1 . The whole school was talking about the coming trip at a winter camp. And everyone was ______ , except me.

“I’ll hate it,’’ I told my parents. “I’ll get homesick. I’ll look stupid at winter sports, and everyone will ______ me.”

“You might be surprised, Bree,” said Mom. “The only way to find out is to ______ .”

“It，s what growing up is all about,” Dad added.

When ______ the camp, we were asked to share one ______ .

“I’m afraid I'll be homesick,” someone said.

I wasn’t the only one?! I began to ______ . After lunch,

we were asked to ski (滑雪）down to the field. I skied   ______ , but I still hit a piece of ice and ______ .

“Ha! Ha! ” Behind me, somebody started laughing. I ______ to see who was making fun of me. To my _______, I saw a girl in the same awkward position as I was in. “I thought I’d be bad at this, ______ I’m worse than I expected!” she said.

______ , I started laughing too. After being so ______ of falling, it was a comfort not to fear it anymore.

At dinner time, I was so happy to be talking about interesting things that I ______ to feel homesick.

The next day, I was ______ to try ski jumping first, even though I didn't want to. But when my feet left the ground, I felt I was ______ and it was wonderful.

Maybe Dad was right when he said, “You might ______ it if you give it a chance!’’

Maybe the kind of ______ Mom and Dad were talking about had more to do with my outlook than my looks. We all ______ not fitting in and failing when we try ______ things. Sometimes you’ve got to fall on your face to discover how much you’ve got in common.

1.

A．strange

B．sad

C．nervous

D．excited

2.

A．speak to

B．wait for

C．laugh at

D．talk about

3.

A．try

B．dream

C．change

D．move

4.

A．searching for

B．returning to

C．making up

D．arriving at

5.

A．story

B．fear

C．purpose

D．fact

6.

A．eat

B．ask

C．relax

D．sleep

7.

A．carefully

B．interestingly

C．finally

D．quickly

8.

A．went out

B．gave up

C．ran away

D．fell down

9.

A．walked around

B．stood up

C．looked back

D．stepped over

10.

A．shame

B．surprise

C．pleasure

D．regret

11.

A．but

B．so

C．because

D．or

12.

A．Quietly

B．Hopefully

C．Unhappily

D．Suddenly

13.

A．tired

B．proud

C．certain

D．afraid

14.

A．failed

B．refused

C．forgot

D．stopped

15.

A．prepared

B．chosen

C．protected

D．allowed

16.

A．flying

B．crying

C．learning

D．dying

17.

A．prevent

B．trust

C．discover

D．enjoy

18.

A．winning back

B．showing off

C．growing up

D．working out

19.

A．catch up

B．worry about

C．believe in

D．point out

20.

A．new

B．easy

C．right

D．popular

2 . 语法填空

Once a group of 50 people was attending a meeting. Halfway through his talk, the speaker stopped and decided     1     (create) a group activity. He went around the hall and gave each person a balloon (气球). Each one was asked to write his or her name on the balloon     2     (use) a marker pen. Then all the balloons     3     (collect) and put in another room.

The speaker then asked the group to find the balloon which had their name     4    (write) on within five minutes. Everyone was     5     (hurried) searching for their name, bumping (撞) into each other, pushing each other around. At the end of the five minutes, no one could find     6     (they) own balloon.

Now each person was asked to randomly (随便地) collect a balloon and give it to the person     7    name was on it. Within two minutes everyone had their own balloon. When everyone quieted down, the speaker began to talk, saying that this is exactly     8    was happening in our life. Everyone is busy looking for happiness,     9     not knowing where it is.

Our happiness sometimes lies     10     the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness and you will get your own.

3 . Jeremy Locke, 25, has his own roofing company in Bridgeport, Nova Scotia. For a couple of years before he began his_________, he would drive past the home of Jeanette MacDonald, noticing the_________state of her roof. He was_________—not just for the elderly woman but also for the children living with her. So Locke_________to lend a helping hand.

The young man knocked on MacDonald's door and_________to fix her roof for nothing, "I didn't know who the woman was, but I wanted to_________this for her and her grandchildren," he explained to The Chronicle Herald. However, despite his kind_________, the woman politely turned him down.

MacDonald and her_________left an impression on Locke. He saw_________between the woman and his own grandmother, and couldn't bear to see her in this__________. He had also grown up without much and felt that he should use his skills to__________.

A year after Locke set up his own roofing company, seeing that the roof was__________in a state of disrepair, Locke returned to MacDonald's home and asked MacDonald if she wanted to enter a raffle (抽奖) his company was doing for a__________roof. The 70-year-old woman__________the chance, but little did she know that there was no__________.

MacDonald's relief__________Locke's kindness is immeasurable, "I could win $1 million but it wouldn't make me as__________as knowing I'm getting a new roof on. Jeremy is__________something. He's a guardian angel (守护天使) sent from God."

The__________should cost about $ 9,000 in terms of materials and manpower. However, the only thing Locke wants in return is a home-cooked meal for his staff from the woman who__________him of his grandmother.

1.

A．journey

B．business

C．research

D．life

2.

A．average

B．unexpected

C．special

D．terrible

3.

A．frightened

B．embarrassed

C．concerned

D．disappointed

4.

A．decided

B．appeared

C．agreed

D．happened

5.

A．declined

B．offered

C．managed

D．pretended

6.

A．catch up with

B．take care of

C．get rid of

D．put up with

7.

A．application

B．reaction

C．theory

D．intention

8.

A．hesitation

B．shame

C．regret

D．difficulty

9.

A．symbols

B．conditions

C．similarities

D．beliefs

10.

A．situation

B．occupation

C．incident

D．direction

11.

A．respond

B．give

C．help

D．develop

12.

A．still

B．even

C．already

D．just

13.

A．temporary

B．delicate

C．random

D．free

14.

A．went over

B．jumped at

C．laughed off

D．looked into

15.

A．competition

B．cheating

C．dilemma

D．chance

16.

A．comparing

B．withdrawing

C．following

D．contradicting

17.

A．strong

B．lucky

C．happy

D．rich

18.

A．partly

B．possibly

C．generally

D．really

19.

A．room

B．job

C．meal

D．decoration

20.

A．reminds

B．warns

C．convinces

D．informs

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus.     1     sat next to each other. “What’s that in your bag?” asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the old man.

“Gold. There was nothing but gold,” answered the old man. The young man could not believe his own ears and was     2     great surprise. Then he began to think about     3     to get the money. The old man was very tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. After a while, the old man     4     (lie) down on the chair and fell asleep.

The young man took     5     big bag gently and quietly. But when he was just about to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the old man’s body. Several times he tried to pull it out,     6     failed. At last he took off his coat,     7     (think) that the gold in the bag must cost far more than his fur coat.

Worried but     8     (delight), the young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him, until he reached a place     9     he thought the old man couldn’t find him. He stopped and quickly opened the bag but he just found a great many small stones in it. Then he ran back to the station     10     (hurry), only to find that the old man was gone.

5 . Most people can't live to 100． Those who do live so long can hardly walk， let alone take part in any activities． A few people， however， take part in dangerous activities even though they are more than 100 years old﹣ They keep going and going! There is a great grandmother who likes challenging herself although she is 101 years old this year．

Mary Hardison believes that people should always be cheerful and more importantly， take on all kinds of adventures while they physically still can． So， instead of celebrating her 101st birthday with a boring party， she decided to go paragliding（滑翔跳伞）﹣ an idea she got from her 75﹣year﹣old son who recently took it up as a hobby．

So on her birthday， cheered on by her big family， she tied herself up together with expert instructor Kevin Hintze， and jumped down fearlessly from the sky near her home in Ogden， Utah． And， it was not just a simple jump either． According to Kevin Hintze， the grandmother encouraged him to turn around， as they made their way down．

This is not the first time that Mary has done something "wild" and "crazy"． For her 90th birthday she rode all the adult rides at Disneyland． And， she is not done yet﹣ For her 102nd birthday she hopes to go down the 3，000 feet Alpine Slide at Utah's Park City Mountain Resort!

Not surprisingly， this great action has made Mary Hardison very famous and also earned her a place in the Guinness World Records where she broke a 2007 record set by a 100﹣year﹣old British woman． What an amazing lady!

1. What do we know about Mary Hardison？

A．She took up paragliding as her hobby at the age of 75．

B．She is a 101﹣year﹣old lady who likes challenging herself．

C．She was recorded in the Guinness World Records in 2007．

D．She is the oldest woman in the Guinness World Records．

2. From whom did Mary get the idea of going paragliding？

A．A 100﹣year﹣old British woman．

B．Kevin Hintze．

C．Her grandson．

D．Her 75﹣year﹣old son．

3. How does the author feel about Mary's action？

A．Amazed．

B．Supportive．

C．Doubtful．

D．Worried．

4. The text is likely to appear in ________．

A．a news report

B．an advertisement

C．a novel

D．a science report

6 . The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments—outside the jeweler’s before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him he’d better buy a necklace. He wasn’t used to buying jewellery and was a little worried about over-spending.

After some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o'clock. When, half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away, satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted.

1. A good title for this passage is ________.

A．A Clever Assistant

B．Buying a Birthday Present

C．How to Choose a Necklace

D．A Brave Young Man

2. When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face ________.

A．turned pale	B．turned red
C．turned yellow	D．turned black

3. James and Laura reached the shop at ________.

A．4:30	B．5:00
C．5:30	D．6:00

4. James would come back to buy what he wanted because_________.

A．the necklace was good

B．Laura liked the necklace

C．the assistant who served James was very beautiful

D．the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy things

7 .           The friendship between us lasts forever. Mary Allen was my best friend— ___a sister. We did ___together, piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding, and __.

When I was 13,my family moved. Mary and I kept in___through letters, and we saw __on special occasions—like my wedding and ___.Soon we were busy___children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less___.One day a card that I ___came back stamped “Address Unknown”.I had no ____how to find Mary.

Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to 1__stories of my children and then grandchildren. I needed to share my sorrow when my brother and then my mother died. There was an ____place in my heart that only a friend like Mary ____fill.

One day I was reading a newspaper ____I noticed a picture of a young woman 1__looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Wagman—Mary’s married name.“There must be thousands of Wagmans，” I thought,but I wrote to her ____.

She called as soon as she got my letter.“Mrs Tobin！” she said ____，“Mary Allen Wagman is my mother.” Minutes later I heard a voice that I ____at once, even after 50 years. We laughed and cried and asked about each other’s lives.

Now the empty place in my heart is ___，and there’s one thing that Mary and I know____： we won’t lose each other again!

1.

A．like

B．so

C．namely

D．as

2.

A．everything

B．nothing

C．nowhere

D．everywhere

3.

A．such

B．much

C．so on

D．many

4.

A．secret

B．touch

C．friend

D．pace

5.

A．other

B．others

C．each other

D．another

6.

A．Mary’s

B．his

C．Mary

D．their

7.

A．for

B．in

C．at

D．with

8.

A．often

B．possibly

C．probably

D．hardly

9.

A．gave

B．took

C．sent

D．missed

10.

A．doubt

B．idea

C．question

D．wonder

11.

A．read

B．share

C．find

D．discover

12.

A．eager

B．equal

C．empty

D．enough

13.

A．could

B．can

C．will

D．must

14.

A．while

B．since

C．once

D．when

15.

A．whom

B．who

C．which

D．whose

16.

A．anyway

B．however

C．meanwhile

D．therefore

17.

A．disappointedly

B．rudely

C．excitedly

D．coldly

18.

A．realized

B．accepted

C．received

D．recognized

19.

A．cleared

B．fixed

C．filled

D．removed

20.

A．by chance

B．on purpose

C．for sure

D．in a way

8 . My 4-year-old son now enjoys posting letters. He has formed the _______of drawing pictures, writing his name on them, and then   ______ the artwork in an envelope. He then insists on ______ his handwork to the neighbors, and a mail box he _______ belongs to the elderly couple who live next door. To be ______, I didn’t think much of it, but I had ______ to warn my neighbors of the drawings ______ appearing in their letterboxes—I just didn’t have the ______ to do so, because I was a little busy recently.

On Tuesday of last week, I was walking down to school to collect my son when I _______ Mary, my elderly neighbor, ______at her mail box. She said, “Jodie, is it your little son that has been posting items in my letterbox to me?” I was at once ______, “Oh yes, Mary, it is. I’m sorry. I meant to tell you…” She cut me off, “Jodie, I just love his mail. I’ve _______ every item he has sent. You don’t know how much _______ the letters has made my day. I just love them.” While I was walking down to school after our _______, many thoughts came to me. Mary doesn’t have a lot to fill her days, ______ she was a mother to a number of children herself who receives fairly regular visitors. The small ______ of getting some mail—pictures drawn by the hand of a young child—has brought ______ to her days, just as my visit to my grandparents does.

I have decided that my son should ________ this practice. He should also start sending some items to his grandparents in Perth as well. It will most ________ make their day.

It’s doing the little, simple things that can often make a big ______ in someone’s life.

1.

A．habit

B．attitude

C．style

D．form

2.

A．hiding

B．writing

C．drawing

D．putting

3.

A．handing

B．holding

C．posting

D．writing

4.

A．opened

B．set

C．chose

D．saw

5.

A．kind

B．surprised

C．careful

D．honest

6.

A．meant

B．asked

C．hated

D．refused

7.

A．actually

B．suddenly

C．hardly

D．partly

8.

A．intelligence

B．strength

C．money

D．time

9.

A．met

B．visited

C．dated

D．called

10.

A．crying

B．lying

C．laughing

D．standing

11.

A．humorous

B．embarrassed

C．confused

D．amused

12.

A．copied

B．bought

C．kept

D．examined

13.

A．receiving

B．writing

C．painting

D．exchanging

14.

A．report

B．expression

C．talk

D．discussion

15.

A．unless

B．but

C．so

D．although

16.

A．charge

B．offer

C．act

D．help

17.

A．worth

B．happiness

C．value

D．future

18.

A．add

B．stop

C．continue

D．form

19.

A．certainly

B．unfortunately

C．accidentally

D．confidently

20.

A．point

B．difference

C．behaviour

D．living

9 . At a daycare center in Texas, children were playing outside. One of the children was Jessica Mc Clure. She was 18 months old. Her mother, who worked at the daycare center, was watching the children. Suddenly Jessica fell and disappeared. Jessica’s mother screamed and ran to her.

A well was in the yard of the center. The well was only eight inches across and a rock always covered it. But children had moved the rock. When Jessica fell, she fell right into the well.

Jessica’s mother reached inside the well, but she couldn’t feel Jessica. She dialed 911 for help. Men from the fire department arrived. They discovered that Jessica was about 20 feet down in the well. For the next hour the men talked and planned Jessica’s rescue.

“We can’t go down into the well,” they said.“It’s too narrow. So, we’re going to drill a hole next to the well. Then we’ll drill a tunnel across to Jessica. When we reach her, we’ll bring her through the tunnel and up through our hole.”

The men began to drill the hole at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 1987. The men had a difficult job; they were drilling through solid rock. During her days in the well, Jessica sometimes asked for her mother. Sometimes she slept, sometimes she cried and sometimes she sang.

All over the world, people waited for news of Jessica. Everyone worried about her.

At 8 p.m. on Friday, October 16, men reached Jessica and brought her up from the well. She was soon sent to hospital. Jessica was dirty, hungry, thirsty and tired. Her feet and forehead were badly injured. But Jessica was alive.

After Jessica’s rescue, one of the rescuers made a metal cover for the well, saying,“To Jessica, with love from all of us.”

1. What is the mother’s reaction when the accident happened?

A．She was so worried that she didn’t know what to do.

B．She called the police for help immediately.

C．She shouted and rushed to help her child quickly.

D．She asked her colleagues for help.

2. All of the following statements are true except _____ according to the passage.

A．Children had moved the rock before Jessica fell into the well.

B．Men from the fire department saved Jessica.

C．Jessica was too frightened to say a word when she was in the well.

D．Jessica was alive although she was injured.

3. Jessica stayed in the well at least _____.

A．47 hours	B．48 hours
C．57 hours	D．58 hours

4. What may be the best title for the passage?

A．911’s Work	B．American Child
C．Everybody’s Baby-- Jessica	D．Mother’s Mistake

10 . One day when I was 5, my mother criticized me for not finishing my rice and I got angry. I wanted to play outside and not to be made to finish eating my old rice. In my angry motion to open the screen door (纱门) with my foot, I kicked back about a 12-inch part of the lower left hand corner of the new screen door. But I had no regret, for I was happy to be playing in the backyard with my toys.

Today, I know if my child had done what I did, I would have criticized my child, and told him about how expensive this new screen door was, and I would have delivered a spanking (打屁股) for it. But my parents never said a word. They left the corner of the screen door pushed out, creating an opening, a crack in the defense against unwanted insects.

For years, every time I saw that corner of the screen, it would remind me of my mistake from time to time. For years, I knew that everyone in my family would see that hole and remember who did it. For years, every time I saw a fly buzzing in the kitchen, I would wonder if it came in through the hole that I had created with my angry foot. I would wonder if my family members were thinking the same thing, silently blaming me every time a flying insect entered our home, making life more terrible for us all. My parents taught me a valuable lesson, one that a spanking or stern (严厉的) words perhaps could not deliver. Their silent punishment for what I had done delivered a hundred stern messages to me. Above all, it has helped me become a more patient person and not burst out so easily.

1. When the author damaged the door, his parents _______.

A．scolded him for what he had done	B．left the door unrepaired
C．told him how expensive it was	D．gave him a spanking

2. How did the author feel every time he saw the damaged door?

A．He felt ashamed of his uncontrolled anger at that time.

B．He found that his family members no longer liked him.

C．He found it destroyed the happy atmosphere at his home.

D．He felt he had to work hard to make up for (弥补) the damage.

3. The experience may cause the author _______.

A．to hide his anger away from others

B．not to go against his parents’ will

C．to have a better control of himself

D．not to make mistakes in the future

4. What of the following is the main idea of this passage?

A．Adults should ignore their children’s bad behavior.

B．Parents shouldn’t educate their children.

C．What is the best way to become a more patient person?

D．Silent punishment may have a better effect on educating people.