1 . Growing up, I always wanted to be an outgoing person because I thought that was the way I should be. I was always attracted to the________ that bigger personalities could achieve more. So I connected outgoingness with________ .            

However, I started________ the idea that outgoingness would help me achieve more when my skills as a leader were put to the________   .            

When I was 16, I volunteered at a summer camp for a week, where I led 12 fifth graders. Although I ________ to solve problems as they came up, it seemed there was always another________ following.

Every night, I was supposed to read bedtime stories. But on Thursday when my campers were getting________ bed, things reached a boiling point when one camper accused (指责) another of ruining the camp. After I called in a teacher, our small wooden house was finally________ . But the hidden anger made me realize that my campers’ experience would become less________   if I left things unsolved.

________ reading stories that night, I decided to________ a good memory that I had of each of my campers. After that, I________ my campers to describe their own memories. Watching the atmosphere (气氛) in our house________ as they described the good moments in the week gave me the feeling that________ my own ways to be a leader could be good enough.

The experience made me realize that I should grow in my own________ rather than forcing myself into a type that never really fit.

1.

A．task

B．dream

C．idea

D．reason

2.

A．success

B．business

C．fun

D．hope

3.

A．thinking of

B．focusing on

C．making up

D．letting go of

4.

A．rule

B．test

C．question

D．topic

5.

A．tried

B．promised

C．started

D．agreed

6.

A．plan

B．problem

C．chance

D．story

7.

A．tired of

B．interested in

C．ready for

D．serious about

8.

A．silent

B．clean

C．empty

D．dark

9.

A．important

B．difficult

C．painful

D．enjoyable

10.

A．Instead of

B．Because of

C．Except for

D．As for

11.

A．keep

B．choose

C．share

D．create

12.

A．forced

B．invited

C．allowed

D．taught

13.

A．appearing

B．hiding

C．changing

D．spreading

14.

A．finding

B．forgetting

C．remembering

D．losing

15.

A．journey

B．company

C．training

D．direction

3 . It was June a few years ago right around the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.

A few weeks earlier, the first fireflies (萤火虫) had appeared blinking (眨眼) their lights on and off in the woods around my house. What a joy it was seeing them again. Their little flickers (闪烁) of light made me smile with delight.

As the daylight was starting to fade. I saw out my window some of the neighborhood children attempting to catch the slow moving lightening insects. One of the girls went inside and came back with a clear glass bottle. After chasing a few without success, she finally caught a firefly inside it. All the other children gathered around to watch it flickering its light on and off inside the bottle. Soon darkness started to fall and the girl’s mom walked over to them and told them it was time to set the firefly free. One of the girls protested, but the mom explained that the firefly would die if left in the bottle. Then she said something that still stays in my heart to this day, “It is time to let this little guy go so it can share its light with the rest of the world!”

I think we may share our light with the rest of the world, We may give our love to others. We may keep shining. I remember when I was a child we all used to sing the song, “This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine!” But as adults we find it hard to do so. We stay at the darkness too much and hide our light in fear. Don’t hide your light. Don’t keep it in a bottle. Share your flickers, no matter how small they may be. Let the love inside you out. Let the light within you drive the darkness away.

1. Why did the author feel happy according to paragraph 1?

A．He could find it became warmer and everything came to life.

B．He could see fireflies came back and blinked their lights.

C．He could walk outside in the light of fireflies.

D．He could have the longest day of the year.

2. What did the girl want to do with the firefly?

A．Keep it in the container.	B．Let it free in no time.
C．Feed it with leaves.	D．Kill it with water.

3. Which of the following best describes the girl’s mother?

A．Kind.

B．Calm.

C．Demanding.

D．Casual.

4. Why did the author mention the song in the last paragraph?

A．To show us his innocent years.

B．To warn us not to hurt insects.

C．To tell his childhood in summer.

D．To express his thought of sharing love.

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。

As     1    (teenager), you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be very small, for example, you may just want to become the best student in your class. Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try     2    (make) your dream come true?

Andrew Matthews,     3    Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams come true is the biggest challenge in our life. You may think you are not very good     4    some school subjects or it is     5    (possible) for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you       6    (realize) your dreams. In fact, everyone can realize his dream. Keep telling yourself     7    you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true earlier because a big dream    8    (make) up of many small dreams.

You must also never give up your dream. There will be many     9    (difficult) on the road to your dreams, but the biggest one comes from     10    (you). You need to decide what is the most important.

5 . 阅读下面的短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Honesty is one of the most treasured traditional values in China. The children are taught to be honest when they are very young. At schools the students are also instructed to be honest.
However, with the development of society, we often hear complaints about dishonesty. Reports with the theme of dishonesty often appear in the media. For example, some people try to get rich and live a comfortable life. But they do not work hard honestly, instead they cheat others. They sell something quite ordinary at a very high price. Some people's delaying paying back the loan can serve as another example. Some people, including some college students, get loan from the bank, and promise to pay within, say, 3 years. However, they don't do that.
The dishonest people sometimes can get benefit from their behaviors. So some people assert that dishonesty can bring people benefit, while honesty only makes people suffer. Is that so? Definitely not. It is always true that honesty is the best policy. It pays to be honest. The cheater selling "the treasure" mentioned above will surely be disclosed and punished some day.
On the contrary, if he had been honest, neither the buyer nor he himself would have suffered. The people who do not return money in time will sooner or later become infamous, and will not get the money from others again. If he had acted differently, he would have earned respect and trust, meanwhile, the bank would not have suffered from loss.
[写作内容]
1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点。
2. 然后以约120个词就“诚实”的主题发表看法，并包括以下要点：
（1）你对不诚实现象的看法；     
（2）诚实的重要性是什么；
（3）作为中学生，该如何做一个诚实的人。
【写作要求】
作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；标题自定。
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6 . As a senior, my future is always on my mind. To be exact, thoughts of the future have kept me up countless nights and made me worry enough to do poorly on more than one test. Because of this, words of wisdom are a source of comfort. Steve Jobs gave a speech to Stanford’s graduating class in 2005 and his words resound repeatedly in my mind whenever I think about my future.
It wasn’t always like that, though. It started when I became a junior, when college came into view. It’s the first big step to making your life your own. So when Jobs discussed his life as a student, some fears were eased. He, too, felt the need to attend college to make something of himself. He faced what many are extremely afraid of: uncertainty. His lack of understanding caused him to stop attending college and focus on what he felt was important. His story had a happy ending, of course, since he certainly turned out well.
This doesn’t mean that students shouldn’t attend college, but rather that they shouldn’t worry so much. You’ll get where you need to go, even if your path is a bit more winding (蜿蜒的) than you’d like.
Jobs talked about the hardships in his work. His love of his work helped him carry on and he got where he was meant to be, which restates the point: don’t panic.
One particular part of his speech stayed with me. Steve Jobs quoted (引用) the saying “Stay hungry, stay foolish” and it has become my motto. Staying foolish is realizing that you are still a fool, no matter how much you’ve learned or experienced. There is always more to explore. Staying hungry is wanting to find those things about which you are still uneducated.
Steve Jobs’s level of success is attainable, and I aim to prove that. With the will power to go into the world living every day like it’s my last and allowing the future to take care of itself, I will do great things. In the last moments of my life,   I’ll be proud of what I have done and hope to have all the wisdom a person could wish for.
1. The author felt worried when _________.

A．he had to take tests at school

B．he thought about his future

C．he had lots of sleepless nights

D．he searched for words of wisdom

2. It is suggested in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that _________.

A．Steve Jobs didn’t attend college

B．Steve Jobs failed because of his decision

C．the author is a college student

D．the author cares much about his future

3. What did the author gain from Jobs’s speech?

A．Courage to drop out of school.

B．Confidence in defeating Jobs.

C．Interest in computer industry.

D．Bravery to face uncertainties.

4. What did NOT Steve Jobs encourage students to do in his speech?

A．Have the desire to learn more.

B．Be content with what they know.

C．Stay calm in the face of hardships.

D．Be modest so as to learn more.

5. The passage is mainly about _________.

A．the wisdom drawn from a speech

B．the most impressive quote in life

C．a memorable meeting with Jobs

D．an experience of a speech

7 . There once lived a young man who was always unhappy and complained about his poverty. One day, he went to see a fortune teller to inquire how to become _______. The fortune teller said, “Young man, you are already wealthy now.”

“Where is my wealth?” the young man asked _______.

“It is with you. Your _______ is (are) your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the _______ things in this world. You can read, study and learn. Your hands are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug your beloved ones. Your _______ are your wealth. You can go to any places…” the fortune teller said.

“You call these wealth? Everyone has them,” the young man said.

“These are wealth. What you have now are not what others can luckily have. Are you _______ to give your eyes to me? I am willing to give you a lot of money to _______ for them,” the fortune teller said.

“No, are you crazy? I am not going to exchange my eyes for money! They are _______ to me!” the young man _______.

“Precisely, these are wealth to you. You will not exchange them for money. Furthermore, although a lot of people have their wealthy things, they do not ________ them or treasure them. They are not ________ to Heaven for giving them their wealth. They even complain that Heaven is unfair to them. Do you want to ________ one of them before you will treasure them?” the fortune teller said.

Everyone is wealthy. But we should not ________ it for granted. We need to treasure our wealth, take care of it and use it ________. We should not overuse it because once it is ________, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.

1.

A．happy

B．young

C．wealthy

D．poor

2.

A．anxiously

B．sadly

C．quietly

D．patiently

3.

A．knowledge

B．skills

C．brain

D．eyes

4.

A．ugly

B．beautiful

C．strange

D．useful

5.

A．legs

B．cars

C．jewels

D．banknotes

6.

A．lovely

B．optimistic

C．angry

D．willing

7.

A．charge

B．buy

C．exchange

D．change

8.

A．precious

B．useless

C．extra

D．special

9.

A．wept

B．demonstrated

C．smiled

D．yelled

10.

A．see

B．realize

C．keep

D．hold

11.

A．grateful

B．careful

C．meaningful

D．faithful

12.

A．get

B．grasp

C．have

D．lose

13.

A．take

B．make

C．set

D．sell

14.

A．wrongly

B．wisely

C．naturally

D．really

15.

A．old

B．used

C．gone

D．dead

8 . Sometimes you'll hear people say that you can't love others until you love yourself. Sometimes you’ll hear people say that you can't expect someone else to love you until you love yourself. Either way, you've got to love yourself first and this can be tricky. Sure we all know that we’re the apple of our parents’eyes，and that our Grandmas think we’re great talents and our Uncle Roberts think that we will go to the Olympics. But sometimes it's a lot harder to think such nice thoughts about ourselves. If you find that believing in yourself is a challenge，it is time you build a positive self-image and learn to love yourself.
Self-image is your own mind’s picture of yourself. This image includes the way you look，the way you act，the way you talk and the way you think. Interestingly, our self-images are often quite different from the images others hold about us. Unfortunately, most of these images are more negative than they should be. Thus changing the way you think about yourself is the key to changing your self-image and your whole world
The best way to defeat a passive self-image is to step back and decide to stress your successes. That is，make a list if you need to，but write down all of the great things you do every day. Don’t allow doubts to occur in it.
It very well might be that you are experiencing a negative self-image because you can’t move past one flaw or weakness that you see about yourself. Well, roll up your sleeves and make a change of it as your primary task. If you think you’re silly because you aren’t good at math, find a tutor. If you think you’re weak because you can’t run a mile,get to the track and practice. If you think you’re dull because you don’t wear the latest trends，buy a few new clothes. But remember, just because you think it doesn’t mean it’s true.
The best way to get rid of a negative self-image is to realize that your image is far from objective，and to actively convince yourself of your positive qualities. Changing the way you think and working on those you need to improve will go a long way towards promoting a positive self-image. When you can pat yourself on the back，you’ll know you're well on your way. Good luck!
1. You need to build a positive self-image when you___________.

A．dare to challenge yourself	B．feel it hard to change yourself
C．are unconfident about yourself	D．have a high opinion of yourself

2. According to the passage，our self-images___________.

A．have positive effects	B．are hot true
C．are often changeable	D．have different functions

3. How should you change your self-image according to the passage?

A．To keep a different image of others.	B．To make your life successful.
C．To understand your own world.	D．To change the way you think.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．How to prepare for your success.	B．How to face challenges in your life.
C．How to build a. positive self-image.	D．How to develop your good qualities.

5. . Who are the intended readers of the passage?

A．Parents.

B．Adolescents.

C．Educators.

D．People in general.