A.Stein. C.Mr.Kent.
2、What does Mrs.Meikle want to do? A.Run a business.
C.Employ a working partner.
B.Walter. D.Mrs.Meikle.
B.Apply for a position. D.Show her talents in business.
24. In this list I chose inspirational young people who have made a positive difference in the (8分)world.
Joan of Arc (1412?1431) Aged just 16, Joan of Arc made an unlikely journey to the Dauphin of France. Impressed with something inside this young peasant girl, the Dauphin of France was inspired to renew the fight with the English, defeating them at Orleans—as Joan had predicted. She was burnt at the stake, aged just 19, but her predictions of France gaining her freedom proved correct.
Anne Frank (1929?1945) While hiding in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation, Anne Frank kept a diary of her experiences. She died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. However, after the end of the war, her diaries were published by her father. The Diary of Anne Frank became an international best-seller and helped give a young person’s view on the holocaust (大屠杀) statistics.
Samantha Smith (1972?1985) Samantha was an American schoolgirl. In 1982, she wrote a letter to the leader of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, asking why relations between the US and the Soviet Union were so tense. Her letter was published, and later Andropov replied. Smith was also invited to visit the Soviet Union, which she did. The visit was followed with great interest by the international media. In 1983, she visited Japan acting as America’s youngest ambassador. She died, aged just 13, in a plane crash.
Nkosi Johnson (1989?2001) Nkosi was born with HIV inherited from his parents. In 1997, he was refused admission to a public school because of HIV status. He became a powerful speaker for treating HIV victims with equality and respect. He received the Children’s Peace Prize after death, Nelson Mandela referred to him as “an icon (偶像) of the struggle for life”. 1、Joan of Arc is famous as a . A.foot traveler C.farmer’s daughter
B.national heroine D.social reformer
2、What made Anne Frank known around the world? A.Her hiding experiences. C.Thu publication of her diaries.
B.Her death in concentration camp. D.The end of World War Ⅱ.
3、Who made a great difference in treating AIDS patients? A.Joan of Arc. C.Samantha Smith.
B.Anne Frank. D.Nkosi Johnson.
4、What can we conclude from the people mentioned in the text? A.They have good education. B.They lose their lives for peace. C.They value personal influence.
D.They influence the world in a positive way.
25.(10分) The morning after an evening struggle to care for my three-year-old daughter, I couldn’t wait to get her to school. I, as a mother, was tired from the anger and her inability to communicate because of her slowed language development.
As I accompanied her into the car, I felt desperate. Nothing was right with our world. She’d been born around the same time when the nation was witnessing the birth of another Great Recession. My job and my house had been victims. Then this happened. My child’s language delay was identified, but doctors struggled to properly help her, I felt like we both needed to he rescued.
I returned that afternoon as disenchanted with the little girl 1 loved as when 1 left. Walking slowly toward the school’s playground gate, I found her preschool teacher racing to greet me.
“You should have seen her today!” His breathy words were supported by excitement. I didn’t interrupt. “See that climber. ” He pointed to a wooden piece of playground equipment that looked like a rock wall. I nodded. “Well, every day since she started school, she’s tried and failed to make it to the top. ” He took a breath. “And today she did it!”
He expressed his joy just as he’d witnessed her conquering Mount Everest! “She cheered and celebrated! I wish I’d recorded it!” His words comforted me. My daughter had conquered her mountain.
As she ran toward me, I recognized something I hadn’t before. I saw her perseverance(毅力). I saw her strength. I saw a Hero.
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1、Why did the author rush her daughter to school? A.She was busy with her work as a doctor. B.She had a fight with her daughter last night. C.She broke down when dealing with her daughter. D.She had to sell their house due to Great Recession.
2、Which of the following best explains “disenchanted” underlined in paragraph 3? A.Happy. C.Careful.
B.Concerned. D.Disappointed.
3、Why did the little girl’s preschool teacher feel excited? A.She succeeded in standing on Mount Everest. B.She managed to climb up the wooden equipment. C.She got the first place in the school sports meet. D.She began to communicate with others normally. 4、From which is the text most probably taken? A.The radio. C.A newspaper.
B.A magazine. D.The Internet.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节)第一节(每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.
26.(30分) I quit my job to start my own business before my son was born. Luckily, four months later, a big investment company 1 me about the cooperation between us, promising that it could take my company to the next level. Then something 2 happened. I received an email from the investor that read: “We’re going to end our cooperation.”
I was 3 . The next few days, when I thought of this discouragement, I 4 how helpless I truly was. And I also became aware that I had a fear of 5 . If I was going to keep moving forward with my company, I’d have to 6 this fear. So, I turned to Google for an 7 and I found a game called Rejection Therapy. It 8 to help you overcome your fear of rejection by 9 seeking out rejection. I loved it and 10 to have a try.
As my rejection journey continued, I began to feel more and more 11 when asking for things. I realized I could 12 what I can do to overcome my fear, and by the end of my 100-day journey it actually became 13 for me to receive “no”. I even made shocking 14 on purpose, such as asking a 15 if I could play soccer in his backyard. The crazy thing? They all said yes. In the end, my 10-day journey 16 with 51 yeses and 49 noes.
In the 17 of my rejection journey, I learned that when we shy away from rejection we reject ourselves and our ideas before the world ever has a 18 to pay attention to and reject us. That comes to be the greatest 19 I’ve learned — no matter what, don’t be 20 by the world. 1、A.employed 2、A.unfamiliar 3、A.discouraged 4、A.confused 5、A.connection 6、A.get over 7、A.explanation
B.impressed B.unexpected B.frightened B.realized B.invitation B.turn over B.access
C.refused C.unusual C.astonished C.guessed C.rejection C.get off C.inspiration
D.approached D.unforgettable D.excited D.revealed D.communication D.turn down D.answer
8、A.arranges 9、A.deliberately 10、A.managed 11、A.ashamed 12、A.focus on 13、A.easy 14、A.suggestions
B.offers B.sincerely B.decided B.guilty B.get down B.difficult B.comments
C.aims C.violently C.demanded C.fearless C.set aside C.boring C.requests C.relative C.missed C.measure C.plan C.lesson C.judged
D.prepares D.secretly D.hesitated D.embarrassed D.take over D.interesting D.improvements D.stranger D.abandoned D.challenge D.chance D.note D.ignored
15、A.acquaintance B.friend 16、A.used 17、A.process 18、A.struggle 19、A.subject 20、A.respected
B.concluded B.way B.choice B.truth B.loved
第二节(每小题1.5分,满分15分)阅读下面材料,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
27.(15分)在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词,在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Johann Strauss was 1. Austrian composer of light music,particularly dance music and operettas (轻歌剧). He was born in Vienna in 1825. Although his father didn't want him 2. (become) a musician, Strauss studied the violin 3. (secret) when he was a child. When his father discovered his son was practicing on a violin one day, he gave him a beating, 4. (say) that he was going to beat the music out of the boy. But that didn't prevent the boy from becoming one of the greatest 5. (composer) of all time. He wrote his first waltz at six. At the age of 19, he decided to devote himself to 6. (write) music. He formed his own orchestra and made a successful tour to Europe and soon became famous. The emperor of Austria was so 7. (please) with his music that he appointed him the conductor at the court balls of Vienna. It was for these occasions that he wrote some of his most popular waltzes, among 8. was the well-known favorite TheBlueDanube. In all,the talented Johann Strauss wrote more than 500 masterpieces. In his lifetime, he was known 9. the Waltz King, and was largely responsible for the10. (popular) of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century.
第四部分 写作(共两节)第一节 短文改错(满分10分)
28.(10分)假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。 文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除:把多余的词用斜线()划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意:1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2、只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Today, millions of people want learn or improve their English、 Which is good, to study in Britain or in your own country?
The benefits of going to Britain seems obvious、 You will listen to the language all the time, surround completely by the language wherever you would go and have to speak English if you are with the local people、 In China, there is always possible to speak Chinese in class and the learning is slower、 However, there are also advantage of studying at home、 You don’t have to make big changes to your life、 Beside, it’s much cheaper than going to Britain、
In my view, for most people without enough money, being al home is their only choice、 A most important thing to do in this situation is make good use of your opportunities—speaking only English in class and using English whenever possibly outside the class、 第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
29.(25分)假定你是高一学生李华,在新的学校学习已接近半年,请根据下列提示,用英语给你的朋友Jane写封电子邮件,谈一谈你的高中生活。 1.介绍你的学校和班级 2.你的作息时间 3.你的同学
4.你最喜欢的老师(请将你最喜欢的老师化名为Ms Wang)
注意:100词左右,可适当增加细节,以使行文流畅;开头已给出,不计入总词数。 Dear Jane,
I’ve been at senior high school for almost half a year.I’m writing down my thoughts about my new school life.
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