     A true friend will always be forgiving（原谅）and understanding, even if it isn't his/her fault（错误）. We are all different people and we all make mistakes. A true friend will always be forgiving and understanding because he/she doesn't take the risk of losing his/her best friend.

A．Always Honest.

B．Everyone likes to make friends.

C．Sometimes a good friend will turn against you.

D．It is possible that some problems will appear between you and your friend.

E．A true friend will always have time to listen to your problems and give advice.

F．A true friend will always respect your opinions no matter whether he/she agrees or not.

G．You've made friends since childhood, but you still don't know who your true friends are.

10 . Nowadays parents and their children are spending less and less time communicating with each other.    1    .It is reported that American parents today spend about 40 percent less time with their children than parents did a generation ago.To keep your family time creative and enjoyable, below is a list of helpful family time tips.

Eat together & listen to each other

Most children today don't know the meaning of the family dinner time.Yet the communication and unity built during this time are necessary to a healthy family life.Sharing a meal together allows parents and their children to talk about each other's lives.    2    .

Read often

It's important for parents to read to their children.The latest research shows that reading to your children can help your children develop an interest in knowledge and contribute to language development.It also increases their concentration on things and helps them become more curious.    3    .After reading, ask questions about what the books are about.

Start a hobby or project

Choose a fun activity that your children are interested in.Activities like cooking, fishing or biking can be their great hobbies.    4    .Once a child learns a new skill, let him or her take the lead under your direction.

Plan a family outing

    5    .Jump into the family car and go for a drive.Prepare a picnic lunch and visit a local park.Take time to play or ride a bike.A slow and relaxing walk in the woods will help parents communicate with their children better.Also, a visit to the zoo or museum will inspire the enthusiasm of a child and lead to long discussions.

A．It is very important for children to exercise

B．They can open the door to exciting family time

C．Sometimes getting out of the house is important

D．Look for books that your children would enjoy reading

E．New technology has made video games more popular with children

F．This is also an opportunity for parents to listen and give advice to their children

G．As a result, many children are getting less love than their parents once got