三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
When I get off the bus, I’m usually greeted by the sounds of news on CNN. My father welcomes me, and I help him with the usual things—changing the channel and some other tasks. My father has a disease that makes him unable to walk. Despite his disability, my father has always been my role model.
In my first year at middle school, my grades slipped greatly. My father told me I could improve. I currently maintain a B plus average, and he confidently supports me in all my academic efforts. He is against violence to the best of his ability. Love is his most important tool,and he makes sure we know that violence is never the answer.
He urges me not to fear,but to believe in what I think is right.“No matter what anyone tells me,”he says,“I believe what I choose. If someone is discriminating against you for who you are, they don’t deserve your time.”My friends are the most caring people I’ve met, because I realize that they don’t judge me, and they like me as I am.
I’ve always found it strange that people pity me because of my father’s condition. He’s not inferior(次于) to anyone. His disease doesn’t hold him back. He’s normal person.
When I see disabled people out in public, I consider them equal to any other individual. No one is superior to anyone for any physical reason. I’ve known that from that day on, thanks to my dad.
“Anything else?”I’ll ask.
“No, that’s fine.”
As I walk to my room, I think my dad who teaches me the most important things I’ll ever need to know. My father is in no way inferior to anyone else. If anything, he’s even better.
【小题1】
According to the passage,we learn that the author’s father is_________.

A．kind but sort of strict	B．disabled but optimistic
C．independent but violent	D．full of love but lacks confidence

【小题2】
It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that the author’s father gives him some advice on
_________.

A．how to make friends	B．how to help the disabled
C．how to learn from failure	D．how to improve his studies

【小题3】
.When the author sees disabled people in public,he feels_________.

A．embarrassed

B．sorry

C．natural

D．uncomfortable

【小题4】
What can we learn from the passage?

A．The author is proud of his father.

B．The author is likely to be taken in by his friends.

C．The author encourages his father to do things himself.

D．The author is looked down upon because of him disabled father.

 

 

三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

When I get off the bus, I’m usually greeted by the sounds of news on CNN. My father welcomes me, and I help him with the usual things—changing the channel and some other tasks. My father has a disease that makes him unable to walk. Despite his disability, my father has always been my role model.

In my first year at middle school, my grades slipped greatly. My father told me I could improve. I currently maintain a B plus average, and he confidently supports me in all my academic efforts. He is against violence to the best of his ability. Love is his most important tool,and he makes sure we know that violence is never the answer.

He urges me not to fear,but to believe in what I think is right.“No matter what anyone tells me,”he says,“I believe what I choose. If someone is discriminating against you for who you are, they don’t deserve your time.”My friends are the most caring people I’ve met, because I realize that they don’t judge me, and they like me as I am.

I’ve always found it strange that people pity me because of my father’s condition. He’s not inferior(次于) to anyone. His disease doesn’t hold him back. He’s normal person.

When I see disabled people out in public, I consider them equal to any other individual. No one is superior to anyone for any physical reason. I’ve known that from that day on, thanks to my dad.

“Anything else?”I’ll ask.

“No, that’s fine.”

As I walk to my room, I think my dad who teaches me the most important things I’ll ever need to know. My father is in no way inferior to anyone else. If anything, he’s even better.

1.

According to the passage,we learn that the author’s father is_________.

  A.kind but sort of strict                    B.disabled but optimistic

  C.independent but violent                  D.full of love but lacks confidence

2.

It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that the author’s father gives him some advice on

   _________.

  A.how to make friends                    B.how to help the disabled

  C.how to learn from failure                D.how to improve his studies

3.

.When the author sees disabled people in public,he feels_________.

  A.embarrassed            B.sorry        C.natural        D.uncomfortable

4.

What can we learn from the passage?

  A.The author is proud of his father.

  B.The author is likely to be taken in by his friends.

  C.The author encourages his father to do things himself.

  D.The author is looked down upon because of him disabled father.

 

第Ⅱ卷（共45分）

第四部分  写作（共两节，满分45分）

阅读表达  阅读下面的短文并回答问题。（每题3分，共15分）

The flag, the most common symbol(象征)of a nation in the modern world, is also one of the most ancient. With a clear symbolic meaning, the flag in the traditional form is still used today to mark buildings, ships and other vehicles related to a country.

The national flag as we know it today is in no way a primitive(原始的)artifact(人工制品). It is, rather the product of thousands of years’development. Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction.

Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers. People’s food supplies were similarly vulnerable. Even after they had learned how to plant grains, they still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests. Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from another.

Using a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connection of the flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable. Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems(图腾)before carrying them into battle. They believed that the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and ancestors represented by the totems themselves.

These flags developed very slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked: The king of China around 1000 B.C. was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him. This practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but it was from China that it spread over trade routes through India, then across Arab lands, and finally to Europe, where it met up with the other ancestor of the national flag.

1.Translate the underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph into Chinese.

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2.What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 8 words).

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3. In your opinion why were the earliest flag connected with heavenly power? (Please answer within 10 words.)

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4. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

   The national flag is not a primitive artifact but the product of thousands of years’development.

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5. What will the author most probably talk about next? (Please answer within 10 words.)