1 . This is a dangerous world we live in. The number of murders goes up every year, people are dying of cancer, more people, are______HIV, and more teens are using drugs, etc. You know this because you've heard all the statistics. (数据)on the news and in the paper. But do you really have a(n)_____idea what they mean?The numbers are going up, but how do they______to the growth in population?Are more cases of these diseases being reported______better testing techniques, or are the diseases more common?The fact is that without knowing the______statistics mean very little.

This growing trend of reporting only part of the information is becoming dangerous.______, several years ago a high school student reported the dangers of the chemical known as dihydrogen monoxide. This chemical, found in most cancerous tumors(肿瘤), is often found in the blood of people drunk on alcohol, and causes complete physical and mental______for those who take the chemical even once. After reading his report, more than 75%of his Advanced Placement Chemistry class______to forbid this dangerous chemical. Every one of the above statements is______, yet this chemical is necessary to all life on earth. The students made the______because they voted knowing only a few statements and statistics, rather than the chemical's full background.

The point of this article is that one should be______what is and is not being said. When one finds a new fact or number, one should try to consider other important information before______an opinion with only half-truths. Always remember that the author is trying to convince you of his own view, and will______information that is different to his view.

If we teenagers are to' be left in this world, we had better be able to think______, and form our own views, rather than be easily______by another's. To be warned is to be prepared.

1.

A．infected with

B．obsessed with

C．opposed to

D．devoted to

2.

A．positive

B．accurate

C．wild

D．imaginative

3.

A．turn

B．apply

C．stick

D．compare

4.

A．in case of

B．instead of

C．in spite of

D．because of

5.

A．promise

B．consequence

C．background

D．interaction

6.

A．In fact

B．In addition

C．However

D．For example

7.

A．dependence

B．annoyance

C．transformation

D．realization

8.

A．refused

B．pretended

C．voted

D．happened

9.

A．essential

B．true

C．official

D．simple

10.

A．experiment

B．mistake

C．difference

D．list

11.

A．aware of

B．particular about

C．skillful at

D．eager for

12.

A．eliminating

B．entertaining

C．forming

D．supposing

13.

A．dig up

B．pass on

C．fight for

D．leave out

14.

A．desperately

B．miserably

C．critically

D．considerably

15.

A．persuaded

B．struck

C．threatened

D．consulted

2 . Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need.

Regret is as common an emotion as love or fear, and it can. be nearly as powerful. We feel it when we either blame ourselves for things that turned out bad, or long to undo a choice we made in the past. The effect regret has on our lives and .how we deal with regret are equally important.

    1     In 1995, a British man who regularly played one set of lottery numbers forgot to renew his ticket during the week that his numbers came up. He was so filled with regret and self-blame that he committed suicide. While this is an extreme consequence of regret, it can have many other lesser effects on the mind and body that can still seriously affect our lives:

According to recent research, people with less education, were more likely to report education regret. People with higher levels of education had the most career regrets. Broken down by sex, more women than men had regrets about love and family.     2     In contrast, men were more likely than women to mention work-related regrets; wishing they’d chosen a different career path.

Held inside for too long, regret can affect the immune system.     3     This can put stress on relationships, careers, and many other aspects of life. In addition, too many regrets can lead to severe depression, which may require professional help. Therefore, it is important that we understand what regret is and how we can learn to deal with it.

To cope with regret, be aware that it is there for a reason. Our brain is telling us to take another look at our choices because they may be having negative consequences. Take “I can’t believe I crashed my car.” and turn it into “I’m so lucky I didn’t die in the accident. “     4    

We have to see the mistakes we make as necessary lessons in life. If we can learn from them and make changes, we can turn our regrets into positive actions. We can use them to improve, guide, and shape our lives for the better.

A．It is not surprising, as women value social relationships more than men.

B．However, when the situation can’t be changed, and there is nothing left for us to do, we have to let go of the situation and forgive ourselves.

C．Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

D．Regret is negative feelings of guilt, sadness, or anger over past decisions, but it has some benefits to personal growth. and development.

E．In some cases, regret can be disastrous.

F．If one fails to learn and grow from past mistakes, deep feelings of regret can stay locked inside, keeping one from fully engaging with life.

3 . Directions: Write an English composition in 100 - 120 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
俗话说:早起的鸟儿有虫吃。请根据你生活中亲身经历的一件事，说明一切成功源于早做规划，不断追求，辛勤劳作。

The early bird catches the worm

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4 . ''You're too small, Ginny, and you'll never make an Olympic team,'' claimed my first-ever rowing coach in the late winter of 1978. I had just taken     1     extremely large risk being here, as I stood in the basement of Yale's Payne Whitney Gymnasium. I had confessed my dream,     2     was admittedly outsize at that point. The easy road did not lie ahead for me.

    3    (defeat) not just by his choice of words, but by his certainty, I left the gym in a panic, rushing out into the cold winter weather to find comfort in the loneliness of my off-campus apartment.

As I walked, I began to reassess my future,    4     (make) room for my coach's opinion. But just because my own coach didn't have faith in me, or just because I'd heard a forceful ''no''    5    even a useless yes, it didn't mean I had to give up so quickly.    6    I arrived at my apartment, my dream was back on the center stage.

    7    (achieve) my goal, I struggled hard every day. Eventually, I made that 1980 team, despite our not beginning to compete at the Olympics. All the effort was worth the wait. And the lesson- not to give up too soon and not to allow someone else's opinion to destroy my desire     8    (stand) me in good stead since those years.Everything I have today is a result of sticking to that dream, all those hours on the water ,in the weight room, and in the stadium - they got me here, where I know now that big aspirations need not just time to develop, but a firm belief in them.     9    I am not my own champion for my dreams, no one else will. And I will not allow anyone else to decide for me    10    is possible.

5 . Questions are based on the following passage.
1.

A．They forget about their dreams	B．They don’t want to tell the truth
C．They have no bad experiences	D．They have difficulty going to sleep

2.

A．He got a serious heart attack	B．He was too sad about his brother’s death.
C．He was frightened by a terrible dream	D．He was advised not to have dreams

3.

A．It helps handle problems	B．It causes trouble in people’s daily life
C．It prevents the brain from working properly	D．It makes people more intelligent

4.

A．To recover from illnesses	B．To stimulate imagination
C．To stay away from problems	D．To relieve stress

6 . American society generally places high value on being friendly and speaking freely. That can _______ introverts. Introverts are people who tend to be more private and favor _______ activities over social ones. Susan Cain, an introvert herself, is an expert on the subject. She has become the _______ of these quiet people. In her new book, Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts, Cain takes her hopeful message about introverts to teenagers. She says her goal is to help parents and teachers understand their introvert teens and develop their _______ power. Introverted children are not _______ shy. In fact, they can have excellent social skills. They just tend to enjoy being alone and doing quieter things.

Susan Cain says that is how introverts get their energy. Their human “ batteries” are actually _______ by loud, busy activities. She says the _______ that extroverts are more successful than introverts is widespread but wrong. “If you look around, you see introverts _______ this culture in all kinds of ways, such as Bill Gates and J K Rowling. “These people add much to society _______ their quiet temperament. But somehow this idea is not widely accepted.

Cain says American society pushes everyone to be gregarious (爱交际的) even if it is not ______________ for them. She spoke with hundreds of teens, parents and teachers to ______________ introversion among teens. One of her important findings is that introverts can be effective leaders. “______________ , there was one guy named Davis, who decided to run for president of his class. He was running against one of the most popular, social girls in the school. Davis was ______________ and did a lot of deep thinking about how he can make the school a better place. His classmates really recognized the value of that and ______________ voting for him.”

In her book, Cain gives advice to parents and teachers. She tells parents that and time alone. For teachers she say might not succeed in large study groups. “By their nature they prefer to learn. ______________ .”

Susan Cain says what she wants young readers to take away from her book is that being introverted is not something to outgrow. It is something to accept, develop and treasure.

1.

A．worry

B．interest

C．confuse

D．amaze

2.

A．mental

B．leisure

C．intense

D．individual

3.

A．sound

B．voice

C．sense

D．source

4.

A．secret

B．legal

C．popular

D．familiar

5.

A．temporarily

B．necessarily

C．honestly

D．generously

6.

A．charged

B．replaced

C．connected

D．weakened

7.

A．command

B．idea

C．measure

D．dream

8.

A．accounting for

B．getting over

C．contributing to

D．paying off

9.

A．instead of

B．because of

C．in addition to.

D．as well as

10.

A．curious

B．unfortunate

C．accurate

D．natural

11.

A．protect

B．seek

C．explore

D．recommend

12.

A．In fact

B．What’s more

C．For example

D．On the other hand

13.

A．serious-minded

B．narrow-minded

C．absent-minded

D．evil-minded

14.

A．gave up

B．objected to

C．put off

D．ended up

15.

A．virtually

B．instantly.

C．independently

D．indifferently

7 . One day a man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly. Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly.

He took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come out easily. Much to his surprise, the butterfly got a swollen body but very small, weak wings when it came out of the cocoon.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that the body would grow smaller at any moment and the wings would enlarge and be able to support the body. But neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and small wings. It was never able to fly.

The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules. The struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening was God's way of forcing fluid (流体) from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any difficulties, it would make us fail. We would not be as strong as we could have been. And we could never fly.

1. In the first paragraph the butterfly was ______.

A．flying in the forest.	B．playing with the man.
C．busy making a cocoon for itself.	D．trying to get out of the cocoon.

2. What would have happened to the butterfly without the man's help?

A．The butterfly would come out easily.

B．The butterfly could crawl on its wings.

C．The butterfly would have got to prepared to fly.

D．The butterfly would never gain its freedom.

3. What can we learn from the story?

A．Warm﹣hearted people are always around us.

B．Struggles are necessary in our life sometimes.

C．Helping others could make oneself happy.

D．Where there is a will, there is a way.

4. What is the best title for the story?

A．The struggle for freedom.	B．A kind man.
C．The joy of helping a butterfly.	D．A lucky butterfly.

8 . Directions:Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
一名优秀的园艺工作者该具备什么样的品格和素质？请说说你的答案,并陈述理由。
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9 . There is a Web site called the “World Database of Happiness.” It combines and analyzes the results of hundreds of surveys from around the world that have been conducted on life satisfaction. Most of the findings are _______, but a few are surprising.

The database makes it clear that there is not a strong connection between material wealth and general contentment. It is a cliché to say that money can’t buy happiness, but the old saying seems to be _______ by research. Many people still cling to the belief that gaining riches will be the answer to all their problems, yet they are probably _______.

Studies have been _______ on people who acquired sudden wealth, such as lottery winners. In most cases, after the _______ joy had worn off, people were not left with a sense of lasting happiness. In fact, they tended to revert to the way they _______ before they became rich. Previously contented people continue to be contented, _______ those who were miserable before sink back into misery.

If material wealth does not bring happiness, then what does? Perhaps happiness has something to do with where you live. The authorities at the World Database on Happiness have surveyed _______ of happiness in different countries. _______, people in America, Canada, and Singapore are very happy; people living in India and Russia, not surprisingly, are not happy.

Other surveys consistently ________ the importance of relationships. ________ relationships in particular seem to be the key to long-term contentment. The Web site suggests that falling in love and having children are two of the ________ that bring the greatest happiness.

Nowadays people look to technology as an ________ source of satisfaction. People increasingly spend more time alone watching TV or surfing the Internet ________ spending time with family. Can technology truly make people happy? It is too difficult to tell, but one thing is sure: If the Web site’s research is accurate, time spent with your family is a better ________ than time spent making money.

1.

A．different

B．predictable

C．satisfactory

D．unexpected

2.

A．challenged

B．widespread

C．overtaken

D．supported

3.

A．generous

B．positive

C．hesitated

D．mistaken

4.

A．turned out

B．done with

C．carried out

D．put forward

5.

A．essential

B．pleasant

C．initial

D．enviable

6.

A．felt

B．had

C．chose

D．lived

7.

A．as

B．so

C．and

D．while

8.

A．levels

B．standards

C．senses

D．examples

9.

A．Strangely

B．Hopefully

C．Apparently

D．Surprisingly

10.

A．point to

B．hold up

C．deal with

D．depend on

11.

A．Partner

B．Family

C．Relative

D．Society

12.

A．situations

B．relations

C．destinations

D．references

13.

A．convenient

B．alternative

C．everlasting

D．adequate

14.

A．as far as

B．rather than

C．as well as

D．in case of

15.

A．environment

B．circumstance

C．investment

D．civilization

10 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word or phrase that best fits each blank.

When I borrowed my friend's ancient jeep for a trip to the mountain, he assured me    1    the vehicle's good condition and I decided to give    2    a shot. At first, the drive up to the top of the mountain was smooth, and the magnificent landscape along the road took my breath away. But just minutes before I reached my destination, the smoke started to pour out of the engine. I    3    (force) to stop at a small village    4    the nearest repair place was miles away. Villagers gathered to look, some even starting to inspect the jeep. An old man patted me on the shoulder, saying, “There    5    be a hole in the jacket of the water tank. You just need some green bananas!”

Just as I was puzzled about    6    he said, a boy ran to us with green bananas in his arms. The old man cut one in half and pressed one half against the tank. The banana, to my surprise, melted against the hot metal,     7    (cover)the hole instantly. After one more application of the green banana, the villagers waved me goodbye and within an hour, the jeep amazingly made it to the repair place.

This chance experience with the green banana showed me not only the genius of those villagers    8    the potential of the green banana. In fact, as I thought about the experience    9    (far), I realized that the green banana had been there for ages patiently waiting to be appreciated as more than a common fruit. The green banana taught me that    10    we can see the world in a new light, we may discover many more unexpected green bananas.