Not until he went through real hardship _____ the love we have for our families is important.

A. had he realized B. did he realize

C. he realized D. he had realized

A young woman carrying a three-year-old child got on a bus. The conductor hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make more room for the woman and her child. On seeing this, people began to talk. "You know this conductor used to be very rude. Now suddenly he has changed his bad behavior." said a middle-aged man.

"Yes, he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company," said a second passenger. "That's right," another lady said, "I wish a newspaper reporter were here so that more people could learn from this conductor."

Just then a gentleman who looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said, "Excuse me, but can I know your name, please? Your excellent service must be praised..."

Before he could open his mouth, the three-year-old child sitting on the young woman's lap interrupted, "I know his name. I call him Dad."'

1.One passenger suggested writing a letter to the company to ______.

A. make a demand for more-buses

B. thank the conductor for his good service

C. criticize the conductor for his rude behavior

D. invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor

2.What was the gentleman?

A. Not known from the story.

B. A newspaper reporter.

C. A doctor.

D. The conductor's friend from his company.

3.The word "him" in the last paragraph refers to ______.

A. the gentleman B. the conductor

C. the middle-aged man D. the three-year-old child

4.It is clear from the story that the conductor______.

A. has changed his attitude towards his work

B. has now been kind and polite to all passengers

C. has not changed his rude behavior to passengers

D. has now been kind and polite to women with children

Read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment. And then answer questions.

Happiness (Romance) ★★★★

Happiness tells the story of two people (Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy) who work for different advertising companies. They talk on the phone all the time and don't like each other. But then they correspond by e-mail and fall in love. This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. It also has beautiful music.

I Scream (Thriller) ★★

In I Scream, Paul (Colin Jacks) is a young man who joins a thriller club. Each of the members tries to frighten the others. Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. This movie is very frightening but also quite silly. It doesn't make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. Only for people who like thrillers.

Paul's Heroes (Comedy) ★★★

This is a very funny war movie set in World War Two. Six soldiers (including Sammy Turblow) have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there. During the movie, they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers. You can guess the ending, but it's great fun getting there.

______ (Drama) ★★★★

This is a very good drama with Jack Ross, who plays a hard-working truck driver. His wife becomes ill and he has to find a doctor who can help her. In his travels he meets Dr. Lloyd (Phil Driver) who has found the cure for the illness, but Jack Ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of America. This is an excellent movie, which is very exciting.

1.Which of the four movies is the least popular with people?

A. The 1st one. B. The 2nd one.

C. The 3rd one. D. The 4th one.

2.The underlined word "correspond" can be replaced by______.

A. date B. exchange C. communicate D. write

3.A thriller is most probably a film which tells something ______.

A. instructive B. frightening

C. humorous D. interesting

4.Which of the following is the best title for the fourth film?

A. A Hard-working Trick Driver B. Medicine

C. A Strange Illness D. Twelve Hours

Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis, cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless," he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went hiking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.

The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgwhy’s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about Ridgway's cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read, all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future.

In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition (探险) towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite (冻疮), ran into a polar bear land pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled (雪橇) up and over rocky ice.

Saunders has become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he's skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.

Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.

1.What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?

A. He joined a sports team.

B. He began to build up his body.

C. He became good at most sports.

D. He made friends with a runner.

2.The underlined Word "exploits" (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to ______.

A. journeys B. researches C. adventures D. operations

3.Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?

a. He ran his first marathon.

b. He skied alone in the North Pole.

c. He rode his bike in a forest.

d. He planned an adventure to the South Pole.

A. acdb B. cdab C. acbd D. cabd

4.What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?

A. He is a success in sports.

B. He is the best British skier.

C. He is Ridgway’s favorite student.

D. He is a good-instructor at school.

Susan Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you, I have been very naughty and the school principal is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.

The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. This is against the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.

As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught, fire, there was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning. The principal phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was in flames.

Many of the girls are in the hospital.

The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for fire damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.

I am very sorry about this.

Much love,

Susan.

PS (附言). None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!

1.Susan wrote home ______.

A. to tell her parents about the fire

B. to ask for a million dollars

C. to tell her parents she had failed her exams

D. to tell her parents she had to leave school

2.The principal was angry with Susan for the reason that ______.

A. she had failed her exams

B. she had been caught smoking in bed

C. it was her fault that the school had caught fire

D. she had not phoned for the fire-department in time

3.Susan told her parents about the fire ______.

A. to warn them about what the principal would do

B. to make them feel worried

C. to make them less angry at her real news

D. to make them laugh

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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to smile for better health

As a fun way to improve your physical and mental health, smiling is free of charge. This article explores the ways you can smile to be healthy.

Smile to relieve stress. Stress is easily shown in our faces. 1. When you’re stressed, try to put on a smile, as it will make you feel happy, and you will appear happy. Your feelings of stress will be reduced.

Smile to help your immune(免疫) system work better. Smiling brings about a sense of relaxation which helps your immune system to work better. 2.

Smile to stay positive. Have a simple test. First, try to think of something negative (消极的), and then smile. 3. When we smile, our body and mind are sending us a message that everything is okay, and that life is great.

Smile to live longer. Those who smile are thought to live an average of 79.9 years, while non-smilers live an average of 72.9 years. 4.

Smile to achieve success. 5. . They will put their boss into a happy mood and are more likely to be approached by many people. They are more likely to be promoted. And it is an easy way to improve your relationships with others.

A. People who smile appear more confident.

B. Smiling is a good way to make new friends.

C. Smiling prevents people from looking too tired.

D. When someone is sad, try to make him laugh to cheer him up.

E. The only conclusion to be reached from this is to smile every day.

F. You will see that it is hard to combine the negative thought with the smile.

G. You can reduce the risk of sicknesses such as the cold and the flu by smiling.

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、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。

John was very shy. He hated being with others and always kept quiet, _________ what might happen if he opened his mouth.

One day, when some people were visiting, John felt so ashamed that he _________ in a bedroom. Suddenly, a little elf (小精灵) came to him. The elf shouted _________. "Please! Stop screaming (尖叫) like that."

The boy was _________. He forgot his shyness and asked, "Who screamed?"

"Is there anyone else here?"

The boy looked around. They were _________.

" _________ I never say anything," he replied, trying to _________ himself. "How can I shout without opening my mouth?"

Then the elf's _________ changed from anger to surprise. "Don't you know? Nobody told you that your eyes, your hands and your whole body _________ all the time?" The elf began to _________ that each part of the body speaks its own_________ and does so without stopping and how each _________ we make says something. The elf gave John a little bottle and dropped some magic water into his _________ and told him, "Now, you'll hear with your ears what people are saying without opening their mouth."

It was _________ . He could hear how everyone _________ two or three conversations, even when completely silent. But what surprised him most was on his birthday when he met a shy girl. His magic ears could hear her loud _________. "I don't want to be here! I don't want to play with anyone!"

John wet the girl's ears with some magic drops from his bottle. Together, they set out to _________ which gestures to make to ensure their bodies were quieter and more pleasant. And they _________ that smiling, looking into people's eyes and _________ saying "Hello" meant their bodies stopped yelling, and so they became _________ children.

1.A. imagining B. expecting C. fearing D. reporting

2.A. hid B. played C. dreamed D. prepared

3.A. proudly B. nervously C. hopelessly D. angrily

4.A. shocked B. worried C. determined D. disappointed

5.A. lonely B. alone C. strange D. special

6.A. If B. So C. Although D. But

7.A.teach B. excuse C. protect D. enjoy

8.A. attitude B. argument C. method D. theory

9.A. talk B. act C. lie D. move

10.A. admit B. suggest C. explain D. comment

11.A. function B. character C. concern D. language

12.A. expression B. gesture C. sentence D. performance

13.A. ears B. eyes C. hands D. mouth

14.A. boring B. challenging C. surprising D. frightening

15.A. picked up B. moved up C. kept up D. put up

16.A. tears B. cries C. laughs D. jokes

17.A. control B. explore C. turn to D. look at

18.A. discovered B proved C. promised D. remembered

19.A. politely B. clearly C. finally D. suddenly

20.A. helpful B. useful C. cheerful D. regretful

根据汉语的意思或括号里的词的正确形式完成句子（一空一词，注意词形变化）

1.I drew a __________(结论) that she forgot my birthday.

2.You are to __________(责备). I can’t put the blame on you.

3.We should take some steps to stop the environment being __________(污染)

4.The boss is ___________(小心谨慎的) about investing.

5.Mr.Smith suggested the student ________(refer) to should be given a prize.

6.We came _______(偶然遇见) an old man lying on the road yesterday.

7.The teacher was __________(satisfy) with my results.

8.Who will ______(主演) in the new film？

9.When I think of the ________(puzzle) problem, I feel puzzled.

10.In ______(总的来说), her work has been good, but this article is terrible.

短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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，并在该词下面写出改正后的词。

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。

Today is the happy day in this holiday. Although I was very tired, but I found myself in these busy days. I am afraid of taken a bus usually, the awful smell of the bus drive I mad, make me feel carsick. But today I did feel carsick. I can defeat carsickness finally. At night I went out with an old friend who I ever like him, but all of us were busy in the examination at the high school that we hadn't been together. I was such surprised that I received his calling. At first, I thought we would never meet before we graduated. Thank him gave me a happy day!

书面表达

假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文。请你根据下列要点写封回信。

1．参加中文学习班；2．看中文书刊、电视；3．学唱中文歌曲；4．交中国朋友。

注意：1.词数不少于100；2．可适当增加细节；3．开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数

June 8, 2011

Dear Peter,

I'm glad to receive your letter asking for my advice on how to learn Chinese well.

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Best wishes.

Li Hua