I _______ an old photo while tidying up my study, which reminded me of my happy childhood.

A. came  about    B. turned into   C. came across    D. refer to

Most of people in the town strongly _______ the plan to build a playground for children.

A. consider    B. support   C. observe   D. argue

Liu Yang is _____ first woman astronaut in China who reached _____ space.

A. /; the     B. the; /      C. the; the     D. a; a

編者按：本期刊出Lora的來信，歡迎讀者就信中談到的問題進行分析并提出建議。

Dear editor.

I’m a senior high school student, and I want to work part-time this summer. I think it is good to do so, but my parents don’t agree with me. I just can’t understand them and I need your advice.            

 Lara

要求：

1.短文詞數(shù)120左右。

2.內容充實，可適當增加使行文流暢，結構完整，語意連貫。

3.書寫須清晰、工整。

提綱：

第1段：Lora利用暑假打工的理由(賺零花錢及學會獨立、如何處世等)

第2段：Lora父母不同意的理由(對學習及個人安全等方面的考慮)

第3段：你給Lora的具體建議

I think that the following are the reasons why Lora wants to work part-time.

1. After all his mathematical calculations, Copernicus drew a _________(conclude) that the earth was not the center of the solar system.

2. In the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese ___________ (defeat) the Japanese invaders.

3. Our new offices are still under ____________ (construct).阿阿

4. They have found some evidences that are __________ (link) to this murder.

5. Terra-Cotta Warriors are one of the great tourist       （attract）of the world.

6. The Western Qinling Region Tunnel is 28.24 kilometers in  __________（long）, and will be  completed in 2013.

7. How much is the        （admit）fee of the concert?

8. His __________ (face) expression suggested that he was very happy.

9.      He’ll give you something to ___________ (easy) the pain.

10.  In Britain, the ___________( defend) of the country has historically been left to the navy.

A. Found: This afternoon at the reading-room of our school, I happened to find a black purse, inside of which there is some money, a telephone card and two photos etc. Loser is expected to come to Room 306 to for it.

B. Have you lost your keys? Some keys were found under the tree at the school gate. Go to the headmaster’s office for them.

C. Schoolbag found: Found on the playground on the afternoon of December 12 when I was watching a basketball match there. Inside were some keys, a wallet in which there was some money, and some books. Come to Class 7, Senior Grade 3, please.

D. A red pen. Found in the men’s toilet on the second floor of the teaching building. A name on the body of the pen. Come to the teachers’ office on the second floor for it, please.

E A watch is waiting for its owner. A golden watch was found at the parking lot the day before yesterday. If you’re the owner, telephone 84567565.

請閱讀下列尋物啟事的信息，然后匹配遺失者和失物招領：

51. Rose. Rose can’t find her keys. She thinks she lost them at the school gate.

52. Johnson. Johnson is looking for his black purse. There is money, a telephone card and two photos in it.

53. Jenny. Jenny lost her golden watch. She doesn’t remember where and when she lost it.

54. Timmy. Timmy is looking for his red pen with his name on its back. He lost it at school.

55. Mary. Mary lost her schoolbag on the playground on December 12. There are keys to the classroom and a wallet and two books.

A gentleman stopped his car at the door of a flower shop. He planned to order flowers and asked the shopkeeper to deliver them to his mother, who was far away in his hometown.

The gentleman saw a little girl crying on the road before he entered the shop. He asked her, “Why are you crying?”

“I want to buy a rose for my mother, but I haven’t got enough money,” said the girl.

The gentleman took the girl’s hand and entered the flower shop. He first ordered the bouquet (花束) for his mother and bought a rose for the girl.

When he was walking out of the shop, the gentleman asked the girl if she would like a ride home.

“Will you really drive me home?” she asked.

“Of course,” the gentleman replied.

“Then drive me to my mother. But the place where my mother lives is very far.”

The gentleman drove along the mountain road and finally came to the cemetery (墓地).

The little girl put the flower onto a new grave (墳墓). In order to send a rose to her mother who had died a month before, she had gone on a very long journey.

The gentleman drove the girl to her home and then returned to the flower shop. He cancelled（取消）the bouquet and bought a big bunch (束) of fresh flowers instead. He drove directly to his mother’s home, a five-hour drive from here. He would send the flowers to his mother in person.

46. The word “deliver” in Paragraph 1 means “________”.

A. give          B. take         C. send         D. bring

47. Why was the little girl crying?

A.  Because her mother died.       B. Because she lost her money.

C．Because she lost her way home.

D. Because she couldn’t afford a rose.

48. The little girl asked the gentleman to drive her ________.

A. to her home    B. to her school  

C. to a cemetery        D. to a mountain

49. We can learn from the story that ________.

A. the gentleman doesn’t care about his mother

B. the little girl loves her mother very much

C. the little girl’s mother lives far away from her home

D. the gentleman’s mother lost her life a month ago

50. The best title for the story would be ______.

 A. Flowers               B. A Man and A Girl 

 C. A Rose for Mother     D. A Crying Gir

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Patti Page, the top-selling female artist of the 1950s with more than 100 million records sold, died on January 2nd, 2013, when she was 85. She was one of the most beloved singers of the post-war era. Take her “Tennessee Waltz” for example, it sold more than 10 million copies and was her biggest hit (成功).

Born in Claremore, Oklahoma, a small town near Tulsa, Page once dreamed of a career in commercial art. Her first job in the art department at a local radio station soon led to her performing 15-minute program on her own.

At age 20, Page was discovered by big-band leader Jack Rael, who gave up his job to become her manager. The next year, she signed her first recording contract with Mercury Records and enjoyed her first hit record soon. She stayed with Mercury for the next 14 years and recorded hit after hit including: “With My Eyes Wide Open, I’m Dreaming” and “Old Cape Cod”.

Her last hit was “Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte”, recorded for the Bette Davis movie of the same name. And then, there was “Doggie in the Window”. The creative tune was a huge hit, but with its repeated barking sounds and silly lyrics (歌詞), the song has been used by many people as an example of all that was wrong with pop music in the early 1950s.

Throughout the 1950s, Patti Page made regular appearances on a variety of television shows and in 1957 she was chosen to host the musical program “The Big Record”. The following year, Page appeared in her own CBS television series “The Patti Page Show”. She continued to record and perform into the 21st century, most recently releasing an album of songs for children, a Christmas record, and a new “best of” collection.

Besides music, Patti Page did a bit of acting. She co-starred with the Oscar-winning Burt Lancaster in “Elmer Gantry”, and also starred on stage in the musical play “Annie Get Your Gun”.

41. According to the passage, Patti Page ______.

A. wanted to be a singer as a child

B. was born in a small town in 1927

C. was known mainly for her acting skills

D. started her work as a TV program hostess

42. According to the passage, which one of her following recorded songs was criticized（批評）?

A. “Old Cape Cod”

B. “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte”

C. “Doggie in the Window”

D. “With My Eyes Wide Open, I’m Dreaming”

43. The “Tennessee Waltz” is mentioned in the passage in order to show that ________.

A. Patti Page was a beloved singer

B. Patti Page had talents for singing

C. Patti Page’s songs are pleasant to hear

D. Patti Page was good at recording songs

44. We can know from the passage that Patti Page ______.

A. got to know Jack Rael in 1945

B. left Mercury Records at the age of 35

C. appeared in “The Patti Page Show” in 1957

D. wrote all songs for children in her late life

45. It is inferred from the passage that _______.

A. Patti Page gave up singing in public in her late life

B. Patti Page’s gift for music began to be shown in her childhood

C. Patti Page’s great success was because of her luck and others’ help

D. Patti Page was not only a successful singer but also an actress

It is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be responsible for housework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at home.

   If you give your children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable persons. Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent.

   My daughter Carla's fifth-grade teacher made every child in her class feel special. When students received less than a prefect test score, she would point out what they had mastered and declared firmly they could learn what they had missed.

   You can use the same technique when you evaluate (評價) your child's work at home. Don't always scold and give lots of praise instead. Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasn't done. If your child completes a difficult task, promise him a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad.

   Learning is a process of trying and failing and trying and succeeding. If you teach your children not to fear a mistake of failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last.

36. The whole passage deals with _______.

A. social education

B. school education

C. family education

D. pre-school education

37. The author thinks that ________.

A. there is no way to get children to help at home

B. the more encouragement and praise you give, the more responsible and helpful children will become

C. it is very difficult to make children responsible for housework

D. children can be forced to help with housework

38. The article gives us a good suggestion about how to evaluate your child's work at home. That is to ________.

A. praise his success

B. promise him a trip

C. give him a punishment

D. promise him a ball game

39. The author advises readers to ________.

A. learn from himself, for he has a good way of teaching

B. be proud of Carla's fifth-grade teacher

C. do as Carla's teacher did in educating children

D. follow Carla's example because she never fails in the test

40. Having read the last paragraph, we can conclude that ________.

A. pride goes before a fall

B. practice makes perfect

C. no pains, no gains

D. failure is the mother of success

It was a market day, so people and traffic had been pouring into the town since early morning.  16  it was an old town, even the main street was very  17  and soon became overcrowded. There was not enough  18  for all the people on the sidewalk at the roadside,  19  they overflowed into the road, 20   danger to their lives from  21  cars and buses, the drivers of  22  were constantly blowing their horns (喇叭) to 23  people to get out of their  24  .

　   Yet it was a(n)  25   scene. Peasants walked along the street, their heads piled high with baskets or beautifully woven blankets which they hoped to   26   to the townsfolk. Men with carts  27   their way along, shouting their goods at the top of their  28 . They were selling apples, oranges and grapes — the 29  of their fields. 30   it all, women in bright summer clothes made their way, laughing and talking,  31  children rushed in and out of the crowds screaming with laughter when they didn’t ask for something they could not have, or crying with  32  because they were lost.

    The noise went on all day. People did not even stop for a meal, but preferred to buy bits of meat cooked over a fire or bread or ice-cream from the street sellers. The  33   from this and from all the activities of the day began to collect in the street. And finally, when night at last came, the street  34   and only the rubbish  35   sadly blowing in the cooling night wind.

16. A. Although       B. For        C. But       D. As

17. A. small       B. crowded      C. narrow         D. short

18. A. land        B. area         C. ground          D. room

19. A. and         B. however      C. or             D. then

20. A. having      B. causing       C. throwing      D. being

21. A. passing     B. taking        C. catching       D. driving

22. A them        B. which        C. whom          D. that

23. A. persuade       B. order        C. stop         D. wait

24. A. road           B. way         C. sight        D. place

25. A. strange         B. usual        C. colorful      D. interesting

26 .A. give            B. sell          C. take         D. send

27. A. forced         B. walked       C. found        D. took

28. A. voices         B. prices        C. heads        D. carts

29. A. crops          B. result        C. harvest        D. productions

30. A. Through        B. Across       C. Above       D. After

31. A. while           B as           C. when         D. whose

32. A. tear           B. sorrow       C. sadness       D. fear

33. A. people         B. noise         C. rubbish       D. business

34. A. emptied        B. silenced      C. calmed       D. changed

35. A. remained       B. left         C. lay           D. piled