1 . Cruising along the long country road in my car, I was singing at the top of my lungs to help pass the time. It was just before midnight and I was making the two-hour journey to see my then-boyfriend, Richard, who lived two hours apart.

Around 20 minutes in, I was driving down a straight stretch of road, when my steering wheel started jerking from side to side and the car shook violently. The wind is strong here, I thought. But when my car suddenly pulled to the other side of the road, the reality of what was happening dawned on me. I was in the middle of an earthquake!

Situated between a mountain on one side and power lines on the other, I was far too scared to stop in case they came crashing down on top of me. Instead, I decided the safest option was to keep driving slowly. But, as the ground continued to shake beneath me, I grew more frightened by the second.

When it finally stopped, I found a safe place to pull over and check my mobile for reception. But there was nothing. Shaken, I was desperate to make my way to the nearest town to find service as quickly as possible.

Traveling at around 100km/h, I noticed a strange shadow on the road ahead. As I got closer, I realized the bridge in front of me had been removed from the road and had risen around 30 centimeters from the ground. I hit the brakes, but there was no way I could slow down in time. Crashing straight into the raised road, my car broke down finally.

Pain tore through my neck and body. I got out and ran to safety on the other side of the road and screamed for help. But, alone in the dead of night, there was no one around to hear me. Thankfully, around 15 minutes later, I saw two headlights in the distance.

1. Why was the author driving on the country road?

A．To pass the time.	B．To meet her boyfriend.
C．To break up with Richard.	D．To escape from a natural disaster.

2. The author realized an earthquake happened ________.

A．before the wind became strong

B．after the steering wheel started jerking

C．as soon as the car started to shake violently

D．when her car pulled to the other side of the road

3. Why did the author keep driving after the earthquake happened?

A．Because she was too panic to apply the brake.

B．Because she tried to get out of the high-risk area.

C．Because she wanted to contact the outside world for help.

D．Because she was desperate to find service as soon as possible.

4. What would most probably happen to the author at last?

A．She was rescued by others before long.	B．She had to repair her car on her own.
C．She waited in the dark for help but in vain.	D．She warned other drivers of the raised road.

2 . He really did look like a tourist, with a camera around his neck and a bottle of sunscreen sticking out of his bag. The fat man sat on the terrace (草坪), drinking lemonade, a little bit each time, and _______ to look at a smooth and shiny cruise brochure. His sunglasses _______ his eyes, but I knew he wasn’t looking at the brochure: he hadn’t turned a _______ for the last ten minutes.

As I brought him what he had ordered, he coughed up a “thank you” and looked at me _______ . I tried not to stare at the tiny scar across his left eyebrow.

I walked back inside with my_______tray (托盘), shaking my head. He looked familiar, but I couldn’t quite place him.

Then it _______ me. The car accident. The mysterious stranger who helped me out of my smashed car,_______before it exploded. I_______back to his table. He was gone. I moved his saucer and found his tip, along with a _______:

I am deeply thankful to you. The night of your car accident, I was on my way to ________ a jewelry store. I now live an honest life, thanks to you. God bless you! Mr. D.

I trembled. The night of my car accident, I was ________for an interview in a shady dance club. Seeing human kindness through his ________behavior turned my life around and brought faith back into my life.

I ________the tip he left. Among the one-dollar notes was a 100-dollar note with a pen mark ________“In God We Trust”, which first appeared on paper money in 1957.

I said a silent prayer for him and got back to work,________.

1.

A．asking

B．pretending

C．concentrating

D．requesting

2.

A．masked

B．protected

C．beautified

D．comforted

3.

A．picture

B．bottle

C．page

D．dish

4.

A．awkwardly

B．gracefully

C．confidently

D．briefly

5.

A．empty

B．clean

C．heavy

D．new

6.

A．attracted

B．failed

C．moved

D．hit

7.

A．even

B．perhaps

C．just

D．long

8.

A．rushed

B．jogged

C．hiked

D．tracked

9.

A．book

B．card

C．notice

D．brochure

10.

A．visit

B．help

C．rob

D．manage

11.

A．waiting

B．longing

C．heading

D．preparing

12.

A．glorious

B．heroic

C．positive

D．amazing

13.

A．dropped

B．doubted

C．weighed

D．unfolded

14.

A．coloring

B．underlining

C．enlarging

D．deleting

15.

A．smiling

B．sweating

C．quitting

D．admiring

3 . Kurt Campbell believes in second chances—and a certain grade school teacher who made all the difference. For him, the hurt and the _______ came in fourth grade.

School was a complete _______ for him. Learning was hard. His teachers and parents _______ everything but it just wasn't clicking. By the end of his fourth grade year, he couldn't spell or read.

The Campbells _______ from their home in Washington to the town of Edmonds. Kurt's parents enrolled him in a new school, where he would _______ fourth grade.

He wasn't _______ about going to a new school, but he was terribly upset about taking fourth grade over. It was a _______ of not being intelligent. He felt very insecure and afraid. _______, he wasn't at his old school, so none of the kids would know he had been held back.

His new teacher, Mrs. Hornall, knew. She had read Kurt's _______. She spent concentrated individual time with him. Mrs. Hornall helped him see how words ________ into sentences and how sentences became paragraphs and stories ________ new meaning.

Over the next few weeks and months, things began to ________. Kurt could read a Hardy Boys book. When he got to the end, he ran down the hall, ________ to his mom and dad, “I did it! I did it!”

“Mrs. Hornall made the ________. She was one of those amazing teachers who took the line, gave me personalized ________ and never once made me feel different from my other classmates.” said Kurt.

1.

A．anger

B．hope

C．regret

D．joy

2.

A．success

B．adventure

C．wale

D．struggle

3.

A．tried

B．made

C．bought

D．chose

4.

A．traveled

B．moved

C．escaped

D．searched

5.

A．start

B．skip

C．repeat

D．spend

6.

A．nervous

B．happy

C．curious

D．sure

7.

A．way

B．sign

C．result

D．case

8.

A．Consequently

B．Naturally

C．Fortunately

D．Surprisingly

9.

A．file

B．letter

C．essay

D．mind

10.

A．come

B．pack

C．break

D．fit

11.

A．mixed into

B．applied to

C．based on

D．filled with

12.

A．change

B．happen

C．fade

D．grow

13.

A．whispering

B．explaining

C．swearing

D．yelling

14.

A．decision

B．deal

C．difference

D．attempt

15.

A．motivation

B．attention

C．service

D．advice

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。作文中共有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。

When I was in the four grade, everyone knew that I was a best speller in the class. I was so confident in my spelling abilities that I decided not study for my next spelling test.

Everything in the test was OK until my English teacher says “Handkerchief”. I forgot the last three letter. It occurred to me that my deskmate knew the word. My eyes rolled to the right, and then went quickly back to her own paper. I remained nervously because I had cheated. At the end of the test, I erased that I had written earlier and replaced it for the wrong answer. Though I didn’t keep my perfect scores, but at least I kept my honesty.

5 . Charlie is a teacher and his wife, Maria is an artist. The night before last, just before the longest day of the year, Charlie was sitting in a deckchair enjoying the warm summer air when Maria touched his shoulder and he could tell immediately she was a little worried about something. He asked her what the matter was and she replied that there was a strange thing on the jacket that was hanging in the bedroom. They had both lived in the West Indies (西印度群岛) and had seen a lot of strange creatures in their house before. But now they were living in England and so Charlie just laughed and said he would have a look at the “thing”.

He walked to the bedroom. He saw a jacket hanging in the bedroom and went up to it to have a closer look at the “thing”. The moment he touched it, the thing sprang into life. Now Charlie experiences fear like the rest of us but when this creature opened its wings, he jumped out of his skin and ran screaming from the room like a small child doing about 100 miles an hour.

For a moment the next-door neighbours thought that Charlie was murdering his wife because of the noise they could hear. In fact, it was a bat that frightened Charlie.

Eventually Charlie managed to trap the bat in a box and took it to the garden to let the bat fly. Maria, who had been playing the guitar while Charlie was upstairs, asked Charlie if he had found out what the thing was. “Oh, nothing to worry about”, he said casually hoping that the terror could not be seen in his eyes, “it was just a bat.”

1. Why was Maria a little worried one night?

A．Because she couldn't find her guitar.	B．Because she saw something strange.
C．Because it was too hot for her.	D．Because she had quarreled with her husband.

2. The underlined part “jumped out of his skin” in the second paragraph probably means ____.

A．stood up	B．was very frightened
C．threw off his clothes	D．was very excited

3. What happened to the bat?

A．It was killed by Charlie.	B．It was badly wounded.
C．It was set free by Charlie.	D．It was kept as a pet.

4. It can be inferred that ________.

A．Charlie was afraid that his wife would laugh at him if she knew the truth

B．the neighbours would report to the police about Charlie murdering the bat

C．the bat wouldn't come to Charlie's room again because it was frightened

D．Maria heard her husband screaming downstairs and became frightened