1 . Many years ago, my dad was facing a serious heart condition. He was unable to do a steady job. He fell suddenly ill and had to be admitted to the hospital.

He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he decided to volunteer at the local children’s hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He ended up working with the seriously ill children. He would talk, play, and do arts with them.

One of his kids was a girl with a rare disease that paralyzed (瘫痪) her from the neck down. She couldn’t do anything, and she was very depressed. My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. All the while he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.”At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was sent home because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also left the children’s hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later after my dad had recovered and returned to work, in came the little girl who had been paralyzed and only this time she was walking. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave him a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read: “Thank you for helping me walk.”

My dad would cry every time he told us this story and so would we. He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctor, and my dad—who died just a few months after the little girl gave the picture—loved every single child in that hospital.

1. The author’s father worked at the local hospital to_______________.

A．make his serious heart condition less serious	B．keep himself occupied and pleased
C．realize his childhood dream	D．earn money to pay for treatment

2. How did the author’s father help the paralyzed little girl?

A．He helped her practice walking.	B．He visited her and made a toy for her.
C．He showed her she could still do things.	D．He painted special pictures for her.

3. According to Paragraph 3, the paralyzed girl _______________.

A．eventually became a unique painter

B．was sent home and never seen again

C．gradually recovered and walked

D．sent the author’s dad a picture painted with her mouth

4. What message does the passage mainly convey?

A．It’s better to give than to receive.

B．A sick person should not focus on his disease.

C．Volunteering is a worthwhile thing to do.

D．Love can sometimes bring great results.

2 . For the past two years I have been travelling and living abroad. Home has become more of a feeling than a place. I feel at home when I am with my family in London, but I also feel at home in Italy with friends I love. Home is no longer a picture of a house with a front door and some windows. It is more complicated than that.

This is one of the reasons that celebrating the new year has become very important for me. I do not care about "New Year’s resolutions(愿望)” - living abroad has made me constantly reconsider what kind of person I want to be and how I will live my life, so I don't feel the need to plan for change: I live for change.

New Year’s Eve has become my time to reconnect with the friends that makes me feel at home. Every year we try to reunite wherever we are and remember the time when we knew each other so well that we felt like a family. It is a moment to reconnect and get to know each other again. Last year, we travelled to a cottage in Ireland where we had no internet and no neighbours. In the middle of the countryside, away from our big and constantly changing lives, we were able to become like a little family again.

This year, we went to Barcelona. It was a very big change. We were surrounded by culture and life and joy. There were bars and parties. It was different, but one thing stayed very much the same-I felt at home again and we felt like a family again.

A lot of people feel that New Year’s Eve cannot live up to expectations. Ideas such as the "New Year's kiss" and "resolutions" create a lot of pressure for people to have a night to remember, a night that will change their lives and perhaps make the next year one worth living. I think those people are missing the point. If Christmas is about family, why can't New Year be about friends?

1. What does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph I probably mean?

A．Family.	B．Living abroad.
C．Home.	D．Staying with friends.

2. Why doesn't the author care about "New Year's resolutions"?

A．New Year’s resolutions cannot be reached.

B．His lifestyle makes him always ready for change.

C．It's meaningless to make any big changes in life.

D．Making New Year's resolutions creates much pressure.

3. What does the author try to convey through his experiences in Ireland and Barcelona?

A．Life is peaceful and enjoyable.

B．Living abroad is a happy experience.

C．Staying with friends makes one feel at home.

D．Travelling abroad enriches one's life experience.

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

A．New Year's Celebration:How?	B．True Friendship: What?
C．Living Abroad: Comfortable or Complicated?	D．Change:Plan it or Make it?

3 . My eight-year-old son’s soccer team in Washington DC was put together several years ago. The team has won _______ one game in the last three seasons. Yet, despite the endless _______, soccer is my son’s favorite activity. He plays soccer at every _______, even at break time and at the aftercare(病后护理), and although he doesn’t play as well as the best players in his school, this hasn’t _______ him in the least.

This has been repeated often, but I _______ it first-hand: soccer is about friendship as much as it is about learning to control the ball and make successful _______. Watching the children, I see that winning is a distant _______ goal for them. What they enjoy is each other’s presence and the fact that they’re in this game _______.

Actually, I went through a phase of giving my son suggestions such as: Why aren’t you more _______ once you have the ball? He ________ my sudden torrent(滔滔不绝) of guidance. “Mom, I play midfield or defense, not forward. And ________, soccer isn’t about being aggressive. It’s about ________.” After hearing that, I paused and ________. How strange it is that I, who never played any sport for a single day of my life, wanted my son to be a(n) ________ footballer!

Isn’t it extraordinary that kids don’t necessarily ________ their attempts to have impressive results? They love the activity for itself. Becoming an adult means a gradual ________ of that spirit. To stand out or ________, people develop a spirit of competition. How often have I become ________－professionally and personally－when things haven’t gone the way I wanted? I’ve ________ there’s much to learn from soccer-loving eight-year-olds: do your best, be passionate, enjoy yourself, and then, regardless of the ________, move on.

1.

A．likely

B．only

C．really

D．nearly

2.

A．losses

B．noises

C．chaos

D．cautious

3.

A．invitation

B．time

C．opportunity

D．level

4.

A．confused

B．prejudiced

C．threatened

D．discouraged

5.

A．predicted

B．grasped

C．practiced

D．modified

6.

A．presentations

B．wishes

C．passes

D．summaries

7.

A．secondary

B．ambiguous

C．specific

D．changeable

8.

A．otherwise

B．therefore

C．together

D．already

9.

A．considerate

B．aggressive

C．confident

D．accustomed

10.

A．stopped

B．studied

C．delayed

D．released

11.

A．on the case

B．in that case

C．in no case

D．in any case

12.

A．correction

B．adaptation

C．observation

D．cooperation

13.

A．reflected

B．hesitated

C．remembered

D．imagined

14.

A．interesting

B．attacking

C．unwilling

D．touching

15.

A．damage

B．notice

C．expect

D．forget

16.

A．recovery

B．power

C．burden

D．death

17.

A．interact

B．innovate

C．subscribe

D．survive

18.

A．addicted

B．disappointed

C．experienced

D．complicated

19.

A．realized

B．ensured

C．recalled

D．insisted

20.

A．formulas

B．problems

C．results

D．incomes

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：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

Life is full of various experiences, some of them are unforgettable. I still remember the hiking experiences with my classmates for 16 km a year ago. That summer day, we set off early in the morning, think it would be a great fun to walk for so long a distance. However, as the weather is getting hotter and hotter, I found their legs heavier and heavier. What’s worse, my feet began bleeding because long time pressing against the shoes. At one point, I even wanted to give up. But I managed to dragging the rest of the way to the destination. Though not pleasant, this journey was impressive or rewarding, I have learnt that life is a long journey like this. No matter what happened, we should never give up.

5 . 你校美国交换生 Clement很喜欢中华成语故事，看到下面的图片，想了解关于此图片的具体信息，请你用英语给他写一篇短文。内容包括：

1. 描述画面；
2. 概述其含义；
3. 谈谈个人感想。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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6 . Sometimes just when we need the power of miracles to change our beliefs, they materialize in the places we’d least expect. They can come to us as a great change in our physical reality or as a simple coincidence in our lives. Sometimes they’re big and can’t be missed. Other times they’re so subtle that if we aren’t aware, we may miss them altogether. They can come from the lips of a stranger we suddenly and mysteriously meet at just the right instant. If we listen carefully, we’ll always hear the right words, at the right time, to dazzle (目眩) us into a realization of something that we may have failed to notice only moments before.

On a cold January afternoon in 1989, I was hiking up the trail that leads to the top of Egypt’s Mt. Horeb. I’d spent the day at St. Catherine’s Monastery and wanted to get to the peak by sunset to see the valley below. As I was winding up the narrow path, I’d occasionally see other hikers who were coming down from a day on the mountain. While they would generally pass with simply a nod or a greeting in another language, there was one man that day who did neither.

I saw him coming from the last switchback on the trail that led to the backside of the mountain. As he got closer, I could see that he was dressed differently from the other hikers I’d seen. Rather than the high-tech fabrics and styles that had been the norm, this man was wearing traditional Egyptian clothing. He wore a tattered, rust-colored galabia and obviously old and thick-soled sandals that were covered in dust. What made his appearance so odd, though, was that the man didn’t even appear to be Egyptian! He was a small-framed Asian man, had very little hair, and was wearing round, wire-rimmed glasses.

As we neared one another, I was the first to speak, “Hello,” I said, stopping on the trail for a moment to catch my breath. Not a sound came from the man as he walked closer. I thought that maybe he hadn’t heard me or the wind had carried my voice away from him in another direction. Suddenly he stopped directly in front of me on the high side of the trail, looked up from the ground, and spoke a single sentence to me in English, “Sometimes you don’t know what you have lost until you’ve lost it.” As I took in what I had just heard, he simply stepped around me and continued his going down the trail.

That moment in my life was a small miracle. The reason is less about what the man said and more about the timing and the context. The year was 1989, and the Cold War was drawing to a close. what the man on the trail couldn’t have known is that it was during my Egyptian pilgrimage (朝圣), and specifically during my hike to the top of Moses’s mountain, that I’d set the time aside to make decisions that would affect my career in the defense industry, my friends, my family, and, ultimately, my life.

I had to ask myself what the chances were of an Asian man dressed in an Egyptian galabia coming down from the top of this historic mountain just when I was walking up, stopping before me, and offering his wisdom, seemingly from out of nowhere. My answer to my own question was easy: the odds were slim to none! In a meet that lasted less than two minutes on a mountain halfway around the world from my home, a total stranger had brought clarity and the hint of a warning, regarding the huge changes that I would make within a matter of days. In my way of thinking, that’s a miracle.

I suspect that we all experience small miracles in our lives every day. Sometimes we have the wisdom and the courage to recognize them for what they are In the moments when we don’t, that’s okay as well. It seems that our miracles have a way of coming back to us again and again. And each time they do, they become a little less subtle, until we can’t possibly miss the message that they bring to our lives!

The key is that they’re everywhere and occur every day for different reasons, in response to the different needs that we may have in the moment. Our job may be less about questioning the extraordinary things that happen in our daily lives and more about accepting the gifts they bring.

1. Why did the author make a pilgrimage to Mt Horeb in Egypt?

A．He was in search of a miracle in his life.

B．It was a holy place for a religious person to head for.

C．He intended to make arrangements for his life in the future.

D．He waited patiently in expectation of meeting a wise person.

2. What does the underlined part “my own question” refer to in paragraph 6?

A．For what reason did the man stop before me?

B．Why did the Asian man go to the mountain?

C．What change would I make within a matter of days?

D．What was the probability that others told us the right words?

3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “subtle” in paragraph 7?

A．Apparent.	B．Delicate.
C．Precise.	D．Sufficient.

4. The author viewed the meet with the Asian man as a miracle in his life in that ________.

A．the Asian man’s appearance had a deciding effect on his future life

B．his words were in perfect response to the need he had at that moment

C．what the Asian man said was abundant in the philosophy of life

D．the Asian man impressed on him the worth of what he had possessed

5. What might be the best title for the passage?

A．Can you recognize a miracle?	B．Is a miracle significant to us?
C．When might a miracle occur?	D．Why do we need a miracle?

6. After the encounter of the Asian man, what will the writer probably do immediately?

A．Continue walking up to the top of the mountain.

B．Have a rest to refresh himself.

C．Try to have a heart-to-heart conversation with the Asian man.

D．Come down the mountain.

7 . From a young age, I was taught to be kind to people around. My parents _________ explained to me the importance of giving help generously to the less _________. So out of habit, whenever there is something I can _________, I give it to someone on the streets.

Last week, as I left the house for work, I carried with me some _________ clothes, a handbag and some food to hand over to someone _________.

As the car _________ at a traffic red light, I saw a girl of five or six asking for money. I _________ her to come to me and quickly _________ all the stuff I had and put them into the handbag. As I started handing it over, she seemed _________. She looked up at me with a sweet smile on her face and asked what was in the __________. I told her there were some clothes and food for her.

Once again she __________ me, “Can you give me some water?” It was then that I __________ her dry lips. It seemed that she had not had a __________ of water all day. I __________ the water bottle that I always carry with me and helped her to drink from it. She finished it quickly and gave me a heartwarming smile of __________.

I was thankful that I could __________ what she really wished and realized once again that day that you don’t necessarily have to make big __________ to help someone. And this incident, as well as a lot that followed, ________ my belief in the simple acts of kindness and how they can make someone’s day.

Next time you want to do something nice for someone, don’t __________, seizing the right __________, or it would be late. Go ahead and do it!

1.

A．cheerfully

B．confidently

C．particularly

D．smoothly

2.

A．difficult

B．rich

C．comfortable

D．fortunate

3.

A．find

B．exchange

C．spare

D．abandon

4.

A．casual

B．worn

C．old

D．fashionable

5.

A．needy

B．clumsy

C．lucky

D．lonely

6.

A．pulled

B．stopped

C．approached

D．drew

7.

A．wanted

B．ordered

C．touched

D．signaled

8.

A．threw

B．collected

C．dragged

D．dropped

9.

A．surprised

B．embarrassed

C．panicked

D．worried

10.

A．bag

B．pocket

C．car

D．hand

11.

A．waved at

B．looked up at

C．shook hands with

D．nodded at

12.

A．realized

B．watched

C．recognized

D．noticed

13.

A．bottle

B．drop

C．lot

D．cup

14.

A．pointed out

B．gave out

C．picked out

D．took out

15.

A．satisfaction

B．communication

C．appreciation

D．expectation

16.

A．afford

B．offer

C．understand

D．remember

17.

A．donations

B．differences

C．senses

D．kindness

18.

A．strengthened

B．changed

C．shook

D．destroyed

19.

A．hold out

B．hold on

C．hold back

D．hold down

20.

A．idea

B．power

C．position

D．opportunity

8 . I stood on my grandmother's front porch with my son. He had a bottle of bubbles. You know the __: it’s basically soapy water with a plastic loop on each end. You dip the loop in the bottle, pull it out, and blow it to make bubbles. My son understood the principle but was __ trying to blow bubbles. He __ dip and dip and blow and blow, but alas, no bubbles. He __ me the bottle and loop and asked me, “Daddy, can you make bubbles?”

I hadn’t blown bubbles in years. I am a __ by education, fairly well-trained in surfactant(活性剂) technology. I have __ several shampoos, so I understand surface tension and related foaming(发泡沫)characteristics of surfactants. All that knowledge is __ useless when trying to blow bubbles from a loop __ with soapy water. I was having no __ success than my son. I dipped and puffed, still no bubbles; the soapy film on the loop would just pop without __ any bubbles.

After several fruitless __,1 changed strategies. __ puffing on the loop of soapy water, I gently __ on it. My son screamed with delight as a big beautiful bubble formed and __ away. He grabbed the loop, dipped and blew. No bubbles. I __ to him, “Son, you can’t blow hard. You must ever so gently breathe on the loop to make bubbles.” He contained his urgent __ to make big bubbles by blowing hard and __ my advice. Big bubbles.

There are some things that you can get with __ force, but other things like love or respect only __ the gentleness of a soft breath. The __ something is to higher spirit, the more it is like bubbles; it can't be forced. Blow beautiful bubbles; breathe easy.

1.

A．type

B．color

C．size

D．liquid

2.

A．excitedly

B．willingly

C．quickly

D．vainly

3.

A．could .

B．would

C．might

D．should

4.

A．handed

B．lent

C．sent

D．brought

5.

A．teacher

B．doctor

C．chemist

D．physicist

6.

A．bought

B．designed

C．developed

D．used

7.

A．nearly

B．hardly

C．partly

D．completely

8.

A．filled

B．loaded

C．dotted

D．crowded

9.

A．less

B．much

C．more

D．little

10.

A．flying

B．forming

C．keeping

D．taking

11.

A．attempts

B．performances

C．experiments

D．adventures

12.

A．In addition to

B．Other than

C．Instead of

D．In spite of

13.

A．touched

B．breathed

C．felt

D．tapped

14.

A．rushed

B．jumped

C．dropped

D．floated

15.

A．explained

B．whispered

C．complained

D．shouted

16.

A．anger

B．desire

C．manners

D．dream

17.

A．heard

B．followed

C．shared

D．refused

18.

A．mild

B．weak

C．powerful

D．flexible

19.

A．result in

B．come to

C．consist of

D．arise from

20.

A．dearer

B．farther

C．smaller

D．closer

9 . 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.

10 . 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