1 . When school started on that warm August day, I threw myself into everything I did, including playing volleyball. I decided to become beautiful, or at the very least, skinny. I stopped eating completely. Soon I began losing weight, which thrilled me, and I even grew to love the tiredness and lightheadedness (头晕) that came with my poor diet, for those feelings meant that I was winning.

As the season progressed, things had become tense between my head volleyball coach, Coach Smith, and me. She felt that something was wrong with my health. She talked with me about my eating and was angry that I wouldn’t listen to her when she tried to make me eat. I was angry and hurt and she was suspicious (怀疑的) and worried. We fought constantly. Then my malnourishment (营养不良) started to affect my performance. I was so tired that practice and games were becoming a struggle. One afternoon, with hurt in her eyes, Coach Smith asked me what I had eaten and I told her nothing yet. She looked at me, disappointment in her eyes, knowing she couldn’t make me stop, and walked away.

A couple of weeks later I attended the volleyball dinner for our volleyball team. I stood there as my coach managed to say something nice about me. I realized then that I had ruined my senior year by being disrespectful, and I had probably ruined hers as well. So that evening I wrote her a letter apologizing and thanking her.

Then one Saturday, as I was reading in the library, I felt someone gently take my arm and say softly, “Lynn Jones, how are you doing?” I looked up and saw the familiar face. “Thanks for the letter,” she said. “It meant a lot.”

When I think of a coach, I think of someone above me, someone who gives instruction-not a friend. But Coach Smith is different, and, like any other good friend, she dealt with my problem in a determined way even when I hated her for it at that time. I didn’t deserve her kindness, but she gave it anyway. I will forever be grateful for her help, and now for her friendship.

1. How did the author feel after she started losing weight?

A．Stupid.

B．Satisfied.

C．Funny.

D．Nervous.

2. Why did the author fight with Coach Smith?

A．She refused to go on a diet.	B．She caused her team to lose.
C．She changed the training schedule.	D．She refused to eat properly.

3. Why did the author write a letter to Coach Smith?

A．She felt sorry for what she did.

B．She felt sorry for eating too little food.

C．She decided to improve her performance.

D．She wanted to build a close relationship with Coach Smith.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Unexpected Friendship	B．A Fight with My Coach
C．A Strict Volleyball Coach	D．My Way of Losing Weight

2 . 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。

Three years ago I failed an important exam in my life and became a student at a ordinary school. Although I felt disappointed at the shabby campus and my poorly-equipped classroom, but I found the teachers impatient and considerate. Beside, I enjoyed the friendly class atmosphere. I decided to make the best it. I worked hard and got along good with my teachers and classmates. Whenever I had difficulties, they are always available. Soon, I became one of the top student in my class, that greatly increased my confidence and got me motivated. My experience tells me that it is not what you are given but how you make use of it that determines who we are.

3 . It was a terrible day. Snow had been falling all day long making the trip________. I would rather have been in my warm home than drive along on such a cold day, but I didn’t have a________. I had to have my paper work handed in and then ________ my son.

The snow continued to fall as we drove along for the 15-mile trip back home. I slowed the car and________ at my son in his heavy coat as he looked________ out of the window with a blank expression. In the________ of the world, he was looked upon as a mentally disabled child. ________, over the years what I saw was a beautiful, kind and ________ soul. He had shown me more about love than I could have ever ________ on my own.

I slowed the car even more as we________ a sharp curve (弯). As we rounded it, I saw a shivering (颤抖的), young woman in a________ jacket walking in the snow storm. I pulled over and let her in. She was heading for her Mom’s house to visit her ________ whom she hadn’t seen for months. She had experienced a lot of disappointments and ________. Yet, she still held out hope for a new job and tried to________ a new life for her son and herself.

I took her as ________ as I was able to and dropped her off. She thanked me for the ________ and I told her I wished I could have done more to help. Then as we were about to leave, my sweet son took off his coat, ________ down the window and gave it to her. She put it on, smiled and________ to us as we pulled out on the road.

In this world we will________ many problems and challenges. Sometimes it seems that our entire lives are a trip down a curvy and dangerous road. Yet the power of________ takes us straight back to a broad smooth highway.

1.

A．smooth

B．risky

C．funny

D．special

2.

A．change

B．chance

C．choice

D．reason

3.

A．call on

B．look up

C．seek for

D．pick up

4.

A．stared

B．laughed

C．glanced

D．shouted

5.

A．peacefully

B．excitedly

C．sadly

D．fearfully

6.

A．history

B．development

C．systems

D．eyes

7.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Meanwhile

D．Besides

8.

A．dirty

B．sensitive

C．merciful

D．painful

9.

A．learned

B．dreamed

C．concluded

D．ignored

10.

A．expected

B．approached

C．left

D．discovered

11.

A．light

B．heavy

C．comfortable

D．new

12.

A．daughter

B．son

C．mother

D．father

13.

A．adventures

B．puzzles

C．doubts

D．tragedies

14.

A．build

B．predict

C．save

D．suffer

15.

A．soon

B．long

C．much

D．far

16.

A．money

B．lift

C．gift

D．coat

17.

A．burned

B．tore

C．rolled

D．shut

18.

A．cried

B．pointed

C．wrote

D．waved

19.

A．encounter

B．overcome

C．create

D．bear

20.

A．nature

B．minds

C．love

D．wills

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When did the fire break out?

A．On the morning of December 26th, 1996.

B．On the morning of December 24th, 1996.

C．On the night of December 25th, 1996.

2. How old was the woman?

A．Above 90.

B．Just 80 years old.

C．Nearly 90 years old.

3. What’s the trouble with the woman?

A．She was blind.

B．She was too weak to walk.

C．She had lost her sense of hearing.

4. Who saved the old lady?

A．A fireman.

B．Father Christmas.

C．A man dressed like Father Christmas.

5 . 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。

Last night, I saw two homeless men to come in for dinner in a restaurant. They sit there but didn’t order nothing. So I decided to order dinner for them and pay for it. Meanwhile, I asked the manager not to telling them about it. They were so surprised that they tried hardly to get my identity of the manager. After several unsuccessful try, they smiled, thanked him and left. Then the manager asked me that I knew them. My answer was no. He said it should be more kindnesses like that in world.

8 . At the graduate program’s annual workshop (研讨会), presentation after presentation highlighted students’ successes. But Michelle, Emily, and two other PhD students were taking a different approach, sharing their most painful failures. The audience of PhD students sat in silence, apparently shocked. However, they weren’t ashamed, but proud to share their full selves and build a foundation for authentic relationships.

Setbacks (挫折) are an unavoidable part of graduate school, but often we try to hide them. By sharing our whole selves, including our failures, we go on to build a deep, meaningful relationship.

Michelle and Emily wanted others to experience that openness and support, too. So they made a change to the workshop by presenting their stories onstage, and invited the audience members to turn to one another and share their own significant failures. An awkward silence followed, but it only lasted a few seconds. Soon the students jumped into enthusiastic conversation.

From that point forward, every presentation at the workshop included some mention of the failures that led to the results. The students shared that their most significant data slides took more than a year to get right. It reminded the audience that behind every impressive result is a person who is just trying his or her best.

Since the workshop, Michelle and Emily have noticed a continuous change in their classmates. Besides feeling closer to their classmates, the students are asking one another for help not only on technical challenges, but also about how to handle the personal challenges.

It’s hard to relate to someone when all we know about them is their accomplishments. We should talk about failure and normalize it. To lead by example, Emily said that she hadn’t won an NSF fellowship. It was a disappointment, but she was proud to share it.

1. Why did the four PhD students share their failures at the workshop?

A．To shock their classmates.	B．To show their differences.
C．To highlight the atmosphere.	D．To build authentic relations.

2. How did the audience react to the stories of Michelle and Emily?

A．They felt calm.	B．They appreciated them.
C．They were ashamed.	D．They ignored them.

3. What happens to the students after the workshop?

A．Their grades have improved a lot.

B．Their confidence has been rebuilt.

C．Their interaction becomes in-depth.

D．Their data slides are specialized.

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

A．Achieve successes through failures

B．Build relationships by sharing failures

C．Let’s deal with failures appropriately

D．Talk about your stories in the workshop

9 . On James Owen’s 70th birthday, he saw a video of himself bending the top of his body forward and raising his shoulders and back and walking slowly up to the platform where he was giving a talk. “I looked like an old man,” says Owen, who built a successful career on Wall Street. Even worse, he felt like an old man. He was about 25 pounds overweight and had trouble with his back, knees and shoulders.

Later, instead of giving in to age, Owen decided to set an ambitious five-year goal. He wanted to be pain-free, and he decided the way to get there was through exercise-even though at the time he couldn’t do a single push-up. Owen began walking though he was out of breath after five minutes. But that didn’t discourage him. He kept at the walks every day, along with some stretching. Once he had those basics down, he started lifting weights and hired a personal trainer to teach him and design a routine he could follow on his own. The last piece was finding other activities he enjoyed, which turned out to be cycling and swimming.

In less than five years, Owen was able to do three sets of 50 push-ups each and walk for miles each day. And yes, he was free of aches and pains. “Aging is only about 25% genes, and the rest is lifestyle,” he says. “As long as you’re still mobile, it’s never too late to become more healthy.”

Owen used his experience to write a book called Just Move! A New Approach to Fitness after 50, in which he details how older adults can safely get off the couch and add more movement to their lives. He says, “Think of it as movement, not exercise. Get started even if you walk just three blocks, which was all I could manage at first.” He adds, “The key is slow and steady progress. Not every investment pays off, but it is the best investment I’ve ever made in my life.”

1. What can we learn about Owen from the video?

A．He was a good model.

B．He was in bad physical condition.

C．He was overweight but straight in shape.

D．He was wealthy and enthusiastic about exercise.

2. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about Owen?

A．His athletic actions.	B．His work routine.
C．His personal trainer.	D．His career ambitions.

3. Which of the following does Owen agree with?

A．Healthy lifestyle can delay aging.

B．Good genes keep people young forever.

C．Investments will surely bring great rewards.

D．Exercise quickly promotes physical recovery.

4. What can be concluded from the text?

A．Bad news has wings.	B．A good medicine tastes bitter.
C．Don’t judge a book by its cover.	D．It is never too old to exercise.