1 . Recently I and other Red Cross volunteers met a group of victims from Hurricane Katrina. We were there, as mental health professionals, to offer “psychological(心理的) first aid” and I was struck by the simple healing power of presence. As we walked in the gate to the shelter, we were greeted with a burst of gratitude from the first person we met. I felt appreciated, but also guilty, because I hadn’t really done anything yet.

I first realized the power of presence many years ago when a friend’s mother passed away unexpectedly. I had received a call saying she had just passed away. I wanted to rush down there immediately, but didn’t want to disturb this very personal period of sadness. I was torn about what to do. Another friend with me then said, “Just go. Just be there.” I did, and I will never regret it.

Since then, I have not hesitated to be in the presence of others. Once I sat at the bedside of a young man suffering from the pain of his AIDS-related dying. He was not awake, and obviously unaware of others’ presence. However, the atmosphere was by no means solemn. His family, playing guitars and singing, allowed him to be present with them as though he were still fully alive.

In my life, I am repeatedly struck by the healing power of presence. In it, none of us are truly alone. It is not only something we give to others but also changes me for the better.

1. Why were the hurricane victims grateful to the author?

A．He built shelters for them.

B．He came to stay with them.

C．He gave immediate first aid to them.

D．He brought mental health professionals.

2. What did the author do when his friend’s mother passed away?

A．He decided not to disturb.

B．He went to his friends’ at once.

C．He knew what to do instantly.

D．He hesitated over whether to go.

3. What does the underlined word “solemn” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Heavy but warm.

B．A little sad but comfortable.

C．Relaxing and delightful.

D．Very serious and unhappy.

4. What has the author learned from his experience?

A．Being present can make a big difference.

B．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

C．The family harmony is the happiest thing in life.

D．Being a volunteer can make one’s life more significant.

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。

Recently, a famous basketball player has caused public angry by writing on the Great Wall. In the fact, this happens in many place of interest. I had some suggestions to solve this problem.

First, make more posters to inform the public the damage of graffiti (涂鸦). Besides, punishments, such as a fine, is necessary to tourists with so bad behavior. Also, I think it’s helpfully to put up some boards along the tourist attractions that tourists can leave messages.

I’m sure with our efforts, more and more people will become concerning about protecting cultural relics.

3 . The other evening we had a knock at the door. It was a________neighbor who introduced himself and his boys to us. He also invited us to a block party as a way to know the people in the_________as well as celebrate the first anniversary of his two________sons coming to live with him.

We’ve lived here for almost six years and no one has ever come to ________themselves. I suppose we should have________it on to introduce ourselves to people moving in, but we haven’t. In my opinion, it took the initiative (首创) of a young________and his adopted sons to show me how I could________better attention to my own community. We have many local friends but I have to________that I haven’t usually been the one to develop the________in my own neighborhood.

This_________reminded me of one of my favorite quotes, “When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was_________to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to _________my town. I couldn’t change the town and as a(n)_________man, I tried to change my_________. Now, as an old man, I _________the only thing I can change is myself, and_________I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact(影响) on my family and _________on our town.   The impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the _________.”

For those of us who want to make a(n)_________in the world, it’s important we remember what Bucky Fuller said, “Think globally, but act_________.” For me, I’m going to make it point to meet more of my neighbors-staring now.

1.

A．familiar

B．friendly

C．new

D．old

2.

A．town

B．neighborhood

C．company

D．city

3.

A．accepted

B．adopted

C．adapted

D．appointed

4.

A．help

B．treat

C．introduce

D．enjoy

5.

A．put

B．focused

C．turned

D．taken

6.

A．man

B．student

C．woman

D．mother

7.

A．draw

B．fix

C．offer

D．pay

8.

A．forgive

B．admit

C．agree

D．consider

9.

A．habit

B．concern

C．friendship

D．business

10.

A．accident

B．activity

C．thought

D．experience

11.

A．convenient

B．possible

C．interesting

D．difficult

12.

A．make out

B．concentrate on

C．get into

D．refer to

13.

A．older

B．younger

C．smarter

D．wiser

14.

A．student

B．family

C．friend

D．mind

15.

A．realize

B．forget

C．recognize

D．regret

16.

A．suddenly

B．happily

C．actually

D．luckily

17.

A．ever

B．even

C．only

D．still

18.

A．environment

B．world

C．village

D．lifestyle

19.

A．decision

B．adjustment

C．difference

D．discovery

20.

A．carefully

B．selflessly

C．immediately

D．locally

4 . My mom takes pride in the fact that I was talking in three and four word sentences before I was ten months old. Some say it’s a gift while others simply think I talk too much. As my thirties came to a close, I found myself reflecting on my life. I’m very happy and have no significant regrets. However, when I looked back on those times of difficulty, I saw a clear common denominator(特征); I didn’t seem to know when to stop talking. Whether it was hurting someone’s feelings, or having carelessly told a secret, the incident could have been avoided had I closed my mouth sooner. So I decided to practice the power of quiet.
To take this step, I needed to understand how people could sit comfortably in a group and not talk. Why does my husband feel completely content to say nothing in a conversation? He’s highly intelligent and has wonderful opinions but he’ll sit quietly and just listen. Even when he’s asked a pointed question, he’ll answer with few words while still communicating effectively. What a talent!
Can you imagine being happy just listening? In surveying those I know who talk less than I do, I got two answers—they either didn’t feel confident enough to speak up, or they just didn’t feel the need to participate in the conversation. Of course there were other reasons for not talking, but these were the two most popular answers.
The first one didn’t work for me. I’m just fine letting people know what I think about them, and hopefully it will make the conversation much more interesting. The second one didn’t work either. I do feel the need to participate. I feel it physically like an electrical pulse through my body; sometimes it’s so strong that it causes me to behave badly in the form of interrupting or speaking in an unusually loud voice. I had to look further.
An interesting thing happened on this journey to the power of quiet. During my weekly yoga class, it came to me like an answer so clear that the words rang in my head like soft, heavenly bells.
I talked too much so people would know I cared about them. It was my way of taking care of those I love. I decided before my fortieth birthday, that from that day forward, those around me would know I loved them, and cared what they thought and felt, but I was going to practice the power of quiet.
As my forty-second birthday approaches, I can say that deciding to talk less has been more about focusing on quality rather than quantity. I’ve found that listening more shows those who I care about that I really do care how they feel. Now when I break in, it means more to them. Oh, sure, I still have my short periods of talking too much, but for the most part this has been one resolution that I can call a success.
1. In Paragraph 3 the writer mentions her husband mainly ______.

A．to show how one communicates effectively

B．to explain the reason for his silence in a conversation

C．to give her high opinion of his communication skills

D．to give an example of those who have the power of quiet

2. By “I had to look further”, the writer means she had to ______.

A．look into the future in order to succeed in practicing the power of quiet

B．try harder to prevent herself from talking too much

C．find out other reasons why she should talk less

D．survey people in other areas who talk little

3. Which of the following best describe the writer’s character?

A．Kind but pessimistic.

B．Selfless but proud.

C．Loving and active.

D．Stubborn and sensitive.

5 . So many of us hold on to little complaints that may have come from an argument ，a misunderstanding，the way we were raised，or some other painful events. Stubbornly，we wait for someone else to reach out to us — believing this is the only way we can forgive or rekindle a friendship or family relationship.
A friend of mine，recently told me that she hadn't spoken to her son in almost three years. She said that she and her son had had a disagreement about his wife and that she wouldn't speak to him again unless he called first. When I suggested that she be the one to reach out，she said，“ I can't do that. He’s the one who should apologize. ” After a little gentle encouragement，however，she did de­cide to be the first one to reach out. To her amazement，her son was grateful for her willingness to call and offered an apology of his own. As is usually the case，when someone takes the chance and rea­ches out，everyone wins.
Whenever we hold on to our anger, we turn“ small stuff”问题）”into really“ big stuff” in our minds. We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy. The way to be happy is to let go，and reach out. Let other people be right. This doesn't mean that you're wrong. Everything will be fine. You'll experience the peace of letting go，as well as the joy of letting others be right.
You'11 also notice that，as you reach out and let others be “right”，they will become less defen­sive and more loving toward you. They might even reach back. But，if for some reason they don't， that's okay too. You '11 have the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to create a more loving world，and certainly you'11 be more peaceful yourself.
1. The underlined word “ rekindle” in Paragraph 1 probably means “          ”.

A．recover	B．develop
C．accept	D．replace

2. In the author's opinion, we hold on to our anger often because we think           .

A．we can turn small issues into big ones

B．our positions are higher than others

C．our own opinions matter most

D．others will be less defensive

3. The best thing to do after a quarrel is to ___________.

A．let go of our own rights

B．realize that you are wrong.

C．expect others to give in

D．apologize to others first.

4. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．People should keep peaceful when facing small stuff.

B．Reaching out and apologizing wins one peace and happiness.

C．We should tell apart small and big stuff in our daily life.

D．It's necessary to enjoy our friendship and family relationship.

6 . One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However, life can be _______ when you are not busy finding fault with it.

Several years ago I _______ a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as a world-class fault-finder, almost always _______ by things. People were always doing things that annoyed her, and _______ was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really _______ person.

Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her _______. Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost _______ to deal with was that the day before the _______, Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her _______ of boyfriends, the way she was living, the way she related to her mother, and various other things she felt she needed to ________. It wasn’t until her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became ________ her habit of finding fault. Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to ________ everything so harshly(刻薄). She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her ________ as well.

Perhaps most of us aren’t as extreme at fault-finding, ________ when we’re honest, we can be sharply ________ of the world. I’m not suggesting you ________ problems, or that you pretend things are ________ than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are — ________ most of the time, and especially when it’s not a really big ________.

Train yourself to ＂bite your tongue＂, and with a little ________, you’ll get really good at letting things go. And when you do, you’ll get back your enthusiasm and love for life.

1.

A．lonely

B．great

C．quiet

D．uneasy

2.

A．received

B．answered

C．expected

D．rejected

3.

A．threatened

B．interrupted

C．bothered

D．spoiled

4.

A．anything

B．everything

C．something

D．nothing

5.

A．caring

B．boring

C．interesting

D．surprising

6.

A．attitude

B．plan

C．measure

D．explanation

7.

A．urgent

B．unnecessary

C．certain

D．impossible

8.

A．occasion

B．event

C．accident

D．adventure

9.

A．memory

B．notice

C．evidence

D．choice

10.

A．hear

B．contribute

C．express

D．admit

11.

A．aware of

B．afraid of

C．curious about

D．confused about

12.

A．discuss

B．realize

C．judge

D．settle

13.

A．family

B．life

C．career

D．education

14.

A．so

B．or

C．but

D．for

15.

A．proud

B．sure

C．hopeful

D．critical

16.

A．face

B．create

C．solve

D．ignore

17.

A．rarer

B．better

C．stranger

D．worse

18.

A．at least

B．at last

C．by far

D．so far

19.

A．task

B．deal

C．result

D．duty

20.

A．practice

B．speech

C．rest

D．pity

7 . Wallet Back

This is a story about a learning experience that had a big effect on the way I live my life．The _______in the story did not give me tests or even grade me on my work．I was taught by one of the most effective_______ of teaching，one that only people with lots of love can do．

“My wallet! Where is it?” were my first words_______I found my wallet was missing．I _______ my memory for a few good seconds, then realized that I had left my precious wallet in the library’s public _______ ! Because the library was now _______, I had to wait until the next morning to look for it．When I got there the next day, all I found was a clean restroom．This was the first time I could remember ever_______to see a clean restroom．As I walked out，I looked at myself in the mirror and shook my head at the _______ fool in front of me．

I politely _________the librarian at the front desk and asked her if a wallet had been found in the restroom yesterday．“No．”That was that．I walked off with a sense of __________．

I __________what I would do if I had found a wallet with sixty dollars，a phone card and other irreplaceable __________things．Finally，I __________ accepted the fact that my wallet was gone．

A week later，I received a __________ in the mail．It was my wallet! And most__________，nothing was missing! But there was a letter folded up in one of the wallet pocket that had not been there before．I slowly unfolded the letter，which __________something like this:

When we continue to help people around，we will live in a larger and more rewarding world．

This person didn’t even leave a return address．So I couldn’t__________ whoever it was．But from that day on，I __________ myself that l will follow this __________ and help others and make them as__________as I was when I opened that parcel!

1.

A．1eader

B．writer

C．teacher

D．scholar

2.

A．aids

B．systems

C．materials，

D．methods

3.

A．once

B．when

C．before

D．since

4.

A．searched

B．improved

C．developed

D．recorded

5.

A．canteen

B．lounge

C．restroom

D．showroom

6.

A．closed

B．deserted

C．crowded

D．occupied

7.

A．hoping

B．hating

C．refusing

D．preferring

8.

A．grateful

B．curious

C．forgetful

D．nervous

9.

A．approached

B．interviewed

C．identified

D．reminded

10.

A．safety

B．forgiveness

C．satisfaction，

D．disappointment

11.

A．described

B．wondered，

C．discovered

D．expressed

12.

A．personal，

B．strange

C．surprising

D．reasonable

13.

A．gladly，

B．naturally

C．willingly

D．painfully

14.

A．1etter

B．note，

C．package

D．suitcase

15.

A．sincerely，

B．amazingly

C．honestly，

D．obviously

16.

A．read

B．printed

C．explained

D．wrote

17.

A．owe

B．thank

C．admire

D．inspire

18.

A．supported

B．suggested，

C．improved

D．promised

19.

A．plan

B．course

C．regulation

D．example

20.

A．shocked

B．cautious

C．delighted，

D．optimistic

8 . Lunch hour is crazy at SAME Cafe, the 40-seat restaurant my husband and I run in Denver.
A woman in a(n)____suit stepped in. "Hi, Libby." she said. Wow, what a____! The first time she came to the cafe two years ago, she had no money to pay. ____many customers, she volunteered to wash dishes and____ Look at her now: confident and hopeful. Wasn't this what we'd hoped for?
In 2003, we'd____this crazy dream: start a restaurant with a donation box instead of a cash register. Right away we hit hurdles（阻碍）. "There is no such thing as a____ lunch," one potential landlord sniffed. I met brokers, bankers and suppliers, only to watch them ____, shaking their heads. No bank would lend us the money to open a restaurant with no____ The only fund we could get was our individual retirement account. ____we rented space from a landlord on Colfax Street. We put flyers（传单）around the neighborhood, asked friends to____the word, and held our breath.
Word traveled fast, ____stories in the papers and on TV. Soon we had more than 50 customers a day. A few ate without paying or____an hour of work. But most gave what they could, ____it was just a dollar. Those with money gave, and then more. One of our customers left a ____for 500 dollars. Another bought 1000 dollars in gift certificates. ____another donated a truck so we could transport____from suppliers.
People came here partly for what our cafe____—SAME: So All May Eat. We treat everyone with____ We hoped to develop a sense of community so that we might____one another. The woman in business suit was one of them. Our____to open the cafe was worth it.1.

A．dinner

B．evening

C．business

D．summer

2.

A．change

B．beauty

C．fool

D．coincidence

3.

A．With

B．Like

C．Besides

D．Towards

4.

A．wait

B．sing

C．perform

D．sweep

5.

A．lived

B．hatched

C．ignored

D．achieved

6.

A．packed

B．delicious

C．free

D．delivered

7.

A．crowd together

B．flood in

C．walk away

D．turn up

8.

A．staff support

B．regular customers

C．lunch boxes

D．cash register

9.

A．Unfortunately

B．Finally

C．Interestingly

D．Illegally

10.

A．analyze

B．read

C．spread

D．approve

11.

A．thanks to

B．apart from

C．ahead of

D．according to

12.

A．regretting

B．gaining

C．donating

D．balancing

13.

A．only when

B．and forever

C．so that

D．even if

14.

A．reward

B．check

C．bill

D．list

15.

A．Still

B．Instead

C．Otherwise

D．Thus

16.

A．lunch

B．customers

C．dishes

D．produce

17.

A．stood for

B．applied for

C．benefited from

D．depended on

18.

A．patience

B．generosity

C．confidence

D．dignity

19.

A．protect

B．trust

C．help

D．treasure

20.

A．dream

B．struggle

C．management

D．Style

9 . Sir,
Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo books Ltd., offered this set (eight books of plays and two books of poetry) at what was claimed to be a ‘remarkable’ price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for some time, and these books, in red imitation leather, looked particularly attractive; so I sent for them.
Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of the complete works of Charles Dickens which I had not ordered. So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all. However, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice.
You did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I hardly know what I have. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside.
I have no room for any more books, and even if I read from now until the Last Judgment, I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.
Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid.
Yours faithfully,
SIMON WALKER
1. Simon Walker wrote the letter to ________

A．show his anger to Cosmo Books Ltd..

B．complain about getting books he didn’t want.

C．advise readers not to order books from Cosmo Books Ltd..

D．urge for the final solution to the problem with the unwanted books.

2. The advertisement that Mr. Walker saw in the Morning Mail was for ________

A．unlimited number of Cosmo Books.

B．a set of 10 books of the works of Shakespeare.

C．fifteen pounds and fifty pence.

D．a book containing all the plays and poems of Shakespeare.

3. Mr. Walker answered the advertisement because ________

A．he wanted a set of Shakespeare’s works which was a good bargain

B．he claimed that the books were being offered at a remarkable price.

C．he had ordered the set and had been waiting for them to come for some time.

D．the set he already had was not particularly attractive.