1 . I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us_______chasing the same thing.

One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell_______I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $ 56. I_______the countryside for some place I could rent for the_______possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road_______the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was_______, full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and_____________.

The locals knew nothing about me,_______slowly, they started teaching me the_______of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began__________around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a__________American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of__________

What I had believed in, all those things I thought were__________for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. __________on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my__________with my neighbors.

Four years later, I moved back into__________I saw many people were having a really hard time,__________their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to________a handful of people. We’d all be in ___________if we hadn’t banded together.

The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about__________we can all get by together.

1.

A．separately

B．equally

C．violently

D．naturally

2.

A．off

B．apart

C．over

D．out

3.

A．crossed

B．left

C．toured

D．searched

4.

A．fullest

B．largest

C．fairest

D．cheapest

5.

A．at

B．through

C．over

D．round

6.

A．occupied

B．abandoned

C．emptied

D．robbed

7.

A．turned

B．approached

C．cleared

D．cut

8.

A．but

B．although

C．otherwise

D．for

9.

A．benefit

B．lesson

C．nature

D．art

10.

A．sticking

B．looking

C．swinging

D．turning

11.

A．wild

B．real

C．different

D．remote

12.

A．neighborliness

B．happiness

C．friendliness

D．kindness

13.

A．unique

B．expensive

C．rare

D．necessary

14.

A．Up

B．Down

C．Deep

D．Along

15.

A．cooperation

B．relationships

C．satisfaction

D．appointments

16.

A．reality

B．society

C．town

D．life

17.

A．creating

B．losing

C．quitting

D．offering

18.

A．put in

B．turn in

C．take in

D．get in

19.

A．yards

B．shelters

C．camps

D．cottages

20.

A．when

B．what

C．whether

D．how

2 . All the definitions and facts in a dictionary or book do not convey what friendship is really about. It cannot be understood through _______. The only way to understand friendship is through experience, which _______ all the senses.

Friendship can be seen. It is seen in an old couple sitting in the park holding hands. It is seen in a child freely _______ the last cookie. It is not _______ to see friendship; it is always there for eyes that can see.

Friendship can be heard. It is heard in the words of two friends squeezing in lunch together on an extremely _______ day although they have a lot of things to do. It is the way they _______ each other, not the words. Friendship can be heard by those willing to listen.

Friendship is _______ in a touch. It is a pat on the back from a teammate, a high five between classes, and the wet kiss from the family dog. The touch _______ more than words or gestures. It is _______ understood and clearly shows the feelings.

Friendship has a taste. It tastes like homemade bread: the ingredients all measured and planned, then carefully ________, then the quiet ________ as the dough(生面团) rises. Hot from the oven, the bread tastes more than the sum of its ingredients ________ there are the thoughts of the baker as her hands mix the flour or her ________ as she waits for the dough to rise. ________ and unmeasured, this is the ingredient that ________. Warm, fresh from the oven, the difference you taste is ________.

Friendship has a smell. It smells like the slightly burnt cookies your brother made especially for you. It smells like your home when ________ it after being away for a long time. Friendship has ________ smells.

Finally, more than the other senses, friendship is a(n) ________ of the heart. It is the language of the heart--a language that, whether seen, felt, heard, or tasted, is understood by the ________. Like air fills the lungs, friendship fills the heart, allowing us to experience the best life has to offer: a friend.

1.

A．reading

B．studying

C．words

D．gestures

2.

A．expects

B．involves

C．affects

D．expresses

3.

A．eating

B．holding

C．choosing

D．sharing

4.

A．common

B．formal

C．difficult

D．private

5.

A．busy

B．tough

C．bad

D．important

6.

A．look at

B．talk to

C．care for

D．play with

7.

A．felt

B．given

C．discovered

D．remembered

8.

A．understands

B．explains

C．communicates

D．knows

9.

A．perfectly

B．instantly

C．hopefully

D．thankfully

10.

A．tasted

B．prepared

C．mixed

D．supplied

11.

A．waiting

B．working

C．change

D．competition

12.

A．and

B．because

C．until

D．unless

13.

A．patience

B．confidence

C．tolerance

D．dependence

14.

A．Unfinished

B．Uncovered

C．Unseen

D．Unmoved

15.

A．comes to life

B．makes the difference

C．makes sense

D．takes effect

16.

A．happiness

B．comfort

C．friendship

D．hardship

17.

A．winning back

B．stepping into

C．helping out

D．carrying on

18.

A．strong

B．strange

C．natural

D．various

19.

A．experience

B．thought

C．reward

D．result

20.

A．partners

B．senses

C．heart

D．family

3 . I have a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy: Seize the moment. Just possibly, she may be the wisest woman on this planet. Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too strict to depart from their routine.
I can't count the times I called my sister and said,“How about going to lunch in half an hour?” She would gasp and stammer(结结巴巴地说), “I can't. I have clothes on the line. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday. I had a late breakfast. It looks like rain.”And my personal favorite response:“It's just Monday.”She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.
Life has a way of going faster as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises made to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all have to show for our lives is repetition of “I'm going to”,“I plan on” and “Someday, when things are settled down a bit.”
When anyone calls my“seize the moment” friend, she is open to adventure and available for trips. She keeps an open mind on new mind on new ideas. Her enthusiasm for life is______ You talk with her for five minutes, and you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Rollerblades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.
My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream. The other day, I stopped the car and bought a triple-decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.
Now go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to, not something on your SHOULD DO list.
1. The example of the writer's sister serves as__________.

A．an argument

B．an introduction

C．a support

D．a conclusion

2. The writer thinks that the underlined excuse “It's just Monday.”is acceptable, because __________.

A．it is still likely that they can have lunch together some time later

B．it sounds most reasonable of all the excuses.

C．it shows respect for the writer's suggestion

D．it indicates the time when they can have lunch together

3. The underlined word “contagious” in the fourth paragraph means “_________”.

A．appropriate

B．influential

C．practical

D．evident

4. What is the purpose of the writer by writing this passage?

A．To suggest how time flies.

B．To persuade busy people to relax.

C．To advise people to keep their promise.

D．To convince readers to be flexible on their schedule for practical joy.

4 . 第三节 书面表达
假定你是李华。你们学校和一所美国中学签署了教师交流协议。在过去的一年里，你们的英文老师是来自这所中学的Sue Wood。不久前她返回美国任教。请你根据写作要点和要求给Sue写封电子邮件。
写作要点：
1.对她表达感谢之意；
2.介绍她离开后你自己及班里发生的事情；
3.希望了解她的近况。
要求：
1.短文须写在答题卡的指定区域；
2.短文词数不少于100（不含已写好的部分）；
3.内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯；
4.书写须清晰、工整；
5.邮件中不能体现本人真实信息。
Dear Sure,
       I’m Li Hua, one of your students in China. _______________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

All the best

Li Hua

5 . Introduction to letters to Sam

Dear Reader,

Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my____, Sam,was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been____ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the ___to tell Sam what I had_____.

For years I have been hosting a program on the____and writing articles for a magazine. Being____to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart____, exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and____. So when Sam was born, I ___to tell him about school and fridship, romance and work, love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these____. I hope that Sam would____them sooner or later .

However, that expectation____when Sam showed signs of autism (自闭症) at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He____to communicate with others, even the family members. That was____for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even____now to tell him. I wanted him to____what it means to be “diffenet” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll___ as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just____if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life .

Now____the book has been pubhshed, I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life. and all about what it means to be a____.

Daniel Gottlied

1.

A．son

B．nephew

C．brother

D．grandson

2.

A．seriously

B．mentally

C．slightly

D．quictly

3.

A．ability

B．time

C．courage

D．reaponsibuty

4.

A．written

B．suffered

C．observed

D．lost

5.

A．radio

B．television

C．stage

D．bed

6.

A．ready

B．unable

C．anxious

D．eager

7.

A．warm

B．broken

C．closed

D．open

8.

A．hosts

B．vistors

C．readers

D．reportets

9.

A．began

B．stopped

C．forgot

D．decided

10.

A．letters

B．emails

C．books

D．diaries

11.

A．find

B．read

C．collect

D．keep

12.

A．developed

B．disappeared

C．changed

D．arrived

13.

A．tried

B．refused

C．regretted

D．hoped

14.

A．exciting

B．acceptable

C．strange

D．heartbreaking

15.

A．less

B．everything

C．more

D．nothing

16.

A．understand

B．explain

C．believe

D．question

17.

A．fear

B．face

C．know

D．cause

18.

A．felt

B．guessed

C．saw

D．doubted

19.

A．as

B．once

C．though

D．if

20.

A．teacher

B．child

C．man

D．writer

6 . If there is one thing that matters in high school — and for your whole life—it is friendship.

My latest novel, THE UNWKTTTEN RULE, is about a girl, Sarah, who falls for her best friend Brianna’s boyfriend, Ryan, but it’s more about wrestling with feelings for a guy that you know you shouldn’t have. The book sets us thinking about friendship, the kind of lifelong friendship that means the world to you... and what happens when you realize that maybe it isn’t what you think it is. Maybe your best friend isn’t your best friend. Maybe she isn’t even a friend at all.

Friendships are tricky things. You can be sure everything is fine, and that your friendship is going to last forever... and it can just end. No explanation, no anything. And it is not easy. In fact, I think losing a friend is worse than losing a boyfriend, especially when it is a friend you’ve had in your life for a long time.

One of the things that Sarah struggles with in THE UNWRITTEN RULE, beyond her feelings for Ryan, is her friendship with Brianna-how long they’ve been friends, how she understands Brianna in a way no one else does, and what to do when a crack appears in their friendship, not because of Sarah’s feelings for Ryan, but because Sarah begins to wonder if maybe Brianna isn’t her best friend after all. Making a friendship end is unbelievably painful and one of the things I hated when I was younger—and that I still hate now—is how people say, “Oh, it’ll be okay. You’ll move on, you’ll be fine.”

It is true that you will eventually move on and that you will be fine. But you will also always carry that lost friendship with you. It may not take up all of your heart like it does at first, but it will take part of it.

And that, I think, is something no one ever talks about and that I wish we could — and would.

What do you do when someone you are friends with decides your friendship is over? How do you deal with it?

Maybe my latest novel can provide something for you.

1. From the passage we can infer that       .

A．it may take Sarah a long time to recover after she lost Brianna’s friendship

B．Sarah and Brianna are still best friends after a long period of time

C．Sarah does not value Brianna’s friendship at all

D．Ryan would feel puzzled about his real love

2. What do you think the book THE UNWRITTEN TULE is mainly about?

A．friendship.	B．school life.
C．love.	D．wrestling with feelings.

3. What’s the writer’s attitude towards friendship?

A．We will all lose some friends in our life

B．Ending a friendship is worse than losing a boyfriend.

C．It’s usual a crack appears.

D．You will eventually move on after you lose a friendship.

4. What do you think is the best title for the passage above?

A．My Latest Novel.	B．Tricky Friends.
C．Sarah and Brianna.	D．Unforgettable Friendship.

7 . 假定你是李华，与留学生朋友Bob约好一起去书店，因故不能赴约。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1.表示歉意;
2.说明原因;
3.另约时间。
注意：1.词数100左右;

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3.文中不得透露个人真实姓名和学校名称。

Dear Bob,
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

8 . Every country has its heroes.The heroes are the people the nation and especially the young people admire. If you get a list of the heroes of a nation, it will tell you the potential(潜力) of that nation.
Today in America, if you ask the high school students to list their heroes, their choices would probably fall into three groups. The first group of heroes would be the rock stars—the people connected with rock music. There is no doubt that such people do have talent(才能). But one wonders if one should treat rock stars as a model. The rock stars too often are mixed with drugs and their personal life is not all that good. The rock stars are rich and wear the latest fashion styles. However, one should seek more in a hero than such things as money and good clothes.
A second type of hero for the American youth is the sports star. Again you have a person who has a great ability in one area—sports. However, too often the personal life of the sports star is a bit of disorder. Too frequently drugs and drinking are a part of life of the sports star.
A third type of hero is the TV or movie star. This person may have lots of acting talent and is quite handsome. However, the personal life of too many actors is quite sad and they should not be held up as a model of young people. Today, the rock star, the athlete and the actor all have become the models of the youth in America. Really, do you hear a young person say that his hero is a doctor, a teacher or a scientist? These people are not rich and do not wear fashionable clothes. However, they are talented people who work hard to make the world a better place for everyone.
What is really sad is that the young try to imitate(模仿) their heroes. They like to wear the same clothes and follow their styles. If the heroes of today for the American young people are limited only to rock stars, athletes and actors, the future does not look too bright.
1. The last sentence of the first paragraph implies that ________.

A．if a nation has a lot of heroes, it will be strong

B．heroes of a nation will make the nation itself

C．what the people admire will make the future of the nation

D．if you want to be a hero, you must admire the hero

2. According to the writer, people should admire those ________.

A．who are rich and wear the latest fashion clothes

B．who can express people’s feelings

C．whose personal life is good

D．who work for the interests of the people

3. What is the writer’s attitude towards American youth’s admiration?

A．He understands it.

B．He criticizes it.

C．He is angry about it.

D．He is uninterested in it.

9 . 书面表达
假如你是李华，在丹麦访学的一周里，住在Anne家里，现在即将回国。请你给她写一封感谢信，要点如下：
1. 简述你的丹麦之行;     2. 感谢她为你所做的一切;     3. 向她发出邀请。
参考词汇：Denmark 丹麦
注意：1. 适当增加情节，以使行文连贯；
2. 词数100 字左右。
Dear Anne,
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
All the best wishes.
Yours
Li Hua

10 . It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.
“Any old papers, lady？” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich？”
“Am I rich? Pity, no！”
I looked at my worn­out slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer (碟) carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
1. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Lady, are you rich?

B．A story of Thanksgiving Day

C．Don't forget how rich you are

D．Does cups and saucers match well?

2. The writer let the two children come in and served them well because________.

A．she wanted to sell old papers to them

B．she showed great pity and care on them

C．she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party

D．she had the same experience as them in the past

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.

B．The writer had thought she wasn't rich because her supplies were not expensive.

C．If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap.

D．After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was.

4. The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________.

A．show that she was a kind­hearted lady

B．leave room for readers to think about what being rich is

C．remind her that she shouldn't forget how rich she was

D．prove that she had understood what meant being rich

5. It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________.

A．how much money you have made

B．what attitude you have had towards life

C．the way you help others

D．your social relationship