A few years ago I received a postcard from a friend Jackson, who wrote, “I am skiing with abandon!” I believe he meant he was skiing skillfully, joyfully, peacefully and confidently. Although I have no hopes of ever skiing that way, I do dream of living with abandon. I believe that men and women through the ages who have led successful lives have captured these secrets of living life to the fullest.

1. Have a self you respect. This means having a deep sense of responsibility for your thoughts and actions. It means keeping your word, and being faithful to self, family and work. It means believing in what you do and working hard. It means setting your own standards, and not comparing yourself to others. It's not a question of being better than someone else; respect and integrity demand that you be better than you thought you could be.

2. Turn disappointments into strengths. Individuals who live with abandon have discovered that personal trials make them more sensitive and loving, while building character. They have learned that achievements worth remembering are stained (给...染色) with the blood of diligence and marked with the scars of disappointment.

The pages of history are filled with the heroic stories of men and women who overcame disabilities and difficulties to demonstrate victorious spirits. Raise him in extreme poverty, and you have an Abraham Lincoln. Make her blind and deaf, and you have a Helen Keller.

3. Enjoy life’s process, not just life’s rewards. We live in a goal-centered society that wants problems solved now. We want three-minute coffee, one-hour dry cleaning, and instant success. But to live with abandon, we must live one day at a time, enjoying the little victories, realizing that life is an endless journey in self-discovery and personal fulfillment.

4. Become involved in something bigger than yourself. I do not believe you will live happily if you set out to live life for yourself alone. Choose a cause bigger than you are and work at it in a spirit of excellence. It will become a part of you as you see your goals through to the end. Measure success not by what you've done, but what you could do.

Title：76.________ of enjoying life

第 II 卷 （共50分）

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第三部分( 共两节)

第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

Recently we had a heated discussion on whether people                   66．___________      

should keep pets at home in cities. Some students think it                 67．___________       

a good idea to keep pets, so lots of old people who live                        68．___________       

alone at home can get some comforts from pets. Besides,                  69．___________       

get along well with animals will make our life interesting.                70．___________       

On the other hand, the other students against the idea.                   71．___________       

In our opinion , if too many people keep pets at home, it                  72．___________       

will do harm to environment. What’s worse, pets may                   73．___________       

make too much noise and even attack to people .                  74．___________      

I like animals, so I don’t think it’s not bad to keep pets                    75．___________      

at home. But we must take some measures to prevent them        

polluting our environment .

Write on more than three words for each answer.

The father of Western philosophy

The word ‘philosophy’ means ‘love of wisdom’. Philosophy can be thought of as a way of looking at the world around us, or of answering the great questions of life, such as ‘Why are we here ?’ and ‘What is truth?’

The father of Western philosophy was Socrates. Socrates was from Athens, in Greece. When he was young, he was a brave soldier. Later, he became a teacher, but he taught for free, and earned his salary from being a common worker. Aside from this, we know very little about him. Since he never wrote a book, we also know very little about his philosophy. Yet, Socrates has had a deep influence on Western thought and science.

To understand how this can true, we must understand how Socrates taught. Socrates taught by asking questions. Through this, he challenged his students to develop and explain their own arguments. In many cases, his questions made his students aware of their own errors. Many students got embarrassed and even angry when this happened, while others changed their opinions. Socrates’ way of approaching the truth is now called the Socratic Methods. The idea of asking questions until you reach the right answer is the basis of modern philosophy and science.

Unfortunately for him, Socrates questioned too much. He always asked challenging questions to everyone he met, upsetting many people in Athens. Finally, some people had had enough of him, so they took him to court for questioning the existence of the Greek’s Gods and for corrupting the young people of Athens. At his trial, he defended himself by asking his judges yet more questions. This just made a bad situation worse. Finally he was put to death by being forced to drink poison.                 Through his death, Socrates became the hero of all people who search for the truth.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1.This examination is a real ______ (挑战).

2. He wanted to ______ (捐献) half of his savings to the relief fund.

3.The United Kingdom ______ (由……组成) of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

4.You must get rid of the bad habits your ______ (原先的)piano teacher taught you.

5. He is an ______ (乐观的) person, and we all like him.

6.She decided to ______ (控告) him of stealing her watch.

7.We regret to ______ (通知) you of the cancellation of the tour.

8.This is a deadly ______ (毒药). We must be cautious.

9.It is ______ (典型的) of him to be late for class.

10. The prisoner made an ______ (试图) to escape, but failed.

第二节：读写任务（满分25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

During summer holidays, two classmates, Tom and Peter, were traveling in the desert. As they were walking, they had an argument, and Tom was so angry that he slapped Peter hard across the face. Peter felt hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote down in the sand these words: “Today my best friend Tom slapped me in the face.”

It was very hot, but they kept on walking and walking until they found an oasis(绿洲), where they decided to take a bath. Suddenly Peter got stuck in the mire(泥潭) and started drowning. Seeing that, Tom rushed over and saved him without any hesitation. After Peter got recovered from the drowning, he wrote with a knife on a stone: “Today my best friend Tom saved my life.”

Feeling curious, Tom, who had slapped and saved his best friend, asked Peter, “After I beat you, you wrote something in the sand but just now you put down what I had done on a stone. Why?”

Peter replied: “When someone hurts us, we should take it down in the sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must carve it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”

Hearing that, Tom was deeply moved and understood what Peter had said and what he had done.

[写作内容]

下面请你以 “What I have learnt from Tom’s understanding?” 为题，谈谈你读了这个故事以后的感受。内容要点包括：

1．以约30个词概括上述故事的要点；

2．以约120个词就Peter “被打” 和 “被救” 后的举动发表你的看法，内容包括：

（1）Tom 为什么感动了？他到底明白了什么？

（2）你从这个故事中学到了什么？简要说明其理由。

[写作要求]

可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

What I have learnt from Tom’s understanding?