1 . 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

In the years of my growing up, Dad was strict with me. He made sure I made my bed and did my homework. He would call in advance to make sure there was no alcohol at the party. I got so angry with him for laying down the law. I would scream, “ I hate you!” Dad would yell back, “Good! I don’t care!” Deep down I knew he did.

   One time at a party, I drank too much alcohol and got so sick. I said, “ Call my dad.” Next thing, Dad was carrying me to the car. I woke up the next morning, thinking I would definitely be criticised. As expected, I got a roasting, but I now understand why I need discipline.

Dad was 29 when he got his big roles in films. I had an early start at the age of nine with a role in a 1990s TV series, but it wasn’t until I finished film studies that I pursued my career as an actress. Like those early days for Dad, I faced lots of rejections. Working in such a competitive industry, I’ve sometimes thought, “ I can’t do this any more.”

Once, after a trip to Hollywood, I returned to Australia so depressed and spent months in my bedroom painting, listening to Eckhart Tolle’s music and trying to find myself again. Dad sat me down and said,“Alice, I know it’s hard, but it’s all about persistence(坚持不懈).”

Now I get to work with Dad a lot, which I love. We both passionate about acting, which comes from us being so interested in people. If it weren’t for Dad, I wouldn’t be where I am today. He’s my biggest fan, and when you have that in your life you can go a long way.

1. What rules did Alice’s father set for her when she was growing up?(no more than 15 words)
2. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?(no more than 5 words)
3. What did Alice’s father do when she felt depressed?(no more than 5 words)
4. According to the last paragraph, what do Alice and her father have in common?(no more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of Alice’s father? Please explain.(no more than 20 words)

2 . 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

When I was young, my mum had a hard time. Five years earlier, my Dad drowned. The burden to raise us kids only fell on my mum’s shoulders. Because Dad had no pension, there was not much money. Thus, we went on relief (救济), now called social assistance.

Looking back, I realize what Mum went through, sending us kids to school. Every morning she would put a new piece of cardboard in our shoes, because our soles were worn out. Constant moving was typical for my family in these times. I still remember that once the rent for a house was twenty-five dollars a month. But Mum couldn’t pay it, and we knew we would be evicted right after Christmas on the first of January.

Unexpectedly, when Christmas was approaching, we received a twenty-five dollar Christmas fund for social services. Mum said that instead of buying food, she would use the money to pay rent, assuring us all of a roof over our heads for a little while longer. She told us then there would be nothing for Christmas.

I had a secret that was unknown to Mum. I had been selling Christmas trees, and doing odd jobs to earn enough money to buy a new pair of comfortable boots for myself.

Well, the big day came on the afternoon of the Christmas Eve. I was very excited. But on the way to the boots store, I noticed a house with Christmas lights and decorations. It was then that I realized at our house, we had no lights, no decorations, nor turkey or ham for Christmas. I felt very sad.

I was eleven years old, and I was feeling a strange sense of guilt. Here I was going to buy a new pair of boots while Mum was home in tears. She would be trying to explain to us why there were no presents. So finally, I bought a turkey, ham, oranges and all the Christmas treats with my hard-earned money.

Later, with great excitement in my eyes, I knocked on the door. When my mum opened the door, some of the groceries fell onto the floor, and she just stood there surprised. Holding back the tears, I said, “Merry Christmas Mother!”

I did a lot of explaining as we unpacked all the food. That day I got enough hugs and kisses from Mum. She said I had grown up.

1. Why did the author’s mother have a hard time? (no more than 12 words)
2. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 probably mean? (no more than 10 words)
3. What was the author’s secret? (no more than 10 words)
4. What made the author’s mother surprised? (no more than 10 words)
5. Do you agree with the mother’s words that the author had grown up? And why? (no more than 25 words)

3 . 阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

My dad is a kind, gentle man, and a man of few words. Throughout my life, he offered advice rarely. But the words were always appropriate to the situation I was facing.

As a teen when I struggled with making sense of the world around me, he said, “All things are relative.” He taught me the right view of the world. When I was offered the opportunity to be a manager of an organization as an undergraduate student, I asked him for advice because he was a senior manager of a large company. His advice was simple, “Only when you become the manager can you have a vision for how you can make the organization better; management isn’t about power and it’s about leadership.” I learned what I needed was not only to be responsible for my team but also to have leading ability. When I was feeling down, he explained, “Think that you make the wrong choices in life, sometimes.”

My dad is 86 now, living on his own and enjoying life while struggling with the challenges that aging brings. He keeps a positive attitude despite long pain and the losses that come in life. Although we live quite far away from each other, we talk daily on the phone, and he shares the joys of my young family. As I tell him how we’re heading off cycling or on a trip or out to play tennis, now his typical response is, “Do it while you can.” This is very important. We can’t be sure of the future. My father’s advice is like the ancient dictum（格言）of “ carpe diem”— seize the day and enjoy it to the fullest.

My dad rarely “lectured me”. He trusted me, and helped me when I needed help. His patience and wisdom have been true gifts in my life. As I doubt my ability and my motivation, I recall his most recent gift of wisdom, “Do it while you can”. It’s enough to “just get me started”.

1. Why did the author’s dad tell him “All things are relative.”? (No more than 10 words)
2. What qualities should a manager have according to the author? (No more than 5 words)
3. What is the purpose of the author’s father talking with him on the phone every day? (No more than 10 words)
4. How do you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph? (No more than 10 words)
5. How do you feel about the ancient dictum of “carpe diem”? (No more than 20 words)

4 . When I was just out of college, I managed to get my dream job as a trader in New York City on the floor of the American Stock Exchange. Though it was a proud_____, the job was simply too physically ____. I must stand in a crowd every day, which often ____     me in a mindset that held me back.

Manhattan is a walking town and it's difficult to ______when you have a disability. Taxis are expensive and riding the subway ______ dozens of steep steps to get below ______. This left me only one _______ — the bus.

One night, after the _______ for my job, I was aching with my self-pity _______it started to rain on my walk to the bus stop. I became more and more _______without an umbrella, thinking I'd never ________ it in this city and telling myself, "this city is just too hard" and "maybe it is just not possible for a guy like me".

And then, I _______ the most beautiful, short moment. A couple came rolling by on roller skates, hand _______ hand as they skated what seemed like the tango(探戈). They were all wet but they saw the ______ as an opportunity and romance.

I suddenly became _____   for waiting in the rain because I would have missed this beauty _________if I had been in a taxi or on the subway. This, although ________, was an important moment on my journey to discovering the _______ of achieving health and happiness. When I change my mindset, ______ for a moment, to what is possible and work to get rid of the self-limiting beliefs that ______ my daily actions, I will be on the road to a healthier and happier life.

1.

A．adjustment

B．achievement

C．agreement

D．treatment

2.

A．tiring

B．disappointing

C．relaxing

D．boring

3.

A．reminded

B．expected

C．took

D．left

4.

A．go up

B．get around

C．set off

D．show up

5.

A．acquires

B．supports

C．requires

D．surrounds

6.

A．ground

B．street

C．town

D．city

7.

A．change

B．chance

C．idea

D．choice

8.

A．struggle

B．work

C．experience

D．influence

9.

A．before

B．while

C．when

D．after

10.

A．nervous

B．curious

C．scared

D．upset

11.

A．get

B．make

C．put

D．watch

12.

A．recalled

B．intended

C．witnessed

D．realized

13.

A．on

B．by

C．to

D．in

14.

A．rain

B．tree

C．wind

D．cloud

15.

A．astonished

B．grateful

C．anxious

D．relaxed

16.

A．exactly

B．instantly

C．entirely

D．suddenly

17.

A．strange

B．small

C．normal

D．different

18.

A．humor

B．honesty

C．power

D．process

19.

A．still

B．yet

C．also

D．even

20.

A．influence

B．follow

C．forbid

D．harm

5 . The park bench was deserted as I sat down beneath an old tree. I was feeling _________ for the world was trying to drag me down. And if that weren’t enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath ________ me, all tired from play. He stood right before me and said with great ________, “Look what I found!”

In his hand was a flower, and what a ________ sight, with its petals (花瓣) all worn. _______him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I forced a ________ smile and then turned away. But instead of leaving, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his _______ and declared with overacted(夸张的) surprise, “It sure smells pretty and it’s ______, too. That’s why I picked it; here, it’s for you.”

The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew I _______ take it, or he might never leave. So I ________ for the flower, and replied, “Just what I need.” But ________ placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then that I ________ for the very first time that the boy could not _________.

At that moment I heard my voice ________, tears shone in the sun ________ I thanked him for picking a very best one. “You’re welcome,” he smiled, and then ran off to play, unaware of the _________ he’d had on my day.

I sat there and wondered _______ he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old tree. Perhaps he’d been blessed with true ________ from his heart. Through the eyes of a blind child, I _______ could see the problem was not with the world; it was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I ________ to see the beauty in life and appreciate every second that’s mine.

1.

A．shocked

B．comfortable

C．curious

D．disappointed

2.

A．visited

B．approached

C．passed

D．left

3.

A．appreciation

B．sorrow

C．excitement

D．nervousness

4.

A．pleasant

B．dangerous

C．pitiful

D．familiar

5.

A．Wanting

B．Persuading

C．Allowing

D．Ordering

6.

A．weak

B．cheerful

C．broad

D．real

7.

A．eye

B．leg

C．nose

D．hand

8.

A．useful

B．beautiful

C．meaningful

D．powerful

9.

A．would

B．should

C．must

D．could

10.

A．reached

B．paid

C．begged

D．asked

11.

A．because of

B．except for

C．as for

D．instead of

12.

A．suspected

B．remembered

C．admitted

D．noticed

13.

A．write

B．see

C．read

D．hear

14.

A．trembling

B．sinking

C．changing

D．repeating

15.

A．until

B．because

C．as

D．since

16.

A．influence

B．explanation

C．decision

D．burden

17.

A．when

B．where

C．whether

D．how

18.

A．courage

B．sight

C．will

D．wisdom

19.

A．specially

B．luckily

C．strangely

D．finally

20.

A．pretended

B．decided

C．expected

D．struggled

6 . My mom gave me some wise advice: “Nothing beats a good bite that bites back.” She was talking about her ___for bitter-tasting food like rhubarb (大黄).

Mom’s rhubarb plant is at the east of our ___. Grandma moved it there from the farm. ___I’ve always regarded it as an overgrown weed.

We kept the largest garden in the neighborhood. Each growing season, we ___the plentiful rhubarb, tomatoes, beans and carrots with our neighbors and friends. More families took the rhubarb than any other fruit.

Nearly three years ago, while ___Mom’s flower bed, I finally asked if I could dig out her rhubarb. ___, she didn’t bake with it anymore. “Absolutely not,” Mom said. Clearly I hadn’t ___her devotion to it.

As I continued weeding, I thought about how rhubarb is one of the ___plants to appear in early spring. It breaks through the snowy, icy ground before buds (芽) form on trees. How can anyone fail to ___such a passionate desire?

When those first sprouts (嫩芽) ____, I’d find Mom outdoors, examining them like a ____counting a newborn’s fingers and toes. She would estimate about how long it’d be until she could make her rhubarb ____.

But when I was a kid and she gave me that pie, it made me ____. In my teens, it made me complain. ____ice cream did not sweeten the deal for my young taste buds. Rhubarb was something to be ____at all costs.

Then, last summer, I searched for Mom’s ____. I found the one for her rhubarb pie. So I ____to give it a try. A few tries later, I ____rhubarb pie to family and guests. It tasted incredible.

Since then I’ve come to two ____about rhubarb. First, you can take rhubarb out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the rhubarb. And second, rhubarb’s taste may be lost on children, but adults can ____it. Like my wise mother, I now understand that “Nothing beats a good bite that bites back.”

1.

A．effort

B．love

C．hope

D．regret

2.

A．garden

B．farm

C．house

D．country

3.

A．So

B．And

C．But

D．Or

4.

A．planted

B．prepared

C．collected

D．shared

5.

A．weeding

B．making

C．examining

D．digging

6.

A．As usual

B．As a result

C．Above all

D．After all

7.

A．noticed

B．understood

C．followed

D．ignored

8.

A．first

B．last

C．strange

D．common

9.

A．miss

B．question

C．admire

D．challenge

10.

A．survived

B．stayed

C．dropped

D．appeared

11.

A．parent

B．child

C．doctor

D．friend

12.

A．dish

B．pie

C．soup

D．salad

13.

A．laugh

B．cry

C．cheerful

D．peaceful

14.

A．Only

B．Just

C．Even

D．Yet

15.

A．obtained

B．gathered

C．valued

D．avoided

16.

A．recipe

B．advice

C．notebook

D．secret

17.

A．refused

B．agreed

C．decided

D．hesitated

18.

A．taught

B．served

C．passed

D．showed

19.

A．theories

B．ideas

C．conclusions

D．suggestions

20.

A．sense

B．trust

C．discover

D．appreciate

7 . A linguist is always listening, never off-duty. I invited a group of friends round to my house, telling them that I was going to record their speech. I said I was interested in their regional accents, and that it would take only a few minutes. Thus one evening, three people turned up at my house and were shown into my front room. When they saw the room they were a bit anxious, for there was a microphone at head height, with wires leading to a tape-recorder in the middle of the floor. They sat down, rather nervously, and I explained that all I wanted was for them to count from 1 to 20. Then we could relax and have a drink. I turned on the tape-recorder and each in turn counted seriously from 1 to 20 in their best accents. When it was over, I turned the tape-recorder off and brought round the drinks. The rest of the evening was spent in total relaxation. I joined them in talking and joking freely, leaving them only to take a telephone call, which lasted some time.

As a matter of fact, the microphones were not connected to the tape-recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one in the kitchen. My friends, having seen the visible tape-recorder turned off, paid no more attention to the microphone which stayed in front of their chairs, only a few inches from their mouths, thus giving excellent sound quality. And my long absence meant that I was able to get as natural a piece of conversation as it would be possible to find I should add, perhaps, that I did tell my friends what had happened to them, after the recording was over, and asked them whether it should be destroyed. None of them wanted to—but for some years after that, it always seemed that when it came to buying drinks, it was I who paid for them. Linguistic research can be a very expensive business.

1. The writer asked his friends to count from one to twenty because _________.

A．he wanted to record the numbers for his research

B．he wanted his friends to think that was all he wanted to record

C．he wanted to make his friends relax before real recording started

D．he wanted to find out whether the tape recorder was working

2. How did his friends react when the writer told them what he had done?

A．They wanted him to destroy the recordings he had made

B．They made him buy them more drinks

C．They were angry with him

D．They didn’t seem to mind much

3. The writer went into another room to _________.

A．stay away from too much drinking with his friends

B．bring a telephone into the front room

C．get a natural recording of his friends’ conversation

D．answer a long distance phone call

4. The writer successfully recorded his friends’ conversation on the recorder _______.

A．in the front room

B．in the kitchen

C．in the middle of the room

D．in the room where he was answering the call

5. Which of the following words can best describe the recording which the writer managed to make?

A．natural	B．prepared
C．controlled	D．unclear

8 . There is a woman named Tao Porchon-Lynch. She was born in India in 1918. So, if you do the math, she is 99. And at the age of 99, she has been recognized as the oldest yoga teacher in the world. She has been teaching yoga in a gym in her hometown, full-time, since1967.

But that’s not all she’s done. She has also been a model, actress and dancer. She became a model after she graduated from high school. She acted in more than ten fields. She won a lot of medals as a dancer in many competitions. She once said, “If you try your best and never give up, nothing is impossible.” And she is a firm believer in positive thinking. She dreams the impossible dreams, and she is also well known as a thinker.

Tao Porchon-Lynch is not the person who talks the talk; she is the person who walks the walk. When she makes up her mind to do something, she takes action to do it without delay. At the age of 85, she learned how to dance and even won several dance competitions. She offers this piece of advice to others, “Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Don’t delay. Tomorrow never comes.”

So, what about retirement? At 98, she is well past the age when many people make retirement plans. Retiring, it turns out, is not Tao’s style. “A little girl, who is only 6 years old and is now learning yoga with me, once asked me, ‘Dear granny, what are you going to do when you retire?’” Tao Porchon-Lynch told the little girl that she had no plans to retire but instead would continue to teach yoga and dance her way to next planet.

1. What is Tao Porchon-Lynch’s job now? (No more than 5 words)
_______________
2. What is Tao Porchon-Lynch’s secret of success in so many fields? (No more than 8 words)
_______________
3. How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph3? (No more than 10 words)
_______________
4. What is Tao Porchon-Lynch’s following plan now? (No more than 10 words)
_______________
5. Do you agree with Tao Porchon-Lynch’s attitude toward life? Give reasons in your own words. (No more than 20 words)
_______________

9 . Almost everything was fantastic in the camp except for a girl, Elizabeth. When I saw her sitting alone in the hot sun at lunch, I asked her to eat with us under a _______tree. However, Elizabeth refused my kind ______, When we invited her to play volleyball with us, Elizabeth ______ our invitation, too. After a few more ______ refusals like that, I ______ to stay away from Elizabeth

It ______ that we were going on a hike and our instructor paired everyone up with a partner. ______ who my partner turned out to be. It was Elizabeth!

“What do you like to do for fun?” I asked, trying to make small ______ as we started out. “I like to ______ in peace and quiet,” Elizabeth ______. So we had the quietest and most peaceful hike in the world ______ we saw a bird. “I think his wing is hurt. Poor little bird, Elizabeth said ______. “He might be taking a rest over there.” I said. Elizabeth nodded. Then she whispered, “But what if he's in ______, like my granddad?” “Your granddad? ”I said. “He ____ and broke his leg the day the camp started. He's ______ in hospital and is in so much pain,” Elizabeth explained. I noticed she was crying. “I m sorry for what I have done. For some reason, whenever I get really sad, I act rudely and want to be ______,” she added

“I get it,” I said. “I don't always know how to ______ it when I'm feeling down, either. ” “Thanks, ”she said, wiping off her _______

After that, Elizabeth seemed to get along well with us, and I think she actually ______ the last few days of the camp.

Next time, if someone is unfriendly, give him a second ______. Maybe he's going through a tough time and just doesn't know how to deal with it

1.

A．tall

B．warm

C．shady

D．pretty

2.

A．help

B．suggestion

C．order

D．symbol

3.

A．turned over

B．turned in

C．turned down

D．turned out

4.

A．unfriendly

B．unfair

C．unfit

D．uncertain

5.

A．impressed

B．decided

C．pretended

D．admitted

6.

A．happened

B．seemed

C．likely

D．appeared

7.

A．Suppose

B．Survey

C．Dissolve

D．Guess

8.

A．changes

B．adjustment

C．exchanges

D．talk

9.

A．jog

B．walk

C．aim

D．work

10.

A．commented

B．replied

C．complained

D．insisted

11.

A．until

B．unless

C．though

D．since

12.

A．frequently

B．luckily

C．sadly

D．coldly

13.

A．pain

B．silence

C．peace

D．permission

14.

A．appreciated

B．fell

C．lay

D．copied

15.

A．yet

B．already

C．still

D．ever

16.

A．independent

B．kind

C．unique

D．alone

17.

A．concentrate

B．defend

C．handle

D．react

18.

A．tears

B．sweat

C．kisses

D．face

19.

A．avoided

B．enjoyed

C．starved

D．expanded

20.

A．try

B．approach

C．life

D．chance

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How old was the baby when he learned to say that word correctly?

A．About 18 months.

B．About 21 months.

C．About 24 months.

2. What did the father do when the baby screamed that word at the airport?

A．He corrected the baby.

B．He tried to stop the baby.

C．He hid himself somewhere.

3. Why did the mother pretend not to know about the baby?

A．She got angry with the father.

B．She was frightened by the noise.

C．She felt uneasy about the noisy baby.