Once upon a time, there used to be a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy．He had almost everything a boy could ever want，so he was only 46  in the most rare objects. One day his parents bought him a very strange   47  ．When the boy went to see his reflection(映像)in it，he looked very  48  ．He tried smiling，  49   his reflection continued with its sad expression.

      50  , the boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys．He came home as happy as he could be，but he   51  looked sad in that mirror.

    “What a(n)  52   mirror! It’s the first time I’ve seen a mirror that didn’t   53  properly!”

    That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was 54  ．The boy went over to see what had  55  to her. The little girl said that she couldn’t find her parents.

    Together the two children set off   56   them. As the little girl wouldn't stop crying，the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to  57   her up．After much walking，they  58  her parents who were looking for her，very worried.

    Then the boy said   59   to the family．When seeing the time， he   60   to head for home．without toys and without   61 ．In his room，to his great surprise，he found a(n)   62  face in the mirror. And so he understood the   63   of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the   64   feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having   65   that little girl．

46.A．confident         B．interested      C．skilled             D．rich

47.A．mirror             B．book             C．sweet                     D．toy

48.A．shy                 B．excited          C．beautiful          D．sad

49.A ．for                B．or                 C．but                 D．and

50.A ．Proud           B．Hungry         C．Satisfied          D．Surprised

51.A．still                 B．already          C．once               D．never

52.A ．nice               B．terrible          C．big               D．expensive

53.A．move              B．work            C．change            D．appear

54.A．studying          B．playing          C．sleeping          D．crying

55.A．devoted           B．referred        C．happened               D．turned

56.A．in need of        B．in honor of    C．in search of     D．in charge of

57.A．cheer              B．put               C．dress              D．bring

58.A．recognized       B． found          C．1eft                D．accepted

59.A．sorry              B．hello             C．goodbye          D．no

60.A．refused                  B．agreed          C．pretended        D．decided

61.A．effort              B．hope             C．doubt              D．money

62.A．red                 B．dark             C．happy           D．angry

63.A．wonder                  B．meaning        C．game              D．reason

64.A．true                B．strange         C．general            D．good

65.A．introduced       B．helped           C．invited            D．saved

1. I wish I                (have) a chance to talk with you about my writing before you left.

2.                 ( live ) in Zhangzhou for many years, I know this ancient city quite well.

3. Quiet student                 he may be, he talks a lot about his favourite singer after class.

4. She is proud to                 (represent) her country recently in an international competition.

5. Unless                 (invite) to speak, you should remain silent at the conference.

6. If I can help                , I don’t like working late into the night. 

When I discovered I was pregnant ( 怀孕的），my husband and I decided to shut our shop in  a town of South Africa, so my husband could accept a job in Pretoria, a city some distance 

away. As I felt   16   because of my pregnancy, I had to   17    until after birth. 

      While my husband   18   in the city, I still had to work in the hot weather. I   19   a lot from 

terrible sickness. My warm and helpful   20   helped me during the day, but at night I was   21   in our flat. 

     But that all   22   one evening, when there was a knock at the door. A   23   couple appeared. “ You can‟t stay alone here like this, ” they said. “   24   a case.  We are taking you to our farm. ” 

     I was   25  . I recognized them as   26   who had brought their television to my husband for 

repair. But they could see my   27  . “ Come along! You can stay as long as you like!”  28 the wife .She sounded a lot like my mother,   29   I packed my suitcase and left. 

    For two months  Hendrik and Ella put a lot of fresh milk in their fridge, with   30   that I should drink freely. My meals were cooked; my room was cleaned; and I was     31  

    Ella was with me when the twins were   32  ,  and gave my husband a first-hand account as he waited   33   in Pretoria. 

     That was 19 years ago, and the   34   babies have grown into two delightful young men. They are our sons, but they are also constant   35   that kindness can reach out to heal a heart. 

16. A. comfortable    B.awful         C. guilty            D. wonderful 

17. A. stay behind     B.keep off      C. hold back     D. set out 

18. A. Wandered      B. studied       C. moved          D. Labored 

19. A. suffered        B. grew           C. worked         D. earned 

20. A.  colleagues     B. teachers       C. neighbors      D.classmates 

21. A.  sad            B. scared          C. alone            D. hungry 

22. A. arrived         B. continued      C. changed       D. developed 

23. A. young           B. patient         C. happy            D. kind 

24. A. Pack            B. Pick            C. Fetch            D. Make 

25. A. moved          B. surprised      C. excited          D. pleased 

26. A. workers         B. passengers    C. doctors         D. customers 

27. A. desire          B. hesitation        C. sorrow       D. progress 

28. A. ordered        B. answered       C. urged          D. advised 

29. A. for              B. so                C. as               D. if 

30. A.satisfaction    B.  instructions   C. attention      D. descriptions 

31. A. loved           B. invited          C. employed     D. protected 

32. A. found          B. greeted          C. born            D. adopted 

33. A. angrily         B. lonely           C. hardly          D. anxiously 

34. A. sleeping       B. lying             C. smiling         D. crying 

35. A. visitors        B. callers          C. reminders     D. thinkers 

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限一词；

      2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

     When I was a child, I spent more than ten years learn the violin．Therefore, I couldn't understand "real music"．After I graduated at high school, a friend of mine suggested that we started to learn the guitar because we all thought it was cool．l will never forget the day on that we went to buy guitars in the guitar store．There I saw a guitar player playing the guitar, which I really enjoyed. He became my the first guitar teacher．It took me such a long time choose a guitar among several wonderful model. Now the guitar is the most importantly part of my life and I practice it every day.

61.I can convince you that he's even more handsome________ (本人)than in his pictures.

62.Twenty years ago, his father was very rich and was________(拥有)a farm.

63.It is illegal for a public official to ask people for gifts or money____ (交换)favors to them.

64.The young lady________(发出) a cry of surprise when she saw something strange moving in the dark.

65.We've made our plans, and now we must ________ them  ________.(付诸行动)

66.It still remains a mystery why some people ________(习惯于)  certain flower fragrance while others are not.

67.Unfortunately, George cannot be with us today so I am pleased to accept this award________ (代表)him.

68. The food is not very good in this restaurant，but we shall just have to ________ (容忍,忍受)it.

69. He wants very much to go to college，but he  ________ (担心)not passing the entrance examination.

70. I've ________(订阅) an electronic magazine via e­mail and it will be sent to my e­mail box every week.

请根据下图写一篇100~120个词的短文。你的短文应包括下列要点：

1．简要描写图画内容。

2．说明图画含义。

3．从中学生中的角度谈谈你的看法。参考词汇：container n. 容器

 “ Croeso I Gymru!,” If you don't know what this means, read on to find out more.

When you cross over the border from England into Wales, you don't have to show your passport but you do notice a difference immediately. All the road markings and signs are shown in two languages — English and Welsh (威尔士语）. Not all visitors to Britain know that other languages are spoken here. There's the Gaelic (盖尔语)language in Scotland and a few people speak Cornish (康沃尔语）in the southwest of England, but the most widely spoken language in the UK besides English is Welsh.

Perhaps the first Welsh word you^'ll see on the road into Wales is ARAF. There's a helpful English translation next to it — SLOW. As you can see, Welsh looks quite different from English. It sounds very different, too. Welsh looks and sounds so different from English because it’s a Celtic language. Celtic cultures still exist around the edges of the UK — in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and also in parts of France. For hundreds of years, almost everyone in Wales spoke Welsh, but nowadays there are about 600 thousand Welsh speakers — around 20% of the population.

So is Welsh dying out? Not at all! Nowadays, all school children in Wales study Welsh and many choose to go to an all Welsh-speaking school. You can get public information in Welsh, speak Welsh in court or take a course at university in Welsh. People surf the Internet in Welsh, keep up with friends on Facebook and write blogs in Welsh.

By the way, ^“Croeso I Gymru!" means “Welcome to Wales!” 一 I hope you'll be able to visit it one day.

21.According to the passage, Welsh ______.

   A. has developed from Cornish         B. is still widely used in the UK

   C. sounds a little similar to English D. is more widely spoken than before

22.How does the author feel about the future of Welsh?

A. Optimistic.   B. Curious.   C. Worried.             D. Confused.

23.What is the author's purpose of writing the passage?

 A. To explain a typical Welsh term.       B. To compare English with Welsh.

 C. To give an introduction to Welsh.      D. To encourage people to visit Wales.

The fact that trees are vital to our life is no secret. They provide us with food, wood and most importantly, oxygen. Now there is one more thing you can add to this list -blocking out harmful bacteria from water.

    The discovery was pointed out by a team made up of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and high school student who were seeking a natural water filter — one that would help communities in developing countries that are not equipped with modern water systems.

    The researchers, led by Rohit Karnik, a professor at MIT, decided to turn to trees for help because they allow liquid to flow through, while blocking out air bubbles.

    They began by cutting 1.5-inch-wide sections of tree bark from the branches of a white pine tree. The researchers then tested the wood's filtering ability by pouring water containing red dye particles (粒子) of different sizes, through. To their astonishment, they found that it was effective in trapping all the particles. Encouraged, the team conducted another experiment, this time with water that contained bacteria. Sure enough, the sapwood (边材) held back 99% of the bacteria, allowing only 1% to flow through.

   Mr. Karnik says that the bark was able to filter water containing much smaller particles. This means that barks can be used to get rid of a majority of bacteria, since most are at least 10 times as wide. However, what troubles them is that tree barks aren’t blocking out viruses, which tend to be much smaller.

    Also, while the pine sapwood is effective, we must remember one thing—it only works when it is moist. This means that before this natural filter can be put to practical use, the researchers will have to figure out how to keep the wood damp, or find a way to keep the bark's great filtering capability even when it's dry!

   But the team is not done yet. They plan on testing other types of sapwood, including those from flowering trees which have smaller pores (气孔). They think that these may be more effective in trapping smaller particles and even viruses

32. How could the scientists’ discovery about trees affect some developing countries?

  A. More pine trees will be planted.               B. Bacteria will be removed from water.

  C. People won’t worry about water pollution.       D. Clean water will become more accessible.

33. In the experiments, the researchers ________.

  A. found tree barks can’t get rid of viruses          B. used water containing particles of similar size

  C. were surprised tree barks remove all the bacteria   D. made sure most particles were bigger than bacteria

24. The underlined word “moist” in the passage probably means ________.

  A. hot                                       B. cold

  C. dry                                       D. wet

35. The team is going to conduct other experiments to ________.

  A. search for more kinds of wood barks             B. find a way to keep the wood damp

  C. improve the filtering ability of trees              D. test the filtering ability of other trees

Hobbs was an orphan. He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work changed him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.

One day the lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded（惊呆的）. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place of the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”

“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will,” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”

“Yes, I see. I’ll do that.” said the young man.

46.He wanted to borrow money because he wanted to      .

   A. study abroad       B. work abroad

   C. pay for the debts    D. learn to paint pictures

47.Hobbs was dumbfounded on receiving the money because he thought      .

  A. the money was too much    B. the money was too little

  C. he would be dismissed      D. the lawyer meant to punish him

48.With the money he got, first Hobbs      .

  A. planned to have a happy life for a few days

  B. decided to give up his work in the office

  C. was to give a dinner to his friends

  D. had no idea what to do

49.What Hobbs was asked to do was      .

  A. to tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it

  B. to read his uncle’s will

  C. to tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money

  D. nothing but to buy some pictures

50.What Hobbs really loved to do was      .

  A. working in the factory     B. living in a fine hotel

  C. painting pictures         D. saving the money

Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants, too.

Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.

For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.

About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn’t have the skills that he would need to live in the hard, rough country.

Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds.

A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.

The Green Revolution is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.

21. According to the passage, a greenhorn means______ now.

A. a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed   

B. a soldier who has not had any experience in war  

C. a person who is new in a job  

D. a man who doesn’t have the skills to live in the country

22. The meaning of the underlined word “ripe” in the second paragraph is ______.

A. 未完成的         B. 成熟的       C. 青涩的           D. 老练的

23. Which of the following about the Green Revolution is NOT right? ______.

A. If there weren’t the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat.

B. The expression “the Green Revolution” appeared several years ago.  

C. Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains.

D. Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution.

24. The main idea of the passage is ______.

A. a greenhorn                          B. a green thumb 

C. the Green Revolution                 D. the word “green” and its story

现在，许多父母都到孩子所在的学校附近租房子“陪读”。对此现象人们意见不一。请根据以下提示，用英语写一篇120词左右的短文，并发表自己的看法。

    One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he   61   (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it; neither too much   62  too little.”  
    His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,   63   not save a bit of money?”  
    “That would be a very    64   (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours.”Nick said. 
    Nick’s guests,   65   had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt   66    a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect   67   the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.” 
    “But such a small thing couldn’t   68   (possible) destroy a village.” 
    “In the beginning, there was only   69   very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always    70   (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”

 The teacher rather than the students_________ learning polities, which_______ hard to understand.

   A. is, is               B. is, are            C. are, is            D. are, are

       The truth  61  trees are vital to our life is not a secret. They provide us with food, wood and most 62  (important), oxygen. Now there is one more thing we can add to this list—blocking out harmful bacteria from water.

    The discovery 63  (make) by a team consisting 64  scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and high school students 65  were seeking a natural water filter—one that would help communities in developing countries that do not have access to modern water filter systems.

    The 66  (research), led by Professor Rohit Karnik, decided to turn to trees for help 67  they could allow liquid to flow through, while blocking out air bubbles.

    They began by cutting 1.5-inch-wide sections of tree bark from the branches of a white pine tree. The people related then tested the wood’s filtering ability by pouring water containing red dye particles of different sizes through. 68  their amazement, they found that it was effective in trapping all the articles. 69  (encourage), the team conducted 70 experiment, this time with water that contained bacteria. Sure enough, the sapwood held back 99% of the bacteria, allowing only 1% to flow through.

  Yesterday I read an interesting poem about friendship. It 61.______(call) Friendship Soup and the poet thinks making good friends is similar 62._____ making good soup. According to 63._____ poem, a good friend, like a bowl of good soup, is good for us. To make good friendship soup, first we have to prepare a lot of ingredients 64.________ friendship needs. For example, we need similar interests so that we will spend more time 65._____ (do) the things we enjoy together and friendship will grow. Trust is also 66.____ we need in the friendship soup. With trust, we can talk to our friends about everything and share our 67.______(feel). Besides, friendship needs care 68.______(make) it grow. Just as we can’t leave soup on the stove 69.______ stirring it, we can’t just sit back 70.______(lazy) and wait for the friendship to grow.

 — Forgotten something? I can keep an eye on your kids if you want to go and get it.

—       Thank you all the same.

A. It's very kind of you.              B. Oh, how careless of me!

C.I might as well go and get it.           D. Well, I can do without it.

    Martha Kostyra was born in Jersey City ,New Jersey on August3, 1941(she became Martha Stewart  when she married Andy Stewart in 1961). Martha’s dad was a pharmaceutical (制药学的) salesman and her wife was a housewife and a teacher. Her were fairly strict and required their children to do plenty of housework and help around the house . Martha learned how to cook and sew from her mother .She also learned about gardening by helping her father out in the yard.

    When Martha was in high school , she made extra money by babysitting and organizing children’ parties . She was a bright student and attended Barnard College in New York city. She helped pay for her schooling through modeling jobs. In 1962, she graduated from Barnard with degrees in History and Architectural History.

Before graduating from college, Martha married Andy Stewart. After college she and Andy traveled and Martha continued to model. Martha had her only child, a daughter named Alexis, in 1965. Two years later, Martha wanted to go to work. She got a job as a stockbroker in New York City and worked for six years.

    In 1971,Martha and Andy purchased a farmhouse they called Turkey Hill in Westport, connecticut. After quitting her job, Martha spent her time completely restoring the old farmhouse. She also studied how to cook and became an excellent gourmet chef. One day Martha decided to put her cooking skills to the test by opening up her own catering business. She cooked food and hosted large dinner parties and quickly became a success.

Through her books and television appearances, Martha soon became famous . In the 1990s, she began to expand her business . She started a magazine called Martha Stewart Living, a popular newspaper column, and her own television show. The name Martha Stewart became a brand that was worth millions of dollars . In 1997, she formed a company called Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. She was president and CEO. She took the company public in 1999, selling shares in the company. At one point her estimated wealth was nearly $1 billion. She also had her own band of products at stores like Home Depot, K-Mart, Macy’s and Sears. She also worked with home builders to design Martha Stewart inspired homes.

66. Martha has NOT been a                     

A. baby-sitter   B.  stockbroker   C. caterer    D.    home builder

67. What started Martha ‘ s success in business?

A. Her modeling jobs

B. Her graduation from college

C. Her catering business.

D. Her effort into the farmhouse

68.The underlined phrase “took the company public” is closed in meaning to “           ”

A. made the company appear on the stock market

B. Made the company known to more people

C. shared the secrets of her success with the public

D. Sold the whole company to the highest bidder

69.   What is the purpose of this passage?

A. To introduce Martha and Andy.

B. To introduce Martha and her life stories.

C. To show parents’ role in one’s success

D. To stress the importance of doing various jobs.

No one can change the weather. But if we read correctly the signs around us, we can tell how the weather will be. This way of telling of what the weather will be like on the following day or two is called weather forecasting.

 For many centuries and in all countries, people have studied the weather and tried to make weather forecasting. Rings around the sun are a sigh of coming rain. Many people feel in their bones the coming of wet weather, their joints ache. Some birds fly high if fine weather is coming, but they fly near the ground if rainy or stormy weather is on the way. It is probably because of the insects which they are hunting that they fly low. If you see a rainbow during rainy weather, this is a sign that the weather will become clear and fine. Such rainbows come in the evening. If the stars twinkle clearly at night, then fine weather will continues. If a fog appears in the morning just above a river, then the day will be warm. If the sunset is mostly red in color, then the following day will be warm. If a rainbow appears in the morning, rainy weather will probably come.

Most of the above saying have been made by the people who have used their eyes and brains to make weather forecast.

25. People's joints ache _______.

A. is a sign of coming rain       B. without any reason 

C. because they are ill           D. because of the insects

26. The birds fly high and the stars twinkle clearly is a sign that the weather will _______. 

A. be warm     B. be rainy       C. become clear and fine   D. be cold

27. A rainbow is a _______ of the fine weather. 

A. sign      B. way       C. method       D. road

28. Which of the following signs can tell the weather will probably be warm?

A. A rainbow appears in the morning. B. Some birds fly high.

C. The stars twinkle clearly at night.   B. Fogs appear in the morning just above a river.

     Have you ever heard of e-books? E-books are electronic books. They are no larger than an ordinary book, with a screen on which you can read.

     How does the e-book work?

     First, you call up websites on your computer and select books that you want. There are thousands of books provided by different websites on the Internet. Then download the books you like on to your e-book. You can download about 10 books at a time. Now you can just sit back and enjoy yourself reading.

     Compared with ordinary books, e-books have many advantages. First of all, e-books save space. You can put as many as 10 books into a thing no bigger than a pocket radio and then carry it everywhere. You can renew reading materials in your e-book as many times as you like. With the development of e-book technology, probably an e-library will appear. Then you just take your e-books there and download what you want to read. You no longer need to worry about whether your books are over-due or not.

32. E-books are _________.

   A. electronic books              B. no larger than an ordinary book

   C. very popular in big cities       D. A, B and C

33. First, you _______________.

   A. call up websites on your computer   B. read books that you want

   C. turn on your e-book              D. download the books you like

34. You can download __________ books at a time.

   A. two      B. ten     C. twelve     D. twenty

35. E-books ______________.

   A. save space                 B. save money

   C. look like a pocket radio       D. carry easily

If only she ______his advice !  

A..had taken      B.has taken     C.will take    D.takes