1 . Death is a serious theme worthy of great poets. For example, John Keats’ When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be and John Donne’s Death, Be Not Proud both discuss death in reflective ways. However, the imagery in these poems shows that while Keats believed death can only bring destruction, Donne believed death can be overcome.

Keats was afraid of death, because to him death meant the loss of those things that made his life worth living: “…on the shore/Of the wide world I stand alone, and think/Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.“ In other words, Keats’ fear was that death was a ”nothingness” that would arrive before he could finish his life’s work or find his true love.

Donne had a different attitude toward death, and so the imagery in his poem is different, too. To Donne, death should “be not proud”, because it was not “mighty and dreadful”. He also said that death was like “rest and sleep”. Donne believed that we would all wake from the sleep of death to everlasting life, just as we wake from our normal sleep to our everyday lives.

Keats and Donne both knew that death was a part of life, and both poets used powerful imagery to talk about that difficult theme. The differences in this imagery show two very different attitudes toward the subject, one of which is much more positive than the other. Which poet to believe is up to the reader to decide.

Not surprisingly, the readers’ own experiences may play a part in the way they respond to these poets’ approaches. Like the two poets and their beliefs, contemporary readers also may be divided on the subject. This may explain why Keats’ and Donne’s poetry remains fascinating years after their deaths.

1. Which of the following may Keats agree with?

A．Death could stop him from writing poetry.	B．Death could help him find true love.
C．Death was not mighty and dreadful.	D．Death could be overcome by people.

2. What did Donne believe in his poems?

A．Death was generally powerful and terrible.	B．Death was only a ceaseless sleep.
C．Death was merely the loss of work and love.	D．Death was hardly worth the fear.

3. Why may contemporary readers view the serious subject of Keats and Donne differently?

A．Because they are attracted to the two poets’ everlasting opposite beliefs.

B．Because they are divided naturally by their positive or negative personalities.

C．Because their own life experiences affect the understandings of the poems.

D．Because their preferences for the poets’ strong imageries are various.

4. Which of the following best describes the main writing style of the passage?

A．Analysis.

B．Argument.

C．Comparison.

D．Reasoning.

2 . Every day around the world, thousands of people with little or no scholarly training in art history walk into museums. They may or may not read notice boards that share relevant information of the artworks or artists. Imagine, before being permitted to direct their eyeballs to the art on the walls, museum visitors were required to read a 15- or - 20-page introduction to each piece or each artist. How many people would go to museums if that were the case？

Yet this seems to be the expectation when it comes to reading classic literature. Classic novels typically come with 15- or -20-page introductions, which often include spoilers, assuming that readers do not come to classic books to discover, be absorbed in, and be surprised by the story world. Also, apparently, we mustn’t read classics alone, without experts guiding our experiences.

However, classic literature is in a unique position to show us that we’re not alone in our pains and joys. By taking us out of our time, classic books free us to see beyond the set of beliefs we stick to and to connect human experiences that remain alive across time and place. Our personal engagement is the first step of a longer journey of discovery that deepens our knowledge and understanding of ourselves and our world. We may, for example, feel for Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter though we despair of the world she lived in.

While we’re letting go of things, let’s stop worrying about understanding everything we can’t.It will be fun if we embrace curiosity, the pleasure of working out a mystery, and our common relationships as humans.

1. Most museum goers ________.

A．enjoy reading notice boards	B．understand the artworks well
C．lack professional art knowledge	D．share common interest in artworks

2. What can the spoilers in Para. 2 possibly be？

A．Story writers.	B．Readers expectations.
C．Guiding experts.	D．Plots given away in advance.

3. What prevents readers enjoying reading classics？

A．Showing curiosity about the writers.	B．Letting go of things.
C．Trying to understanding everything.	D．Working out mysteries.

4. What message is mainly conveyed in the passage？

A．We should find more fun from classics.

B．Reading classics is a personal exploration.

C．Experts need to give readers better guidance.

D．Classic literature benefits readers a great deal.

3 . How did poetry begin?

Poems can make you feel emotions, like anger or sadness, depending on the words and how they are put together. That is the ___ of poetry.

Poetry ___ even before humans knew how to read and write, ___ back to around 3000 BC. Some of the earliest poetry was recited or sung, and was used as a way to record and pass down historical and religious stories and cultural ___ from one generation to the next. Since writing was not ___ then, certain sounds and rhymes were used to make these stories ___ and therefore, memorable.

There are ___ three types of ancient poetry. The first was an epic (史诗) or long narrative poetry usually about a(n) ___ event. The second type was lyric (抒情的) poetry or poetry that ___ personal feelings. Finally there was drama or stories written in verse and usually ____ like Greek tragedies and Shakespeare’s plays.

The____ of the printing press (印刷机) in the 15th century brought poetry to the common people. This was ____ by several major literary period, during which poetry ____ dramatic changes. It started with Europe’s Renaissance period from the 14th to the 16th century, which first helped poetry and poets like Shakespeare and Sir Walter Raleigh become ____.

The Romantic period saw personal poems that expressed a poet’s joys, hopes, and sorrows ____ a conversational tone. Then came the Victorian era, which saw the ____ of structured poems and the birth of modern “____ verse” poetry. American poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass is ____ to be the first example of free verse poetry.

Modern poetry is a ____ of all of these styles. We still see rhymes in children’s poems and in the popular African American styles of hip hop and rap music, which are a ____ of rhymed poetry put to a musical beat.

1.

A．style

B．power

C．tone

D．basis

2.

A．existed

B．survived

C．worked

D．mattered

3.

A．turning

B．looking

C．keeping

D．dating

4.

A．differences

B．influences

C．traditions

D．origins

5.

A．practiced

B．learned

C．trained

D．required

6.

A．mysterious

B．interesting

C．concrete

D．difficult

7.

A．mainly

B．eventually

C．specially

D．widely

8.

A．typical

B．abstract

C．romantic

D．historical

9.

A．expressed

B．explained

C．avoided

D．limited

10.

A．sorted out

B．tried out

C．acted out

D．curried out

11.

A．benefit

B．invention

C．education

D．pattern

12.

A．divided

B．transformed

C．contributed

D．followed

13.

A．went through

B．got over

C．gave up

D．let out

14.

A．public

B．particular

C．popular

D．perfect

15.

A．with

B．at

C．on

D．in

16.

A．end

B．start

C．strength

D．source

17.

A．simple

B．short

C．oral

D．free

18.

A．referred

B．considered

C．chosen

D．treated

19.

A．concept

B．combination

C．variety

D．number

20.

A．form

B．performance

C．change

D．result

4 . 假如你是李华，上周你的外教Peter给你来信说他开始对中国古诗词感兴趣、希望你能教他几首中国古诗。现在请你用英语给他回信，内容包括：
1. 表示乐于帮助；
2. 确定见面的相关事宜（如时间、地点等）。
注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

How is everything going on with you recently? _______________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

5 . Literature is an important part of a total language arts program at all grade levels because of the many benefits it offers.

Literature provides pleasure to listeners and readers.It is a relaxing escape from daily problems,and it fills leisure moments.Making time for recreational reading and using high-quality literature help to develop enthusiastic readers and improve achievement.Developing a love of literature as a recreational activity is possibly the most important outcome of a literature program.

Literature builds experience.Through reading,children expand their horizons through vicarious(引起共鸣的)experiences.They visit new places,gain new experiences,and meet new people.They learn about the past as well as the present and learn about a variety of cultures,including their own.They discover the common goals and similar emotions found in people of all times and places. Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly,Giff,a hard survival story,is set in Ireland during the potato hunger of I845,and Patricia Polacco's The Butterfly ,deals with Nazis,resistance,and Jewish persecution(迫害)during World War II.

Literature provides a language model for those who hear and read it.Good literature exposes children to correct sentence patterns,standard story structures,and varied word usage.Children for whom English is a second language can improve their English with the interesting context,and all children benefit from new vocabulary that is woven into the stories.

Literature develops thinking skills.Discussions of literature bring out reasoning related to sequence;cause and effect; character motivation; predictions;visualization of actions, characters, and settings; critical analysis of the story;and creative responses.

Literature helps children deal with their problems.By finding out about the problems of others through books, children receive insights into dealing with their own problems,a process called bibliotherapy. Children might identify with Gilly,living angrily in a foster home in Katherine Paterson's The Great Gilly Hopkins,or with Mary Alice,a city girl forced to live with her grandma in a“hick town"in Richard Peck's A Year Down Yonder.

1. What is likely to be the most significant consequence of a literature program?

A．The habit of reading for pleasure.	B．The lessons learned from works.
C．The achievements of language skills.	D．The ways of thinking developed by reading.

2. Why are Nory Ryan's Song and The Butterfly mentioned in paragraph 3?

A．To introduce two great masterpieces..

B．To expand children's horizons in literature.

C．To prove literature includes a variety of cultures.

D．To give examples of books that provide such experiences.

3. From the last paragraph we know that literature can be___

A．educational	B．practical
C．changeable	D．reliable

4. What could be the best title of the text?

A．Power of Books	B．Ways of Reading
C．Source of Human Progress	D．Benefits of Literature

6 . In New York, Ma witnessed the Alibaba Group opening on the New York stock exchange with the largest initial public offering (IPO，新股发行) in American history. “Alibaba, the world’s largest Internet commerce company makes China equal to the US in the             rapidly increasing global competition for technological innovation (创新) and economic transformation ” commented the South China Morning Post.
It has also made Ma China’s richest man with a fortune of around $25 billion (153 billion yuan), reported Reuters.
It’s reported that Ma’s rags-to-riches journey is just as spectacular as his Internet empire. Ma failed the national college entrance exams twice before he was finally in Hangzhou Normal University on his third attempt and failed in finding a suitable             job several times. Also, Mr Ma is a big believer in perseverance, which was proved in his English study experience.
However, it was his vision and goals that launched his career.
During a short trip to the US as an interpreter in 1995, Ma first experienced the Internet. He believed in the Internet’s business potential when few other Chinese people did. He started Alibaba in his Hangzhou apartment, with 17 friends and $60,000 of funds. At the time, when e-commerce was unheard of in China, ________________________________ he once said, according to The Guardian. His unusual ideas earned him the nickname “Crazy Jack Ma” .
Indeed, Ma is different. Although he is very thin and about 160cm tall, “Ma is yet animated and forceful, said The Guardian. “He is funny, creative, and a compelling (引人注目的) speaker.
Ma told Time magazine that he was “old for the Internet”. He started to slow down and looked around. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ma “plans to open a tai chi club with the actor Jet Li, build an entrepreneur (企业家) university in Hangzhou and             continue to work on several environmental projects.”
1. What made him into e-commerce industry?

A．His English learning experience.

B．His foresight and ambitions.

C．His belief in perseverance.

D．His 17 friends and $60,000 funds.

2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．Ma is a blind man riding on a blind tiger.

B．Ma had no confidence in his business future.

C．Ma knew little about e-commerce.

D．Ma had not enough money at that time.

3. What’s the personality of Ma Yun according to the passage?

A．Funny and competitive.

B．Determined and creative.

C．Rich and different.

D．Attractive and believable.

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．The Development of Alibaba Group

B．Ma Yun’s Personal Life

C．Ma Yun’s Crazy Success

D．E-commerce in China