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I borrowed __1._ story book from the library the other day and took it home. One evening, having finished supper, I went back to my room and started to read the book that I ____2.__ (borrow). I was so ___3.___ (absorb) that I knocked the coffee cup over __4.__ accident, pouring the coffee onto the book. Wet through and colored brown, the book turned out to be a _5.___ (terribly) mess at once. Of course, I couldn’t return the dirty book and the loss should be covered. The next day, I went to the _6.__ (big) bookstore in my city, _7.__ there were various kinds of books. I finally found several _8.__ (copy) of the same book and bought __9.___. When I returned the new story book and explained the reason, the librarian accepted the book and praised me for my honesty and ___10.__ (responsible).

June came and the hay was almost ready for cutting．On Midsummer's Eve, which was aSaturday, Mr．Jones went to Willington and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not comeback till midday on Sunday．The men had milked the cows in the early morning and then hadgone out rabbiting, without bothering to feed the animals．When Mr．Jones got back, heimmediately went to sleep on the living-room sofa with the "News of the world" over his face,so that when evening came, the animals were still not fed．At last, they could stand no longer．

One of the cows broke into the door of the store-house with her horns（角） and all the animalsbegan to help themselves to the grains．It was just then that Mr．Jones woke up．The nextmoment he and his four men were in the store-house with whips （鞭子） in their hands,whipping in all directions．This was more than the hungry animals would bear．Together,though nothing of the kind had been planned beforehand, they jumped upon their masters．

Jones and his men suddenly found themselves being struck with horns and kicked from allsides．The situation was quite out of their control．They had never seen animals act like thisbefore, and this sudden uprising （起义） of creatures whom they were used to beating andwhipping just as they chose frightened them．After only a moment or two, they gave up tryingto defend themselves．A minute later all five of them were in full fright down the road, with theanimals running after them joyfully．

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

A．Willington was the name of a relative．

B．Red Lion was the name of a bar．

C．News of the World was a TV program．

D．Store-house is a place to feed the cows．

2.The cows broke into the store-house to feed themselves because .

A．They were so angry at their masters

B．They wanted to fight with the men

C．They wanted to go on strike

D．They-were too hungry

3.The cows jumped upon their masters because _________．

A．they were not fed

B．they were so hungry

C．they were whipped so hard

D．they were so happy

4.What would be the best tile for the story?

A．Midsummer's Eve B．A Bad Sunday

C．Cows and Their Masters D．Rebellion of Cows

The Future Stars

General introduction

The Future Stars was set up in 1988 as a non-profit service center for child development devoted to providing quality childcare in a loving and educational environment for children 6 weeks to 6 years of age. Our funds mainly come from public donations.

A healthy curiosity about learning is the most important quality for early childhood development. We aim at offering high quality developmentally age-appropriate activities for early childhood, the most Important time of child development, so that they can do better after they start formal schooling.

Hours of operation

Childcare will be provided for the child from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday except for holidays. Children may not arrive before 7:00 am or remain after 6:00 pm. Should an emergency arise, the parent should immediately make us know in consideration of our work arrangements. A late charge of $ 1.00 per minute will be assessed if the child is not picked up by 6:05 pm. Charges for these services are to be paid directly to the staff person that has been looking after your child until your arrival, not to the center. Failure to pay late charges may affect continued services with the center.

Tuition (学费)

When it has been confirmed that a position is available for your child, you must pay a registration (注册) fee of $200 per child.

The weekly tuition fee is $ 98.00. You can make payments either by credit card or in cash on Monday every week. If your payment is not made by Tuesday at 9:00 am, you will be charged a $ 25.00 late fee.

For more information, please call 434-293-6110 or visit

www.childdevelopmentcenter.com.

1.The Future Stars is intended for______.

A. would-be parents B. teenagers

C. child experts D. pre-school children

2. What can we know about late pickups from the passage?

A. They may affect continued services with the center.

B. Parents have to pay late charges for them to the center.

C. Parents have to inform the center of them right away.

D. They greatly disturb the work arrangements of the center.

3. If you want your child to receive childcare services from the Future Stars you must ___.

A. pay extra for delayed payment B. pay every Tuesday

C. pay $ 98 for registration D. pay in cash

4.What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To attract public donations.

B. To promote early education.

C. To tell the benefits of childcare.

D. To introduce a child development center.

What makes a good school?

I'm a parent of two elementary students．The experience that my children are going through now in the elementary school is so different from mine when I was at their age．What I think of a good school is communication between teachers．students and parents． 1. Parent-teacher communication guarantees that a child is educated in the same way and in turn a child will build special bonds in communication between their teachers and parents．

2. My children return home telling me that their teachers ignore their questions when they raise their hands and don’t talk much．On the other hand，I feel the same when I write notes to school． 3. This is telling me there is a lack in communication from the school teachers nowadays as their life is so overwhelmed by the over-crowded schools we have in the US．

However．choosing a career in education is not just for a good job．A teacher should really have heart in touching every child’s life． 4. Even now，I still remember all my elementary school teachers’ names． 5. The answer lies in the fact that they spent every minute of their precious time helping me and answering all my questions with patience．When you have teachers who are willing to spend time for any child and communicate with parents，it is what I consider a GREAT school for a child to attend，not just GOOD．

A．I don’t get any response from the teachers to my questions，not even a one-word response．

B．There are different ways of communication, according to different cultures．

C．Why is that?

D．Strong communication is very important to a child’s education．

E．I feel that schools nowadays don’t communicate with parents enough and neither is involvement．

F．My elementary school teachers all touched my life．

G．What do you think of it?

完形填空,阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I met Ryan, a young man with cerebral palsy (脑瘫), in my biology class. My simple "Hello!" and his cheerful reply were the ________ to our friendship from the first day of school. There was a time when Ryan was not able to come to school. He was in a great deal of ________ after having a surgery on his legs, but he ________ his sufferings from everyone.

In our junior year, we found that we didn't ________ a single class. This was not a problem, though. We just talked a little more in the hallway________ passing periods. That year seemed to fly by. One day, Ryan asked me to hold the torch (火炬) runner's flag that would ________ the spot where Ryan would ________ his Olympic torch run. He gently explained that he would be honored ________ I would accept this position for him. The Olympic committee sent a letter saying that the person that holds the flag for him must be someone ________to him. He said I was the only true friend he had ________made that talked to him and not to his wheel chair. How could I________ such a request?

On the morning of June 5th, as I walked down the sidewalk, my heart ________and my mind became a factory of questions. I kept wondering how everything was going to happen and how Ryan would ________ the huge crowd of thousands of people.

After the van arrived, the other runners got out and lined up outside the van, chanting his name, "Ryan! Ryan!" Then all of the people ________ in, “Ryan! Ryan!” The lift then lowered Ryan to the ground. There he was, in all his ________ .

It all became slow motion at the sight of the arriving torch. The runner lit Ryan's torch and then Ryan began his ________ . As he took off down the street, the chanting became louder and louder. The________ filled the air and even I felt like I was on cloud number nine. I could not have been any prouder of Ryan！ He ________ this moment in time --a historic moment--a moment that he was a part of and________ me to be a part of, too.

Mr. Weinheimer, the next torch runner, bent over and gave Ryan a hug. That moment will last in time forever. It symbolized the whole ________of the flame: love, excitement, enthusiasm, brotherhood, and life of any man. The flame united us all and showed that love is really what makes this small world go around after all.

1.A. solutions B. keys C. routes D. notes

2.A. danger B. fear C. pain D. puzzle

3.A. hid B. prevented C. released D. relieved

4.A. change B. miss C. leave D. share

5.A. except B. for C. during D. before

6.A. mark B. test C. number D. decorate

7.A. cover B. begin C. continue D. lead

8.A. while B. although C. if D. unless

9.A. polite B. kind C. grateful D. important

10.A. ever B. never C. also D. even

11.A. admit B. refuse C. make D. repeat

12.A. ached B. raced C. stopped D. sank

13.A. explain to B. differ from C. respond to D. call on

14.A. joined B. stepped C. poured D. broke

15.A. potential B. preference C. glory D. surprise

16.A. training B. journey C. life D. struggle

17.A. anxiety B. satisfaction C. harmony D. excitement

18.A. deserved B. recalled C. treasured D. chose

19.A. promised B. encouraged C. allowed D. followed

20.A. mystery B. power C. information D. meaning

短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写得以下作文。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；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不记分。

Dear Headmaster,

I am writing to talk about the canteen of our school. There are only a few stand in the canteen, leading to lots of students have to line up for food. It is waste of time, isn’t it? But at times the food is not fresh and does not taste deliciously. So it’s not surprising that some students chose to go to the street to buy junk food which do harm to their health. Would you think about that how to improve it? I would appreciate you if you could take some measures. Hopefully, my opinion can be taken to account.

Jack

书面表达

假定你是李华，几天前收到美国朋友Jack 的e-mail, 告诉你他在北京大学主办的中文演讲比赛中得了一等奖，你给回复一封邮件，表示祝贺。要点如下：

1. 祝贺他获奖；

2. 希望继续互帮互学，向他学习英语，你帮 他学习中文；

3. 邀请他暑假期间来你家乡旅游，你来当向导.

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jack,

Yours,

Li Hua

DEAR AMY: We recently had to put our cat down. It came out of the blue. We had no idea that he had health problems, and we woke up early one morning to the cat crying out painfully. We immediately rushed him to the vet’s where the vet said that at best treatment might lengthen his life by two to three months. We did not want to see him suffer, so we chose to kill the cat in a painless way.

I am having a rough time! I cry when I am alone. I cry when I see pet commercials on television. I put away everything that reminds me of the cat. But the last sight of seeing the cat in pain plays over and over in my head. My kids seem alright with what has happened, but why am I struggling?

It has only been one week since his passing, so I hope things will get better. Do you have any suggestions?

Yours,

Sad

DEAR SAD: There is no loss quite like the loss of a pet; these animals keep us company through important life passages and are beloved witnesses to our human lives.

I understand your instinct to put away all of your cat’s things, but it may help you now to memorialize your pet by using these things. Each family member can write down favorite things about him or memories of him; read their memories aloud and put the papers inside his bowl. The idea is to replace those painful last memories with much more lively memories taking place over the most of the animal’s life.

Time will then do its job, which is to affect your feelings. And then, when you’re ready, I hope you will adopt another animal and give it the opportunity to share your life.

Yours,

Amy

1.Which of the following made the author’s family choose to kill the cat in a painless way?

A.The cat had changed its color.

B.The vet himself had no way to save its life.

C.The family wouldn’t see it suffer in its later life.

D.The cat suffered so much that it could die at any time.

2.The author cried when seeing pet commercials on television because .

A.she was alone at home

B.she thought of her lovely cat

C.she didn’t like to see the things of the cat

D.her children showed no feeling over the cat’s death

3.What does the underlined phrase mean in Paragraph 1?

A.In the color of blue. B.Very sadly.

C.All of a sudden. D.With much pain.

4.What do we know from the last paragraph of Amy’s letter?

A.The longer it is, the less you will feel sad about your pet.

B.It is important to find a new pet as soon as possible.

C.As time goes on, you will feel more sorrow about your pet.

D.One can’t live a happy life without a pet around him.

If you could leave a farewell (告别) video for your loved ones that they’d see only if you died, would you do it? I think I would.

I read about an app (应用程序) that helps people create a video to be published on a social-networking site only after death. Of course you don’t need an app since it’s easy to make your own video with smartphones, laptops and computers. But how many people do you know who would actually go ahead and leave “If I die” footage (镜头)?

My father died unexpectedly on Christmas Eve three years ago and I’ve since longed for one more time to talk to him and hear his voice. Imagine if he had left such a video. I would see him again, hear his laughter and benefit from his parting words and advice.

I don’t think people, unless they have a terminal illness, go through life thinking they’d better leave a video in case of an untimely death. But it is an opportunity to say all the things you want to say before it’s too late.

Still, some say that such a video robs loved ones of their own memories of you. Any special images they have would be superimposed (叠加) by the video image you’ve created. Others think it’s scaring and might be tempting fate.

I expect my video would consist of reminders to my children: Be safe; be mindful of your surroundings; exercise good judgment; speak up; it never hurts to ask; don’t waste time and “call when you get there”. And in addition, I would repeat what I always tell them: I need to know where you are, every-step-of-the-way. That would make them laugh.

Readers, would you find comfort in knowing you’ve said your farewells and left something concrete for your loved ones? What messages would you leave for family and friends?

1.The writer mentions the app to show .

A.the app is out of date now

B.smartphones are better tools to make videos

C.it is not convenient to make a video with the app

D.how he was inspired to get the idea of creating a video before death

2.Some people against such a video argue that the image in the video .

A.will be different from that of the real person

B.cannot convey the real intention of the dead

C.will replace our loved ones’ own memories of us

D.will stop the loved ones from missing the dead

3.The purpose of mentioning his father’s unexpected death is to .

A.show his deep love for his father

B.show the importance of keeping healthy

C.show thanks for the benefits he got from his father

D.show that it is necessary to leave a farewell video

4.The underlined word “untimely” in Paragraph 4 probably means .

A.happening at a suitable moment

B.happening too soon or sooner than expected

C.continuing to happen or exist without stopping

D.having a value that is not limited to a particular period

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It’s spring again, and it’s the season of fireflies (萤火虫). Their warm and gentle lights glitter in the quiet 1. (dark), especially in mountainous areas or near water. No matter 2. you are, or how old you are, you’re sure to fall under their spell.

For many older people, fireflies are a reminder of childhood. That’s because they were a lot 3. common long ago, 4. the industrial development destroyed so much firefly habitat. Wetlands 5. (appear) and chemicals were dumped into rivers. Fireflies were left with 6. to feed or breed. What’s more, fireflies seem to keep away 7. artificial lights. As these spread, the bugs retreated. Not until they had almost vanished 8. (do) people realize what was happening.

Over the past few years, though, conservation groups and enthusiastic firefly lovers have come together to save these special creatures, 9. are making a comeback. In natural settings all around the island, fireflies are once again lighting up the night and 10. (help) create special memories for the next generation.