The cars were honking （鸣叫） on the road one morning as I was walking to the park．I walked on and soon found the cause — a little taxi that had got stuck in the middle of the road．There was sweat on the driver's face as he tried to start the engine again and again — nothing happened．"No petrol,"

       I said to myself and then found myself getting angry．"Why doesn't the fool move his taxi to the side?" I thought, so did all the others who honked and shouted．

       He got up tiredly, and the passenger in the taxi got out．He was a young man in a white shirt, who watched the driver try to push it to the side．"Stupid guy!" I said．"Can't he lend a helping hand?

       I watched as the poor driver pushed it to the side．Cars, buses and trucks went past cursing （咒骂 ） the poor man．The young man took another taxi and went off．

      The taxi driver began mending his taxi．"Stupid passenger!" I said to him．"He didn't help you!" The taxi driver slowly got up．"Sir!" he asked, "Did you?" I looked at him guiltily, then looked away, and walked away fast, asking myself, "Did I help the poor man push his taxi?"

       What had I been doing as the traffic jam took place? How had I helped deal with the problem? Did I help the poor man push his taxi? I’d done my bit, with my mouth．But never had I moved to solve the problem．I was shocked with guilt as I heard him asking, "Sir! Did you?"

Why did a traffic jam happen on the road when the author was walking to the park?

       A．There was too much traffic in the street．

       B．Truck drivers attempted to go ahead of others．

       C．A taxi driver couldn't start his engine．

       D．A young man wasn't good at driving．

The author's attitude toward the passenger is that of __________．

       A．anger             B．respect          C．sympathy       D．guilt

Why did the author feel guilty?

       A．Because he blamed the driver wrongly．

       B．Because he didn't help the driver, either．

       C．Because he tried to help but failed in the end．

       D．Because he didn't persuade the passenger to help．

From the incident, the author learnt a lesson that we should     _________．

       A．criticize those who don't help

       B．hurt the self-respect of others no more

       C．think more of those who are in need

       D．stop talking and start to help

The CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs’ story about death

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered（遇到）to help me make the big choice in life.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is my doctors’ code for preparing yourself to die.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. I was completely in despair. Later that evening, I had another biopsy（活组织检查）and my wife told me that tumor turned to be curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.

This was the closest I’ve been to facing death. To tell the truth, no one wants to die. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. It clears out the old to make room for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.

Your time is so limited that you shouldn’t waste it repeating someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma（教条）----which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart. It somehow already knows what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because_________.

   A. he had to rest at home

B. his disease was not serious at all

   C. his disease couldn’t be cured

D. he had to wait for the result of the test

How did the author feel after the diagnosis?

   A. Angry       B. Excited       C. Optimistic   D. Hopeless 

What does the author think of death?

A. He thinks it is nothing to be scared of.

B. He thinks it is not the end of life.

C. He thinks it is impossible to avoid.

D. He thinks it is the beginning of a new life

In the author’s opinion, we should ____________.

   A. follow others’ advice

B. take no notice of diseases

   C. take exercise and keep healthy

D have the courage to follow our heart

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Beijing, Oct. 2, 2008 --- Tourist destinations around the country had at least 4.05 million visitors, up 33.4 percent year-on-year, during the first four days of the week-long national holiday.

The tourism revenue(财政收入) jumped 37.5 percent year-on-year.

This year’s “golden week” National Day holiday runs from Sept. 29 to Oct.5. In previous years, the seven-day holiday kicked off on Oct. 1.

Beijing had a visitor increase of more than 60 percent, with many tourists drawn to see the Olympic venues(场所).

About 920,000 people, up 62 percent year-on-year, visited 21 major tourist sites in Beijing, according to figures released by the office.

The must-see Forbidden City welcomed 120,000 visitors, up 140 percent.

Shanghai saw a 52.2-percent rise in the number of tourists at more than 70 sites.

In Sichuan province, about 107,400 people, an increase of 360 percent from last year, visited the ancient town of Huanglongxi near Chengdu.

Chinese trains carried more than 5.4 million passengers on Wednesday alone, an increase of almost 13 percent. About 557, 300 people traveled by air and 53.2 million people hit the roads on the same day.

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从2008年起，国家调整了假日设置，五一黄金周被取消，增加了传统节日的休假，对此人们评价不一。在今年国庆前，网上流传一些专家和机构的说法，国家将会在近期取消“十一”黄金周，又引起了各种反响。请你对此现象发表意见。

内容要点包括:

以约30个词概括新闻报道；

用约120个词谈谈你的观点，内容包括：

支持者意见：虽然缩短了“五一”长假，但增加了三个传统节日，有利于提高传统文化意识，减轻了旅游地的接待压力，增加了亲人团聚的机会．．．．．．

反对者意见：会导致长假期间的交通更加拥挤，减少了远方的人员回家探亲的机会．．．．．．

你的观点。

[写作要求]

1．你可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

[评分标准]   概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

词组 （共10小题；每题1分，满分10分; 每空1词。）

Her name is Alex, _______  _______ (缩写) Alexandra.

He gave the speech _______  _______  _______ (不看)his notes.

I’m afraid you’re not _______  _______  _______ (取得很大进步) in your study.

Many people went to countryside at weekends to _______  _______  _______ (逃避摆脱) the city noise.

She was _______  _______  _______  _______ (盼望看到) the grandchildren again.

He bothered me with _______  _______  _______ (许多) questions.

The dresses on sale in this department store are _______ _______ _______ (过时的) .

They try to avoid _______  _______ (修建) the new school buildings next to the highway.

As soon as his head hit the pillow, he _______  _______ (睡着了).

After World WarⅡ, Germany _______  _______  _______ (被分成) two separate countries.

Entering the reading room, ______.

A. Mike and Tom were found seated quietly, doing their homework

B. Mike and Tom were found seating quietly, doing their homework

C. he found Mike and Tom seating quietly, doing their homework

D. he found Mike and Tom seated quietly, doing their homework

Never before _______ so highly successful in his attempts to forecast the weather accurately on a small scale.

A. man has been             B. man is

C. has man been             D. will man be

Would you like a burger or fried chicken for lunch? No Way! Please pass me the salad   36 ．

      Hi, my name is Mor??gan Jacobs, and I decided to be a vegetarian  37 I love all animals．I have read and seen pictures of  38  happens to animals that are raised for their meat．It makes me so  39   ． Baby cows and chickens live their   40    lives in places that are too small for them．They have no  41    to move about．This is so  42   ．They suffer and do not get to

43   their lives．

       I don't like other animals that also only live to be  44  by people while they are alive and the  45   they are killed．I feel sorry for them．

       The best thing  46   being a vegetarian is all the tasty and healthy foods I eat．Vegetables and fruits are healthy for your body．47  , 1 think they taste better than meat．Oranges have vitamin C．I love the   48  of watermelon, peaches, and strawberries．Green vegetables  49  me feel strong．I enjoy drinking lots of soymilk to  50  my bones calcium（钙）．

      I have a life threatening allergy（过敏）to nuts, seeds, and peanuts,  51   I eat soy butter to get my protein!

       I  52  in being kind and loving to people and animals, being good to the earth, and  53   life, including animals!

       54    is known to all, animals are our friends．We should live in  55   with the animals．If we destroyed the animals, we would destroy ourselves．

A．too        B．also      C．either          D．instead

A．because       B．unless          C．whether   D．while

A．that          B．which      C．what            D．how

A．excited    B．sad         C．glad     D．happy

A．short          B．long            C．colorful  D．useful

A．time         B．room           C．need        D．problem

A．cruel         B．interesting     C．necessary       D．probable

A．like          B．hate     C．enjoy     D．love

A．played       B．eaten          C．looked   D．fed

A．style         B．road           C．way     D．type

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

A．Besides     B．However       C．Otherwise      D．Therefore

A．smell          B．color        C．size            D．taste

A．force          B．make        C．cause            D．get

A．leave          B．take           C．bring    D．give

A．so     B．but          C．yet      D．or

A．believe     B．think        C．consider        D．imagine

A．inspecting   B．respecting       C．expecting       D．inspiring

A．It             B．What    C．As             D．Which

A．harmony     B．memory        C．terms    D．search

Violin prodigies（神童）, I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers of the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the world’s greatest violinists, the reason for this phenomenon. “It’s very clear, “he told me. “They were all Jews and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill-treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage.” As a result, every Jewish parent’s dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.

Another element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field and is able to nurture (培育) talent. Nowadays the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. “In Japan, a most competitive society with stronger discipline than ours,” says Isaac Stern, “children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World War II, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well.” The Koreans and Chinese, as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.

That’s a good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work, biological inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music.

Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed for their children to attend music school because ______.   

   A. it would allow them access to a better life in the West

   B. Jewish children are born with excellent musical talent

   C. they wanted their children to enter into the professional fields

   D. it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own country

Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that ______.

   A. enforce strong discipline on students who want to achieve excellence

   B. treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full development

   C. encourage people to compete with each other

   D. promise talented children high positions

Japan is described in the passage as a country that attaches importance to ______.

   A. all-rounded development                  B. the learning of Western music

   C. strict training of children                  D. variety in academic studies

Which of the following contributes to the emergence of musical prodigies according to the passage?

   A. A natural gift.                    B. Extensive knowledge of music.

   C. Very early training.                D. A prejudice-free society.

短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

I’d like to say something about the service in your school   ______

dining hall. In general, the service is satisfactory. The      _______

hall is clean and tidy. The dishes look inviting and tastes     _______

delicious. What’s more, the workers there treat us their          ______

friends, which makes us real happy. However, the price      _______

of the meals was a little too high. Also, we can only        __

have a limited variety of dish with little change every day.  _______

In addition, we often have to stand in line for long time     ________

after we can get the meal. It wastes us a lot of time. I hope _____

something can be done to solve about these problems soon. ______

–I’d like to buy a new CD player.     –Well, we have several models ________.

       A. to choose of      B. to choose from   C. to be chosen      D. for choosing