I was the youngest of five boys and also had four sisters who had to pull together and take care of each other. Dad wasn't around, so I never knew him well. He killed himself when I was three years old, leaving mom with the job of raising nine kids. She was a very hard worker, and in order to make ends meet, she hardly ever rested. With my mom as my example, I learned that hard work is the best way to get what you want.

Even as a little boy, I knew I was going to be successful. Regardless of what I chose, I wanted to make my brothers, sisters and mom proud of me—not only by being successful in what I chose to do, but also as a person who could be looked up to for the right reasons.

Surprising as it might seem, basketball wasn't in my plans. One day, my mom cut a rim(边缘) off an old water barrel(水桶) and then held it up for me to throw an old rubber ball through. By junior high, I started playing basketball on a team. I loved to compete. For me, it paid off. I always put the effort in, every day.

I am grateful for the life I've enjoyed as a basketball star. Basketball is not life. It can be exciting. But the most important thing about basketball is that it gives me a way to do good things for others as I move through this journey called life.

1.It can be inferred that the author's________.

A．brothers were more famous than him

B．mother had a great influence on his career

C．father loved his children and wife very much

D．family was rich and happy when he was a child

2.Why did the author's father kill himself?

A．Because the family was poor.

B．Because he often quarreled with his wife.

C．Because he was seriously ill.

D．The passage didn't tell us the reason.

3.From the second paragraph, we can infer that________.

A．the author was respected as a brave boy

B．the author's family didn't like his career

C．the author got on well with his mother, brothers and sisters

D．the author helped his brothers and sisters succeed

4.What does the author get from basketball?

A．How to do good things for others.

B．Life is as hard as playing basketball.

C．Cooperation with others is important.

D．Two heads are wiser than one.

 

Of Chinese secondary school students top ten heroes,Mao Zedong,ranks number one and Olympic track gold medal winner,Liu Xiang,ranks fifth,according to a survey conducted by All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF).

Late Chinese leaders,Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai,and revolutionary martyrs,Liu Hulan and Dong Cunrui,all have remained important heroes in the eyes of Chinese teenagers aged 13 to 18.

Meanwhile,the 2004 Olympic track and field star,Liu Xiang;model police chief,Ren Changxia;Hong Kong action star,Jackie Chan,and China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei,have ascended to be the new stars among the students.

“The coexistence of old and new models in youth’s hearts reveal the new era’s character,” said Han Xiangjing,president of “China Women” magazine attached to ACWF.

The respondents also chose their parents as heroes,ranking number two.

“This reflects that young students’ selection standards of heroes have changed to be more human oriented,emotional and personalized,”Han said.

Reasons given by the surveyed students for this choice are:“parents are the people I love and indispensable to me”and“they consistently guide,encourage and support me.”

The survey was conducted in six provinces and cities across China,including Beijing,Shanghai,Henan,Shanxi,Liaoning and Hunan.Students completed 1018 questionnaires;443 polled were boys and 575 were girls.

This passage most probably appears _________.

A.in a newspaper                                              B.in a magazine

C.in a history book                                           D.in a report

This passage mainly talks about _________.

A.a survey about teenagers’top 10 heroes

B.why teenagers regard their parents as heroes

C.different heroes in teenagers’eyes

D.All-China Women’s Federation

How many heroes of the top 10 can be found in the passage?

A.10.                           B.9.                             C.8.                             D.7

Which of the following is NOT the reason why teenagers choose their parents as heroes?

A.Their parents are the people they love very much.

B.Their parents are indispensable to them.

C.Their parents have done something great and successful.

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

I often dream of a teacher. I dream of standing on the platform in the classroom and give lessons to lovely boys and girls. I teach them, play with them, but watch them growing up. I am always

young when I was staying with them. I know there is not easy to be a teacher. You have to learn in

order to teach. Without enough knowledges, you can never learn well. What is more, you have to

be friends with your pupils and take good care of him. Only by this way can you be a good teacher

and win respect from them. Though I am a student now, I will work as very hard to make my

dream come true.

 

 

 

第二节   书面表达（满分20分）

在即将举行的中美高中生夏令营活动中，你和你的美国朋友将讨论学生中的“追星” 问题，请你根据下面的提示写一篇发言稿。

追星表现：模仿衣着、发型、嗜好、举止等。

追星后果：迷失自我、荒废学业等。

你的看法：科学家等贡献最大，应专心学习，成为有用之才。

注意：

文章开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数；

根据要点可以适当发挥但内容要连贯、完整；

词数120左右。

参考词汇：偶像idol;追星star-worshiping

Boys and girls ,

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That’s all. Thank you .

 

Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis,cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless." he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England's rural Devonshire.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.

The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man's cold-water exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.

Journeys to the Pole aren't the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. "John Ridgway was one of the few who didn't say, 'You are completely crazy,'" Saunders says.

In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter (遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he's skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.

This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.

1.The turning point in Saunders'life came when ________.

A．he started to play ball games

B．he got a mountain bike at age 15

C．he ran his first marathon at age 18

D．he started to receive Ridgway's training

2.We can learn from the text that Ridgway ________.

A．dismissed Saunders' dream as fantasy

B．built up his body together with Saunders

C．hired Saunders for his cold-water experience

D．won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic

3.What do we know about Saunders?

A．He once worked at a school in Scotland.

B．He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.

C．He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.

D．He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.

4.The underlined word "Intrigued" in the third paragraph probably means ________.

A．Excited           B．Convinced         C．Delighted         D．Fascinated

5.It can be inferred that Saunders' journey to the North Pole ________.

A．was accompanied by his old playmates

B．set a record in the North Pole expedition

C．was supported by other Arctic explorers

D．made him well-known in the 1960s