My boss’s daughter was studying in the Philippines. He asked me if my husband and I could take care of her. He thought his daughter would be able to improve her English communication skills in this way.

After days of thinking, we agreed. He then brought her here and left after 3 days. I thought that my boss’s daughter was well-mannered, but that was wrong.

After a month of staying in the Philippines, she started to show her true colors. When my husband asked her what she wanted for breakfast, she answered him in a rude way. From then on, we experienced fights at home. There was a time when we didn’t talk to her for a week as a punishment of not being good to us. What I hated most was that she didn’t care about other people’s feelings. She ate ahead of us when we were still working and didn’t leave anything for us. So we had to separate her food from ours to avoid such a problem.

The worst thing about her was that she shouted at us. I was wondering if she did this to her parents. We told this to her parents, but unfortunately I didn’t think that solved the problem. This situation lasted for almost 8 months. Our patience was tested during that time.

We tried to teach her everything we could to make her a better person, but I guess 8 months may not to be enough. We even tried to understand her and adjust for her, but it didn’t work. I just hope that she learned something from us and from other Filipinos.

1.This passage is mainly about the writer’s experience of               .

A. trying to please her boss

B. changing a girl’s bad behavior

C. improving her communication skills

D. dealing with a teenage girl staying in her house

2.Why did the boss want his daughter to stay with the writer ?

A. Because he was too busy to take care of his daughter

B. Because he wanted his daughter to take a holiday there

C. Because he wanted his daughter to improve her English in this way

D. Because he wanted the writer to teach his daughter good manners .

3.What do the examples in paragraph 3 tell us ?

A. The daughter wasn’t behaving well.

B. The writer and her husband were careless.

C. The writer and her husband hated children.

D. The daughter tried her best to make others happy.

4.The underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 refers to                .

A. being patient with her

B. her parents punishing her

C. asking her parents about her

D. telling her parents about her behavior

5.After reading the passage , we learn that                .

A. the writer had known the daughter was hard to deal with

B. the daughter learnt to behave well in the end

C. the writer didn’t enjoy the daughter’s stay

D. the daughter hated dealing with others

 

C

Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying, “Friends are God’s way of taking care of us.” But how do you find real friendship and keep it?

The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed(种子) and take care of it to make it grow.

First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient(耐心). For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his best to help. To make a good friend, you cannot be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives.

But things cannot always be happy. Even the best friends have fights. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn’t want to talk, you could write a letter.

There are three steps to being friends again:

Tell him or her how you are feeling; say what your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that. Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.

49  Sally wants to tell students the ways to_____.

A  find friends       B  plant trees         C  get happy          D  keep fit

50  What makes good friends? A good friend should_____.

A  be lovely and cool                         B  be kind and patient

C  have lots of money                         D  have good looks

51  According to the text, you can________your friend after a fight.

A  buy a present for                                  B  never say a word to

C  have dinner with                                   D  write a letter to

52  What is the best title of the text?

A  Teenagers and friendship.                        B  The good friends around you.

C  The trouble of growing up.                          D  The care and keeping of friends.

 

The homeless dog, known as Xiao Sa, has been following a team of cyclists for 24 days along 1,833 kilometers of highway from Kangding, Sichuan province, to Lhasa in Tibet.

Nobody knows where the white dog came from or how long she has been straying on highway G318. Netizens call her the "dog with determination" and the micro blog "Go Go Xiao Sa" recording her life has attracted more than 37,000 followers in two weeks.

A picture of Xiao Sa in the arms of a young man in front of the Potala Palace on Thursday night drew more than 4,000 comments congratulating the small dog and expressing dreams of going to Lhasa.

The young man in the picture is Zhang Heng, 22, a student in Wuhan, Hubei province. As his graduation trip, he decided to face the challenge of riding to Lhasa alone. On the way he met a lonely dog. "She was lying, tired, on the street around Yajiang, Sichuan province," he said. "So we fed her, and then she followed our team.”

"We felt she might want to come along with us, so we decided to bring her along to the end." A week later, Zhang and his buddies opened a micro blog account for her. "We thought the dog was encouraging us, and wanted others to know its story," he said. They created the name Xiao Sa by combining xiao meaning "little" with the last syllable of Lhasa.

During their journey, Xiao Sa, Zhang and his team covered more than 1,700 kilometers and climbed 10 mountains higher than 4,000 meters. Xiao Sa just ran up the mountains or along dirt roads.

"Many people stopped cycling in some sections, then took the bus, but the dog made it," he said. Zhang put the dog on the back of the bike when the team was riding downhill. "The speed can reach 70 kilometers per hour, impossible for the dog to catch us."

Zhang Heng, who accompanied Xiao Sa for 20 days, called her "a buddy and a friend". "I would like to take the dog home and take care of her. She has been a stray on the road for a long time. She needs a home."

1.How did the netizens feel when they read the micro blog related to the dog?

A．inspired          B．sympathetic        C．pitiful            D．unbelievable

2.Zhang Heng and his team opened a micro blog account for the dog just because __________.

A．the dog is very cute and friendly

B．the dog encouraged them and they wanted more people to know its story

C．it is the first dog to travel to Lhasa

D．They had nothing else to do on their journey

3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．The dog had been straying on highway G318 before it met the team of cyclists .

B．During their journey, Zhang and his team climbed 10 mountains higher than 4,000 meters .

C．The micro blog “Go Go Xiao Sa ”has attracted more than 37,000 followers in two weeks .

D．The dog ran alone behind them when the team was riding downhill.

4.Which might be the best title for the passage?

A．A Dog with Determination                 B．A Micro Blog and a Dog

C．Travel to Lhasa with a Dog                 D．A Dog Follows a Team

 

—Will you buy me a new iPod, Dad?

    —OK. You __________have one if you promise to take care of it.

A. might            B. must            C. could             D. shall

 

 

III. 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

One student took a box of chicken to class，another carried on a cell phone   36   and still another whistled loudly every time the    37   turned his back.

       Reform school? No. College.

       More and more, professors say, they are coming across   38    students in their classrooms. Many of today’s young scholars (学者) arrive late, leave  39  , talk loud or take care of personal   40   such as paying bills during class.

Why are the students behaving badly?

“Because they can,” said a student of University of North Texas. “A lot of the time, the professors let them get   41   with it.”

    Some educators say it is time to bring politeness back to their classrooms—and even   42  taking some of the blame for bad behavior. They say that rude students are by no means the majority but that one of them can ruin an entire   43  .

People are   44   when they learn that impolite behavior is becoming more and more common in   45   education, says Dr Gerald Amanda, a counselor at City College of San Francisco. They   46   some high school students to misbehave but think those who get to   47   will behave more politely.

Dr Amanda believes that society in   48   has become more tolerant (容忍的) of rude behavior and   49  people in power, including professors, no longer   50   standards for   51  . That leads to a growing imprudence (轻率行为)   52   some college students. “There’s a great   53   of bad behavior in the world around them, and young people see it and   54   disrespect,” said Dr Amanda,   55   that sometimes students “have no idea that they are being rude.”

36．A. line                          B. conversation                C. message                         D.picture

37．A. professor                      B. student                        C. president              D. classmate

38．A. hardworking                 B. cheating                        C. rude                        D. selfish

39．A. late                        B. early                              C. noisily                     D. quietly

40．A. feeling                            B. interest                        C. computer              D. business

41．A. away                             B. down                              C. along                      D. back

42．A. enjoy                             B. hate                              C. start                       D. avoid

43．A. school                           B. company                       C. society                            D. class

44．A. delighted                       B. surprised                       C.interested                 D.encouraged

45．A. better                            B. more                             C. higher                            D. younger

46．A. expect                            B. hope                            C. forbid                             D. wish

47．A. work                      B. college                           C. 1earning                         D. knowledge

48．A. all                           B. time                             C. charge                             D. general

49．A. why                         B. how                              C. whether                        D. that

50．A. change                           B. break                              C. set                          D. reach

51．A. teaching                        B. politeness                  C. thinking                    D. progress

52．A. about                             B. for                                C. behind                             D. among

53．A. deal                       B. number                        C. many                      D. sum

54．A. prepare                         B. grow                               C. develop                  D. improve

55．A. speaking                        B. adding                          C. warning                 D. wishing