1 . A long time ago, there was a seed(种子). Because he was only a seed, ______ noticed him. So the seed thought he was not important in the world.

One day,a wind ______and threw him on an open field in the sun. Later, he was given rain. Years later, another day he saw a traveller ______ by his side.

“Thank you God for this, I can have a rest under the tree.”the traveller said.

“what are you talking about?”the seed ______ asked. He thought the man was ______ him. No one ever spoke to him like that.

“Who just spoke?" the shocked man asked.

“It’s me. A seed.”

The man looked at the________. “Are you joking? You’re not a seed. You are a big tree!”

“Really?"

“Yes! People often sit here. ______ do you think people come here for? To fee1 your shade (树荫)! Don't tell me you didn't know you had grown over time.”

The traveler's words brought him pride. The seed thought and ______ for the first time in his life. The years of tortune (折磨) ______ the sun and the rain finally helped him ______. “Oh! That means I’m not a little seed any more! I was actually born to make people feel comfortable. Wow! That’s great.”

1.

A．somebody

B．everybody

C．nobody

2.

A．picked him up

B．cheered him up

C．put him up

3.

A．to sit

B．sitting

C．sat

4.

A．friendly

B．lovely

C．quickly、

5.

A．making sure of

B．making fun of

C．making up of

6.

A．small tree

B．seed

C．big tree

7.

A．When

B．What

C．why

8.

A．smiled

B．talked

C．cried

9.

A．on

B．under

C．by

10.

A．grow up

B．grown up

C．grew up

2 . Patrick never does homework. “Too boring,” he says. He always plays baseball and     basketball after school. His teachers tell him, “Patrick! Do your homework, or you can’t   learn anything.” But what can he do? He hates homework.

One day, his cat was playing with a little “doll”. He found it wasn’t a doll at all, but a man     of the smallest size. The man called, “Save me! Don’t give me back to that cat. I have     magic. I will help you if you save me!”

How lucky he was! Here was the answer to all of his problems. So he said, “If you help     me to do my homework until the last day of school, I will get good grades.” The man   agreed. He began to do Patrick’s homework. The man didn’t always know what to do and   he needed help. “Help me! Help me!” he said. And Patrick had to help. Day after day,     Patrick had to work harder.     Finally the last day of school arrived and the man was free to go. As for homework,   Patrick didn’t hate doing it any more. Patrick got his A’s. His teachers and classmates     were all surprised. Who really helped Patrick?

1. Patrick likes after school.

A．doing sports	B．doing some reading
C．doing his homework	D．learning things

2. Why did Patrick get the small man’s help?

A．Because Patrick gave him a cat.

B．Because Patrick helped him play with the     cat.

C．Because Patrick saved him.

D．Because Patrick gave him lots of money.

3. What does the sentence “Patrick got his A’s” mean?

A．It means “Patrick got the teachers’ help”.

B．It means “Patrick got good grades”.

C．It means “Patrick got more friends”.

D．It means “Patrick got more problems”.

4. Which of the following is not true?

A．Patrick never hates doing his homework.

B．The man sometimes didn’t know what to do when he helped Patrick.

C．The man didn’t go until the last day of school.

D．Patrick finally started to like doing homework.

5. From the passage, we can know .

A．the man liked to play with the cat

B．the man never helped Patrick do his homework

C．Patrick’s classmates always helped him do his homework

D．in fact, Patrick helped himself

3 . Sixteen years ago, I learned an important life lesson in the back of a New York City taxi.

I was on my way to Grand Central Station, and we were driving in the right lane when a black car suddenly sped out of a parking space right in front of us.

My driver fit the brakes hard, skidded, and missed the other car by a few inches. The driver of the other car, the man who had just nearly caused a huge accident, started shouting at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at him. He was really friendly!

“Why did you just do that?” I asked him. “This guy almost destroyed your car and could have sent us to the hospital!”

This was when my taxi driver told me what I now call “the Law of Garbage Trucks”.

“Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of anger, and full of disappointment,” he said. “As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it, and if you let them do, they’ll dump it on you. So when someone wants to dump on you, just smile, wave, wish them will, and move on. You’ll be happier because of what you have done.”

I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and dump it on other people—at work, at home, or on the street? It was on that day that I said, “I’m not going to dump anymore.”

1. What happened when the writer was taking a taxi?

A．He saw a car accident.	B．Someone destroyed the taxi.
C．The taxi driver was injured.	D．Another car almost hit the taxi.

2. How did the taxi driver deal with the other driver’s behavior?

A．He shouted back at the driver.

B．He sent the driver to the hospital.

C．He was friendly towards the driver.

D．He dumped some garbage in front of his car.

3. What does the taxi driver mean when he says “Many people are like garbage trucks”?

A．Many people like to drive garbage trucks.

B．Many people dump garbage wherever they like.

C．Many people are warm-hearted and make others happy.

D．Many people need to dump their feelings now and then.

4. According to the passage, what should you do if people “dump garbage” on you?

A．Dump your garbage on him or her, too.

B．Be friendly and go on with your own work.

C．Tell them to dump their garbage in the right place.

D．Try your best to encourage them not to do that again.

4 . 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。

As the saying go, treat others as you would like to be treated. If we want to be treated well, and we should treat others well too.

Two years before, I was admitted to a high school. I felt proudly and superior. Therefore, I always looked down upon my classmates who turned for me in their studies. One day, Tom asked me help him work out a math problem. I glanced at it, and said, “So easy, what foolish you are!” On hear it, he said angrily, “I won’t ask you again.” I was shocking. Only then did I realize why I was so unpopular with my classmate. From then on, I tried to treat them equally and helped them with all my heart.

5 . Getting late for a meeting, “I need to run,” he said, as he put his coat over the shoulder and rushed out of the house. As he drove away, she came running down the stairs two at a time. “Wait, wait,” she shouted, but he had already left.

“He forgot to give me a goodbye kiss,” she said in a low, sad voice that shook under the weight of the hurt. She called him and said, “You left without giving me a kiss.” “I am sorry, sweetheart,” he said, his voice shaking. “It is okay,” she said, trying to be all grown-up as she cut the call.

She ate her breakfast quickly, put on her shoes, picked up her school bag and started to walk out of the door. Her shoulders were slumped(耷拉) and her eyes were filled with tears. As she climbed down the steps, a car came to a stop outside the house. He got out of the car. She ran to him.

“I am sorry I forgot,” he said, as he picked her up and hugged her. She said nothing. Her jaw ached from smiling.

Fifteen years later, no one would remember he was late for a meeting, but a little girl would never ever forget that her father drove all the way back home just to kiss her goodbye!

What is more important, work or family? Some parents always put work before everything. But some put family first. Remember, the company will run the same without you and your colleagues(同事) may forget you soon after you leave. But you are everything to your children.

1. The girl ran down the stairs fast to ________.

A．go to school on time	B．go to a meeting on time
C．get a goodbye kiss	D．say goodbye to her father

2. How did the girl probably feel after she cut the call?

A．Frightened.

B．Disappointed.

C．Worried.

D．Angry.

3. The passage is meant to suggest that parents ________.

A．put their children first

B．pay less attention to work

C．work hard to support the family

D．keep a balance between work and family

6 . There once lived a young man who thought himself to be poor. One day he went to a wise man to ask how to become rich. The wise man said, “Young man, you are already rich now.”

“But where is my wealth(财富)?” the young man asked.

“It is with you. Your eyes are your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the beautiful things in this world. Your hands are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug your beloved ones. Your legs are your wealth. You can go to any place...” the wise man said.

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

“These are wealth. What you have now is not what someone else can luckily have. Would you like to give your eyes to me? I'd like to give you a lot of money to exchange for them,” the wise man said.

“No, I'm not going to do so! My eyes are important to me!” the young man said.

Everyone is rich. We should treasure(珍惜)our wealth, and take care of it. We should not overuse it because once it is gone, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.

1. Why did the young man go to visit the wise man?

A．Because he was ill.

B．Because he was the wise man's friend.

C．Because he wanted to know how to be rich.

D．Because he wanted to be wise.

2. The wise man thought the young man himself___________.

A．was rich	B．was poor
C．was wise	D．was silly

3. The wise man called ______ wealth.

A．the young man's money	B．the young man's eyes and feet
C．the young man’s buildings	D．the young man’s cars

4. The young man wasn’t willing to exchange his eyes for money because ________.

A．he was rich

B．he didn’t like the old man

C．he thought his eyes were important to him

D．he didn’t like money

7 .
请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。
In your spoken English class, your teacher shows you the following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.
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8 . There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness, but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.

So they ______ Socrates (苏格拉底) for advice on where happiness ______. But ____ giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a _______ first. The group of guys had to ______ the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, digging out the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then ______ together in it, singing with ______.

Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We   ______ be happier!” Socrates ______ , “That’s it! _______   you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
          From the story I got to know that happiness ______ hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through ______ work and creativity.
        We may have to ______ pain in our daily life and in the process of ________ happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in ______ things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long-term happiness, ________, comes from within our _______ and spirit. So why not turn suffering into ______ life, and turn tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we find true happiness.
        So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of _______ , and I   ________you all a life of happiness.1.

A．pointed to

B．turned to

C．referred to

D．returned to

2.

A．stood

B．belonged

C．lay

D．laid

3.

A．instead of

B．apart from

C．other than

D．regardless of

4.

A．house

B．boat

C．bridge

D．school

5.

A．set out

B．set down

C．set about

D．set up

6.

A．sat

B．lay

C．rowed

D．got

7.

A．hope

B．sorrow

C．curiosity

D．joy

8.

A．mustn’t

B．couldn’t

C．shouldn’t

D．needn’t

9.

A．added

B．thought

C．declared

D．assumed

10.

A．Unless

B．However

C．Until

D．Whenever

11.

A．always

B．never

C．ever

D．seldom

12.

A．cautious

B．endless

C．hard

D．simple

13.

A．experience

B．avoid

C．enjoy

D．deny

14.

A．searching

B．looking

C．seeking

D．improving

15.

A．spiritual

B．material

C．new

D．nice

16.

A．therefore

B．however

C．furthermore

D．moreover

17.

A．body

B．part

C．soul

D．head

18.

A．praising

B．blaming

C．ending

D．cursing

19.

A．time

B．method

C．fact

D．choice

20.

A．promise

B．wish

C．request

D．require

9 . We are warned by our teachers not to waste time because time _______ will never return. I think it quite _______. What does time look _______? Nobody knows, and we can’t see it or touch it and no _______ of money can buy it. Time is abstract, so we have to _______ about it.

Time passes very quickly. Some students say they don’t have _______ time to review their lessons. It is _______ they don’t know how to make use of their time. They waste it in going to theatres or playing, and _______ other useless things. Why do we study every day? Why do we work? Why do most people _______ take buses instead of walking? The answer is very ________. We wish to save time because time is ________.

Today we are living in the 21^st century. We ________ time as life. When a person dies, his life ends. Since life is short, we must ________ our time and energy to our study so that we ________ be able to work and live well in the future. Laziness is the ________ of time, for it not only bring us ________, but also does other ________ to us. If it is necessary for us to do our work today, ________ we do it today and not ________ it until tomorrow. Remember that time is much more ________.

1.

A．lost

B．passed

C．missed

D．used

2.

A．important

B．true

C．interesting

D．usual

3.

A．for

B．like

C．after

D．over

4.

A．amount

B．quality

C．quantity

D．price

5.

A．think

B．imagine

C．examine

D．check

6.

A．spare

B．free

C．enough

D．much

7.

A．that

B．why

C．because

D．certain

8.

A．doing

B．making

C．taking

D．getting

9.

A．needn’t

B．have to

C．had better

D．would rather

10.

A．easy

B．simple

C．stupid

D．interesting

11.

A．worthless

B．priceless

C．ready

D．little

12.

A．look upon

B．agree

C．think

D．believe

13.

A．spend

B．give

C．set

D．devote

14.

A．must

B．should

C．may

D．would

15.

A．helper

B．thief

C．friend

D．teacher

16.

A．wealth

B．health

C．failure

D．illness

17.

A．danger

B．harm

C．trouble

D．difficulty

18.

A．help

B．make

C．have

D．let

19.

A．keep

B．remain

C．manage

D．leave

20.

A．valuable

B．expensive

C．worth

D．rich

10 . 短文改错，格式错误不得分。
假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的一篇作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
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11处起）不记分。
Life is full of ups and downs but it is never too easy to achieve success. As the old English say goes “Failure is the mother of success.” I was asked to play in a table tennis match last term. After the match, I was confident I would win. Therefore, I failed. How sadly I was! Luckily, my P.E. teacher helped me out. He told me not to lose my heart. He also helped me my skills. With his help, my confidence returned and I come up with several new idea. The next day, though I had to play against another more experience boy, I beat him. So don’t be afraid of failure. If we can deal with it well, failure can be the mother of success.