—Are there any English story-books for us students in the library?

—There are only a few, _______________.

A．if any B．if some C．if many D．if much

My mother and I started our morning by rushing into the local grocery store. I waited in line at the Starbucks counter while she around to pick up a few things. 

As I was there I noticed an elderly woman, wearing layers (層) layers of old torn clothing, moving behind me in line.

 She had a few toiletries(化妝品)and seemed to want the Starbucks cashier to since our queue was shorter than the grocery store queues were. 

At some point I became of her moving closer behind me –it was than I was comfortable with! I instinctively (本能地) a hand over my purse and drew it closer to me. My fear and imagination raced creating wild about this homeless woman who might try to from me.

Then it was my to order. As the cashier rang up my total I discovered I was 37 cents . I called to my mother but she is hard of hearing. She asked me to what I said but she still couldn't me out.

 At that point, a long grey arm, with in its sleeves, over from behind me. She laid 37 cents out on the counter, saying, "Here, We all need some sometimes."

 I was ! Here was a woman who clearly had very little to and in great need herself. I had judged her and she had reached out, voluntarily, to help me! 

 What an amazing gift and lesson this woman gave me about others. Thank You, God!!

1.A. travelled B. shopped C. flew D. searched

2.A. sitting B. lying C. resting D. standing

3.A. upon B. after C. of D. in

4.A. ring up B. make up C. put up D. take up

5.A. ashamed B. afraid C. aware D. embarrassed

6.A. further B. slower C. quicker D. closer

7.A. hid B. placed C. cleaned D. opened

8.A. jokes B. stories C. lies D. problems

9.A. rob B. catch C. steal D. pick

10.A. turn B. advice C. decision D. hope

11.A. lost B. short C. missing D. enough

12.A. replay B. rewrite C. repeat D. record

13.A. break B. put C. drop D. make

14.A. designs B. colors C. lines D. holes

15.A. pushed B. threw C. stopped D. reached

16.A. care B. concern C. help D. attitude

17.A. frightened B. shocked C. encouraged D. excited

18.A. give B. send C. report D. take

19.A. wrongly B. naturally C. sensitively D. clearly

20.A. offering B. accepting C. judging D. thanking

One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包裝).

On September 11th. 1958. Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying. "I promised you a gift, and here it is. " What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. 1 told it over and over how much I loved it!

One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as "hopeless", "pitiful", and "dying", which sounded ominous.

Christmas was coming. "Don’t expect any presents this year." Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. "If your baby brother lives, that'll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I'd never seen him cry before.

The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say. "What? He's all right?" He hung up and shouted upstairs. " The hospital said we can bring Richard home!"

"Thank God.'" I heard Mum cry.

From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I downstairs. My sacks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!

1.What happened to the author on September 11 1958 ?

A. He received a doll B. He got a Christmas gift.

C. He became four years old. D. He got a baby brother.

2.What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？

A. Fearful. B. Boring. C. Difficult. D. Impossible.

3.Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?

A. Excitement. B. Happiness. C. Disappointment. D.Sadness.

4.What is the passage mainly about ?

A. A sad Christmas day. B. A special Christmas gift.

C. Life with a lovely baby. D. Memories of a happy family.

This is a time of year when we think about giving and receiving presents. Can you find a little extra to give? On this page we suggest a few organizations you might like to help.

Littleton Children’s Home

We DON’T want your money, but children’s toys, books and clothes IN GOOD CONDITION would be very welcome.

Also, we are looking for friendly families who would take our children into their homes for a few hours or days as guests. You have so much─will you share it?

Phone Sister Thomas on 55671

Children’s Hospice

We look after a small number of very sick children. This important work needs skill and love. We cannot continue without gifts or money to pay for more nursing staff. We also need storybooks and toys suitable for quiet games.

Please contact the Secretary, Little Children’s Hospice, Newby Road.

Street Food

In the winter weather, it’s no fun being homeless. It’s even worse if you’re hungry. We give hot food to at least fifty people every night. It’s hard work, but necessary. Can you come and help? If not, can you offer a little money? We use a very old kitchen, and we need some new saucepans(平底鍋). Money for new ones would be most welcome indeed.

Contact Street Food, c/o Mary’s House, Elming Way. Littleton Phone 27713

Littleton Youth Club

Have you got an unwanted chair?─a record-player?─a pot of paint ? Because we can use them!

We want to get to work on our meeting room!

Please phone 66231 and we’ll be happy to collect anything you can give us.

Thank you!

The Night Shelter

We offer a warm bed for the night to anyone who has nowhere to go. We rent the former Commercial Hotel on Green Street. Although it is not expensive, we never seem to have quite enough money. Can you let us have a few pounds? Any amount, however small, will be such a help.

Send it to us at 15, Green St, Littleton. Please make check payable to Night Shelter.

1.What kind of people are these organizations designed for?

A. Homeless and sick children

B. Less fortunate members of our society

C. Hungry people who have no beds to sleep in

D. Friendly members of our society to help others

2. If you like children and you could offer a happy family to a homeless child, you may contact _____.

A. Street Food B. The Night Shelter

C. Littleton Children’s Home D. Children’s Hospice

3.What can be concluded from the passage?

A. There are too many social problems in this society.

B. People are very poor during the time of giving.

C. To offer help is just an excuse for these organizations to collect money.

D. There are many organizations trying to solve social problems.

4.What kind of things would Littleton Youth Club like to collect?

A. Old furniture and second-hand electrical equipment.

B. An apartment and some saucepans.

C. Hot food and storybooks.

D. A sum of money and children’s toys.

WASHINGTON—Laura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find families for foreign teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer.

It is not easy, even desperate.

“We have many children left to place—40 out of 75,” said Straub, who works for a foreign exchange programme called LEC.

When foreign exchange programmes started 50 years ago, more families were accommodating. For one thing, more mothers stayed at home. But now, increasing numbers of women work outside the home. Exchange-student programmes have struggled in recent years to sign up host families for the 30, 000 teenagers who come from abroad every year to spend an academic year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who take part in summer programmes.

School systems in many parts of the U.S., unhappy about accepting non-taxpaying students, have also strictly limited the number of exchange students they accept. At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is becoming less exotic(有異國情調(diào)的).

In search for host families, who usually receive no pay, exchange programmes are increasingly broadening their requests to include everyone from young couples to the retired.

 “We are open to many different types of families,” said Vickie Weiner, eastern regional director for ASSE, a 25-year-old programme that sends about 30,000 teenagers on academic-year exchange programmes worldwide.

For elderly people, exchange students “keep us young—they really do”, said Jen Foster, who is hosting 16-year-old Nina Post from Denmark.

1.According to the text, why was it easier for Laura Straub to find American families for foreign students?

A. American school systems were better than now.

B. The government was happy because it could gain tax. 

C. Foreign students paid hosting families a lot of money.

D. More mothers didn’t work outside and could look after children.

2.To deal with the problem in recent years, exchange programmes have to ______.

A. extend the range of host families

B. limit the number of the exchange students

C. borrow much money to pay for the costs

D. make hosting foreign students more exotic

3.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A Exchange Students Keep Old People Young.

B. Idea of Hosting Students is Different.

C. Foreign-exchange Program Is Going on.

D U.S. Struggle to Find host Families.

Don't you just love ice skating every winter? I am sure, that since winter is approaching, your skates are set to come out, just waiting to be used. Impress your friends with your new trick on how to ice -skate backwards with the help of these tips. Skating backwards on ice is a bit difficult but once you master the basic, there' s nothing like it. Follow the steps given below and you will be able to skate backwards in no time.

Stand Straight

The first thing that you need to do is, stand straight. If you feel that you are falling backwards, then just put your chin up and slightly bend your knees. Don't worry; this happens to all.

Confidence is What You Need

The most important step while learning how to skate backwards, is having enough confidence in yourself and in what you are doing. How can you achieve this? By practice. Just practice rolling backwards down a gentle slop every single day or just by pushing off from a wall or something of that sort. But before you do that, make sure that the place where you are practicing is free from any kind of debris （碎片） because otherwise, you could end up in the hospital due to some accident. While going backwards, just get used to the feeling of moving backwards. One of the important ice skating tips and techniques is that if you feel that you are losing your balance, then scissor （做剪式運動） your skates. Keep practicing this till you are confident about it.

Maintain Speed

Confident now? Great! Now the next step is to maintain your speed. While rolling in a straight line with one skate, with the other try sculling （滑漿）, that is, keep pushing yourself backwards with an outwards stroke （滑動）. Now bring the skate which you were using to scull, and then again, repeat the same process. Make sure that you put most of your weight on the skate which is moving straight and not the one with which you are sculling. Now, try the same thing using the other foot. Again keep doing this till you are confident enough.

Increase Your Speed Now

Once you are confident that you can scull with either foot, the next thing that you have to do is increase your speed. Try some of your own tricks now. Scull with either foot or with both at the same time.

Scull and Be Aware

While you keep one foot straight, keep sculling with the other. You can do that simultaneously （同時，一起） with both feet. Concentrate on what you are doing but don't get so involved that you don't see where you are going. If you are not watching your back, you might just bang against something or someone.

1.According to the text confidence comes from ______ .

A. constant exercise B. strict coaches

C. high speed D. good techniques

2.Which is the right order of ice - skating backwards?

a. Increasing your speed. b .Being able to scull with one foot.

c. Being about to stand straight. d. Trying some different tricks.

A. c→a→d→b B. c→b→d→a C. c→b→a→d D. a→c→b→d

3.In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express ______ .

A. one must be brave to learn to ice - skate backwards

B. skating and keeping cautious are both important

C. it’s difficult to concentrate when ice - skating backwards

D. it' s a common thing to hit someone when ice - skating backwards

4.The purpose of the text is _____ .

A. to offer some advice on ice - skating backwards

B. to introduce the culture of ice-skating backwards

C. to explain advantages of ice - skating backwards

D. to compare different ways of ice - skating backwards

單詞拼寫 根據(jù)中文提示或首字母完成下列單詞 （共10小題；每小題0..5分, 滿分5分）

1.Sarah told me that she felt ______ (背叛) by her friend Hannah.

2.The guests made a number of ______ (評論) about the service of the hotel.

3.His speech dealt with _______(環(huán)境的) protection.

4.Many people _______ (責備、指責)this change on gases such as carbon dioxide.

5.I insist that you take the opinions of the people of the UK into _______(考慮), and end this practice immediately.

6. He lacks sound j , which means he doesn’t exactly know what is right or wrong.

7.The m of the officials are in favor of the plan while there are still a small number of them who are against it.

8.While this kind of humour may sound cruel, it usually only works if both the comedian and the audience have a_______ for or admire the person being made fun of.

9.Due to the bad weather, we had to d______ the sports meeting.

10.The law requires equal treatment for all, r______ of race, sex or origin.

請認真閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一個恰當?shù)膯卧~。

How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when we are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion.

Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment. Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress. A barber today does not cut a boy’s hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did. The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.

What causes fashions to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats for example. In cold climates, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats, and more American men followed his example.

There is also a cyclical(周期性的) pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and America, short skirts became fashionable. After World War II, they dropped to ankle length. Then they got shorter and shorter until the miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years, skirts became longer again.

Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else. Within reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion. The popularity of jeans and the “untidy” look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion of the top fashion houses.

At the same time, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully. It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a law firm wearing jeans and a sweater, and it would be discourteous(失禮的) to visit some distinguished scholar looking as if we were going to the beach or a night club. However, you need never feel depressed if you don’t look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you and you’ll see that no one else does either!

Fashion Change

從南京“彭宇案”開始，社會就陷入“助人恐懼”中，最近，你們班就“是否應該幫助陌生人”展開了討論，同學們就這一話題意見不一，你的看法如何？你認為怎樣才能讓愛心回歸社會，建立人與人之間的信任？請根據(jù)討論結(jié)果，以“Should We Help Strangers?” 為題寫一篇短文。

注意： 1.詞數(shù)150左右； 2.開頭已寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)；

3.覆蓋所有要點，適當發(fā)揮； 4.文稿中不得提及考生所在學校(班級)及本人姓名。

參考詞匯： 美德 virtue 名詞 (可數(shù))

Should We Help Strangers?

We used to appreciate those who like to help strangers. But nowadays people tend to be very cautious of helping strangers. Recently our class had a discussion about whether we should help strangers.

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—Hi, Tommy. Are you busy now?

—________. I have done my work, and I’m going out for shopping.

A. Don’t mention it. B. Nothing serious.

C. Never mind D. Not really.