I was in trouble in overcoming my addiction to alcohol，and so was my friend Mike. We never met each other until we chanced to be in the same self­placed inpatient（住院病人）treatment facility. Now we had been out of the treatment center for about a year and had returned to our lives. We have become inseparable（不能分离的）friends like brothers.

The thing that kept me and my friend Mike going during these times was our ability to be the counselor(劝告者) for each other. There was never a time when I had not called him that he did not call me right back within a couple of hours. We got together every chance we could to keep us both on the right track.

One day，I called Mike but he wasn't in. As usual，I had to leave a message，fully expecting to hear from him later that evening or the next day. When I had not heard from him for nearly 2 days，I started to become very anxious as to what could the problem be. Surely there must be something significant that had kept him from returning my call. On the third day，I received a message from my wife that Mike's wife had called and wanted to speak to me. She said she would be calling later in the afternoon. I started to worry about the entire thing，as my wife did not even know what Marylynn wanted to speak to me about. When Marylynn called，I immediately knew there was something wrong. Mike had been killed in an unexplained truck crash on the morning of my call. There were no witnesses and no explanations as to what had happened.

I attended my friend's funeral and even though I could hardly walk，I helped carry my friend to his final resting place. I have never met any single statement affecting me as much as that one，so I can be sure to say that I am still here and my friend Mike is still here too，in my heart and my soul.

32．Why does the author write the passage?

A．To tell how he came to know Mike.                  B．To disclose the truth of a good friend.

C．To search his memory for his good friend.      D．To announce he lost a good friend.

33．How did the author and Mike know each other?

A．They have the same ability to give advice to each other.

B．They have fallen into the same habit.

C．When they were in an alcoholic centre.

D．When the author treated a patient.

34．From the passage we can infer that         .

A．Mike never answered the author in a few hours

B．Mike and I tried best to overcome the bad habit

C．my wife usually left a message to Mike

D．it is common for me not to get his call for 2 days

35．What does the underlined word “statement” mean?

A．a message that is declared               B．a document showing credits and debts

C．a fact that is offered as evidence             D．a person that is important to another

Time _______ for the trapped miners, so we have to work hard to get them out.

       A. has been run out                                      B. is running out 

       C. is using up                                                D. has used up

I was driving home from the gym with my children. It was approaching bed time.

“ My legs hurt, I can’t walk to the car.” said my son, William. Then be sat on the ground regardless of whatever we said.

“Maybe you just need a banana? They’re good for tired bones.” his sister, Meredith, persuaded him in a wise way.

This was the first time I had heard of the banana’s miracle(神奇的) cure for achy bones. It distracted(使分心) William and we were able to make it to the car. His wish for bone relief brought him energy and he persisted(坚持) the entire ride home. Upon arrival, he struggled out of the car and slowly went up 3 steps into the house. While he took his ”medicine”, we arrived on a suitable diagnosis (诊断) for his “illness” ---a serious case of Banana Bone. He was probably just over—tired. He had a long day and played hard in the Adventure Room at the gym. Thankfully we kept some bananas in the fridge, and hugs and kisses were given as a booster (辅助药剂) , which gave him the courage to walk upstairs to sleep.

Banana Bone sounds like something I’ve had before. The aching hasn’t been in my bones so much as in my head and my heart. I think it’s a condition related to stress, lack of rest and stretching of one’s abilities. Perhaps you’re experienced it too. It is about long days facing challenges or pressing against the edges of your own ability without any hope.

That’s when you realize Banana Bone doesn’t have to be a physical illness. It can be mental. It can drive emotion. It means you can choose it or you can choose against it. It’s not real. It’ s your reaction to what’s real. I know, it’ s still not easy. But it’ s part of “growing up”. We must have the courage to overcome it and I believe we can make it﹗

My advice to you? Eat a banana and go to bed. You’ll feel a lot better and be your fresh self in the morning.

8.     People need the same kind of “banana” as William did when they_____.

A.      feel puzzled over choices

B.      are under a stressful condition

C.      find it hard to make changes

D.     hold on to the wrong things

9.     What attitude does the author think we should have towards “Banana Bone” ?

A.      Respectful.

B.      Supportive.

C.      Fearless.

D.     Doubtful.

10.   When you are suffering “Banana Bone”, you had better______________.

A.      distract and refresh yourself

B.      stop and wait for a better chance

C.      break down your old habits and give up

D.     ask doctors for clear guidance

11.   What can be the best title for the text?

A.      Bone Made of Banana

B.      My Daughter’s Trick

C.      Miracle Banana

D.     Banana Bone

 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

     增加：把缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

     删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

     修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

      1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词。

      2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Busy and tired although I was in my past 3 senior years, I think that the school life was interested and worthwhile. There was many wonderful stories, including the most forgettable one about my first Christmas party.

Learning that we would have a holiday at Christmas Eve, we decided to hold a party to celebrate it. We prepare a big Christmas tree decorated with colorful lights, of course, some favorite food and fruit for the party. All our program were wonderful, but the highlight was what I sang a song before so many people for the first time in my life. I got much confidence when my classmates gave me so much applause after my performance.

It was a pity that we had to finish the party when time came for us to say goodbye. But in my view, it is the most exciting evening that I remember it forever.

Linda Evans was my best friend﹣like the sister I never had．We did everything together：piano lessons，movies，swimming，horseback riding．When I was 13，my family moved away．Linda and I kept in touch through letters，and we saw each other on special time﹣like my wedding （婚礼） and Linda's．Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes，and we wrote less often．One day a card that I sent came back，stamped"Address （地址） Unknown．"I had no idea how to find Linda．

Over the years，I missed Linda very much．I wanted to share （分享） happiness of my children and then grandchildren．And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died．There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill．One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman﹣Linda's married name．"There must be thousands of Wagmans，"I thought，but J still wrote to her．She called as soon as she got my letter．"Mrs Tobin!"she said excitedly，"Linda Evans Wagman is my mother．"Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much，even after 40years，laughed and cried and caught up on each other's lives．

Now the empty place in my heart is filled．And there's one thing that Linda and I know for sure：We won't lose each other again!

6．The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans　  　．

A．at the age of 13                     

B．before she got married

C．after they moved to new homes        

D．before the writer's family moved away

7．They didn't often write to each other because they　  　．

A．got married                  

B．had little time to do so

C．didn't like writing letters      

D．could see each other on special time

8．There was an empty place in the writer's heart because she　  　．

A．was in trouble               

B．didn't know Linda's address

C．received the card that she sent

D．didn't have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness

9．The writer was happy when she　  　．

A．read the newspaper           

B．heard Linda's voice on the phone

C．met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda

D．wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman 4

10．They haven't kept in touch　  　．

A．for about 40years        

B．for about 27years

C．since they got married     

D．since the writer's family moved away．

Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice . Gifts are easy-they’re given after all . Choices can be hard .

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years age . I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year . I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast , and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me . I had just turned 30 years old , and I’d been married for a year . I told my wife MacKenie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure what to expect MacKenie told me I should go for it . As a young boy , I’d been a garage inventor . I’d always wanted to be an inventor ,and she wanted me to follow my passion .

I was working at a financial firm in Mew York City with a bunch of very smart people , and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired.I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet.He took me on a long walk in Central Park , listened carefully to me , and finally said .”That sounds like a really good idea , but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t yet have a good job .” That logic made some sens to me , and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision . Seen in that light , it really was a difficult choice , but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot(尝试). I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision not to try at all. 

After much consideration , I took the less safe path to follow my passion , and I’m pound of that choice . For all of us , in the end , we are our choices.

1. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore ?

A. His dream of being an inventor.

B. The support of his wife.

C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.

D. Millions of exciting titles.

2. Which of the following is closet in meaning to the underlined sentence ?

A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.

B. He would be very excited if he tried it out.

C. He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try.

D. The decision not to try the online bookstore would terrify him.

3. We can know from the passage that    .

A.the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author

B.the author wanted someone else to try the idea

C.the author might not regret if he failed the idea

D.the author might go back to his boss if he failed

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage ?

A. Cleverness and kindness

B. The start of Amazon

C. Following my passion

D. We are what we choose

Anyone________life frequently can never experience the real happiness of life.

A．complaining about                      B．complaining

C．complains of                           D．who complains

A new book called “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua has caused a debate (争论) about cultural differences in parenting. Amy Chua is a teacher in an American university and both of her parents are Chinese. In the book, Ms. Chua writes about how she taught her daughters. She told NBC television that she had a clear list of what her daughters were not allowed to do, such as having a play date, watching TV or playing computer games and getting any grade less than an A.

 Many people are against Amy Chua’s parenting style (风格), even her husband, who is American. They say it is rude and unfair to children. But she says her parents raised her and her three sisters in that way.

 Ms. Chua says after her younger daughter shouted “I hate my life! I hate you!” she decided to retreat because she was afraid of losing her daughter. But she also says American parents often have low expectations of their children’s abilities.

 “The debate is about what it means to be a successful parent and what it means to be a successful child,” said Stacy DeBroff, who has written four books on parenting. She says Amy Chua’s parenting style is not limited to Chinese families. It is a traditional way of parenting among immigrants (移民). They hope to get a better future for their children.

 She also sees a risk (风险). When children have no time to be social or to develop their own interests, they might not develop other skills that they need to succeed in life. DeBroff advises parents to develop their own style of parenting and not just repeat the way they were raised.

24．Which of the following words can best describe Amy Chua?

A. Polite.               B. Cruel.                C. Strict.               D. Popular.

25．The underlined word “retreat” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.

A. give up                     B. go on                C. go out               D. give out

26．According to Ms. DeBroff, _____.

A. Amy Chua’s parenting style should be forbidden

B. Americans should learn from Amy Chua

C. parents should have their own parenting style

D. Amy Chua’s style is bad for children’s growth

27．In which part of a newspaper can you read the passage?

A. Business.           B. Entertainment.    C. Sports.                     D. Culture.

 They         have arrived at lunchtime but their flight was delayed.

A. will                    B. can          C. must                  D. should

My boss is not satisfied with me and is always finding ________ with me, in my work, even in my personal life, just everywhere.

A. error        B. mistake        C. fault          D. challenge

Once there lived a rich man   61   wanted to do something for the people of his town.   62   first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.

    In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed   63   very large stone. Then he   64  (hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

    “Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.   65   man came along and did the same thing; then another came ,and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove  66  . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,   67  (say) to himself: “The night   68  (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”                 

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his   69   (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last!   70   the stone, he found a bag of money.

In today's world, almost everyone knows that air pollution and water pollution are harmful to people's health. However, not all the persons know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and that is harmful to human health, too.
    People who work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf（聋）. Today, however, scientists believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work. Many of the workers who print newspapers and books, and who weave（织）cloth become deaf. Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf. Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than 65-year-old persons, for these young people like to listen to pop music and most of pop music is a kind of noise. Besides, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people's life difficult and unpleasant, or even make people ill or even drive them mad.
    It is said that a continuous noise of over 85 decibels（分贝）can make people deaf. Now the governments in many countries have made laws to control noise and make it less than 85 decibels.
    In China, the government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise pollution problems.

(       ) 28.The text is mainly about    ____________ .

A．air pollution               B．water pollution       C．noise pollution      D．world pollution

(       ) 29.Ten percent of the workers in Britain are being deafened because  ________.

A．they are working in noisy places     B．they often listen to pop music

C．they live near airports              D．they are too busy to listen to others' talk

(       ) 30.According to the text, a continuous noise of  _________  decibels can make people deaf.

A．less than 85                 B．less than 65          C．about 65              D．over 85

(       ) 31.The government of China is trying to solve    _______________ .

A．only air pollution             B．only air and water pollution

C．only water pollution           D．air, water and noise pollution

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。   

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。 

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。   

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 

          2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

One day I stopped by the door of an ATM machine and walk inside after I made sure that no one was following me. I put my card into machine and deposited my money. As I turned to leave, I saw a wallet sit on other machine. I had a look at it; the name in the license was one I could not pronounce.         

 I picked out the bank card and had a thought. Then I called his bank, so the girl over the phone said we couldn’t give out any personal information about their clients (客户). So I left my contact informations with her and asked her to tell the owner to contact me. Two days late, a very thankful gentleman was appeared at my office and I gave him back his wallet.

On my way home in the street I saw a lady ___ I thought was your aunt.

A. who              B. whom         C. which            D. whose

Mr. Brown got up late this morning. He was going to be late for work. It was raining hard and the streets were   41  . He drove   42   fast that he couldn’t see the red lights. He couldn’t stop his car   43   it hit another one. An old man got out of the car and called out   44   (angry), “What are you doing? How can you drive so fast?” “I’m sorry, sir,” said Mr. Brown, “I   45   (not see) the lights turn red.” Then he brought out a bottle of wine and gave it   46   the old man. “It’s cold today, sir,” said Mr. Brown. “Please drink a little, and then you’ll get   47  .”The old man drank some wine and became happy. He asked, “I’m feeling much   48  now. Why don’t you drink some?” “I can’t drink   49   (something) now, sir.” Answered Mr. Brown, “I   50   (wait) for the policeman. Only drunkards cause accidents, you know!”

              How to keep a nearly lost friendship alive

    There are times when a friendship has to go through huge tests. It is a battle between staying together and moving away from each other.   36  .More often than not, it is pride that destroys a friendship.

   Relax your pride. This is easy to say, but very difficult to do. You may ask yourself, “Why should I say sorry when he does not show any regret for what he has done?”  37  ．If you find yourself saying any of these things, you should understand that it is your pride talking. Allowing your pride to control your feelings will leave you bitter and confused.

   Talk about the problem. Face the problem calmly.  38  ．it may sound silly, but it could certainly heal the wounds that you have caused each other. If you avoid facing the problem, your pain will only grow. Remember, you want to keep the friendship and not worsen the problem.

    Laugh about it.  39  ．After some time, when both of you have become calm and renewed your confidence in each other, go back to the time when you had nearly fallen apart. Laugh about your foolishness, and promise to never let pride take over your friendship.

    Friendship is a valuable thing.  40  .Rapport（融洽的关系）is what creates a friendship. Love,understanding,acceptance and forgiveness are what lead to a long-lasting friendship.

A. Try to save your friendship.

B. It cannot be bought or demanded.

C. It is often said that laughter is the best medicine.

D. Do not wait for the other person to make the first move.

E. There are many various reasons why a friendship breaks up.

F. Write a letter and read it out loud to the other person.

G. You may also say, “I have not done anything wrong, and I don’t want to say sorry.”

在日常生活中，因特网起着越来越重要的作用。请根据下表所给提示为某英文报写一篇题为On the Internet 的征文稿。

英特网的主要用途

注意：1．征文稿必须包括表内所有信息，行文连贯通顺；

2．词数100—120字；

           3．标题已给出，不计入总词数。

On the Internet

                                                        __           

61. In fifteen terrible seconds, a large city lay in r ____________.

62. Everyone likes that young man, because he is both easy-going and __________ (无私的).

63. Until today, we have come to a s ____________ where we have almost no rights at all.

64. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was ____________. (毁灭，摧毁)

65. The little boy was hit by a car last week and got badly i ____________ of his leg.

66. All that time my wife and children had to beg for food and help from ____________ (亲戚，亲属) and friends.

67. In my o ____________，Tom is the best student in our class.

68. Before writing a passage, you’d better make an ____________ (大纲，提纲) for yourself.

69. It is rather u ____________ to talk with such a stubborn person, because no one can change his mind.

70. He admitted his crime of murdering and was ____________ (被判处….) to death by the court.

假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter 来信咨询如何才能学好中文。请根据要点写一封回信。

1、 参加中文学习班（Chinese course）；

2、 刊中文书刊、 电视；

3、 学唱中文歌曲；

4、 交中国朋友。

注意：

1、 词数100字左右；

2、 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3、 开头语已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

    I'm glad to receive your letter asking for my advice on how to learn Chinese well.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

                                                                                                 Best wishes,

                                                                      Li Hua

 As parents, you should have _______ your daughter’s gift for dancing at her early age. If so, she would have become a famous dancer now.

   A. invented             B. appreciated        C. enjoyed               D. sought