Not until all the fish die in the river ____ how serious the pollution was.

A．did the villagers realize                   B．the villagers realized

C．the villagers did realize                   D．didn’t the villagers realize

When the exciting news eventually came, the girl______ her feelings and burst into tears.

A．lost sight of        B．lost control of      C．took hold of        D．took charge of

--- How’s everything going?

--- _______________. 

A．Everything is finished                    B．Not so bad, you know

C．Everything has been done                 D．Not doing wrong, you know

It was only in the eighteenth century that people  Europe began to think mountains were beautiful .___36___ that time, mountains were ___37__ by the people living on the plains,__38___ by the city people, to whom they were wild and ___39___ places in which one was easily ___40___ or killed by terrible animals.

Slowly ,however , many of the people who were living ___41__ in the towns began to grow tired of ___42___. They began to feel interested in looking for things that could not be explained , for sights and sounds which produce a feeling of fear and excitement .___43___in the __44___century, people began to turn away from the man-made __45___ to the untouched country, and particulary ___46___a place where it was dangerous and wild. High mountains began to be __47__ for a holiday.

Then , mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport.  To some people ,there is something greatly __48__about getting to the _49___ of a hight mountain .  Struggling against nature is finer than a battle __50____ other human beings. And then, when you are at the mountain top after a long and difficult__51__, what a _52____ reward it is to be able to look _53___on everything within__54___! At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down__55____.

1.                A．After          B．In             C．At   D．Before

2.                A．hated          B．liked           C．feared   D．observed

3.                A．however        B．further         C．sometimes D．especially

4.                A．exciting        B．interesting      C．dangerous D．alone

5.                A．fallen down     B．lost            C．discovered    D．caught

6.                A．unhappily       B．lonely          C．comfortable   D．easily

7.                A．them          B．it              C．themselves    D．that

8.                A．Yet            B．So             C．However  D．But

9.                A．last            B．recent          C．eighteenth    D．early

10.               A．country        B．houses         C．town D．planet

11.               A．to             B．at             C．in    D．for

12.               A．important       B．right           C．necessary  D．popular

13.               A．pleasant        B．interested      C．dangerous D．terrible

14.               A．foot           B．spot           C．top   D．tip

15.               A．with           B．to             C．against    D．between

16.               A．fight           B．climb          C．walk  D．running

17.               A．surprising       B．satisfactory      C．disappointing   D．worrying

18.               A．behind         B．up            C．down D．around

19.               A．miles          B．minutes        C．seeing D．sight

20.               A．above          B．below          C．under D．away

On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”

Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.

When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years , he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.

Robert Friedlander’s next destinations  were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.

1.The best headline for this newspaper article would be ______ .

A．The Kingdom of Bicycles                  B．A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an

C．Marco Polo and the Silk Road.              D．An American Achieving His Aims

2.The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because______ .

A．he asked to see the manager

B．he entered the hall with a bike

C．the manager had to know about all foreign guests

D．the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him

3.Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order.  ______ .

A．China, India, and Pakistan                 B．India, China, and Pakistan

C．Pakistan, China, and India                 D．China, Pakistan, and India

4.What made Friedlander want to come to China? ______.

A．The stories about Marco Polo .             B．The famous sights in Xi’an .

C．His interest in Chinese silk.                D．His childhood dreams about bicycles .

5.Friedlander can be said to be _______ .

A．clever            B．friendly           C．hardworking       D．strong—minded

When Christopher Columbus landed on a land without name in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means “rich coast” in Spanish.

Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported  to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country’s second most important export.

Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.

Education is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate  schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.

1.What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A．How Columbus found Costa Rica.            B．How Costa Rica got its name.

C．What the Costa Ricans wore.               D．What language the Costa Ricans spoke.

2.The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses ______.

A．pink and red       B．grey and black      C．blue and green     D．yellow and orange

3.In Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen ______.

A．must go to school                       B．study in the same school

C．do not have to go to school at all            D．can choose to stop schooling at any time

4.From December to February, school children in Costa Rica ______.

A．have lessons every day                   B．have their examinations

C．help their parents pick coffee beans         D．help their parents decorate their houses

5.This passage is mainly about ______.

A．Christopher Columbus                   B．Costa Rica

C．some products from Costa Rica             D．the education of Costa Rica

Every American family has its own traditions on Thanksgiving Day, and mine is no different. Once the national holiday arrives, my mom rises early to make the meal. She puts a turkey in the oven, chops carrots and bakes pies. I’m sorry to say that the men in the family – my dad, my younger brother and myself – rarely pitch in to help. Our job is to wash the mountain of dirty dishes after the meal is over.

Around 2 pm every Thanksgiving Day, family members seat themselves around the kitchen table. Plates of turkey, vegetables, salad, rolls and pies cover it. At this point, we can hardly keep ourselves from drooling (流口水) all over our fancy clothes, but it’s not yet time to eat.

First, we must bow our heads, close our eyes and say a prayer of thanks aloud to God for giving us everything we have. Under normal circumstances (情况), I would have no problem making a list of things I am thankful for. I grew up in a loving family. My parents, who aren’t wealthy, took out loans to help me pay for university.

But, the funny thing is, every time I sit down for Thanksgiving dinner and try to say a prayer of thanks, my mind usually goes blank. I think it has something to do with my growling (咕咕叫) stomach and all of that food sitting right there under my nose.

Eventually, though, we all finish our short prayers and dig in. To be sure, the day includes other highlights – visiting with family and watching football. But usually around 6 pm we are all ourselves stuffed like turkeys and thankful to have a nice warm bed to sleep in.

1.The purpose of the text is to ________.

A．tell what the family do for Thanksgiving Day

B．tell how the family spends Thanksgiving Day

C．introduce foods served on Thanksgiving Day

D．introduce the American Thanksgiving Day

2.On Thanksgiving Day the author’s family do the following except ________.

A．watching a movie                       B．making visits

C．having a big meal                        D．watching football

3.Why does the author’s mind usually “go blank” when saying a prayer of thanks?

A．He is too thankful to say a word.            B．His mind is on the food before him.

C．He feels too excited to speak.              D．He is shy to speak in public.

4.The underlined phrase “dig in” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “________”.

A．chat with others    B．make a hole        C．mix things up       D．start eating

5.What can we conclude from the text?

A．On Thanksgiving Day, men do nothing but eat.

B．The author is a middle school student.

C．The author’s family is not rich, but it’s a loving one.

D．Thanksgiving Day falls on Thursday of December.

“The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer 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 friends. 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 would destroy, they first make them mad.” “Keep cool,” says Webster, “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness makes error a fault.”

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “begins with foolishness 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 and 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 too.

1.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Self- control is important for a man

B．We should learn to be strong.

C．A man who keeps cool won’t lose any game.

D．The great heroes in history knew how to control themselves.

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．If you are mad, the gods will fail you.

B．If you lose your temper first, gods will fail you first.

C．If you can’t control yourself, you will be crazy.

D．If the gods want to fail you, they will make you mad first.

3.Which of the following is NOT true, according to passage?

A．The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself.

B．You will make a small mistake serious if you don’t keep cool.

C．You must measure a man’s strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him.

D．Anger begins with foolishness and ends with regret.

4.Which of the following can’t help you avoid anger, according to the passage?

A．Being calm in arguing

B．Checking your temper or anger by speaking low.

C．Keeping your mouth shut

D．Trying to make the other angry first.

5.If a man lacks self-control,______________________________

A．He will always be controlled by all the people all the time.

B．He will began with foolish everything every day and lack the strength.

C．Moral strength and nerve of character will lack as well.

D．He will have power of gover himself.

完成下列单词，注意适当形式。（10分）

1.He found that water came from the river            (污染) by the dirty water.

2.Happily this was accomplished without              (冲突) when King James of Scotland became king of England and Wales as well.

3.It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not    __(吸引) visitors.

4.All of his friends were invited to take part in his wedding ________(婚礼)

5.It seems that you keep getting flashbacks from your        (早先的) time period.

6.At first my new surroundings were difficult to             (容忍).

7.Later you can cover a story and              (递交) the article yourself.

8.They must are research to      (通知) themselves of the missing parts of the story.

9.He solved the bleeding by             (应用) pressure to the wounds until the police and ambulance arrived.

10.Only if you ask many different questions will you             (获得）the information you need to know.

Nick is a 28-year-old Australian man, which life is very difficult because he born without arms or legs.  Some people used to make fun of him and said he looked like a monster. Doing normal things seemed impossibly to him. However, Nick never gave up, and after many failures, he finally learn to swim, fish and even surf. Most surprising, he completed university and earned the two degrees. Now he is the CEO of two company.

When asking about the secret of his success, Nick’s answer is:  Attitude is altitude. To him, nothing is impossible if you has enough determination to overcome difficulties. He thinks a positive attitude is the key of success.