1 . As her son Cameron sits at his laptop completing a task for his math degree course. Alison Thompson, a full-time mum is busy helping her daughter Emma (two years younger than Cameron) get dressed. While help has always been available for Emma, Alison and her husband also have to fight to get Cameron the support he needs. “People could see that Emma has special needs but because Cameron was doing so well at school, his teachers never thought there was a problem with him,” says Alison.

It took Alison and her husband a while to realize their son was different. Cameron’s ability didn’t become clear until he began primary school. Once he even corrected the teacher when she told the class that zero was the lowest number. Cameron told her she was wrong because there were negative numbers. He was four at the time. Now 14-year-old Cameron is at secondary school, studying for a distance learning math degree with the Open University, having sailed through his GCSE at 11 and his A-level at 12, achieving top grades.

Bethany, another daughter of Alison, is bright too, but not gifted. She is the one who will remind absent-minded Cameron to put on his coat. She also helps him out in social situations.

Emma attends a specialist school and the family is quick to celebrate her success too.

“The other day she did up the buttons on her coat, which was real progress,” Alison says.

Late last year the Thompsons took part in a television documentary to prove that not all gifted children are the result of extremely ambitious parents. Gifted children need support too, but their lives don’t have to be that different. Cameron is an example.

1. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．Ambitious Parents	B．Thompson’s Children
C．Special Gifts	D．Different Lives

2. What does paragraph 1 indicate?

A．Both Cameron and Emma need parental support.

B．Teachers at school ignored Emma’s problems.

C．Cameron helps Emma with her math tasks.

D．The couple often have fights because of Cameron.

3. There are at least _______________ people in Mrs. Thompson’s family.

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．six

4. What can be known from the passage?

A．Emma has learned to take good care of herself.

B．Cameron showed his gift before primary school.

C．The children of the family are bright and gifted.

D．Gifted kids are not so different as people expect.

2 . The third week of SEAL training means Hell Week. It is on Wednesday of Hell Week that you paddle down to the mud flats（泥滩） and spend the next 15 hours trying to survive the freezing-cold mud, the howling wind and the increasing pressure from the instructors to quit. As the sun began to set that Wednesday evening, my training class, having broken the rules, was ordered into the mud. The mud consumed each man till there was nothing visible but our heads. The instructors told us we could leave the mud if only five men would quit—just five men and we could get out of the extreme cold.

Looking around the mud flat, it was apparent that some students were about to give up. It was still over eight hours till the sun came up--eight more hours of freezing cold. The chattering teeth and shivering moans (呻吟）of the trainees were so loud that it was hard to hear anything. And then, one voice began to echo (回荡）through the night--one voice raised in song. The song was terribly out of tune, but sung with great enthusiasm. One voice became two, and two became three, and before long everyone in the class was singing. We knew that if one man could rise above the great suffering then others could as well. The instructors threatened us with more time in the mud if we kept up the singing—but the singing went on. And somehow, the mud seemed a little warmer, the wind a little less bitter and the dawn not so far away.

If I have learned anything in my time traveling the world it is the power of hope. The power of one person, Washington, Lincoln, King, Mandela and even a young girl from Pakistan, Malala, can change the world by giving people hope.

So, if you want to change the world, start singing when you're up to your neck in mud.

1. From the passage, we can see that being ordered into the mud was _____.

A．the last part of the training

B．the most useful part of the training

C．the real test of the trainees' intelligence

D．the punishment for the training class

2. The training class singing together ______.

A．inspired the instructors

B．helped them to kill the time

C．kept them from falling into the mud

D．encouraged them to fight their difficulty

3. The writer described his SEAL training experience mainly to tell the readers _____.

A．the power of a large crowd of people	B．the advantage of the training
C．the way to bring about changes	D．the reason to promote singing

4. In the last paragraph, the phrase "up to your neck in mud" most probably means _____ .

A．in an extremely difficult situation	B．in a hard training class
C．in terribly cold weather	D．in a lower social position

3 . Every year, as soon as Halloween is over, our son Matthew waits for the lights. He's been doing it for more than a dozen ______. As the days grow shorter and the nights longer, as the temperatures ______ and the leaves fall, he waits for the ______.

The neighbors across the street always put up a   ______ and brilliant light display for the holidays and Matthew loves to wait for them to be turned on, which usually   ______ right after Thanksgiving.______ he begins his monitoring a month before their arrival. And then, each day between Thanksgiving and ______ the lights are turned off, he waits, ______， from mid­afternoon on.

And when each evening's moment comes, you don't have to be with ______. You know it no matter where you are in the house. The rhythmic ______. The dancing around the house. Pure ______ on his face! And it happens every single night.

Despite all his ______， in the world's view — his severe mental disabilities, his two­-year-­old   ______ in a twenty­-three-year­-old body, his inability to speak — Matthew knows   ______ very profound, that light will shine in the darkness, that no matter how dark, how long the   ______ eventually, and without ______， those lights will shine again. No matter how many seasons of the year without them, there will come a season when those lights will shine again.

Life ______ its own seasons of darkness，desperate, lonely, ______ and full of fear at times. ______those seasons, a new season can come and the light can be seen again. Whatever   ______ I find within and around me, I look to my son, and remember that a light can break the darkness.

1.

A．hours

B．seconds

C．decades

D．years

2.

A．rise

B．change

C．drop

D．stay

3.

A．lights

B．neighbors

C．tricks

D．holidays

4.

A．tasteful

B．beautiful

C．strong

D．strange

5.

A．happens

B．tests

C．obtains

D．delivers

6.

A．Instead

B．Then

C．Therefore

D．However

7.

A．unless

B．until

C．after

D．since

8.

A．nervously

B．impatiently

C．excitedly

D．quietly

9.

A．it

B．her

C．one

D．him

10.

A．poems

B．excitement

C．fighting

D．clapping

11.

A．surprise

B．sadness

C．glory

D．delight

12.

A．limitations

B．advantages

C．characters

D．beliefs

13.

A．brother

B．sister

C．mind

D．memory

14.

A．nothing

B．something

C．everything

D．anything

15.

A．holiday

B．display

C．street

D．wait

16.

A．fail

B．pity

C．stop

D．plan

17.

A．receives

B．proves

C．supports

D．brings

18.

A．satisfying

B．unwilling

C．painful

D．peaceful

19.

A．In spite of

B．Thanks to

C．Regardless of

D．As to

20.

A．happiness

B．darkness

C．sympathy

D．warmth

4 . 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(∧)，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11处起)不计分。
Friendship is of vital importance for all of us. We need help, also give help to others. In modern times, people pay more attention for relations and connections. A man of charm, who power lies in his ability, has many friends.
As life is full of conflicts, I need friends to support and help us out of difficulties. Our friends gave us warnings against danger. Our friends offer us advices about how to dealing with various situations. Closely friends share not only with our joys but also our sorrows.
With friendship, life is happy and harmony. Without friendship, life is sad and unlucky.

5 . Everyone deals with discouragement at some point in their life.     1     Discouragement, disappointment, failure, and setbacks—these are all things that can help us if we maintain an empowering mindset. So next time you start to feel discouraged, here is what you should do:

1.     2    

Discouragement generally occurs when our expectations don’t agree with reality. In many cases our expectations are unrealistic, and this often has to do with how long we think things will last. If we take a longer view, and relax our expectations a little, it can really help to decrease discouragement. So be patient!

2. Think of failure as education.

When we feel like we have failed at something, discouragement often follows. However, failure doesn’t really exist, except for the meaning that we give it. We can choose to think of failure as education, and therefore good, instead of thinking of failure as bad. When we view it this way we realize that failure isn’t something that is bad, or something to be avoided. It is simply feedback.

    3    

3. Stop comparing ourselves with others.

No doubt, if we always compare ourselves with others, we will get discouraged easily. We generally see their victories, successes, and strengths. When we do this we get discouraged and we feel sorry for ourselves.     4     We are on a unique path. Then we need to just focus on our own path.

4. Consider who we are spending time with.

If we spend all our time with people who are constantly negative, we can be influenced to see life through a similar lens. So what can we do? We can’t simply cut loved ones out of our lives.

    5     Start to surround ourselves with positive people as a balance. Over time we will start to take on their mindset and this will help with any feelings of discouragement we may have.

A．So don’t compare.

B．Take the long view.

C．It may be a while before it comes true.

D．We ease discouragement when we think this way.

E．But it is not always a bad thing.

F．What we should do is simply expand our social network.

G．Don’t let our discouragement get in the way of our development.

6 . At the age of 83,I'm reading more and dusting less.I'm sitting in the yard and admiring the view without caring about the weeds in the garden.I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less time working.

Whenever possible,life should be a pattern of experiences to savor,not to suffer.I'm trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them.

I’m not"saving"anything;we use our good china and crystal for every special event such as losing a pound,or the first Amaryllis blossom.I wear my good clothes to the market.I'm not saving my good perfume for special parties ,but wearing it for clerks in the hardware store and tellers at the bank.

“Someday"and"one of these days"are losing their positions in my vocabulary.If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and do it now.

I'm not sure what others would have done had they known they wouldn't be here for the tomorrow that we all take for granted.I think they would have called family members and a few close friends.They might have called a few former friends to apologize and mend fences for past quarrels.I like to think they would have gone out for a Chinese dinner or for whatever their favorite food was.

It's those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew my hours were limited.Angry because I hadn't written certain letters that I intended to write one of these days.Angry and sorry that I didn't tell my husband and parents often enough how much I truly love them.I'm trying very hard not to put off,hold back,or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives.And every morning when I open my eyes,I tell myself that it is special.Every day,every minute,every breath truly is a gift.

1. What does the underlined word"savor"in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Enjoy.	B．Learn.
C．Share.	D．Remember.

2. Why is the author not"saving"anything?

A．She has already saved enough.	B．She wants to seize the day.
C．She finds the chance to spend.	D．She attends many special occasions..

3. What is the author's purpose in writing the text?

A．To show her regret for what she missed in life.

B．To blame people who left many things undone.

C．To persuade people to think more of themselves.

D．To share what she has learned from her life.

4. The author would feel angry if___________.

A．there were few things she could do	B．she could not live long
C．her last days were full of regret	D．her efforts were in vain

7 . One day, a lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mum came in and ___________ asked her little daughter with a smile, “My sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?” The girl looked _________at her mum for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick _________ on one apple, and then quickly on the other.

The mum felt the smile on her face _________. She tried hard not to show her _________. Then the little girl handed one of her _________ apples to her mum, and said, “Mummy, here you are. This is the _________one.”

No matter who you are, how experienced you are, and how knowledgeable you think you are, always _________judgment. Give others the privilege to _________ themselves. What you see may not be the __________. Never conclude for others, which is why we should never only __________the surface and judge others without understanding them __________.

Those who like to pay the bill, do so not because they are loaded, but because they value __________ above money.

Those who __________first after a fight, do so not because they are wrong but because they value the people around them.

Those who often text you, do so not because they have __________ better to do but because you are in their heart. One day, all of us will get __________ from each other; we will miss our conversations of everything & nothing; we will miss the __________ that we had. Days will pass by, months, years, __________ this contact becomes rare — One day our children will see our __________ and ask “Who are these people?” And we will smile with invisible tears because a heart is touched with a strong word and you will say, “__________ was them that I had the best days of my life with.”

1.

A．quickly

B．sadly

C．curiously

D．softly

2.

A．down

B．up

C．out

D．around

3.

A．look

B．taste

C．try

D．bite

4.

A．remain

B．freeze

C．speed

D．rise

5.

A．disappointment

B．satisfaction

C．amusement

D．confusion

6.

A．rotten

B．deserted

C．bitten

D．split

7.

A．bigger

B．sweeter

C．fresher

D．juicier

8.

A．offer

B．delay

C．stop

D．pass

9.

A．explain

B．reflect

C．criticize

D．introduce

10.

A．result

B．purpose

C．attempt

D．reality

11.

A．work out

B．focus on

C．hold up

D．give up

12.

A．last

B．first

C．wrong

D．little

13.

A．bill

B．material

C．friendship

D．surface

14.

A．sacrifice

B．suffer

C．survive

D．apologize

15.

A．nothing

B．something

C．everything

D．anything

16.

A．lost

B．retired

C．separated

D．divorced

17.

A．talks

B．arguments

C．contradictions

D．dreams

18.

A．when

B．until

C．though

D．after

19.

A．articles

B．stories

C．telephones

D．pictures

20.

A．It

B．What

C．That

D．Such

8 . Eleven years ago, the world as I knew it ended. My husband of 19 years was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Over the course of seven months，Bill went from beating me silly at tennis to needing my help to go to the bathroom. It was the best seven months of my life.

Maybe I don’t actually mean that. But it was certainly the time when I felt most alive. I discovered that the minor complaint of an annoying coworker, or a flat tire pales in comparison with the beauty of sincere laughter, or the smells of a bakery. There were moments of joy, laughter, and tenderness. After Bill’s diagnosis and brain surgery, I found clinical trials and talked to doctors in Texas, Pennsylvania, and New York. It gave me a sense of purpose.

In the latter days, being Bill’s caregiver also meant being fully present for as many moments of every day as possible. During his last weekend, we had dinner together. Later, a relative visited. I noticed that she’d changed her appearance, and not in a good way. It was the kind of thought I’d usually keep to myself. Just then, Bill voiced exactly what I’d been thinking, in that truthful way he had, and I found myself laughing out loud.

I thought I could look after this man forever. However, he would be dead in four days.

Eleven years later, I haven’t started a foundation to cure cancer. I haven’t left the news business to get a medical degree. But every day, I try to again be the person I became during those seven months. I try to be a little less judgmental, a little more forgiving and generous. I am a better person for having been Bill’s caregiver. It was his last, best gift to me.

1. What is true about her husband?

A．He was a bad tennis player.

B．He felt weak because of his brain surgery.

C．He had to talk to doctors in different cities.

D．He had to be accompanied mostly during his illness.

2. What does the underlined word “pales” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Turns whiter than usual.	B．Seems less important.
C．Becomes more significant.	D．Proves unreasonable.

3. The story of their relative in Paragraph 4 is used to show       .

A．being a caregiver requires much time and effort

B．one needs to speak out his own thoughts truthfully

C．change in appearance is a necessary part of one’s life

D．life needs a sense of humor even faced with hardships

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．The Best Time of My Life	B．The Greatest Gift to Me
C．My Loving Husband	D．A Caregiver’s Hard Work

9 . Yesterday, our teacher asked us when a man could be referred to as an old man. David stood up and said people with wrinkles could be called old people, However, Mary didn’t _______ for some people may gain wrinkles at an earlier age owing to their. _______ life. Then Lily expressed her idea that those reaching their 60s or more could be called old people. However, Emily expressed her _______ and said some old people may still be energetic and trying to pursue their dreams, which makes them appear _______. The class was over and we still didn’t reach any _______, so the teacher asked us to think about it after class.

The _______ has reminded me of the saying of J. Barrymore that a man isn’t old as long as he is _______ something.

My grandma is such a woman who pursues her dream _______ when she’s 70 now. She has _______ her dream of being a painter since she was a little child. ________, because her family was poor, she had to ________ her dream and stepped into the ________ to raise money so as to support her family. Though she has ________ abandoned her dream, she could hardly find any ________ to realize it because of the tough work. ________, chance came when she retired from her work. She began taking her painting lessons ________ she had all-white hair and lots of wrinkles. At first, I was ________ her idea of attending school at so old an age, but after seeing her paint happily and enjoyably, I ________ feeling it a good choice. She seems ________ and looks fine.

So if we have our dreams and seek for them, we aren’t old. It’s when we don’t know what we want and let ________ be the center point of our lives that we can finally be regarded as the old.

1.

A．respond

B．agree

C．identify

D．understand

2.

A．negative

B．boring

C．tough

D．complex

3.

A．certainty

B．wish

C．doubt

D．concern

4.

A．attractive

B．young

C．intelligent

D．ambitious

5.

A．conclusion

B．contract

C．decision

D．destination

6.

A．embarrassment

B．barrier

C．question

D．confusion

7.

A．preserving

B．seeking

C．treasuring

D．possessing

8.

A．even

B．nearly

C．only

D．hardly

9.

A．realized

B．changed

C．promoted

D．kept

10.

A．Therefore

B．Instead

C．Moreover

D．However

11.

A．give up

B．search for

C．put aside

D．stick to

12.

A．society

B．reality

C．world

D．office

13.

A．seldom

B．occasionally

C．already

D．never

14.

A．time

B．excuse

C．help

D．money

15.

A．Suddenly

B．Eventually

C．Soon

D．Gradually

16.

A．because

B．once

C．though

D．unless

17.

A．with

B．for

C．at

D．against

18.

A．risked

B．rejected

C．continued

D．began

19.

A．energetic

B．gentle

C．optimistic

D．wealthy

20.

A．achievements

B．regrets

C．dreams

D．difficulties

10 . Years ago, an important event happened in my life which would change it forever. I met Kurt Kampmeir of Success Motivation Incorporation for breakfast. While we were ___, Kurt asked me, “John, what is your ___for personal growth?” Never at a loss for words, I tried to find things in my life that might ___for growth. I told him about the activities in which I was ___. And I went into a ___on how hard I worked and the gains I was making. I must have talked for ten minutes. Kurt ___patiently, but then he ___smiled and said, “You don’t have a personal plan for growth, do you?”

“No, actually,” I ___.

“You know,” Kurt said simply, “growth is not a(n) ___process.”

And that’s when it ____me. I hadn’t done anything ____to make myself better. And at that moment, I made the ____: I will develop and follow a personal growth plan for my ____.

That night, I talked to my wife about my ____with Kurt and what I had learned. I ____her the workbook and tapes Kurt was selling. We ____that Kurt wasn’t just trying to make a sale. He was offering a ____for us to change our lives and achieve our dreams.

Several important things happened that day. First, we decided to ____the reality. But more importantly, we made a promise to ____together as a couple. Form that day on, we learned together, traveled together, and sacrificed together. It was a ____decision. While too many couples grow apart, we were growing together.

1.

A．working

B．preparing

C．thinking

D．eating

2.

A．suggestion

B．demand

C．plan

D．request

3.

A．appeal

B．look

C．call

D．stand

4.

A．involved

B．trapped

C．lost

D．bathed

5.

A．thought

B．speech

C．discussion

D．debate

6.

A．calculated

B．listened

C．drank

D．explained

7.

A．eagerly

B．gradually

C．gratefully

D．finally

8.

A．admitted

B．interrupted

C．apologized

D．complained

9.

A．automatic

B．slow

C．independent

D．changing

10.

A．confused

B．informed

C．pleased

D．struck

11.

A．casually

B．purposely

C．carefully

D．patiently

12.

A．comment

B．announcement

C．decision

D．arrangement

13.

A．life

B．career

C．performance

D．investment

14.

A．contract

B．conversation

C．idea

D．argument

15.

A．lent

B．sold

C．showed

D．taught

16.

A．recalled

B．defined

C．recognized

D．declared

17.

A．tool

B．skill

C．way

D．rule

18.

A．promote

B．face

C．handle

D．deliver

19.

A．grow

B．survive

C．move

D．gather

20.

A．difficult

B．sudden

C．firm

D．wise