1 . Last July 4th, three police officers went into a supermarket to get something cold to drink.

Once inside, the cops were __ by a store security guard who asked for __ with a suspected thief. The woman in question didn’t have the look of an __ criminal. She was obviously scared, and her cheeks were wet with ___.

The cops looked __ her bag. “We just saw containers of ___. Nothing else,” Mike told CBS New York.

“I’m hungry,” she explained ___.

Being caught, the woman no doubt expected to be taken to jail for the __ of being hungry while poor. __ the cops had other ideas. “We’ll __ for her food,” Sojo told the __ security guard.

The three men had no discussion at all. It went ___. Instead, each of them __ out 10 dollars to pay the tab. She would not be arrested today.

The woman wept in ___. Drying her eyes with a kerchief, she ___, “Thank you, thank you.”

She wasn’t the only one touched by this act of ___. “It was a very beautiful,____moment,” says Paul, who was at the store. He was so __ by what he’d seen that he posted a photo on Twitter for all to see.

But attention was __ what the officers wanted. They were driven by a far more common emotion. As Sojo told CNN, “When you look at someone’s face and see that they need you and they’re actually hungry, it’s pretty __ as a human being to walk away from something like this.”

1.

A．questioned

B．examined

C．approached

D．required

2.

A．help

B．information

C．permission

D．trouble

3.

A．unskilled

B．experienced

C．intelligent

D．active

4.

A．paint

B．water

C．rain

D．tears

5.

A．outside

B．inside

C．around

D．down

6.

A．food

B．fruit

C．drinks

D．sweets

7.

A．anxiously

B．shamelessly

C．fearfully

D．angrily

8.

A．action

B．mistake

C．habit

D．crime

9.

A．And

B．But

C．So

D．Still

10.

A．pay

B．look

C．apologize

D．account

11.

A．annoyed

B．excited

C．surprised

D．confused

12.

A．unchanged

B．uninformed

C．unsaid

D．uncalled

13.

A．took

B．brought

C．worked

D．pointed

14.

A．delight

B．sorrow

C．regret

D．gratitude

15.

A．recalled

B．repeated

C．responded

D．requested

16.

A．thinking

B．choosing

C．sharing

D．caring

17.

A．brave

B．genuine

C．painful

D．terrible

18.

A．moved

B．amazed

C．bored

D．influenced

19.

A．sometimes

B．finally

C．never

D．always

20.

A．simple

B．natural

C．complex

D．difficult

2 . In 1994, The Brazilian photographer Salgado went back to his homeland in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was__________ to see the land run by his family. The thick forest there was once a paradise   ( 乐园 ) for him and his friends, bringing them___ memories.

To his horror, he saw a totally different____. Only 0.5% of the land was covered with trees. “The land was as sick as a serious patient — everything was______ due to deforestation (砍伐森林),” Salgado said___ during a meeting on climate change in Paris.

Salgado ______that he should do something about it. Then he ______the bold idea of replanting trees on the land, which beyond his expectations, received___ from his wife and relatives. Soon the whole family _______   and the results are remarkable. _______, the land is changing: It is carpeted with green trees again and some of the insects, birds and animals living in the land before____. The land has been brought back to life. The___ family’s hard work also impressed people around them. They___ cutting down trees and began to protect the environment.

“The work over the years is quite difficult but well worth the_____ and I think every   little bit of work_____,” said Salgado. Therefore, everyone should play a part in protecting   the environment.

1.

A．sorry

B．ready

C．eager

D．willing

2.

A．wonderful

B．embarrassing

C．painful

D．complex

3.

A．direction

B．atmosphere

C．plan

D．sight

4.

A．disturbed

B．destroyed

C．prohibited

D．abandoned

5.

A．calmly

B．nervously

C．sadly

D．lightly

6.

A．admitted

B．realized

C．agreed

D．proved

7.

A．thought up

B．laughed at

C．turned down

D．tried out

8.

A．doubts

B．permission

C．suggestions

D．support

9.

A．backed off

B．broke up

C．took action

D．got through

10.

A．Suddenly

B．Eventually

C．Gradually

D．Generally

11.

A．escaped

B．returned

C．approached

D．died

12.

A．kind-hearted

B．brave

C．devoted

D．considerate

13.

A．forgot

B．stopped

C．delayed

D．missed

14.

A．comment

B．promise

C．offer

D．effort

15.

A．increases

B．matches

C．improves

D．matters

3 . Many years ago, my dad was facing a serious heart condition. He was unable to do a steady job. He fell suddenly ill and had to be admitted to the hospital.

He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he decided to volunteer at the local children’s hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He ended up working with the seriously ill children. He would talk, play, and do arts with them.

One of his kids was a girl with a rare disease that paralyzed (瘫痪) her from the neck down. She couldn’t do anything, and she was very depressed. My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. All the while he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.”At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was sent home because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also left the children’s hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later after my dad had recovered and returned to work, in came the little girl who had been paralyzed and only this time she was walking. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave him a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read: “Thank you for helping me walk.”

My dad would cry every time he told us this story and so would we. He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctor, and my dad—who died just a few months after the little girl gave the picture—loved every single child in that hospital.

1. The author’s father worked at the local hospital to_______________.

A．make his serious heart condition less serious	B．keep himself occupied and pleased
C．realize his childhood dream	D．earn money to pay for treatment

2. How did the author’s father help the paralyzed little girl?

A．He helped her practice walking.	B．He visited her and made a toy for her.
C．He showed her she could still do things.	D．He painted special pictures for her.

3. According to Paragraph 3, the paralyzed girl _______________.

A．eventually became a unique painter

B．was sent home and never seen again

C．gradually recovered and walked

D．sent the author’s dad a picture painted with her mouth

4. What message does the passage mainly convey?

A．It’s better to give than to receive.

B．A sick person should not focus on his disease.

C．Volunteering is a worthwhile thing to do.

D．Love can sometimes bring great results.

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，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删改或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），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 friend Tom has benefited great from humour. He is kind but overweight, that brings him a lot of problems. Once one of my classmates laugh at him, “why are you so fat?” We all stopped to stare at Tom, wonder how he would answer the question. She just said in a calm voice, “Well, because of my size must be large enough to hold my large heart of love.”After hearing his word, we all burst into laughter. Not only does Tom take the joke,but he also managed to cope with the embarrassed situation.What important part humor plays in our daily life!

5 . Life experiences can show one's "grit"（坚韧）． Complex challenges early in life helped the following people develop skills that got them to the top of their professions．

Ursula Burns， Chairwoman， VEON； Former CEO， Xerox

Her family was so poor that her single mother traded office cleaning for health care． But Burns' early gift for math won her a scholarship and an internship at Xerox， where she would compete her way to the top． "I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side，" she says． "Not a lot scares me．"

Howard Schultz， Executive Chairman， Starbucks

Schultz grew up in public housing in Brooklyn， surrounded by poverty， and was the first in his family to go to college （on a football scholarship）． After training in sales， he set up the company that would later buy Starbucks． "In the course of the year I spent trying to raise money， I spoke to 242 people， and 217 of them said no．" he said．

Sean Combs， CEO， Sean John

Combs began a generation of hip﹣hop talent and made a lasting influence on fashion． But his story could have turned out much differently： his drug dealer father was killed when he was 3． "It made me work even harder．" he recently said．

Geisha Williams， CEO， PG&E

Her parents fled Cuba when Williams was 5． By 7， she was her parents' main translator in talks with lawyers and accountants at grocery stores they owned in New Jersey． The experience did help her． "I went from thinking I could be a manager to thinking I could do something much bigger．" she told Fortune．

1. Who did best in math at school？

A．Combs．

B．Burns．

C．Schultz．

D．Williams．

2. How did the death of Combs' father influence him？

A．It made him a failure．

B．He became a drug dealer．

C．It made him even stronger．

D．He became a hip﹣hopper．

3. What can we learn from the passage？

A．Cuba is a good place to do business．

B．No one wanted to help Schultz at first．

C．Poor family kids can be successful easily．

D．Difficulty in life pushed Williams forward．

6 . I remember the day when I first learned to ride a bike. It was a frightening, yet fun experience. My granddad was the one who taught me and he helped me when I got hurt. The first time I got on a bike, I had no idea what I was doing, and just about everything went wrong. My granddad told me to just put my feet on the pedals and start pedaling (骑自行车). He also told me he would hold onto the back of the bike the whole time, yet he didn’t.

As soon as I started trying to balance myself, he let go. I happened to look back just then. I was scared, to death that I was going to fall and hurt myself. When I was scared, my mind went blank from pedaling, and I just wanted off. I forgot how to use the brakes (车闸) and fell right off the bike. My granddad kept encouraging me to get up and try again, and after about 15 minutes, 1 finally stopped crying, got up and tried again.

As soon as I started pedaling again, my pants got caught in the chain, and I fell flat on my face and hit my nose. Since that happened t my granddad decided to call it a day and try again the next morning. The next morning I woke up bright and early, and was very eager to try to ride my bike. My nose felt better, so I wasn’t that afraid of falling anymore.

Though I knew there were a lot of difficulties on the way to mastering the skills in riding a bike, I believed I could do well with my granddad’s help. After all, riding a bike was what I wanted to do eagerly.

1. How was the author when he was on the bike first?

A．He didn’t know where he would be going.

B．He thought balancing himself was easy.

C．He was nervous and didn’t know what to do next.

D．He put his feet on the pedals and started pedaling.

2. What does the underlined part in the passage mean?

A．Remember what happened this day.

B．Make the author feel happy.

C．Stop practicing bicycling.

D．Go on to ride a bike.

3. What is the author’s attitude towards his granddad?

A．Supportive.	B．Grateful.
C．Indifferent.	D．Negative.

4. Which of the following could be the title for the passage?

A．The Experience of My First Riding a Bike

B．The Difficulty I Met with My Granddad

C．The First Time I Got My Own Bike

D．The Great Moment When I Stayed with My Granddad

7 . I suffered from mental illness and depression when I was younger, and it totally affected my teenage years. But after a long struggle, I found a hobby that changed my life.

My depression really kicked in after my parents moved to the UK when I was about 11 years old. Having to get used to life in a foreign country was very difficult. The friends I knew were gone, and the changes in my environment led to my depression. I had problems in many parts of my life, which made it feel impossible for me to carry on.

At that time, I didn’t understand that depression was an illness. I remember a particular day when I couldn’t find enough strength to get myself home from playing in the park—it felt like I was carrying the world on my shoulders.

Other times, I even thought about killing myself —I just felt so trapped. I never really reached out for help either, as I felt that there wasn’t anyone who could have helped with my situation.

What turned my life around, however, was discovering street dancing. I was introduced to it by a friend, and I started taking classes at a studio in London. After a few weeks, I began to go out and meet a lot of other dancers to practice and train with them on a regular basis. It gave me a purpose, and eventually the happiness I gained from it helped me manage my depression. The dancing helped me get my life back, focus on my studies, and get through university.

My advice to anyone who might be going through something like I was is to reach out for help. The thing about life is that it changes, and you never know what might come your way. If someone had said to me during those dark moments that I would have gone on to achieve the things I have, I wouldn’t have ever believed it.

Just take each day as it comes, and remember that there’s always someone, or something, out there to help you.

1. How did the author deal with his depression at first?

A．He turned to his old friends for help.

B．He talked about it with his parents.

C．He put up with it by himself.

D．He read many articles about it.

2. How did street dancing benefit the author?

A．It helped him find a good job.

B．It taught him how to control his emotions perfectly.

C．It let him find many true friends.

D．It cheered him up and made him feel positive.

3. What does the author suggest people do when they feel down?

A．Always be confident in themselves.

B．Find someone or something to rescue them.

C．Wait for help to come patiently.

D．Accept everything that life sends their way,

4. How might the author feel about his future?

A．Hopeful.

B．Fearful.

C．Satisfied.

D．Uncertain.

8 . Last year, around Labor Day, I read a “Happy Ad” in our local newspaper.There was a lady in a local nursing home for the aged, who was celebrating her 90th birthday and her family wanted everyone to know about it. It said that if you wanted to drop her a line, here was her address. So I did. I found a birthday card and dropped her a short note, wishing her a happy birthday.

A week or so later, someone knocked at my front door. I opened the door and found a middle-aged man standing on my doorstep. He introduced himself as the son of this woman to whom I had sent the card. He explained that he just wanted to drop by in person and thank me for sending such a nice card to his mom. Apparently, like many older folks, she did not receive much mail and was quite excited to receive mine. I just didn’t know what to say. I told him it was my pleasure and that I hoped his mom had enjoyed her birthday.

That year, I did not send out any Christmas cards, except to this lovely old lady in the nursing home. I just told her that I was thinking about her and hoped that she had a nice holiday. I sent her a holiday card and also a couple of notes in between. I just thought she might like to have someone write to her, to get some mails.

She passed away a couple of months ago. I never met this lady, but I did keep her and her family in my thoughts. I dropped them a line of sympathy. I hope that my few little notes were enough to brighten a couple of her days here on earth.

1. The old lady lived______.

A．at her son’s home	B．at her own home
C．in a senior citizen’s home	D．in a center of the local newspaper

2. From the text, we can know that      .

A．the son of this old lady opened the door to meet the author

B．the lovely old lady received many birthday cards at the age of 90

C．the family wanted the author to celebrate the old lady’s 90th birthday

D．the author sent another card with notes to the old lady on Christmas Day

3. We can infer that the writer is very ______.

A．easy-going	B．indifferent
C．sympathetic	D．friendly

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．A moving story of an old lady.

B．A worthy deed from the caring author.

C．A happy advertisement about the family.

D．A perfect plan from the considerate son.

9 . In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University to study law, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.
My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.
Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No.3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.
You can imagine how busy I became, raising four boys under the age of 8. Our home was a complete zoo--a joyous zoo. Not surprisingly, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester.
The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.
In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!
I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you're looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you're in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won't arrive in your life on one day. It's a process. Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.
1. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be______.

A．a writer

B．a teacher

C．a judge

D．a doctor

2. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?

A．She wanted to study by herself.

B．She fell in love and got married.

C．She suffered from a serious illness.

D．She decided to look after her grandma.

3. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A．She was busy but happy with her family life.

B．She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.

C．She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.

D．She was too confused to make a correct choice.

4. Which of the following can best describe the author?

A．Caring and determined.	B．Honest and responsible.
C．Brave and sensitive.	D．Independent and single-minded.

10 . The man sitting opposite Robert was the Financial Controller. Everybody called him “the FC” for short. He made all the decisions about money. Robert needed some more. That was why he had to see him. The two men did not get on very well. In fact, they had always disliked each other.
“Your request is out of the question,” the FC said. Robert had difficulty in controlling himself, but he managed somehow. He explained that he wanted the money in order to make more programmes.
“And why do you want to do that?” the FC asked sharply. Again, Robert almost lost his temper. “Because more and more people are listening to my department’s programmes. There’s great demand for them,” he answered.
The FC did not seem to believe him. But Robert had a report on the numbers of listeners to all EBC programmes. The FC became less confident. Robert threw the report down on the table and told him to read it.
The FC looked at it in silence. The figures (数字) proved that he had been wrong, but he did not want to admit it. “Well,” he finally said, “I may have made a small mistake.” Robert noticed the word “may.” He got up to leave. But he had the feeling that he would get the money after all.
1. In the story the Financial Controller was a person who was in charge of

A．Robert’s department’s programmes	B．EBC programmes
C．EBC money	D．both B and C

2. “Your request is out of the question.”Here “out of the question”means

A．without any question	B．with some question
C．impossible	D．possible

3. Robert decided to make more programmes because

A．he wanted to meet the needs of the listeners

B．“the FC” disliked him

C．the members of his department wanted him to do so

D．he wanted to show himself off

4. Why were more and more people listening to Robert’s programmes?

A．Because he always lost his temper (脾气)

B．Because he disliked “the FC”

C．Because the programmes were rich and to the taste of the listeners

D．We don’t know

5. Who do you think won the argument(争论)in the end?

A．The Financial Controller

B．Robert

C．Nobody

D．The listeners