【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

For 80 years, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has kicked off the holiday season with glorious bands, balloons and floats (花车)，and for one day, it has transformed New York City into a living comic book.
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade presented by Macy's Department Store. It was first held in 1924. It was organized by Macy's employees, most of whom were first generation immigrants(移民)，who wanted to celebrate holidays like they did in Europe. The employees dressed in costumes(盛装)and marched on the streets with floats, bands and live animals borrowed from a zoo.
With an audience of over a quarter of a million people, the parade was such a success that Macy's declared it would become an annual event.
In 1927 Felix, the Cat became the first parade balloon to float over the city. Large animal shaped balloons replaced the live animals from then on. These giant signature(特有的)balloons are by far the biggest attraction of the parade. Each year sees parade balloons adding new characters from comic strip characters to timeless toys.
One tradition long gone is the releasing of the balloons after the parade. They would float for days and the lucky finder or finders could claim a cash reward if he or she returned the balloon or its remains to Macy's.
The parade has gone on every year except during World War Ⅱ when, aside from not having much to cheer about, the helium(氦气)air and rubber used for the balloons were needed for the war effort.
When the parade returned in 1945，it was televised in New York for the first time and also traveled its current route for the first time.
Nowadays, more than 10,000 people participate in the parade and the National Broadcasting Company(NBC) will nationwide broadcast it live from 9 a.m. to noon. The NBC has even earned several Emmy Awards for this program.
As always, the parade will end with a visit from Santa Claus. The joyful old man will get settled in Macy's Department Store after the parade to start amonthlong search for who's been naughty and who's been nice.
（1）The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade originated from the fact________.
A.the first European immigrants showed thanks to the Indians for their help
B.Macy's Department Store hoped to thank its employees for their devotion
C.the first European immigrants showed their traditional celebration of holidays
D.the employees of Macy's Department Store showed thanks to the store
（2）The parade wasn't held once. The reason is that________.
A.people had to do other more important things that time
B.it was forbidden by the government that time
C.people couldn't afford the expensive parade that time
D.a great misfortune prevented it from going on that time
（3）According to the text, the following are true EXCEPT that________.
A.about two hundred and fifty thousand people participated in the first parade
B.large animal shaped balloons are one of the attractions in the parade
C.the visit from Santa Claus marks the end of the parade
D.the television's live broadcast makes the parade more popular
（4）The underlined word “kicked off” in the first paragraph means“________”．
A.put off
B.opened up
C.dropped out
D.turned into

假定你是李华。校学生会正在举办“魅力中学生”评选报名活动，旨在给学生提供展示风采的舞台，为大家树立学习的榜样。下面的海报吸引了正在你校访问的美国学生Catherine的关注。请向她介绍此次活动，并阐述你心目中“魅力中学生”的标准。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3．首句已给出，不计人总词数。

The poster is about a selection registration named Charming Students.

【题目】完形填空My Forever Valentine

Valentine's Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真地) thought1him as my “Valentine Man”.
My first recollection of the2he could bring to Valentine's Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a giftwrapped package at my chair.
The card was3“Love, Dad ”and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to4my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is5difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember6that ring with pride that all the cards in the world7not surpass (超越).8I grew older, the gifts gave9to heart shaped boxes filled with my10chocolates and always included a 11card signed “Love，Dad”. In those years my “thanks” became12of a perfunctory(敷衍的)response. The cards seemed less13and I took it for granted that the Valentine would14be there. I had15my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love, Dad” just didn't seem quite16
His final card remains on my desk today. It's a17of how special father can be and how important it had been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a 18of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never19nor does the memory of a man who never20being my Valentine.
（1）A.of B.about C.up D.over
（2）A.memory B.magic C.puzzle D.presents
（3）A.read B.written C.shown D.signed
（4）A.recover B.resemble C.represent D.replace
（5）A.much B.little C.great D.less
（6）A.having B.owning C.wearing D.watching
（7）A.could B.did C.must D.should
（8）A.Because B.Since C.When D.As
（9）A.room B.way C.honor D.seat
（10）A.favorite B.lovely C.dear D.precious
（11）A.usual B.common C.strange D.special
（12）A.less B.little C.more D.much
（13）A.important B.beautiful C.familiar D.standard
（14）A.surely B.always C.regularly D.often
（15）A.let B.kept C.placed D.remembered
（16）A.suitable B.enough C.effective D.sacred
（17）A.signal B.certificate C.consequence D.reminder
（18）A.tradition B.hobby C.habit D.custom
（19）A.lose B.die C.miss D.appear
（20）A.thought B.wanted C.tried D.stopped

【题目】阅读理解

Hobbs was an orphan (孤儿). He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work made him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.
One day a lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded. He didn't know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do—painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it's too much for one and too little for the other.”
“Here is the reading of your uncle's will (遗嘱)，” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.” “Yes, I see. I'll do that，” said the young man.
（1）Hobbs wanted to borrow money to ________.
A.study abroad
B.work abroad
C.pay off the debts
D.learn to paint pictures
（2）What does the underlined word “dumbfounded” (in Paragraph 2) probably mean?
A.Surprised.
B.Frightened.
C.Satisfied.
D.Excited.
（3）With the money, he got, at first Hobbs ________.
A.planned to have a happy life for a few days
B.decided to give up his work in the factory
C.was to give a dinner to his friends
D.had no idea what to do
（4）Hobbs was asked to ________.
A.tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it
B.read his uncle's will
C.tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money
D.buy some pictures

【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

India has many festivals, with some celebrations that last for weeks. However, none of them come even close to Holi, India's most colorful and fun festival. Celebrated on the day following the full moon, this year's festival happens to be on March 19th.
As with most Indian festivals, this one also has many different folk stories. Most of them center around the success of good over evil. The most popular one is about a king, who hates his son Prahlada for loving the creator of the Universe－Lord Vishnu. When every attempt to stop him fails, his sister, Holika believed to be immune (免疫的) to fire, joins in the effort by inviting the young boy to sit with her inside a huge fire. Helped by the power of Lord Vishnu, Prahlada escapes safely, while the evil Holika is burned to death. To remember this event, huge outdoor fires are lit in the night before Holi in order to clean the air of evil spirits and to celebrate the death of the evil.
So what's so great about this day? While there are some fun parades (游行) and folk songs and dance performances, the most fun of all is walking to the streets and splashing (泼洒) people with water guns and dry colors and even covering them with entire buckets of colored water. On this day, everybody is fair game, no matter how old or how young.
At about midday, the splashing comes to an end and people living close to oceans or rivers usually take a bath in the water to clean themselves before going home to a delicious homemade big dinner and a welldeserved short sleep, following this full day of fun and activities.
（1）Why does the king dislike his son Prahlada?
A.Because Prahlada doesn't love him.
B.Because Prahlada is rude to Holika.
C.Because Prahlada loves Lord Vishnu.
D.Because Prahlada concentrates on his own success.
（2）Prahlada gets out of danger ________.
A.with the help of Lord Vishnu
B.because of his good luck
C.by beating his aunt Holika
D.using his amazing talent
（3）The underlined phrase“fair game”in Paragraph 3 refers to a person who ________.
A.fights against others fairly
B.enjoys splashing people
C.plays a trick on others
D.is the aim of splashing water
（4）After the fun activities, people living close to oceans or rivers often take a bath because ________.
A.they have got dirty with dry colors and colored water
B.going home with colored water means bad luck
C.they believe clean water will bring good luck
D.taking a bath shows their true love for Lord Vishnu

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I hardly remember my grandmother. She used to holding me on her knees and sing old songs. I was only four when she passes away. She is just a distant memory for me now.

I remember my grandfather very much. He was tall, with broad shoulder and a beard that turned from black toward gray over the years. He had a deep voice, which set himself apart from others in our small town, he was strong and powerful. In a fact, he even scared my classmates away during they came over to play or do homework with me. However, he was the gentlest man I have never known.

Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator（猎食动物）gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the "hurt" adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.

Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.

Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They don't make nests（鸟巢）. Instead, they get into other birds' nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them.

Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner's hand and start fighting again.

Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don't hear them, and they don't need to share their food.

As children, many of us learn the saying "You can't fool Mother Nature." But maybe you can't trust her, either.

【1】A plover protects its young from a predator by______.

A. getting closer to its young

B. driving away the adult predator

C. leaving its young in another nest

D. pretending to be injured

【2】By "Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky" (paragraph 5), the author means______.

A. chimps are ready to attack others

B. chimps are sometimes dishonest

C. chimps are jealous of the winners

D. chimps can be selfish too

【3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.

B. The losing chimp won the fight by taking the winner's hand.

C. Cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.

D. Some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.

【4】Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A. Do animals lie?

B. Does Mother Nature fool nimals?

C. How do animals learn to lie?

D. How does honesty help animals survive?

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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）不计分。

Dear Linda,

I have read your letter, in which you mention that you wanted to lose weight by dieting. It’s naturally for young girls of your ages to wish to look beautiful. Therefore, in my opinion, health is more important than beauty. For a student, studying is the first thing to consider while appearance is the second. So don’t let others’ opinions to affect your normal life. However, if you do want to lose weight, it’s good idea to do it by getting more exercise and change unhealthy eating habits. The most important thing is that you keep a healthy state of mind, as they will help with your studies, and will also help you overcome difficult in dieting.

I hope my advice will be helpful with you.

Yours,

Tom

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修改：在错的词下面画一横线_____，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。请注意写词在正下方！

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。

As the saying go, chances favor the prepared mind. I learned this from one of my experience.

I was not chosen as member of the volleyball team of our school. Because of this, I decided to give up play volleyball. Luckily, my best friend stopped me but pointed out that it was my laziness and poor preparation which led to my failure. After that, I practised playing volleyball on every day. When another tryout arrived, I was full prepared and tried my best. As a result, I was selected and became an important player on our school team.

From this, I am firmly convincing that, no matter when chances arrive, we were able to seize them as long as we get well prepared.

【题目】阅读理解

Welcome to our school. You can do a lot of things here. Come and join us.
（1）You may have a chance to introduce your inventions on ______.
A.Sunday
B.Monday
C.Wednesday
D.Friday
（2）The person who teaches Computer Science is from______.
A.Canada
B.Australia
C.America
D.New Zealand
（3）You may learn something about a disease called TB from ______.
A.Dr. West
B.Mr. Morison
C.Mrs. Green
D.Mr. Thomas