1 . 阅读表达

“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy---they're given after all. Choices can be hard.”

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year. I'd never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn't work since most start-ups don’t and I wasn't sure what to expect. She told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I had been a garage inventor. I had always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him that I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park，listened carefully to me and finally said,“That sounds like a really good idea，but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't already have a good job.”That logic made some sense to me，and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice，but ultimately, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn't think I would regret trying and failing. And I suspected that I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.

After much consideration, I took the less secure path to follow my passion, and I'm proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.

1. What inspired the author to start Amazon 16 years ago? (No more than 15 words)
2. How did the author’s wife respond to his crazy idea of building an online bookstore? (No more than 10 words)
3. What was the attitude of the author’s boss towards his starting a company online? (No more than 10 words)
4. What’s your understanding of the underlined sentence in the last paragraph? (No more than 15 words)
5. What is the most important factor when you make your career choice? Give your reasons. (No more than 20 words)

2 . 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。

Challenges of life are of great importance in personal grow. They remind me of my days when I join in the military training in senior high school. Live away from my home for the first time, I found life there a bit difficult to get used. And the training officer was strict with her. I once thought I couldn’t be stick to it. But anyway, I succeeded. The training made me much strong to adapt to life than before, but I think the difficulties have now become a precious memory in my life. In short, learning to regard the challenges of life as a stepping stone to future success and make a best of them.

3 . 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。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(＼)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。

Last Friday will live in my memory forever. It was the first time that I performed Latin dance with a classmate on stage.

After I changed into my suit, I stood quietly,waited for our turn. Once on stage, I am afraid of looking at the audience. Then the music began,but we started to dance. Absorbed on what I was doing, I began to feel good. Finally,it was over. We did a good job.

Through this experience, I realized I was not only putting on a show for another,but also learned why to deal with a challenge. Now when I face a new situation, I am not as nervously as I was before. I know by practising it I can achieve everything.

4 . I used to think the whole purpose of life was pursuing happiness. Everyone said the path to happiness was success, so I searched for that ideal job, that perfect boyfriend, that beautiful apartment. But instead of ever feeling fulfilled, I felt anxious and lost. Eventually, I decided to go to graduate school for positive psychology to learn what truly makes people happy.

And what’s the difference between being happy and having meaning in life? Many psychologists describe happiness as a state of comfort and ease, feeling good in the moment. Meaning, though, is deeper. The famous psychologist Martin Seligman says meaning comes from belonging to and serving something beyond yourself and from developing the best within you. Our culture is obsessed (痴迷于) with happiness, but I came to see that seeking meaning is the more fulfilling path.

There are four pillars (支柱) of a meaningful life.

The first pillar is belonging. Belonging comes from being in relationships where you’re valued for who you are and where you value others as well. For many people belonging is the most essential source of meaning.

For others, the key to meaning is the second pillar: purpose. Finding your purpose is not the same thing as finding that job that makes you happy. A doctor told me her purpose is healing sick people. Many parents tell me, “My purpose is raising my children.” The key to purpose is using your strengths to serve others. Without something worthwhile to do, people flounder (不知所措).

The third pillar of meaning is also about stepping beyond yourself, but in a completely different way: transcendence (超然). Transcendent experiences can change you, Transcendent states are those rare moments when you’re lifted above the hustle and bustle of daily life, your sense of self fades away, and you feel connected to a higher reality. For me, I’m a writer, and it happens through writing. Sometimes I get so in the zone that I lose all sense of time and place.

The fourth pillar is storytelling, the story you tell yourself about yourself. Creating a narrative from the events of your life brings clarity. It helps you understand how you became you. But we don’t always realize that we’re the authors of our stories and can change the way we’re telling them. Your life isn’t just a list of events. You can edit, interpret and retell your story, even as you’re constrained by the facts.

That’s the power of meaning. Happiness comes and goes. But when life is really good and when things are really bad, having meaning gives you something to hold on to.

1. What can we know from the first two paragraphs?

A．Life can be fulfilled by landing ideal jobs.

B．Life dilemma is easy for us to get out of.

C．Meaning is highly valued in our culture.

D．Happiness is what most people try to achieve.

2. From the four pillars of a meaningful life, we can know that ________.

A．nothing is as essential a source of meaning as belonging

B．purpose is less about what you want than what you give

C．transcendent fades easily and rarely makes us cheerful

D．the way of telling stories guarantees a meaningful life

3. The passage aims to tell us that ________.

A．meaning is more important than happiness

B．seeking meaning does more good than bad

C．chasing happiness can make people unhappy

D．meaning has deeper psychological significance

5 . Ever since I was a boy I have loved and collected Native American stories. Their wisdom and love of nature have always_______ me. The one that I keep in mind, though, is the story of the two _______.

One night a wise elder man sat his _______ around a campfire and told him about the _______ that goes on inside of all people. He said, “My child, the battle is _______ two ‘wolves’ that live inside us all. One is fear, anger, hatred, self-pity, and unhappiness. _______is love, laughter, joy, hope, peace, kindness, and happiness.” The grandson _______this for a long time and then asked his grandfather which wolf would win. The elder _______ said, “The one you really _______.”

I think that most of the problems worldwide __________from the fact that far too many of us often feed the__________wolf. We let our fears __________ us. We react with anger. We hate those who are ___________from us. We allow our jealousy and judgment to __________our lives. We do so many things to create unhappiness in our hearts when all we really want is to be __________.

We don’t have to feed the wrong wolf, __________. We can choose love and joy. We can   smile and sing. We can__________ our thoughts with happiness and kindness. We can __________ them with everyone, everywhere.

Which wolf are you going to feed today? Which life are you going to __________? Fear and love are the two greatest __________ in this world. Yet, only one can bring you joy and bring you back to God.

1.

A．depressed

B．frightened

C．disappointed

D．impressed

2.

A．wolves

B．hearts

C．people

D．emotions

3.

A．son

B．friend

C．grandson

D．brother

4.

A．battle

B．struggle

C．spirit

D．story

5.

A．within

B．among

C．for

D．between

6.

A．The others

B．The other

C．Other

D．Another

7.

A．agreed on

B．called on

C．reflected on

D．checked on

8.

A．sadly

B．angrily

C．possibly

D．simply

9.

A．feed

B．challenge

C．believe

D．defeat

10.

A．benefit

B．come

C．take

D．suffer

11.

A．fierce

B．real

C．gentle

D．wrong

12.

A．hold

B．help

C．lead

D．frighten

13.

A．different

B．far

C．free

D．absent

14.

A．continue

B．rule

C．begin

D．cheer

15.

A．calm

B．safe

C．happy

D．busy

16.

A．whatever

B．however

C．still

D．thus

17.

A．improve

B．shape

C．change

D．fill

18.

A．share

B．support

C．supply

D．spend

19.

A．describe

B．stay

C．live

D．survive

20.

A．figures

B．forces

C．problems

D．chances

6 . Dream in Heart

On the first day of school our professor introduced a new classmate—a wrinkled little old lady—to us. Her name was Rose, and she was eighty-seven years old.

After class Rose and I walked to the Student Union Building and shared a chocolate milk-shake. She told me she always dreamed of having a college education and now she was getting one. We became instant friends. Every day for the following months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always attracted, listening to this “ time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Rose became famous and easily made friends wherever she went. She tended to be highly motivated,responsible, and deeply involved in class participation. In spare time she had someone hang out or go to bars with. She even participated in some form of athletic activity. She said that extra-curricular activities can form a vital part of her experience, creating unique chances for friendship and learning.

At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football meal. A little embarrassed, she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “ I’ m sorry I’ m so nervous.” As we laughed, she cleared her throat and began, “ We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you’ re nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year, you will turn twenty. If I’ m eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year, I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. It’ s non-optional but that doesn’ t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the chance in change. In this way the elderly don’ t have regrets for what they did, but rather for things they did not do.” Rose concluded her speech by courageously singing “ The Rose” . She challenged us to study the words of the song and lived them out in daily lives.

At the year’ s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’ s never too late to be all you can possibly be.

1. Why does the author compare Rose to “ time machine” in Paragraph 2?

A．To stress her old age and knowledge of life.

B．To describe the close friendship between them.

C．To show that she always enjoyed her active life.

D．To explain why she took on a challenge in college.

2. Rose was invited to speak at the football meal most probably because ______.

A．she was a great football fan

B．she was the smartest student

C．she tried hard to achieve her dream

D．she became more educated than the others

3. We can learn that Rose agreed with the idea that ______.

A．growing older means growing up

B．it takes talent and ability to grow up

C．receiving high education helps to be courageous

D．one grows older at the same time when he grows up

4. The passage is intended to ______.

A．provide an example for the elderly	B．discuss how to grow up quickly
C．tell the importance of attending college	D．inspire the readers to live up to lives

7 . Directions: Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

“Any apples today?” Effie asked cheerfully at my window. I followed her to her truck and bought a kilo. On credit, of course. Cash was the one thing in the world I lacked just then.     1    

All pretense （借口） of payment was dropped when our funds, food and funds decreased to alarming lows. Effie came often, always bringing some gift: a jar of peaches or some firewood. There were other generosities.     2    

Effie was not a rich woman. Her income, derived from investments she had made while running an interior decorating shop. had never exceeded $200 a month, which she supplemented by selling her apples. But she always managed to help someone poorer.

Years passed before I was able to return the money Effie had given me from time to time. She was ill now and had aged rapidly in the last year. “Here, darling,” I said, “is what l owe you.”    3    

“Give it back as I gave it to you--a little at a time.” I think she believed there was magic in the slow discharge of a love debt.

The simple fact is that I never repaid the whole amount to Effie, for she died a few weeks later. By now, the few dollars Effie gave me have been multiplied many times. But a curious thing began to happen.

Whenever I saw a fellow human in financial trouble, I was moved to help him. I can't afford to do this always, but in the ten years since Effie's death, I have indirectly repaid my debt to her.

    4     At that time, it seemed that my debt would forever go unsettled. So the account can never be marked closed. for Effie's love will go on in hearts that have never known her.

A．Our baby was not doing well, so Effie financed my wife's trip to New York for consultation with a specialist.

B．Give your help to those in greater need.

C．The oddest part of the whole affair is that people whom I help often help others later on.

D．Effie work diligently all her life.

E．“Pay me whenever you like,” said Effie, climbing back into her truck.

F．“Don't give it to me all at once,” she said.

9 . Mother Teresa and I were deeply engaged in this close conversation when we were_____ by loud voices coming from down the hall.

First I smelled them, then heard them: middle aged couple, both very tall, very large, very ____ perfumed and clearly very rich. With no greeting at all, the woman shoved (推挤) a ____ into my hand. She and her husband   ____   Mother Teresa from her chair and situated her against the wall between them. Then they   _____ like giant bookends on either side of Mother Teresa or       ____   a photograph.

As I snapped the photo, without hesitation the woman put her     _____     under Mother Teresa’s chin and forced it up. Shocked that anyone should     ______ Mother Teresa that way.

Right after the photos, she and her husband, without so much as a “thank you” to Mother Teresa or to me,   _____ in a noisy rush.

Mother Teresa returned to her chair and continued   _____ nothing had happened. But I was _____ anger towards this couple. My body was tense, and hatred   ____   through me.

Later, I wrote Mother Teresa a letter, telling her how I had     _____   towards her visitors.

In her ______ she admonished me, saying that while I had expressed sympathy for the poor, the sick and the weak all my life, I had no_______ of the suffering of the wealthy: the isolation, the hardening of the heart, and the ___of the soul that can come with the burden of wealth. She said that they need as much compassion as anyone else on earth.

I thought back and realized that Mother Teresa had had no   _____ with the wealthy couple. To her, they deserve   _____ love, no less and no more than the orphans in her   _____ , and she had treated them with love and respect.

“You must open your heart to them and become their student and their teacher,” she said in her letter. “     _____   them in your circle of love. Do not shut them out. They also are your work.”

1.

A．attracted

B．annoyed

C．amazed

D．interrupted

2.

A．gently

B．poorly

C．heavily

D．lightly

3.

A．camera

B．present

C．notebook

D．purse

4.

A．helped

B．invited

C．lifted

D．pulled

5.

A．pushed in

B．stood out

C．took in

D．hurried out

6.

A．asked

B．insisted

C．suggested

D．demanded

7.

A．face

B．eyes

C．arm

D．hand

8.

A．love

B．treat

C．like

D．hate

9.

A．apologized

B．disappeared

C．turned

D．greeted

10.

A．as if

B．even if

C．so that

D．in that

11.

A．absorbed in

B．adapted to

C．concerned with

D．filled with

12.

A．burst

B．sought

C．ran

D．saw

13.

A．felt

B．identified

C．hated

D．ranked

14.

A．response

B．reply

C．reaction

D．letter

15.

A．recognition

B．mind

C．attention

D．head

16.

A．happiness

B．sadness

C．kindness

D．loneliness

17.

A．argument

B．conversation

C．problem

D．question

18.

A．pitiful

B．deep

C．equal

D．long

19.

A．care

B．service

C．welfare

D．benefit

20.

A．Inspect

B．Respect

C．Include

D．Contain

10 . 假如你叫李津，在报纸上看到一幅成语漫画，很有感触。请给你的英国笔友写一封邮件，描述这幅漫画并谈谈自己的感想。

注意：1. 词数不少于100，开头已给出，不计入总词数。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tony,

I saw an interesting carton in a newspaper.

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Yours

Li Jin