Class: Name: Marks: 满分（85）
第一部分 阅读理解(共两节, 满分40分) 第一节 (共15小题; 每小题2分, 满分30分)
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One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve (勇气) when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry, so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I have to pay?” “You don’t pay me anything,” she replied. “Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness,” she said.
As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up.
Years later that young woman became seriously ill and was sent to the big city where specialists were called in. When Dr. Howard Kelly heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room. He recognized her at once. He determined to do his best to save her life.
After a long struggle, the operation was successful. When the bill was sent to the young woman, she feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Suddenly, something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She began to read the words: paid in full with one glass of milk. Signed, Dr. Howard Kelly.
1. Why did the boy lose his nerve?
A. The young woman seemed very rich. B. He felt shy when seeing beautiful girls. C. He fell in love with the woman at first sight. D. He might feel ashamed and embarrassed. 2. The woman’s kindness made the boy . A. regain his faith in God and mankind B. have the money to finish school C. become a famous doctor D. arrive at school in time
3. We can infer from Paragraph 3 that Kelly . A. still loved the woman
B. had a thankful heart to the woman C. felt surprised at the woman’s arrival D. was the best doctor in the city
B
It was a day before I started school again after having the world’s best summer. I was scared standing at that bus stop, for I knew that after I set foot on that bus, my freedom would be gone for a long time. I never had friends at school because of my colored clothes I always wore. My parents always said that if you want to have friends, you have to be a friend. I did that, but it didn’t work.
I sat in the cold air, my nose feeling more like a snowflake (雪花). Then, the bus slowly pulled up. The door opened, and I saw many eyes staring at me. I walked to the back of the bus. As I passed the other kids, they would laugh. The bus trip seemed to take forever before we reached the school. When we arrived, I walked to my classroom and sat at the desk in the very back of the classroom. It wasn’t that I disliked school, but I wasn’t a big fan of the kids at school. I enjoyed listening to the teacher talk, but I didn’t like it when the bell rang for lunch. I hid in the crowd of kids, and walked to an empty table. I opened my lunch bag, and began to eat uncomfortably. A girl with long red hair came over to my table and sat down. I got scared, but she had a friendly smile on her face.
“What’s your name?” she asked. “Rachael,” I whispered.
“I am Monica,” she said. She kept talking to me, and I talked to her a little bit. “No one likes me,” I said after a while of dead silence.
“I do,” she replied. “I learned that after a while of being lonely you have to be friends with people that look lonely too. Then, no one will ever be lonely in this world,” she said. Ever since those words have been said to me, I have lots of true friends.
4. While waiting at the bus stop, the writer .
A. recalled her happy days in summer B. felt very cold in the heavy snow C. expected to meet her classmates again D. regretted for not being free at school 5. It is implied in the passage that the writer . A. feared the time of having a break B. was tired of going to school C. wasn’t fond of the lectures in class D. found the back of the room to be quiet
6. According to the passage, at one time Monica was . A. active
B. lonely
C. shy
D. selfish
7. What did the writer learn in the end?
A. A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. B. A friend is never known till a man has need.
C. Making friends with lonely people makes a happier world. D. We should share what we have with our friends.
C
There was once a boy who liked nothing more in the world than to win. He loved winning at whatever it
might be: football, cards, video games... And because he couldn’t stand losing, he had become an expert in all kinds of tricks. He could play tricks in every situation without being noticed, even in video games or playing alone. He could win without ever being caught.
He won so many times that everyone saw him as the champion. It meant that almost no one wanted to play with him. One person who did play with him was a poor boy. He was a bit younger. The champion really enjoyed himself by making the boy look foolish.
But the champion ended up getting bored. He needed something more, so he decided to apply for the national video games championship, where he would find some competitors worthy of himself. At the championship he was eager to show his skills, but when he tried using all those tricks he knew from a thousand different games, none of them worked. The judges had prevented (阻止) any of the tricks from working.
He felt embarrassed: he was a good player, but without his tricks, he couldn’t beat a single competitor. Finally, the judges announced the name of the champion. It was the poor boy whom he had always beaten!
The boy realized that the poor boy had been cleverer than him. It hadn’t mattered to the poor boy if he lost or got a good beating, because what he was really doing was learning from each of his defeats. And from so much learning he had become a real master. 8. Why could the boy manage to win at everything?
A. Because he was good at playing tricks. B. Because he knew every situation well. C. Because he was cleverer than others. D. Because he had better skills than others. 9. At the championship, . A. the judges praised the boy for his skills B. the judges stopped the boy from cheating C. the boy was quite proud of his excellent skills D. the boy defeated all the other competitors easily A. Reasonable. C. Unfair.
B. Surprising. D. Encouraging.
B. A good beginning is half done.
10. How did the boy find the result of the championship?
11. What can we learn from the experience of the poor boy? A. Pride goes before a fall. C. Failure is the mother of success. D. Never judge a book by its cover.
D
Here’s something to think about the next time you ask your teacher for help: do schoolwork on your own can help you learn. According to a recent study, the more you struggle (努力) while you are learning new information, the better you can remember it later.
It might surprise you. When teachers are presenting new information, they often give students lots of help. But a new study shows this may not be the best way to support learning. “Don’t be too quick to get help when
learning something new,” education expert Manu Kapur said. “Try to work on it yourself even if it means trying different ways.”
Kapur came up with the idea that struggling can lead to better learning. Then he tested it out on students in Singapore. He separated students into two groups. In the first group, students were asked to solve math problems with the teacher’s help. In the second group, students were asked to solve the same problems by helping one another instead of getting help from the teacher.
With the teacher’s help, students in the first group were able to find the correct answers. Students in the second group did not solve the problems correctly, but they did come up with a lot of good ideas.
The students were then tested on what they had learned. The group without any help from a teacher scored much higher than the group who had help. Kapur said working to find the answers helped students understand the process (过程), not just the solution.
Kapur’s advice for kids is to put a lot of effort into learning something new rather than going to your teacher for help. “Simply doing a little work or nothing at all won’t work,” says Kapur. “The struggle needs to be a real attempt to figure out (想出) or solve a problem in as many ways as possible.” 12. Which of the following is the best way to learn according to the passage?
A. Figure something out on your own. B. Ask teachers for help in time. C. Be given the solution to the problem. D. Pay little attention to the process. A. showing causes C. making a test
B. describing an activity D. introducing a method
13. Kapur supported his idea by . 14. In the last paragraph, Kapur advised students to . A. make efforts to win help from others B. use their head in an active way C. make an attempt at something new D. work out every difficult problem A. Raise your head C. Stand on your own feet
B. Try your hands D. Work your mind
15. What would be the best title for the passage?
第二节(共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 A god had a horse. The horse was beautiful and also it had many good qualities. 16 It especially wanted to become the most beautiful horse in the world.
One day the horse said to the god, “You have given me beauty. You have given me other good qualities. 17 But how I wish you could make me more beautiful! I would be extremely, extremely grateful if you could make me more beautiful.”
The god said, “I am more than ready to make you more beautiful. 18 ” Then the horse said, “My neck is too short. If you can make my neck a little longer, my upper body will be more beautiful. And if you can make my legs much longer and thinner, then I will look more beautiful in my lower body.”
Then immediately the god made a camel appear in place of the horse. The horse was so sad that it started to cry, “Oh, no, I do not want to become a camel. 19 As a horse, everybody appreciated my good qualities. Nobody will appreciate me as a camel.”
The god said, “This is exactly what you asked for. You have become a camel. 20 If you cry for a longer neck and legs, this is what will happen. Each thing in my creation has its own good qualities. The camel is not as beautiful as you are, but it carries heavy loads and has a greater sense of duty.”
A. I am so grateful to you. B. Why not remain a horse? C. I wish you to change me into a horse again. D. Tell me in what way you want to be changed. E. But it wanted to be more perfect in every way. F. Never try to receive more than I have given you. G. I am glad to know that you feel good with yourself now. 第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5 分，满分30分）
“Mom, may Patti come over?” asked Meg.
“Not 21 you clean your room,” replied Mom. Meg said into the 22 , “I have to clean my room first.”
At the other end, Patti laughed. She said, “That’s 23 . My mom just said I can’t go anywhere until I clean my room.”
They wanted to do something together. It was boring being 24 . But there didn’t seem to be any fun 25 . Then the girls went to their own rooms. 26 they started sorting the clothes and shoes.
Patti said to herself, “Until I clean my room, I can’t 27 . Meg may leave, but she can’t have anyone over.” Patti went to the study. Her mom was working on the 28 . “Mom, may Meg come over?” Patti asked.
“Sure, honey,” Patti’s mom said while still typing. “ 29 , you must have your room cleaned before leaving the house.” Patti ran to the phone and 30 Meg. “I’ve got a(n) 31 !” she told Meg.
A few minutes later, Meg went over to Patti’s house. Her mom 32 her to go because she had done some work on her room. And Meg had also 33
to finish when she returned. 34 , the girls made a plan for cleaning Patti’s room. Patti 35 the radio. While dancing, singing, and talking, the girls worked. They started with the clothes. One task 36 , the room became tidy. Patti’s mom was 37 . She called Meg’s mom to let her know what good work the girls had done. Meg’s mom then said Patti could come over to 38 Meg.
The girls quickly went to Meg’s house. They worked and 39 until the room was clean. Both of the girls had 40 that working together could make cleaning fun and easy! 21. A. because
B. until
C. though
D. when
22. A. phone 23. A. terrible 24. A. ill 25. A. dreams 26. A. Luckily 27. A. leave 28. A. floor
B. room B. easy B. anxious B. facts B. Suddenly B. stop B. computer
C. radio C. strange C. alone C. excuses C. Slowly C. agree C. stage C. Say C. pushed C. allowed C. asked C. Together C. thought of
D. yard D. funny D. careful D. answers D. Calmly D. repeat D. board D. Watch D. introduced D. idea D. advised D. promised D. Again D. searched for D. glad D. guide D. stood D. reported
29. A. Remember B. Look 30. A. reminded B. called 31. A. message
32. A. persuaded B. expected 33. A. managed B. requested 34. A. Instead 36. A. at a time 37. A. shocked 38. A. teach 39. A. listened 40. A. learned
B. Still B. at times B. lift B. played B. believed
35. A. picked up B. turned on
B. suggestion C. purpose
C. from time to time D. on time C. help C. acted C. imagined
B. comfortable C. concerned
第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在标有41~50 的空格处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。George: You are lucky to be working in such a big city. Everything here is wonderful. William: I don’t think so. Actually I don’t have any 41 in city life. George: Why? City life seems to be very interesting and 42 (comfort). William: Not really. People here can hardly enjoy sunshine because of tall buildings around 43 houses. They can hardly know what season it is. What is going on in nature seems to have 44 to do with them.
George: That’s terrible. Sunshine and fresh air are quite valuable. It seems that rural life is better 45 city life. But 46 (work) in a big city means much more money without hard work like farming, doesn’t it?
William: Yes, perhaps. 47 there is another problem. The cost of life in the city is much 48 than that in the countryside. Sometimes people can’t make ends meet these years.
George: So that’s how it is! I hadn’t thought of that. I 49 (wish) to ask you to help me find a job here. Now I give it 50 . I’d rather live in my village all my life.
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41. interest 42. comfortable 43. their 44. nothing 45. than46. working 47. But 48. higher49. had wished 50. up
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