He always works hard, but__________, he didn't pass the exam.

   A. much to our surprise  B. to our great surprising  C. to our surprise much D. to surprise

“Mom, can I bake some bread?” We were 15, my best friend, Hanna, and I, determined to try our hands at creating some beautiful bread.

       “It’s not worth the trouble,” my mother said. “It takes lots of time and makes a big mess. Our bakery bread is delicious without all that effort.”

Begging was useless. Mom’s “no” meant “No!”

But several weeks later, opportunity knocked: My parents were going out for the evening. I immediately invited Hanna to be my partner in bread-baking crime.

We studied the recipe. That was easy. “Mix oil into flour then beat in four of the eggs, one at a time, with remaining sugar and salt.”

We were not good at breaking eggs. I tried to learn from my mother.

“Gradually add eight cups of flour. When dough (面团) holds together, squeeze it.”

We took turns working like that. “Is the dough ‘holding together’?” we asked each other.

I remembered my neighbor’s instructions: “If it’s too sticky, add some flour; if too dry, add water.”

We added water. Then more flour. Then more water. By then, the mass of our dough had grown very much.

“Place dough on floured surface and squeeze till smooth,” the recipe instructed.

We took turns burying our hands in the damp dough, pinching, squeezing, and feeling it leak between fingers.

“Clean and oil bowl, then return dough to bowl. Cover and let dough rise in warm place for 1 hour.”

This was good news --- we’d have a break. On dirtied kitchen chairs, we dreamed about our beautiful bread. “See?” we would tell my mom. “Isn’t it worth the work?”

Hanna and I couldn’t help glancing at the rising process every few minutes. But nothing was happening.

“Maybe something will happen in the hot oven,” I said.

Unfortunately, when we removed the loaves from the oven, they were like hard stones.

Mom was right; it takes time and effort. It sometimes makes a mess. But still it feels good, somehow, to be part of that long, ongoing chain of bread bakers. Since that night, both Hanna and I have learned to do it right.

To the writer, what her mother said was __________.

A. law                   B. rubbish                    C. advice                      D. warning

Which of the following can best describe the children’s feelings while making their first bread?

       A. Confident; hopeful; disappointed.          B. Curious; hopeful; disappointed.

       C. Interested; excited; satisfied.                   D. Worried; satisfied; proud.

Which of the following did the writer do without instructions?

A. Placed dough on floured surface.            B. Added eight cups of flour to eggs.

C. Returned dough to a cleaned bowl.          D. Placed the dough into the hot oven.

The passage mainly tells us ______________.

       A. the process of making bread                   B. the conflict between mother and daughter

       C. the first experience of making bread        D. the way of doing housework

Ever since humans have lived on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication．Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech．When there is a language barrier(障碍), communication is completed through sign language in which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas．Tourists and the people unable to hear or speak have had to turn to this form of expression．Many of these symbols of whole words are very lively and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot．

      Body language sends ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either meaningfully or not．A wink(眨眼) can be a way of showing that the party is only joking．A nod means agreement, while shaking the head indicates disagreement．

      Other forms of nonlinguistic(非语言的) language can be found in Braille (a system of raised dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals．Road maps and picture signs also guide and warn people．While language is the most common form of communication, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings．

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

      A．There are many forms of communication in use today．

      B．Language is the most common form of communication．

      C．Tourists are unable to use an oral form of communication．

      D．Ideas and thoughts can be expressed by body language．

Which form other than oral speech could be most commonly used among deaf people?

     A．Picture signs． B. Body language    C. Braille     D. Signal flags．

Sign language is said to be very lively and exact and can be used meaningfully except for ____．

    A．spelling  B. idea  C. whole words    D. expressions

How many different forms of communication are mentioned here?

     A．Five      B．Eight      C．Nine      D．Three  

假定你校将举行一个成人仪式，你将作为代表在仪式上发言。请你按以下内容要点准备一篇英文发言稿。

过去对成年的向往；

现在的感受和认识；

将来的目标及措施。

参考词汇：责任responsibility

注意：

词数100左右

可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

发言稿的开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）

Good morning, everyone!

The topic of my speech today is “Thoughts on becoming a grown-up”

As is known to all language learners, the newly learnt words will soon be forgotten unless _________ used in everyday communication.

   A. gradually     B. actually     C. entirely        D. frequently

The traffic problems we are looking forward to seeing ______ have attracted the government’s attention.

A. solving           B. solve       C. to solve        D. solved

___       three times in a row, the boxer decided to make a fourth attempt, though．

       A．Having defeated       B．To have defeated

       C．Having been defeated         D．To defeat

I requested that you      the task on time.

A. finished      B. finish       C. could finish       D. would finish

The naughty boy who _____ in bed ____ to his parents, saying that he was ill and  couldn’t go to school.

A. lied; lied   B. lay; lied   C. lay; laid    D. laid; lied

When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good    36    to help us pull through.

I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to    37    a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting    38   , I decided that I had to make a jump myself    39   . Unluckily, I’m not good at any    40   , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping.

My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a    41   . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s    42    included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n)   43 . For this, I had to wait until the following    44   .

The next morning, I was taken to the airfield.    45   , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was    46    to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon    47   . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a    48    from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute    49   after I jumped.

“Get    50   , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to    51   , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.

“Jump!” Harry called    52   . “Jump!”

Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick    53   . My big parachute had opened! It was the best    54    I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was    55   .

A. way              B. chance                            C. idea                         D. value

A. tell               B. write                        C. read                         D. copy

A. film             B. poem                       C. story                        D. program

A. secretly         B. instead                            C. finally                      D. first

A. sport            B. driving                     C. lesson                      D. drawing

A. try               B. hand                        C. gift                          D. suggestion

A. jumping        B. journey                    C. training                    D. entertainment

A. tree                     B. tower                       C. building                   D. airplane

A. week            B. month                      C. evening                    D. morning

A. Besides         B. Once                        C. There                       D. However

A. asked            B. invited                            C. forced                      D. taught

A. slowing        B. climbing                  C. landing                    D. filling

A. belt                     B. steel                         C. line                          D. seat

A. light             B. broken                            C. fixed                        D. open

A. ready            B. up                           C. on                           D. away

A. cry               B. rest                          C. laugh                       D. lie

A. softly           B. loudly                      C. nervously                 D. excitedly

A. comfort        B. wind                        C. pull                         D. push

A. failure          B. experience                C. competition                     D. danger

A. tiring            B. shocking                  C. true                         D. fun