My sister and I grew up in a little village in England．Our father was a struggling ___36___， but I always knew he was ___37___．He never criticized us, but used ___38___ to bring out our best．He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish．If you don’t give them water, they die．”I ___39___ as a child I said something ___40___  about somebody, and father said,“___41___ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you．”He explained that if I looked for the best ___42___ people, I would get the best ___43___．From then on I’ve always tried to ___44___ the principle in my life and later in running my company．

Dad’s also always been very ___45___．At 15, I started a magazine．It was ___46___ a great deal of time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a ___47__: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine．

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, ___48___ any good father would．When  he realized I had  made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad ___49__ me to go into law．And I’ve ___50___ regretted it．I wanted to be a biologist, ___51__ I didn’t pursue my ___52__．You know what you want．Go fulfill it．”

As ___53__ turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national ___54__ for young people in the U．K．My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad ___55__ me．

A．biologist         B．manager       C．layer         D．gardener

A．strict            B．honest          C．special       D．learned

A．praise            B．courage        C．power       D．warmth

A．think            B．imagine         C．remember    D．guess

A．unnecessary       B．unkind        C．unimportant   D．unusual

A．Another           B．Some         C．Any         D．Other

A．on              B．in            C．at           D．about

A．in case         B．by turns             C．by chance    D．in return

A．revise            B．set          C．review       D．follow

A．understanding     B．experienced   C．serious        D．demanding

A．taking up       B．making up    C．picking up     D．keeping up

A．suggestion        B．decision       C．notice         D．choice

A．and             B．as             C．even if        D．as if

A．helped           B．allowed         C．persuaded      D．suggested

A．always           B．never         C．seldom         D．almost

A．rather            B．but           C．for            D．therefore

A．promise          B．task            C．belief         D．dream

A．this             B．he              C．it             D．that

A．newspaper        B．magazine        C．program       D．project

A．controlled       B．comforted      C．reminded       D．raised

Who is suitable to work as a Community Representative in YOUTH International?

A. One who enjoys working with teenagers from different countries.

B. One who hopes to take action in fighting against diseases.

C. One who has a strong desire to improve his or her English.

D. One who wants to earn some pocket money in the program.

Where will jack, a volunteer, receive the training before he is sent to work in Malawi?

A. In some local offices in the US.       

B. In an ESL organization in China.

C. In a preparation program in Demark.   

D. In an exchange student center in Africa.

Mrs. Black in the US hopes to learn some Chinese at home, she may contact _______.

A. takeaction@betterworld.com          B. ram3462@hotmail.com

C. club3864@hotmail.com              D. staff@youth.org

What are volunteers for an experiment over the Internet supposed to do?

A. To interview people online.            B. To do some housework.

C .To offer advice on Child Aid          D. To provide language exercises.

阅读下列短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

Mr. Li,

       Last Sunday I went to do some reading in your library.

       Over the time I was there, I found something unpleasant. T       ,                ____

I’d like to v        my opinions, which, I hope, would be of help for             ____

you to _______（创造）a more comfortable place for readers. First, there are   ____

few new books on the shelf, and most books are not s        in proper           __

order, making it difficult for readers to find _______ they want quickly.           ____

Third, the l        didn’t offer good service. Instead, they were                     _

chatting. In _______, they took no notice of the fact that a light                     _____

wasn’t _______. Leave this state of affairs to stay the same, and I’m                        ____

_______(恐怕) there will be fewer and fewer readers. So, I suggest your                  ____

_______ (改变) all these as soon as possible for the sake of readers.                  ____

The      End

   With world economic crisis worsening, people _______ the government for more unemployment benefits.

       A．apply for                B．go for                     C．appeal to                 D．approve of

Every time ______ they met , they would talk several hours together about the persons and things _______ they remembered in the middle school.

A. that; who and which       B. when ; which       C. /; that       D. which ; /

I think your health will soon ______ if you have a holiday on the seaside．

       A．give up         B．pick up          C．take up    D．get up

The young lady has a ________ for helping disabled people.

A. correction      B. knowledge        C. reputation      D. description

It’s a goal for millions and millions of families every year——keep the Christmas spending within a certain amount, but can still afford the gifts that your loved ones will enjoy. Never has this concern been greater in recent years than right now. Even so, there are several things that you can do to help.

       Hit the sales.

No one wants to get up at four o’clock in the morning and fight to get the best deal on Black Friday, and it’s surely very tough to pick up the courage and get out there in the cold for a good deal, but sometimes——it can be well worth. Many retailers(零售商) offer specials all through the day——and some even offer online Black Friday specials, so you may still be able to get a great deal on Black Friday.

       Pay close attention to advertisements.

Once the Christmas shopping season is coming, retailers hungry for business will do just about whatever to get you in the store. Pay very close attention to weekly advertisements of sales among the major retailers and you may be lucky enough to find different prices for the same thing in different shops.

       Shop online.

Some of us don’t like running from store to store in order to get the best price on the perfect gift, and some of us don’t like to go out in the cold at all——thankfully for us, we can do online shopping.

       The world of online shopping lets people visit all the major retailers as well as some specialty stores that could only be found on the Internet. Customers can find exactly what they are looking for, at the best possible price without ever having to leave the house. With traditional Christmas shopping consumers are sometimes limited to what’s left in stock if they wait too long to get to a particular store.

The first paragraph implies that ______.

       A. nowadays not many people can afford expensive gifts

       B. recently many people don’t want to spend money on gifts

       C. Christmas is a time to make our loved ones enjoy their gifts

       D. Christmas is a time to make us feel free to buy our loved ones gifts

In the writer’s opinion, it is rewarding on Black Friday _____.

       A. if the weather is not very cold                B. if we don’t have to fight for the best deals

       C. if we don’t have to get up early                     D. If we get what we want at a good price

The underlined word “specials” means_______.

       A. some experts in shopping                       B. certain things for especially low price

       C. some kind of help for a certain customer D. things that can only be found on Friday

We can have more choices _____.

       A. on Black Friday                                    B. in a particular store

       C. on the Internet                                      D. from retailers

In this passage the writer means ______.

       A. to tell us the best way to do shopping

B. to attract more readers to do wise shopping

       C. to show us how hard it is to do Christmas shopping

       D. to give us advice on how to get a good deal at Christmas time

Many parents have called head teachers to know ______ their children are getting along well with everything in the school.

A. if                            B. how                  C. that                          D. where

---Would you mind if I brought my brother along?

       ---               .

       A. It’s fine with me   B. Yes, go ahead      C. No, please don’t     D. Sorry, I don’t