1 .           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

2 . When I was a college student, I did a lot of traveling abroad. That was because a professor_______me to do so. She said, “Now it is the time for you to travel around the world,_______your knowledge through actual experiences and have fun?” I_______her.

Since I started to work for a_______company, however, I have done most of my traveling through the Internet. By using the Internet, I have seen the_____ of many cities on my computer screen. And I have really made business_____, too. With the help of the Internet, I have also got_______about food in different countries.

Therefore, I was beginning to feel that actual trips were_______necessary when I happened to read a famous chef's (厨师) comment on the Internet. He said, “It is very difficult to have real Italian food in a foreign country, because we enjoy food and the_____around us at the same time. So why don't you fly over to Italy and enjoy real Italian _____? “Those words reminded me of my_____ advice. As information technology______ , you might be able to do without making some real trips. But this also means that you will miss the various_______ you can get from traveling.

Today there are people who_______ direct communication with others and spend much of their time on the Internet. It is not surprising to see a group of people_____not with each other but into their micro phones. It seems as if such people are______by an invisible wall. They seem to be losing out on a good chance to______and talk with other people. I do not think that they are taking good advantage of information technology. We should use information technology as a tool to make our daily_______ more fruitful. However, we should never let it ______ our time for face to -face communication. Let's make use of information technology more_______, and have great fun in experiencing the actual world.

1.

A．promised

B．allowed

C．hurried

D．encouraged

2.

A．build up

B．use

C．practice

D．exchange

3.

A．agreed with

B．learn from

C．followed

D．obeyed

4.

A．computer

B．food

C．clothing

D．machine

5.

A．life

B．rivers

C．sights

D．houses

6.

A．plans

B．bargains

C．progress

D．trips

7.

A．information

B．taste

C．cooks

D．feelings

8.

A．even more

B．no longer

C．much

D．actually

9.

A．people

B．drink

C．atmosphere

D．environment

10.

A．shoes

B．dishes

C．customers

D．situations

11.

A．friend’s

B．parents’

C．professor’s

D．boss’

12.

A．produces

B．advertises

C．forms

D．advances

13.

A．news

B．pleasures

C．troubles

D．places

14.

A．avoid

B．keep

C．lose

D．enjoy

15.

A．meeting

B．talking

C．communicating

D．traveling

16.

A．stopped

B．met

C．surrounded

D．hurt

17.

A．take

B．employ

C．travel

D．meet

18.

A．communication

B．study

C．work

D．action

19.

A．spare

B．increase

C．reduce

D．use

20.

A．wisely

B．correctly

C．quickly

D．slowly

3 . Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, "Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience."

How right they were. Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.

''Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm, wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, I can do it! " when others shout, "No, you can't."

It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist（遗传学家） who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted．Yet she didn't let up on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.

Author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, "Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul".

Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power. If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can treat it as a part-time interest, like the head of state who paints, the nun(修女) who runs marathons, the official who handcrafts（手工制做） furniture.

We can't afford to waste tears on "might- have-beens". We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after ''what-can-be".

We need to live each moment wholeheartedly, with all our senses — finding pleasure in the fragrance of a back-yard garden, the crayoned （蜡笔的）picture of a six-year-old, the enchanting beauty of a rainbow. It is such enthusiastic love of life that puts a sparkle in our eyes, a lilt in our steps and smooths the wrinkles from our souls.

1. What can be the best title of this passage?

A．Find pleasure in what you are doing.

B．Wake up your life.

C．To give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

D．No pains, no gains.

2. What conclusion does the writer draw through the experience of finding a job?

A．Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience.

B．Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

C．We can't afford to waste tears on "might- have-beens.

D．Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.

3. Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

A．No one can achieve great success without enthusiasm.

B．Enthusiasm will take a person further than any amount of his experience.

C．We should make great effort to do the thing that can be done instead of regretting for the past.

D．Barbara McClintock was generally accepted many years before she won the Nobel Prize.

4. Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase let up ?

A．continue.	B．make less effort.
C．make great effort.	D．stop.

5. We can learn from the last paragraph that it is                that makes our life meaningful.

A．love of gardening	B．love of drawing pictures with the crayon of a six-year-old child
C．love of life	D．love of beautiful rainbow

4 . 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

5 . I became lame(瘸的) in both legs in my childhood. I can’t stand ____ the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair can I ＂____＂.

I still remember the first day at ____. When I appeared at the door, ____ in the classroom stared at me in _____. My face turned ____. I couldn’t help ____ back. It was the ____ and sympathy(同情) in their eyes that _____ me doing so. I went shyly towards an unoccupied (空的) seat.

Being lame, I didn’t dare to _____ in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be ______ at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking _____.

One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really _____. They encouraged me with a(n) _____ smile and ______ me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was _____ to them for giving me a chance to see the _____ of our lovely school with my own eyes.

After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always ______ to help me. It made me_______ I am handicapped(残疾的).

Once they asked me,＂What is the most beautiful thing in our school?＂Without hesitation I said,＂It is the _____.＂

1.

A．with

B．without

C．under

D．on

2.

A．walk

B．run

C．sit

D．stand

3.

A．school

B．wheelchair

C．home

D．hospital

4.

A．he

B．she

C．everyone

D．nobody

5.

A．thought

B．interest

C．anger

D．surprise

6.

A．red

B．brown

C．white

D．black

7.

A．entering

B．hiding

C．coming

D．turning

8.

A．feeling

B．kindness

C．sorrow

D．pain

9.

A．made

B．stopped

C．kept

D．let

10.

A．walk

B．study

C．practice

D．speak

11.

A．laughed

B．smiled

C．stared

D．looked

12.

A．quickly

B．slowly

C．happily

D．shyly

13.

A．brave

B．sad

C．hurt

D．excited

14.

A．honest

B．friendly

C．luckily

D．handsome

15.

A．pushed

B．placed

C．drew

D．pulled

16.

A．satisfied

B．sorry

C．loyal

D．grateful

17.

A．signs

B．sights

C．buildings

D．students

18.

A．ready

B．smart

C．wise

D．unwilling

19.

A．forget

B．remember

C．imagine

D．think

20.

A．teacher

B．schoolyard

C．classmate

D．friendship

6 . Charlie is a teacher and his wife, Maria is an artist. The night before last, just before the longest day of the year, Charlie was sitting in a deckchair enjoying the warm summer air when Maria touched his shoulder and he could tell immediately she was a little worried about something. He asked her what the matter was and she replied that there was a strange thing on the jacket that was hanging in the bedroom. They had both lived in the West Indies (西印度群岛) and had seen a lot of strange creatures in their house before. But now they were living in England and so Charlie just laughed and said he would have a look at the “thing”.

He walked to the bedroom. He saw a jacket hanging in the bedroom and went up to it to have a closer look at the “thing”. The moment he touched it, the thing sprang into life. Now Charlie experiences fear like the rest of us but when this creature opened its wings, he jumped out of his skin and ran screaming from the room like a small child doing about 100 miles an hour.

For a moment the next-door neighbours thought that Charlie was murdering his wife because of the noise they could hear. In fact, it was a bat that frightened Charlie.

Eventually Charlie managed to trap the bat in a box and took it to the garden to let the bat fly. Maria, who had been playing the guitar while Charlie was upstairs, asked Charlie if he had found out what the thing was. “Oh, nothing to worry about”, he said casually hoping that the terror could not be seen in his eyes, “it was just a bat.”

1. Why was Maria a little worried one night?

A．Because she couldn't find her guitar.	B．Because she saw something strange.
C．Because it was too hot for her.	D．Because she had quarreled with her husband.

2. The underlined part “jumped out of his skin” in the second paragraph probably means ____.

A．stood up	B．was very frightened
C．threw off his clothes	D．was very excited

3. What happened to the bat?

A．It was killed by Charlie.	B．It was badly wounded.
C．It was set free by Charlie.	D．It was kept as a pet.

4. It can be inferred that ________.

A．Charlie was afraid that his wife would laugh at him if she knew the truth

B．the neighbours would report to the police about Charlie murdering the bat

C．the bat wouldn't come to Charlie's room again because it was frightened

D．Maria heard her husband screaming downstairs and became frightened

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why did Mark Twain’s friend ask him to buy a ticket for him?

A．He was a poor man.

B．He had lost his money.

C．Mark Twain was kind.

2. What was the friend doing when the conductor came to check the tickets?

A．He was lying on the seat.

B．He was sitting on the seat.

C．He was lying under the seat.

3. How many tickets did Mark Twain buy at all?

A．None.

B．Only one.

C．Two.

8 . Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the doctor come out of the operating room. She ____ towards the doctor and asked, “How is my little boy?”

The doctor replied ____, “I’m sorry. We did all we could. Would you like some time with your son ____ he’s transported to the university?”

Sally nodded yes and asked the doctor to stay with her while she said ____ to her son. She ____ a lock of the boy’s hair and put it in a plastic bag. She said, “It was Jimmy’s ____ to donate (捐献) his body to the ____ for study. He said it might ____ somebody else.” She went on, “My Jimmy had a heart of gold. He always ____ to help others if he could.”

Sally walked out of the hospital and put the bag with Jimmy’s stuff (物品) in her car. The drive home was ____. It was even harder to ____ the empty house. She carried Jimmy’s stuff, and the ____ bag with the lock of his hair to his room. There she ____ a letter, which said:

Dear Mom,

I know you’re going to ____ me; but don t think that I will ever ____ you, or stop loving you, just because I’m not ____ to say I LOVE YOU. I will always love you, even more with each day. I don’t ____ if you want to adopt (收养) a little boy. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl ____, she probably wouldn’t like the ____ things we boys do. You’ll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls ____, you know. Just take care of yourself.

Loving you,
Jimmy1.

A．walked

B．ran

C．jumped

D．turned

2.

A．nervously

B．angrily

C．worriedly

D．sadly

3.

A．after

B．before

C．unless

D．if

4.

A．goodbye

B．hello

C．thank-you

D．sorry

5.

A．touched

B．tidied

C．cut

D．covered

6.

A．idea

B．effort

C．duty

D．purpose

7.

A．hospital

B．library

C．university

D．laboratory

8.

A．encourage

B．satisfy

C．surprise

D．help

9.

A．agreed

B．promised

C．continued

D．wanted

10.

A．special

B．difficult

C．strange

D．different

11.

A．sell

B．clean

C．enter

D．see

12.

A．plastic

B．golden

C．big

D．beautiful

13.

A．wrote

B．found

C．printed

D．copied

14.

A．need

B．support

C．miss

D．praise

15.

A．hate

B．lose

C．beg

D．forget

16.

A．awake

B．around

C．fit

D．happy

17.

A．remember

B．argue

C．mind

D．ask

18.

A．instead

B．again

C．too

D．only

19.

A．real

B．same

C．exciting

D．interesting

20.

A．make

B．try

C．learn

D．like

9 . I was in a rush as always,but this time it was for an important date I just couldn’t be late for! Thinking of my upcoming evening,I hurried into a store to pick up some flowers,for I did not want to be late for this date.

when I paid the bill at a checkout counter ,I found myself behind an elderly woman who seemed in no hurry when she paid for her groceries.She looked up at me and smiled.It was a nice smile –warm and friendly –and I returned her gift by smiling back.

“Must be a special lady,no matter who will be getting those beautiful flowers,” she said.

“Yes,she’s special,” I said,and then to my embarrassment,the words kept coming out.

“It’s only our second date,but somehow I am just having the feeling that she’s ‘the one’. Jokingly,I added,“The only problem is that I can’t understand why she’d want to date a guy like me.”

“Well,I think she’s very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is obviously in love with her,” the woman said.” “My husband used to bring me flowers every week –even when times were hard and we didn’t have much money.Those were wonderful days; he was very romantic and – of course – I miss him after he died.

I paid for my flowers as she was gathering up her groceries. I walked up to her, touched her on the shoulder and said,“You were right,you know.These flowers are indeed for a very special lady.” I handed her the flowers and thanked her for such a nice conversation.

It took her a moment to realize that I was giving her the flowers I had just bought.“You have a wonderful evening,” I said.I left her with a big smile and my heart warmed as I saw her smelling the beautiful flowers.

I remember being slightly late for my date that night and telling my girlfriend the above story.A couple of years later,when I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me,she told me that the story I had told her that night helped me win her heart.

1. Why was the writer in a hurry that day?

A．He had to pick up some groceries	B．He had to go back to school soon.
C．He was delayed by an elderly lady.	D．He was to meet his girlfriend.

2. What does the underlined phrase “her gift”(Paragraph 2) refer to?

A．Her words.	B．Her flowers.
C．Her smile	D．her politeness.

3. Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady?

A．She told him a nice story.	B．She gave him encouragement.
C．She allowed him to pay first.	D．She liked flowers very much.

4. What does the writer want to tell us by sharing his story?

A．Flowers are important for a date.	B．Small talk is helpful.
C．Love and kindness are meaningful.	D．Elderly people should be respected.

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。

I’d like to share a unforgettable experience with you.It happened in a warm Sunday afternoon in August.I go shopping with my cousin，Li Ming.When walk in the street，we found a young man，who was big but strong，stealing a woman’s wallet.We stopped her immediately.Though he stared at us angry，we didn’t feel frightened and tried to make him to realize his bad behavior.Because our bravery，he left without saying a word.The woman thought highly of us for which we had done.In my opinion，it’s our duty to fight against bad behaviors.