Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain. They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University. Although they were friends, each thought oneself to be the better painter.

One day, Kerry promised marriage to Alice. Surprised and pleased by the offer, the girl was not sure whether she would spend her future as a wife or a painter. After a moment she replied as follows, "Each of us must paint a picture. If yours is superior to mine, you can make me your wife. If not, please drop the question." Then it was decided to give it the following day.

The next morning. Alice hung her picture on the gate. It showed a bunch of flowers and won high praise from everyone who passed by. In fact, a crowd collected in front of her masterpiece and fixed eyes on it.

Several hours passed. Then Kerry was seen coming along to the gate with what appeared to be a beautiful leather suitcase in his hand. When he finally stopped before Alice, the girl artist brushed like a rose and agreed to marry him without any hesitation. Why?

1．What did Alice think Kerry's offer?

A．She liked Kerry, but she didn't expect him to promise marriage to her.

B．She didn't want to marry anybody.

C．She didn't like it at all.

D．She thought the offer wasn't polite.

2．In the sentence "If yours is superior to mine, you can make me your wife"。 "superior to" here means ____.

A．not so better than      B．better than         C．a(chǎn)s bad as     D．a(chǎn)s good as

3．Which of the following is true?

A．Kerry didn't accept Alice's suggestion.

B．Kerry wasn't sure of his painting so he dropped his offer.

C．Kerry did go the next day, but he failed to take a picture

D．Kerry agreed to Alice's suggestion.

4．Alice's picture won high praise because ____.

A．it was true to nature

B．the flowers were red

C．it showed so large a bunch of flowers 

D．people felt it strange to hang it on the gate

5．The "leather suitcase" was in fact ____.

A．a(chǎn) real one                             B．a(chǎn) painting drawn by Kerry

C．a(chǎn) box with a picture in it                 D．made up of leather

In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition （學會） of each new skill in the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.

    Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters. Others are severe （嚴格的） over time of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. In general, the controls represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness.

    As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency（一致性） is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality （道德）. Also, parents should realize that "example is better than precept". If they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach （說教）, their children may grow confused when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.

    A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' principles（原則） and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.

1. Eagerly watching the child's acquisition of new skills ___________.

   A．should be avoided

   B．is universal among parents

   C．sets up dangerous states of worry in the child

   D．will make the child lose interest in learning new things

2. In the process of children's learning new skills, parents ________.

   A．should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they read

   B．should expect a lot of the children

   C．should achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their own.

   D．should create as many learning opportunities as possible.

3. The second paragraph mainly tells us that ___________.

   A．parents should be strict with their children

   B．parental controls reflect only the values of the community

   C．parental restrictions vary, and are not always for the benefit of the children alone

   D．it's parents' and society's duty to control the children

4. The word "precept" in Paragraph 3 probably means "___________".

   A．opinion           B．punishment         C．behavior         D．instruction

5. In terms of moral matters, parents should _________.

   A．follow the rules themselves

   B．be aware of the huge difference between adults and children

   C．forbid their children to do anything

   D．a(chǎn)lways ensure the security of their children

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.

   Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk”, she said, “is for Elizabeth”.

   I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me, she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.

   They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional”. But she lived “on the surface”

   As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.

   I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.

   My hope turned to disappointment，then little interest, finally, peace---it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

   Now the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work, I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside---a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded（被折疊） and refolded many times.

Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.

1. The writer began to love her mother’s desk________.

A．a(chǎn)fter Mother died                            B．before she became a writer

C．when she was a child                       D．when Mother gave it to her

2. The passage shows that__________.

A．Mother wrote her daughter in careful words

   B．Mother cared much about her daughter in words

   C．Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done

   D．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

3. The word “gulf” in the passage means________.

A．part of the sea going far in land

B．free talks between mother and daughter

  C．different ideas between the mother and the daughter

  D．deep understanding between the old and the young

4. What did Mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?

A．She had never received the letter.    

B．She read the letter again and again till she died.

C．For years, she often talked about the letter.

   D．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in her life.

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

   A．My letter to Mother                            B．Mother and Children

C．My Mother’s Desk                           D．Talks between Mother and Me

You have been badly injured in a car accident. It is necessary to give you a blood transfusion because you lost a great deal of blood in the accident. However, special care must be taken in selecting new blood for you. If the blood is too different from your own, the transfusion could kill you.

There are four basic types of blood; A, B, AB, and O. A simple test can make sure of a person's blood type. Everybody is born with one of these four types of blood. Blood type, like hair color and height, is received from parents.

The four groups must be transfused carefully. A and B cannot be mixed. A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B．O can give to any other group; therefore, it is often called the universal donor （萬能捐贈者）. For the opposite reason, AB is sometimes called the universal recipient（接受者）. However, because so many reactions （反應） can happen in transfusions（輸血）, patients usually receive only salt of plasma （liquid part of blood） until their blood can be matched as exactly as possible in the blood bank of a hospital. In this way, it is possible to prevent the transfusion from any bad reactions.

1. People with type A blood can receive type     .

A．AB                         B．B                    C．O                           D．a(chǎn)ll of the three

2. If you need a blood transfusion, the best and safest blood for you is     .

A．a(chǎn) mixture of type A and type B

B．a(chǎn) mixture of salt, plasma and type O

C．type AB

D．exactly the same type as your own

3. The phrase "universal recipient" means a person who     .

A．can receive blood of type A or B

B．can receive blood of any other type

C．can give blood to anybody

D．cannot give blood to others

4. A good title for this article is     .

A．Getting Enough Blood

B．Differences Between Blood Types

C．Man's Four Types of Blood

D．How to Give Blood Transfusion

5. Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A．Carelessness in a blood transfusion may lead to death. 

B．AB is the mixture of A and B

C．AB is called the universal recipient because it can receive any other group.

D．In transfusions, patients usually receive only salt of plasma at first.

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)以下提示：1）漢語提示 2）首字母提示 3）語境提示，在每個空格內(nèi)填入一個適當?shù)挠⒄Z單詞，并將該詞完整的寫右邊相對應的橫線上，所填單詞要求意義準確，拼寫正確

Dear Sir,

I’m a senior high school student. I was caught _______（作弊）in       1________

the exam and got ________（懲罰）.I know I was totally wrong            2________

and now I f__________ so ashamed. To my teachers, I was once                   3________

an outstanding student. I did well ______ my school work most                     4________

of time. In __________, I worked hard in the student union.                           5________

Before the exam, I had a strong d__________ to get a good                            6________

mark to please my teachers. Now I regret ________ I have done,            7________

though I know the result can’t be __________（改變）. Recently           8________

I’m t___________ by the disturbing problem. I just dare not tell               9________

my parents about it and I’m worried about my ________（將來）             10_______

What should I do?

Jimmy

假如你是李明，請你給你的網(wǎng)友孫海發(fā)一封電子郵件，告訴他你在老師的幫助下學習英語的一些變化和取得的進步

過去：1. 認為學英語就是學習語法規(guī)則和背單詞；

2. 不喜歡說英語；

3. 不愿意和同學練習對話。

現(xiàn)在：1. 經(jīng)常上網(wǎng)閱讀一些新的英語文章或找一些英語資料；

 2. 喜歡和同學用英語交流；

3. 對英語越學越感興趣并取得了很大的進步。

注意：詞數(shù)100左右。開頭已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

Dear Sun Hai,

Hello！I'm glad to send you an e-mail to tell you that I'm getting more and more interest in English.

Most young architects—particularly those in big cities— can only dream about working in a building of their own. And making that dream come true often means finding a building no one else seems to want, which is exactly what happened to David Yocum and his partner, Brain Bell. Their building is a former automobile electrical-parts film in AtlantA．Form the outside, it looks too old, even something horrible, but open the door and you are in a wide, open courtyard, lined on three sides with rusting（生銹的）walls.

In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city’s West End. Built in 1947, the structure had been abandoned years earlier and the roof of the main building had fallen down. But the price was right, so Yocum bought it. He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition（排除）, pulling rubbish out through the roof, because it was too dangerous to go inside the building. The demolition was hard work, but it gave him time to think about what he wanted to do, and “to treasure what was there— the walls, the rust, the light.” Yocum said. “Every season, more paint falls off the walls and more rust develops. It’s like an art installation（裝置） in there—a slow-motion show.”

Since the back building had been constructed without windows, an all-glass front was added to the building to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were installed in the roof. The back of the building is a working area and a living room for Yocum and his wife. A sort of buffer（緩沖） zone between the front and the back contains a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical room, and the walls that separate these zones have openings that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard beyond.

Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from the decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work. It has also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less.

1．According to the passage, it is _______ for most young architects in big cities to work in a building of their own.

A．easy               B．unnecessary           C．unrealistic              D．common

2．Yocum bought the old building because _____.

    A．it was a bargain to him                         B．it was still in good condition

    C．it was located in the city center          D．it looked attractive from the outside

3．Working on the old building, Yocum and Bell _______.

    A．pulled rubbish out through the roof

    B．removed the skylights from the bathroom

    C．presented a slow-motion show in an art gallery

    D．built a kitchen at the back part of the old building

4．It can be inferred from the passage that Yocum and Bell _____.

    A．benefited a lot from pulling down the roof

    B．turned more old buildings into art galleries

    C．got inspiration from decorating their old building

    D．paid more attention to the outside of the art gallery

5．The main idea of the passage is that ______.

    A．people can learn a lot from their failures.

    B．it is worthwhile to spend money on an old building

    C．people should not judge things by their appearance

D．creative people can make the best of what they have

—Have you got any job offers?

—No．I _______．

A．waited                            B．had been waiting

C．have waited                     D．a(chǎn)m waiting

He played a trick ____ Jessy and he had to apologize _____ treating her ____ a nice dinner．

A．on; for; to          B．in; by; to         C．on; by; to          D．on; by; with

The whole hall _____ to wait for the announcement of the winner of the first prize．

A．held its breath                        B．drew a deep breath

C．took a breath                         D．got the breath again