_______ he said at the meeting astonished everybody present.
  A. What   B. That    C. The fact     D. The matter

All of________sudden, I caught________sight of my teachers and classmates in the crowd, and then I felt much more calm.

A．a；/               B．/；/     C．a ; a                D．/ ; a

假设你是李华，上个月学校为你们举办了18岁成人仪式。请根据下列要点给你在美国的笔友发一封电子邮件，描述仪式的过程并简述你的感受。

共同宣誓做合法公民;

感谢父母和老师的养育；

老师和家长代表讲话，表达祝贺和期待；

植树。

注意：

为使行文流畅可适当增加细节；

词数：100 左右；

参考词汇：宣誓 make an oath;

Dear Peter,

 I’m writing to tell you something about the Coming-of-age Ceremony held last month for us Senior Two.                                                              

   ______________________________________________________________________

 ______________________________________________________________________

Yours，

                                                                 Li Hua

   将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文， 请你修改你同桌的作文。文中共有10处错误， 每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号∧，并在其下面写出该加的词

删除：把多余的词用斜线﹨划掉。

修改：在错的词下面划一横线， 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处， 多者（从第11处起）不计分。

   I used to feeling anxious and eager to do well in exams. I was such afraid of falling behind that I kept thinking about studying every minute of the day. The pressure makes me out of the breath.

   To my disappointed, the more worried I was with my studies, the less effective I became. Later, I realized I just took pressure too serious. So I tried taking things easy by taking part in various activity out of class, enjoying music and even daydreaming about funny things. To my delight, this worked! Gradually, I became more anxious about exams and began to take pleasure in my studies.

   Pressure cannot be avoided. What counts is how to deal with properly; above all, how to turn it into pleasure or challenge.

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（5小题，每小题2分，共10分）

The Value of Tears

Tears can ruin make-up, bring conversation to a stop, and give you a runny nose. Tears leave you embarrassed and without energy. Still, crying is a fact of life, and your tears are very useful. Even when you’re not crying, they make a film (膜)over the eye’s surface.   __71__

When tears fall, they reduce stress. But we tend to fight them for all sorts of reasons. “People worry about showing their emotions, afraid that once they lose control they’ll never get it back.”  _72_  After we cry, the feelings that caused the tears often disappear.

Sometimes people become much stressed and can’t cry. Whatever emotion they are feeling — shock, anger, fear, or sadness— is being held back.

But everyone has the need to cry. Psychologist Vera Diamond explains that her treatment often consists of giving people permission to cry.  __73__  Patients practice crying just to become used to expressing emotions. She suggests safe, private places to cry, like under the bedcovers or in the car. Crying is a way of easing tension, but people don’t like it when others cry because it makes them tense. They may be holding back a need to cry, too.   _74 _ 

In certain situations, such as at work, tears are not appropriate. It’s good not to cry during a tense business discussion.  __75___ You should also act out the whole situation again and be as noisy and angry as you like. It will help you feel better. “And,” she adds, “Once your tears have taken away the stress, you can begin to think calmly of ways to deal with the problem.”

Tears are a sign of our ability to feel. If you find yourself near someone crying, deal with it. And never be afraid to cry yourself.

A. And they’ll do just about anything to make you stop.

B. They cry for different reasons.

C. She gives crying exercises.

D. It contains a chemical against infection（感染）.

E. The fact is that no emotion lasts forever.

F. It forms in response to the stress on the surface of the eye.

G. But once you’re safely behind closed doors, don't just cry.

The computer keyboard helped kill shorthand---a system of rapid handwriting, and now it's threatening to finish off handwriting as a whole. When handwritten essays were introduced on the SAT exams for the class of 2011, just 15% of the most 1.5 million students wrote their answers in cursive (草写字母). The rest? Block letters.

And those college hopefuls are just the first edge of a wave of US students who no longer get much handwriting instructions in the primary grades, frequently 10 minutes a day or less. As a result, more and more students struggle to read and write cursive.

At Keene Mill Elementary School in Springfield, all their poems and stories are typed. Children in Fairfax County schools are taught keyboarding beginning in kindergarten. Older students who never mastered handwriting say it doesn't affect their grades.

There are those who say the culture is at a crossing, turning from the written word to the typed one. If handwriting becomes a lost form of communication, does it matter?

It was at University of Virginia that researchers recently discovered a previously unknown poem by Robert, written in his unique script. Handwritten documents are more valuable to researchers, historians say, because their authenticity (真实性）can be confirmed. Students also find them more fascinating.

The loss of handwriting also may be a cognitive (认知的）opportunity missed. Several academic studies have found that good handwriting skills at a young age can help children express their thoughts better--- a lifelong benefit.

It doesn't take much to teach better handwriting skills. At some schools in Prince George's County, elementary school students use a program called Handwriting Without Tears for 15 minutes a day. They learn the correct formation of manuscript letters through second grade, and cursive letters in third grade.

There are always going to be some kids who struggle with handwriting because of their particular neurological (神经系统的)wiring, learning issues or poor motor skills. Educators often point to this factor in support of keyboarding.

67. What is the author concerned about after 2011 SAT exams?

A. Keyboarding.      B. Shorthand.

C. Handwriting.      D. Block letters.

68. A poem by Robert mentioned in the passage is used to _________.

A. prove how valuable handwriting is

B. explain what a famous poet he is

C. show how unique his poem is

D. stress how fascinating the documents are

68. The example of Handwriting Without Tears helps to argue that_________.

A. the schools are responsible for the loss of handwriting

B. the loss of handwriting is a cognitive opportunity missed

C. it doesn't take much to teach better handwriting skills

D. the culture is turning from the written word to the typed one

70. What is the author’s attitude towards this debate?

A. Negative.     B. Encouragement.      C. Critical.       D. Objective.

                     Back Those Photos up

    The images were striking. Homes on the East Coast were washed away by Superstorm Sandy. People were in tears, picking up faded photographs, among their only remaining possessions.

If that doesn’t move you to get serious about safekeeping your lifetime of memories, what will? The digital age offers tools never imaginable before—including one-click access to a lifetime of family photos.

Here is a brochure on how to back up (存) your photos and save them online, where they can live forever and be accessible in good times and bad.

Scanning

The first step for those old photos is to scan them and save them to a digital format(数码格式). Most printers come with scanners these days, so that’s an easy but extremely time-consuming step.

Storing the photos

With your scans in place, import the photos into your computer, and back them up.

You could make multiple copies of the disks and spread them to loved ones. Or you could choose external(外接的) hard drives or USB thumb drive, and add your photo and video collection from your computer. 

Online backup

If you need lots of space, look at a pure online backup service, Caronite.     

Caronite backs up 300 million files daily. Once you sign up, it starts to pick up everything you have on your hard drive. But photo collection on your computer’s main hard drive charges for $59 a year.

Cloud Storage

For people who don’t need automatic backup, but instead want to take a more active approach, Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft’s SkyDrive let you store files online by yourself, share and instantly access them. All offer free options—2GB of free storage for Dropbox, 5GB for Google and 7GB for SkyDrive. But if you want more, you need to pay.

Bottom Line

The hard drive or flash drive is the cheapest and easiest. But drives can fail. Online services are more expensive, but more secure. With more of us switching back and forth between our computers, such services are the best way to get access to our data from wherever we are. 

63. Why does the author mention Superstorm Sandy?

  A. To tell the background of the scanning photos.        .

  B. To attract the readers’ interest in the backups.

  C. To describe a severe natural disaster.

  D. To win the readers’ sympathy.

64. What can we know from the passage? 

 A. Scanning photos takes little time but costs a lot.  

 B. Caronite charges for backing up photos from hard drive.

 C. Google Drive offers unlimited free photo storage on line.

 D. The hard drive or flash drive is the cheapest and safest.

65. Which of the following allows storing files automatically?

 A. Caronite.                      B. Dropbox.

 C. SkyDrive.              D. Flash drive.

66. The main purpose of the passage is to _____.

 A. tell real stories about storage services

 B. introduce some of the storage services

 C. describe the functions of storage services

 D. argue about the advantage of storage services

“The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer(征服) himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato．Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom．

A single angry word has lost many a friend．When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease．“Whoever the gods want to destroy they first make them mad.” “Keep cool”, says George Herbert, “for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.”

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “brings with folly(愚蠢)and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.

Self-control is man’s last greatest victory. If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also．

60．What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?

       A．The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself．

       B．One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself．

       C．To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life．

       D．If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful．

61．If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______．

       A．the very backbone and nerve of character

       B．strong feelings

       C．the patience and power to control himself

       D．self-confidence

62．What’s the best title of this passage?

       A．Victories of conquering oneself．       B．Moral freedom．

       C．Self-control.                        D．Advantages of self-control．

Mrs. Squirrel and I Negotiated Terms

       I was sitting in the room reading when I heard a loud noise. To defend my home from break-in, I picked up my defense weapon--- a broom and went out. There on the roof of my porch（门廊）, I saw a grey fluffy squirrel. I drove her away with the broom, but the next day I heard her again.

       I searched squirrels on the Internet and found because their teeth keep growing, they have to constantly chew on things to shorten their teeth. This was disturbing so I asked my husband to call in some wildlife control people.

       On Monday morning two men showed up, with guns in their hands. I pointed uneasily to the hole in my porch roof. They held up their guns. Suddenly I saw in my mind the baby nursery inside. I stopped them and confirmed that they wouldn’t harm her. They hesitated, but finally put down their guns. Then they brought out a bottle of deodorizer（除臭剂）and sprayed it into the squirrel’s home. They told me she would not like the smell and would leave.

       There was no sign of Mrs. Squirrel, so they blocked the hole, took my cheque for $250 and left.

       Shortly after they left, Mrs. Squirrel returned from her shopping trip. She was mad at being driven out and began feverishly clawing at the porch roof. In order to stop the destruction of my home, I drove her away with the broom again.

       Each day thereafter, Mrs. Squirrel continued her attack on my possession. I then called the company to report that “SHE’S BAAAAAACK…” The receptionist said that if Mrs. Squirrel had managed to find another way into my porch roof, it would be a new charge. I replied I couldn’t continue contributing my husband’s hard-earned income to their silly wildlife experts and hung up.

       I went to the porch and banged on the roof. Mrs. Squirrel came out and glared at me. We negotiated some terms, came to an agreeable arrangement and went back into our respective homes.

       All is quiet these days, although large quantities of materials have been removed from my garage wall and my daughter claims that some of her doll-house furniture has disappeared. I still hope that Mrs. Squirrel would leave, but I will wait until it is warmer and hopefully until after the birth of the little ones.

56. What did the author think of the squirrel at first?

       A. Troublesome.           B. Dangerous.        C. Interesting.     D. Clever

57. Why didn’t the author ask the wildlife control people to come again?

   A. She worried about the safety of the squirrel.

   B. She thought the company charged too much.

   C. She decided to drive away the squirrel herself.

   D. She doubted the ability of the wildlife control people.

58. What can we learn from the passage?

   A. Getting rid of the squirrel needs patience.

   B. The squirrel has destroyed the author’s house.

   C. The author has developed love for the squirrel.

   D. The author signed an agreement with Mrs. Squirrel.

59. The underline word in the fifth paragraph probably means_________ .

   A. surprisingly         B. delightedly         C. quickly         D. crazily

After 22 years of marriage, I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy. I started dating another woman.

   One day Peggy said to me, “Life is too ___36___, you need to spend time with the people you love. You probably won't believe me, but I know you love her and I think that if the two of you spend more time together, it will make us __37___”

      The “other” woman my wife was encouraging me to ___38___ is my mother, a 72-year-old widow who has lived alone since my father ___39___ 20 years ago. Right after his death, I ___40___ 2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career. When I moved back near my hometown six years ago, I promised myself that I would spend more time with mom. But with the ___41___ of my job and three kids, I never got around to seeing her much ___42___ family get-togethers and holidays.

    Mom was ___43___ and suspicious(怀疑)when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie. "What's wrong?" she asked. "I thought it would be nice to spend some time with you," I said. "Just the two of us". ''I would like that a lot," she said.

        We didn't go anywhere ___44___, just a neighborhood place where we could talk. ___45___ her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows, I had to read the menu for both of us.

      “I used to be the ___46___ when you were little,” she said.

      “Then it is time for you to relax and let me ___47___ the favor,” I said.

      We had a nice talk ___48___ dinner, just catching up on each other's lives. We talked for so long that we ___49___ the movie.

      “___50___ was your date?” my wife asked when I got home that evening.

      “Nice...nicer than I thought it would be.” I said.

      Mom and I get out for ___51___ a couple of times a month. Sometimes we take in a movie, but ___52___ we talk. Through the talks ,I know what it was like for her to work in a factory during the Second World War. I know how she met my father there, and know how they ___53___ the difficult times. I can't get enough of these stories. They are ___54___ to me, a part of my history.   

Peggy was right. Dating another woman has ___55___ my marriage.

36. A. easy             B. difficult              C. short               D. hard

37. A. closer            B. longer               C. nicer               D. fitter

38. A. date              B. please              C. meet               D. consult

39. A. passed out       B. passed by             C. passed down        D. passed away

40. A. went             B. drove                C. moved              D. removed

41. A. routine         B. development          C. demands            D. loss

42. A. beyond           B. with                 C. during              D. on

43. A. excited           B. annoyed             C. delighted            D. surprised

44. A. ordinary          B. fancy               C. plain                D. common

45. A. Since               B. When                  C. If                            D. Unless

46. A. worker             B. waitress                C. reader                D. owner

47. A award               B. return                  C. turn                  D. answer

48. A. over               B. with                    C. on                     D. across

49. A. cancelled         B. refused                 C. missed                      D. abandoned

50. A. What              B. Who                   C. Where                  D. How

51. A. talk               B. movie                  C. walk                    D. dinner

52. A. finally              B. merely                  C. mostly                  D. especially

53. A. went though      B. pulled through       C. looked through       D. saw through

54. A. friendly          B. kind                  C. loyal                     D. important

55. A. ruined            B. damaged             C. helped                  D. affected