When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor，a doctor named Gibbs. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was   1   trees. His house sat on ten acres(英亩), and his life's goal was to make it a   2  .

The good doctor had some interesting   3   concerning planting trees. He never  4  his new trees. Once I asked why. “Watering plants will   5  them.” He said, “If you water them, each younger generation will grow   6 . So you have to make things  7   for them.”

He talked about how watering trees 8  shallow roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow  9  roots in search of water. He'd planted an oak and,   10  watering it every morning, he'd   11   it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's   12  .

Dr. Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I returned and walked by his  13  and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some twenty-five years ago. They're incredibly   14  now.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two   15 . I stand over them and pray for them.   16  I pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my   17.

I know my children are going to encounter hardship. Life is tough, whether we want it to be or not. Too many times we pray for   18  , but that's a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is pray for   19  that reach deep into the earth  20  they won't be swept apart when the rains fall and the winds blow.

1.A. planting           B. examining   C. watching     D. cutting

2.A. hospital          B. forest        C. park         D. garden

3.A. instructions   B. experiences      C. theories     D. experiments

4.A. covered        B. shook        C. watered      D. pulled

5.A. strengthen        B. enlarge       C. drown        D. spoil

6.A. taller and taller      B. faster and faster

C. smaller and smaller     D. weaker and weaker

7.A. rough             B. easy          C. smooth       D. pleasant

8.A. set aside          B. made for     C. put away     D. break down

9.A. countless          B. numerous     C. deep         D. limited

10.A. thanks to   B. along with     C. apart from       D. instead of

11.A. protect           B. fasten   C. appreciate       D. beat

12.A. patience          B. growth       C. attention    D. movement

13.A. laboratory        B. house        C. office      D. clinic

14.A. dead             B. broken        C. weak         D. strong

15.A. trees             B. sons            C . works        D. houses

16.A. Mostly      B. Occasionally     C. Scarcely       D. Loudly

17.A. mind             B. decision      C. direction   D. prayer

18.A. gifts             B. reunion          C. ease     D. freedom

19.A. branches          B. leaves           C. tops         D. roots

20.A. so that           B. even though      C. now that     D. in case

Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time.

In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get a success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness doesn’t mean money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving（旋转的）door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

1. When you do something wrong , people around you will     .

A. quarrel with you                B. help you correct it

C. do something wrong like you     D. laugh at you

2.What will your friends say when you make great progress?

A. Oh, so do I                   B. Congratulations!

C. Good luck!                     D. Just so-so

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

A. People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air.

B. You can get help from others when you are in trouble.

C. You can still be a happy person even if you have little money.

D. Happiness is always around you though difficulties come towards you.

4.The passage mainly tells us      .

A. parents always care for our life and health

B. we’re not happy if we meet with difficulties

C. happiness is always around us

D. life is colorful

The first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public place. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

     The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant (每日新闻). It came out in March 1702.

    In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter (波斯顿新闻通讯), the first newspaper published in the American colonies. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.

   Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation (发行量) in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Dhimbun (朝日新闻). It sells more than eleven million copies every day.

1.The first daily newspaper came out in _____.

   A. 59 BC         B. 700’s         C. 1609            D. 1620

2.The first regular published newspaper in Europe was printed in _____.

    A. England       B.Sweden        C. France          D. Germany

3.The first printed newspaper in America came out in _____.

    A. Washington    B. Boston  C.New York               D. New Orleans

4.Today there are about _____ daily newspaper printed in the United States.

A. 1621         B. 1704            C. 1760          D. 1800

What is EQ? In the early 1990s, Dr. John Mayer, Ph.D., and Dr. Peter Salovey, Ph.D., introduced the term “emotional intelligence” in the Journal of Personality Assessment. They used this term to describe a person’s ability to understand his or her own emotions and the emotions of others and to act properly based on this understanding. Then in 1995, psychologist Daniel Goleman popularized this term with his book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.

    EQ gives you a competitive advantage. Even at Bell Labs, where everyone is smart, studies find that the most respected and productive engineers are those with the special qualities of emotional intelligence quotient — it’s not necessary for them to have the highest IQ. Having a high IQ may make you an excellent expert or a legal scholar, but a highly developed emotional intelligence quotient will make you a candidate （候选人）for a leader or a brilliant lawyer. EQ can make it more likely that your marriage will be successful. Lack of EQ shows why people with high IQ can be such bad pilots of their personal lives.

    The study shows that these men with high IQ also lack these emotional abilities: suffering from being criticized and misunderstood, shy and uncomfortable, emotionally stimulated（激励）. Compared with those men with high IQ, these men (with high EQ) are calm and friendly, who are loyal to people and careers, have lots of sympathy with and care for others, with a rich but suitable emotional life  — they’re comfortable with themselves, others, and the human society they live in.

    Is your intelligence the greatest predictor of what you'll achieve in life? We have believed that IQ is the best measure of human potential for so many years. In the past 10 years, however, researchers have found that isn't necessarily the case---that in fact, your EQ might be a greater predictor of success.

   High IQ may help you the father of science fiction, but it won’t make you a respected person. High EQ can help you more.

1.What can we learn from the second paragraph?

 A In daily life and work, EQ is more important than IQ.

 B High IQ will have a bad effect on people’s lives.

 C It’s not necessary for people to have a high IQ.

 D You’d better develop your intelligence well in order to be a leader.

2.The underlined sentence “this isn’t necessarily the case” in Paragraph 4 means here that ____.

 A your IQ is a greater predictor of success

 B success is dependent on your IQ

 C your EQ can predict your success better

 D human potential is up to your IQ

3.From the text, it can be inferred that ____

 A high IQ can help you work better and succeed more easily

 B high EQ must make you succeed

 C all the bosses have a higher EQ than their employees

 D those with high IQ are hot valued

4.The text is written mainly to advise ____.

 A people should only pay attention to their EQ

 B people should develop their EQ as well as their IQ

 C those who want to act as leaders should develop their EQ

 D people should not develop their IQ too much

Brave Frenchman Found Half­way Around the World (NEW YORK)A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two­year­old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.

Tuesday’s Daily News said 29­year­old Julien Duret from France is the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.

He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport museum.He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.

“I didn’t think at all，” Duret told the Daily News.“It happened very fast.I reacted very fast.”

Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier (码头) when he saw something falling into the water.He  thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river.In an instant, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.

When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said.Fortunately，when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.

Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera.An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers.Duret caught a taxi with his girlfriend shortly after.

The rescue happened on the day before he left for France.Duret said he didn’t realize his tale of heroism had greatly moved New York until he  was leaving the city the next morning.

“I don’t really think I’m a hero，”said Duret.“Anyone would do the same thing.”

1.Why was Duret in New York?

A．To meet his girlfriend.

B．To work as an engineer.

C．To spend his holiday.

D．To visit the Andersons.

2.What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?

A．He was interviewed by a newspaper.

B．He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes.

C．He went to the hospital in the ambulance.

D．He disappeared from the spot quickly.

3.．Who dived after Duret into the river to save the little girl?

A．David Anderson.

B．A passer­by.

C．His girlfriend.

D．A taxi driver.

　1　You can find it on buildings，sidewalks，street signs and trash cans from Tokyo to Paris，from Moscow to Cape Town.Street art has become a global culture and even art museums and galleries are collecting the works of street artists.

Street art started out very secretly because it was illegal to paint on public and private property without permission.　 2　Some think it is a crime and others think it is a very beautiful new form of culture.

Art experts claim that the street art movement began in New York in the 1960s.Young adults painted words and other images on the walls and trains.This colorful style of writing became known as graffiti，whose art showed that young people wanted to rebel against society.

Street artists do their work for different reasons.　 3　They choose street art because it is closer to the people.Some artists try to express their political opinions in their work.Others like to do things that are forbidden and hope they won’t be caught.Advertising companies also use street art in their ads because it gives people the impressions of youth and energy.

　4　Artists can show their pictures to an audience all over the world.Many city residents，however，say that seeing a picture on the Internet is never as good as seeing it alive.

　5　There，it will continue to change and grow.

A. Street art is a very popular form of art that is spreading quickly all over the world.

B．Today，the Internet has a big influence on street art.

C．With the development of science and technology，different art styles come into the Internet.

D．The street art movement lives with the energy and life of a big cityE．People often have different opinions about street art.

F．Street art used to be illegal，but now has become popular.

G．Some of them do not like artists who make so much money in galleries and museums.

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。

When I first learned to write in English，I run into many difficulties. The main problem was in that I always thought in Chinese but tried to translate everything into Chinese. My teacher advised me to keep diaries. I followed her advices. Happily it worked. Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself on paper as I was learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote a short story and showed it my teacher. She liked it very much that she read it to the class. Everyone said the story was the good one. I was great encouraged by their words.

 短文写作（25分）

中央号召创建节约型社会，可是许多校园内部浪费现象严重。请你在班会课上发表演讲，号召同学们从我做起，杜绝浪费。

提示：浪费现象：水、电；餐厅的食物；其他。

危害：自身性格；父母财政负担；自然资源。

制止浪费现象的措施：由自己设想

注意：1．词数130左右；演讲的开头和结尾已写好，不记人总词数。

    2．不要逐字逐条翻译，要组成一篇通顺连贯的短文。

He is the first_________hardships, the last__________comforts.

   A. bearing; enjoying    B. bearing; to enjoy 

 C. to bear; to enjoy  D. to bear; enjoying

The couple decided to ____________ a child because they couldn’t have babies.

A. adapt         B. adopt        C. receive       D. keep