1 . There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn (荆棘) bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

“For your wonderful kindness, ” the good fairy said to the girl，“I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.”       The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the little girl grew up，there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness . She would only smile and answer，“The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”

When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, and       feared that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “ tell us，please, ” they begged，“ tell us what the good fairy said. ” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said，“ She told me that everyone，no matter how safe they seemed，no matter how old or young，how rich or poor, had need of me.”

1. ________the girl felt sad and lonely.

A．There were many friends but	B．There was nobody to love her so
C．There was nothing to do	D．Seeing the butterfly was caught

2. Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan girl ________.

A．helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn

B．felt sorrow，but she didn’t go up to help it

C．fell down on it too

D．failed to help it release from the thorn

3. The butterfly ________after was saved by the little girl.

A．flied away	B．still died
C．changed into a fairy	D．was more beautiful than before

4. The only thing that the little girl wanted was ________.

A．to be rich	B．to have her own parents
C．to have a lot of friends	D．happiness

2 . A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so   hard for her. She didn’t know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one would pop up.

Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire, and soon the pots came to boil. In the first pot she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans.

She let them boil, without saying a word. In about 20 minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and asked her granddaughter to feel the carrots they were soft. She pulled the eggs out and break it. After pulling off the shell, the granddaughter found the hard boiled egg. Then she spooned up the coffee, placed it in a bowl, and invited the granddaughter to sip the coffee. The granddaughter smiled as she tasted its rich smell then asked, “What does it mean, grandmother?”

“Carrots, eggs and coffee.”

Her grandmother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in the pot strong and hard. However, after suffering the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg used to be breakable. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid inner part, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were amazing, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

“Which are you?” the grandmother asked .

1. What was wrong with the young woman?

A．She is poor in cook.	B．She found life too difficult for her.
C．She could not solve a problem.	D．She had a fight with her husband.

2. What can we infer from the passage?

A．The granddaughter loved the coffee most.

B．The grandmother asked her granddaughter to take an egg.

C．The granddaughter chose to be someone like the coffee beans.

D．One can decides what kind of person he will be.

3. The underlined word “adversity” in Paragraph 5 most probably means ______.

A．situation	B．misfortune
C．adventure	D．advantage

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Life Is Hard	B．Change the World
C．Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee Beans	D．To Be Yourself

3 . I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, a ________ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew ________ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since--- ________ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my ________.

About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of ________, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s ________ me why visitors started respecting the place ________ and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

I tried ________ trash(垃圾)myself, but the job was too big. I would ________an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so _______ it that I decided something had to change.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew ________about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a ________. On that day, more than 300 people ________. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to ________. I couldn’t believe the ________ we made ---the park looked clean!

Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and ________ 132 miles of roadway.

I often hear people ________ about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by ________ rather than complaining. We need to teach by ________. You can’t blame others ________ you start with yourself.

1.

A．distant

B．loose

C．narrow

D．huge

2.

A．immediately

B．finally

C．gradually

D．recently

3.

A．imagining

B．painting

C．describing

D．climbing

4.

A．garden

B．home

C．lab

D．palace

5.

A．material

B．resources

C．waste

D．goods

6.

A．beyond

B．against

C．over

D．within

7.

A．more

B．most

C．least

D．less

8.

A．throwing away

B．picking up

C．breaking down

D．digging out

9.

A．kill

B．spend

C．wait

D．save

10.

A．satisfied with

B．delighted in

C．tired of

D．used to

11.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

12.

A．party

B．cleanup

C．picnic

D．concert

13.

A．dropped out

B．showed up

C．looked around

D．called back

14.

A．demand

B．receive

C．achieve

D．overcome

15.

A．plan

B．visit

C．contact

D．difference

16.

A．crossed

B．measured

C．covered

D．designed

17.

A．complain

B．talk

C．argue

D．quarrel

18.

A．doing

B．thinking

C．questioning

D．watching

19.

A．method

B．explanation

C．example

D．research

20.

A．although

B．if

C．unless

D．when

4 . My mom is an awesome human being just like all other moms. She knowingly and unknowingly __   me   a   whole   lot of things about the world. The __ which I'm going to share today determined the way I __ everybody.

I was four years old. One fine afternoon , my mom and I were __ outdoors, she reading and I watching a line of   __ . I was never a naughty kid: __ I was known for keeping quiet even when things were not going my way. So I don't remember why I did this but I broke off the lines of ants and I liked it when they looked so ___ .I even went ahead and stepped on a couple of them! My mom saw this and she wasn't __ with me but she said something I still __ today. She said, "Ybu should never be __ to anybody however little they are. Everybody is different and we shouldn't treat them ___

I got upset when I heard this because I thought I had __ my mom. __ my little heart started thinking about the family of ants I had killed. It has been more than 25 years now and I've __ so many things that have happened in my life:___, I still do my best to be kind to everybody.

We should teach our young kids never to be mean to anybody. It makes a     _____when people praise other people for their efforts __ being envious, we're proud of people achieving their goals however __ they may be. When you're kind to other people, it's a __ that goes on.     It's the kind of chain reaction that uplifts the whole world— one heart at a time. I believe in the magic of.____ !

1.

A．offered

B．left

C．promised

D．taught

2.

A．accident

B．information

C．incident

D．conflict

3.

A．respect

B．treat

C．question

D．doubt

4.

A．staying

B．chatting

C．wandering

D．playing

5.

A．trees

B．kids

C．ants

D．cars

6.

A．incase

B．in fact

C．above all

D．at first

7.

A．troubled

B．excited

C．frightened

D．threatened

8.

A．patient

B．familiar

C．annoyed

D．honest

9.

A．benefit from

B．suffer from

C．draw from

D．differ from

10.

A．familiar

B．cruel

C．similar

D．cool

11.

A．seriously

B．hopelessly

C．directly

D．unfairly

12.

A．disappointed

B．convinced

C．comforted

D．terrified

13.

A．Yet

B．Still

C．Though

D．Also

14.

A．accepted

B．repeated

C．forgotten

D．discovered

15.

A．thus

B．however

C．therefore

D．besides

16.

A．decision

B．difference

C．deal

D．living

17.

A．instead of

B．except for

C．along with

D．because of

18.

A．rare

B．ambitious

C．tiny

D．significant

19.

A．debate

B．process

C．match

D．circle

20.

A．love

B．life

C．kindness

D．value

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：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

Life is full of various experiences, some of them are unforgettable. I still remember the hiking experiences with my classmates for 16 km a year ago. That summer day, we set off early in the morning, think it would be a great fun to walk for so long a distance. However, as the weather is getting hotter and hotter, I found their legs heavier and heavier. What’s worse, my feet began bleeding because long time pressing against the shoes. At one point, I even wanted to give up. But I managed to dragging the rest of the way to the destination. Though not pleasant, this journey was impressive or rewarding, I have learnt that life is a long journey like this. No matter what happened, we should never give up.

6 . Nowadays, more and more young people are becoming too_______and over-confident. They think they can do everything. So they simply _______their old parents, and believe that their parents’ _____ are out of date. Actually I used to be one of them, but after hearing a story told by my father, I changed my mind   ____ . Now I would like to _____   it with you.

Once, there was a young man who ______ the old. He always thought that the old, including his father, were______ . One day, the father and the son went for a walk in the _____ . As they walked, a beautiful ______ came into their sight. The son _____   to one pretty flower and said, “We young people are like this fragrant (芳香的) flower, so healthy, vigorous, and full of spirit. What about you oldsters? Just like the   _____ leaves from a dying tree.”

Hearing this, the father smiled but said _____ . They continued the walking in silence. When they passed a(n) ______, the father stopped and went in. He bought a walnut (核桃) and showed it to his son, and said, “We old are like this walnut.

We’ve   _____ many hard events in life. So we built up such a ______ shell, and at the same time we built up a   _____ inner world. Every fruit is so full-grown.”

“But every fruit was born by a   ____ .” argued the son.

“Yes, but not every flower can bear fruit…”

From then on, I always keep this______   in mind. It has taught me a lot. We should try to be a flower that can bear fruit. we also have to know that our   ____ aren’t falling leaves but experienced walnuts, masterpiece of   _____. They are the ones we should appreciate forever.

1.

A．proud

B．clever

C．rude

D．genuine

2.

A．blame

B．respect

C．ignore

D．believe

3.

A．spirits

B．thoughts

C．methods

D．strengths

4.

A．gradually

B．suddenly

C．slowly

D．completely

5.

A．provide

B．supply

C．offer

D．share

6.

A．look up to

B．live up to

C．look down on

D．get down to

7.

A．careless

B．useless

C．fruitful

D．successful

8.

A．bushes

B．woods

C．yard

D．court

9.

A．garden

B．mountain

C．school

D．factory

10.

A．pointed

B．referred

C．attended

D．turned

11.

A．growing

B．grown

C．falling

D．fallen

12.

A．something

B．everything

C．nothing

D．anything

13.

A．grocery

B．office

C．street

D．river

14.

A．protected

B．experienced

C．promoted

D．contributed

15.

A．tender

B．colorful

C．big

D．hard

16.

A．merciful

B．mature

C．simple

D．complex

17.

A．branch

B．plant

C．leaf

D．flower

18.

A．experience

B．walnut

C．fruit

D．story

19.

A．parents

B．teachers

C．friends

D．relatives

20.

A．spirit

B．material

C．nature

D．society

7 . With his leg lame and his teeth uneven, the boy thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He _________played with his classmates, and when asked to answer questions, he always _________his head without a word.

One spring, his father brought home some saplings (树苗).______of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, "Whoever ________ his sapling best shall get a gift." The boy certainly wanted to get the gift.______seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, he_______ an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never_______ it.

Several days later, he was _________ to find it not only didn't die, but also grew so many fresh ________. Compared with those of his brothers and sisters, his appeared greener. His father kept his _______, bought the boy a gift and said he would become an outstanding________ after growing up.

From then on, the boy slowly became_____ and confident. One evening, he suddenly________ his biology teacher once said that plants ________ grow at night. Why not go to see the tree?

When he came to the courtyard, he found his father working near the tree! Immediately he ________: Father had been secretly ________ his tree! He returned to his room, tears in his eyes.

Decades passed. The boy didn't become a botanist. ________, he became the U.S.__________. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.

________ is the best nourishment (滋养品) of life. ________ it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well!

1.

A．seldom

B．ever

C．still

D．often

2.

A．held

B．raised

C．lowered

D．covered

3.

A．Both

B．Each

C．One

D．None

4.

A．likes

B．protects

C．watches

D．grows

5.

A．But

B．So

C．Or

D．And

6.

A．came up with

B．got rid of

C．cared for

D．put forward

7.

A．contributed to

B．attended to

C．got used to

D．turned to

8.

A．amused

B．frightened

C．disappointed

D．surprised

9.

A．roots

B．branches

C．leaves

D．seeds

10.

A．opinion

B．balance

C．agreement

D．word

11.

A．teacher

B．gardener

C．botanist

D．president

12.

A．satisfied

B．upset

C．independent

D．optimistic

13.

A．remembered

B．believed

C．repeated

D．knew

14.

A．hardly

B．generally

C．recently

D．probably

15.

A．doubted

B．admitted

C．wondered

D．understood

16.

A．cutting

B．watering

C．decorating

D．fertilizing

17.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．Instead

D．Moreover

18.

A．lawyer

B．doctor

C．president

D．teacher

19.

A．Love

B．Water

C．Disability

D．Father

20.

A．So long as

B．If only

C．Now that

D．Even though

8 . A Story on an Island

A ship was lost at sea and the only survivor was washed up on a small, inhabited (无人居住的) island. He prayed __ for God to rescue him and for hours he just__at the horizon (地平线), waiting for a heaven-sent ___but it never came.

Then he decided to do something. ___tired and upset, he ___some branches and dry grass. Hours of hard work paid off and a little shelter was built. The “Robinson Crusoe” began his life on the island. Believe it or not, a couple of days going by, he_____and it seemed not that hard.

But then one day, after__ for food, he arrived home to find his little shelter in flames and the____rolling up to the sky.

The__had happened: everything was lost.

“God, how could you do this to me!” he criedwith__and anger.

Early the next day,__, he was awakened by the__of a ship that was coming near to the island. It had come to rescue him!

“__did you know that I was here?” he asked one of his rescuers.

“We saw your smoke__”, they replied.

It is easy to get__when things are going bad. But we shouldn’t lose__, because God is at work in our lives, __when we are in pains and sufferings.

Remember, next time your little __ is burning to the ground, it just may be a smoke signal(信号) that calls __ the grace of God. For all the negative (消极的) things we have to say to ourselves, God has a/an ___answer for it.

1.

A．sincerely

B．selflessly

C．swiftly

D．slightly

2.

A．stood

B．sat

C．stared

D．lay

3.

A．ship

B．doctor

C．policeman

D．angel

4.

A．Unless

B．Until

C．Though

D．Because

5.

A．destroyed

B．replaced

C．removed

D．gathered

6.

A．escaped

B．survived

C．recovered

D．disappeared

7.

A．waiting

B．searching

C．bargaining

D．begging

8.

A．shelter

B．food

C．smoke

D．branches

9.

A．best

B．coldest

C．heaviest

D．worst

10.

A．rudeness

B．cruelty

C．determination

D．sadness

11.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Indeed

D．Anyhow

12.

A．voice

B．sound

C．weep

D．scream

13.

A．Why

B．When

C．How

D．Where

14.

A．poster

B．letter

C．sign

D．signal

15.

A．relieved

B．discouraged（泄气的）

C．devoted

D．excited

16.

A．heart

B．balance

C．face

D．strength

17.

A．still

B．except

C．even

D．only

18.

A．company

B．shelter

C．house

D．office

19.

A．for

B．on

C．back

D．off

20.

A．harmful

B．honest

C．impressive

D．positive

9 . Being jobless for the last three months, I am upset nowadays. My son has lost his ______ from a good school and he might have to go to a less qualified school. I have moved from a spacious (宽敞的) apartment to a small one in order to ______ my living expenses. My wife has built extra stress. On top of that, my father in-law ______ a week ago, which has added fuel to fire, ______ our family into a more terrible state.

In these circumstances I have two mental ______: either to feel upset and keep losing my peace of mind, or ______ my negative thoughts with super mental powers about self-confidence and consistency, and ______ applying for new jobs with positive attitude.

I choose the second option because I believe that the pain I am ______ today will build up my ______ . My strengths will then increases my confidence and make me a good times make me a ______ man one day. I understand that good and bad stages are part of ______ . While good times make me happy, bad times ______ the ‘inner’ me.

Two months later, ______ , I have finally landed on a job which is very exciting and offers a nice salary. Time has healed my wife’s mental stress ______ the death of her father. My son has already been accepted by another good school because the admissions for new academic year were still ______ !

As I am back on the track of normal life, I can ______ say that the most important things that helped me ______ the crisis (危机) were my consistent character of patience, and ______ attitude towards life. So, while I wish you all the best life can ______ you, I would highly recommend taking the same attitude towards life ______ you are trapped in any of such situations.

1.

A．admission

B．benefit

C．diploma

D．permission

2.

A．share

B．reduce

C．break

D．raise

3.

A．showed up

B．set off

C．fell down

D．passed away

4.

A．putting

B．finding

C．forming

D．lifting

5.

A．problems

B．concerns

C．choices

D．activities

6.

A．link

B．replace

C．mix

D．exchange

7.

A．regret

B．stop

C．keep

D．risk

8.

A．practicing

B．suffering

C．producing

D．relieving

9.

A．intelligence

B．body

C．character

D．reputation

10.

A．carful

B．hard-working

C．easy-going

D．successful

11.

A．life

B．wealth

C．time

D．health

12.

A．hide

B．destroy

C．strengthen

D．kill

13.

A．desperately

B．unwillingly

C．hopefully

D．fortunately

14.

A．regardless of

B．due to

C．instead of

D．apart from

15.

A．occupied

B．empty

C．open

D．closed

16.

A．disappointedly

B．surprisedly

C．deliberately

D．confidently

17.

A．fight

B．meet

C．change

D．delay

18.

A．general

B．positive

C．friendly

D．honest

19.

A．offer

B．expect

C．manage

D．send

20.

A．as if

B．in that

C．now that

D．in case

10 . Poet William Stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours in life than by the narrow road toward goals. I like this image. But it was quite by accident that I discovered the deep meaning of his words.

For years we made the long drive from our home in Seattle to my parents’ home in Boise in nine hours. We traveled the way most people do: the fastest, shortest, easiest road, especially when I was alone with four noisy, restless kids who hate confinement and have strong opinions about everything.

Road trips felt risky, so I would drive fast, stopping only when I had to. We would stick to the freeways and arrive tired.

But then Banner, our lamb was born. He was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to Boise. I had two choices: leave Banner with my husband, or take him with me. My husband made the decision for me.

That is how I found myself on the road with four kids, a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through. We took the country roads out of necessity. We had to stop every hour, let Banner shake out his legs and feed him. The kids chased him and one another. They’dget back in the car breathless and energized, smelling fresh from the cold air.

We explored side roads, catching grasshoppers in waist-high grass. Even if we simply looked out of the car windows at baby pigs following their mother, or fish leaping out of the water, it was better than the best ride down the freeway. Here was life and new horizons．

We eventually arrived at my parents' doorstep astonishingly fresh and full of stories.

I grew brave with the trip back home and creative with my disciplining technique. On an empty section of road, everyone started quarreling. I stopped the car, ordered all kids out and told them to meet me up ahead. I parked my car half a mile away and read my book in sweet silence.

Some road trips are by necessity fast and straight. But that trip with Banner opened our eyes to a world available to anyone adventurous enough to wander around and made me realize that a detour may uncover the best part of journey—and the best part of yourself.

1. Why did the author use to take freeways to her parents' home?

A．It was less tiring.	B．It would befaster and safer.
C．Her kids would feel less confined.	D．She felt better with other drivers nearby.

2. The author stopped regularly on the country roads to ________．

A．take care of the lamb	B．take a deep breath
C．relax in the fresh air	D．let the kids play with Banner

3. What does the author discover from the trip according to Paragraph 6?

A．Freeways are where beauty hides.

B．Getting close to nature adds to the joy of life.

C．Enjoying the beauty of nature benefits one's health.

D．One should follow side roads to watch wild animals.

4. What could be the best title for the passage?

A．The Road to Bravery	B．Creativity out of Necessity
C．Charm of the Detour	D．Road Trip and Country Life