Is there _____ in today’s paper?

     A. important something         B. important anything

     C. something important         D. anything important

完形填空：（30分）

One morning all the employees reached the office as usual. And on the wall they saw a big  36  on which it was written：Yesterday, the person who has been  37  your growth in this company passed  38 . We invite you to join the funeral prepared in the  39 .

       In the beginning，they all got  40  for the death of one of their colleagues.  41  after a while they started getting  42  to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.

    The  43  in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were  44  to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement  45  up. Everyone whispered to each other:“  46  on earth is this guy?”

    One by one the excited employees got closer to the coffin, and when they  47  inside it, they  48  became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in  49 , as if someone had  50  the deepest part of their soul.

    There was a  51  inside the coffin；everyone who looked inside it could see himself, There was also a sign next to the mirror that  52 : there is only one person who is  53  to set limits to your growth：IT IS  54  !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes. Your life changes when YOU change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside. Don’t be afraid of  55  ；build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!

1. A. card           B. post          C. sign         D. 1etter

2.A. encouraging      B. helping      C. building      D. limiting

3.A. on          B. by            C. away         D. down

4.A. office          B. gym       C. way          D. meeting room

5.A. sad             B. excited       C. afraid       D. calm

6.A. And             B. But        C. Or         D. So

7.A. ready           B. pleased    C. curious     D. serious

8.A. surprise         B. anger         C. excitement    D. sadness

9.A. admitted         B. forced        C. forbidden     D. ordered

10.A. heated          B. woke          C. turned        D. kept

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

12.A. walked         B. looked         C. got          D. turned

13.A. suddenly       B. gradually      C. merely       D. extremely

14.A. sorrow         B. order          C. silence      D. person 

15.A. stolen            B. touched         C. attacked     D. seen

16.A. 1etter            B. book        C. mirror       D. appeared

17.A. wrote         B. read           C. showed    D. reflected

18.A. sure          B. eager           C. afraid           D. able

19.A. YOU        B. ME            C. HE        D. ITSELF

20.A. punishment    B. praises        C. changes       D. blame

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs．

   The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, "I want to tell you why I let Jack use my house.” It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of a horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.”

    That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch．He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch．”

    He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, "See me after class.”

1.Why can the writer use Roberts's house to raise money for youth at risk programs?

  A. Because they are good friends.

  B .Because Monty Roberts has a poor childhood.

  C. Because Monty Roberts like to help youth．

  D. Because the youth has the same dream as Montv Roberts.

2.What do you think of Monty Koberts' goal of a horse ranch at that time?

  A. dream     B. romantic    C. real    D. false

3.What would happen after the teacher gave a note "See me after class.”?

  A. Monty Roberts got very angry at this.

  B. The teacher would criticize him.

  C. The teacher wanted to tell him that his dream would come true．

  D. The teacher would encourage him.

Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another in some way. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways, and at different times on the calendar.

In Western countries, people usually celebrate New Year at midnight on January 1st. People may go to parties, dress in formal clothes -- like tuxedos (小礼服) and evening gowns, and drink champagne at midnight. During the first minutes of the New Year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead. But some cultures prefer to celebrate the New Year by waking up early to watch the sun rise. They welcome the New Year with the first light of the sunrise.

It is also a common Western custom to make a New Year’s promise, called a resolution. New Year’s resolutions usually include promises to try something new or change a bad habit in the new year.

Many cultures also do special things to get rid of bad luck at the beginning of a new year. For example, in Ecuador, families make a big doll from old clothes. The doll is filled with old newspapers and firecrackers. At midnight, these dolls are burned to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the new year can start afresh (again). Other common traditions to keep away bad luck in a new year include throwing things into rivers or the ocean, or saying special things on the first day of the new year.

Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck is to eat grapes on New Year’s Day. The more grapes a person eats, the more good luck the person will have in the year. In France, people eat pancakes for good luck at New Year. In the United States, some people eat black-eyed peas (豇豆) for good luck -- but to get good luck for a whole year you have to eat 365 of them!

1.Which culture celebrates New Year in the morning?

    A．The United States.   B．Spain.

    C．France.      D．The passage doesn’t say.

2.What is a resolution?

    A．Something you burn. B．Something you eat.

    C．Something you say.   D．Something you wear.

3.What is the topic of the fourth paragraph?

    A．Bringing good luck. B．Keeping away bad luck.

    C．Planning for the next year. D．Remembering the past.

4.Which is probably true about eating black-eyed peas on New Year?

    A．Black-eyed peas taste bad.  

    B．One pea brings one day of luck.

    C．The peas are very difficult to cook.    

    D．It is bad luck to eat a lot of black-eyed peas.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”

Remembering that I’ ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choice in life.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is my doctors’ code for preparing yourself to die.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. I was completely in despair. Later that evening, I had another examination and my wife told me that tumor turned to be curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’ m fine now.

This was the closest I’ve been to facing death. To tell the truth, no one wants to die. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. It clears out the old to make room for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.

Your time is so limited that you shouldn’t waste it repeating someone else’s life. Don’ t be trapped by dogma（教条）—which is living with the results of other people’ s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart. It somehow already knows what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

1.The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because_________.

A. he had to rest at home               B. his disease couldn’t be cured

C. his disease was not serious at all       D. he had to wait for the result of the test

2.How did the author feel after the diagnosis?

A．Hopeless      B． Excited       C． Optimistic   D． Angry 

3.What does the author think of death?

A．He thinks it is impossible to avoid.  

B．He thinks it is not the end of life.

C．He thinks it is nothing to be scared of.

D．He thinks it is the beginning of a new life

4.In the author’ s opinion, we should ____________.

A．follow others’ advice               B．take no notice of diseases

C．take exercise and keep healthy       D．have the courage to follow our heart

You wake up in the morning，the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings，you say hello, and the drama starts．The person on the other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to．You are still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!

    Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness. It may not change what you think，but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time．

 Life brings ups and downs，but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer．They only feel glad when they make others feel bad．No wonder they can hardly win others’ pity or respect．

  When you communicate with positive people，your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted．When the dagger(匕首) of a negative person is put in you，you feel the heavy feeling that all in all，brings you down．

Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people．This could be a co-worker，or a relative．In this case，say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person，but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they won’t feel ashamed of themselves about that．

Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized．The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to(附着) you throughout the rest of your day，which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness．Life is too short to feel negative．Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible．

1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______.

A．make a comparison                    B．offer an evidence

C．introduce a topic                        D．describe a daily scene

2.How can negative people have effect on us?

A．By influencing our emotion．             B．By telling us the nature of life．

C．By changing our ways of thinking．       D．By comparing their attitudes to life with ours．

3.Some negative people base their happiness on _______.

A．other people’s pity for them    B．building up a positive attitude

C．making other people unhappy D．other people’s respect for them

4.What is the author’s attitude towards negative people?

A．Favorable．  B．Indifferent. C．Critical.    D．Supportive. 

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。

There was a park near my home. But I didn’t go there very often. Many people said there was nothing special. One afternoon I went into the park and found it was really small. I walked quickly because there wasn’t much to see. I walked for some time and found myself standing in front of two paths. 1  I found that the two paths were different from each other.

The left one was wide and clean. There were lots of flowers on both sides of the path. Though the flowers weren’t very beautiful, they made me feel good. I decided to take this path. But wait! I looked at the right one. The path didn’t look nice.  2   Grass grew everywhere. For a long time I couldn’t make up my mind.

  3  It wasn’t nice , but I didn’t want to give up. At last, I came to the end of the path. Ah! There was a small garden there. It was beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful garden I had ever seen.  4   

Many people told me that there was nothing much to see in the park. Now I’d like to tell them that if they had followed the right way, they would have felt differently. But when I told them about what I had seen in the park, they just smiled at me without saying a word. I knew they didn’t believe me. They couldn’t even remember that path because it was so small.

  5  Don’t be afraid to choose a different path. You may get a big surprise!

A. There is nothing that I want to see.

B. It looked like it had not been cleaned for months.

C. After a while a strange feeling made me follow the dirty path.

D. “ Which way should I go?” I asked myself. I looked at one way, then the other.

E. I told them what happened.

F. My trip to the park that day made me understand something about life.

G. There were trees, flowers and chairs. I thought it was the nicest part of the park.

短文改错 (共10分,每小题1分,满分10分)

该文中共有十处错误,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(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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。

This morning I got up early and went to school as usually, only to find there were nobody in the classroom because it is Sunday. “How a bad memory I have!” I couldn’t help laughing. Stand in front of the school gate, I began to wonder what to do next. Suddenly a good idea occurs to me. “Why not get together with some good friends for a picnic in such a fine weather?” I immediately telephoned some of my best friends, but they all agreed to join me. About two hours late, we finally arrived a pleasant park with trees and flowers here and there. We really enjoyed us greatly.

书面表达（满分25分）

假设你是星光中学的李华，将参加主题为“Let’s Ride Bicycles”的英语演讲比赛。请撰写一份演讲稿，主要内容包括：

1.目前汽车带来的空气污染和交通堵塞等问题。

2.骑自行车的益处，如能环保有利健康等。

参考词汇：低碳生活（low-carbon life）节能(energy saving)

注意：1.词数：120词左右；

      2.演讲稿开头和结尾已给出，请将其抄写在答题卡上且该部分不计入总词数。

Good morning, everyone,

I am Li hua from Xingguang Middle School.The topic of my speech is “Let’s Ride Bicycles”.

Thank you for listening!

-I’ll come to see you this afternoon. Shall I bring something to read?

--OK, _________.

    A. you are welcome                   B. by no means

    C. take your time                     D. so much the better