The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before a huge pile of troublesome stuff they call “books”.

I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.

The clock struck 12. "Oh, dear!" I cried, "ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to study so hard when he was a boy ."

The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were heavy, so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.

1.When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were_____ .

A．a(chǎn)sleep B．working in bed

C．outside D．quietly laughing at him

2.Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ________.

A．it was too late at night

B．he was very tired

C．his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open

D．he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

3.What do you suppose happened to the author？

A．He went to a church to pray again

B．He passed the exam by luck

C．He failed in the exam

D．He was punished by his teacher

根據(jù)句意，在答卷標(biāo)有題號(hào)的橫線上，寫出括號(hào)內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式。

1.The man is a farmer as well as an ___________ (invent).

2.Sam looked up the right_______ (pronounce) of the word in the dictionary.

3.This year a friend of _____________ (we) and his daughter will be joining our Seder.

4.This is the _______________ (ugly) painting I have ever seen.

書面表達(dá)（本大題共10分）

如今多數(shù)中學(xué)生缺失感恩之心，對(duì)待家人、老師、朋友等很冷漠，行為方式和價(jià)值觀令人擔(dān)憂。作為一名中學(xué)生，請(qǐng)根據(jù)下表中提供的信息以“Learn to Express Thanks”為題，用英語(yǔ)寫一篇演講稿。

注意：1. 短文須包括所有內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)，要求語(yǔ)句通順，意思連貫；

2. 演講稿中不得提及所在學(xué)校及本人姓名；

3. 詞數(shù)90個(gè)左右，短文的開(kāi)頭結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

Good morning, boys and girls!

The topic of my speech today is “Learn to express thanks”. We find most Middle School students don't show any sense of "Thanks". ____________________________________________________________________________

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Thank you for your listening!

Good morning, boys and girls!

— I feel stressed from time to time. Could you offer me some suggestions?

— ________ sharing your worries with your parents?

A. Why don’t you B. How about

C. Why not D. Could you please

It’s much easier for us to become friends________ we share similar interests.

A. unless B. when C. even though D. so that

—I’m tired. I’m going to take next week off.

— , dear. You do need a break.

A. Not so sure B. Great idea

C. Forget it D. Don’t mention it

Dear Mom,

I’m sorry that I can’t go back home for Mother’s Day next week. On that day, I’ll have to go to an important meeting for my boss, who helps me a lot with my work and life here. But I’ll find time to see you at home soon.

Mom, thank you for everything you’ve done for Tim and me. After Dad died of a heart attack at home ten years ago in a road accident, you had to work in a supermarket in the daytime and in a restaurant at night. But you always gave us two your love and care. Though you don’t have to work now, I still remember your coming home and feeling tired many evenings.

Tim is going to finish his studies next month. He said he would move back from school and look for a job near home. I’m glad you won’t live by yourself any more. Let’s plan to take a trip in the near future. It’s been years since the three of us took a trip together.

Happy Mother’s Day. I love you, Mom.

Best wishes,

David

1.What can we learn about David’s mother?

A. She still works day and night.

B. She lives all by herself now.

C. She is making a plan to save money.

D. She used to be too busy to look after her children.

2. What do we know from the letter?

A. David has two brothers.

B. David is unhappy with his boss.

C. David has to work on Mother’s Day.

D. Tim will leave home for his job soon.

3.Which of the following is mentioned in the letter?

A. David’s father lost his life at work.

B. Tim will look for a teaching job.

C. David bought a gift for his mother.

D. David hopes to take a trip with his family.

根據(jù)括號(hào)中所給的漢語(yǔ)寫出單詞，使句子意思完整正確，并將答案填寫在答卷紙標(biāo)號(hào)為41-45的相應(yīng)位置上。

1.—Are the kites over there (你的)?

—No. Go and ask Jane. They may belong to her.

2.Any day is a (幸運(yùn)的) day when we are with our family.

3.You’d better go back home to see your parents at least (一次) a month.

They need more care.

4.Among the winners of Nobel Prize, Marie Curie is one of the greatest (科學(xué)家) in history.

5.Mr. Green never (承諾) anyone to do anything unless he is sure that he can do

something well.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示，填寫所缺單詞，并將答案填寫在答卷紙標(biāo)號(hào)為66-75的相應(yīng)位置上。

Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friend, c 1. up and smile all the time．If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you. While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the h 2. smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?

One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it s 3. starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the w 4. . But dear friend, why don’t you sit down and listen to the sound that the n 5. offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will g 6. better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.

Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failures can’t be a 7. . I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are a 8. of it and give up hopes. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish w 9. we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.”

Attitude (態(tài)度) decides e 10. . Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.

Plenty of money has been _________ helping the quake-afflicted people (災(zāi)民) in Nepal.

A. used B. spent C. cost D. Paid