36. One of the purposes of flying kites in Japan is ______. A. to give thanks for a good harvest in summer B. to express good wishes to the first-born daughter C. to celebrate the beginning of a new year D. to hold kite festivals all over the country 37. What would be the best title for the text? A. The History of Kites C. The Invention of a Kite
B. The Experiments of Kites D. The First Record of a Kite C
It is well known that the Japanese people’s love of fish is almost as strong as a bee’s interest in honey. As fish populations were decreasing, fishing companies were forced to fish further and further away from the shore. Then they had a big challenge — how to keep the fish fresh for longer. So they decided to keep the fish stored in freezers on the boats. But the public did not like frozen fish. So again the fishing companies had a new bigger challenge. What they decided to do was to have fish tanks on their boats. After catching fishes，they would put them in the tanks and keep them living there until they got back to shore. But in this protected environment, lacking predators（掠食者）, the fish slopped moving around. The Japanese public felt these dull fish did not taste fresh, which had an unpleasant effect upon sales. Once again the fishing companies had an even bigger challenge ...
Stop for a minute! Before we go any further, I would like to ask “What are your challenges? How do you handle an unexpected challenge?” May I think it this way that you should try to attack your challenges? Conquer them with a Swiss Army knife. Take the most proper and simple tool that you can adopt to deal with your situation.
Now back to our story. How did the Japanese finally figure out the fresh fish problem? Sharks! You might think the same. Sharks were caught and put into the tanks with other fishes. Don’t sharks eat fish? Well, they do eat a few fish, but they did also keep more fish active and alert（警觉的）. The fish stay fresh because they are challenged.
Now, try to keep yourself fresh by finding your own shark to offer yourself a challenge in your own business and career.
38. The main reason for the fishing company to fish in the far sea is that______. A. the fishes farther away from the sea tasted fresher B. the fish resource near the shore was decreasing. C. people would prefer eating fresh fishes to less fresh ones D. it was getting harder and harder to keep fishes fresh
39. Which was the best way for the fishing company to keep fishes fresh? A. Getting the fishes frozen.
B. Storing the fishes with salt.
C. Keeping the fishes with sharks in tanks. D. Putting the fishes in tanks
40. The underlined part of the last paragraph means “______.” A. If you went fishing, you might do as the fishing companies did B. To succeed in life, you should always be ready to meet challenges C. Try to find a big shark, and you will meet your challenge D. Sharks are usually compared to the challenges in people’s life 41. The purpose for the author to write the passage is to ______. A. tell the readers how the Japanese fishing companies work B. tell the readers how the Japanese keep the fish fresh C. suggest readers finding a shark to keep the fish fresh D. suggest readers looking for challenges to make progress
D
My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an embarrassment (尴尬，窘迫). She ran a small shop at a flea market and collected old clothes and some other things to sell for the money we needed. Once during elementary school, it was field day, and my mom came. I was so embarrassed and wondered how could she do this to me? I threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school, my schoolmates asked me, “your mom only has one eye?!” and laughed at me.
I was so angry with my mom and wished that she would just disappear from this world. So I said to my mom, “Why don’t you have the other eye?! If you’re only gonna make me a laughingstock!” My mum did not respond. I guess I felt a little bad, but at the same time, I felt so good to have said what I wanted to say. Maybe it was because my mom hadn’t punished me, I didn’t think that I had hurt her feelings very badly.
For the words I had said to her earlier, there was something pinching at me in the comer of mv heart. Even so, I hated my one-eyed mom and our desperate poverty. I told myself that I would become successful in the near future, so I studied very hard. Later I got accepted by the Seoul University, I left my mother and came to Seoul to study. Then I got married there.
I bought a house of my own. Then I had kids, too. Now I am living happily as a successful man. I enjoy the life in Seoul because it’s a place that doesn’t remind me of my mom and my past. This kind of happiness was getting bigger and bigger, until one day someone knocked at my door. It was my mom! And still with her one eye! It felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me. My little girl ran away, scared of my mom’s eye.
I screamed at her, “Who are you? I don’t know you! How dare you come to my house and scare my daughter!” To this, my mom quietly answered, “Oh，I’m so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address,” and she disappeared out of sight.
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. Lying to my wife that I was going on a business trip, I went back to participate in the reunion. After the reunion, I went down
to the old shack, which I used to call a house, just for no reason. There I found my mom lying on the cold ground. I did not shed a single tear.
Then a piece of paper in her hand came into my eyes. It was a letter to me. My son,
I think my life has been long enough now and I won’t visit Seoul anymore. But would it be too much to ask if I wanted you to come to visit me once in a while? I miss you so much. And I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I decided not to go to the school...for you. I’m so sorry that 1 only have one eye, and I was an embarrassment for you.
You see, when you were very little, you got into an accident and lost your eye. As a mom, I couldn’t stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye. So I gave you mine. 1 was so proud of my son to see a whole new world for me with that eye. I was never upset at you for anything you did. During the couple of times that you were angry with me, I thought to myself it’s because he loves me.
My son…oh, my son...
Don’t cry for me because of my death. I love you so much. 42. What’s the writer’s purpose of this passage? A. To express how he hated his mother. B. To share with us how his mother loved him. C. To show his regret for what he did with his mother D. To ask his mother for her forgiveness.
43. Which of the following can be used to describe the mother in the passage? A. Outgoing and distant. C. Generous and loving.
B. Determined and stubborn. D. Considerate and unselfish
44. In paragraph 4, what does “something” refer to in the underlined sentence? A. The regret for what “I” had said to the mother. B. The good feeling to have said what “I” want. C. The thought that “I” hadn’t hurt the mother badly. D. The embarrassment caused by the mother’s appearance 45. What can we infer from this passage?
A. The writer’s daughter had seen his mother before.
B. The writer went to apologize to his mother after the reunion. C. The writer’s wife knew little about his former life D. The mother couldn’t stand the writer’s coldness in the end.
第II卷 非选择题 （五大题，计60分）
四、词汇（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
A. 请根据括号中的中文提示、英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。 46.Tom has two __________ (字典), one is English-English and the other is English-Chinese. 47. Helping others is the most __________ (有价值的) thing in the world.
48. Nobody in my class __________ (to feel that something is not sure) that he can do the job well.
49. We can’t __________ (form a picture in your mind of sth. ) the world without colours. 50. At last, the bird was set free. It __________ its wings slowly and flew away happily.
B.请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空。 they polite happy ninety safe 51. It’s __________ to shout or laugh loudly in public.
52. We are busy preparing for my grandma’s ___________ birthday. 53. Food ____________ is very important for children.
54. Lily got the first place in the game. All his friends were looking ___________ at her. 55. My neighbours want to borrow my car, for __________ can’t start.
C. 请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。
manage hire expect clean fly 56. Your father __________ you to be a teacher in the future, doesn’t he?
57. The Whites __________ to Japan for a trip, so no one answers the doorbell today. 58. — What’s your plan for the coming weekend? — I __________ a bicycle to go around the city.
59. — Where were you? The teacher looked for you just now.
— Millie and I __________the room because the exchange students will come tomorrow. 60. Without any help, his father __________ to repair the car all by himself at last. 五、句型转换（本题共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
请根据要求改写下列句子，每空一词。
61. Yesterday Tom got up early so that he could catch the early bus. （保持句意基本不变） Yesterday Tom got up early ________ ________ to catch the early bus. 62. Working in pairs offers them more chances to learn English from each other. (改为被动语态)
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