My friend Michelle is blind, but you'd never know it. She makes such good use of her other ____, including her "sixth Sense", that she rarely gives the impression she's ______ anything.

Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, ________ that she doesn't push too hard on them, ________ really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often ________ don't realize she's blind.

I ________ this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very ________ about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was _______ excited about her finger-painting project.

"Mom, guess what?" said Kayla, all smiles "I learned how to ________ colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle ________ with us."

To my great ________, my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!

Then Kayla continued. "Michelle told me my ________ showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really ________ what I was doing!" Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt _______ Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

I realized Kayla didn't know that Michelle was blind. It had just never ________ in conversation.

When I told her, she was _______ for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. "But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!" Kayla _______. And I knew my child was ________ because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's ________ in her work,

We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, "You know, Mommy, Michelle really did 'see' my picture. She just used my ________."

Indeed, she uses a special type of "vision" that all mothers have.

1.A. ways B. means C. methods D. senses

2.A. enjoyed B. found C. missed D. seen

3.A. and B. except C. even D. but

4.A. who B. it C. she D. which

5.A. guests B. family C. children D. friends

6.A. realized B. witnessed C. recognized D. regretted

7.A. excited B. sad C. satisfied D. enjoyed

8.A. especially B. not so C. a little D. not at all

9.A. paint B. draw C. create D. mix

10.A. stayed B. painted C. talked D. watched

11.A. excitement B. encouragement C. delight D. surprise

12.A. attitude B. color C. picture D. paper

13.A. touched B. got C. saw D. understood

14.A. after B. since C. until D. when

15.A. referred to B. turned out C. come up D. thought about

16.A. curious B. quiet C. puzzled D. disappointed

17.A. cried B. insisted C. complained D. informed

18.A. right B. wrong C. worded D. uncertain

19.A. shortcomings B. difficulties C. pride D. description

20.A. paper B. pens C. hands D. eyes

Two things I did may have caused people 1. (think) that something is wrong with me. The first was when my wife asked me to have the sitting room clock 2. (repair). I drove into the market place of our little town and, clock under arm, entered a shop. Only it was the meat shop, 3. my thoughts far away, I stood staring into the shopkeeper's eyes. I 4. (be) his customer for a long time and the good man smiled at me.

This went on for several very long seconds before I realized where I was. There is no doubt that I should have calmly bought a pound of meat, 5. I merely nodded briefly and left.

The other man in my town who probably thinks I am mad is Mr. Smith. Some years ago he was manager of Mead's Shop, and he and I knew each other quite well. One day he 6. (stand) in the doorway of his shop when I passed.My brain was on some distant problem and my eyes stared into space.

“Hello, Mr. Herriot.” I heard his voice. I turned a blank gaze on him — I just had no idea 7. he was though his face was familiar. Then I saw8._ word “MEAD” in foot­high letters above the shop window.

“Good morning, Mead，” I cried heartily and continued my way. I had gone only a few steps before I realized that my greeting had been 9._(polite). I turned back and said to him again, “Good morning, Mister Mead.”

It was only when I has turned the corner of the street that I realized, too late, 10.__ his name was Tony and the time was late afternoon.

1.I am not _________ (完全地) satisfied with the colour of the suitcase.

2.He was very thirsty, so he made a ____________ (要求) for some water.

3.Jerry ________ (畢業(yè)) in physics from Cambridge University last year.

4.Don’t mention it again, or it will remind her of the _______(痛苦) she has gone through.

5.His sister ran away from home and went abroad because of family ______ (暴力).

下面短文中有10處語言錯誤。請在有錯誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫上該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線， 并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞; 2.只允許修改10處, 多者 ( 從第11處起 ) 不計分。

Mr. Wang and his wife went to the last Sunday. They arrived home very lately. On the way upstairs, Mrs. Wang said, “Listen! I can hear someone talk in kitchen.” Then they went downstairs and quiet stood there outside the room. “Yes, you are right,” said Mr. Wang. “There are two boy. They are talking!” Then they call out. “Who’s there?” And no one answered. Mr. Wang opened the door quickly and turned on the light. The room is empty. When they saw the radio, they laughed. The radio was still on. “Oh, dear,” he said, “I forgot to turn it off when they left.”

假如你是李華，你進(jìn)入鄭州四中開始了新的高中生活。請根據(jù)以下提示寫一篇英語短文，談?wù)勀闳绾斡�接你的高中生活。�?nèi)容要點應(yīng)包括：

1.盡快適應(yīng)高中生活，不要過于擔(dān)心。.

2.處理好與同學(xué)的關(guān)系.

3.參加各種課外活動.

注意：（1）短文的內(nèi)容要連貫、完整；

Several dollars equal nothing for some people, but make a difference for others. Steve has just lost his wife to cancer and everything they had is gone due to the treatment. He now lives in the shelter for the homeless. So we know each other.

Just like other homeless people, he didn’t think he needed anything. But once he mentioned to me he needed eye glasses. His voice hesitated a bit, he looked down, and it appeared like he thought such a request was just a dream. Too much to hope for? It was as if his wish were known by me only.

I submitted an application for him to a program that is supposed to provide a free eye examination and glasses. Three months later, I phoned to ask what was up with the appointment but they told me there was a cash flow problem until late summer.

Steve showed disappointment, thanked me and started to walk away. I said, “Hold on, I will figure out a way to get you an eye examination and glasses.” His face lit up a tiny bit. He had seen some of the things I have done for other people in our shelter and to me it looked like he might have a line of hope.

I took a picture of him and posted his picture and his story in the Twitter. In about 4 days, eight people from around the world donated $25 each and one person donated $40 and I made up the rest to get him an eye exam and glasses.

Steve picked up his glasses on Wednesday: May 11th, 2011. Today Steve has returned to a previous job he had in a nearby car wash. Because he now has glasses he will be able to see what he is doing while cleaning the vehicles. He is starting a second job at a pet center next week!

1.We can learn from the first two paragraphs that ______.

A. it took a long time to treat Steve’s wife

B. homeless people never ask for anything

C. Steve was too embarrassed to ask for help

D. the author and Steve have been friends for years

2.The program failed to satisfy Steve because ______.

A. it was already out of business

B. it had some trouble in finance

C. Steve didn’t submit the application himself

D. it’s not designed for people like Steve

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The program was closed three months ago.

B. Steve used to work as a salesman in a car factory.

C. Steve got $240 in total from kind-hearted people.

D. The author might be a volunteer in the shelter.

4.The best title for the passage is probably ______.

A. Money can sometimes talk

B. Small help can really count

C. Two heads are better than one

D. God helps those who help themselves

Google has been collecting tons of data about smartphone usage around the world.Here are some of the most surprising and interesting facts：

Android is most popular in Japan, with 55% of respondents(調(diào)查對象) using it, compared with 39% for iOS. Android is also number one in a few other countries, including New Zealand (41%), the US(40%), and China (38%)．

iOS is farthest ahead in Switzerland, with 52% usage vs 23% for Android.Other countries where iOS is far ahead include Australia (49% vs 25% Android), Canada (45% vs 23% Android and 23% Blackberry), and France (43% vs 25% Android)．

In Egypt, Windows Mobile is far more popular than iOS.13% of survey respondents use the Microsoft smartphone platform, behind Symbian (19%) and Android (14%). iOS is very far down at 4%.

Mobile social networking is biggest in Mexico and Argentina, where 74% and 73% of users visit a social network daily. But mobile ­social is weak in Japan where 34% of users never visit a social network on their phone, and this figure rises to 41% in Brazil.

Watching video is most popular in Saudi Arabia, with 59% of respondents doing it daily. Number two is Egypt, with 41%.

Chinese users shop from their phones.59% of Chinese users do this, compared with only 41% in second ­place Egypt. Chinese users also love to write reviews.41% of them write a review of a local business after looking it up on their smartphone. Number two, Japan, is far behind, with only 24% of respondents doing this.

1.Which of the following best describes the usage of the smartphone operating systems in Egypt?

A．Windows Mobile＞iOS＞Symbian＞Android

B．Android＞W(wǎng)indows Mobile＞iOS＞Symbian

C．iOS＞Android＞Symbian＞W(wǎng)indows Mobile

D．Symbian＞Android＞W(wǎng)indows Mobile＞iOS

2.In which of the following countries is mobile social networking least popular?

A．Brazil. B．Japan. C．Mexico. D．Argentina.

3.In which section of a newspaper can we most probably read the passage?

A. Health. B. Environment.

C. Technology. D. Entertainment.

As the new semester begins，millions of college students across the country are trying hard to remember how best to write a paper-or，more likely，how best to delay that paper．

Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it．They can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space，eating snacks，surfing the Internet，watching videos and looking at their pretty peers sitting around them，who，most likely，are doing nothing either．

Paralyzed by their habit to procrastinate，they write micro blogs about their fears，asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue．But this does nothing to solve their problems．

According to a recent report by the BBC，95 percent of us procrastinate at some point and 20 percent of the world’s population are procrastinators，complicating their lives with their continual delaying of tasks．

Procrastinators like to find excuses to justify their behavior，but BBC columnist Rowan Pelling says they are all wrong．Many procrastinators tell themselves they are perfectionists who work best under pressure．Pelling says this is nonsense，as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time．

She says the behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel flustered and ashamed，inconveniences others，and annoys loved ones．

Fortunately，social scientists have made tireless efforts to understand this behavioral shortcoming and offer strategies to control it．Piers Steel，a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation，believes humankind is“designed”to procrastinate．Nevertheless，he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand．

The first one is obvious：Break the task down into small pieces and work your way through them methodically．

The second is clever：Give a trusted friend a sum of money and tell them that if you don’t complete the task you have undertaken by a specific time，they can keep it or donate it to a cause you hate.

1.What does the underlined word“Procrastination” in the second paragraph refer to?

A．A bad habit of putting work or tasks off．

B．A thief who steals time and money in college.

C．A college student who learns nothing．

D．A study way of doing nothing in the library.

2.According to Rowan Pelling，we can learn that procrastinators .

A．can find reasonable excuses for their behavior

B．a(chǎn)re able to work best under pressure

C．a(chǎn)re more likely to avoid mistakes at work[]

D．may upset themselves and their loved ones more frequently

3.Which of the following may Piers Steel support?

A．Human beings are not born to be procrastinators．

B．Complete your tasks or work step by step．

C．Give your trusted friend money and ask him to help you finish your tasks．

D．You can’t control procrastination but you can avoid it．

4.What’she best title of the text?

A．Who steals my time?

B．The solutions to procrastination

C．I’ll do it tomorrow，I swear!

D．Don’t do nothing!

About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked, “So, how have you been?” And the boy who could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately.”

This incident stuck in my mind because it strengthened my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school.

The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike any more. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.

Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why?

Human development is based not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new situation. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.

In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation machine has been fixed in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information, indiscriminately, to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures.

Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access. Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practised. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.

1.Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world _________ .

A. through touch with society

B. gradually and under guidance

C. naturally and by biological instinct

D. through exposure to social information

2.In the author’s opinion, the phenomenon that today’s children seem adult like is caused by _____.

A. the widespread influence of television

B. the poor arrangement of teaching content

C. the fast step of human intellectual development

D. the constantly rising standard of living

3.Why is the author in favor of communication through print for children?

A. It enables children to gain more social information.

B. It develops children’s interest in reading and writing.

C. It helps children to memorize and practise more.

D. It can control what children are to learn.

4.What does the author think of the change in today’s children?

A. He feels amused by the children’s adultlike behavior.

B. He thinks it is a phenomenon worthy of note.

C. He considers it a positive development.

D. He seems to be upset about it.

Why Exercise Is Cool?

1. Exercise Strengthens Muscles

Did you ever do a push-up or swing across the monkey bars at the playground? 1. By using your muscles to do powerful things, you can make them stronger. For older teens and adults, this kind of workout can make muscles bigger, too.

2. 2.

Can you touch your toes easily without yelling ouch? Most kids are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretch their bodies without much trouble. Being flexible is having “full range of motion,” which means you can move your arms and legs freely without feeling tightness or pain.

3. Exercise Keeps the Balance

3. Your body needs a certain amount of calories every day just to function, breathe, walk around, and do all the basic stuff. 4. If you’re not very active, your body won’t need as many calories.

Whatever your calorie need is, if you eat enough to meet that need, your body weight will stay about the same. If you eat more calories than your body needs, it may be stored as extra fat.

4. Exercise Makes You Feel Good

It feels good to have a strong, flexible body that can do all the activities you enjoy—like running, jumping, and playing with your friends. It’s also fun to be good at something, like scoring a basket, hitting a home run, or perfecting a dive.

But you may not know that exercising can actually put you in a better mood.5. It’s just another reason why exercise is cool!

A. So you want to do some aerobic (有氧的) exercise right now?

B. Food gives your body fuel in the form of calories, which are a kind of energy.

C. When you exercise, your brain releases a chemical, which may make you feel happier.

D. Those are exercises that can build strength.

E. Exercise Makes You Flexible

F. Exercise Makes Your Heart Happy

G. But if you’re active, your body needs an extra measure of calories or energy.