1 . How does the woman sound?

A．Excited.

B．Anxious.

C．Disappointed.

2 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year -old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow (乌鸦) perched (栖息) on their window.

The father asked his son, “what is this?” The son replied, “It is a crow.”

After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this?” The son said, “Father , I have just now told you, it is a crow!”

After a little while, the old father again asked his son for the third time, “What is this?”

At this time some expression of irritation (恼怒) was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father with a rebuff (生硬回绝) . “It’s a crow , a crow.” A little while later, the father again asked his son the fourth time, “ What is this?”

This time, the son shouted at his father, “ Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this?’

A little while later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered (发皱的) diary, which he had maintained since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:

“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I did not at all feel annoyed but I rather felt love for my innocent son.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:

After reading the diary,

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Paragraph 2:

Feeling ashamed , the son got down on his knees before his father.

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3 . When I was a little girl, every time my dad was repairing something, he would ask me to hold the hammer. And so we would have a time for a conversation.

I grew up and left home for college and since then, my dad had been calling me every Sunday morning. And when several years later I bought a house, my dad went to paint it by himself for three days in the summer heat.    1    But I was too busy in those days. I did not find any time for a conversation with him.

Four years ago, my dad was visiting me. He spent hours putting together a swing set (秋千) for my daughter. He asked to bring him a cup of tea and have a talk with him.     2    I didn’t have time for any long conversations that day.

One Sunday morning we had a telephone talk as usual. I was in a hurry, so our conversation was short.     3    My dad was sent into hospital. Immediately I bought a ticket for a flight and on my way I was thinking about all missed occasions (时刻) to have a talk with him. By the time I arrived, my dad had passed away.     4    I realized how little I knew about my dad, his deepest thoughts and his dreams.

After his death I learned much more about him, and even more about myself. All he ever asked me was my time.     5    

A．A few hours later that day came a call.

B．But I had to prepare for a trip that weekend.

C．I never saw my dad drinking or taking a night out.

D．And now his time has all my attention every single day.

E．All he asked was to hold his paint brush and talk to him.

F．Now it was he who did not have time for a conversation with me.

G．I noticed that my dad had forgotten some things that we discussed lately.

5 . When we are young we are taught that it’s wrong to lie and we should always tell the truth. Unfortunately, most children lie even if they’re told not to. Research carried out at the Institute of Child Study at Toronto Univercity has shown that this might not be such a bad thing. Apparently (显然地), children who tell lies when they’re two years old have a good chance of becoming successful adults (成年人).

According to the research, at the age of two, 20 per cent of children lie. At the age of three, 50 per cent lie, and at four almost 90 per cent lie. By the age of 12 almost every child tells lies.

Lying needs much brain work, and the better the lie is, the more work the brain has to do. By training the brain early, researchers believe children will be able to think more clearly when they are adults.

Recent research, carried out by the Science Museum in London, has shown some interesting facts about the way we lie as adults. According to the research, the average British man tells three lies every day; that’s over 1,000 lies a year. However, the average woman apparently only lies twice a day.

Most people think women are better liars (说谎者) than men although in fact they tell fewer lies. Popular women’s lies include ‘Nothing’s wrong, I’m fine’, ‘I don’t know where it is, I haven’t touched it’, and ‘It wasn’t that expensive’.

Some people say you can lie as long as it’s a white lie. A white lie is a lie told to avoid hurting someone’s feelings. One of the most common lies for both men and women is ‘It’s just what I’ve always wanted’, said after opening a present from their partner.

1. What will happen to young children who lie?

A．They will possibly do wrong later.

B．They’re likely to succeed in the future.

C．They will keep lying when they grow up.

D．They may have a good chance of losing others’ trust.

2. What do the numbers in Para. 2 show about children?

A．Older children tell bigger lies than younger ones.

B．As they grow, they often lie about their age.

C．The older they are, the more likely they lie.

D．It’s quite natural for them to tell lies.

3. What did the research by the Science Museum find out?

A．Men lie more than women.	B．Women are better liars than men.
C．Women’s lies are usually not serious.	D．Men sometimes have to lie to women.

4. What’s the true feeling behind the underlined part in the last paragraph?

A．You know me so well.	B．I don’t like the present.
C．You are good at picking presents.	D．I haven’t received a present I really like.

6 . 作为一个中学生, 你肯定经历过多次考试, 体验过成功, 也遭遇过失败。 请你根据提示内容, 简要概述中学生普遍存在的对考试失败的两种态度, 并结合自身实际, 说明你的观点。
态度一: 当考试结果不尽人意时, 情绪低落, 丧失信心, 不再继续努力。
态度二: 当考试失败时, 分析找出失败的原因, 鼓励自己, 增强自信, 避免再
犯同样的错。
你的观点: 失败乃成功之母, ……
要求：1. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2. 词数在100个左右。

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7 . I often imagine what my life will be like in the future. I thought my life   will become very     differently in ten years. I will be twenty-eight year old by   then and I will have my own family, probable with a lovely child. I hope I’ll work in a computer company a program designer. I’ll enjoy my work or get along well with my workmates. I’ll do the good job in whatever I do. In my free time, I’ll continue taken regular exercise, such as swimming, running and different ball games. During my holidays, I’ll travel around the world. In a word, our life will be much more richer and more colorful.

8 . Do you feel     1    difficult to be happy all the time? Now I’ll give you some Tips     2    how to make yourself happy. One way is being     3    (self) because unselfishness is the key factor     4     (require) if you want to get along well with others. By     5    (say) being unselfish we mean we     6    not want everything our own way or demand the best share of everything. Another way is to look for good points in     7    people. You will find most people pleasant to go with and it will surely make you happy. Third, you can’t expect to be too perfect,     8    don’t be too unhappy when you make mistake. Everything will be Ok if you   try to make things right. Finally, it is important to remember that while you   are no     9    (bad) than others, chances you have may not be much better in this case,     10     best way to be happy is to think yourself above other people.

9 . Tonight, my piano recital(钢琴演奏会) was the most important thing in my family. My grandparents were coming by plane to hear me play. Even my busy Aunt Dianne, who is on TV every night reading the news, was coming.

But one thing was for sure. I would never win an award for my piano playing. And that’s just because the more I practiced, the more nervous I got. So there I was，on the stage， in my beautiful dress，and I sat down at the piano. But when I started to play，I hit a wrong note. I told myself to start over. But then I hit the wrong note again. It was as if I hadn’t practiced at all.

Finally the disaster was over. I ran off the stage. I couldn’t understand why audience(观众) were clapping. But they were. My mom and dad had flowers for me and we were all supposed to go out for a nice dinner, but I couldn’t. I just wanted to go home and cry and never go anywhere again. After we went back home, Aunt Dianne just came in and sat down on the side of my bed.

“It was my first night on the air,” she said. “I had never been on television before and I made a mistake. I mispronounced my name and the name of the news show. And you know what? No one even noticed but me. Just like tonight, no one noticed—just you.” Aunt Dianne was right. I think we are harder on ourselves than anyone else is. Maybe I will leave my room. And maybe I’ll play the piano again.

1. From the passage we can know Aunt Dianne__________.

A．worked as an actress	B．worked as a news broadcaster on TV
C．worked as a hostess on TV	D．hosted the piano recital

2. What did the author learn from her piano performance?

A．Don’t be too hard on yourself.

B．Things seldom go as well as people expect.

C．No one will care what others have done.

D．Never rely on yourself.

3. What would be the best title for the text?

A．A wonderful Piano recital performance	B．Support from my Family
C．A lesson from Piano Recital Disaster	D．Encouragement from the audience

10 . When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student,I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as   could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,”       he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When some     thing said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”     Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.

1. What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?

A．He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said.

B．He criticized (批评) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.

C．He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to   the things that were true.

D．He refused to take the list and have a look at it.

2. What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?

A．Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.

B．She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it   was growing longer and longer.

C．I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.

D．Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.

3. Why did her father listen to her quietly?

A．Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true.

B．Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show   this by keeping silent for a while.

C．Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.

D．Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.