1 . Twelve-year-old Mathew Flores is different from other kids. He loves junk mail, and these ads were the only reading materials he could find. Once he asked his mailman if he could offer him some.

The question surprised the mailman. He asked the boy the reason, and then shared the story on Facebook. “Today while delivering mail, I saw a boy reading ads, and he asked me for more mail. In fact, he wants to go to the library, but his family is very poor and he doesn’t have money to take the bus.”

The mailman then asked his Facebook friends if they could give some books to the boy. He wrote, “Most kids want computers or mobile phones! But what he wants is books. It’s great to see his unusual wish, and you may have seen him smile when I said I could help him!” “He is counting on me,” he said. “So I am counting on you!”

The mailman thought the Facebook post might bring in 50 to 60 books. But it was passed on quickly. People from around the world, including the UK, Australia and India, have sent books. Hundreds of books have been delivered to the boy’s door, with hundreds more still on their way.

When books first started arriving, Flores was surprised at what happened. “I thought they were mistaken, but they indeed were for me.” He says that he can’t wait to share the books with other kids, and has promised to read every one.

1. How is Flores different from other kids?

A．He sells books.	B．He likes reading.
C．He delivers mails.	D．He wants to be a mailman.

2. To help Flores, the mailman___________.

A．took him to the library	B．paid for his bus tickets
C．offered him some junk mail	D．posted his story on Facebook

3. What can you learn about the mailman from his words in Paragraph 3?

A．He is honest.	B．He is hardworking.
C．He is confident.	D．He is warmhearted.

4. What would be the best title for this passage?

A．A junk mail	B．An unexpected gift
C．An excellent job	D．An interesting book

2 . 下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏符号（∧），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，并在该下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每句不超过两个错误；
2. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
3. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last summer, my son worked hard to earn enough money to buy him a new racing­bicycle instead of asking for money from me. I loved my son so very much that I bought him a pair of sunglasses and gloves.

On November 10th, my birthday, I found the beautiful guitar on the table, beside that was a card, saying, “Happy birthday to my wonderful mother.” I was surprising and tears streamed down my face. I remembered once I joke to my family that I wanted to learn how to play guitar to make my life wonderful. I had forgotten it, and my son remembered. He took it serious, and bought me one as a birthday gift. After wondering how my son could buy the expensive gifts, I realized that my son had sold his racing­bicycle to get me the guitar.

3 . 文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。每处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（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均限一词2.只允许修改10处，从第11处起）不计分。

Last winter my dog, Anne and I go to the Arctic Hill. It was covered with ice, what made it very interested to slide(滑行) down. Anne did a trick with her tail. I turned around three times before I reached the bottom(底部)! Some young boys were watched us slide. We wanted to slide down too. Then I came up a good idea. I asked Anne that she would agree.

We played at the bottom of the hill but when the young boys slid down, we flew right into the softly and safe places. In this way everyone had a fun.

5 . Onceupon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the sea to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he waswalking along the shore. As he looked down at the beach, he saw a human figuremoving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone woulddance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he wasreaching down to the shore, picking up something and throwing itinto the ocean. As he got closer, he called out, “Good morning! What are youdoing?’’
The young man paused, looked up and replied, “Throwingstarfishes(海星)in theocean.”
“I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfishes in the ocean?”
“The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don’t throw them in, they’ll die”
“But, young man, don’t you realize thatthere are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’tpossibly make a difference!”
The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, and said, “It made a difference for that one.” There is something very special in each and every one of us. We have all beengifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can know that gift, we will gain through the strength of our vision the power(力量) to shape the future.
We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the world will be better.
1. One day, the wise man saw a young man _______.

A．dancing along the beach	B．walking with a dancer
C．picking up starfish for sale	D．trying to save as many starfishes as possible

2. The underlined words “something very special” refers to ________.

A．the gifts from friends	B．the strength of making decision
C．our own starfish	D．the ability to make a difference

3. From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that ________.

A．the wise man realized something new and important

B．the wise man thought it was foolish of the young man to throw starfishes in the ocean.

C．the young man had the ability to make a difference

D．it is necessary for us to save starfish on the beach

4. The writer told this story to show us _____.

A．how and where we can write a good article

B．everyone can do something for the future

C．wise men are sometimes stupid

D．young men are in fact wiser than old people