When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to water to the runners, I remember being so to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I up for the race.

That first 10,000m race was quite an . I jogged（慢跑）, I walked, I jogged and I walked. , I didn’t know if I could finish. Then came a defining(起決定性作用的) .

At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt because I was 15 years old, younger than him but I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt for a second.

But then I something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my was only to finish.

After a minute, it me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself in that moment. I turned my embarrassment into .

I that I would not give up running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my .

In life we all have those moments when we ourselves with others. It’s only . Don’t allow those moments to you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to anything you want in life.

1.A. bring out B. pass out C. take out D. pick out

2.A. excited B. worried C. concerned D. anxious

3.A. gave B. made C. signed D. dressed

4.A. achievement B. encouragement C. interest D. experience

5.A. At times B. In time C. In all D. After all

6.A. victory B. decision C. moment D. conclusion

7.A. embarrassed B. annoyed C. moved D. thrilled

8.A. relaxed B. defeated C. puzzled D. inspired

9.A. realized B. lost C. noticed D. remembered

10.A. necessary B. evident C. common D. different

11.A. motto B. plan C. goal D. direction

12.A. worried B. hit C. reached D. hurt

13.A. attraction B. devotion C. inspiration D. expectation

14.A. hoped B. promised C. decided D. suggested

15.A. slightly B. hardly C. clearly D. properly

16.A. excitement B. accomplishment C. movement D. Judgment

17.A. introduce B. relate C. present D. compare

18.A. important B. natural C. strange D. ridiculous

19.A. weaken B. wound C. amuse D. cheer

20.A. reserve B. deliver C. achieve D. abandon

A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.

A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a piece of advice, “I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage,” she offered. “Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together.”

The husband agreed. So each of them tried to think of the things that annoyed them about the other and wrote down what they came up with. The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.

“I’ll start,” offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill three pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes because he never thought that he had so many shortcomings.

The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. “Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists,” she said happily.

Quietly the husband stated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect. I don’t want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn’t want to try and change anything about you.” The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.

In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us and see the wonderful things before us?

1.Why were there tears in the husband’s eyes when the wife read his annoyances?

A. Because he had no courage to face his shortcomings.

B. Because he never thought he had so many annoyances in his wife’s eyes.

C. Because he was sorry that he didn’t find any annoyance about his wife.

D. Because he didn’t think he deserved to have such a perfect wife.

2.After hearing the husband’s words, the wife felt .

A. moved and ashamed B. sad and disappointed

C. satisfied and proud D. surprised and confused

3.The story is intended to tell us that .

A. disappointment cannot be avoided in our life

B. young couples should be more tolerant (寬容的) to each other

C. we should turn a blind eye to other people’s blame

D. we should try to look for and see the wonderful things around us

Dude Ranch

If you have little cowboys and cowgirls at home, thrill them by visiting a dude ranch (度假牧場(chǎng)) on your next vacation. Your children can learn about nature, enjoy horseback riding, and gain an entirely new perspective. You can choose between programs that have you spending quality time with your kids, and programs that are for children only. This summer, enjoy the great outdoors — at a dude ranch!

For more information, visit: www.ranchweb.com/categorydisplay.htm

Six Flags Great Adventure

Have a classic vacation by visiting one of the most famous theme park chains. With locations all over the U.S., there’s sure to be a Six Flags near you. Take the whole family and be back at work on Monday. Escape the summer heat with countless water rides. Take your kids to have brunch with Bugs Bunny, or check out the new Safari Park, where you can interact with real animals.

For more information, visit: www.sixflags.com/national/index.aspx

Roswell UFO Festival

Do you have science fiction fans in your household? Encourage their interests and experience a special vacation at the annual Roswell UFO Festival. Come in costume (化妝服) if you wish, and join the parade (游行). Attend lectures by famous authors and researchers, or watch up-and-coming bands perform. Even if you’re not a believer, you can still enjoy the artwork, music, and great celebration.

For more information, visit: www.roswellufofestival.com

Earthplace

It’s not easy being green, but it can be fun if you visit the exhibits at Earthplace in Westport, Connecticut. This 62-acre wildlife reserve is committed to educating the public about the environment and promoting positive action to preserve nature. The exhibits provide hands-on features that make learning fun for your kids. After touring the exhibits, visit the garden and the playground, and enjoy the summer weather.

For more information, visit: www.earthplace.org/index.html

1.Dude Ranch and Six Flags Great Adventure are similar in that ______.

A. they are both suitable for a family vacation

B. they both take place in the city

C. they both allow people to have brunch

D. they both provide water rides

2.Which will you join if you want to learn how to protect nature?

A. Dude Ranch.

B. Six Flags Great Adventure.

C. Roswell UFO Festival.

D. Earthplace.

3.Who would be most interested in Roswell UFO Festival?

A. A kid who loves music.

B. A kid who likes adventure.

C. A kid who is interested in aliens.

D. A kid who likes first-hand experience.

I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that use d to occur on the way to and from work.

One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. “I’m awfully sorry，” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn't stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.

Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.

But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.

1.The girl refused to ask for help because she thought ________．

A．she might be recognized

B．a(chǎn)sking for help looked silly

C．she was normal and independent

D．being found blind was embarrassing

2.After the girl got off the bus that evening, she ________．

A．began to run

B．hit a person as usual

C．hit a lamppost by accident

D．was caught by something

3.At the request stop that evening, the girl ________．

A．stopped a big lorry

B．stopped the wrong bus

C．made no attempt to stop the bus

D．was not noticed b y other people

4.What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus?

A．Other vehicles also stopped there.

B．It was unreliable for making judgments.

C．More lorries than buses responded to the girl.

D．It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus.

5.Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping ________．

A．to find people there

B．to find more buses there

C．to find the bus by herself there

D．to find people more helpful there

Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds. (2) citrus(柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal(谷類(lèi)), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.

Paragraph 2

People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw(生的) or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.

Paragraph 3

There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry.

The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.

1.According to the scientists, which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch?

A. chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages

B. potatoes, carrots, rice, bread

C. oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes

D. beef, pork, fish, milk

2.It is important for people to eat _______.

A. three times a day

B. dinner at twelve o’clock

C. cooked food all the day

D. something from each of the seven kinds of food every day

3.People in different countries and different places of the world _______.

A. has the right kinds of food to eat

B. cooks their food in the same way

C. has their meals at the same time

D. eat food in different ways

4.If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?

A. When people eat their lunch

B. What to do with the two problems

C. How to cook food in different ways

D. Why people eat different kinds of food

The City of Christchurch, New Zealand was struck by a 7.1?magnitude earthquake on the early morning of Saturday, September 4, 2010.

No tsunami alert was reported. The country's army troops were on standby to assist victims and disaster recovery operation. New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, flew to the affected area to inspect and assess the situation of the damaged city. The Prime Minister said that the full assessment of the damages would possibly take months to know the severity of damages. Based from his assessment on what he saw in the area, it could cost at least 2 billion New Zealand dollars or US$1.4 billion for reconstruction.

“An absolute miracle that no one died，” Prime Minister John Key said. Two were seriously injured from this quake and thousands of local residents were awakened after being shaken at 4：35 a.m. of that Saturday.

There were people trapped inside the damaged buildings but fortunately none were reported dead from the rubble of the damaged buildings.

“We're all feeling scared—we've just had some significant aftershocks，” a survivor told TV One News. “Tonight we're just people in the face of a massive natural disaster, trying to help each other and we're grateful we haven't lost a life.”

GNS Science reported 29 aftershocks within the 14 hours after the quake, with strength from magnitude 3.7 to 5.4.

New_Zealand_is_no_stranger_to_earthquakes. The country experiences more than 14，000 earthquakes a year—but only about 150 are felt by people.

“Many buildings here were built with earthquake protection measure. However, in most cities in developing countries, people build how they want to and there're no building controls to force them to build to a higher standard that's safe，” Andrew Charleson, an architecture professor at Victoria University of Wellington told CNN.

1.How many people were killed in the New Zealand earthquake on September 4, 2010?

A．250，000. B．29. C．2. D．0.

2.After the earthquake, all of the following occurred EXCEPT that________．

A．a(chǎn) number of aftershocks broke out

B．a(chǎn)rmy troops were there to help

C．no people were injured or killed

D．the full assessment of the damages can't take in a short time

3.What does the writer want to say by quoting Professor Andrew Charleson's words in the last paragraph?

A．Earthquakes are much more terrible and bigger in developing countries.

B．Lacking of money, developing countries can't build safe buildings.

C．Building controls are the guarantee of safe buildings.

D．In developing countries, people have more freedom to design their buildings the way they like.

4.What does the underlined sentence mean?

A．Earthquakes break out frequently in New Zealand.

B．The earthquakes breaking out in New Zealand are very strange.

C．The earthquakes breaking out in New Zealand are unusual.

D．Earthquakes rarely hit New Zealand.

5.What's the main idea of the passage?

A．A massive earthquake struck the city of Christchurch of New Zealand.

B．No one was ever killed in earthquakes in New Zealand.

C．New Zealand has strict laws to guarantee the buildings' safety.

D．A miracle happened in the terrible earthquake.

Dear Mum and Dad,

The Collage Entrance Examination is around the corner, I wish

I could have a heart-to-heart talk w__1.__ you. Thanks to your __2.___(鼓勵(lì)) and unselfish love, I have been m__3.__ great progress in my studies. It will be less than three weeks before I take the exam, 4.______ makes me under great pressure. Therefore, good studying conditions and timely help will 5.____ me a lot of good.

My dream is the very one you always have. In order to make f_6.___ use of the time, I decide to make a few detailed study 7._____(計(jì)劃) for the exam. What’s m_8._____, it’s also necessary that I do some physical exercise once in a while so that I can keep h_9._______.All in all, I’m quite 10.________(自信)of my future life and I do wish you good health and a happy life.

Yours

Ii Hua

假定你是某中學(xué)學(xué)生，以下漫畫(huà)描述的是你在某節(jié)課的所見(jiàn)所聞，請(qǐng)根據(jù)要求寫(xiě)一篇英語(yǔ)短文在校園網(wǎng)英語(yǔ)專(zhuān)欄上發(fā)表你的看法。

內(nèi)容要求：

1. 描述漫畫(huà)內(nèi)容；

2. 描述三個(gè)以上學(xué)生在校的不良行為及影響；

3. 發(fā)表個(gè)人感想。

注意：

1. 短文標(biāo)題與開(kāi)頭已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)；

2. 考生可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，使文章內(nèi)容充實(shí)，連貫；

3. 詞數(shù)120左右；

4. 文中不能出現(xiàn)考生的具體信息。

Mind Your Behavior at School

Last Monday，Mr. Wang was giving us a lesson when Li Ming rushed into the classroom.

I recently had a patient undergo surgery. He’d been out to have dinner with some friends and had started to feel ____, so he came in to see me. I made the diagnosis (診斷) and called a surgical colleague to do the operation on him. Afterwards, I ____the surgeon, who rep orted the operation had gone well, with almost no blood loss, and considered the whole process a success. When I went to visit my patient in his hospital room, however, he painted a much ____ picture. He was very thankful to be ____ and to all of us who’d worked hard to bring that ____about. But what he was most focused on was how ____ his minute-by-minute experience had been. He’d been in terrible pain and felt incredibly uncomfortable after the operation. He had to wait in recovery for an hour ____ they’d gotten his post-operative pain under control. He’d also had a terrible itch (癢癢) between his shoulder that he was unable to ____ by himself and couldn’t get anyone else to help him until he’d gotten his nurse’s ____ . When he’d been cleared to ____ the operation room, he’d been all but forgotten about for another hour until his hospital room was ready. He’d wanted to ____ the room number so he could text his wife, but no one around told him. Finally, when he’d arrived at his room, he ____ that he couldn’t eat anything until he started passing gas. As I listened to his ____ , I realized what a gap existed in doctors’ goals and his. Doctors ____ to save him, but they didn’t understand how much the little things ___ his experience in hospital.

1.A. sick B. happy C. sleepy D. tired

2.A. cared for B. talked with C. thought of D. looked after

3.A. exact B. different C. beautiful D. strange

4.A. shameful B. calm C. alive D. popular

5.A. benefit B. future C. news D. result

6.A. costly B. awful C. confusing D. unforgettable

7.A. since B. until C. before D. unless

8.A. treat B. reach C. recognize D. see

9.A. payment B. instruction C. attention D. advice

10.A. repair B. clean C. visit D. leave

11.A. recall B. know C. record D. say

12.A. learned B. suggested C. insisted D. thought

13.A. efforts B. complaints C. measures D. experiences

14.A. aimed B. suggested C. afforded D. seemed

15.A. discovered B. affected C. improved D. kept

I was being tested for a driving licence __1.__ the third time. I had been asked to drive in heavy traffic and had done so _2.__ (succeed). After _3.__ (instruct) to drive out of town, I began to acquire confidence. Sure that I had passed, I was almost beginning to enjoy _4.__ test. The examiner must have been pleased with my __5.__, for he smiled and said, 'Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a child suddenly crosses the road in front of you. As soon as I tap on the window, you must stop __6.__ five feet. I continued _7._ (drive) and after some time, the examiner tapped loudly. __8._ the sound could be heard clearly, __9._ took me a long time to react. I suddenly pressed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown forward. The examiner looked at me sadly. 'Mr Eames,' he said, __10.__ a mournful voice,' you have just killed that child!'