People in the United States honor their parents with two special days：Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible(有责任感的) citizens. They give love and care. These two days make us think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers must help with child care.

These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery(墓地). On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.

Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephone companies, and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.

1.Which of the following is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?______.

A. Parents bring up children.

B. Parents give love and care to children.

C. Parents educate children to be good persons.

D. Parents pass away before children grow up.

2.What do you think “florists” do?______.

A. They sell flowers. B. They make and sell bread.

C. They offer enough room for having family parties. D. They sell special gifts for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

3.What do you know from the passage?________.

A. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are both in May.

B. Fewer women worked outside the home in the past.

C. Not all the children respect their parents

D. Fathers are not as important as mothers at home.

Cheating(舞弊) is when a person misleads, deceives or acts dishonestly on purpose. 1. . If a basketball team is for kids under 8,it's cheating for a 9-year-old play on the team. At school, in addition to cheating on a test, a kid might cheat by stealing someone else's idea for a science project.2. .This kind of cheating is called plagiarizing (抄袭).

3. . Jeff is doing it by sneaking（暗中的） answers to a test. And it's also cheating to break the rules of a game or contest or to pretend something is yours when it isn't. When people cheat, it's not fair to other people. It's tempting(诱惑人的) to cheat because it makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the rest. 4. , and it won't help on the next test------unless the person cheats again.

5. . They want to get good grades but hate hard work. Other kids might feel like they can't pass the test without cheating. Even though there seems to be a "good reason" for cheating, cheating isn't a good idea.

A. Some kids cheat because they're lazy.

B. Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways.

C. But it doesn't solve the problem of not knowing the material（材料）.

D. Some kids cheat once and feel so bad that they never do it again.

E. For kids, cheating may happen at school, at home, or while playing a sport.

F. There are plenty of reasons why a kid shouldn't cheat, but some kids have already cheated.

G. Kids may also cheat by copying a book report off the Internet and handing it in as it's his or her original （原先的）work.

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the ___ had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t ___ , they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who _____ , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, _____ just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was ____ about her. She went to bed too _____ . The night before the first exam, Barbara _____ that she have an early night and take a _____pill. She promised to wake ___ up in the morning.

As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her____ kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of ____, she went to sleep. In no time（不久）at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination ____ , but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. ____ around her was writing pages and gages.____ she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write ___ . She kept looking at her ______. Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, ____ and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started ____ . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she ___ up. She was still in bed and it had all been a ____ dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.

1.A. teachers B. students C. classmates D. schools

2.A. prepare B. miss C. join D. pass

3.A. succeeded B. failed C. ended D. called

4.A. but B. so C. and D. because

5.A. excited B. frightened C. worried D. pleased

6.A. early B. late C. heavily D. eagerly

7.A. insisted B. hoped C. ordered D. wished

8.A. sleeping B. resting C. exciting D. breathing

9.A. him B. her C. them D. herself

10.A. hand B. eye C. mind D. body

11.A. her sister B. her parents C. the lessons D. the medicine

12.A. result B. marks C. desk D. paper

13.A. The teacher B. The students C. No one D. Everyone

14.A. If B. Though C. So D. How

15.A. with B. about C. on D. to

16.A. watch B. textbook C. sister D. subject

17.A. gave up B. put off C. look around D. think over

18.A. examining B. leaving C. copying D. crying

19.A. raised B. woke C. stood D. cheered

20.A. nice B. wonderful C. terrible D. special

Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the 1.important thing in her life but, to tell you the2. (true), she took lessons for years and practised every day,  3. in spite of all this, her voice didn't improve. Honestly, it didn’t get better, it just got 4. (loud).
Her teacher finally 5. （give）up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to quit(停止), and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her former teacher to attend.
The teacher was very worried about 6.to say after the performance. She knew it 7.be terrible and it was. She didn't want to tell a lie, but she didn’t want to hurt Alice’s feelings 8. . Finally, she got an idea and went backstage（后台） to greet her former （先前的）pupil.
“Well”, said Alice, “what did you think of 9.performance?”
“My dear,” said the teacher, “you’ll 10. be better than you were tonight.”

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Yang Li, a five-year-old girl living next door to me, very clever. Because she is too old to go to school, she often asks me to teach herself to read, write and draw. She studies hardly and soon she learns a lot of. One evening last month I was doing my English homeworks when she came to my house. She asked me how I learned English. “You would find English a bridge to so much knowledge,” I said. She then wanted to learn English, either. She has learned many English words so far, but her parents are very grateful to me.

假如你是李华，你的网友John想在近期外出旅行，请你根据以下提示，用英语给他写封电子邮件，向他介绍你对旅游的看法并提醒他旅行注意事项。

【写作内容】

1、旅游是一种非常好的活动：当你累了或有空的时候，到外地走走；欣赏美景，呼吸新鲜空气，交朋友，放松身心，有益健康。

2、旅行前的准备：了解天气，带好衣服、相机、常用药品等。

3、旅行时注意事项：饮食和安全。

【写作要求】

1、用恰当的句子表达全部内容；

2、开头和结尾已给出，不计入总句数。

【评分标准】句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Dear John,

I am glad to hear that you are going to travel.

Do you agree with me? Wish you a good journey.

Yours,

WangMing

Now many young people are traveling around the world on their own, not because they have no one to travel with, but because they prefer to go alone.

Kristina Wegscheider from California first traveled alone when she was at college and believes that it is something everyone should do at least once in their life. “It opens up your mind to new things and pushes you out of your comfort zone.” Wegscheider has visited 46 countries covering all seven continents.

In foreign countries, with no one to help you read a map, look after you if you get ill, or lend you money if your wallet is stolen, it is challenging. This is what drives young people to travel alone. It is seen as character building and a chance to prove that they can make it on their own.

Chris Richardson decided to leave his sales job in Australia to go traveling last year. He set up a website, The Aussie Nomad, to document his adventures. He says he wished he had traveled alone earlier. “The people you meet, the places you visit, or the things you do, everything is up to you and it forces you to grow as a person,” said the 30-year-old man.

Richardson describes traveling alone like “a shot in the arm”, which “makes you a more confident person that is ready to deal with anything”. He said, “The feeling of having overcome something on my own is a major part of what drives me each day when I’m dealing with a difficult task. I walk around with my head up because I know deep down inside that nothing is impossible if you try.”

The great 19th century explorer John Muir once said, “Only by going alone in silence can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness.”

1.Which of the following will Kristina Wegscheider agree with?

A. Traveling alone is a necessary experience for everyone.

B. It is more meaningful to travel in foreign countries.

C. It is comfortable to travel around without a friend.

D. Traveling abroad helps people to find new things.

2.Traveling alone is challenging because ________.

A. you have to make things on your own

B. it is hard for you to prove yourself to others

C. you can only depend on yourself whatever happens

D. it will finally build your character

3.What can we infer about Chris Richardson?

A. He started traveling alone at an early age.

B. He was once shot in the arm.

C. He used to work as a salesman.

D. His website inspires others a lot.

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Travel Abroad B. Travel Alone

C. Travel Light D. Travel Wide and Far

Have you felt annoyed when a cellphone rings during the class? Something must be done to stop this. Now in New York City, USA, a rule is carried out in schools. Students can’t even bring cellphones to school. Is it a good thing or not?

Anxious parents say that cell phones are an important tool in holding New York City’s families together.

＂I worry about it,＂ said Elizabeth Lorries Ritter, a mother of a middle school kid. It’s necessary in our everyday life. We have a washing machine. We have running water, and we have cell phones.＂

Many American parents think cell phones connect them to their children on buses, getting out from subways, and walking through unknown places.

＂I have her call me when she gets out of school,＂said Lindsay Walt, a schoolgirl’s mother.＂No one in New York is going to let their child go to school without a cell phone.＂

What about the cell phone owners, the students? Most of the students said cell phones were essential and the cell phone was like an extra hand or foot for them.

＂I feel so empty,＂said May Chom, 14. ＂There is also no way to listen to music on the way to school without my phone. It will be a really, really boring trip.＂

1.Students often use a cell phone _____________.

A. to enjoy listening to music B. to make phone calls to their teachers

C. to walk as an extra foot D. to work as a washing machine

2.According to the passage, _____________.

A. many American parents don’t think cell phones are necessary for the students

B. cell phones only bring troubles to the school life

C. cell phones connect children with their families when they are outside

D. cell phones can help students learn better

3.What does the underlined word ＂essential＂ mean in Chinese?

A. 时髦的 B. 重要的 C. 多余的 D. 昂贵的

4.What’s the parents’ attitude towards the rule — not to use a cell phone in school?

A. Supportive. B. Negative. C. Objective. D. Doubtful.

＂Have a nice day!＂ may be a pleasant gesture or a meaningless expression. When my friend Maxie says ＂Have a nice day!＂ with a smile, I know she sincerely cares about what happens to me. I feel loved and secure since another person cares about me and wishes me well.

＂Have a nice day. Next!＂ This version(版本) of the expression is spoken by a salesgirl at the supermarket who is rushing me and my groceries(食品杂货) out of the door. The words come out in the same tone with a fixed procedure. They are spoken at me, not to me. Obviously, the concern for my day and everyone else’s is the management’s attempt to increase business.

The expression is one of those behaviors that help people get along with each other. Sometimes it indicates the end of a meeting. As soon as you hear it, you know the meeting is at an end. Sometimes the expression saves us when we don’t know what to say, like＂Oh, you just had a tooth out? I’m terribly sorry, but have a nice day.＂

The expression can be pleasant. If a stranger says ＂Have a nice day＂ to you, you may find it heart-warming because someone you don’t know has tried to be nice to you.

Although the use of the expression is an insincere, meaningless social custom at times, there is nothing wrong with the sentence except that others who speak it without thinking may not really care about my day. But in a strange and comfortable way, it’s nice to know they care enough to pretend they care when they really don’t care all that much. While the expression may not often be sincere, it is always spoken. The point is that people say it all the time when they like.

1.By saying ＂Have a nice day＂ a stranger may___________.

A. express respect to you B. give his blessing to you

C. try to be friendly to you D. share his pleasure with you

2.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Have a Nice Day — a Meaningless Expression

B. Have a Nice Day — a Heart-warming Greeting

C. Have a Nice Day — a Social Custom

D. Have a Nice Day — a Polite Ending of a Conversation

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。

As is known to us all, everyone can make mistakes. But don’t worry about it. The following is what we should do when we make mistakes.

●Just admit (承认) it. Don’t think that our mistakes are caused by others. 1. Don’t blame other people, and don’t cheat ourselves, either.

●2. In order to stop the problem from getting worse, we should act quickly to solve it. If we don’t act and deal with the problem quickly, it’ll only make us feel more stressed. Also it is necessary to make a plan of action and correct the mistake according to it. 3.

●4. Those who have made the most mistakes can get an A, for they are the ones who have learned the most. The more we learn from our mistakes, the cleverer we are.

●Think about what we can learn from our mistakes. What caused us to make the mistake?5. When we act with a method to get a good result, do it that way next time. If we don’t, we should stop, think about it, change it and try again.

A. Solve it at once.

B. So be away from stress.

C. Don’t be afraid of failure.

D. So decide quickly and act.

E. Realize that making mistakes is the best way to learn.

F. How can we avoid making the same mistake in the future?

G. Be brave and face the fact that we have made the mistakes.