“Jane, please let me borrow a dollar,” Jenny asked as they stood in the school lunch line. “I have one in my jacket, but I don’t want to   1  and lose my place.”
“OK,” agreed Jane.
Jane waited all day for Jenny to   2  back the dollar she borrowed, but Jenny always seemed to be   3 . “She’s just forgotten,” thought Jane. “I don’t want to make her angry.” Still, her money didn’t go   4 . Some classmates, like Jenny, were   5  five dollars a week.
Weeks went by. At last Jane got up enough courage (勇气) to tell her about the money.
“Oh Jane, I   6 !” Jenny said. “I’ll bring the dollar tomorrow.”
The next day Jenny seemed to have forgotten again. During the noon hour Jane saw her buying sweets for Mary and Ann. Jenny saw Jane looking at her.   7  she said something in a low voice to the other two girls. Jane felt   8  and asked her teacher if she could go back to the classroom.
In the classroom, Jane saw two new pencils in Jenny’s desk. An   9  came to her. “Jenny’s not   10  lately, and anyway, she really owes (欠) me. Besides, she has all money to buy more. A dollar doesn’t mean anything to her, but it means a lot to me.”

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite   1  at the answer. Thinking he had not made   2   understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” But the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know   3   to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t   4   a compliment (恭维)in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She     5      understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and   6  when they are praised(赞扬). So if someone says the dishes you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”

In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing, but in my opinion, being confident does not   7  being proud, so sometimes you should be confident    8   being modest.

  9    you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down on by others. When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try ”, he or she will  10  get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

1.                A．excited         B．surprised       C．relaxed   D．frightened

2.                A．her            B．herself         C．himself   D．him

3.                A．when          B．which          C．what D．how

4.                A．accept         B．receive         C．refuse    D．disagree

5.                A．hardly          B．really          C．rarely    D．badly

6.                A．kind           B．modest         C．shy  D．confident

7.                A．think           B．say            C．ask  D．mean

8.                A．different from   B．as well as        C．instead of D．the same as

9.                A．Unless         B．Until           C．Whether  D．If

10.               A．expect to       B．fail to          C．succeed in     D．believe in

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Miss Carter is a beautiful girl. Her father __1___ two years ago and her mother made a terrible mistake and was sent away. They began to live a    2   life. When she __3__ middle school, she couldn't go on studying. Her uncle found a __4__ for her. Mr. Baker, a rich shopkeeper, hired (雇) her. Her work was to clean the rooms and sweep the floors. She tried her 5  and worked hard. Mrs. Baker liked her and paid her  6  than the other servants (佣人).
It was Sunday. Mr. Baker was reading and Mrs. Baker was watching TV in the sitting room. The girl came in and said, “I'm ___7__, Mrs. Baker. I have to tell you I can't work for you any longer.”
It   8  Mr. and Mrs. Baker. The woman asked, “What makes you say that? Aren't we _9__ to you?”
“Yes, you are, Madam,” the girl said. "Have you found a piece of __10__work yet?" Mrs. Baker asked.
“No, I haven't,” Miss Carter said. “  11   I don't think you trust me.”
“You are __12__, Miss Carter,” said Mr. Baker. “I always think you are a  13  girl. And I often leave my keys in my study.” “It was 14  that you often left the keys in your study,” said the girl. “But I could use none of them to   15  the safe(保险箱).”
“Well,” said Mr. Baker. “You can go right now!”

完形填空。 (每小题1分，共15分)

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Hello, my friends, long time no see! My family and I went on a   1   trip to Europe during our recent vacation. We visited Paris, France, and London, England. Here I want to share my tour of Paris with you.

  2   we set out, we all expected (期望) a fun and interesting vacation. For my sister and me, our stay in Paris had   3   meaning. It was a golden chance(机会)   4    our French, since English and French are the two official (官方的) languages in Canada. My mom doesn’t speak French, and my sister can’t speak it very   5  (she is only in Grade Three).  So it was my duty   6   directions(方向), order food, and deal with any person-to-person communication. I was, of course, really nervous:   7    they couldn’t understand my French   8   I couldn’t understand theirs?

My   9   soon went away. The people in Paris   10   very happy to answer my questions. They listened patiently (耐心地) and carefully, and spoke slowly   11    we could understand. One gentleman was even kind enough to lead us to the hotel we were  12  .

  13   the places we visited? We visited many places in Paris. My sister liked the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe (凯旋门). My mom liked the Louvre Museum(卢浮宫) most. Her favorite painting was the Mona Lisa. Which places did I like? I liked all of them.

 14   its romantic air, people’s friendly greetings (问候) and historic buildings, Paris is a city that we will   15  forget.

1.                A．two week       B．two-week       C．two-weeks D．twos-weeks

2.                A．When          B．If              C．Before   D．After

3.                A．another        B．other          C．the others D．others

4.                A．practice        B．practiced       C．to practice D．practicing

5.                A．good           B．better          C．well D．best

6.                A．ask            B．answer         C．ask about D．to ask for

7.                A．what if         B．unless          C．because  D．instead

8.                A．and            B．but            C．although D．or

9.                A．sadness        B．happiness       C．pleasure D．worries

10.               A．as if           B．sounds         C．seemed   D．smells

11.               A．so that         B．so             C．that D．such that

12.                                A．looking after B．looking for

C．looking up                        D．looking down

13.               A．Shall we        B．What about      C．Let’s    D．Why not

14.               A．With           B．Without        C．Under     D．Behind

15.               A．always         B．often          C．never D．sometimes

完形填空

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

Are you nervous when you stand in front of the public? Are you afraid to make a speech?

Li Jun, a middle school boy, felt shy when he was making a speech the other day. Li had thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of   1  classmates.

"I was wrong. It was very different and much  2  than talking to my classmates during playtime," Li said. "I tried, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute (哑巴) and wanted to leave the classroom   3  "

Li is not ___4____. Many middle school students now have the same   5  : they can talk about their ideas freely   6  their best friends after class, but can't speak in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing instead of 7  .

Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their  8  , such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions. Students can join in any one they want to.   9 he also gives some advice to students. "During your free time you should 10  more. When you're speaking in public, take it ___11___. Just imagine you're talking to nobody and speak up your ideas clearly," Zhou said. "That  12 a fine public speech and you'll feel confident. "

1.                A．Her            B．my            C．your D．his

2.                A．harder         B．easier          C．better'   D．later

3.                A．slowly          B．quickly         C．sadly D．happily

4.                A．lonely          B．alone          C．only D．just

5.                A．answer         B．subject         C．problem  D．question

6.                A．except         B．beside          C．from D．with

7.                A．listening        B．speaking        C．reading   D．singing

8.                A．mouths         B．eyes           C．minds    D．hearts

9.                A．But            B．So             C．And D．Or

10.               A．play           B．practice        C．write D．Watch

11.               A．nervous        B．easy           C．hard  D．funny

12.               A．reports         B．keeps          C．hears D．Makes