1 . During the 1930s, the Great War broke out. A 25-year-old American soldier, probably never thought that his life would change forever when he volunteered to go to France.

One night while the American unit was returning to the base after a bloody fight, Suleyman stumbled into the ground and noticed a bit of movement from the bush. Being stuck between two choices either its enemy or an animal, Suleyman found a five-year-old girl from the bushes shivering with cold and utmost fear. Due to the atrocity of the war, the girl was abandoned by her family and the whole village was killed.

During the war, it was impossible to find the child’s family so Suleyman took this little French girl under his wings and gave her an American name Flora which means like the flower. Soon, Flora became the apple of the eye of everyone living in the army camp.

For one and a half years, Flora and Suleyman became inseparable; however, every fairy tale comes to an end. When the war ended, Suleyman was sent back to USA, while Flora was put in an orphanage, the Normandy School, which was founded by the American government for orphaned French children to have an education.

For years, Suleyman always thought about Flora. When the French National Olympic Team was playing in the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984, Suleyman gazed through the audience on TV, hoping to catch a glimpse of Flora, but he never could.

At the age of 85, Suleyman attended the 60th anniversary reception of the Great War where Suleyman shared his story with American and French officials. After hearing his story, a French journalist started to investigate the story, and all government files were read in detail. The moment the journalist helped dial the number, in tears, Flora said Suleyman was her hero, and everything came flooding back to her.

1. What does the underlined word “atrocity” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Challenge.

B．Cruelty.

C．Range.

D．Stress.

2. Why did Suleyman watch 1984 Summer Olympics?

A．Because Flora might be in the French team.

B．Because Flora might be watching the event.

C．Because Suleyman was greatly interested in sports.

D．Because Suleyman wanted to travel to Los Angeles.

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Suleyman found some animals in the bush.

B．Suleyman would never see Flora again.

C．Flora and Suleyman became attached to each other.

D．Flora was sent to an orphanage when she was found.

4. Which can serve as the best possible title for the text?

A．The Lost and Found Love	B．The Influence of the War
C．A Tough Flower in the War	D．The Apple of the Father’s Eye

2 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写词数应为150左右。

A cactus (仙人掌) stood all alone in the desert, wondering why it was stuck in the middle of the desert. “I do nothing but stand here all day,” it sighed. “What use do I have? I am the ugliest plant in the desert. My spines (刺) are thick, my leaves are tough, and my skin is uneven. I can’t offer shade or juice to the passing travellers. I don’t see that I am of any use at all.” All it did was stand in the sun day after day, growing taller and fatter. Its spines grew longer and its leaves grew tougher. It truly was strange-looking.

“I wish I could do something useful,” it signed. By day, hawks (鹰) circled high overhead, and the cactus called, “What can I do with my life?” Whether they heard or not, the hawks flew away. At night the moon floated into the sky and cast its pale light on the desert floor. “What can I do with my life?” the cactus called. The moon only stared coldly as it continued its course.

A lizard (蜥蜴) passed by, leaving a little trail in the sand with its tail. “What worthy deed can I do?” the cactus called. “You?” the lizard smiled, pausing a moment. “You can do something. Just wait for the right moment. The hawks circle their ways overhead, making beautiful patterns for us all to admire. The moon hangs high like a lantern at night, so we can see our ways home to our loved ones. Even I, the lowly lizard, have something to do. I decorate the sands with these beautiful trails as I pull my tail along. And you, you will show us your beauty some day.”

Paragraph 1:

It went on year after year, and the cactus grew old.

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Paragraph 2:

The desert hadn’t known such a flower of it.

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3 . Zachariah Fike has an unusual hobby. He finds old military medals _______ in antique shops(古董店)and on the Internet. But unlike most collectors, Zac tracks down the medals’ rightful _______, and returns them.

His effort to _______ families with lost medals began with a Christmas gift from his mother, a Purple Heart with the name Corrado A. G. Piccoli, found in an antique shop. Zac knows the

_______ of a Purple Heart — he _______ one himself in a war as a soldier. So when his mother gave him the _______, he knew right away what he had to do.

Through the Internet, Zac _______ tracked down Corrado’s sister Adeline Rockko. But when he finally _______ her, the woman _______ him with questions: “Who are you? What antique shop?” However, when she hung up, she regretted the way she had ________ the call. So she called Zac back and ________. Soon she drove to meet Zac in Watertown, N.Y. “At that point, I knew she meant ________,” Zac says. “To drive eight hours to come to see me.”

Before hearing from Zac, Adeline hadn’t ________ the medal was missing. Like many military medals, the one Zac’s mother had found was a family ________. “This medal was very precious to my parents. Only on ________ occasions would they take it out and let us hold it in our hands,” Adeline says.

Zac and Adeline got to know each other well after their first meeting. They’ve talked about planning a ________ to Italy, hoping to visit some of the ________ Corrado could have stayed at during the war. Adeline says, “Zac’s ________ of our family now.”

Zac recently returned ________ lost medal to a family in Alabama. Since the first Corrado’s medal, Zac says his ________ is now 5 for 5.

1.

A．for fun

B．in view

C．for sale

D．in store

2.

A．friends

B．sellers

C．collectors

D．owners

3.

A．provide

B．reunite

C．connect

D．share

4.

A．significance

B．standard

C．process

D．cost

5.

A．accepted

B．demanded

C．earned

D．desired

6.

A．heart

B．name

C．antique

D．medal

7.

A．directly

B．naturally

C．previously

D．eventually

8.

A．caught

B．reached

C．discovered

D．guaranteed

9.

A．flooded

B．treated

C．persuaded

D．filled

10.

A．failed

B．refused

C．handled

D．managed

11.

A．prayed

B．argued

C．complained

D．apologized

12.

A．business

B．promise

C．discovery

D．exchange

13.

A．realized

B．believed

C．expected

D．imagined

14.

A．heritage

B．dream

C．treasure

D．pride

15.

A．private

B．common

C．necessary

D．special

16.

A．duty

B．trip

C．campaign

D．task

17.

A．sites

B．cities

C．districts

D．states

18.

A．member

B．part

C．brother

D．son

19.

A．the other

B．more

C．another

D．every

20.

A．criteria

B．record

C．score

D．practice

4 . A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e­mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e­mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e­mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”

The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商) in the US.

One day, one of his friends asked him for his e­mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e­mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”

1. What did the man do for the test?

A．He sent e­mails.	B．He did the cleaning.
C．He sold computers.	D．He filled in forms.

2. The man ________ after he left Microsoft.

A．went to look for another job

B．asked for food from door to door

C．thought of an idea to make money

D．bought a computer and got an e­mail

3. Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?

A．Because he had many friends to help him.

B．Because he was smart and worked very hard.

C．Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

D．Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living.

4. What does the story want to tell us?

A．Computers are very important in our daily life.

B．Everyone can make a lot of money with only $10.

C．The HR manager didn’t find the ability of the man.

D．Nothing in the world is impossible if we work hard.

5 . We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father‟s store. _________ we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than _________ and making a sale.

One lesson stands out in my mind. It was shortly before Christmas. I was working evenings, cleaning up the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was wearing a brown worn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed(磨损)and his one shoelace was worn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to _________ to buy anything. He looked around the toy section, picked up this item and _________, and carefully put them back in their place.

Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes _________ and the dimple(酒窝) in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas present for his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his _________ and look around. He did.

After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy, walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”

“How much you got?” Dad asked.

The little boy held out his hand and _________ it. His hand was creased (起皱) with _________ lines of dirt from holding his money too tightly. In his hand _________ only two pennies and 27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d __________ was $3.98.

“That’ll just __________ it,” Dad said as he __________ the sale. Dad‟s reply still __________ in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the __________ torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a __________.

1.

A．Though

B．Since

C．As

D．After

2.

A．survival

B．labor

C．hardship

D．entertainment

3.

A．try

B．attempt

C．afford

D．manage

4.

A．that

B．one

C．it

D．this

5.

A．opened

B．smiled

C．shone

D．looked

6.

A．effort

B．word

C．time

D．courage

7.

A．showed

B．opened

C．gave

D．turned

8.

A．long

B．straight

C．wet

D．flat

9.

A．lay

B．had

C．held

D．laid

10.

A．carried out

B．picked out

C．pulled out

D．put out

11.

A．work

B．cover

C．pay

D．take

12.

A．made

B．produced

C．did

D．offered

13.

A．rings

B．stays

C．remains

D．sounds

14.

A．clean

B．normal

C．single

D．double

15.

A．hope

B．treasure

C．package

D．choice

7 . I couldn’t walk or speak until the age of 6. My brother and sister often made fun of me for being different and slow. My brother found it _________ that I couldn’t remember what the tutor had taught me and would say how _________ I was. Mum had to explain to him that I was different.

She tried to get me enrolled in various _________ Every time, she would explain to my classmates about my _________ so that I wouldn’t be bullied in school. Despite the best _________ of my teachers, I _________ to cope with the pace of the lessons and transferred(转学)from one school to another. I remembered _________ schools at least four times.

My life _________ when I was 10. Mum and I chanced upon a group of _________ with disabilities training in the open field of the nearby university. Mum __________ them and found out they were Special Olympics athletes.

At the time, I was physically __________ I had problems walking and had to hold someone’s hand for __________ . I also had problems with my eyesight. When Mum asked if I could become a Special Olympics athlete, we were __________ surprised that the answer was “yes”. I started simple training every Saturday. Although it was __________ , I never gave up. Neither did my family. Mum had to work on weekends and Grandma helped to ensure I never __________ a single session of training.

After a few months, with the __________ guidance of my coaches, I got stronger. At my regular Special Olympics 25-metre run practice, my grandma __________ me to let go of her hand. When I __________ the finish line, the team went wild. I was so __________ that I gave my grandma a bear hug. I __________ my progress to my coaches, families and friends.

1.

A．exciting

B．new

C．normal

D．strange

2.

A．ambitious

B．modest

C．stupid

D．tense

3.

A．competitions

B．games

C．schools

D．trainings

4.

A．disability

B．fault

C．mistake

D．worry

5.

A．blessings

B．efforts

C．plans

D．wishes

6.

A．began

B．managed

C．refused

D．struggled

7.

A．attending

B．dropping

C．returning

D．switching

8.

A．blew up

B．lifted off

C．turned around

D．went downwards

9.

A．athletes

B．workers

C．students

D．painters

10.

A．approached

B．greeted

C．invited

D．praised

11.

A．addicted

B．ill

C．sensitive

D．weak

12.

A．advice

B．message

C．support

D．warmth

13.

A．barely

B．pleasantly

C．slightly

D．eventually

14.

A．boring

B．difficult

C．timely

D．rewarding

15.

A．designed

B．escaped

C．missed

D．updated

16.

A．detailed

B．general

C．patient

D．practical

17.

A．encouraged

B．allowed

C．requested

D．advised

18.

A．crossed

B．grasped

C．broke

D．touched

19.

A．absorbed

B．delighted

C．relieved

D．tired

20.

A．attach

B．compare

C．devote

D．owe

9 . 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。

In my memory, my grandfather was kind and not good at expressing himself. I never knew that he really thought. He never judged book by its cover and treated people around him equal. When I was in primary school, I sent with him a letter, telling him how much I loved him. He never mentioned that he had received the letter and I never asked. When he passed away, I cleaned out my things. I found the letter hiding in his bedroom. On the back of the letter, he writes: “I’m so glad you love me, my grandson. I love you, either.” At that moment, I was so moved that I burst into tear.