My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought   11  . My complaints, even self-justified（自有道理）  12  , were always landing on   13   ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end up with their   14   into tears. I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to   15   my method of “mothering”.

One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their rooms. On their desks, in plain  16  , I left the cards: “Dear Bill(the other card was   17   to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy.”  18   arriving back, the children were   19   excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy   20   

for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and   21   asking them to play a certain violin  22  . Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas   23  ．

         Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little   24  : “If you can finish your homework and go over your lessons before dinner, I’d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in   25   of well-done jobs the day   26  .

  27   I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its （贴条）. The bathroom mirror became the   28   centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be   29  .

We all benefited from and  30   the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication．

1.A.differently          B.positive          C.negative      D. same

2.A.shouting      B. crying   C. persuading    D. beating

3.A. side           B. neither        C.deaf   D. either

4.A.crying         B.bringing             C.droping D. bursting

5.A.addict B. adopt    C.access   D. adjust

6.A.sentence    B. words          C. speech D. sight

7.A.sent         B. addressed     C.delivered      D. read

8.A.As     B.On C. In          D. At

9.A.more than  B. rather than C.less than            D. other than

10.A.asking        B. praying C. waiting  D. expecting

11.A.gently       B. friendly          C.politely  D. toughly

12.A.music        B. piece            C.song            D. tone

13.A.respectable   B. uninteresting        C.incredible             D. fresh

14.A.suggestion         B. question       C.challenge      D. advice

15.A.response          B. answer         C.praise   D. honor

16.A.ahead        B. before  C. over     D. ago

17.A.though      B. Even so C.Even if D. Actually

18.A.memory           B. main     C. life             D. reminder

19.A.sent          B. posted  C.struck   D. hanged

20.A.appreciated      B. learned          C. shared               D. thanked

根据下列句子及所给首字母或汉语注解，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一个单词）
【小题1】To my ______(吃惊), I found her lying to me.                 
【小题2】The children were lying on their ________(肚子).         
【小题3】They’re planning a grand ____(庆祝活动)on Teacher’s Day.  
【小题4】After his ____(解释),I came to know why he was late for class.
【小题5】_________(幸运),the children began to understand him.      
【小题6】Germany, France , England and so on are ___(欧洲)countries.      
【小题7】The car was not _______(破坏)badly in the accident.         
【小题8】Our company is the biggest user of _________(电) in this area .
【小题9】Our teacher has ____(组织)a class trip to the West Lake.        
【小题10】After the ______( 治疗 ), he felt better.                                     

It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day. Some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.    
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to the sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning

1. 1.

   From paragraph I we learn that the villagers ______.
   

   1. A.
      worked very hard for centuries
   2. B.
      dreamed of having a better life
   3. C.
      were poor but somewhat content
   4. D.
      lived a different life from their forefathers
2. 2.

   Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

   1. A.
      the frogs were easy money
   2. B.
      They needs money to buy medicine
   3. C.
      they wanted to please the visitors
   4. D.
      the frogs made too much noise
3. 3.

   What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?

   1. A.
      the crops didn’t do well
   2. B.
      there were too many insects
   3. C.
      the visits brought in diseases
   4. D.
      the pesticides were overused
4. 4.

   What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?

   1. A.
      Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country
   2. B.
      Health is more important than money
   3. C.
      The harmony between man and nature is important
   4. D.
      good old day will never be forgotten

第二节： 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

A. 根据首字母写出单词的正确形式。

She suddenly a____ the danger, so she sounded her horn loudly until the lion turned and walked away.

He has to play for the passers-by in the street or subway so that he can earn some extra money to pay for his expensive i____ he has bought for his studio.

P____, I think the team that won first place cheated.

B. 根据中文和首字母提示写出单词的正确形式。

The President’s message will be b____ (广播) on all stations tonight.

The elegant lady has earned a r____ (名声) as a well-known poet.

Since he is a person of a_____ ( 中等的 ) intelligence, he isn’t a quick learner.

C. 用括号内的单词的正确形式填空。

7.    Even great ______ （music）require constant practice.

8.    The children were waiting _____ ( patient ) for the movie to start because they

had been kept too long and couldn’t wait to see it.

9.    This invention will have wide _____ ( apply ) in teaching.

10.  Much to our _____ ( relieve ), no one was badly hurt in the accident.

My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought   1 . My complaints, even self-justified（自有道理）  2 , were always landing on   3  ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end with their   4  into tears. I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to   5  my method of “mothering”.
One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their rooms. On their desks, in plain   6 , I left the cards: “Dear Bill(the other card was   7  to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy.”   8  arriving back, the children were   9  excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy   10  for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and   11  asking them to play a certain violin   12 . Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas   13 ．
Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little   14 : “If you can finish your homework and go over your lessons before dinner, I’d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in   15  of well-done jobs the day  16 .
 17  I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its （贴条）. The bathroom mirror became the  18  centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be  19 .
We all benefited from and   20  the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication．