Filled with sorrow, I didn’t notice the hardness of the chair I was sitting on. I was at the funeral of my  21  . The sadness was so great that I found it hard to  22  _ at times.

Suddenly, I heard a  23  open and shut at the back of the church. Quick  24  hurried along the floor. A young man looked around in a  25  and then sat next to me. His eyes were full of tears.

“I’m    26 ,” he explained, though no explanation was   27  . After several eulogies (悼文), he leaned over and commented, “ Why do they keep   28   Mary by the name of ‘Margaret’?” “Because that was her name, Margaret. Never Mary,” I  29  . “No, that isn’t correct,” he insisted. “Her name is Mary, Mary Peters.” “That isn’t    30   this is,” I replied. “Isn’t this the Lutheran church?” “No, the Lutheran church is across the street. I believe you’re at the   31   funeral, sir.”

The solemnness (庄严) of the occasion    32  with the realization of the man’s mistake amused me and I could not help    33  . I looked at the man seated beside me. He was laughing，  34   . I imagined Mother laughing. At the  35  “Amen”, we ran out of the door and into the parking lot.

“I do believe we’ll be the   36  of the town,” he smiled. He said his name was Rick and that   37   he had missed his aunt’s funeral, he asked me out for a cup of coffee. That afternoon began a lifelong    38  for me with this man who attended the wrong funeral. A year after our meeting, we were   39  at a country church. This time we both arrived at the same church, right on time.

Whenever anyone asks us how we   40  , Rick tells them, “Her mother and my aunt Mary introduced us.”

1.       B.neighbor        C. mother     D.  aunt                    

2.                A．imagine        B．breathe         C．explain   D．sit

 

3.                A．box            B．bottle          C．door D．window

 

4.                A．noises          B．claps           C．songs D．steps

 

5.                A．mood          B．rush           C．mess D．row

 

6.                A．angry          B．anxious         C．full  D．late

 

7.                A．necessary       B．natural         C．impossible D．uncertain

 

8.                A．confusing       B．calling          C．asking    D．questioning

 

9.                A．shouted        B．cried           C．whispered D．reported

 

10.               A．who           B．when          C．why D．where

 

11.               A．special         B．wrong          C．same D．different

 

12.               A．filled          B．covered        C．stocked   D．mixed

 

13.               A．laughing        B．wondering      C．worrying  D．singing

 

14.               A．yet            B．too            C．either D．though

 

15.               A．first           B．middle         C．second    D．final

 

16.               A．talk            B．eye            C．word D．idea

 

17.               A．till            B．since          C．if D．before

 

18.               A．waiting         B．dream         C．thought   D．journey

 

19.               A．freed          B．protected       C．married   D．disturbed

 

20.               A．lived           B．met           C．stayed D．grew

 

 

Time flies as an arrow. I'm already in the second half            1.______  

of senior grade 3 before I realized it. It is only a little more      2.______  

than three months before I graduate middle school. At       3.______  

the present, I'm busy reviewing my lessons in order to       4.______  

take the college entrance examination. I hope to go to           5.______  

Beijing University, that is one of the best universities not   6.______

only in China but also in the world. I'll try my best to turn        7.______  

my dream to reality. Most of my classmates are also       8.______

studying very hard to realize our wishes. I do believe everyone  9.______  

will be able to enter a very good university and college.         10._____  

第二节根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有

两项为多余选项.

—Excuse me．madam．I,m looking for a place to eat．Can you tell me if there are any restau-

rants in the shopping center?

- 61  What kind of food are you thinking about?

-l,m not sure，anything but fast food．

- 62  It,s a little expensive，but the food is good．

-Oh，sounds good．But I ate Japanese food last night．I,d rather try something new．

-OK．  63 

-Italian sounds good，but so does Chinese．I just can,t decide．Are there any American

places here?

- 64   From Texas，I think．

--I,m sorry to be such a bother，but nothing interests me in particular．  65 

-Well, I,m afraid that,s all we have here．

A．Do you like Italian food?

B．Yes，there is a very good one downstairs．

C．Thanks，anyway．

D．Sure，there are several．

E．How about Italian or Chinese?

F．I do believe I,ll have a good time here．

G．There is a nice Japanese restaurant upstairs．

 

 

Anthony Horowitz suffered a lot as a child. He was, as he puts it, “not very bright” and couldn’t win the attention of his very wealthy parents, who preferred his “clever” older brother. At age 8, Horowitz was sent away to an abusive (虐待的) boarding school in his native England, even though he screamed and begged his parents year after year not to send him. “The thought was, ‘It’ll be good for him’,” Horowitz recalls.

It was not. Horowitz did badly in his studies, had few friends and was bullied (欺负) for five years. “My teachers couldn’t have had a lower opinion of me,” he said. “I wasn’t even smart enough to rebel (反抗). The one thing I remember from the very earliest age was this desire to write. When I was 10 years old, I remember asking my parents to get me a typewriter for my birthday because I wanted to be a writer.”

Now, at 55, Horowitz is one of the world’s most successful children’s book authors. His Alex Rider series has sold more than 5 million copies, and the eighth book featuring the young spy, Crocodile Tears, came out this month.

The Alex Rider books tell the adventures of 14-year-old Alex Rider, an agent for the British intelligence agency MI6.

Horowitz said he doesn’t try to write for kids; it just comes out that way. “I have a feeling it’s to do with purity and simplicity. I give as little information as is necessary to describe the room, the character in the room, and get on with the action,” he said.

That style has also made Horowitz a successful writer of television shows for adults in Britain because, he says, writing books for kids is a lot like writing television for grown-ups: In both cases, it’s all about entertaining people with a good story.

Now, Horowitz couldn’t be happier with his life. He sums up his success, “…you can be anything you want to be if you just believe in yourself. I do believe it completely.”

1. In his childhood, Anthony Horowitz _______.

A. was more intelligent than his brother

B. was paid more attention to by his parents

C. hated to be sent to the boarding school

D. led a miserable life because of poverty

2. In the boarding school, Horowitz’s teachers _______.

A. showed great concern for him                                 B. often abused and bullied him

C. taught him how to write stories                    D. thought little of his ability

3. Which of the following is true of Anthony Horowitz?

A. He was the beloved child of his family.

B. Although he is successful, he isn’t very happy.

C. He emphasizes the plot rather than character in stories.

D. He developed his writing ability in the boarding school.

4. What advice does Horowitz give to readers?

A. Confidence is the key to success.                      B. Hardship teaches valuable lessons.

C. Interest is the best teacher.                              D. Diligence is the parent of success.

 

Here are two letters from our readers expressing their concern about school assessment:

(1)

Students should be allowed to study without worrying about grades. Fortunately, most educators realize that students have different interests and abilities. However, grade?based assessment(评价) is still very common.Grades often hold back creativity. Competing for better grades causes many students to turn down opportunities to go in for music,drama and sports.Grades are also an unfair measure of a student’s ability. I do not demand,as some extremists do,that grades should no longer be recorded.However,I do ?believe? that less importance should be placed on grades.I hope that someday grades will become optional(可要可不要) at Village High School.

?Magdalena Smith, President,

?Drama Club?

(2)

Let’s face the facts about grades.Grades perform three basic functions.First,grades get students to work at their highest level of competence.Second,they act as an encouragement for hardworking students and as a warning to those who are not.Finally,grades are an effective standard by which to measure students achievement.Good grades help students to get jobs and to get into university.I’ve spoken with a number of students who have jobs,and most of them say that they were hired mainly because of their grades.My grades helped me get a part?time job and will help me get into university next year.I think grades are extremely important at Village High School.

?Simon Harper, Member,

?Science Club

Simon Harper writes from the viewpoint of someone who _______.

A. insists grades should become optional in the near future

B. believes in the advantages of assessment based on grades

C. is concerned about improving students creativity

D. supports using students interests to measure their abilities

Magdalena Smith thinks it is important for _______.

A. educators to assess the students by grades

B. educators to pay more attention to grades

C. students to compete for better grades

D. students to take part in music, drama, and sports

According to the letters, which of the following is true about Village High School?

A. Grades are effective in every way.

B. Grades hold back students creativity.

C. Grades bring about unnecessary competition.

D. Grades are still in use at present.

What are the two letters mainly about?

A. The role that grades should play in assessing students.

B. The importance of art and music in students life.

C. The need to have a standard measure for students success.

D. The reasons why grades shouldn’t be used to assess students.