第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

    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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

         Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water! This is just one of hundreds of tips you might get if you have the hiccups （打嗝）．Hiccups are so mysterious．We really don't know why they start and why they stop．

         Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups．Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well．Others eat a teaspoon of sugar．Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it．

         An American man named Jack O'Leary said he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years．He tried 60,000 cures, but none of them worked．At last he prayed to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately.

         It took a British plumber eight months to cure his hiccups．People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well．He tried them all, but the hiccups continued．Finally, he drank a "secret" mixture someone had sent him．By that evening his hiccups were gone．

         Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows．But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea—hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure．

1．How did Jack O'Leary stop his hiccups?

         A．He took a deep breath．             B．He prayed to Saint Jude．

         C．He ate a teaspoon of sugar．         D．He drank a "secret" mixture．

2．The British plumber spent _ ___in stopping his hiccups．

         A．4 hours    B．2 days       C．8 months D．8 years

3．       might be the best cure for hiccups according to the passage．

         A．Cold water                B．A spoonful of salt

         C．Special pills                 D．What you believe in

4．From this passage, we can learn ____．

         A．Saint Jude is an expert in curing the hiccups

         B．the reason why the hiccups start and why the hiccups stop

         C．some people think that a good scare is a cure for a case of hiccups

         D．the British plumber drank a "secret" mixture given by an experienced doctor and then became well

5．What is the main idea of this passage?

         A．Different ways to stop hiccups．      B．What makes hiccups happen．

         C．How to get hiccups．               D．Jack O'Leary's hiccups．

A proverb(谚语) is a short 、well-known saying that expresses a common truth or belief. Proverbs are popular around the world. Many proverbs give advice on how to live. Some proverbs are hundreds of years old, but they are still used today.

For example, my son is just like his father in many ways. We often say the two of them prove the proverb that the apple does not fall far from the tree.

My daughter is very short. She would like to be taller. But I tell her that good things come in small packages. Some valuable things are very small, like diamonds and other jewels. But I also tell my children that all that glitters is not gold. Something may look valuable, but may not really be valuable. Also, I tell them do not judge a book by its cover. You should not judge something only by its appearance.

Sometimes I tell my children to cooperate to solve a problem. After all, two heads are better than one. But another proverb says too many cooks spoil （弄坏） the soup. If too many people try to do something, then the job will not be done well.

I also tell my children that two wrongs do not make a right. You should not do something bad just because someone did the same to you.

Some people are pessimists while other people are optimists（乐观派）. Pessimists always think about how bad things are or will be; optimists might say that every cloud has a silver lining（衬里） and they always look on the bright side. Other people are both pessimists and optimists. They hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

Some people often worry about what they will do in a situation that might happen in the future. We could tell them do not cross that bridge until you come to it.

It is usually much better to prevent a problem from happening than to find ways to solve it. So we say an ounce（盎司） of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

1. The author often comforts（安慰） her daughter with the proverb that ____.

A. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

B. Good things come in small packages

C. Too many cooks spoil the soup

D. Two heads are better than one

2. If someone says “two heads are better than one”, he means____.

A. jobs will be done better if two work together

B. a problem will be solved easily by many people

C. jobs won’t be done well if there are too many people

D. you can’t do something bad even if someone else does it

3. The underlined word “pessimists” in the sixth paragraph refers to those people_____.

A. who always look on the bright side

B. who always expect bad things to happen

C. who are always full of hope for the future

D. who always make preparations for the worst

4. Which of the following are optimists likely to say?

A. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

B. We hope for the best and prepare for the worst

C. Don’t cross the bridge until you come to it.

D. Every cloud has a silver lining

A cat is ______ a tiger ______ many ways. 

A. similar as ; in                                       B. similar with ; of  

C. the same as; to                                      D. similar to; in

_______ I want very much is a new car.

A.All which   B.All that   C. All what   D. What that

.This magazine is very     with young people,who like its content and style.

A.familiar       B.popular           C.similar            D.particular

第Ⅱ部分

五、短文改错（满分10分）：

假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文， 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误， 要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1. 没处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

        2．只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不记分。

Last night when Steven and I was having a walk in the street, we suddenly heard a painful cry for help under a tree nearby. We quickly ran to the tree and found a boy laying on the ground with a stick in his leg. He had fallen of the tree. Steven suggested we pulled the stick out at once, but I disagreed, Because I had learned little about first aid at school. The stick in the leg would help controlling the bleeding. As there was no telephone, we managed to find a taxi. We took the boy to a nearest hospital. The doctors examined the boy fast and we got to know where the boy lived. So we telephoned his parents and left after he came to the hospital. We did a good deed.

When I was learning calligraphy my teacher told me a story．

A calligrapher taught handwriting．One or his students who often practised handwritihg with old sheets of newspaper complained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time．His teacher said to him,“Try to use the best paper．Maybe you’ll write better．”

The student did as he was told．It really worked．He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious．He asked his teacher about the reason．The calligrapher answered,“When you used old newspaper to practise handwriting ,you would think you were writing a draft．It didn’t matter if you wrote badly as old newspaper was plenty in supply．In that case you wouldn’t pay much attention to it．Now you use the best paper and you ’ll treasure it．Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity of chances and you’ll devote to it with all your heart and soul ; you’ll do the handwritihg much more attentively than practising．Of course you’ve made rapid progress．”

Indeed , we spend our ordihary days just as they are worthless “ old newspaper ”．We don’t care if we scrawl and waste it ,thinking that it will come endlessly---the “ old newspaper ” is inexhaustible．In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them．

Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used ．In everyday life there’s no chance for us to draft．That’s because what we call“draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed．

Every day of our life is something new．Let us take every day as a sheet of the best paper．

46．The calligrapher in the story told the student to write on the best paper because he thought      ．

A．the student would practise more carefully on the best paper

B．it was comfortable to write on the best paper

C．the student had enough money to buy the best paper

D．the student could write more on the best paper

47．The student didn’t make much progress at first because      ．

A．he regarded his writihg on old newspaper just as a draft

B．he was too poor to buy better paper to write on

C．he didn’t follow his teacher’s advice

D．he was not used to the calligrapher’s teaching manner

48．We learn from the passage that      ．

A．the student finally gave up

B．the student made rapid progress by practising more carefully

C．the caligrapher was strict with his students

D．old newspaper is not useful

49．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．What teachers say is always true．

B．Success calls for attentiveness．

C．Handwriting is easy to practise．

D．New things are always better than old ones

50．The writer want to tell us that      ．

A．there are some good ways to practice handwriting

B．life is like old newspaper

C．we should learn from the student in the story

D．life will not give us a chance to draw a draft

 A new bridge ______ across the river and it is expected to open next year.

A. was building      B. is built       C. will build      D. is being built

–Jack has won the game and he will get a reward.

   --He ____it. He has been training for the game for half a year!

A. wants        B. asks       C. deserves      D. worth

第二节  书面表达 （满分15分）

       暑假将至，同学们就自己暑假生活及安排进行了相互交流。假设你是李华，请你用英语向美籍教师Mr Brown介绍有关情况以及自己的暑期计划。

       内容应包括以下要点：

       1．有的同学打算与家人一起外出旅游，放松一下。

       2．有的同学计划在家中多读书，按时按质按量完成暑假作业，为将来的学习做好充分准备。

       3．有的同学准备积极参加体育锻炼，保持身体健康。

       4．谈一谈自己的暑期安排。

       要求：

       1．不要逐词翻译，文中不要提及真实的校名和姓名。

       2．可适当增加细节和连接词，使文章通顺连贯；

       3．词数100词左右，开头部分已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr Brown，

       The longing summer vacation is approaching, it is the best part of the school year for us．__________________

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                                                                 Yours,

                                                                 Li Hua