1.　　　 Students’ achievements are closely l_______ to how hard they work.

65. The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because ______.

　　 A. they loved this woman deeply and they didn‘t wanted her to die

　　 B. the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died

　　 C. they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

　　 D. they wanted to pray for her after her death

第Ⅱ卷(非选择题，共40分)

第一节　 根据所给句子意思以及汉语或首字母提示，写出下列各句中所缺单词的正确形式。(共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分)

64. The only thing that the little girl wanted was________.

　　 A. to be rich　　　　　　　　　　　 B. to have her own parents

　　 C. to have a lot of friends　　　　　　 D. happiness

63. Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan girl ______.

　　 A. helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn

　　 B. felt sorrow, but she didn‘t go up to help it

　　 C. fell down on it too

　　 D. failed to help it release from the thorn

62. According to the passage, to learn a new language well, the most important thing is ______.

A. speaking as much as possible　　　　　 B. having fun

C. a wide vocabulary　　　　　　　　　　 D. guesswork

D

There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn(荆棘)bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.”

The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness. She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”

When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her， that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”

61. To learn English well, we shouldn’t _______ according to the passage.

A. practice speaking as often as possible

B. study frequently, for short periods of time to build up our vocabulary

C. try to understand everything and stop when we meet a new word

D. try to persuade a friend or family member to study with us

60. What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase in the first part?

A. Have another try or attempt.　　　　 B. Move away from a place to another.

C. Enter a certain state or condition.　　 D. Follow or take a certain course.

59. What’s the purpose of this passage?

A. To tell us the importance of practicing speaking as often as we can.

B. To tell us a few tips to help us learn a new language well.

C. To tell us that guesswork is an important way to learn a new language.

D. To tell us that a wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning.

58. What does the underlined word "donated" in the last paragraph mean?

A. gave.　　　　　　　　　　 B. earned.　　　　　 C. made.　　　　　　　　　　 D. received.

C

Speak, speak, speak!

Practise speaking as often as you can. Speaking to yourself is good practice.

Try recording yourself whenever you can.

Compare your pronunciation with the master version(原版)to see how you can do better and have another go. If you do this several times, you will find that each time is better than last.

Why not learn with someone else?

It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or family member to study with you, it will make you keep working.

Don't get stuck by a word you don't know.

Practise improving ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously(本能地)，even if you don't know the exact words or phrases. Think of things you might want to say whenever you have spare time. Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to make yourself understood.

Language learning is also about intuition(直觉)．

Guesswork is an important way to learn a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren't expected to understand everything first time round. If you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time.

Build up your vocabulary.

A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don’t try to learn too much at once. It’s best to study frequently, for short periods of time. Take at most six or seven items of vocabulary and learn them. Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, and then come back to them later.

And above all, have fun!

57. How does Gates spend much of his time?

A. Meeting with people. 　　　　　　　　　　　

B. Travelling around the world.

C. E-mailing some friends. 　　

D. Meeting with customers and e-mailing Microsoft employees.