1 . One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students. He used an illustration to express his point.

With his beginning words, “time for a quiz”, he pulled out a wide-mouthed jar and set it on the table. Then he carefully placed about a dozen fist-sized rocks into the jar until it was filled to the top, he asked, “Is this jar full?” Everyone in the class said, “Yes!” “Really?” He then reached under the table, pulled out a bucket of gravel (石子), put some in and shook the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work down into the spaces between the big rocks. Then he asked again, “Is the jar full?” “Probably not,” one answered.

“Good!” He answered. Once more he reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping (倾倒) the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked, “Is this jar full?” “No!” the class shouted. “Good!” Then he grabbed a can of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the edge.

Then he asked the class, “What is the point of this illustration?” One eager student replied, “The point is, however full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”

“No,” the speaker answered, “The truth is: If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in at all. So do things you love; schedule for yourself; make clear what are the big rocks in your life. Then, put those in your jar first.”

1. What does the underlined word in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Strategy.

B．Example.

C．Registration.

D．Impression.

2. What can we learn about the expert from the passage?

A．He enjoyed giving students a quiz.	B．He might teach in a normal school.
C．He was used to making experiments.	D．He was especially good at managing time.

3. Why did the expert use the jar?

A．To show his idea.	B．To offer a solution.
C．To contain the gravel.	D．To make an experiment.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．A Good Activity.	B．A Jar-Filling Design.
C．The Story Of Big Rocks.	D．The Lesson For Source Arrangement.

2 . I still remember my kindergarten teacher Mrs White. She _________ bright blue eyes, short dark hair, red lips and fair skin.

I don’t remember much about what we learned in her class, but we used to _________ a lot. I would bring back what I wrote with so many _________. But no red corrections. And always a star. Sometimes even a ‘good!’ That would fill my heart with happiness. But it _________ my mother, so one day when she went in to meet Mrs White for one of those Parent – Teacher meetings, she asked her why she never _________ my mistakes, and why she never red - pencilled in the right spellings of words or _________ grammatical errors.

Mom said Mrs White’s _________ was: The children are just beginning to get excited about using words, about _________ sentences. I don’t want to _________ that enthusiasm (热情) with red ink. Spelling and grammar can __________. The wonder of words won’t.

I __________ now and think she must have been a rather extraordinary teacher to allow the joy, wonder and excitement of expression to __________. Because to bloom is better than not to bloom. And a bud (花蕊) once __________ never opens. May we all be so kind…

I used to __________ beautiful as baeutiful a lot. Thanks to Mrs White, I had no worry about writing what I meant even if I couldn’t quite spell it out. __________ the e’s and a’s settled into their right places.

1.

A．had

B．wore

C．opened

D．showed

2.

A．read

B．speak

C．write

D．view

3.

A．comments

B．mistakes

C．details

D．articles

4.

A．annoyed

B．disappointed

C．ignored

D．worried

5.

A．corrected

B．stressed

C．instructed

D．revised

6.

A．found out

B．pointed out

C．showed out

D．left out

7.

A．excuse

B．focus

C．reply

D．solution

8.

A．forming

B．packing

C．exploring

D．arranging

9.

A．pose

B．bend

C．flow

D．ruin

10.

A．learn

B．wait

C．teach

D．flash

11.

A．look back

B．look out

C．look about

D．look through

12.

A．crash

B．flower

C．design

D．exchange

13.

A．hung

B．struck

C．damaged

D．removed

14.

A．pronounce

B．consider

C．misspell

D．misunderstand

15.

A．Gradually

B．Fortunately

C．Obviously

D．Eventually

4 . 本月你校校报的英语专栏正在举办以“Be a Student with Dreams and Responsibilities”为主题的征文活动。请你用英语写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.你的理想；
2.发出倡议。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Be a Student with Dreams and Responsibilities.

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5 . After a long time of struggling with lung cancer, my father passed away, due to which, my life   ______     a lot after my father’s death. As the eldest son in my family, I took the responsibility of raising the family. In order to ________ my sick mother and two younger brothers, I couldn’t help but ______ school and work to support my family. It seemed to me that life was always hard at that time. However, a thread of hope flashed in those ______ days. It was a rainy dusk when I exposed myself to the rain and walked in the street.

Suddenly the rain stopped! ______, I looked up, only to find that “the sky” was in fact a dark blue umbrella. Then came a deep voice. “Why not run   ______ an umbrella?” A middle­aged man with one leg on crutch (腋杖) said to me, “run” in the rain, and you will get less wet. I shook my head with politeness, but his words shocked me deeply. Without my father’s   ______, could I only be a slave to the fate (命运)?

While walking together in the rain, I knew he was a promoter from the city. Having received an order from his company, he had to spend ______ time on it. Looking at this guy, I had no sympathy but ______. I took the umbrella from his hand and walked with him all the way. He told me he once had dreamed of being a policeman, but an accident ______ his dream. His present work was demanding and was not his cup of tea, however, every travelling was a wonderful start to him. To his happiness, he never ________ heart and still “ran” on the road of life...

______ by what the man remarked, I headed for a southern city and became an insurance representative. After two years’ running, I got ________ and the life condition in my family ______ better gradually.

Everything is so simple: to run without an umbrella! Only when you ______ the rainy season of your life will there be bright sky ahead of you. Never give up!

1.

A．affected

B．suffered

C．damaged

D．managed

2.

A．take care

B．attend to

C．watch out

D．bring up

3.

A．desert

B．stop

C．quit

D．dismiss

4.

A．bright

B．white

C．colorful

D．dark

5.

A．Interested

B．Confused

C．Excited

D．Disappointed

6.

A．with

B．without

C．for

D．to

7.

A．praise

B．comfort

C．protection

D．attention

8.

A．much

B．no

C．little

D．some

9.

A．admiration

B．envy

C．appreciation

D．care

10.

A．defeated

B．damaged

C．ruined

D．wiped

11.

A．lost

B．took

C．changed

D．gathered

12.

A．Amused

B．Terrified

C．Encouraged

D．Shocked

13.

A．my way

B．my start

C．my end

D．my future

14.

A．turned out

B．worked out

C．carried out

D．turned into

15.

A．run into

B．run across

C．run away with

D．run out of

6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

It was time to go home. “Remember to work on your class speeches for homework,” Miss Walker said as everyone started talking and packing their school bags. Jenny felt sick. She hated having to read aloud in class. She was sure everyone would get really bored with listening to her. Once, when Jenny was reading out her holiday diary, Lee was even looking at his watch, a silver and blue one which seemed just magical.

Jenny watched Lee walk ahead of her as they left school. He seemed so clever, and he had a certain sort of shining confidence. He was just one of those people who were good at everything. Jenny sighed. As she turned the corner, she saw Lee’s watch lying right in the middle of the path.

Jenny picked it up and wanted to return it to Lee, but she couldn’t catch up with him. When she arrived home, Jenny put it on, thinking about the magic. She was surprised that it fitted so well. She walked to the mirror and started practicing her speech. Words just flooded out of her. “I’m going to talk about swimming. I have been lucky. I’ve won lots of competitions. But when I’m in a race, I’m not really thinking about winning. I’m just loving the feeling of being in the water…” Jenny laughed with excitement. She walked across the room. She suddenly seemed to have a certain sort of confidence. Turning back to the minor, Jenny saw a flash of light from the watch in the glass. The flashes of silver seemed almost magical. So maybe Lee’s watch really did have something magical.

The next day, as the lesson began, Miss Walker ask cd who was going to be brave and go first. Nobody moved, Jenny slowly raised her arm. Before Miss Walker could say something, there was a shout “She’s stolen in y watch!” Lee said angrily. “It went missing at school yesterday.”

注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段. 每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:

Everybody was fixing their eyes on Jenny, waiting for an explanation,

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Paragraph 2:

Miss Walker smiled and asked the class lo listen lo Jenny’s speech first.

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7 . When I was a boy growing up I cannot once ever remember either my mom or my grandmother wasting food. Anything we didn’t eat at one meal was __________, stored, and served as leftovers later on. I can remember my grandmother making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until we were _________ but there was always about half of the beans __________. A few days later Grandmother would take those _________ out of the refrigerator, boil pasta, add parsley and __________ them all together into her delicious Pasta Fasule(意大利面食). And I also remember when I __________ my mom fry bacon for us in the mornings, she would always take the butter and carefully pour it into a container. Then she later would _________ it to flavor up (调味) so many other dishes.

I learned their _________ well and after I grew up I tried to never waste food myself. I always __________ the week’s meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping __________ so nothing went to waste. Every meal went into our stomachs and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, or my dogs. To me throwing food in the trash was just __________. All the work it took to grow it, harvest it, and prepare it needed to be __________ and not wasted.

I learned something else over the years, however: When it comes to __________ there are no leftovers. Each moment that you don’t live is __________ forever. Life cannot be saved. Life cannot be __________. Life has to be lived, TODAY!

1.

A．thrown

B．abandoned

C．saved

D．poured

2.

A．uncomfortable

B．full

C．unbearable

D．content

3.

A．picked out

B．left over

C．made use of

D．fed up with

4.

A．cakes

B．pots

C．dishes

D．beans

5.

A．roll

B．dip

C．mix

D．fry

6.

A．watched

B．felt

C．heard

D．helped

7.

A．swallow

B．remove

C．digest

D．use

8.

A．recipes

B．experiments

C．lessons

D．procedures

9.

A．planned

B．cooked

C．distributed

D．collected

10.

A．bill

B．list

C．bag

D．spot

11.

A．wrong

B．common

C．awesome

D．endless

12.

A．confirmed

B．ignored

C．recycled

D．honored

13.

A．living

B．thinking

C．shopping

D．ending

14.

A．broken

B．lost

C．hidden

D．occupied

15.

A．replaced

B．transformed

C．stored

D．defeated

8 . Gratitude is more than just saying “thank you” to someone who has helped us or given us a gift.     1     And this positive emotion can be good for our emotional and physical health, as well as the health of our relationships.

One reason for this is that gratitude stops us from thinking about negative emotions. Writing a “thank you” letter, for example, shifts our attention so that we focus on positive emotions. Even if we don’t share our writing with anyone, the act of completing the exercise alone makes us happier and more satisfied with life. And this gets better with time. As we are essentially training our brain to be more in tune with noticing the positive, after several weeks or months, this becomes more intuitive(直觉的).     2    

    3     Studies prove gratitude can improve sleep quality, better eating habits, and reduced inflammation(炎症) in people who have had heart problems.

Gratitude is clearly good for us, but is it also good for the people in our lives?     4     When shared, spoken or written gratitude is about feeling valued and helping others feel valued too. Feeling valued can help build stronger relationships with family, partners, friends or even colleague. And that’s on top of all the other ways gratitude is clearly good for us.

Many studies show expressing gratitude benefits people a lot including the emotional, mental and physical health etc.     5     Let’s stop counting sheep or calorie and start counting our blessings instead.

A．So why not do so?

B．The simple answer is “yes”

C．We should form good habits in our daily work.

D．Gratitude can also make us feel good in our bodies.

E．The more we express gratitude, the more positive we feel.

F．How to describe the relationship between gratitude and complaint?

G．It’s a deeper appreciation for someone or something making us feel positive.

9 . One summer night, my friends and I stole into the Jordans’ backyard and started harvesting their sweet, juicy raspberries (树莓). We were enjoying every bite of the tasty berries_______Mr Jordan came charging outside all of a sudden.

“What are you boys doing out here?” he yelled as my friends ran off_______all directions. He attempted to catch one or two as they rushed past him, but they were too_______for the older gentleman to catch. Within seconds, the boys_______into the dark of the summer night. All except me.

However, speed was never my_______. I took the tongue-lashing(痛骂) that Mr Jordan gave me as he marched me down the block to my house, where my mother took over and scolded me_______. My friends said they could hear every_______word she spoke from the darkness of our backyard, where they had gathered to_______their escape and to observe my capture.

They teased me about it for days afterwards, while all I could do was complain about how_______it was that I was the only one who had to pay the price. After about a week of this, I complained to my father about the inequality of the situation. Dad said, “You took raspberries without________, and you get exactly the punishment you deserved.”

“But what about the other guys?” I asked. “They didn’t get punished at all!”

“That’s not my concern nor should it be yours,” Dad said. “You can’t________what happens to others. You can only________what happens to you. You made a bad choice that night, and you were punished for it.”

________the duration of the following years, I come to realize there is no guarantee that life will treat us fairly. That’s why we can’t________comparing our lives with the lives of others. Like Dad said, that isn’t our________.

1.

A．before

B．while

C．when

D．after

2.

A．towards

B．in

C．at

D．from

3.

A．smart

B．foxy

C．swift

D．intelligent

4.

A．hid

B．marched

C．hurried

D．disappeared

5.

A．strength

B．power

C．intention

D．option

6.

A．cruelly

B．bitterly

C．mercilessly

D．pitifully

7.

A．colorful

B．offensive

C．violent

D．creative

8.

A．negotiate

B．celebrate

C．plot

D．congratulate

9.

A．unhappy

B．frustrating

C．disappointing

D．unfair

10.

A．thinking

B．warning

C．asking

D．informing

11.

A．control

B．predict

C．accept

D．explain

12.

A．put up with

B．get away with

C．agree with

D．deal with

13.

A．In

B．For

C．Through

D．Since

14.

A．get stuck in

B．get engaged in

C．be involved in

D．be buried in

15.

A．problem

B．complaint

C．concern

D．choice

10 . Growing pains and gains

It’s not easy to grow up. Actually it’s far from easy. Growing up can be a real “pain” for some of us. We are always doing things that someone else makes us do and aren’t allowed to do all the things we like. Sometimes we feel stuck, sometimes we are fearful, and sometimes we just don’t understand why we can’t stay young forever. When we look back on all the challenges in life with a positive attitude, we realize that all of our growing pains actually turn into growing gains!

As a young girl my parents forced my sisters and me to do so many things that I never liked. They made me learn to play the violin and then the piano. At that time I hated music, just because it was what they wanted me to do. But looking back now, I am so glad that my parents encouraged me to take music lessons. Music has enriched my life in so many ways. I realize that my parents and teachers were always pushing me along. not because they wanted me to suffer(受苦)but because they wanted me to succeed in life. They’ve always wanted me to have a better life than they did themselves.

Every moment of our lives is either living or dying, so live life to its fullest! We are all going to experience growing pains, but they are just small pains in life. They might seem so huge at the time but we must be strong. Think about how we would feel if we had no fear and live life like that. The future is ours!

A little hard work and sweat never hurt anyone! If we realize that these pains are just small bumps(凸块)on our road to success we will realize that our growing pains are actually growing gains!

1. According to paragraph 1, we learn that when we are young, ______.

A．life is full of joy

B．life is easy for us

C．we know we can stay young forever

D．we sometimes can’t do things we like

2. When the author was young, she was forced by her parents to ______.

A．take music lessons

B．turn gains into pains

C．look back on challenges

D．live a successful life

3. What does the underlined phrase “to its fullest” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Directly.

B．Completely.

C．Carefully.

D．Terribly.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Growing pains are necessary for us to grow up.

B．We all have to experience growing pains.

C．A little hard work and sweat are harmful to us.

D．Life without fear is a better choice for us.