A wonderful idea ________ me that day when I met with a tough problem，.

A. happened to B. occurred to

C. seemed to D. compared to

C

The drug store was closing for the night. Young Alfred Higgins, the shop-assistant, was ready to go home. Mr. Carr, the boss, stared at him and said “Hold on, Alfred. Maybe you'd be good enough to take the things out of your pockets and leave them here before you go.” Alfred's face got red. After a little hesitation, he took out what he had stolen. Mr. Carr said, “Maybe I should call your mother and let her know I'm going to have to put you in prison.”

Alfred thought his mother would come rushing in, eyes burning with anger. But, to his surprise, she arrived wearing a smile. “Hello, I'm Alfred's mother. Is he in trouble?” she said. Mr. Carr was surprised, too. He had expected Alfred's mother to come in nervously, shaking with fear, asking with wet eyes for a mercy for her son. But no, she was most calm, quiet and pleasant and was making Mr. Carr feel guilty…. Soon Mr. Carr was shaking his head in agreement with what she was saying. “Of course”, he said, “I don't want to be cruel. You are right. Sometimes, a little good advice is the best thing for a boy at certain times in his life and it often takes the youths long time to get sense into their heads.” And he warmly shook Mrs. Higgins's hand.

Back home, without even looking at Alfred, she said, “You are a bad luck. It is one thing after another, always has been. Why do you stand there so stupidly? Go to bed.” In his bedroom, Alfred heard his mother in the kitchen. There was no shame in him, just pride in his mother's strength. He felt he must tell her how great she was. As he got to the kitchen, he saw his mother drinking a cup of tea. He was shocked by what he saw. His mother's face was a frightened, broken one. It was not the same cool, bright face he saw earlier in the drug store. As she lifted the tea cup, her hand shook. And some of the tea splashed on the table. Her lips moved nervously. She looked very old. He watched his mother without making a sound. The picture of his mother made him want to cry. He felt his youth coming to an end. He saw all the troubles he brought his mother in her shaking hand and the deep lines of worry in her grey face. It seemed to him for the first time he had ever really seen his mother.

1. Which of the following is probably said by Mrs. Higgins while talking to Mr. Carr?

A. “Please, for God's sake, you know, he is just a kid.”

B. “I can't believe it! You are treating my son like that!”

C. “You know, it takes time for a youth to truly grow up.”

D. “Punishment makes sense because it teaches about the law.”

2. What does the underlined phrase "his mother's strength"(Para. 3) refer to?

A. Mrs. Higgins's calmness and communicating skills.

B. Mrs. Higgins's attitude towards parental sufferings.

C. Mrs. Higgins's love and care for her son Alfred.

D. Mrs. Higgins's greatness as a woman.

3. After the incident, young Alfred would probably ________.

A. feel ashamed of her mother B. change his attitudes towards life

C. learn to live an independent life D. hate Mr. Carr for hurting her mother

第二节：（共10小题；每题1分，共10分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Today I received a sweet letter from Brianna, one of my “cookies”. It was wonderful to hear 1.her. You see 2.I taught kindergarten, I called all3.sweet children “cookies”. Brianna said that every day she would walk into kindergarten and see a smile 4.my face. I named them “cookies” because I always feel that children can bring great happiness and 5. (excite) to my life. I still feel that all children are the 6.(great) joy I could ever have.

So far I 7. (adopt) and taught children for over 35 years. All my children were 8.are now a great joy of my life.9.(hope), I feel much fortunate to be able to use my life’s talent to teach children and have fun 10.(do) it every day. I am able to spread my wings and help my “cookies” to spread their wings.

— Do you mind my opening the window? It’s a bit hot in here．

— ______________，as a matter of fact．

A．Go ahead

B．Yes，my pleasure

C．Yes，I do

D．Come on

If you’re buying today’s paper from the stand，could you get _____________ for me?

A．one B．such C．it D．that

Lucy pretended to be cheerful，____________ nothing about the argument．

A．says B．said C．to say D．saying

She has received all offer from Berkeley，but I don’t know ____________ she will accept it or not．

A. Where B．whether C．what D. which

C

No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world，but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million．The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada．

In the United Kingdom，about one in ten people have some disability．Disability is not just something that happens to other people：as we get older，many of us will become less mobile，hard of hearing or have failing eyesight．

Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life．Some people are born with disabilities．Many others become disabled as they get older．There are many progressive(逐渐的)disabling diseases．The longer time goes on，the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents．Many others may have a period of disability in the form of a mental illness．All are affected by people’s attitude towards them．

Disabled people face many physical barriers．Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends，imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps，or onto buses and trains．How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic?But there are other barriers：prejudice(偏见)can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents the greatest barrier of a11．It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through，so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability，not their disability，that counts．

1.The first paragraph mainly points out that ______________．

A．there are many disabled people in the world

B．the number of disabled people in India is the greatest

C．India has much more disabled people than Canada

D．it is impossible to get an exact figure of the world’s disabled people

2.The key word in paragraph 4 is _______________．

A. disability B．ignorance

C．prejudice D．barriers

3.The last word of the text“counts”most probably means ____________．

A．is most important

B．is considered

C．is included

D．is numbered

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true? ________________．

A．even the able-bodied may become disabled in some way

B．the disabled prefer to be ignored by the able-bodied

C．prejudice against the disabled should be removed

D．The disabled make up about 10 percent in the UK’s population

5.it can be concluded from the passage that ______________．

A．we should try our best to prevent disablement

B．physical and metal barriers are equally hard to break down

C．we should take a proper attitude towards the disabled

D．all of us will be disabled at a certain time of our life

E

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that shape us and make us who we are，it is the same with the challenges that come withfriendship．When we are faced with a challenge，we usually have two choices. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenge isn’t worth the trouble and call it quits．Although there are certainly times when calling it quits is the right thing to do，in most cases all that is needed is commitment(承诺)and communication．

When we are committed to something， it means that no matter how painful or how uncomfortable something is，we will always choose to face it through instead of running away from it．Communication is making a space for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. If you can say to a friend，“I got my feelings hurt．” rather than“You hurt my feelings．”you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster．

In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for what they are：small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life．Nothing is so big that it is impossible to get over, and hurt only serves to make us stronger．It is all part of growing up，it happens to everyone，and some day you will look back on all of this and say,“Hard as it was，it made me who I am today．And that is a good thing．”

1.What is the underlined word“committed”can be replaced by ____________.

A．devoted B. satisfied

C．smpdsed D．interested

2.It can be inferred from the text that _____________．

A. friendship needs challenges

B．challenges shape our character

C．small hurdles aren’t worth the trouble

D. commitment promotes friendship

3.The writer suggests that _____________ when faced with a challenge．

A. one should call it quits

B. one should temporarily run away from it

C. one should be committed and communicable

D．one should lay it a side for a while

4.According to the passage，if your friend hurts your feelings，you are well advised to _______________．

A．forget it

B．talk to him／her about it directly

C．communicate properly with him／her

D．run away from it

5.The whole passage is centered on the relationship between _____________．

A．friendship and challenges

B．commitment and communication

C．communication and friendship

D．challenges and the ways to get through

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。

1.. This is a very frightening number. Most of the time, it will not be noticed until it becomes a large problem. Yet, hopefully, more and more people are learning about it. Parents as well as friends should pay attention to these things and other things such as:

Sudden changes in their mood, appetite or weight can be indications of depression. While these things can also happen to an adolescent, when it is followed by other conditions, it should be taken note of.

A loss of interest in doing the things that they used to love to do can be depression. Now, this is not necessarily something from their childhood, but something within the past few months.

2.. For example, divorce or separation of their parents, death, or even just friendship. Often, teens blame themselves for these conditions.

3.. If they do not seem happy any more, there must be something troubling them.

4.. There are many sad stories of young teens harming themselves because they are suffering from depression and no one took notice.

Finally, to our joy, those teens that do get timely treatment for their depression can actually recover quickly and completely and get back into doing the things they used to love to do. Talk to your doctor if you feel that you have been in any of these conditions or you know someone that is.5..

So learn more about teen depression and depression in general and get help now or help a friend in need.

A. They can decide what is happening, and get life back on track to you.

B. Because of depression and lack of notice, many sad and painful cases happen to young teens.

C. A lack of emotion is a sign that something is definitely wrong.

D. One thing that must be said about teen depression is that this is a serious condition.

E. Sad situations can cause teen depression to appear fast.

F. Teen depression makes up one in five children.

G. There are many ways to deal with depression.