I was in a charity shop looking at the second hand books. It just so happened that the book shelves were next to the toy section. After a few minutes I became aware of a group of women standing behind me. They were poorly dressed and spoke in what sounded like an eastern European language. As they looked through the clothes rails a little girl, about three years old, came over to the toy section. Immediately her attention was caught by a toy pram（婴儿车）. What is it about little girls and toy prams? I don't know, but whatever it is its incredibly cute!

She spoke to her mother and, in halting English her mother asked the shop assistant how much it cost. Three pounds was the answer---about five dollars. The mum looked down at her child, perhaps calculating what she still had to buy and how much money she would have left. Then she simply shook her head.  

The child didn't react badly as some might. Being told “no” was obviously not a new experience for her. But she couldn't keep the disappointment from her face.

 I had the grand total of four pounds in my pocket, two two-pound coins. A moment later I tapped the mother on the shoulder, pointed to the coins which I had left in the pram and said, "Buy her a dolly too."

 I didn't hang about to see the end result. After all, it's not about being thanked. I made my way out of the shop and into the sunshine.

 The money was an investment in the happiness of the world. Was there any better way, I wondered, to get so much happiness for so little money than to buy a little girl a toy pram? And a dolly to sit in it!

26. What did the little girl say to her mother according to the second paragraph?

A. She asked her mother to calculate her money.

B. She asked her mother to buy the toy pram for her.

C. She asked her mother to borrow money from the author.

D. She asked her mother to ask the shop assistant the price of the toy pram.

27. The mother shook her head because ________.

A. she thought the toy wasn’t worth the money.

B. she found it difficult to calculate her money.

C. she found she didn’t take enough money with her.

D. she thought the toy was not suitable for her daughter.

28. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _________ .

A. the girl usually behaved badly.

B. the mother usually treated her daughter badly.

C. the mother was not rich enough to meet her daughter’s need often.

D. the little girl was often refused because she asked for too many toys.

29. What would the girl probably get finally?

A. Both a toy pram and a dolly

B. Either a toy pram or a dolly

C. Two two-pound coins.

D. Nothing

30. What words can be used to describe the author?

A. Optimistic and energetic.

B. Pleasant and grateful

C. Wealthy and healthy.

D. Sympathetic and helpful

I met my step-mom for the first time when I moved to America. That night before I went to bed she came to my room, __16__was the first room I had ever had for my own. She told me she was glad to have me and that she __17__(take) good care of me. Because I was never shown affection __18__ a child, I did not know how to react, so I just stared at her. To this day, I have a hard time __19__ (let) others be affectionate towards me.

She asked me for a hug, but I did not know what __20__ word “hug” meant. So, I just looked at her __21__ a questioning expression on my face. But she didn’t give up. She called my father into the room and asked him to explain to me what she meant. When he did I looked at my new step-mom and wondered__22__ she wanted to hug me. She then told me it was because she loved me and you hug people when you love __23__. So she opened her arms wide and timidly I opened__24__ and we hugged.

 That was my very first hug and I was eleven years old at that time. I’m twenty-three years old now and,  __25__ (thank) , I have received many hugs since then.

Abraham Lincoln loved to tell stories on himself. One of his favorites concerned itself with physical __1__.

In the days when Lincoln used to be on the circuit (traveling on horseback from one county court to another), he was once approached by a __2__ who said, “Excuse me, sir, but I have an article which __3__ to you.”

 “How is that?” Lincoln asked in __4__.

The stranger took a knife from his pocket. “This knife,” he said “was__5__in my hand some years ago, with the order that I was to keep it until I found a man __6__ than I am myself. I have __7__ that knife for many years. Now I pass it on to you.”

 Lincoln __8__ humorously, “I've carried that knife ever since.”

One of Lincoln's greatest assets(资产) was his ability to laugh at himself. And he __9__ laughed at his physical appearance. But history does not __10__him as an “ugly” individual -- in fact, often just the opposite.

His outer appearance was clothed in magnificently __11__ garments: character, honesty, humor and courage. But there are other __12__he wore equally well -- such as modesty and forgiveness.

The story __13__ us to clothe ourselves with “compassion, kindness, modesty, gentleness and patience.” Then “over all of these put on love, which bonds them in perfect unity.” Regardless of how __14__ we may otherwise be, it is these clothes that will determine our __15__ beauty.

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。

Recently I entered one office of our company, seeing a co-worker(同事) head on his arms. She was really upset. We began talking about work issues and the topic quickly turned into her daughter, her mother, her husband and her personal life. I just sat and gave her my full attention. This went on for about 20 minutes. Finally, a smile came to her face and she said, “Why is it that I can always talk to you?” What I know is that I gave her my full attention and listened.

Listening is an important part of helping someone. It is different from hearing. Most people can hear but listening is a learned skill. You have to stop thinking about yourself and put your attention on the person talking. I believe if you really listen to one another, many situations could be changed. It means you give another person the chance to have him heard. To me, this is an important way to help others and it does make a difference.

写作内容：

1. 概括短文的内容要点，该部分的词数大约30左右；

2. 聆听似乎是非常简单的一件事，但是有时聆听别人可以为别人解决烦恼。请你以“聆听是一种帮助”为主题写一篇120词的短文：

(1)你觉得聆听为什么是对别人的一种帮助；

(2)如果你的一位朋友在生活中遇到问题，你会聆听他的倾诉吗？

(3)在聆听之后，你会怎样帮助他？

写作要求：

你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。

评分标准：

　　概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

假如你叫李华，是汕头的一名中学生。最近，当地政府正计划实施快速公交和桥梁建设，结果引起人们的广泛争议。请你根据人们不同的观点，给当地报社写一封信，反映这一情况。

写作要求：

1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；

2．可适当发挥，但不能出现真实的学校和学生姓名。

3．短文开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入5个句子中。

评分标准：

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

参考词汇：快速公交系统BRT  高架桥overpass

Dear Editor,

I’m writing to tell you about the road construction which is going to take place in our city.

Yours truly,

Li Hua

下面是几条与节日有关的报道，首先请阅读这些报道的标题和插图：

以下是这些报道的简要内容介绍，请配对它们的标题。

46. Where did this most popular day for couples come from? And how does it come into beings, year after year? Noel Lenski, professor of the University of Colorado, said the lovers’ holiday traces its roots to raucous annual Roman festivals held every year on February 15 and remained wildly popular well into the fifth century A.D.

47. The first Earth Day in 1970 was a raucous, radical teach-in that helped spur clean-air, clean-water, and endangered species legislation in the United States. Now, 40 years later, Earth Day is every day, as the saying goes. The thing is, it’s also everyday - environmentalism has become a routine with greenness as much a marketing tactic as a moral pursuit.

48. Some 242 million turkeys were raised in the U.S. in 2010 for slaughter, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Last year’s birds were worth about U.S. $3.6 billion. Before the big dinner, debunk the myths, we need to know that the first “real” U.S. Thanksgiving wasn’t until the 1800s and get to the roots of Thanksgiving 2010.

49. Father’s Day traditionally takes a backseat to Mother’s Day, and, for the most part, dads are cool with that, experts say. Nevertheless, as traditional roles around the house gradually change, fathers are gaining more attention on their special day, at least as measured in the monetary value of gifts estimated to be given on June 19, 2011, when the holiday will be celebrated in dozens of countries.

50. Cookouts, fireworks, and, of course, a chance to wish Uncle Sam a big “happy birthday” —the day means summer in full swing across the United States and beyond. Besides the founders of the US, Fireworks, first authorized by Congress in 1777, are another legacy. More than 14,000 fireworks displays light up U.S. skies each year.

From bankers to factory staff, employees in the West face a cold“prospect” of losing their jobs as a global recession(衰退) starts to bite. For colleagues in the East, the pain is more likely to come through a pay cut.

Human resource experts say cultural differences explain why Asian companies try harder to preserve jobs in difficult times, which will prevent unemployment and may help Asian economies survive at a time of slowing exports. The East Asian attitude may also make it easier for companies to recover quickly from the economic downturn since they will not need to rehire or train new staff, but build up a more loyal and devoted group.

“In the Confucian mindset(儒家思想), the right thing to do is to share the burden, which is the sense of collective(集体的)responsibility. While in the West, it’s more about individual survival,” said Michael Benoliel, associate professor of organizational behavior at Singapore Management University (SMU).

In contrast, local Western companies from General Motors to Goldman Sachs plan to lay off workers by the thousands, but at the Asian units of Western multinationals or western units of Asian groups, job cuts will probably be less severe.

Japan’s jobless rate was 4 percent in September, up from 3.8 percent in January, while Hong Kong’s was flat at 3.4 percent. But US unemployment is expected to have jumped to 6.3 percent last month from below 5 percent in January.

Experts say that while there are noticeable differences in labor practices in East and West, the gap will narrow as more firms become more multinational and competition forces firms to adopt the best practices of rivals from abroad.

41. The underlined word “prospect” in the first paragraph most probably means _________.

　 A．weather　 　　　　　 B．scene　 　　　 C．future　 　　　　　　 D．place

42. Compared with job cuts, pay cuts can bring the following benefits EXCEPT that _________.

A．it’s helpful to the economy recovery

B．it costs the company less money to survive

C．it will keep the experienced and skilled workers

D．it can form a team working harder and more loyally

43. According to Michael Benoliel, the Confucian mindset focuses on _________.

A．human rights　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　 B．sharing responsibility

C．personal profits　　　　　　 　 　　　　　　 D．individual survival

44. In which company can we infer the job cuts will be probably the most severe?

A．A local American group.

B．A small Japanese company.

C．A German branch of a Korean multinational.

D．A Hong Kong’s unit of a French company.

45. The passage mainly tells us ________.

A．the difficulties all the companies around the world will meet with today

B．the cultural differences between Eastern and Western world at present

C．the ways to cut down the cost of the companies in economic downturn

D．the different labor solutions of Asian and Western in global recession

As I grew older, Dad was to build all sorts of things for me as I explored a variety of interests: magic tricks, a toy circus, neighborhood shows and science projects.

　 From as early as I can remember to the time I left home for college, I continued to come to him with a design or an idea, and he would figure out how to build it.

　 In fifth grade, a schoolmate and I wrote a puppet(木偶) show that we wanted to perform for our class. I made the puppet heads myself, and I made the costumes and curtains with Mon---who was as expert designing and sewing with cloth as my father was designing and working with wood and metal. With Dad I made the puppet stage, in our own invented style between kid and adult with me saying something like, “ It has to be this high, and it needs to come apart and fold up so it can fit in the backseat of the car, and it needs to set up fast, and it needs to have different colored lights on top with switches you can reach to control them and a curtain you can pull from under it, even if you still have a puppet on your hand.” Dad figured out how to make it all work, making plans as we went along. Then with the tools in his shop he built it, and I helped.

　 Dad also spent a lot of time out in the garage or in the driveway working on the family car. I don’t remember that he ever took it to a professional auto-repair shop. Maybe to save money, but also because he could usually figure out what needed fixing, just by taking it apart and looking. Though not trained as an auto mechanic, he could look under the engine cover and take parts and pieces out, spread them on a tarp (油布) to catch the oil and figure out what was supposed to happen to the machine and then figure out what wasn’t happening and then replace the worn-out part or whatever and then put everything back together again.

36. If you are the writer, you are supposed to write about ________ahead of the first paragraph.

　 A. father’s achievement in mechanics　　

　　 B. father’s love and skills in mechanics

　 C. father’s experience at repairing cars　

　　 D. father’s inventions in mechanics

37. Who helped the writer to make the puppet?

　 A．The writer himself.　　 B．His classmate. 　　 C．His teacher.　 D．His parents.

38. Before the writer went to college, he always turned to his father for _____________.

　 A．designing a machine　　　　　　　 　　　　 　　B．building his design or idea

　 C．making a puppet show　　　　　　 　　　 　　D．building a show stage

39. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

　 A．The writer’s car is always breaking down.

　　 B．Father works in a car repairing shop.

　 C．Repairing in a shop can save much money.

　　 D．Father was good at mending his car.

40. The purpose of the writer’s writing the passage is ______________.

　 A．to tell how his father made a puppet for him

　 B．in memory of his parents

　 C．to describe to the readers his memories about his father

　 D．to argue that parents should help children to explore the world and make inventions

Outside our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a seemingly ancient woman waited beside the door with her hand outstretched. Every day I put my hand in hers as our eyes met. She never failed to return my smile, my grasp, and my greeting.

　 On the last day of our visit, I found myself alone on a busy corner across the street from our hotel. Bicycles and motorbikes rushed in front of me. As I hesitated on the sidewalk, I felt a hand on my elbow and looked down to see the smile of my small beggar friend looking up at me. She nodded her head toward the street, indicating that she would take me across. Together, we moved slowly into the chaos.

　 Then we moved on toward the sidewalk, where she pulled my face down to hers, kissed me on both cheeks, and then left, still smiling and waving back to me.

Traveling in poorer nations, I have witnessed a variety of ways to deal with beggars. The most common response of tourists faced with the poverty-stricken is to ignore them and focus their eyes elsewhere. I have seen people push away an outstretched hand in angry annoyance. A few may drop a few coins into the hand in a hurry, hoping that other ragged pursuers won’t immediately appear on the scene.

For many reasons, giving money is not the best response to an outstretched hand. Many world travelers have discovered that the greatest gift they can give is their time and respect. Everyone needs recognition, to be seen as worthy of being known, to feel appreciated and loved. And I believe that everyone is worthy and worth knowing.

31. The woman beggars helped the author go across the busy street because __________.

A．the author gave her material assistance　

B．the author treated her kindly and friendly

C．the author would help her as a reward　　

D．the author was a foreigner

32. From the story, what position of the beggars in the author’s mind might be?

A．equal　 　　　　　　　 B．superior　 　 　C．lower　 　　　　　 D．valuable

33. In common cases, people will do the following things to the beggars EXCEPT for ________.

A．pretending to see nothing　　　　 　 　B．handing out some money

C．refusing them angrily　　　　　　 　　 　D．greeting them normally

34. According to the author, the most important things beggars really need are _________.

A．mercy and pity 　B．money and food C．smile and greeting D．attention and respect

35. The purpose of the passage is to _________.

A．show how poor the beggars are in Vietnam

B．offer some advice on dealing with begging

C．express what we should offer the beggars

D．describe an experience with a beggar

Even when you’re extremely busy, you aren’t using your time with 100% efficiency. There are gaps in everyone’s schedule where they aren’t doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time where you aren’t working as fast or as effectively as you possibly could.

Why aren’t you completely efficient? It’s because time isn’t the limiting factor. If it were the limiting factor, people could work non-stop without breaks or any unproductive distractions(消遣). Instead, people, even those who are highly productive, need to take breaks, occasionally procrastinate(拖延) and slow down on tasks throughout the day.

The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention. Energy levels limit your productivity because when you’re tired, you can have ample time and still not get everything done. Your attention ability is also limited, because even if there are a million things that need to be done, you can only focus on one or two at a time.

You might not be able to insert another 4-5 hours into your schedule without making some sacrifices(牺牲). But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedule without cancelling anything. The reason it’s hard to “find time” isn’t a lack of time. It’s because you don’t have enough energy left to focus on something else that needs to fit into your day.

I first suspected time wasn’t the real problem during an extremely busy period in my life over a year ago. I was insanely busy, but at that time I still exercised regularly. I had daily to-do lists with over twenty items, and I still found time to exercise. However, after a few weeks off, due to illness, I stopped exercising. I was not busy by any standards, in fact, my schedule was incredibly light. Despite this free time, I found it hard to find time to exercise. It seemed to get pushed later and later into my schedule until it was gone. How can I explain this odd experience? I believe you have known it.

26. If someone can’t work with 100% efficiency, the most important limiting factor is ________.

A．a schedule without gaps                    B．breaks and distractions

C．the limited time                        D．the limited energy

27. According to paragraph 4, everyone, including the extremely busy people, can ___________.

A．work without any rest                 B．focus on many things at a time

C．find some more time in a day            D．do some exercise regularly

28. After a few weeks off, what was the change of the writer’s life?

A．He had a longer daily to-do lists with over twenty items.

B．He stopped doing exercise because of the lack of energy.

C．He found it hard to find time to exercise because he was busier.

D．He pushed most of the things later and later in his schedule.

29. The writer gives the example of himself in the last paragraph in order to ___________.

A．prove what the real limiting factor is        

B．show us how busily he needs to work

C．explain how important a healthy body is   

D．tell us what an odd experience he has

30. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Are You Really Lack of Time?            B．How Can You Work Efficiently?

C．What Makes Your Energy Limited?       D．When Should You Do Exercise?