1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The game of Go (围棋) is an important board game with origins in China from more than 4,000 years ago. In China, Go     1     (recognize) as “hand conversations” as well, through which players communicate with each other.     2       other words, they “talk” through the placing of pieces on the board. The metaphor (比喻) first     3     (use) by Zhi Daolin, a Buddhist master of the Jin Dynasty, reflects the nature of the game. While scholars of his time often lost     4    (they) in philosophical (哲学的) debates on life and universe, he preferred to play Go     5     he believed was full of hows and whys of life.

Master Go players often feel as if they were playing a real-life game: sometimes one can move forward, while at other times, one must slow down: sometimes one can     6     (direct) face the challenger, at other times one must take an indirect approach. Appropriate placement of each tiny Go piece is similar to     7     one might solve a difficult problem of life. The purpose of     8     (play) Go is not just to win but also, more importantly, to seek     9     (wise) through the process. The players unite with each other on the board. Instead of fighting as     10     (enemy), they cooperate to play a good game. One thoughtless move could ruin the enjoyment.

2 . On a recent night， while I was busy thinking about important social issues， like what to do over the week﹣end and who to do it with， I overheard my parents talking about my future． My dad was upset ﹣ not the usual stuff that he and Mom and， I guess， a lot of parents worry about like which college I' m going to， how far away it is from home． Instead， he was upset about the world his generation is turning over to mine， a world he fears has a dark and difficult future﹣﹣if it has a future at all．

"There will be a disease that kills millions， a disastrous energy crisis， a horrible worldwide depression and a nuclear explosion set off in anger．"

As I lay on the living room couch， listening to their conversation， starting to worry about the future my father was describing， I found myself looking at some old family photos．   There was a picture of my grandfather who was a member of the class of 1942， the war class．   Next to his picture were photos of my great﹣grandparents． Seeing those pictures made me feel a lot better． I believe tomorrow will be better than today ﹣﹣that the world my generation grows into is going to get better， not worse． Those pictures helped me understand why．

I considered some of the awful things my grandparents and great﹣grandparents had seen in their lifetimes： two world wars， killer flu， segregation（隔离） ， a nuclear bomb．   But they saw other things， too， better things： the end of two world wars， passage of the civil rights laws．

I believe that my generation will see better things， too﹣﹣that we will witness the time when AIDS is cured and cancer is defeated． I will see things as incredible to me today as the internet to my father when he was 16．

1. Why was the author's dad upset on a recent night？

A．He was upset about which college for the author to go to．

B．He was upset that the college is too far from the author's home．

C．He was worried about his dark and difficult future coming soon．

D．What upset him is whether there is a future for the author's generation．

2. What was the author's first reaction to his father's worry？

A．Indifferent．

B．Optimistic．

C．Worried．

D．Sensitive．

3. What did those photos make the author understand？

A．The world was full of terrible things that could not be solved．

B．Though the world was full of terrible things， it would get better．

C．All those terrible things that worried the author actually didn't exist．

D．Those pictures showed that people never worried about their future．

4. What is the best title of the article？

A．Never worry about your future

B．Tomorrow will be better than today

C．The world will never be peaceful

D．All that exists will come to an end

3 . When my dad finally finished the triathlon（铁人三项）in Montauk, the crowd cheered. It showed me how his hard work paid off and it_______my curiosity. I wondered whether a small boy of my size could_______something like that. I found myself_______this out loud and my father overheard me. He_______me and said I could train with him.

Training with my dad turned out to be very______.We would get up early for a morning jog, or go for a swim in the pool after school. After a few weeks of_______, I signed up for my first triathlon. Before the competition, I nervously waited for the_______.When someone fired the gun, I was_______, swimming towards the distant buoy（浮标）that marked my turn. I_______the half-mile swim and ran towards my bike. I was dripping wet, trying to________it. Once on my bike, I experienced an excitement specific to________. I went through the transition zone（转换区）again and________my running shoes. At the start of the run part of the triathlon, my________already felt like they were made of cement（水泥）.

For me, the real competition began during the run,________now I could see each competitor as a target. No matter my________in the field, each racer was either following me or being followed. The run part of the race boiled down to________tolerance. "Shut up, legs", one of my favorite quotes, kept me from________the burning feeling. Then I crossed the finish line. I took a breath and then began a(n)________with the other finishers. The sense of accomplishment was there for all of us.

Looking back, I________the small boy on that day in Montauk who thought he couldn't________it. Now, that same boy is not only a huge fan, but also a training partner.

1.

A．showed

B．excited

C．tested

D．controlled

2.

A．preview

B．deserve

C．achieve

D．benefit

3.

A．saying

B．taking

C．trying

D．giving

4.

A．satisfied

B．encouraged

C．puzzled

D．embarrassed

5.

A．disappointing

B．frightening

C．relaxing

D．challenging

6.

A．performing

B．fighting

C．meeting

D．Training

7.

A．result

B．seat

C．gun

D．audience

8.

A．up

B．round

C．off

D．along

9.

A．finished

B．considered

C．assessed

D．arranged

10.

A．point at

B．get on

C．get back

D．find out

11.

A．running

B．traveling

C．cycling

D．swimming

12.

A．took off

B．switched to

C．cleaned

D．repaired

13.

A．arms

B．hands

C．shoulders

D．legs

14.

A．because

B．although

C．until

D．unless

15.

A．status

B．position

C．task

D．function

16.

A．risk

B．drug

C．stress

D．pain

17.

A．showing off

B．bringing in

C．thinking about

D．carrying out

18.

A．experiment

B．celebration

C．argument

D．cooperation

19.

A．remember

B．believe

C．discover

D．respect

20.

A．use

B．move

C．do

D．prove

4 . A Game of Light and Shade

It was a sunny day. I had gone up and down the tower when, outside the door at the foot, a blind man came toward me. In a moment, he disappeared up the stairs. I looked at the sign that said “To the Tower”, and decided to _______ him.

I caught up with him in the ticket office. There I was _______ to see the attendant (工作人员) selling him a ticket as if he were any other visitor. Then, with the ticket in one hand and _______ the wall with the fingers of the other, the blind man reached the stairs _________ to the hallway.

“That man is blind. What would a blind man climb up the tower for?” I said to the attendant, expecting him to show some _______, but he didn’t answer.

“Not the _______ certainly,” I said. “Perhaps he wants to _______.”

I bought a ticket and _______ up the stairs. The man hadn’t gone as far as I _______. A third of the way up the tower, I heard his ________. I slowed down and followed him at a little ________. He stopped from time to time. When he got to the balcony, I was a dozen steps ________. As I reached it, I saw him at the corner of the tower.

At last, after ten minutes, I ________ him. “Excuse me,” I said as politely as I could, “but I am curious to know ________ you came up.”

He smiled. “Coming up the stairs, you will notice how not just light but sun ________ into the tower through the narrow windows here and there, so that you can feel the ________ —the cool stairs suddenly become quite warm—and how up here behind the wall there is ________, but as soon as going opposite a window you can find the sun. There is no ________ so good as this for feeling the difference between light and shade. It is not the first time I’ve come up.”

The blind man seemed quite ________ just like a child who was enjoying his favorite games. He told me the truth that blind men can also find the beauty in life ________ they cannot enjoy the sights of the world.

1.

A．accept

B．follow

C．control

D．visit

2.

A．frightened

B．disappointed

C．surprised

D．embarrassed

3.

A．touching

B．climbing

C．hitting

D．covering

4.

A．pointing

B．attaching

C．contributing

D．leading

5.

A．respect

B．doubt

C．concern

D．sympathy

6.

A．view

B．test

C．prize

D．trick

7.

A．kick

B．jump

C．relax

D．escape

8.

A．struggled

B．explored

C．wandered

D．hurried

9.

A．promised

B．examined

C．imagined

D．confirmed

10.

A．steps

B．words

C．secrets

D．cheers

11.

A．standard

B．distance

C．expense

D．intention

12.

A．ahead

B．around

C．outside

D．behind

13.

A．recognized

B．surrounded

C．approached

D．witnessed

14.

A．why

B．how

C．when

D．whether

15.

A．knocks

B．pours

C．slides

D．bursts

16.

A．trend

B．reaction

C．change

D．honor

17.

A．light

B．space

C．mess

D．shade

18.

A．place

B．signal

C．object

D．period

19.

A．nervous

B．content

C．curious

D．patient

20.

A．unless

B．because

C．once

D．although

5 . Tara and Lara were twins． Even their parents found it too hard to find the _____between them so the girls were_____   in different schools．

Although they look the same， both the girls differ in_____ else．   They don't have any common favorites． Lara is a night﹣bird and study all the night until she finishes．_____ ， Tara is a morning bird； she used to _____ early in the morning． In addition， Lara wears light darker colors and modern outfits， while Tara likes light colors and _____ dresses．

This wasn't the_____with these twin girls．   However， they _____each other that the opposite one was wrong．

While both sides have the advantages and disadvantages， the _____ continues． They fight mainly about ____ things all﹣day and during the study time． Their parents decided to _____ to their arguments．

Lara and Tara blindfolded their _____ with a black ribbon． Their _____brought them to the dining room． In the dining room， a big_____ was placed in the middle． Lara stood on one side of the board and Tara stood on the other side of the board． Both the ribbons were _____． The girls were surprised to see a huge board in between them．

Now， their father asked Lara， what is the color of the board？ She replied， "It is black!" Their mother asked Tara the same question． She replied， "It is white!"

They began to argue． While Lara _____ strongly it was black， Tara was_____ it was white．

Now， they were asked to_____   their places． They both were surprised and shocked． The board with Lara's side was painted black and Tara's was white， which was _____ by them． They_____   that they were right on their own perspective only．

1.

A．similarities

B．differences

C．distance

D．appearance

2.

A．attended

B．annoyed

C．admitted

D．surrounded

3.

A．everything

B．something

C．nothing

D．somewhere

4.

A．Furthermore

B．What's more

C．Besides

D．To the contrary

5.

A．fall asleep

B．fall apart

C．wake up

D．work out

6.

A．fashionable

B．plain

C．antique

D．traditional

7.

A．feature

B．problem

C．situation

D．emotion

8.

A．fought

B．competed

C．appreciated

D．hated

9.

A．harmony

B．correspondence

C．argument

D．friendship

10.

A．meaningful

B．simple

C．strange

D．universal

11.

A．put an end

B．devote themselves

C．adjust

D．contribute

12.

A．mouths

B．ears

C．hands

D．eyes

13.

A．brothers

B．teachers

C．parents

D．friends

14.

A．subject

B．board

C．screen

D．monitor

15.

A．fixed

B．recovered

C．tom

D．removed

16.

A．insisted

B．defended

C．required

D．suggested

17.

A．conscious

B．aware

C．confident

D．convenient

18.

A．nun

B．exchange

C．depart

D．hold on

19.

A．confirmed

B．proved

C．convinced

D．compared

20.

A．disagreed

B．mentioned

C．swore

D．understood

6 . 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(A)，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II处起)不计分。
Last weekend l went fishing with my cousins by a river, where was two miles away from my home by bike. When we were about to return for home, we found one of our bike lost. We were really nervous then. Asking about the lost bike, nobody told the truth except me. And to my surprise, my parents don't scold me. Instead, they said I was a honest boy. I have benefited great from my family rules. I'm not the best at school work, but classmates trust me and nearly everyone is willing to making friends with me. It helps me know better about "Honesty is the best policy."

7 . Everybody, at some point in their lives, has experienced failure. It could be something as simple as not getting the job you wanted, or getting fewer marks even after hard work. But what makes you is not your failure, but how you get back up after being hit.

Once, a young school boy was caught in a fire accident in his school and was assumed that he would not live. His mother was told that he was sure to die, for the terrible fire had destroyed the lower half of his body. Even if he were to survive, he would be lame throughout his life.

But the brave boy did not want to die nor did he want to be lame. Much to the amazement of the doctor, he did survive. But unfortunately from his waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just hung there, lifeless. Eventually he left the hospital. But his determination to walk was unshakable. At home, when he was not in bed, he had to stay in a wheelchair. One day, he threw himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He reached the fence, raised himself up and then began dragging himself along the fence, firmly determined. He did this every day, with faith in himself that he would be able to walk unaided. With his iron determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk on and off, then to walk by himself and then to run.

He began to walk to school, and then run to school, to run for the joy of running. Later in college he was on the track team.

In February 1934, in New York City's Madison Square Garden, this young man who was not expected to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run - this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile.

A good example of the power of positive thinking and faith in oneself, Glenn Cunningham continues to be an inspiration for many, and his story, a brilliant evidence to how one can bounce back even when all difficulties are piled against one, to the degree that death seemed the preferable option.

1. The first paragraph is intended to ________

A．present an argument

B．make preparations for statement

C．arouse readers' interest

D．function as a brief introduction

2. What was the doctor's opinion about Glenn?

A．Glenn was able to walk with his own great effort.

B．Great determination could make a difference to Glenn.

C．There was a slim chance that Glenn could survive.

D．Glenn could live a normal life with the upper halt" of his body.

3. What do we know about Glenn?

A．Glenn took recovery exercise in hospital.

B．Glenn inspired people with his moving story.

C．Glenn won the first place in Marathon.

D．Glenn organized a track team in college.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Strengthen determination

B．Stand up after failure

C．Go after dreams

D．Face difficulty bravely

8 . Years ago, we celebrated our oldest son’s first birthday by holding a super party. I spent months ______, cutting out handmade banners（横幅）and making all kinds of decorations. I kept

____ my husband’s work as he built a cardboard city background. And I would lose ______ of my emotions when it didn’t progress exactly as I _____.

I didn’t know exactly why I stuck to ______ a party like that, but I felt this unspoken ______. It was a feeling that my ______ as a mom and my love for my son were tied to how ______ this party was. Actually my son was turning one year old, and he had no idea what was going on. ______, this clearly meant nothing to him.

I tried to ______ other people and maybe even prove something to myself, only to find it made me ______. On his birthday, I put on a ton of makeup（化妆品） to _____ my stress and smiled to our ______ even though I nearly broke down. It was the ______ party because of the memories attached to it! I ruined a ______ memory for me as a mother and decided to make a ____.

Last weekend, we celebrated my other son Hudson’s sixth birthday. He asked a Ninjago theme, so a week before the party, I searched Amazon (a shopping website) and ______ a banner and some basic party materials as he ______. On that day, we ordered a big meal and used disposable（一次性的）plates to avoid hours of cleaning up. The party was ______ but perfect. As Hudson went to bed that night, he told me it was his best birthday ever.

Parents’______ for kids does not lie in the complexity of celebrating kids’ birthday.

1.

A．researching

B．preparing

C．thinking

D．studying

2.

A．ignoring

B．doubting

C．finding

D．checking

3.

A．control

B．count

C．sight

D．track

4.

A．learned

B．explained

C．expected

D．promised

5.

A．damaging

B．arranging

C．attending

D．leaving

6.

A．fears

B．concern

C．questions

D．pressure

7.

A．dream

B．job

C．identity

D．post

8.

A．personal

B．difficult

C．familiar

D．brilliant

9.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Anyhow

D．Besides

10.

A．persuade

B．remind

C．inspire

D．impress

11.

A．delighted

B．annoyed

C．tired

D．astonished

12.

A．create

B．cover

C．express

D．experience

13.

A．neighbors

B．relatives

C．colleagues

D．guests

14.

A．worst

B．newest

C．best

D．biggest

15.

A．clear

B．bitter

C．precious

D．accurate

16.

A．mess

B．deal

C．joke

D．change

17.

A．designed

B．purchased

C．made

D．wanted

18.

A．taught

B．did

C．demanded

D．commanded

19.

A．splendid

B．complicated

C．plain

D．boring

20.

A．affection

B．praise

C．sympathy

D．advice

9 . Mark was a great kid from a tough neighborhood. Crime, drugs, fighting and poverty: You name the problem and his neighborhood had it. A scholarship fund provided his tuition to Catholic High, where he was a great baseball player.

Mark struggled in the classroom, though. He was bright, just behind, due to a more than difficult home environment. But there were problems finding the time for all he needed to do. After-school tutoring seemed impossible because of baseball practice. Some suggested Mark abandon sports and concentrate on “schooling”. But, in reality, if he was going to attend college he would need his sports; so to miss practice and then perform any less than at his best on the field was not wise.

A fellow teacher, Mrs. Jones, offered to tutor Mark in math at her home. I asked Mark to come to my house for other areas of work. No one paid us. Mrs. Jones summed it up this way: “Pay day doesn’t always come on Mondays”.

When we were not working with Mark to improve his skills for the ACT, the coach and Mark’s dad took him to various colleges to talk with both baseball and football program coaches. He settled on the college that offered him scholarships to play both sports. But he needed a good ACT score.

It takes months to receive the results of college entrance exams. One afternoon after school, while I was grading papers in my room, there was a noise outside the door.

Mark came in, lifted me out of the seat behind my desk, spun(旋转) me around in the air, and yelled over and over: “I’m going to college! I’m going to college!”

“I guess you got your scores!” I asked.

“Well, yeah!” he laughed. “And guess what? I got one point more than I need to be admitted. One point extra. Thank you! Now, where’s Mrs. Jones? I’ve got to tell her too!”

Until that moment, I had never quite understood what the expression “Pay day doesn’t always come on Mondays” meant. But it was clear to me the instant Mark ran into the room to announce his news. No amount of money could ever replace my spin in the air at the hands of a boy who finally had a chance at a better life.

1. Mark had difficulty in learning mainly because ________.

A．he spent most of his spare time practicing baseball

B．his family couldn’t afford any tutoring for him

C．his parent didn’t care about his study

D．he was constantly involved in the crimes in his neighborhood

2. According to the article, which of the following is false?

A．The teachers offered to tutor Mark free of charge.

B．Theft was a problem in Mark’s neighborhood.

C．Mark owed his success in passing ACT to his teachers.

D．Mark went to college mainly due to his good ACT score.

3. The underlined word “settled on” in the fourth paragraph probably means _____.

A．was accepted by	B．reached a final decision about
C．paid a visit to	D．became familiar with

4. What is the best title for this passage?

A．Pay Day Will Come Some Day.

B．Practice Makes a Better Life.

C．Relationships between Teachers and Students.

D．Never Give up on Yourself.

10 . If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say, “Hey, Butterfly Man,” his face would break into a smile. The title suits him.And he loves it.

Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly (蝴蝶), once thought to have died out. Today the butterfly is coming back—thanks to him. But years ago if you’d told him this was what he’d be doing someday, he would have laughed, “You’re crazy.” As a boy, he used to be “a little tough guy on the streets”. At age thirteen, he was caught by police for stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man.

“I knew it had hurt my mom,” Bonner said after he got out of prison.“So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again.”

One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat (栖息地) for an endangered butterfly called EI Segundo blue.

“I saw the sign ‘Butterfly Habitat’ and asked, ‘How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?’” Bonner recalls,“Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass (放大镜), ‘Look at the leaves.’ I could see all these caterpillars (蝴蝶的幼虫) on the plant. Dr. Mattoni explained, ‘Without the plant, there are no butterflies.’”

Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni, who told him there was a butterfly that needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then he’s been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back. He grows astragalus, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.

The butterfly’s population, once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni received lots of awards. But for Bonner, he earned something more: he turned his life around.

For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he’s bringing back the Palos Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too.

1. When he was young,Arthur Bonner _______.

A．broke the law and ended up in prison

B．was fond of shooting and hurt his mom

C．often laughed at people on the streets

D．often caught butterflies and took them home

2. Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he _______.

A．found the butterfly had died out

B．won many prizes from his professor

C．met Dr. Mattoni, a professor of biology

D．collected butterflies and put them into a lab

3. From the last sentence of the text,we learn that raising butterflies has _______.

A．made Bonner famous

B．changed Bonner’s life

C．brought Bonner wealth

D．enriched Bonner’s knowledge

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．A Promise to Mom

B．A Man Saved by Butterflies

C．A Story of Butterflies

D．A Job Offered by Dr. Mattoni