The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson's imagination. 41____ , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
    Stevenson,a Scotsman,had lived 42____ for many years.In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 43____ .With him were his American wife Fanny and his son 44_____ .Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 45____ over the hills.They had been 46_____ this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse.Kept indoors by the heavy rain,Lloyd felt the days 47____ .To keep the boy happy,Robert asked the boy to do some 48______ 
   One morning,the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island.Robert 49______ that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of  50______ ."What's that?" he asked."That's the 51______ treasure." said the boy. Robert suddenly 52_____ something of an adventure story in the boy's 53_____ .While the rain was pouring,Robert sat down by the fire to write a story.He would make the 54_____ a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd.But who would be the pirate (海盗)?
   Robert had a good friend named Henley,who walked around with the 55_____ of a wooden leg.Robert had always wanted to 56____ such a man in a story. 57_______ Long John Silver,the pirate with a wooden leg, was 58______ .
   So,thanks to a 59______ September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg,and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy,we have one of the greatest 60______ stories in the English language.

41．A．Therefore      B．However               C．Besides                 D．Finally

42．A．alone            B．next door              C．abroad                  D．at home

43．A．holiday          B．story                     C．meeting                 D．job

44．A．Henley          B．Robert                  C．Lloyd                    D．John

45．A．talk               B．rest                       C．game                    D．walk

46．A．attempting     B．missing                  C．enjoying                D．planning

47．A．dull               B．quiet                     C．busy                     D．cold

48．A．cleaning        B．drawing                 C．writing                  D．exercising

49．A．doubted        B．recognized            C．decided                D．noticed

50．A．the sea          B．the house              C．the island      D  Scotland．

51．A．buried           B．forgotten               C．discovered            D．unexpected

52．A．drew             B．saw                       C．made                    D．learned

53．A．book            B．reply                     C．mind                     D．picture

54．A．hero              B．star                       C．writer                    D．child

55．A．help              B．problem                C．use                       D．bottom

56．A．praise           B．include                  C．produce                D．accept

57．A．Yet               B．Also                      C．Thus          D．But

58．A．read              B．born                      C．hired                     D．written

59．A．sunny            B．rainy                     C．cool                      D．windy

60．A．adventure     B．love                      C．news         D．real-life

 After______ , he realized that he was wrong in doing that .

A. sometimes B. some time C. sometime D. some times

It was the last day of school before the Christmas break. After school, I went to a fast-food restaurant Subway, where I occasionally liked to treat   56  (me) with some snacks when I didn’t bring home-made lunch. When I finished   57  (order) and was ready to pay, the young man in front of me had just paid. However,   58  I was about to give my ten-dollar bill to the cashier, the young man turned his head and said with a smile on his face, “I have paid   59  your order. Merry Christmas!” Then he walked toward a couple of friends    60  were waiting for him at the door.   61  (hear) his words, I was shocked. I heard of the kind behavior many times before, but it   62   (expect) happened to me today. So I immediately went up to him and thanked him for his   63   (kind). And he responded, “Christmas is around the corner. I always do this at this time of the year.” What he said   64  (inspire) me, and I was determined to do good deeds. For me,   65  (participate) in charity work might be a good way to spread my love.

Although most of them have no doubt _____ he will pass the exam, I still think there is something about ______he has really got everything ready.

81. 突然…起来                           82. 享有------的福气                 

83. 溜走                                 83. 与------关系很好                 

85. 对------感到惭愧                       86. 与------情况相同                 

87. 与------分享感受与想法                 88. 与------ 进行往来                 

89. 给-----赋予活力                        90. 对------感激                 

In 1994 I was in the midst of a depression (抑郁症）. When I was depressed, I____21____. One day I was clearing up the rooms and found a CD covered with____22____. I wiped it off, put it in the_____23_____and started washing dishes. A man’s voice, reading poetry,_____24_____my house. The sound of the speaker’s voice and the words of the poems reached something deep inside me. I stopped and___25___

I began to take poems into my ____26____, not simply reading them, but developing rich relationships with the___27___I learned many by heart. They became my therapy (治疗）and____28____. Those poems made me wiser and healthier.

___29___, in the fall of 2008, poetry____30____me in a way I had never expected. I had put all my____31____in a small, local fund (基金).Two months later, the leader of the fund left me a message: “The financial crisis____32____our fund particularly hard. We' ve lost everything.”

I stood there,_____33_____.

Suddenly I heard a poem,____34____, called Kindness in my mind. It felt like the poem had been written for me___35___, for this exact moment, like the perfect helper____36____on the scene at the instant of an accident. Kindness became my ___37___I read it before going to bed, and at breakfast every morning. It reminded me that this was not a____38____, but a path to sympathy, and I was not walking alone. Even now, I____39____Kindness several times a week to carry me___40___  the heart of what really matters to me.

21. A. ran    B. slept    C. cleaned    D. sang

22. A. dust    B. paper    C. clothes    D. bedding

23. A. drawer    B. player    C. washer    D. fridge

24. A. swept    B. occupied    C. decorated    D. filled

25. A. wept    B. left    C. laughed    D. listened

26. A. home    B. life    C. class    D. mind

27. A. tunes    B. rhymes    C. words    D. CDs

28. A. medicine    B. food    C. assistance    D. attention

29. A. Still    B. Yet    C. Then    D. Soon

30. A. surprised    B. impressed    C. warned    D. rescued

31. A. faith    B. savings    C. hope    D. expenses

32. A. hit    B. blew    C. pushed    D. pressed

33. A. fearless    B. thankless    C. breathless    D. defenseless

34. A. by coincidence    B. out of nowhere    C. in the distance    D. by accident

35. A. immediately    B. sincerely    C. casually    D. personally

36. A. reading    B. arriving    C. walking    D. escaping

37. A. homework    B. religion    C. prayer    D. memory

38. A. mistake    B. lesson    C. comfort    D. tragedy

39. A. reach for    B. dream of    C. refer to    D. meet with

40. A. for    B. with    C. off    D. into

It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music, but it is ________ another to play it well yourself.

A. quite  B. very  C. rather  D. much

下面短文中共有10处错误，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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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，从第11处起不计分。

    As many other places, our hometown is either facing the problem of pollution. Unfortunately, people there have realized the importance of protection the natural environment Factories have been taken measures to stop pouring polluted water into the rivers. The citizens no longer put waste, such as rubbish or human waste into the rivers. Every year, a great number trees are planted. As a result, the water in the rivers are becoming cleaner and cleaner. The hills around the city were covered with green trees and the air there is much more fresher than before.  

A man looking at his smartphone while walking across a railway crossing in Nanjing had a close knock on Oct. 22. So absorbed        61       he in his smartphone that he didn’t see a train approaching     62      it brushed past him,         63       (throw) him to the ground. This should serve as a warning

        64      people should be aware of their      65       (surround) , especially when crossing roads

Luckily, the man survived a brush with death, but the incident forced the driver to stop the train.      66___ 18-minute delays followed the incident,        67       led to a break in the running of other trams on the route.

Smartphone addiction          68       (spread) like an infectious disease during the past few years .It is evident that it will do great harm to society. What is    69       (bad), some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends.      

Some people blame the smart phone for the tragedy. But if people’s self-control and self -discipline        70       (weaken),the tragedy wouldn't, I have occurred.    

 英语课上，老师要求同桌相互修改作文。假设以下作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。共有10处错误，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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号 （^），并在此符号下面写出改加的词。

   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。

A traveller hurried down to the hall of the hotel. He had only 15 minutes to get to the station after the train started. Suddenly, he remembered that he had left anything in his room upstairs. “Look here, boy,” he said the young waiter, “run up to my room and sees if I have left a bag on the table there. Be quickly, please.” The boy ran upstairs. Five minutes were passed. The traveller was walking up or down in the hall, look at his watch again and again. At last, the boy appeared. “Yes, sir, he reported to the travelers, don’t worry about it, you have left your bag there, it’s right on the table in your room.”

 “Do you really want to eat that?” “Slow down. I’m worried about your healthy.” These were just a few of the much comments I received my parents. These and other comments made me find a personally trainer. The comments also made me feel terrible about my figure, what in turn caused unhealthy behavior included secret eating. Now, at 24 years old, I weigh 240 pound and I’m still getting those same comments from my family, despite a fact that I’ve asked them to stop. Such comments are really annoyed. I do hope that all parents will stop to saying such things to their children.

请用学生会的名义用英语写一个参观北京动物园的书面通知。

（1）      通知对象：高二学生；

（2）      参观日期：4月15日，星期六；

（3）      简介：北京动物园是世界上最大的动物园之一，有100多年的历史；

（4）      活动内容：上午自由参观，中午在小岛上吃午饭，下午请动物饲养员做有关保护野生动物的报告；

（5）      注意事项：自带午餐和饮料，穿结实的鞋；

（6）      集合时间、地点：早晨7点，校门口。                                                                                                                       

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Tower Bridge is one of London’s most striking ___41___ (attract) that you shouldn’t miss when visiting the capital. This magnificent piece of Victorian architecture ___42___ (date) back to the late 1880s, and until the mid - 1970s the main bridge ___43___ (operate) by a steam engine.

Today Tower Bridge is a splendid landmark typical of London, ___44___ (surround) by cafes, and bars where tourists and locals alike can sit and enjoy the beautiful bridge, ___45___ looks like two small castles over the Thames, just like something out of a fairy tale.

It is free to admire Tower Bridge and walk on it ___46___ any time; it’s striking to look at during the day and magic when lit up at night, ___47___ don’t miss out on this wonderful scene!

If you’d like ___48___ (step) inside the towers of the famous bridge, you can book Tower Bridge Exhibition tickets. During the exhibition, you can visit the famed engine rooms and impressive towers and find out ___49___ the bridge came into existence through digital displays. You can also pay ___50___ visit to the glass room of Tower Bridge on the high - level walkways. There are even yoga classes available on the glass floor of Tower Bridge!

Among rich countries, people in the United States work the longest hours. They work much longer than in Europe. This difference is quite surprising because productivity per hour worked is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain and Germany, and it is growing at a similar speed.

    In most countries and at most times in history, as people have become richer they have chosen to work less. In other words, they have decided to “spend” a part of their extra income on a fuller personal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of work have fallen sharply. But not in the United States. We do not fully know why this is. One reason may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.

Longer hours do of course increase the GDP (国内生产总值). So the United States has produced more per worker than, say, France. The United States also has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that American GDP per head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity per hour worked is the same.

It is not clear which of the two situations is better. As we have seen, work has to be compared with other values like family life, which often get lost in interest. It is too early to explain the different trends(趋势) in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that in the United States happiness has made no progress since 1975, while it has risen in Europe. Could this have anything to do with trends in the work-life balance?

31.Which of the following countries has more of its people at work?

A. Spain           B. France       C. Germany         D. America.

32.In the last paragraph, the underlined word “which” refers to_______.

A. family life       B. situations     C. other values       D. trends

33.What message can we get from the text?

A. The GDP of Europe is higher than that of America.

B. Two possible reasons are given for working longer hours in the US.

C. People all over the world choose to work less when they are richer.

D. Americans are happier than Europeans.

34.From the text we know that the author        .

A. believes that longer working hours is better

B. prefers shorter working hours to longer ones

C. says nothing certain about which pattern is better

D. thinks neither of the patterns is good

35.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Americans and Europeans        B. Staying at Home

C. Work and Productivity           D. Work and Happiness

The Airport Art Program is proud to have three Youth Art Galleries at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Georgia students, from kindergarten（幼儿园）to twelfth grade, are given the chances to have their artwork exhibited to an ever-changing audience（观众）in the millions. In return these talented youths provide new artwork every three months to enrich the airport.

The first gallery opened in the summer of 1997. In December of 1998 a second gallery opened. Both of these galleries are organized by the Airport Art Program and Georgia Art Education Association(GAEA). The GAEA aims to improve the conditions of teaching art across Georgia. They organize meetings for art students to improve their skills and provide exhibition chances for them to show their artwork. They also hold meetings twice a year for teachers.

The third Youth Art Gallery is organized by the Airport Art Program and the Youth Art Connection(YAC)of Atlanta. YAC is a part of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. YAC uses the arts as a way to connect with children and teens who don’t get enough help or services. They also work with the community to provide cultural enrichment programs for young people.

To join in or get information about the first and second Youth Art Galleries, please visit the Georgia Art Education Association’s website at http://www.gaea.armstrong.edu or click here for a brochure（宣传册）.

For information about the third Youth art Gallery and the Youth Art Connection, please visit http://www. youthartconnection.org.

To buy artwork from any of the three Youth Art Galleries, please call(404) 382-2455.

1．What does GAEA do according to the text?

A. They organize meetings for teachers every two years.

B. They provide exhibition changes for teachers.

C. They help art students to improve their skills.

D. They help art students to sell their artwork.

2．Which of the following organizations helps students who don’t have enough services?

A. The Airport Art Program.

B. The Youth Art Connection.

C. Georgia Art Education Association

D. The Boys &Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta.

3．If you want to know more information about the third Youth Art Gallery, you can________.

A. visit http://www. youthartconnection.org

B. visit http://www.gaea.armstrong.edu

C. call (404) 382-2455

D. pick up a brochure

My friend told me that many factories in his city ________to close down because of increasing costs.

A．have been forced      B．have forced     C．had been forced    D．had forced

 He accidentally __________ he had quarreled with his wife and that he hadn’t been home for a couple of weeks.

A. let out             B. took care      C. made sure           D. made out

The kids in this village wear dirty, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts(小屋） made of sticks and mud. They have no school. Yet they all c an chant the English alphabet（字母表）, and some can make words.

The key to their success: 20 tablet computers(平板电脑) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S. group called One Laptop Per Child.

The goal is to find out whether kids using today’s new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers analyzing the project data say they’re already amazed. “What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,” said Matt Keller, who runs the Ethiopia program.

The fastest learner—and the first to turn on one of the tablets—is 8-year-old Kelbesa Negusse. The device’s camera was disabled to save memory, yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera work. He called himself a lion, a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia.

With his tablet, Kelbasa rearranged the l etters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knows. Then he spelled words on his own. “Seven months ago he didn’t know any English. That’s unbelievable,” said Keller.

The project aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading,” where they can read to learn. It won’t be in Amharic, Ethiopia’ s first language, but in English, which is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs.

12. What can we infer from Keller’s words in Paragraph 3?

   A. They need more time to analyze data.

   B.More children are needed for the research.

   C. He is confident about the future of the project.

   D. The research should be carried out in kindergartens.

13.It amazed Keller that with the tablet Kelbesa could _______.

  A.learn English words quickly

  B.draw pictures of animals

  C.write letters to researchers

  D.make phone calls to his friends

14. How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the village?

   A. It trains teachers for them. 

   B. It contributes to their self-study.

   C. It helps raise their living standards.          

   D. It provides funds for building schools.

15. What is the aim of the project?

   A. To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs. 1111]

   B. To make Amharic widely used in the world.

   C. To help Ethiopian kids read to learn in English.

  D. To assist Ethiopians in learning their first language.

       Books have tremendous power. Between their pages, readers can be transported to anywhere imaginable and become just about anyone or anything. Unfortunately, many children all over the world don’t have access to books. For several years now, Maria Keller, a 14-year-old girl from Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been changing that fact.

        When she was 8 years old, Maria already loved reading. She also noticed that some of her classmates didn’t read as much as she did. When she asked her mother why that could be, her mother said that they might not be able to afford books. Maria had never thought of this. She could not believe that some children might not have bedtime stories read to them. She became determined to change this.

       With her mother’s help, Maria created Read Indeed. Read Indeed is a non-profit organization aiming to collect and distribute(分发) books to children in need. During the early stages of Read Indeed, Maria set the goal to collect and distribute 1 million books by the time she was 18. It didn’t take long to reach that goal.

       Today, at age 14, she has collected over 1.8 million books and has shipped them to many states and countries around the world. She says, “I cannot live without books. As I continue my mission, I have learned that the number of kids who have no books are in the hundreds of millions. So I just can’t give up, even after reaching my original goal of 1 million books distributed.”

       She recently set a new goal: to distribute donations to kids in need in every state in the United States, and every country in the world. She keeps track of her progress on a large map at the warehouse(仓库) where they store and sort books. Maria believes that she can get support from even more people and help kids around the world to become better readers!

28．We can know from Paragraph 2 that ________.

A. some of Maria’s classmates had no textbooks

B. some of Maria’s classmates didn’t have money to buy books

C. some of Maria’s classmates didn’t like reading at all

D. some of Maria’s classmates couldn’t afford to go to school

29．According to the passage, which statement about Read Indeed is true?

A. It collects and gives out books to poor children.

B. It is an organization which sells books to children around the world.

C. It raises money to buy books for children.

D. It is a campaign which encourages children to read.

30．What can we infer from what Maria says in Paragraph 4?

A. She lives on selling books.

B. Her original dream has been achieved.

C. She will give up her mission of distributing books.

D. The number of children who have no books has greatly dropped.

31．Which word can best describe Maria?

A. Optimistic.    B. Smart.    C. Brave.    D. Strong-willed.