John was traveling by ship to Europe when a terrible storm came. A great leak was filling the ship with water. No matter how hard the sailors and passengers worked at the pumps, the water was still rising. The ship was sinking fast. There seemed to be no hope. But the captain told them not to give up hope. He said that there was hope so long as the ship remained above water. He promised that if they didn’t give up hope, he would land them safely. The captain’s powerful will moved them all. In the end he did land them safely.

After they landed, John found the captain to show his appreciation. But to his surprise, the captain said to him that he was the boy of 30 years ago who bought a geography book in his bookstore. John suddenly thought of the boy. At that time the boy didn’t have enough money, but he had gone from shop to shop and believed he could get what he wanted. Finally, he made it. Now , it was the same willpower of him that saved the lives of all the passengers.

【写作内容】

在一次课外阅读中，你读上面的故事，决定写篇文章针对“毅力与成功”发表自己的看法。内容要点包括：

1．以约30个词概括故事的内容要点；

2．然后以约120个词就“毅力与成功”这个主题发表你的看法，内容包括：

（1）叙述你或你的同学凭借毅力取得成功的事例；

（2）你认为取得成功，主要是靠毅力还是智力？

【写作要求】

1．你可以使用实例或者其他论证方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但是不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

【评分标准】

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

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Going green seems to be fad(时尚)for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can’t really say, but for the tow of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.
    On April22, 2011, we decided to go green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.
    With the idea of going green every single day for a year, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.
    Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyle. We now shop at organic(有机的)stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don’t need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.
    Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet.

28. What might be the best title for the passage?

A. Keeping Open-Minded             

B. Protecting the Planet.
C. Going Green                             

D. Celebrating Our Green Year.

29. It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because_________.

A. they needed to perform unusual green tasks

B. they didn’t know how to educate other people
C. they were unwilling to reduce their energy      

D. they were expected to follow the green fad

30. What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?

A. They chose better chemical cleaners.     

B. They ignore others’ ungreen behavior.

C. They tried to get out of their ungreen habits.         

D. They sold their home-made food.

31. What can we infer form the last paragraph?

A. The government will give support to the green people.
B. The couple may continue their project in the future.
C. Some people disagree with the couple’s green ideas.
D. Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign.

This ruler is too short. I need a       one.
A. long           B. longer         C. more long     D. more longer

 Linda is careless sometimes ,but _________,she is a hard -working student.

A. to tell you the truth    B. believe it or not

C. that is to say    D. on te whole

The giant panda 61　　  (love) by people throughout the world. Chinese scientists 62 　 　 (recent) had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby. She was a very 63　 　　  (care) mother.　For 25days, she never left her baby, not even to find something 64　　　　 (eat)! She would not let any other pandas come near. She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean. Any smell might attract natural 65      (enemy) that would try to eat the little comforting pats. The mother held the baby in her front paws much the way a human does.  66　　  it cried, she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats, The mother continued to care for the young panda 67　　  more than two years. By that time, the panda no longer needed 68　　  (it)mother for food. However, it stayed with her and leaned about the ways of the forest. Then, after two and a half years, the mother 69      (drive) the young panda away. It was time for her to have a new baby, 70      it was also time for the young panda to be independent.

—Smoking should be banned in public.

—. ____It is harmful to both the smokers and non-smokers.

A. I’d love to    B. It’s my pleasure

C. I’m with you on that    D. It’s up to you

Art is visible. However, everything one sees is filtered through certain conditions, some of them historical, and others, natural. The historical conditions include the material which is used—oil, colours, and the canvas; second, a certain style. There can be a general style, for example, the style of Impressionism, or a particular style, for example, the individual ways in which two painters, both impressionists, paint. The natural conditions include certain unchanging psychological laws of sight, for instance, the effects of colours or optical illusions.

The conditions of art are nothing but a particular way of interpreting reality. To understand this, one can examine the difference between the classical Greek and the classical Egyptian styles. For the Greeks, the reality of the visible was given by the perspective and the situation in which the object appears; for that reason they presented a person in his individual movements. For the Egyptians, however, this was only the appearance of a brief moment, which, according to their beliefs, was not real. Therefore, the Egyptians searched for the permanent essence and the typical character in their depiction of an object. For the Egyptians, Greek art was an illusion; for the Greeks, on the other hand, Egyptian art was unrealistic constructivism.

The way in which reality appears in art must not be regarded on its own. It is affected by many other systems of recognizing reality, including the political, religious, economic, intellectual, and social—in short, all the phenomena of human life.

Moreover, art is always of a certain epoch(纪元)，with its particular conception of reality. Thus, when discussing, for example, the art of ancient myth, of medieval Christianity, or that of the technological age, one must be aware that myth, Christianity, or technology was the most outstanding feature of the epoch.

It is paradoxical(似是而非的)to understand art as some kind of copy of the fields of experience connected with it. So, for example, it is meaningless for the work of art to be compared with the landscape, which served the artist as his model. Even if the artist had tried to make what he painted as similar as possible to the model he used, the landscape which he saw is only the matter from which something completely different emerges since he has submitted his view to the conditions of art: namely to the material used (colours, canvas, etc.), to his style, and even to the fact that he paints on a flat surface. Thus one must contemplate(注视) a work of art by itself. Even if it is connected to other fields of experience it nevertheless displays something unique which appears in that piece of art and there alone.

28. What is mentioned as one of the conditions through which art is seen?

A. Impressionism.  B. Optical illusions.  C. Nature.  D. Perspective.

29. Why did the Egyptians search for the permanent essence of an object?

A. Because Egyptian art was thought to be unrealistic constructivism.

B. Because they should present a person in his individual movements.

C. Because the reality of the visible was only the presence of an instant.

D. Because the appearance of the object features largely in the reality.

30. What can we infer after reading the passage?

A. The conditions of art are more than a particular way of interpreting reality.

B. The way in which reality appears in art should be regarded only on its own.

C. Myth, Christianity, or technology was under the influence of a unique style.

D. Works of art were usually produced in response to certain interpretations.

When we know somewhere well，we say we “ know it like the back of our hand ”. But new research has shown that we don’t actually know as much about our hands as we think we do.

Wider and shorter

Professor Matthew Longo at the University of London and his team did an experiment, covering the left hands of 100 people. Then they asked the people to point to where they thought their fingertips and knuckles (指关节）were. They made some quite big mistakes.

“People think their hand is wider than it actually is,” said Longo. The fingers also seem shorter than they are. This mistake gets worse as you go across the hand from the thumb to the little finger.

Sense of position

"It is connected to our sense of position,” explained Longo. This is our ability to tell where different parts of our bodies are, even when we can’t see them. “It tells us whether a joint is straight .or not "he said. It also tells us whether we are going up or down in an elevator. All this information comes from signs from nerves in real time. It’s like our brain has maps - maps that show the size and shape of our body. “This experiment tried to find those maps,” said Longo.

Strength of feeling

But these maps make mistakes. These mistakes may be made because of how the brain understands different parts of the skin. “Our brains ‘see” areas as larger where the skin feels touch strongly,” said Longo. Body parts don’t appear as their true size, but appear bigger or smaller depending on how strongly they feel touch. Our lips, for example, have more nerves than our nose. So brain “sees” lips on its map of the body as being bigger than our nose. The same thing happens for

other parts of the body that have lots of nerves.

Longo believes that more research in this area may help us to understand eating problem better, because people suffering from these problems may not know their bodies properly.

24, Which of following statement is TRUE about the experiment according to the article?

A.     People think their body parts are larger than they actually are.

B .People’s fingers are actually shorter than they think.

C. People were asked to draw their hands from memory

D. People made more mistakes about their little fingers length than their thumbs’ length.

25. What does the underlined “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. The new experiment.

B. The mistake people made.

C. The sizes of fingers and hands.

D. The location information.

26. We can conclude from the article that_____________.

A. the maps of people’s bodies form before they are born

B. the maps of our body are based on information from nerves

C. our sense of position depends on the interaction between parts of the body

D. how we feel about our body shape is only decided by our sense of position

27. We can infer from the article that-.

A. there are more nerves in the finger than in the hand

B. our lips have a weaker sense of touch than our nose

C. the hand feels touch more strongly than fingers do

D. our sense of position should not be trusted because it is too often incorrect

Eyesight plays a very important role in our daily life. Every waking moment, the eyes are working to see the world around us. Over forty percent of Americans worry about losing eyesight, but it's easy to include steps into our daily life to ensure healthy eyes. Here are five suggestions for a lifetime of healthy eyesight：

·Schedule yearly exams. 1 Experts advise parents to bring babies 6 to 12 months of age to the doctor for a careful check. The good news is that millions of children now can have yearly eye exams and following treatment, including eyeglasses.

·Protect against UV rays (紫外线). Long-term stay in the sun creates risk to your eyes. No matter what the season is, it's extremely important to wear sunglasses. 2   

·Give your eyes a break. Two-thirds of Americans spend up to seven hours a day using computers or other digital products.  3   Experts recommend that people practice the rule: every 20 minutes,   take a 20-second break and look at something 20 feet away.

·    4    As part of a healthy diet, eat more fruits and vegetables each day. Vitamins ( 维生素) C and E help protect eyesight and promote eye health.

·Practice safe wear and care of contact lenses (隐形眼镜). Many Americans use contact lenses to improve their eyesight. While some follow the medical guidance for wearing contact lenses, many are

breaking the rules and putting their eyesight at risk.     5      Otherwise, you may have problems such

as red eyes, pain in the eyes, or a more serious condition.

A.       Eat your greens.

B.       Eye care should begin early in life.

C.       They can properly protect your eyes.

D.       Stay in good shape by taking more vitamins.

E.       Parents usually don't care about their own eyesight.

F.       Always follow the doctor's advice for appropriate wear.

G.       This frequent eye activity increases the risk for eye tiredness.

    Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the sea to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down at the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean. As he got closer he called out, “Good morning! What are you doing?’’

    The young man paused, looked up and replied, “ Throwing starfishes(海星)in the ocean.”

   “I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfishes in the ocean?”

   “The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don’t throw them in they’ll die”

   “But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!”

The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, and said, “ It made a difference for that one.”There is something very special in each and every one of us. We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can know that gift, we will gain through the strength of our vision the power(力量) to shape the future.

We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the world will be better.

56.One day, the wise man saw a young man _______.

   A. dancing along the beach      B. walking with a dancer

   C. picking up starfish for sale    D. trying to save as many starfishes as possible

57. The underlined words “ something very special” refers to ________. 

   A. the gifts from friends      B. the strength of making decision

   C. our own starfish          D. the ability to make a difference

58. From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that ________.

   A. the wise man realized something new and important

   B. the wise man thought it was foolish of the young man to throw starfishes in the ocean.

   C. the young man had the ability to make a difference

   D. it is necessary for us to save starfish on the beach

59. The writer told this story to show us ________.

   A. how and where we can write a good article   B. everyone can do something for the future

  C. wise man are sometimes stupid         D. young man are in fact wiser than old people            

_______form the top of the tower, the south foot of the mountain is a sea of trees

A. seen    B. seeing

C. having seen    D. to seen

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短文。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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

China's higher education is developing very fast.The number of college students are quite small in the 1980s, and now nearly fourteen million students are studying in colleges and universities.

Why does China's higher education develop such quickly? Several factors contribute to it.First of all,its quick development results China's rapid socially and economic development.Through the reform and opening up,people have become richer and have much money to invest in education.Secondly,our government had attached great importance to higher education and taken out practical measures to encourage people to go to college.Beside,with the development of society,more and more people hope to receiving higher education.

 ______ from above, the heaven-like campus, with two man-made lakes and a bridge respectively ______ in the east, the west and the south, looks like a face.

A. Photographing; located                      B. Photographed; situated       

C. Photographing; locating                            D. Photographed; laying

     假设你叫李华。你在上一封信中邀请Dr. Brown 参加你们的春游活动，但你把时间和地点说错了。请给Dr. Brown 写一封道歉信，内容包括：

1.     为自己的失误道歉：

2.     告知其正确的时间（6月30号上午8点）地点（中山公园）：

3.     希望Dr. Brown 能来

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。开头、结尾语已为你写好。

Dear Dr. Brown:

I feel terribly sorry _____________________________________________________

                                                            Yours sincerely,

                                                             Li Hua

Six years ago, Xie Lei 41___________ (board) a plane for London 42___________ (complete) a business qualification. When she came to England, she lived with a host family, 43___________ members always helped her. In the beginning she had to face 44___________ difficulties of daily life as how to use the phone, how to pay on the bus. 45___________ (study) there was quite different 46__________ studying in China and she needed to make some 47              (prepare) first. She had to get used to 48       whole new way of life,49__________ took up all her concentration. It was 50__________ (benefit) to fulfill Western academic requirements.

66.我觉得很难适应新环境。

  I find it hard to ________  ________ the new environment.

67.我们祝贺你在学习上取得巨大的进步。

  We ________ you ________ the great progress for the coming test.

68.她感到了害怕，因为他不管她了。

  She felt frightened because he had ________ her ________.

69.他不得不走到，更确切得说，跑到办公室去。

  He had to walk, ________  ________ , run to the office.

70.我们应该意识到接下来要发生的事。

  We should ________  ________  ________ what will happen next.

71.就好像发现了一个全新的生活空间似的。

  It was ________  ________ a whole new dimension of life.

72.你总不能让女人与机器相爱吧。

  You cannot ________ women ________ in love with machines.

 During the reconstruction of the city, many modern tall buildings went up ______ old shabby houses were torn down.

A. which             　B. in what            C. in which          　D. where

暑假即将来临， 你班同学就假期计划进行讨论，提出了不同看法，请根据提示写一篇短文，并谈谈你的看法。

  注意：

     1 .词数100左右（不含已写好部分）。

     2. 短文必须包括表中所列要点，可根据内容分段表述。

     3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考词汇：眼界horizon (view)

      The summer holiday is coming. Our class has a discussion about what to do during the holiday._________________________

      短文中共有10处语言错误，请把它们找出来，并改正过来。

      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：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

短文改错

Mary was an university student. She didn’t have much money and her parents were not rich, but she had an uncle who had been luck enough to collect great wealth. He always gave her valuable Christmas and birthday present .When her uncle’s birthday came round, Mary want to buy him something real special , but because he was so rich, she did not know how to get him. She went into the best shop in her town and explained that what her problem was to one of the helpful shop assistant. Finally she asked, “What do you have for someone has already got everything he wants or needs?” The girl sighed deep and answered, “Envy(忌妒), only envy.”

A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders: Can I communicate(交流) with Americans? Can they understand me? Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British and American English? How important are these differences?

Certainly, there are some differences between British and American English. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say “in hospital” and “Have you a pen?”. Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?”. Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound theirs in words like “bird” and “hurt”. Speakers of British English do not sound theirs in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “honour” are British, “color” and honor” are American.

These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part, British and American English are the same language.

5. According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that_______.

A.       British people cannot understand him

B.       American people cannot understand him

C.       the grammar is too hard for him

D.       the spelling is too hard for him

6. American English and British English are different in ________.
A. spelling       B. pronunciation            C. grammar            D. all of the above

7.What is not mentioned (提及) in the passage?

A. Whether there are differences between British English and American English.

B. Whether British English and American English are one language or two.

C. How the differences between British Eng­lish and American English came about.

D. How important the differences are.

8. Most ________ say “Do you have a watch?”.

A. British people        B. Americans         C. children        D. teachers

9. According to this passage, British people and Americans have _________ difficulty in understanding each other.        

A. little                   B. much             C. some            D. great