1 . Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s ____ filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so ____ that I decided to write an article about her.
I ____ Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She ____ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I ____ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there____, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that ____ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The ____ was almost unbearable. I struggled for days ____ draft(草稿) after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript ____ . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I ____ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t ____ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While ____ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in ____ .
Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some ____ materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to ____ your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to ____ Fear of rejection cost me greatly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of ____ writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this ____ , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t ____ to doubt yourself.1.

A．joy

B．voice

C．speech

D．smile

2.

A．proud

B．active

C．satisfied

D．moved

3.

A．visited

B．emailed

C．phoned

D．interviewed

4.

A．agreed

B．refused

C．hesitated

D．paused

5.

A．replied

B．discovered

C．explained

D．knew

6.

A．seriously

B．patiently

C．nervously

D．quietly

7.

A．blaming

B．fooling

C．inviting

D．urging

8.

A．hardship

B．failure

C．comment

D．pressure

9.

A．with

B．by

C．on

D．in

10.

A．disappeared

B．returned

C．spread

D．improved

11.

A．compare

B．struggle

C．live

D．compete

12.

A．ignore

B．deliver

C．face

D．receive

13.

A．decorating

B．repairing

C．cleaning

D．leaving

14.

A．disbelief

B．anxiety

C．horror

D．trouble

15.

A．subjective

B．relevant

C．private

D．reliable

16.

A．broadcast

B．create

C．publish

D．assess

17.

A．recover

B．prepare

C．escape

D．concentrate

18.

A．energetic

B．endless

C．typical

D．enjoyable

19.

A．experience

B．success

C．benefit

D．accident

20.

A．attempt

B．afford

C．expect

D．pretend

2 . When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.

It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie's basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted a red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.

"Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint. “She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted big stripes (条纹) of colors across the pavement (人行道). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!

The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn't wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother’s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.

My mother shut the ear door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, "What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors' trees, but this! Come inside right now!" I stood there glaring back at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱) my art.

"Now go clean it up!" Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.

Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need some sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.

1. What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?

A．To introduce Stephanie to her.	B．To prevent her from seeing his painting.
C．To show his artwork to her.	D．To put the materials back in the yard.

2. In his mother's eyes, the writer ________.

A．was a born artist	B．worked very hard
C．was a problem solver	D．always caused trouble

3. The underlined word "rainbow" in the last paragraph refers to ________.

A．something imaginative and fun	B．the stripes on the pavement
C．the rainbow in the sky	D．important lessons learned in childhood

4. It can be learned from the passage that parents should ________.

A．encourage children to paint	B．value friendship among children
C．protect rather than destroy children's dreams	D．discover the hidden talent in children

3 . 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to   _______, I bought twenty chickens and asked him to _______them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would _______the eggs from him. However，he would have to buy chicken _______with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was_________would be his to keep. Gene was _______, thinking he would make his first _______.
After several weeks’ successful work, I began to _______ that egg production was going down, I   _______nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn’t have   ________   money to buy the feed. He said the chickens had never __________a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped ____________ eggs.
Then I asked him if he had   ________ the amount of feed he had given the chickens. He was   ________ . It was like he did not think anyone would ever   ________what he had done. After a long ________ —he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them ________food. I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”
I was just astonished at the question in my own __________. I was dumbfounded (惊呆）at the________of it. Yes. you can fool everyone else，but you cannot “fool the chickens," because ________ , you will find out, as the saying goes, "What goes around comes around."1.

A．cook

B．share

C．count

D．work

2.

A．take care of

B．observe

C．train

D．play with

3.

A．save

B．borrow

C．buy

D．keep

4.

A．nest

B．soup

C．meat

D．feed

5.

A．given back

B．picked up

C．left over

D．brought in

6.

A．thrilled

B．worried

C．satisfied

D．discouraged

7.

A．deal

B．contribution

C．fortune

D．choice

8.

A．hear

B．notice

C．predict

D．imagine

9.

A．said

B．found

C．thought

D．recalled

10.

A．private

B．honest

C．pocket

D．enough

11.

A．missed

B．wasted

C．enjoyed

D．finished

12.

A．hatching

B．laying

C．gathering

D．hiding

13.

A．balanced

B．checked out

C．cut down

D．measured

14.

A．delighted

B．shocked

C．tired

D．disappointed

15.

A．forgive

B．allow

C．discuss

D．know

16.

A．silence

B．absence

C．negotiation

D．preparation

17.

A．heavy

B．fresher

C．less

D．solid

18.

A．life

B．job

C．ease

D．mind

19.

A．explanation

B．significance

C．trick

D．example

20.

A．in this respect

B．in the end

C．in contrast

D．in addition

4 . The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success. Instead, it’s purposeful practice. Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. It you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you’d take a girl who possessed a slightly above average language ability. It wouldn’t have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared some similar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same family background, or shared the same birthday.
This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self. It would hive her some idea of a fascinating circle who might someday join. It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fueling a desperate need for success. Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and life stories of writers without end. This would give her a primary knowledge of her field. She’s be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings.
Then she would practise writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking and error-focused. By practising in this way, she delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious. Automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance form the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to take on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems — how do I get characters into a room—dozens and dozens of times. She is establishing habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems.
The primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. It’s the ability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine; the latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is affected by genetics and what we’re “hard-wired” to do. And it’s true that genes play a role in our capabilities. But the brain is also very plastic. We construct ourselves through behaviour.
1. The passage mainly deals with         .

A．the function of I.Q. in cultivating a writer

B．the relationship between genius and success

C．the decisive factor in making a genius

D．the way of gaining some sense of distinction

2. By reading novels and writers’ stories, the girl could        .

A．come to understand the inner structure of writing

B．join a fascinating circle of writers someday

C．share with a novelist her likes and dislikes

D．learn from the living examples to establish a sense of security

3. In the girl’s long painstaking training process, ________.

A．her adviser forms a primary challenging force to her success

B．her writing turns into an automatic pattern of performance

C．she acquires the magic of some great achievement

D．she comes to realize she is “hard-wired” to write

4. What can be concluded from the passage?

A．A fueling ambition plays a leading role in one’s success

B．A responsible adviser is more important than the knowledge of writing.

C．As to the growth of a genius, I.Q. doesn’t matter, but just his/her effort.

D．What really matters is what you do rather than who you are.

5 . This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, _____ on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.
One day, she finally decided "I want to break up". "Why?" he asked.
"I am _____." she answered.
He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep _____. finally he asked, "What can I do to _____ your mind?"
Looking into his eyes she said, "Answer my question. If you can ______ my heart, I will change my mind. Let's say, I want a flower _____ on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your _____. will you do it for me?"
He said, "I will give you my _____ tomorrow."
She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which _____"My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, the _____ are …"
"When you use the computer you always _____ the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the _____ . You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my _____ to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) _____ city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always ______ at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes ____ when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those ______ white hairs."
"Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you ______I do … I could not pick that flower yet, and die …"
That's life, and ____. flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the ______ of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.1.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

2.

A．lonely

B．shamed

C．worried

D．tired

3.

A．space

B．shade

C．thought

D．impression

4.

A．speak

B．blow

C．change

D．keep

5.

A．represent

B．expand

C．convince

D．admit

6.

A．falling

B．growing

C．living

D．waiting

7.

A．attention

B．death

C．interest

D．satisfaction

8.

A．answer

B．agreement

C．announcement

D．judgment

9.

A．goes

B．informs

C．prints

D．writes

10.

A．meanings

B．reasons

C．messages

D．purposes

11.

A．turn up

B．put up

C．mess up

D．use up

12.

A．structures

B．balance

C．programs

D．position

13.

A．dollars

B．patience

C．energy

D．legs

14.

A．ancient

B．modern

C．new

D．underground

15.

A．shout

B．jump

C．stare

D．knock

16.

A．as if

B．so that

C．now that

D．in case

17.

A．enjoyable

B．annoying

C．dusty

D．amusing

18.

A．less than

B．more than

C．rather than

D．other than

19.

A．determination

B．progress

C．love

D．power

20.

A．principle

B．way

C．surface

D．nature

6 . C
Recently, CCTV journalists have approached pedestrians with their cameras, held a microphone to their mouth and asked a simple question: “Are you happy?”
The question has caught many interviewees off guard. Even Mo Yan, who recently won a Nobel Prize, responded by saying: “I don’t know”.
While the question has become a buzz phrase and the Internet plays host to heated discussions, we ask: What exactly is happiness? And how do you measure it?
In the 1776 US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson set in writing the people’s unalienable right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. Last year, 235 years on, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation: “Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.” At last year’s National People’s Congress, officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target for the 12th five-year plan.
US psychologist Ed Diener, author of Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth, describes happiness as “a combination of life satisfaction and having more positive than negative emotions”, according to US broadcasting network PBS. This may sound straightforward enough, but it still doesn’t explain what determines people’s happiness.
Many argue that happiness is elusive and that there is no single source. It also means different things to different people. For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough cash.
Researchers believe happiness can be separated into two types: daily experiences of hedonic(享乐的) well-being; and evaluative well-being, the way people think about their lives as a whole. The former refers to the quality of living, whereas the latter is about overall happiness, including life goals and achievements. Happiness can cross both dimensions.
Li Jun, a psychologist and mental therapy practitioner at a Beijing clinic, says: “Happiness can mean both the most basic human satisfaction or the highest level of spiritual pursuit. It’s a simple yet profound topic.”
Chen Shangyuan, 21, a junior English major at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, said his idea of happiness always evolves. “At present it relates to how productive I am in a day,” he said. “It might be linked to job security or leisure time after I graduate.”
Then there is the question of measuring happiness. Does it depend on how many friends we have, or whether we own the latest smart phone? Is it even quantifiable?
Economists are trying to measure happiness in people’s lives. Since 1972, Bhutan’s GDP measurement has been replaced by a Gross National Happiness index. It is calculated according to the peoples’ sense of being well-governed, their relationship with the environment, their satisfaction with economic development, and their sense of national belonging.
In 2009, US economist Joseph Stiglitz proposed “to shift emphasis from measuring economic production to measuring people’s well-being”. But is well-being more easily measured?
1. In the second paragraph, the writer gave an example to         .

A．support his idea that being famous is the reason to be happy

B．introduce his topic to be discussed

C．tell people winning a Nobel Prize is a great honour

D．show that the question was quite difficult

2. From what Thomas Jefferson and Wen Jiabao mentioned in the passage, we know       .

A．people’s happiness is determined by great people

B．people’s happiness is an important target for the development of a country

C．people in all countries have the right to ask the government for a happy life

D．People both in China and America are living a happy life

3. According to the passage, the writer may most likely agree that _________.

A．CCTV journalists are concerned about people’s happiness out of sympathy.

B．the question has led to heated discussions about who are the happiest people in China

C．Bhutan’s new index shows that people there are the happiest in the world

D．it is not easy for us to decide what determines people’s happiness

4. What does the underlined word “elusive” in the sixth paragraph mean?

A．Available.

B．Easy to get

C．Hard to describe.

D．Unimaginable.

5. The best title of the passage is         .

A．Are You Happy?

B．The Measurement of Happiness

C．GDP and Happiness

D．The Secret of Happiness

7 . Common phrases like “ no pains, no gains” give the impression that we ought to be suffering while we study. It’s almost as though the only way to know if we’re putting in enough work is the sense of hardship we bear.
When we haven’t taken the time to come up with another idea, all we know how to do is shut ourselves in a room with a book. It’s no surprise that we find revision boring and difficult. Just as children learn from playing, we can learn from doing, or at least from study techniques that interest us, rather than make us switch off.
Shutting yourself away can make you learn to hate studying. This leads to a situation where instead of being able to concentrate on your work, you are troubled by how unfair it is that you must study.
When you hate your work it’s very difficult to make yourself star, or approach it with any kind of structure or enthusiasm. This can be part of a vicious cycle(恶性循环) that traps you into ineffective revision, your poor progress fuelling further annoyance.
Just being around other people really helps fight against feelings of loneliness and, thankfully, it’s perfectly possible to work in the company of other people. We just need to learn how to deal with distractions(使人分心的事物).
It’s not necessary to avoid all company, just idle(懒散的) company. Studying in the same room as someone who is ironing or working out is perfectly possible. People who are bored and looking to be distracted, however, are terrible to work around. They constantly try to keep others in conversation.
It’s also a good idea to avoid the company of people involved in activities that you would rather be doing than studying. _________________________________________________________________________.
If being around others means working in a noisy environment, a pair of headphones and some background music can block out even noisy children. They also act as a psychological barrier, so that people think twice before interrupting you.
When you’re studying for a big exam, it seems like your whole life is taken up with study. Friends and family can lessen feelings of isolation(孤立). And connecting with other people makes us happy, so it’s important not to give that up and to make sure that we take the time to socialize.
1. The author might believe that the phrase “no pains, no gains” ______.

A．best describes how to study well

B．makes people treat study as a habit

C．encourages people to learn step by step

D．is not a good inspirational phrase for study

2. Which saying about study might the author prefer?

A．There is no royal road to learning.

B．It’s better to work behind closed door.

C．A positive motivation leads to good study results.

D．He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.

3. Which might lead to an effective study based on this text?

A．A correct goal.	B．A good teacher.
C．A favorable interest.	D．A hard task.

4. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 7 implies that ______.

A．playing video games is helpful for an effective study

B．one shouldn’t let a video player to be his / her company

C．one should study from certain activities that he / she is interested in

D．the more time one spends in playing games, the higher marks he / she will get

5. If you are studying in a noisy environment, you’d better ______.

A．give indication of not wanting to be interrupted

B．give up others’ company at one

C．think twice before taking any action

D．force yourself to be accustomed to the environment

8 . 请改正下面短文中的错误。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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

I love camping. It is my favoritest way to spend the summer vacation. Last year, my family and I went camping in the countryside. It was one of the most excited experiences I had never had. We slept in a tent and went on a long walk every day. We cook over a fire and the food always tasted wonderfully. For a whole week, I saw lovely mountain views or breathed fresh air. At night, I heard the gentle wind blowing in the tree, and I felt so peaceful. It doesn’t cost many to camp, and what I believe it’s the best way to get close nature and enjoy its beauty.

9 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call __21__and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool. But he did __22__the water. Any kind of __23__ride seemed to give him pleasure. __24__he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being __25__the water, moving through it, __26__it all around me. I was not a strong __27__, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my __28__. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and __29__those summer days with my father, who __30__ come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the __31__person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go __32__ his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me __33__anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk __34__ he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his _35__. But my father always __36__and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s __37__.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get __38__ an ice cream…
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood,; the rest is __39__.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but __40__, in that childhood, look at us.1.

A．desire

B．joy

C．anger

D．worry

2.

A．avoid

B．refuse

C．praise

D．love

3.

A．boat

B．bus

C．train

D．bike

4.

A．But

B．Then

C．And

D．Still

5.

A．on

B．off

C．by

D．in

6.

A．having

B．leaving

C．making

D．getting

7.

A．swimmer

B．rider

C．walker

D．runner

8.

A．hopes

B．faiths

C．rights

D．fears

9.

A．spending

B．saving

C．wasting

D．ruining

10.

A．should

B．would

C．had to

D．ought to

11.

A．next

B．only

C．other

D．last

12.

A．away from

B．out of

C．by

D．inside

13.

A．put up

B．break down

C．play with

D．work out

14.

A．the moment

B．the first time

C．while

D．before

15.

A．fishing net

B．office things

C．wooden chair

D．lab equipment

16.

A．stood up

B．set out

C．showed up

D．turned out

17.

A．fine

B．strange

C．terrible

D．funny

18.

A．the student

B．the assistant

C．myself

D．himself

19.

A．memory

B．wealth

C．experience

D．practice

20.

A．which

B．who

C．what

D．whose