1 . As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to ________ a little pocket money.

One day I ________ on the door of an elderly woman and asked ________ she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in ________ and I showed her my worn ________, which no longer kept me warm. She ________ me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be ________ now.” She then ________ a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a ________ job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to ________ new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to ________ me with your report card and I will ________ you when I see you have worked hard and have some good ________. Now reach our your little hands and take out as much ________ as you can.”

I put my hands in the jar and ________ so much money that it was ________ for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she ________. She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I ________ her that I had an “A”.

I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighbourhood. I will never forget the huge ________ this wonderful lady made over my life with her ________. This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.

1.

A．save

B．give

C．earn

D．change

2.

A．turned

B．knocked

C．worked

D．looked

3.

A．how

B．when

C．why

D．if

4.

A．school

B．time

C．trouble

D．bed

5.

A．bag

B．carpet

C．coat

D．sofa

6.

A．allowed

B．forced

C．helped

D．stopped

7.

A．punished

B．tested

C．praised

D．paid

8.

A．set up

B．took out

C．talked about

D．put away

9.

A．boring

B．new

C．fine

D．terrible

10.

A．keep

B．make

C．remove

D．buy

11.

A．visit

B．forgive

C．welcome

D．serve

12.

A．recognize

B．reward

C．understand

D．protect

13.

A．goals

B．stories

C．marks

D．ideas

14.

A．room

B．money

C．food

D．time

15.

A．grabbed

B．lost

C．borrowed

D．charged

16.

A．rare

B．special

C．simple

D．enough

17.

A．promised

B．discovered

C．knew

D．admitted

18.

A．asked

B．required

C．showed

D．wrote

19.

A．decision

B．progress

C．mistake

D．difference

20.

A．courage

B．kindness

C．honesty

D．happiness

2 . I was never very neat while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but my always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Overtime, Kate got neater and I got my merriser. She moved to push my dirty clothing over and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.

Who broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “Take your shoes away! why under my bed!” Suddenly I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.

The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up. She quickly crawled (爬) under her covers, crying. Obviously. that was something she could not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy (同情) rose up in my heart.

Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bad. Cleaned the suckers and swept the floor even on her side. I got so absorbed into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching. Her tears dried and her expression was such disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. “Thanks.”

Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.

1. What made Kate so angry one evening?

A．She couldn’t find her books.

B．She heard the writer shouting loud.

C．She got the news that her grandma was ill.

D．She saw the writer’s shoes beneath her bed.

2. Why did the writer tidy up the room?

A．Because she was scared by Kate’s anger.

B．Because she hated herself for being so messy.

C．Because she wanted to show her care.

D．Because she was asked by Kate to do so.

3. How is paragraph 1 mainly developed?

A．By analyzing courses.

B．By showing differences.

C．By describing a process.

D．By following time order.

4. What might be the best title for the story?

A．My Friend Kate.

B．Hard Work Pays off.

C．How to Be Organized?

D．Learning to Be Roommates.

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

In my hometown there’s a river. After school, many    1    (student) went there and swam, but my parents didn’t allow me to swim there. One reason was that almost every year one or two people died in the river and the second was that I was very thin and weak. My parents     2    (worry) about me.

One afternoon, I didn’t have class; my friends and I went outside to play. We went to the river and they swam there; they    3    (be) very happy. I stood on the bank. I really wanted to swim, but I was afraid. At that moment one friend smiled and    4    (persuade) me, “The river is shallow. You can swim here and I can teach you.” I walked down to the river and she taught me. After half    5    hour she said, You practice here. I want to swim for a while. I practiced    6    (happy) again and again. When I stood up, I felt the water was deep and I sank in the water. Suddenly a hand caught me. It was one of    7    ( I ) friends.

I went home but I didn’t tell my parents. Soon my parents knew that event, which made them very    8    (anger). My father has a friend,    9    knew that thing and told my father, “ Your daughter is so thin, and she needs to do exercise. I can teach her    10    (swim).” Dad thought he was right and allowed me to swim. Therefore I could swim every day.

5 . When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important gift.    1     It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away.     2     I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I listened to other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.

Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual.     3     I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile on his face.

Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.     4     I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now!

One day, I asked him why he smiled that day, but he said he couldn’t remember smiling at me!     5    I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

A．At that moment, a boy entered the classroom.

B．He’s living in Australia now and he loves it.

C．It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone.

D．It was a smile.

E．That smile changed my life.

F．It’s practically impossible to make friends here.

G．As a result, no one knew who I was.

6 . 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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

Mary is a high school student, who devotes herself at her lessons every day. Last Saturday, as usually, she went to several classes. In the evening, she continued to study until deeply into night. She was too sleepy and tired that she couldn’t work effectively. On the Sunday morning, she was about to do her lessons while her father came up and advised her to take a break. Soon they came up a good idea. We decided to go cycling in the countryside. Mary enjoyed herself, competing and chatting with her father, and felt relaxing in the open air. On Monday, Mary was energetic but active in class.

7 . Whenever I was cautious about trying something new, my mom would always tell me one thing: you don't know unless you try. I've been holding this belief in my entire life. It lets me explore various opportunities that I would have missed.

Over the summer, I helped out at a preschool with the kids who needed some extra learning. At first I thought it would be super crazy with kids running around all over the place. I thought it would be a month of pure annoyance, but it ended up being pretty cool. They actually opened up to us, talked to us, and told us things they needed to get off their mind. They were so joyful to be around. I found myself happy that I was helping these kids, no longer afraid of the experience.

Again in middle school, I experienced this same belief. There were various school dances and school holiday events. I was not very fond of going to these events, thinking that I would either be made fun of or just simply be bored. I went to my first school dance in the 7th grade. It was a school welcoming dance. At first I really did not want to go but my mom forced me to go anyway. I was not happy with the choice my mom made, but soon regretted my doubt. The dance was really fun, with music, food, and friends. My mom was right. I never thought the dance would be enjoyable.

After these two events I gained more courage to try new things. I guess my mom was right. I'd never know if I never tried.

1. By “you don't know unless you try”, the author's mom intended to ________.

A．warn the author	B．encourage the author
C．delight the author	D．blame the author

2. Before helping out at a preschool, the author thought it would ________.

A．be quite cool

B．give her much pleasure

C．give her a chance to learn

D．be an unpleasant experience

3. The author went to the school dance because ________.

A．she liked dancing

B．she was afraid of missing it

C．she thought it would be enjoyable

D．she was forced to go by her mother

4. What can we learn from the story?

A．Have a go.

B．Better late than never.

C．Every cloud has a silver lining.

D．Where there is a will, there is a way.

8 . My family has moved a lot. So I've__walking into a new school and making new friends. It doesn't even trouble me that much—I__know I'll feel at home in the new place after a few months. But about a year ago we__again, and that time it was____. The reason why we were moving was__to us: My father had a terrible illness and lost his job. My mom gave up her job to be with my dad__he got the medical treatment(治疗) couldn't imagine how we would____—what if neither of my parents would find__again?

I knew my parents__me to be strong and I didn't want to let them down.__I gave in to all the feelings of sadness and fear. I cried a lot, and for the first time in my life, I started to__school. I kept to myself so much that most people decided I was__and selfish.__there were two girls at my school who reached out to me. When I finally started to talk, it comforted me to share all the__I'd been holding inside. And Melissa and Nicole really listened and__what was experiencing,__I believed no one would Their caring__me up so much that soon I had a whole group of friends. I stopped hating school, and my problems became much__to stand.

It just goes to show you that you don't have to__the bad times alone,__is the best way to help yourself.

1.

A．worried about

B．got used to

C．got tired of

D．dreamed about

2.

A．seldom

B．never

C．always

D．sometimes

3.

A．settled

B．suffered

C．walked

D．moved

4.

A．different

B．strange

C．usual

D．interesting

5.

A．pride

B．shame

C．shock

D．pleasure

6.

A．after

B．until

C．while

D．if

7.

A．judge

B．change

C．decide

D．manage

8.

A．work

B．time

C．energy

D．health

9.

A．persuaded

B．allowed

C．expected

D．commanded

10.

A．Anyhow

B．However

C．Besides

D．Therefore

11.

A．hate

B．enjoy

C．attend

D．leave

12.

A．powerful

B．stubborn

C．unfriendly

D．devoted

13.

A．Gradually

B．Obviously

C．Hopefully

D．Luckily

14.

A．courage

B．anger

C．pain

D．power

15.

A．admitted

B．understood

C．requested

D．doubted

16.

A．as though

B．now that

C．even though

D．so that

17.

A．blew

B．warmed

C．picked

D．brought

18.

A．more common

B．harder

C．easier

D．more serious

19.

A．think of

B．escape from

C．care about

D．go through

20.

A．Reaching out

B．Standing out

C．Giving out

D．Working out

9 . When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.

When Doctor Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He hardly watered his new trees, an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wisdom.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said he had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.

So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he’d beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees’ attention.

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to encounter hardship. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be torn apart.

1. What did the author think of Doctor Gibbs’s planting trees at first?

A．Perfect .	B．Puzzled.
C．Amused.	D．Impractical .

2. What did Doctor Gibbs do to the trees he planted?

A．He let them grow quickly.

B．He beat them to get their attention.

C．He helped them search for water.

D．He read a newspaper near them.

3. Which of the following can best describe Doctor Gibbs?

A．Kind and wise.	B．Calm and brave.
C．Careful and ambitious	D．Strict and devoted.

4. What does the author learn from Doctor Gibbs?

A．Elders are treasures.

B．Two heads are better than one.

C．A man without distant care must have near sorrow.

D．Only those who bear the most become the highest.

10 . 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。

My dog Dino is really an superhero, who helps keep us safe, especially on the roads. Take a look at what he does last week. Last Wednesday, Dino saved our neighbor’s boy which ran in front of a car to get his ball. People can get very much angry when driving, usually for silly reasons. Last Tuesday, a driver behind us started shouting my mum when she stopped her car to let several child cross the road. Dino soon made him shut up. Last Friday, Dino saw two girls running a red light but he soon made them changing their minds. Last Sunday Dino caught my dad talking on their mobile phone while my dad was driving. Dino immediate stopped him. What a smarter dog!