1 . Afel was only a very small boy when he first saw snow in a picture book. It had lots of pictures of children _________ in big white fields. He asked, “Mum, what are those white fields?” His mother laughed, “That’s snow, and they are making a snowman!” She tried to _________ what snow was. Afel didn’t really _______ because there was no real snow where he lived. But he showed great _________.

One day when he was 12, Afel was watching a programme on TV at his uncle’s house. The programme was full of snow. And not only snow — there were people _______ across the snow. They looked like fantastic birds. They had hats covering all their heads and big goggles over their eyes. And on their feet, they had _______ shoes.

“What are those?” he asked his uncle _________. “Skis,” replied his uncle. “And those people are called skiers.” At that moment, he _________ to be a skier. He asked his uncle what the programme was. “The Winter Olympics,” said his uncle. “It’s like the normal Olympics, but for _________ where you need snow — ski jumping, bobsleigh (长橇), those sorts of things. They __________ it every four years.”

Afel found out that the next Winter Olympics would be in Beijing, in 2022. “Perfect,” he thought. “Enough __________ for me to become a brilliant skier.”

“But there’s no snow here!” people told him. “Where are you going to ski?” Afel ________ them. He made himself a pair of skis from two pieces of wood. He tied them to his feet and practised skiing __________ two sticks in his hands. He practised again and again until he could __________ quite quickly across the sand. He __________ to fly down the hills like the people on TV, but he couldn’t.

“Never mind,” he thought. “It’s a __________…”

“How will you go to the Olympics?” people asked him. “Our country doesn’t ________ have a team that goes to the Winter Olympics. We have good runners and win lots of medals at the Olympics. But no skiing, no.” Afel didn’t __________.

So every night, out in the middle of the desert, Afel now practises skiing down sand hills. He __________ that the yellow sand and brown earth are as gold as the medal he will bring home with him, when he is the __________.

1.

A．drawing

B．playing

C．dancing

D．hiking

2.

A．announce

B．stress

C．conclude

D．explain

3.

A．mind

B．respond

C．understand

D．regret

4.

A．interest

B．concern

C．patience

D．confidence

5.

A．walking

B．riding

C．running

D．flying

6.

A．strong

B．strange

C．fashionable

D．comfortable

7.

A．politely

B．hopefully

C．excitedly

D．nervously

8.

A．promised

B．claimed

C．agreed

D．decided

9.

A．projects

B．fields

C．sports

D．courses

10.

A．gain

B．have

C．accept

D．mark

11.

A．time

B．energy

C．experience

D．determination

12.

A．avoided

B．ignored

C．corrected

D．criticized

13.

A．pushing

B．pulling

C．holding

D．waving

14.

A．roll

B．march

C．jump

D．move

15.

A．needed

B．prepared

C．pretended

D．attempted

16.

A．start

B．chance

C．solution

D．strategy

17.

A．even

B．often

C．shortly

D．finally

18.

A．refuse

B．inquire

C．care

D．complain

19.

A．dreams

B．predicts

C．assumes

D．realizes

20.

A．authority

B．champion

C．genius

D．celebrity

2 . 假如你是李华，在校报英语专栏看到有关“英语文化节”的一则招募启事。阅读启事，并根据要求写一封应征邮件。

Volunteers Wanted Our annual English Festival, which will be held on March 15-17, is now looking for 20 student volunteers to provide service for Talent Show, Speech Contest, and English Debate. If you are interested, please send an application email to Ms. Chen at chenlaoshiaef.com.

写作要求：1. 表达写信意图；陈述应征目的；说明应征条件（性格、能力等）；

2. 开头已写好，不计入总词数；

3. 可根据情况增加细节，使行文连贯；

4. 词数100词左右。

Dear Ms. Chen,

I’m Li Hua, a student from Class 2, Grade 3. ____________________________________________________

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Looking forward to your reply.

Yours truly,

Li Hua

3 . I’ve learned from the newspaper that your company is looking for receptionist. I’m very interesting in the job and I’d like to apply to the position.

First of all, allow me to introduce myself. I had just graduated from high school and taken the University Entrance Examination. I want to find out a part-time job this summer. I’m 18 year old and have a good command of English, especial in terms of speaking and listening. In fact, I once won the first prize in the English speech competition hold in our school. Besides, I’m quite easy-going but therefore very popular among my classmates.

I sincerely hope you can give us a chance. I’m looking forward to your early reply.

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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，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。

My dream school starts at 8: 30 a. m. and ends at 3:30 p. m. They are three lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. We didn't need to do so many homework. Therefore, we have more time with afterschool activities. For example, we can do reading for one and a half hour and play sports for one hour every day.

My dream school look like a big garden. There are all kinds of the flowers and trees around the classroom buildings. We can lie on the grass for a rest, or sat by the lake listening music. The teachers here are kind and helpfully. They are not only our teachers but also our friends.

5 . 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。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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的词。
注意: 1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My dream is to become a school teacher in the future. In fact, I had the dream of becoming a teacher since my childhood. In my opinion, without teachers, no society could make progresses. There is no doubt whether teachers play an important role in children growth. Not only do teachers pass on knowledge for children, but they also teach children how to behave themselves. Comparing with other jobs, teaching is hard and the pay is lower. And to me, what great fun it is to be with children! They make me to feel young forever because I’ll study harder and try my best to realize my dream.

6 . Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael _____to his sister in Mommy's tummy（肚子）.
The pregnancy progressed _____for Karen. Then the labor pains came. Every five minutes ... every minute. But complications _____during delivery. Finally, Michael's little sister was born. But she was in serious _____. With siren （警报）howling in the night, the ambulance _____ the infant(婴儿) to the Intensive Care unit at St. Mary's Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
_____inched by. The little girl got worse. The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope. " Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had _____a special room in their home for the new baby — now they planned a funeral.
Week two in Intensive Care. It looked as if a funeral would come_____the week was over. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he said. Kids were never_____in Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind. She would take Michael_____they liked it or not.
She _____ him in an oversized scrub suit and_____him into ICU (重症室). He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse_____him as a child, "Get that kid out of here now! " The usually _____lady glared into the head nurse's face, her lips a _____line. "He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!" Karen towed Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby _____the battle to live. And he began to sing _____ the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray"
_____the baby girl responded. The pulse rate became _____and steady.
Keep on singing, Michael. "You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away — " The breathing became as smooth as a kitten's purr.
Keep on singing, Michael. "The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping,… " Michael's little sister relaxed as rest.
Funeral plans were_____. The next day — the very next day — the little girl was well enough to go home!
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God's love!1.

A．talked

B．sang

C．played

D．whispered

2.

A．quietly

B．peacefully

C．hopefully

D．normally

3.

A．arose

B．raised

C．rose

D．aroused

4.

A．situation

B．condition

C．place

D．position

5.

A．took

B．sent

C．carried

D．rushed

6.

A．The years

B．The months

C．The weeks

D．The days

7.

A．fixed up

B．made up

C．built up

D．set up

8.

A．until

B．before

C．after

D．when

9.

A．asked

B．allowed

C．admitted

D．acquired

10.

A．no matter

B．even if

C．whether

D．as if

11.

A．put

B．dressed

C．wore

D．fit

12.

A．marched

B．forced

C．hid

D．followed

13.

A．required

B．replied

C．recognized

D．regarded

14.

A．warm-hearted

B．well-managed

C．mild-mannered

D．cold-blooded

15.

A．firm

B．strong

C．hard

D．tough

16.

A．losing

B．lost

C．to lose

D．having lost

17.

A．in

B．on

C．at

D．with

18.

A．Finally

B．Instantly

C．Patiently

D．Interestingly

19.

A．calm

B．quiet

C．slow

D．fast

20.

A．put off

B．put away

C．put up

D．put down

7 . Life is difficult.
But life is no longer difficult once we truly understand and accept it.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is painful. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole of solving problems that life has its meaning.
Problems are the serious test that tells success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit we encourage the human ability to solve problems just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurts, instruct.” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
1. From the passage, it can be inferred that ______.

A．not everybody has problems

B．we become stronger by facing and solving the problems in life

C．life is difficult because our problems bring us pain

D．people like to complain about their problems

2. The writer uses just one short sentence in the first paragraph probably to ______.

A．save space	B．persuade readers
C．make readers laugh	D．get readers’ attention

3. According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to ______.

A．encourage them to learn

B．make them suffer

C．help them learn to deal with pain

D．help them understand life is difficult

4. “Those things that hurt, instruct.” From Benjamin Franklin suggests that ______.

A．we do not learn from experience

B．we do not learn when we are in pain

C．pain teaches us important lessons

D．pain cannot be forgotten

8 . One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a young man with a big suitcase. He was called William Warbler, and he looked very common indeed. What made him most unusual, though, was the fact that whenever he needed to communicate he did it by singing opera (歌剧). It didn’t matter to William whether it was simply a matter of answering a brief greeting, like “good day”. He would clear his voice and respond, “Gooood dayyy to youuuuuuuu... toooooo!”
No one could get a normal spoken word out of him and no one knew how he made his living. As he lived quite simply, always wearing his same old second-hand suit, people often looked down on him.
William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when, one day, word spread round town like wildfire: William had played a role in a very important opera in the nation’s capital. Everyone in the capital went to see it, and it was a great success. Everyone in Cheekyville felt it was a surprise. But something more surprising was, when William was being interviewed by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking rather than singing. And he did it with great manners, and with a clear and pleasant voice.
From that day, William gave up singing at all hours. Now he did it only during his stage appearances and world tours. Some people suspected why he had changed, but others continued believing him to be somewhat mad. They wouldn’t have thought so if they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large stone, with a hand-carved (手工雕刻的) message on it. The message said: “Practice, my boy. Practice every second, for you never know when your chance will come.”
Little did people realize that he only got the role in the opera because the director had heard William singing while out buying a newspaper.
1. Why did people in Cheekyville consider William strange?

A．He always carried a big suitcase.

B．He always spoke by singing opera.

C．He always greeted people gladly.

D．He always wore an old suit.

2. Hearing the news about William, people in Cheekyville felt it was _____.

A．unbelievable	B．satisfying
C．disappointing	D．interesting

3. According to the text, William _____.

A．had no idea whether he should continue doing something mad

B．was nervous and didn’t know how to sing when he was interviewed

C．was selling newspapers when the opera director heard him singing

D．practiced singing whenever possible before he became famous

4. What can we learn from the story?

A．Live and learn.

B．Better late than never.

C．Practice makes the master.

D．Experience is the best teacher.

9 . On a cool November afternoon in Fleming Island, Florida, Melissa Hawkinson, 41, was driving her five-year-old twins home from school when she saw a sudden splash in Doctors Lake just ahead. What was that? She thought. As she drove up to the scene, she saw a half-submerged car sinking about 30 yards offshore. “It was going down pretty quickly,” Hawkinson recalls. She stopped the car near the boat ramp and ran toward the water. Water is going to be cold, she thought.
She took off her vest and leather boots, got into the icy water, and swam to the car, where she found Cameron Dorsey, five, trapped into his car as the swirling water rose around him.
Hawkinson tried to open the door, but it was locked. So she pushed and pulled hard on the partially open window until she could reach through and unlock the door. She pulled the boy free, swam to shore, and handed him off to onlookers who were only watching them on a dock. The driver, the boy’s suicidal father, swam back to land on his own. Afterward, Hawkinson sat on the shore wrapped in a blanket. “For ten or 15 minutes, I couldn’t stop shaking,” she said.
There’s nothing visibly extraordinary about Melissa Hawkinson, an energetic stay-at-home mom with brown hair and a sweet smile. Yet something made her different from the dockside onlookers that day. Why do some people act quickly, willing to take a risk for a stranger? What makes them run toward danger rather than away from it? Hawkinson, the Granite Mountain Hotshots (能手，高手)---19 of whom lost their life this past summer in Arizona--- every hero who puts his or her life on the line to save another: what makes them brave?
Moreover, can bravery be learned, or is it a quality with which you are born? The answer is complex. Bravery taps the mind, brain and heart. It comes from instinct, training and sympathy. Today, neurologists, psychologists and other researchers are studying bravery, trying to uncover the mystery.
1. It can be learned from the passage that _______.

A．Melissa Hawkinson was a 41-year-old nurse

B．it was spring when the accident happened

C．Melissa Hawkinson was picking up her five-year-old son

D．Melissa Hawkinson was kind and courageous.

2. What conclusion can we draw from the third paragraph?

A．Not everyone was ready to risk saving the five-year-old boy..

B．The father committed suicide because of the divorce.

C．The father was saved in the end by Melissa Hawkinson.

D．No one else was available except Melissa Hawkinson.

3. How does the writer find other people on the dockside?

A．Warm and ready to help	B．Thoughtful
C．Kind of cold-blooded	D．Not skillful at swimming

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

A．To set us thinking what makes people brave.

B．To call on us to learn from such people as Hawkinson.

C．To remind people of risk while saving others.

D．To show people bravery can be learned.