—Will you join us to play basketball on Saturday afternoon?

—____________， but I promised to go swimming with Eric.

A. Never mind B. Thanks a lot

C. Take it easy D. You’re welcome

完形填空

閱讀下面的短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出一個可以填入空白處的最佳答案， 使短文完整、通順， 并在答題卡上將該標(biāo)號涂黑。

The plane took off. A passenger needed a cup of water to take his medicine. An air hostess(空姐) told him that she would bring him the ________ soon. But the air hostess was ________ busy that she forgot to bring him the water. ________ ， the passenger couldn’t take his medicine on time. About half an hour later， she hurried over to him with a cup of water， but he ________ it.

In the following hours， each time she ________ the passenger， she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger ________ paid notice to her.

When it was time to get off the plane， the passenger asked her to ________ him the passengers’ booklet(留言簿)， she was very ________ . She thought that he would________ bad words in it， but with a smile she handed it to him.

Off the plane， she opened the booklet and then ________ . The passenger put it， “In the past few hours， you have asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your twelve faithful(真誠的) smiles?”

1.A. medicine B. water C. cup D. coffee

2.A. very B. too C. quite D. so

3.A. With her help B. As a result C. On the one hand D. To tell the truth

4.A. drank B. accepted C. refused D. received

5.A. looked at B. listened to C. talked about D. passed by

6.A. usually B. never C. sometimes D. often

7.A. hand B. take C. keep D. work

8.A. interested B. happy C. excited D. sad

9.A. break down B. get down C. write down D. go down

10.A. smiled B. cried C. wondered D. worried

When I was eleven years old， God gave me a gift of happiness and I had a carefree childhood in France.

One day， on my way home from school， a truck ran over me and my legs were cut off. As I lay there bleeding， I suddenly realized that I might have to live the rest of my life without legs. How depressed I was at that moment! But then I realized that depression won’t get my legs back. So I decided not to waste my life feeling depressed. When my parents arrived at the hospital， they stood there quietly， looked so shocked and sad. I told them， “I’ve already accepted the fact. Now you also have to get used to this.”

Ever since then， I often see my friends getting worried about little things： The buses comes late； they get bad grades on the tests and so on. But I just enjoy life.

I was lucky to realize that it is a waste of energy to pay attention to what you have lost， and that the key to happiness is to take pleasure in what you have. Sounds simple， doesn’t it? So why are many people unhappy?

People often think happiness is based on what they achieve. “My whole life would improve if I had a new car.” But when they get the car and what happens? For a whole week they are walking on air. Then they go right back to be unhappy.

Happiness is not a happening； it’s a state of mind. Even though you have the whole world and you’ll still be unsatisfied. And you have relatively(相對地)little but feel full of joy. Happiness comes from mastering the art of enjoying and taking pleasure in what you already have.

1.The word “depressed” most probably means“_____________”.

A. sad and disappointed B. painful and annoyed

C. smart and strong D. calm and quiet

2.After the accident， the author didn’t feel depressed anymore because_____________.

A. the doctors could help him and get his legs back

B. he must comfort his parents at that time

C. he knew depression made no difference to him

D. he was just a childish and forgettable kid

3.In the author’s opinion， the main cause of most people’s unhappiness is they_____________.

A. don’t want to achieve more for future.

B. pay so much and get so little.

C. always compare with others

D. pay so much attention to what they have lost.

4.In paragraph 5， when the man gets the car he had expected， _____________.

A. he will choose to walk on foot for a week.

B. the car will bring a lasting happiness to him.

C. he will find the car is no help for him at all.

D. he will go back to be unhappy after a few days.

5.The author wants to tell us____________.

A. how one person enjoys a life without legs.

B. we should forget the loss and the gains in life

C. happiness is just a state of mind

D. our life will be improved if we fight for our dreams

So many of us expect everything we do to be successful. We look forward to success to show us our value or to be the top of the group wherever we are. How many times in our schooling did we hope for a high mark? We want it and then feel like a failure when we don’t achieve what we want. Even when we succeed we still pass that and go onto the next success and then the next. We are not often taught how to face failures.

For me， failure taught me more than success did. Success is of the moment and temporary(暫時的)but failure means we have ever done. It makes me stop and think. It opened my eyes and brain to different possibilities. Failure is just a choice in redoing not in giving up. Experiencing failure，I looked deeper and further.

I have a grandson who plays hockey(曲棍球) and as all players do，he went through a slump. So I saw he was unhappy with himself. Then I said to him， “Why don’t you think of it differently rather than being unhappy?” And I asked， “Scoring is your goal， right?” He answered，“Of course.” “Why aren’t you scoring now? Do you need a readjustment(重新調(diào)整)?”All of a sudden he calmed down--he was thinking of what I had just said. So in the next game I saw him trying different things to do better. Later he started scoring. Now when something is wrong， he takes the time to think it over rather than just keeping the “failure” mode(方式).

Look at failure differently. Failure is what gives us power to try a different way of doing things.

It teaches us to rethink， redo， and then success will come about. Don’t give up but learn to use a different way.

1.According to the author，when we succeed we .

A. are quite proud

B. are usually wild with joy

C. usually set up a higher goal

D. usually think of our failure over and over

2.According to the author，failure .

A. is the thing that troubles people

B. is of the short term or temporary

C. makes us learn more than success does

D. can make him unhappy from time to time

3.What does the underlined word “slump” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Course of winning the game.

B. Chance of being well-known.

C. Situation where one works hard.

D. Time of losing heart or being upset.

4.Why did the author’s grandson do better in playing hockey in the end?

A. He grew up and learned more skills.

B. He thought and tried in a different way.

C. He used the skill his grandma taught him.

D. He didn’t make a change and kept the “failure” mode.

5.Which is the best title for the text?

A. Expect Success. B. Face Failures Differently.

C. My Grandson and I. D. Keep Failure Mode.

It is reported that in the near future robots and humans will probably work together to create jazz. A singing robot is being taught to create jazz with human being in a project.

Antonio Chella from Italy is working with a Telenoid robot. To start with， the Telenoid will be trained to imitate the movements and simple sounds made by a human singer， and then connect music with different human emotions.

Previous(以前的) robots had the ability to find common connections between things. But Chella suggests that a conscious(有意識的) robot should be able to go a step further and find new connections. The Telenoid is of this kind.

“This work raises interesting questions about the connection between consciousness and music creating.” says Philippe Pasquier， a musician needs a physical body.

Pasquer argues that the robot musician is faced with a big challenge. “Its software has already been developed and it can imitate The Beatles， a famous band. However， what made The Beatles famous were not only their songs but their wonderful performance of the songs，” he says.

It is not clear how a robot would perform music a new way. But by imitating humans， the Telenoid robot could provide some useful information. What is important is that human musicians often listen to and compare music made by others for a long time before creating music of their own. So the Telenoid robot had better listen to more jazz music first.

1.What’s the possible meaning of the underlined “imitate”?

A.制造 B.編曲 C.模仿 D.發(fā)出聲響

2.What will the Telenoid robot be taught to do first?

A. Communicate with human beings

B. Connect music with human emotions

C. Live and work comfortably with human beings

D. Imitate the movements and simple sounds of a human singer

3.In Pasquier’s opinion， the Telenoid robot_________

A. will replace human musicians soon.

B. may have trouble performing music.

C. will become more popular than The Beatles.

D. can find connections between things that humans cannot find

4.Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

A. The Telenoid， future robot musician.

B. How to teach robots to perform music.

C. The right music the robots should listen to.

D. Differences between a human singer and a robot musician.

5.In which part of a newspaper do we most probably read this passage?

A. Arts B. Entertainment

C. Medicine D. Science

完成句子

閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)括號內(nèi)的漢語提示，用句末括號內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子，并將答案寫在答題卡上相應(yīng)的題號后。（注意：只寫答案，試題的其他內(nèi)容不得抄入答題卡）

1.—Teachers_______________________________ students’ future.(有很大的影響)(make)

—So they do.

2.—Mike_______________ a new job five days ago.(毫不費力地找到了新工作)(difficulty)

—How lucky he is!

3.—There are too many cars in our city， we should drive less for fresh air.

—You’re right， everyone___________.(人人都應(yīng)該盡一份力保護環(huán)境)(part)

4.—I____________________.(發(fā)現(xiàn)和父母很好地相處很困難)(find)

—Why not communicate with them more?

5.—Many parents ___________________now.(不怕麻煩地為孩子提供所需要的一切)(way)

—So many children depend on their parents too much.

6.—How did Mary feel about the exciting news?

—She _______________________________.(如此的開心以至于止不住地發(fā)笑)(so)

7.—Before exams， students _______________________________by teachers.(老師們總是告誡學(xué)生盡量避免犯以前犯過的錯誤)(avoid)

—Oh， it’s hard to do that.

短文綜合填空

閱讀下面的短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示，在短文空白處填入一個恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使短文內(nèi)容完整、通順，將所填單詞填寫在答題卡上相應(yīng)的題號后。

Language is always changing and developing. That isn’t a bad thing. If English hasn’t changed for a long time， we won’t have words to d 1. telephones， washing machines， computers or some other new things.

Language changes for s 2. reasons. First， it changes because the needs of its speakers change. New technologies， new products， and new experiences need new words to e 3. them clearly. A 4. reason for change is that different people have different language experiences. People use different sets of words and expressions b 5. they have different ages， jobs， education levels and so on.

How does language d 6. then? On the one hand， many of the language changes begin with young people. When young people communicate with others of their o 7. age， their language grows in grammar， words and expressions. Some have a short lifetime， but o 8. have a long life. On the other hand， we get new words in many different ways. We borrow them from other languages， we create them by m 9. words shorter or putting words together and we make them out of right names.

Language that don’t change over time are c 10. dead languages. The fact that English changes so much shows that it is a 11. and well.

書面表達

在成長的過程中，你會遇到很多煩惱和困難，肯定有很多人對你提供過幫助，請以“Thank you， my__________”為題，對幫助過你的某個人表示感謝。

寫作提示：1、他/她是什么樣的人；

2、他/她做過什么讓你最感激的事；

3、你想怎樣表達你的感激之情；

要求：1.語言通順，意思連貫，條理清楚，書寫規(guī)范。

2.90詞左右；不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱，人名以Mike/Mary代替。

The girl is in danger. Let’s call the police to help______ .

A. she B. her C. hers

Let’s go to the______ . The movie Captain America III (美國隊長3) is on.

A. cinema B. hotel C. bank