【题目】E

An old man in a faded yellow shirt sat in a windowless room on a raised concrete form. The only source of heat came from somewhere beneath the plastic mattress and the rough blanket the blank-faced police woman had handed him after taking his thumb prints. He heard voices and metallic clang as the cell door swung open.

At the front desk a tired looking policeman handed the old man back his belongings, his worn-out cap and the Seiko watch that had stopped working the day his beloved Evelyn left. The policeman dramatically held the blue plastic bag at an arm’s length to the old man who took it and made sure its contents were undamaged: the goat meat, palm oil, leaves and spices. He ignored the confused expression on the officer’s face and signed the document declaring he had been returned the possessions they had taken off him the night before.

No one spoke to him as he walked slowly towards the exit. “Mr. Easy-nwa?” He stopped and prayed to the God who now took care of Evelyn to please take him far away from this unhappy place of expressionless faces, clipped accents and people who did not even attempt to pronounce his name right.

“Ezenwa,” He said and looked at a woman with tangerine lips, her name tag said Jessica Harlow, Social Services. “A bit far from home，，，she said as she drove fast and with confidence the way Evelyn used to. He wondered if she meant the 50 miles from Liverpool or the 50,000 miles from Enugu，a city in Nigeria. He did not bother replying as this woman had plenty to say about the weather, bad drivers, her daughter’s school play...

At last she drew up outside the block of flats where he lived.

“Got here in the end”，said she seriously, “Really Mr. Easy-nwa, if you keep getting lost, we will have to consider moving you into a home”.

“No need, I was not lost，，，he answered. He carefully rolled up the sleeves of the oversize bomber jacket he wore and turned on the tap to wash his hands, relieved the pipes were not frozen. In a clean pan he placed the chopped pieces of goat meat. The herbs and spices that had taken him three months to track down, the uziza seeds had taken him into the heart of Granby Market in Liverpool, his uchanwu leaves down a shady back alley in Manchester, and yesterday, among other food items, the finest goat meat from a Sierra Leonean Butcher in Birmingham. That had taken some time, so much he missed the last train and when the police found him shivering outside the locked up station, so cold he couldn’t answer loudly enough the pink-faced big copper who yelled in his face, “What’s your name sir?” spraying his face with spittle (吐沫）as he did so, leaving them with no choice but to search an exhausted, frozen old black man and finding him in possession of mysterious condiments (调味品）including a bag of dried bitter-leaf which could of course be mistaken for anything that resulted in him getting read his rights and charged with ...possession???

He lifted the lid of the bubbling soup, the room was filled with the rich and spicy scent of his culinary (烹饪的）effort. He served two bowls, taking the chipped one and placing the other opposite where Evelyn would have sat. He would tell her about his adventure, it was their anniversary and this was the perfect pepper soup to celebrate.

Ken Onyia, UK (Nigeria) Commonwealth Sport Short Story Prize

【1】Mr. Ezenwa was taken to the prison for a night because________________.

A. he was too weak to move

B. he couldn’t find his way back home

C. he then had nowhere else to go

D. he was suspected of possessing drugs

【2】Which is the right order of the following events?

a. Ezenwa cooked the buddling soup.

b. Ezenwa searched for all kinds of condiments.

c. A social worker drove him back home

d. Ezenwa was sent to prison.

e.Evelyn passed away.

A. b, e, c,a ,d B. d, e, c, b, a

C. e, b, d,c,a D. e, d, b, a, c

【3】Why did Mr. Ezenwa cook the buddling soup?

A. To give his wife a present.

B. To give a surprise to his wife.

C. To entertain himself.

D. To celebrate their wedding anniversary.

【4】What words can be used to describe Mr. Ezenwa?

A. Hopeless and pessimistic.

B. Mysterious and troublesome.

C. Affectionate and persistent.

D. Energetic and sympathetic.

【题目】Jane is ill and Annie is going to _______ this week.

A. take place B. take her place

C. take the place D. be replaced

【题目】书面表达(满分25分）

现在孩子和父母之间的代沟越来越深。据估计，75%的父母抱怨他们孩子不合理的行为，而孩子们认为父母太落伍。请按照要求写一篇短文：要求：1.介绍现状； 2.分析原因； 3.提出解决方法；

注意：1. 词数： 120 左右；

2. 内容充实，语言连贯通顺;

3. 开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

Nowadays, there are more misunderstandings between parents and children which is so-called generation gap.

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【题目】In the last few years thousands of films __________ all over the world.

A. have produced

B. have been produced

C. are producing

D. are being produced

【题目】Lawrence Craven is the author of several published reports, one of _____ introduced the idea _____ aspirin could reduce the risk of heart attacks.

A. them; when B. which; that

C. what; that D. which; when

【题目】If Penicillin had not been available, many people _______ from sickness or even small wounds.

A. had died B. have died

C. would have died D. should have died

【题目】E-mail, as well as telephones, an important part in daily communication.

A. is playing B. have played

C. was playing D. play

【题目】最近，我国许多城市出现了严重的雾霾天气。假设你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文，主要内容包括；

1. 雾霾天气出现的危害（使能见度降低，进而影响交通，对人体健康也有危害）

2. 雾霾天气出现的原因（大气污染，汽车尾气，…等）；

3. 避免出现雾霾天气的措施（较少大气污染，植树造林，等等）。

注意； 1.词数120 左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇 ；雾霾 haze.

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【题目】W: David, we all know you took up skateboarding at ten . 【1】

M: Yeah, my parents even let me skate in the house.

W: 【2】

M: Yes, they are pretty cool.

W: 【3】

M: That was fine. I was able to get my school work done with good grades. My only problem was that I had too much physical energy that I could not sit still in class. Then some teachers started taking my skateboarding away.

W: That couldn’t stop you from skating?

M: 【4】 .The cool thing was that my parents managed to find a different school. The headmaster there was wonderful. He let us plan our own PE classes. So guess what I created.

W: Skateboarding.

M: 【5】 .That was my PE class. By that time I was turning professional and starting to show off some techniques at competitions.

A. Did they?

B. But did your parents support you?

C. No way.

D. Are you kidding?

E. How about your school work?

F. You guessed it.

G. I think so.

【题目】Mobile phones __________ in China are well worth trusting for many reasons.

A. produce

B. producing

C. have been produced

D. produced