I am too tired. I _____ my homework all morning.

A have been doing         B did        C do        D have done

That boy spent much time _____ computer games.

A play       B playing        C played         D to play

The doctor persuaded him to _____ smoking.

A throw away       B put out         C give up        D take away

IV 阅读理解(每小题2分，共24分)                 

I travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my job is eating alone. It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking. So, room service for several nights was a better choice for me.

After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston, however, I needed to get out of my room. Although the restaurant opened at 6:30, I arrived at 6:25. The waiter at the front desk made a comment about my “being there really early”. I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants. He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while.

I was glad! He sat and talked with me about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays. He said he hadn’t enough time to be with his family. After 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself. I noticed that before he went to the front desk, he stopped in the kitchen for a moment.  

Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me. Before I left that night, some other waiters, even the cook, had come out of the kitchen and sat with me!

When I asked for my bill about one hour later, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table, and presented me with a red rose. And I cried! What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience.

57. The reason why the author hated to eat in the hotel restaurant is that the author didn’t like ______.

A. meeting strangers in the restaurant

B. being disturbed by the noises around

C. the discomfort caused by eating alone

D. being pointed at or laughed at

58. How did the waiter feel when he saw the author come in at 6:25?

A. Dissatisfied.           B. Pleased.     C. Surprised.       D. Angry.

59. From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk ______.

A. knew how to attract more customers to his restaurant

B. found it hard to balance his work and his family

C. was getting tired of his present job

D. had never had such a chance to talk about his worries

60. The author wants to tell us that ______. 

A. people can get help for their loneliness

B. restaurants should put the need of customers first 

C. the kindness of strangers can make you less lonely

D. restaurants are full of surprises

It’s not easy growing up. Growing up can be a real “pain” for some of us. We are always doing things that someone else makes us do and aren’t allowed to do all the things we like. Sometimes we feel sad, sometimes we are fearful, and sometimes we just don’t understand why we can’t stay young forever. But we should take a look back on all the hardships (苦难) in life with a positive attitude and learn from them. We should realize that all of our growing pains actually turn into growing gains!

Throughout our lives we are going to face many challenges and pains, but we should never let these obstacles keep us from following our dreams. We must overcome every obstacle one small step at a time.

As a young girl, my parents forced me to do so many things that I didn’t like. They made me learn to play the violin and then the piano. At that time I hated music and I also hated them. But looking back now, I am so glad that my parents encouraged me to take music lessons. Music has enriched (丰富) my life in so many ways. I now realize that my parents and teachers wanted me to have a better life than they did themselves.

We are all going to experience growing pains, but they are just part of our life. Think about how we would feel if we had no challenges and lived a life like that. Life would be really boring and meaningless. The future is ours! A little hard work and sweat never hurt anyone! If we realize that these pains are just small bumps (碰撞) on our road to success, we will realize that our growing pains are actually growing gains!

1. What would be the best title for this passage?

A. No pains, no gains

B. Growing pains and gains

C. Growing up is a pain         

D. Growing up is easy

2. The underlined word “obstacles” (in Paragraph 2) refers to things that _____.

A. make it easy for you to do sth        

B. make it difficult for you to do sth

C. make you happy                            

D. make you full of energy

3. What does the author now think about what her parents did for her in the past?

A. She is angry with them.                     

B. She is dissatisfied with them.

C. She is thankful to them.                  

D. She couldn’t forgive them.

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

A. Growing pains are part of our life.

B. Our growing pains will finally turn into growing gains.

C. We should stop when facing many challenges.

D. Life without challenges is boring and meaningless.

Stephen would take my literature lesson. After we introduced ourselves to each other, we talked about what the class would cover and all the things he would learn. It was a course in which he would learn a lot of facts and details in one term. As I talked, I saw Stephen’s eyes getting big with fear.

I told him to do his assignments (作业) and hand them in on time. I also told him that most successful students made a calendar of all the assignments so they could plan their work load.

As the fall term went by, I learned more of Stephen’s story. He had struggled in school. It had taken him longer to finish than most young people. Family members, including his mother, kept reminding him that he was a failure. But he kept at it. He told me that before coming to our school, no one had believed he had much potential (潜力).

Stephen didn’t become an “A” student. His name didn’t appear on any honors list. One reason was that he never did real well on tests. Still, he managed to pass most of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignments on time and breaking down his studying into bite-sized digestible portions (易理解的部分). By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of self-esteem (自尊). He was a great singer and he was on the school’s cross-country team.

Every time I saw him at school he would say, “One bite at a time.” His secret, he said, was that he was practicing what I taught him before classes ever started: “Take it one bite at a time.”

On graduation day, he said with a bright smile, “One bite at a time.”

65. Before Stephen began his class, _____.

A. the author had known him for a long time

B. the author told him something about his lessons

C. he was confident about his studies

D. he made a study plan

66. From the passage we can know that Stephen’s family _____.

A. kept encouraging him to continue his studies

B. thought he had much potential to study well

C. didn’t think he would do well at school

D. thought it would take him more time to study than others

67. What do we know about Stephen?

A. He was honored for his good results.    

B. He didn’t do anything except study.

C. He only broke down his literature lesson into bite-sized portions.

D. He tried his best to pass his courses.

68. Which of the following can best describe Stephen’s story?

A. Nothing is difficult to a willing heart.

B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

C. Well begun, half done.

D. Failure is the mother of success.

B 卷（满分50分）

I 短语互译 (每小题1分，共10分)

1 make it to __________          2on the other hand __________

3 run out of __________          4 in order to __________

5 rely on __________            6 出场，到场__________              

7梦想__________              8（火灾，战争）爆发__________        

9到现在为止__________        10由于__________

II用所给词或词组的适当形式填空 (每小题2分，共20分)

go up       deal with      ban      work out       advantage     comfortable    tiring      different     make a living    rely on    

1 Has anything been done to __________ pollution?

2 He was __________ from driving for six months.

3 The poor little girl __________ by selling matches.

4 I hope my lack of experience won’t be to my __________.

5 China and the United States __________ in many aspects.

6 I’m too __________ even to think.

7 The have __________ all these problems by themselves.

8 You can’t __________ the map to find the stream since it’s too samll.

9 With no winds, smoke __________ in a straight line.

10 I couldn’t sleep because the bed was so __________.

III翻译句子(每小题4分，共20分)

1 他们打算明天早上起航。 ( set sail )

_______________________________________________________________________________

2 人们相信他是诚实的。( It is believed that…)

_____________________________________________________________________________

3 John最近在学校取得了很大的进步。( make much progress )

_____________________________________________________________________________

4 我们很抱歉来晚了，车抛锚了。( break down )

_____________________________________________________________________________

5 现在许多学生沉迷于上网。( be addicted to )

_____________________________________________________________________________

E-schopping.when properly ___________.can save us a lot of time and money.