2 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Molai Forest, named after its creator, was once an area    1    (strike) by floods. Teenager Jadav noticed    2     sharp fall in the number of birds and snakes in the nearby forest area and wetland.  

The boy soon turned to his elders and asked, “What if all of us die like these snakes one day?” The grown-ups only laughed. But the boy comforted    3    (he), saying “I will make the planet greener.” 

From then on, Jadav started planting bamboos. He found a small island and planted many young trees. He worked     4    (extreme) hard at this for over three    5    (decade). His work paid off and the land became a    6    (beauty) green forest.  

In 1980, Jadav worked with a team    7     carried out a tree plantation project. And when the project was discontinued after 3 years, he continued    8    (plant) trees.  

Forest is his home now. He regards the recognition and awards he got    9     his wealth. Jadav finds all his    10    (happy) in the forest.

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。

A boy was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by, “Let me to clean your boots.” The young man said, “No.” “It will spend you a penny, sir.” said the boy and the young man again refused. Then the boy told him that he would clean his boots to nothing. The man agreed this, and soon one boot was shining brightly. Then he put his another boot on the box but the boy refused to clean it if he was paid two pence for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and go away. But the shining boot made the dirty one looks so bad that he had to turn back, gave the boy the two pence and asked him to clean it.

7 . One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap (包装).

On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is.” What an honour! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!

One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it.Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous.

Christmas was coming. “Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room.“If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d never seen him cry before.

The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”

“Thank God!” I heard Mum cry.

From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!

1. What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958?

A．He got a baby brother.

B．He got a Christmas gift.

C．He became four years old.

D．He received a doll.

2. What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Impossible.	B．Boring.
C．Difficult.	D．Fearful.

3. Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?

A．Excitement.	B．Happiness.
C．Sadness.	D．Disappointment.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．A sad Christmas day.

B．Life with a lovely baby.

C．A special Christmas gift.

D．Memories of a happy family.

8 . 阅读下面短文，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整的短文。

Looking at her worn-out sneakers (运动鞋), Sarah felt embarrassed (尴尬的)going to school wearing them.

“What’s the matter, Sarah? Is there something wrong with the food?” her mother asked.

Sarah, in a high voice, shouted, “I am sick of these shoes! I am no longer wearing these to my school! Do you know how embarrassing it is?”

Meghan, (Sarah’s mother) was a single mother working in a nearby town cafe. She explained, “Right now, we’re on a tight budget(预算很紧). I’ll make sure to get you a new pair next month.”

Sarah picked up her schoolbag and walked to school, giving her mother a dissatisfied look.

The school was going to organize a sports competition and Sarah was filled out the form for a 100-meter race.

When one of her friends saw this, she asked Sarah if she was certain about running the race. Sarah didn’t understand what her friend meant.

”Dear, if you have a new pair of shoes, then it’s fine. But if you choose to wear the ones you are wearing now, I’m afraid you will lose the race!“ the friend said, pointing at Sarah’s shoes. Sarah simply nodded and returned to her classroom without saying anything.

Later that day, on her way home, Sarah realized she hadn’t eaten her lunch, so she stopped at a bus stop to finish it.

When she began eating, she noticed that a child was standing next to her in poor clothes. Sarah knew the kid needed that sandwich that she was eating since the kid stared at her and then at her food.

Sarah handed the sandwich to the child, who ran up to her, excitedly got the sandwich from Sarah’s hand and began eating it. After finishing the sandwich, the child thanked Sarah, saying, ”I haven’t had such a tasty sandwich in a long time. My father is a cleaner in a house down the street and my mother is a patient at a hospital. Oh, and my name is Sam.”

注意：1.续写词数应为 150 左右;
2.请按如下格式作答。

Sarah felt very sad after hearing this.

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The winning prize was a surprise and all the students wanted to know what it was.

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9 . My 15-year-old boy is a high achiever. He is very bright, pursuing everything he does with devotion and determination. And he is a great kid: honest, kind, faithful and caring.

Like a lot of kids who are high achievers, he is a perfectionist and very easy to fall into anxiety. That is manifested in his study, and other things he does as well. For example, he loves tennis but he often worries about losing in the game. Now he has to stop competing because the pressure he puts on himself is becoming unhealthy. He still plays, but playing socially rather than competitively means that it’s an outlet (发泄方式) for him rather than a source of stress.

He does not manage stress well. He puts so much pressure on himself to the point of worrying himself sick over just about every assessment. And he gets so negative about it, everything I say to him is met with negativity, every suggestion with a response that it won’t work, and honestly it’s depressing and tiring.

To help my son, I have a patient conversation with him. He finally follows my advice about physical exercise to ease stress. Whenever he is under a lot of pressure, I will run with him for half an hour and do some push-ups to relieve pressure. Gradually, he becomes less nervous in the later exams and his scores become more and more stable.

Pressure from grades and perfectionism can be really hard to manage when it comes to schooling. As kids, what they need is effective communication and sincere encouragement. So I have always told and shown my son that I’m proud of him, and that pride doesn’t merely depend on top grades.

1. What does the underlined word “manifested” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Rooted.

B．Hidden.

C．Reflected.

D．Involved.

2. What does the author mainly tell us about his son in paragraph 3?

A．He often falls ill under pressure.	B．He becomes tired of evaluations.
C．He fails to handle stress properly.	D．He views suggestions positively.

3. What does the author advise his son to do to relieve stress?

A．Stop pursuing perfection.	B．Do some exercise with him.
C．Talk to others more frequently.	D．Engage in some social activities.

4. What can we know from the last paragraph?

A．It is hard for us to pursue the perfectionism.

B．The author simply takes pride in his son’s school work.

C．We can’t reduce the pressure from grades and perfectionism.

D．Communication and encouragement are helpful to teenagers.

10 . After I made it to the city center, I started to feel it might be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn’t go that far. Impressed with the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and boarded the first subway that came along.

After a few minutes I asked in English a young man seated next to me where I should get off closest to the Friendship Hotel. Wearing a smart business suit and tie, he would surely speak English, wouldn’t he? Unfortunately, he couldn’t understand me but seemed very friendly. I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters. He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage (车厢) subway map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.

In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn’t smiling. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that’s really rude, but I got the message. When we stopped at the third station, he didn’t just point to the door, but got up, took me out of the train, and led me to the top of the stairs, and out onto the street. Then he stopped a taxi and told the driver where to take me.

All this came from a man who couldn’t speak my language, and I couldn’t speak his. I was now speechless, especially when he refused my offer of money. I felt a little embarrassed having even thought he would accept a tip.

This experience made it clear I had to learn some Chinese quickly or my adventures might start turning into misadventures.

1. Why does the author decided to take the subway?

A．Because he believed in his ability to deal with the trip

B．Because the network covered most of the stops

C．Because he lived near the city center

D．Because he had a good impression of its cleanliness

2. Having been shown the room card, the young man        .

A．still remained puzzled	B．understood the author well
C．answered the author directly	D．pointed at the subway map

3. Which of the following can’t be used to describe the young man?

A．helpful.

B．impolite.

C．warm-hearted.

D．responsible.

4. What’s the author’s purpose of writing this passage ?

A．To prove the importance of being careful

B．To introduce a young man who didn’t know English

C．To complain some cultural misunderstanding

D．To describe one of his adventurous experiences