1 . Everyone needs to be safe,loved and to have a sense of belonging.These are inborn and natural basic needs.In an effort to have these needs satisfied,many of us tend to please others.And it works for a while.We find that we experience less conflict with others,but the conflict within ourselves grows.Saying "no" produces feeling of guilt and saying "yes" brings anger.

My father was in the military,so we moved frequently.Being shy,I didn't make friends.What's more,I grew up in a household where grades,image and how others saw our family were very important.In our household a "C" was unacceptable,a "B" should have been an "A" and an "A" meant the lesson was too easy.I was too skinny,my sister was too fat and my brother's lips and ears were too big for his tiny head.

To stop pleasing others is easier said than done.It's a long process,one in which I am consistently working to perfect.The turning point for me came shortly after I got married.The very first thing we did to end the cycle of catering to others was develop our own identity as individuals and then as a couple.And then we developed a strong set of core（核心）values and a vision for our future.The third and one of the most valuable things we did during this process was develop our own personal influence on others and we valued deeply the opinions of the wiser and more successful people around us.

Besides,we should understand that sometimes helping people actually hurts them.Struggle is necessary to success.Struggle strengthens character,making people determined.So sometimes allowing people to struggle is the best thing you can do for them.

1. How are we likely to feel when pleasing others?

A．Satisfied	B．Angry.
C．Happy	D．Guilty

2. What can we infer from the author's experience as a child?

A．He grew up doing a lot of housework.

B．It was hard for him to adjust to the moving life.

C．He realized the value of opinions from others.

D．His parents had great expectations of the children.

3. What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A．What steps the author took to go on pleasing others.

B．How the author stepped out of the cycle of pleasing others.

C．Why the author further developed his values and character.

D．When the author turned to others for their valuable opinions.

4. What does the author suggest doing?

A．Helping others without delay.

B．Refusing to help others.

C．Thinking twice before offering help.

D．Leaving someone alone in trouble.

2 . Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mum, you must come and see the daffodils (水仙花) before they are over."

I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Lake Arrowhead. "I will go next Tuesday," I promised, a little unwillingly, on her third call.

The next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn's house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said, "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible (看不见的) in the cloud and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see!"

My daughter smiled calmly and said, "We drive in such weather all the time, Mum. You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience."

After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small road and on the far side of a small church, I saw a hand-lettered sign that read "Daffodil Garden". We got out of the car and each took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, we turned a corner of the path, and I looked up amazed. Before me lay the most beautiful sight. Flows of flowers of different colors seemed poured down the peak and slopes. There were five acres of flowers! A sea of daffodil! It was like a fairyland all beyond description.

"But who has done this?" I asked Carolyn. "It's just one woman," Carolyn answered. That's her home. "Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house. On the patio (露台), we saw a poster. “Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking" was the headline. The first answer was a simple one. "50,000 bulbs (鳞茎)" it read. The second answer was, "One at a time, by one woman." The third answer was, "Began in 1958."

I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than fifty years before, had begun — one bulb at a time — to bring beauty and joy to this remote mountain top. Just planting one bulb at a time, year after year, had changed the world where she lived and created something of magnificence, beauty, and inspiration.

When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small amounts of daily effort, we too can accomplish great things. Everyone can do something to change the world.

1. The writer wasn’t going to see the daffodils at first because ______.

A．she cared more about the children

B．they were on a remote mountain top

C．the weather was not good enough

D．it was not easy for her to drive there

2. What do we know from the passage about the woman who grew daffodil?

A．She must have been a modest woman.

B．She worked as a professional gardener.

C．She grew the daffodils over 50 years by herself.

D．Being poor, she made a living by selling daffodils.

3. What has the writer learned from this experience?

A．It's never too late to learn.

B．Necessity is the mother of invention

C．People can change the world where they live by growing flowers.

D．Accumulation of small steps may lead to something magnificent.

4. Which may be the best title for the passage?

A．An Unforgettable Experience

B．A woman and Daffodils

C．The Daffodil Garden

D．One bulb grown, magnificence dawns

3 . One day I went to a store to get some needed items for my family. I gathered up my goodies and headed for the _________ counter, only to be _________ in the narrow aisle (通道) by a young man who _________ to be about sixteen years old. I wasn’t in a hurry, so I _________ waited for the boy to realize that I was there. It was obvious now, he was mentally _________ and a little shocked as he turned and saw me standing so _________ to him, waiting to _________. I said, “Hey Buddy, what’s your name?”

“My name is Denny and I’m _________ with my Mommy,” he responded proudly.

“Wow,” I said, “that’s a(n) _________ name; I wish my name was Denny, but my name is Steve. How old are you Denny?”

“How old am I now, Mommy?” he asked his mother as she slowly __________ from the next aisle. “You’re fifteen years old, Denny”. Then he headed toward the toy section.

Denny’s mom __________ me for taking the time to talk with her son. She told me that most people wouldn’t __________ look at him, much less talk to him.

I told her that it was my __________ and that there are plenty of red, yellow, and pink roses in God’s Garden; __________, “Blue Roses” are very __________ and should be appreciated __________ their beauty and distinctiveness.

You see, Denny is a Blue Rose and __________ someone doesn’t stop and __________ that rose with their heart and touch that rose with their kindness, then they’ve __________ a blessing from God. So, the next time you see a BLUE ROSE, don’t turn your head and walk off. __________ to smile and say Hello.

1.

A．customer

B．checkout

C．salesman

D．office

2.

A．blocked

B．troubled

C．met

D．found

3.

A．pretended

B．appeared

C．declared

D．tended

4.

A．slowly

B．slightly

C．kindly

D．patiently

5.

A．torn

B．broken

C．challenged

D．wounded

6.

A．close

B．friendly

C．next

D．happily

7.

A．steal away

B．hurry out

C．squeeze by

D．break in

8.

A．swimming

B．shopping

C．singing

D．travelling

9.

A．cool

B．bad

C．ordinary

D．old

10.

A．went away

B．walked by

C．came over

D．turned up

11.

A．thanked

B．stared at

C．praised

D．chatted with

12.

A．ever

B．still

C．yet

D．even

13.

A．courage

B．pleasure

C．habit

D．faith

14.

A．therefore

B．besides

C．meanwhile

D．however

15.

A．rare

B．big

C．bright

D．colorful

16.

A．with

B．by

C．for

D．in

17.

A．unless

B．if

C．before

D．after

18.

A．smell

B．pick

C．buy

D．see

19.

A．wanted

B．forgotten

C．missed

D．invited

20.

A．Be brave

B．Be proud

C．Take it easy

D．Take the time

4 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Several times my daughter Carolyn had telephoned to say, “Mother, you must come to see the daffodils (黄水仙) ____they are over.” I wanted to go, but it was a long drive from my home. “ I will come next Tuesday，” I ____ , a little hesitantly, on her third call.
Next Tuesday I drove there. When I finally _____ Carolyn’s house and hugged my grandchildren, I said, “____ the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in the fog, and there is _____ in the world except you and these children that I want to see badly enough to drive _____ inch！”
My daughter smiled and said, “You will never forgive yourself if you _____ the chance of seeing the beautiful flowers.”
So we drove there. After twenty minutes on the highway we ____onto a small road and I saw a small church. There we got out of the car. I ____Carolyn down the path. As I turned a ____ of the path, I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the most glorious _____ . There were five acres of flowers. It looked ____ someone had taken ____ gold and poured it down ____ the mountain peak and slopes.
“Who planted all these?” I asked Carolyn.
“It’s ____ one woman,” Carolyn answered. “That’s her home,” Carolyn _____ a cottage .We walked up to the house. On the patio(露台), we saw a ____ .
There it was: “ The Daffodil Principe:1. 50,000 bulbs(球茎). 2. One at a time, by one woman. ______ in 1958.”
For me that moment was a life-changing ____I thought of this woman whom I had ____ met and who had begun one bulb at a time to bring the beauty and joy to an unknown mountaintop.1.

A．since

B．before

C．unless

D．until

2.

A．allowed

B．complained

C．admitted

D．promised

3.

A．slipped into

B．jumped out

C．walked into

D．drove out

4.

A．Forgot

B．Remind

C．Remember

D．Remain

5.

A．anything

B．everything

C．nothing

D．something

6.

A．other

B．another

C．more

D．less

7.

A．miss

B．seize

C．get

D．escape

8.

A．held

B．caught

C．exchanged

D．turned

9.

A．led

B．showed

C．followed

D．took

10.

A．side

B．corner

C．bank

D．circle

11.

A．sight

B．park

C．land

D．garden

12.

A．even if

B．ever since

C．as if

D．what if

13.

A．scores of

B．a great deal of

C．a number of

D．many a

14.

A．over

B．through

C．across

D．below

15.

A．even

B．still

C．also

D．just

16.

A．devoted to

B．stuck in

C．shouted at

D．pointed to

17.

A．signal

B．sign

C．symbol

D．sample

18.

A．Completed

B．Realized

C．Began

D．Finished

19.

A．experiment

B．situation

C．condition

D．experience

20.

A．never

B．regularly

C．surely

D．always

5 . You’ve flown halfway around the world; you’ve sniffed out this place that nobody in Falongland or Thailand seems to have ever heard of; so what on earth is there to do here? You consider this question as you sink into an old wooden beach chair that holds you above the sand.

It was a long journey from Bangkok to Huaplee. By the time you found the bus station and got yourself sorted out, it took almost as long as the flight from Falongland.

Huaplee is located just south of Hua Hin, about two hundred kilometres from Bangkok, down the west side of the Gulf of Thailand. Not many tourists find this place, and the ones that do wonder if finding it has been their purpose all along.

There’s an apparent laziness that surrounds you here. It’s what this place offers, and it’s free of charge. The small waves that tap the shoreline seem to slow everything down. You settle into your beach chair in preparation for a long rest. You sit there and watch the sea.

It’s early afternoon, so the cook comes out and asks what you’d like to eat this evening. Before long he’s rushed off to the market to buy the ingredients for whatever it was that you ordered—every meal fresh and to order. No menu here.

There is no poolside noise here but just that wonderfully warm, clear blue sea. There’s no street noise. The only sounds are the murmurs of nature. For now you just count your blessings (福祉), listing them in the sand with your toe (脚趾). You don’t have to worry about being late for work. You don’t have to do anything.

The beach to your right stretches off to the horizon (地平线), slowly narrowing to nothingness only to re-emerge again on your left, now steadily widening until it covers the chair beneath you. Sand to your left and sand to your right; it’s unbroken, endless. No start, no end, just sand, sun, and peace. Step off it, and you re-enter the world of traffic, stress, work, and hurry.

Normally you’re the type who can’t sit still for more than ten minutes, but you’re on Huaplee Lazy Beach now and, in the right frame of mind, it stretches all the way around theworld.

“How could it take me so long to find it?” you wonder.

1. When the author first went to Huaplee Beach,____

A．he found it unworthwhile

B．he failed to sort himself out

C．he became sensitive to smell

D．he had difficulty in finding it

2. What is special about the food service at Huaplee Beach?

A．No menu.

B．Free food.

C．Self service.

D．Quick delivery.

3. In the author’s opinion, a tourist can enjoy Huaplee Beach most when he____     .

A．sits in a beach chair

B．forgets his daily routine

C．plans a detailed schedule

D．draws pictures in the sand

4. What does the author imply by his question at the end of the passage?

A．He shouldn’t have counted his blessings.

B．He should have understood the wonder of nature.

C．He shouldn’t have spent so much time on the trip.

D．He should have come to the place earlier.

6 . 请根据下图写一篇100～120词的短文。你的短文应包括下列要点：
1．简要描写图画内容；
2．说明图画含义；
3．从中学生的角度谈谈你的看法。
参考词汇：container n. 容器
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7 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
People usually get into a hard life and are unable to escape from themselves.
There was once a poor and disappointed salesman complaining every day that there was no ____ for him to display his ability and the ____ was often pulling his legs.
At Christmas Eve, every family ____ their houses with lanterns and streamers and it was very ____everywhere. But he was alone sitting in a bench in a park and recalling the past. It was on the same day last year when he was also alone ____ his Christmas day away, ____ new clothes, new shoes, let alone a new car and a new house.
“Damn! I have to spend this Christmas day with these old shoes again. ” he ____ and began to take off the old shoes. ____ , he glanced at a young man in a wheel chair passing by him with his hands strugglingly pushing the wheel forward. It ____ him that he was so lucky to have shoes to wear while that man did not even have the ____ Afterwards, the sales man did anything with a calm ____ and cherished every opportunity to improve himself. He worked hard and tried his best to make progress every day. Several years later, he ____ changed his life totally and became a millionaire.
If you look all around, you will find there are so many people who were born ____ in the society but they are ____ in life and never complain about the unfair destiny. They are also not to beg others’ giving. Instead, they constantly ____ to make themselves stronger and more excellent to ____ the society. By contrast, we should feel ____ We are born healthy, but we are ____ with life; we complain about our colleagues and dissatisfy with our jobs.
Maybe all of us would feel afraid when we realize we have fallen into such ____ state of life, but worse is that you even do not ____ you have fallen into such a dangerous situation.1.

A．platform

B．chance

C．time

D．status

2.

A．poverty

B．fate

C．ghost

D．goal

3.

A．filed

B．made

C．decorated

D．assisted

4.

A．temporary

B．optimistic

C．happy

D．festive

5.

A．spending

B．drinking

C．celebrating

D．congratulating

6.

A．besides

B．with

C．except

D．without

7.

A．cried

B．sighed

C．shouted

D．promised

8.

A．Luckily

B．Immediately

C．Suddenly

D．Surprisedly

9.

A．dawned on

B．focused on

C．depended on

D．concentrated on

10.

A．motivation

B．recognition

C．chance

D．challenge

11.

A．attitude

B．feeling

C．character

D．mood

12.

A．eventually

B．fortunately

C．continuously

D．awkwardly

13.

A．tough

B．disabled

C．stupid

D．lucky

14.

A．energetic

B．stubborn

C．confident

D．serious

15.

A．decide

B．struggle

C．remember

D．wish

16.

A．understand

B．create

C．serve

D．shape

17.

A．guilty

B．immoral

C．invaluable

D．ashamed

18.

A．fed up

B．caught up

C．broken up

D．cut up

19.

A．dangerous

B．unique

C．disappointing

D．awesome

20.

A．show

B．realize

C．know

D．chase

8 . 请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。
We all know that “sticks and stones may break our bones”, but we should also be aware that words can hurt people, too.
注意：①无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语；
②除诗歌外，文体不限；
③文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
④词数为120左右。
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9 . 短文改错
假定在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。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，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：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改l0处，从第11处起不计分。（题见答题卡）
There are many advantage of smiling. It can not only make us happy, but also please others. If we smile to life, life will smile to us on return. So I want to smile at all whenever and wherever possibly.
First, I would like to smile to my parents because you have given me life and taken the trouble to bringing me up. They arrange almost everything for me. I love my parents, with their help I have made a great progress. I will like to say “Thank you” to them with a smile. Then my smile should go to myself, but for only in this way can I gain more confidence in smiling my difficulties away and lived a better life.

10 . 完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Run freely ——A lesson about Courage

One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I_______ the car by the roadside and waited for her.

As I looked_______ the car window, there was a small park where I saw a little boy, around one and a half to two years old,_______freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short_______. The boy had a big smile on his face _________ he had just been set free from a_______. The boy would then fall to the grass, get up, and without_______ or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a _______ on his face, as if nothing had happened.

Kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure. _______, they treat it as a learning experience. They feel compelled to try and try again until they________.

Not only was I impressed by the boy’s courage, but I was ________ touched by the manner in which he ran. With each attempt, he looked so________, so natural, without signs of fear, nervousness, or of being disappointed. His only ________ was to run freely and to do it effectively as he could. He was just being a________, just being himself. He was not looking for_________or worrying about whether ________ was watching. He wasn’t concerned about being judged. He didn’t seem to be bothered by the fact that maybe someone would see him________and that it would be ________ if he did fall. No, all that________to him was to accomplish the task of activity at hand to the best of his ability, feeling the experience of running fully and freely.

I learned a lot from that observation and ________, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in life.

1.

A．left

B．started

C．stopped

D．drove

2.

A．outside

B．down

C．toward

D．over

3.

A．playing

B．smiling

C．rolling

D．running

4.

A．sight

B．length

C．time

D．distance

5.

A．even if

B．so long as

C．as though

D．now that

6.

A．prison

B．house

C．park

D．castle

7.

A．attention

B．hesitation

C．question

D．application

8.

A．puzzle

B．smile

C．pleasure

D．surprise

9.

A．However

B．Instead

C．Still

D．Anyhow

10.

A．stop

B．win

C．achieve

D．succeed

11.

A．luckily

B．apparently

C．actually

D．equally

12.

A．confident

B．joyful

C．quiet

D．proud

13.

A．worry

B．talent

C．concern

D．conclusion

14.

A．student

B．child

C．player

D．winner

15.

A．chance

B．fortune

C．approval

D．trouble

16.

A．someone

B．none

C．everyone

D．one

17.

A．try

B．run

C．cry

D．fall

18.

A．embarrassing

B．disappointing

C．frightening

D．exciting

19.

A．happened

B．cared

C．mattered

D．related

20.

A．experiment

B．experience

C．expression

D．expectation