Are you afraid of making mistakes? Learn to accept mistakes as opportunities, and then you’ll feel less stressed and fearful and you’ll be more confident.    16    So what should you do?

Be open to making mistakes

      17    Be open to making mistakes and consider them as opportunities to learn valuable life lessons. If you are open to learning from your mistakes, you will be able to move on rather than wallowing in (沉湎于) regret.

Be aware

      18    Be aware of what you are doing, why you are doing it, how you feel, and how you make others feel. Sometimes, your words are not understood exactly or you say something but it is not what you mean to say.    19    By being fully aware of how you impact others, you maintain an open state of learning which allows you to constantly practice being a better person.

       20  

Whenever you make a mistake or you are involved in a misunderstanding, take responsibility. There is always something to be learned or improved even if the other person is wrong, too.

A. Behave yourself

B. Accept full responsibility

C. In short, you will benefit from the mistakes.

D. In other words, look for areas of improvement.

E. Repeat your words so that others can learn from your mistakes.

F. People have difficulty expressing what they really mean.

G. Accept that you’re human and that each of us will make mistakes.

 She’s tired of acting, and she _______ changing for a new job, but she hasn’t made up her mind yet.

A. had considered    B. has been considering

C. considered    D. is going to consider

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。错误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；

Today is Mother's day . I hadn't seen my mother for two months since I left home at last time .My mother is a doctor and always busy on her work .When I was a child, my mother sent me live with my grandparents, which lived in a small village. When I was older enough to go to school ,I began to live with my parents. However ,Mother was often too busy that every day when she came back after work，I had fallen sleep. I used to hating her，but now I can understand her. This afternoon we called her，saying“Mom，I love you.”

 The actress has to ___a diet to lose weight because she is to act a pretty slim girl in a film.     

 A. take on              B. carry on            C. go on                D. have on  

 In order to achieve high grades and __________ yourself in all examinations, there are certain things

   you must do.  

   A. promote            B. distinguish         C. indicate           D. multiply

My sister and I were flying from our home in Kansas to a summer camp in Minnesota. Our plane had a two-hour  36  at the airport in Omaha, where I saw a toy airplane that I really  37  . I had $10 and I had no idea what I needed to  38  at camp, but I spent $8 on the airplane anyway.

When we reached the camp, I discovered that there were no showers!  39  , we bathed in a lake every night. I needed to buy  40  soap. Because the regular soap I brought had chemicals that could   41 the fish. The special soap cost $4 at the camp store. After buying the plane, I had $2 left, so I couldn’t buy the soap.

After a few days, I was a  42  . Sally, our camp teacher, asked me if I needed some soap. When I  43  her that I had spent my soap money on a toy airplane, she laughed and said, “You need to budget.” She then explained that a budget was a(n)  44  for spending money to help make sure you save enough for things you  45  — like soap — before you buy fun things — like  46  . Sally gave me her extra soap, which I  47  took.

When I returned home from  48  , I decided to make my  49  budget. Every week I spent time writing down everything I bought, and some weeks, I would have more in my “Money In” account   50  I did odd jobs (零活) around the house.

Budgeting was  51  , especially when my friends bought soda at the store after school and I couldn’t because I had spent all my “Want to Spend” money. But I  52  with it, and by the next summer, I had  53  enough money to buy a Paula Pilot doll at Omaha Airport, as well as  54  at the camp store to  55  Sally!

We are flying at _____ altitude of 6,000 meters and perhaps we will get there at _____ midnight.

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

The police spotted a thief________ things in a mall at this time yesterday.

A．stealing  　   B．steal            C．robbed       D．picking

There was a woman in Detroit, who has two sons. She was worried 41 them, especially the younger one, Ben,  42  he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class 43 fun of him because he seemed so 44.

  The mother 45  that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school. She  46 them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a  47  a week and do a report about it for her．

  One day，in Ben’s  48 , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben   49 up his hand and the teacher let him 50. “Why did Ben raise his hand?” They wondered. He 51  said anything; what could he possibly want to say?

  Well, Ben not only  52  the rock; he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew  53  the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were 54. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 55.

 Ben later went on to the 56 of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University  57   at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

      After Ben had grown up, he  58  something about his mother that he did not know as a  59 .

 She, herself, had never learned how to  60 .

41. A. about                      B. on                   C. with                        D. over

42. A. because                         B. so                   C. but                         D. though       

43. A. played                     B. got                 C. took                       D. made

44. A. clever                      B. hard                       C. slow                       D. quick

45. A. asked                      B. decided           C. forgot                     D. heard

46. A. made                       B. let                   C. told                        D. considered

47. A. notice                      B. message         C. book                      D. question

48. A. class                       B. room                      C. office                     D. lab

49. A. looked                     B. gave                      C. took                       D. put

50. A. think                        B. leave                      C. stand                     D. speak

51. A. always                      B. even                      C. quickly                    D. never

52. A. found                      B. played                    C. knew               D. threw

53. A. whether                   B. when                      C. where             D. why

54. A. afraid                      B. surprised        C. worried                   D. unhappy

55. A. pictures                   B. exercises        C. shops                    D. reports

56. A. top                                 B. end                        C. back                      D. side

57. A. so                                   B. and                        C. or                    D. however

58. A. learnt                      B. remembered          C. understood    D. guessed

59. A. doctor                     B. child                C. student           D. teacher

60. A. read                        B. work                       C. teach                     D. show

This kind of dictionary is very useful for our English study, but it is nowhere            .

C.  buy                             B. bought                     C. to buy                      D. to be bought

　　The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 2, 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. Over one hundred people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.

　　The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King’s baker（面包师）in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window into the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery（面包房）into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

　　By eight o’clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul’s and the Guildhall among them .

　　Samuel Pepys , the famous writer, writer about the fire, “People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.”

　　The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path（路径） of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.

　　After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect(建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone．In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among which was the new St Paul’s

　　The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.

29．The underlined word family in the second paragraph probably means____.

　A. house　　B. children　　C. wife and husband　　D. wife and children

30．It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that　　 .

　A．many people lost their lives

　B．the birds in the sky were killed by the fire

　C．many famous buildings were destroyed

　D．the King’s bakery was burned down

31．Why did the writer cite(引用)Samuel Pepys?

　A．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.

　B．Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.

　C．To show that poor people suffered most.

　D．To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.

32．How was the fire put out according to the text?

　A．The King and his soldiers came to help.

　B．All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.

　C．People managed to get enough water from the river.

　D．Houses standing in the path of the fire were destroyed.

Gun control is a topic ____________ Americans have discussed for a long time.

      A. of which               B. with which            C. about which         D. into which

   Food picked up just a few seconds after being dropped is less likely to contain bacteria than if it is left for longer periods of time,according to the findings of research carried out at Aston University’s School of Life and Health Sciences.The findings suggest there may be some scientific basis of the "5-second rule" — the belief about it being fine to eat food that has only had contact with the floor for five seconds or less.Although people have long followed the ‘5-second rule’,until now it was unclear whether it actually helped.

The study,undertaken by final year Biology students and led by Anthony Hilton,Professor of Microbiology at Aston University,monitored the transfer of the common bacteria from a variety of indoor floor types as carpet, cement floor to toast,pasta,biscuit and a sticky sweet when contact was made from 3 to 30 seconds.The results showed that: time is a significant factor in the transfer of bacteria from a floor surface to a piece of food,and the type of flooring the food has been dropped on has an effect,with bacteria least likely to transfer from carpeted surfaces and most likely to transfer from cement flooring surfaces to moist foods making contact for more than 5 seconds. Professor Hilton said,"Consuming food dropped on the floor still carries an infection risk as it very much depends on which bacteria are present on the floor at the time."

The Aston team also carried out a survey of the number of people who employ the ‘five-second rule’.The survey showed that: 87% of the people surveyed said they would eat food dropped on the floor,or already have done so.55% of those that would,or have eaten food dropped on the floor are women.81% of the women who would eat food from the floor would follow the ‘5-second rule’.Professor Hilton added,"Our study showed that a surprisingly large majority of people are happy to consume dropped food,with women the most likely to do so.But they are also more likely to follow the ‘5-second rule,which our research has shown to be much than an old wives’ tale."

24. According to the passage,which of the following is true?

A. A toast dropped on the carpet is easier to be polluted than that dropped on the cement floor.

B. A sticky chocolate dropped on the carpet is easier to be polluted than that dropped on the cement floor.

C. The food dropped on the carpet shares the same potential of being polluted with the food dropped on the cement floor.

D. The food dropped on the cement floor is not as safe as food dropped on the carpet within 30 seconds.

25. What is the passage probably developed?

A. Contrast    B. Example  C. Time       D. Space

26. How did Professor Hilton feel after analyzing how many people chose to eat dropped food?

A. Puzzled     B. Upset    C. Satisfied    D. Astonished

27 .What is the main idea of this passage?

A. The food which is dropped on the floor can be eaten safely.

B. A research on the safety of food dropped on the floor is undertaken.

C. The bacteria have no negative effect on the safety of food.

D. People surveyed in the research are willing to accept the idea.

　　Dad had a green comb.He bought it when he married Mum.Every night,he would hand me his　1　and say,“Good girl,help Daddy clean it,OK?”

I was　2　to do it.At age five,this dull task brought me such　2　.I would excitedly turn the tap　4　and brush the comb carefully.Satisfied that I’d done a good job,I would happily return the comb to Dad.He would　5　affectionately at me and place the comb on his wallet.

Two years later,Dad started his own　6　,which wasn’t doing so well.That was when things started to　7　.Dad didn’t come home as early and as much as he used to.Mum and I became　8　with him for placing our family in trouble.With　9　,an uncomfortable silence grew between us.

After my graduation,Dad’s business was getting back on track.On my 28th birthday,Dad came home　10　.As usual,I helped him carry his bags into his study.When I turned to leave,he said,“Hey,would you help me　11　my comb?”I looked at him a while,then　12　the comb and headed to the sink.

It hit me then:why,as a child,　13　Dad clean his comb was such a pleasure.That routine(习惯)meant Dad was home early to　14　the evening with Mum and me.It　15　a happy and loving family.

I passed the clean comb back to Dad.He smiled at me and　16　placed his comb on his wallet.But this time,I noticed something　17　.Dad had aged.He had wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiled,　18　his smile was still as　19　as before,the smile of a father who just wanted a good　20　for his family.

1.A.bag　　　              B.wallet　　　             C.comb　　　             D.brush

2.A.annoyed                 B.relieved                     C.ashamed                  D.pleased

3.A.joy                        B.sadness                    C.courage                     D.pain

4.A.out                       B.over                          C.in                           D.on

5.A.stare                      B.smile                         C.shout                      D.laugh

6.A.family                    B.business                    C.task                          D.journey

7.A.progress                 B.change                      C.improve                    D.form

8.A.satisfied                  B.delighted                    C.mad                          D.strict

9.A.time                       B.patience                     C.speed                 D.ease

10.A.occasionally       B.early                       C.frequently                D.rarely

11.A.sharpen           B.repair                     C.clean                       D.keep

12.A.dropped             B.took                        C.handed                 D.threw

13.A.watching                  B.letting                  C.helping                  D.hearing

14.A.find             B.lose                         C.waste                     D.spend

15.A.affected          B.broke                C.meant             D.supported

16.A.firmly                B.hurriedly                    C.casually                   D.carefully

17.A.different         B.exciting                     C.interesting               D.urgent

18.A.for                          B.or                         C.so                        D.yet

19.A.convincing        B.heartwarming        C.cautious             D.innocent

20.A.origin                B.life                          C.reputation             D.education

Car companies are developing vehicles that will plug into electric sockets, ust like many laptops, digital cameras, cell phones and Mp4 do. Called “plug-in vehicles”, these cars will get most of their power from electricity. Their drivers won't have to stop at gas stations as often as usual.

   The technology is more than just cool. In our car-filled world, plug-in vehicles could reduce the amount of gas we use, which keeps rising in cost now and then. Besides, driving around in these vehicles may even help the environment. Gas-burning cars produce a lot of greenhouse gas, which causes global warming.

   The first company-produced plug-in vehicles could hit the roads by 2020. But engineers still have a lot of work to do to make the technology practical and inexpensive.

Batteries are the biggest challenge. In the plug-in-vehicle world，Li-ion(锂离子)batteries are getting the most attention. These batteries can store a large amount of energy in a small package, and they last a longer time between charges. Li-ion batteries can fit laptops, cell phones, heart instruments and other similar pocket ones.

But because cars are so big and heavy, it would still require a suitcase-sized Li-ion batteries to power about 12km of driving. What's more, the batteries are much expensive.

“A car filled with batteries could go a long distance,” says Ted Bohn, an electrical engineer in Chicago. “But it couldn't pull any people, and it would cost $100,000.” So researchers need to work out how to make batteries smaller and cheaper, among other questions.

“The answers don't exist yet, ” Bohn says, “As a kid, I thought someone someplace knows the answer to everything. All of these questions haven't been decided. That's what engineering is about-making a guess, running tests and getting fine results.”

28．According to the passage, the main problem of the new car is ______________.

A．the developing    B．the speed    C．the appearance   D．the batteries

29．Which is true according to the passage?

A．The “plug-in vehicles” will use electricity completely as driving power．

B．The new technology will help protect our environment．

C．The technology of using electricity as driving is quite practical now．      

D．The biggest challenge of the new technology is that it will cost us more energy．

30．How does Bohn feel about the future of the technology according to the last paragraph?

A．Confident    B．Puzzled．    C．Worried． D．Disappointed．

31．According to the passage, the new technology is facing the problems except that_______．

A．the new technology cannot come into use at present

B．the cost of the new technology is quite high

C．the government won't support the technology

D．the size of the batteries is too big at present

(     ) 21. If you want to work in the south, you can apply for a job as  ____.

A. a driver                B. an air hostess

C. a teacher               D. both A and B

(     ) 22. You may call ____when you wish to be a teacher.

A. 0755-6561382          B. 0411-4313861       

C. 010-88488970          D. any of the numbers

(     ) 23. Mary, aged 26, knows English and Japanese. She can apply to ___.

A. driving for Capes Taxi   

B. working for China Airlines      

C. teaching at Instant Languages Ltd.     

D. none of the above

(     ) 24. What prevents Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxi?

A. Liking beer and wine.         

B. Breaking traffic rules.

C. Being unable to speak a foreign language.                

D. Not having college education.

 The students who are sitting at the back of the classroom, please keep quiet, ________?

A. do you            B. don’t they          C. aren’t you          D. will you

   When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant  16  Miller King, who was the best  17  at our school.
Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for  18 .
        Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from  19 . He looked very  20 , but he didn’t cry.
        That season, I  21 all of Miller’s records while he  22  the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player,  23 I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s  24 .
        One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller  25 going over a fence—which wasn’t  26 to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept  27 from. But even that challenge he accepted. I 28  him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally  29  on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did  30 .Thank you for filling in for  31 .” 
        His words freed me from my bad  32 . I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was  33  ahead of me. I was right to have  34 him. From that day on，I grew   35  and a little more real.

16.A. staying with               B. cheering for             C. relying on                D. beating out
17.A. player                 B. student                    C. teacher                    D. coach
18.A. pleasure              B. show                       C. practice                   D. comfort
19.A. school                B. vacation                   C. hospital                   D. training
20.A. ashamed             B. calm                        C. relaxed                    D. pale
21.A. held                    B. tried                        C. set                          D. broke
22.A. reported              B. watched                   C. organized                 D. judged

23.A. but                     B. and                         C. then                        D. thus
24.A. decision              B. mistake                    C. failure                     D. accident
25.A. tired                   B. hurt                         C. stuck                             D. lost
26.A. steady                 B. hard                        C. fun                         D. fit
27.A.praise                  B. assistance                C. advice                     D. apology
28.A. helped                 B. let                           C. had                         D. noticed
29.A. dropped              B. ready                       C. safe                        D. trapped
30.A. normally             B. wrong                     C. quickly                    D. fine

31.A. us                             B. me                          C. yourself                   D. them
32.A. dreams                      B. ideas                       C. attitudes                  D. memories
33.A. still                     B. also                         C. yet                          D. just
34.A. challenged           B. cured                             C. invited                     D. admired
35.A.healthier               B. cleverer                C. bigger                  D. cooler

假如你是武汉某中学高中学生李华，英国一所中学将于下周一、周二组织学生来你校开展交流活动。期间，John Smith将借住你家。请你代表全家写信给John，欢迎他的到来。并告知有关活动安排。信的内容要点如下：
时间：   活动安排：
周一      学校活动
周二      游览市区景点

晚上      看电视，玩游戏，聊天
注意：1．词数：100左右；
      2．可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯；                                                 
      3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。                                                 

  Dear John,                                                                              

    I am glad to hear that you are coming to China and will stay at my home.                                                                            

    Looking forward to your coming !                                                                           

                                                                     Yours truly,

                                                                       Li Hua

On my first day of high school, I asked an eleventh-grader where my class was. And he told me it was “on the fourth floor, next to the pool.” I found out five minutes later that we don’t even have a fourth floor and there’s no pool either! Besides that, I didn’t have any trouble with the older kid.

I think the biggest difference between middle and high school is the homework load (工作量) and size of the school. I went from maybe fifteen minutes of homework a night to several hours, so I had to learn how to make full use of time! Our class size is around 550, but joining in clubs, sports, music, and other activities at school makes it easier to get to know people in every grade.

The best advice I can give about the years you spend in high school is to learn things for yourself, not just to get a good grade. There have been so many tests that I’ve prepared for the night before, gotten an A, and not remembered anything later. I’ve changed that this year, and I enjoy school so much more. Don’t take easy classes just to have a simple year. If you have a choice between chemistry and sports, the first will prove to be a lot more useful!

While drinking and smoking might be present in some middle schools, they’re also around in high school. I have a lot of friends who promised they’d never drink or smoke, but are now partying every weekend. If you have “fun” and spend your nights wasted instead of studying, you will regret it when you’re applying for (申请) college. The “friends” who say you’re a loser for not partying are really not your friends at all. It’s hard to see your closest friends grow apart and go in different directions, but don’t follow their footsteps. Create your own path in life and make your own decisions.

25. What happened to the author on his first day of high school?

A. He had a fight with an eleventh-grader.

B. He fell into a pool on the fourth floor.

C. He was five minutes late for class.

D. He was fooled by a schoolboy.

26. The author advises high school students to _____.

A. give up sports

B. choose useful classes

C. try their best to get good grades

D. get ready for tests the night before

27. The last paragraph mainly tells us _____.

A. about the trouble caused by drinking and smoking

B. about the importance of making friends

C. not to go to any party in high school

D. not to lose ourselves in high school