Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.

My father died when I was nine months old, making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen. While I was growing up, we lived a very_______life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would ________ my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”

At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never_______again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving ________, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I didn’t want to be bad enough. She drove that message _______deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school-walking on my own!

When the Great Depression（大蕭條）hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support _____ of us. At that moment, I decided never to be__________again.

Over the years, I experienced various（不同類別的） levels of business success. But the real turning point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1916. I was unhappy with the second-class hotels for families and was __________ that they charged（收費）an extra（額外的） $2 for each child. That was too_______for most American families. I told my wife that I was going to open a hotel for families that would never charge extra for ______. There were plenty of doubters at that time.

Not______, mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of hard time. But with my mother’ s words deeply rooted（扎根） in my heart, I________doubted（懷疑） we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest______system in the world - Holiday Inn . In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns（客棧）in more than fifty countries with an income of $1 billion a year.

You may not have started out life in the best situations. But if you can find a_______in life worth working for and believe in yourself, _______can stop you.

1.A. quiet B. boring C. hard D. strange

2.A. accept B. change C. disturb D. check

3.A. study B. speak C. listen D. walk

4.A. voice B. sound C. noise D. talk

5.A. so B. such C. very D. quite

6.A. all B. both C. every D. most

7.A. excited B. brave C. patient D. poor

8.A. sad B. happy C. tired D. angry

9.A. expensive B. fantastic C. different D. special

10.A. husband B. parents C. children D. wife

11.A. successfully B. surprisingly C. interestingly D. importantly

12.A. always B. sometimes C. almost D. never

13.A. restaurant B. theatre C. library D. hotel

14.A. task B. hotel C. company D. word

15.A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything

1.C 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.A 6.B 7.D 8.D 9.A 10.C 11.B 12.D 13.D 14.A 15.A 【解析】本文講述了在單親家庭生活的作者，小時候與母親相依為命，在母親的支持、呵護和鼓勵下，努力成長的故事。雖然成長過程中有些坎坷，但母親一直鼓勵他做一個自信努力的人，母親的鼓勵讓...

Perhaps you’ve seen the English letters “WC” in your city. They show public toilets. But do you know it is far from elegant (優(yōu)雅的) English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countries rarely use the letters.

Workers in our city are changing “WC” signs all over the city. The government is spending much money changing all the bad English on signs and restaurant menus. Many other places in China are following our steps.

“WC, or water closet, is old-fashioned English. It sounds dirty to me,” says Charlie Shifflet, a young man from the US. The old sign will become “Gents/Men” and “Ladies/Women”.

“I see lots of poor English in everyday life, and not only on signs,” he says. “I know what they mean. But they are Chinglish, not real English. For example, when someone says to me ‘My hometown is Henan Province’, I know he should say: ‘My hometown is in Henan Province’. ‘Hometown’ is a smaller place in a province.” The common(通常的) mistakes include “Not Entry”, which should be “No Entry”, “Direction(方向) of Airport” should be changed to “To the Airport”. And it is “room rate(房價)”, not “room price”. And remember to “Keep off the grass”, rather than “Care of the green”.

1.What does the writer think of the use of “WC”?

A. He doesn’t think it means water closet.

B. He doesn’t think it old-fashioned English.

C. He doesn’t think it proper for a sign.

D. He thinks it elegant English.

2.The underlined word “rarely” means .

A. sometimes B. seldom C. often D . always

3.Charlie Shifflet .

A. is a Chinese living in America

B. thinks Chinese people are sometimes using incorrect English

C. likes to hear or see Chinglish

D. sometimes uses Chinglish

4.Which of the following signs does NOT use Chinglish(中國式英語)?

A.

B.

C.

D.

5.The last paragraph is about .

A. why there are so many Chinglish signs B. examples of Chinglish

C. where Chinglish signs are D. who uses Chinglish signs

1.C 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.B 【解析】試題分析：英語越來越廣泛的應用于我們的日常生活，但是在中國有很多英語的標志其實都是不符合英語的表達習慣的，例如WC，這是很不優(yōu)雅的一個英語詞匯。文章中還舉了很多漢語式英語的例子。 1. 2.rarely use the letters可知，作者的觀點是用WC指公共廁所是不優(yōu)雅的，因此來自說英語國家的外國人很少...

根據所給漢語意思或者首字母提示，用合適的單詞填空。

1.Don’t_____ (觸摸) anything on show in the museum.

2.As everyone knows,_____ (練習) makes perfect.

3.If nobody drops ___________(垃圾), the park will be a clean and comfortable place.

4.The _____(主題) we are going to talk about is “Online Manners”.

5.If you don’t look after your pet bird in _____(正確的) ways, it will get ill easily.

1.touch 2.practice 3.litter 4.subject 5.proper 【解析】 1.句意：在博物館里不要碰任何展覽品。“觸摸”的英文表達是touch，本句是祈使句，祈使句要用動詞原形，故答案填touch。 2.句意：眾所周知，熟能生巧�！熬毩暋钡挠⑽谋磉_是practice，practice makes perfect是諺語，故答案填...

Playing with friends, going to a party, having a meal in a restaurant or receiving a birthday gift—as a teenager, you go to different places and meet different kinds of people. Everything you do leaves an impression (印象). So manners are very important.

Arriving 30 minutes late for a date may say: “This isn’t that important to me.” Taking a cell phone call while talking to your friend may say: “The caller is more important than the person standing in front of me.” Failing to show thanks to a gift-giver may say: “I don’t like the gift.”

Is that the message you really want to send? Maybe not. You do not want to be rude, but sometimes what you do makes people think you’re impolite.

How can you change that? First, you should know the proper ways to behave around people. We call this manners. You could start by adding “please” and “thank you” to your vocabulary and avoiding bad language. You could start by holding a door open for someone after you to go through. You could start by showing up on time instead of letting others wait for you.

Start now! Start a new life and start to be a teenager with good manners!

Having good manners
The importance of manners	Everything you do leaves an impression.
Examples of bad manners	Arriving late may mean the date is not important.
Taking a call while talking to a friend may mean your friend is1. important than the caller.
Not showing thanks to a gift-giver may mean you 2.the gift.
Start to3.your manners	Use “please” and “thank you” to 4.bad language.
Hold a door open for someone behind you.
Show up on time instead of letting5.people wait for you.

1.less 2.dislike 3.change 4.avoid 5.other 【解析】本文主要向我們講了禮貌的重要性，并列舉了一些不禮貌的行為方式，最后告訴我們怎樣做才是有禮貌的正確行為方式，我們稱之為禮儀。 1.根據文中的句子The caller is more important than the person standing in front of...

Are you going to have dinner at your Western friend’s home? Then be c1.

with your table manners. Good manners will make you a nice g2..

You may find Western table manners are d3.from Chinese manners. Here is some good a4.to keep you cool.

When you are r5.to eat, sit up straight on the chair. Usually, don’t put your elbows (胳膊肘) on the table. First p6.your napkin (餐巾) up and put it on your lap. You can use it to clean your hands or mouth, but not your face. When you finish eating, put it b7.on the table.

Don’t make any noise when you eat or drink the soup. It’s not good to eat with your moutho8.. If you do that, people will see the food in your mouth.

If you want to get some food but you can’t r9.it, ask others to pass the dish to you. Put bones(骨頭) on the edge of the plate. And remember, good manners can make b10. guests and hosts comfortable at the table.

1.careful 2.guest 3.different 4.advice 5.ready 6.pick 7.back 8.open 9.reach 10.both 【解析】本文介紹了西方的餐桌禮儀。當你準備吃飯時，要在椅子上坐直了，不要把手肘放在桌子上。吃東西或喝湯時不要發(fā)出噪音。如果夠不著那道菜，可以讓其他人把菜遞給你。 1....

書面表達

學生會將要邀請Mr Black做一個關于電話禮儀的演講，請根據下列內容，寫一個不少于70詞的通知，不包括所給的開頭和結尾。

Name of the talk: Good telephone manners

Time: 2 p.m., 13 May

Place: The school hall

Content: Some important rules, for example: answer a phone as soon as possible, say sorry for delays (延誤), keep your voice down, be yourself and speak naturally, say good-bye before hanging up

Hello, everyone,

May I have your attention, please?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Of course, there is a lot more to learn about. Please go and attend the speech.

Hello, everyone, May I have your attention, please? There will be a speech in the school hall at 2 o’clock on the afternoon of 13 May. Mr Black is going to tell us something about good telephone...

—It is said there are still many people who are very poor in Africa.

—Yes, many famous movie stars went to help them, ________ Jackie Chan.

A. include B. including C. included D. includes

B 【解析】句意：——據說非洲仍有很多人很窮�！�—是的，許多著名影星去幫助他們，包括成龍在內。A. include包含，動詞原形；B. including包含，介詞；C. included動詞過去式；D. includes動詞三單形式。本句已有謂語動詞，只能填介詞，故答案為B。

Basketball is enjoyed ________ many people ________ fun and exercise.

A. by; for B. for; by C. for; for D. by; at

A 【解析】句意：為了娛樂和鍛煉身體，籃球被許多人所喜歡。此句是一般現在時的被動語態(tài)，by賓語是動作的執(zhí)行者，第二個空用介詞for表示目的，故答案為A。

—The number of foreign players in America’s NBA ________ increased.

—Yeah. A number of foreign players ________ playing in the NBA now.

A. has; is B. has; are C. have; is D. have; are

B 【解析】句意：——美國NBA的外籍球員數量增加了�！�—是的�，F在有很多外國球員在NBA打球。The number of意思是“……的數量”，后跟可數名詞復數作主語時視作單數，謂語動詞或助動詞用三單形式，第一句是現在完成時態(tài)，助動詞要用has，排除C,D；A number of表示許多，后跟可數名詞的復數形式，作主語時視作復數，第二句是現在進行時態(tài)，故助動詞用are，答案為B。

Basketball is played by more than 100 _________ people in over 200 countries.

A. million B. millions C. million of D. millions of

A 【解析】句意：在200多個國家有超過一億人打籃球。million前面有具體的基數詞時，million用單數形式，如果前面無具體數字時，million用復數形式，且與of連用，故答案為A。