We often focus on building relationships with others so that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves. That is the crucial first step if we are to have good relationships with others. How can we have good relationships with others if we don’t even have good relationship with ourselves? The problem might be worse than we expect. Maybe we don’t like ourselves without realizing it.

For example, maybe you have made mistakes in the past which you feel bad about. You might be disappointed with yourself on why you could make such mistakes. Even if that happened in distant past, your subconscious (潜意识) mind still has a reason not to like yourself.

You might wish that you were born in different family, or that you have different background. Maybe you could not accept the fact that you are not as lucky as others, who seem to get whatever they want effortlessly because of their background.

You might have some personal traits that you don’t like. For example, you may be an introvert (内向的人) and you don’t like it; you wish you are an extrovert (外向的人).

Your achievements relate to others. They might have better achievements than you, and no matter how hard you tried, it might seem impossible for you to match them. You might then think that it’s because you are not smart enough or don’t have enough talents.

Is there anything that resonates (产生共鸣) with you? All these give reasons to you not to like yourself. That in turn makes it difficult for you to be a good friend to yourself.

Fortunately, there are always things you can do to fix the situation. Here are some tips:

1. Forgive yourself.

2. Accept things you can’t change.

3. Focus on your strengths.

4. Write your success stories.

5. Stop comparing yourself with others.

6. Always be true to yourself.

49. The underlined word “traits” in the fourth paragraph probably means     

A. particular qualities                      B. some disadvantages

C. special abilities                         D. training courses

50. One can’t be friends with himself because    

A. he won’t forgive others’ mistakes         

B. he dislikes his background

C. he accepts some of his personal traits   

D. he is proud of himself

51. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Resonating is very important for making friends.

B. How to make friends with ourselves is very difficult.

C. Writing your success contributes to stopping comparing with others.

D. Realizing your own advantages and good is good to you.

52. Which of the following is NOT mentioned according to the passage?

A. It’s normal to make mistakes, so do yourself a favor by giving yourself forgiveness.

B. You will feel much relaxed if you treat things you can’t change the way they are.

C. It’s useless to compare yourself with others.

D. If you have a good family, you’ll make friends with yourself.

第二节  书面表达(满分25分)

最近，很多中学生都纷纷开起了自己的博客。一方面，博客可以作为展示自己的窗口，可以释放学习的压力，因此已经被越来越多的中学生所接受。但是，另一方面，很多家长和老师都认为管理个人博客要花相当多的时间和精力，会耽误学习。

请对这一现象进行简要介绍，并发表自己的看法。   

注意：1．词数：l00左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2．参考词汇：开博客open one’s blog。

Nowadays, it is a common phenomenon that more and more high school students open their own blogs on the Internet.                                              

Alice left the company half a month ago. Her work ___________unfinished since.

A. has left          B. was left             C. is leaving        D. has been left

 —Where did you find your coat ? Was it on the playground         you found it?

A. that                  B. where        C. which               D. 不填

Don’t ask Tom to do that,. He is a child______________.

   A. in all    B. after all    C. at all    D. above all

Although badly hurt in the accident, the driver was ______ able to make a phone call.

A. still                 B. even               C. also                D. ever

 The boys, ________ with this somewhat terrifying figure, had lost their tongues.

A. to face          B. having faced       C. faced           D. facing

四、阅读理解

      There’s a box of chocolates in the fridge. It’s been there for more than a week since I was given it as a present. I do love chocolates, but they make me fat if I eat too many! Can I control myself? If I eat one, will I have to eat all of them?

       My son Harry is obsessed with playing Wii(/wi:/, 任天堂的一款游戏机) games. Sometimes, it’s difficult to get him to concentrate on his homework because he wants to play some more.

       Last week I had to wake up a student in my class. I asked him why he was so tried and he said he had stayed up late to play his favourite Internet game, Farmville. He said he just couldn’t stop playing it! Now his academic work is suffering because he can’t control his urge to play games.

       What my son, my student, and I myself need is simply self-control.

       In the late 1960’s, American psychologist Walter Mischel launched an experiment about self-control. He left a group of four-year-olds in a room and told them that if they could wait 20 minutes, they could have two marshmallows, a kind of sweet. If they couldn’t wait, he would only give them one.

       In videos of the experiment, you can see children squirming, kicking, hiding their eyes—desperately trying to control themselves. Some did wait patiently, while others couldn’t wait a single minute.

       Years later, the self-controlled children turned out to get higher SAT scores and got into better colleges. The children who couldn’t wait were more likely to become bullies.

       So, the chocolates are still in the fridge. My son Harry is doing his homework with a promise that he can play on the Wii later, and my student says he will try harder to control himself. We all have our own temptations. But if we can control them, we will achieve more.

56. Which of the following is different from the other three?

       A. The writer.                                          B. Harry.

       C. The writer’s student.                              D. Walter Mischel.

57. We can know from paragraph 5 to paragraph 7 that____________.

       A. all the children got two marshmallows

       B. all the children waited patiently  

       C. self-control can help children succeed later

       D. the children who lack self-control get higher SAT scores

58. Which of the following statement is true?

       A. The writer is addicted to Wii.

       B. The writer’s son is addicted to Farmville.

       C. The writer’s student is addicted to chocolates.

       D. The writer’s student is addicted to Farmville.

59. What does the underlined word mean in paragraph 5?

       A. Something we can eat.                   B. A kind of toy.

       C. A kind of mushroom.                     D. A kind of prize.

The United Nations says forty million people or so around the world went hungry in 2008, mainly because of higher food prices. Early estimates from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) show that 963 million people did not get enough to eat.

World food prices have dropped since early 2008. Prices of major crops have decreased by more than half from their height earlier last year. But they remain high compared to earlier years.

But FAO official Hafez Ghanem says lower prices have failed to end the food crisis (危机) in many poor countries. “For millions in developing countries,” he says, “getting enough food every day to live an active and healthy life is a distant dream.”

The FAO says food shortage is a threat to people's health. Today, two-thirds of the world's undernourished people live in just a few countries. These are India, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Ethiopia and so on.

A report on food insecurity warns that the current economic crisis could send even more people into hunger and poverty.

In sub-Saharan Africa, the percentage of the people who continually go hungry fell from 34% in 1997 to 30% in 2008. But the FAO says Ghana is the only country that has reached two sets of hunger reduction targets. These were set by the 1996 World Food Summit and the Millennium Development Goals. The main reason is the growth in agricultural production in Ghana.

The FAO says some countries in Southeast Asia like Thailand and Vietnam have made progress in hunger reduction goals. But South Asia and Central Asia haven't, and North Korea is still in hot water.

68. What FAO official Hafez Ghanem says implies（暗示）__________

A. it's easy but takes long to provide people with enough food

B. enough food can make people more active and healthier

C. there is difficulty solving the food shortage in a short time

D. people in developing countries will never get enough food

69. Ghana has reached the targets of hunger reduction mainly because of ________.

A. the still high food prices                 

B. the donation of developed countries

C. the two targets of hunger reduction        

D. the growth in agricultural production

70. The underlined word "undernourished" in Para. 4 probably means ________.

   A. hungry and unhappy             B. unhealthy for lack of food

   C. not fat because of poverty        D. undeveloped and poor

71. What is the best title of this passage?

   A. The food production of the world

   B. The hunger reduction target of the FAO

   C. The food shortage around the world

   D. The solution to the global food shortage

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

    目前，一些诸如GG, MM, Xia Mi 等网络语言在青少年中极为盛行，并出现在家庭作业、报告甚至全国入学考试的作文中。请你以“Should Internet Slang Be Prohibited(禁止)？”为题，根据下表内容用英语写一篇短文。

提示: Internet Slang 网络语言    vivid 生动的

注意：1．短文须包括所有要点，内容连贯； 2．词数；120左右；开头已给出（不计入总词数）。

Should Internet Slang Be Prohibited？

At present, Internet Slang, such as “GG”, “MM”, “Xia Mi”, has become popular among the teenagers.

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