The Fish I didn't Catch

I still remember my first fishing experience as if it were but yesterday. I have been 　　many times in my life (like when I got admitted to the best school), but never more intensely sothan when I received that first fishing 　　 from my uncle.

My uncle, who knew by long 　　where pickerel（梭魚）would gather, 　　placed me at the most favorable point. I threw out my line and waited anxiously for a bite, 　　the float up and down rapidly on the surface of the water. But nothing came of it. "Try again," said my uncle. Suddenly the float 　　out of sight. "Now for it," thought I; "here is a fish at last."

I made a strong pull, only to bring up a tangle of weeds. Again and again I cast out my line with aching arms, and drew it back empty. I looked at my uncle 　�。�"Try once more," hesaid；"we fishermen must have　

Suddenly something tugged at my line, and swept off with it into deep water. Pulling it up quickly, I saw a fine pickerel wriggling in the sun. "Uncle！”I cried, looking back in uncontrollable 　　 , "I've got a fish!”"Not yet," said my uncle. Just then, I saw the scared fish shooting into the middle of the stream, my hook hung 　　 from the line. I had lost my prize.

My heart sank with it and I felt like a failure. We tend to speak of the 　　 of childhood as matters of little importance 　　 those of grown-ups. Controlled by reason and self-respect, the sorrows of grown-ups 　　 the social customs and rules of conduct 　　 the sorrows of childhood are a complete abandonment to the passion. The doll's nose is broken, and the whole world 　　 with it.

So, overcome with my bitter disappointment, I refused to be 　　，even by my uncle's guarantee that there were more fish in the river. He refitted my bait, and, putting the pole again in my hands, told me to try my luck once more.

"But remember, boy," he said, with a smile, "it's no use to boast of（自夸）anything before it's done, nor then, either, 　　it speaks for itself."

How often I have been reminded of the fish that I did not catch 　　！When I hear people talking about their distant aims as if they had already been achieved, I call to mind that 　　 by the riverside, and the wise caution of my uncle takes the form of a proverb of 　　 application: "NEVER BOAST OF YOUR FISH BEFORE YOU CATCH HIM."

1.A. happy　 B. confident 　C. curious 　D. optimistic

2.A. basket 　B. pole 　C. net 　D. boat

3.A. analysis 　B. calculation 　C. adjustment 　D-experience

4.A. casually 　B. desperately 　C.considerately 　D. unexpectedly

5.A. kicking 　B: moving 　C. releasing 　D. folding

6.A. sank 　B. bounced 　C. flew 　D. extended

7.A.understandingly B. appealingly　 C. seemingly 　D. approvingly

8.A. affection　 B. imagination　 C. competence 　D. patience

9.A.amusement 　B．disappointment 　C. excitement D. astonishment

10.A. separate 　B. heavy　 C. empty 　D. dull

11.A. achievements 　B. sorrows 　C. remarks 　D. commitments

12.A. in comparison with B．in favour of C. in response to D. on account of

13.A. reform B. keep C. violate D. establish

14.A. if 　B. since　 C. when　 D. while

15.A. goes ahead 　B. takes off　C.breaks up 　D. comes out

16.A. criticized 　B. teased　 C. comforted 　D. protected

17.A. for　 B. once　 C. if 　D. though

18.A. just then 　B. ever since 　C. ever after 　D. only now

19.A. view　 B. location 　C. conflict 　D. scene

20.A. liberal 　B. potential　 C. artificial 　D. universal

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC)一A Santa Monica High School teacher who was put on

leave after using physical force to control a student who was selling marijuana（大麻）in his classroom has received surprising support on Facebook. The incident was captured on video and has caused a sudden reaction from parents, teachers, students and even graduates. They are showing their support for Black. A Facebook page supporting "Coach Black" has over 4,700 likes. And many want him back in the classroom.

Student witnesses say Mark Black, who is also the wrestling coach, tried to confiscate（沒收）a bag of marijuana and was then injured by the student with a pencil. The cellphone video shows Black locking the student's legs and pinning the student to the ground. "He just wanted him to stop and he was trying to be a teacher and help, and I don't think it was his fault." said student Kylan Townsend.

School Board member Oscar De La Tone says Mr. Black is one of his teachers at Santa Monica High School. "I know him very well. I know him to be a fair person, a good person, someone who cares deeply about his students," said De La Torre. He says that the video does not tell the whole story and that the incident brings to light the issue of drug use, something the district needs to address.

But in an email to parents, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Superintendent Sandra Lyon says the teacher's behavior is "absolutely alarming." She put Black on leave during an independent investigation.

Lyon has come under fire from parents for initially saying the kind of physical action used by the teacher was unacceptable. On Saturday, Lyon released the following statement to Eyewitness News: "I want to stress that teachers are at times confronted with difficult, even threatening situations, and they must make judgment calls to protect safety. I want to emphasize that putting the teacher who was involved in this incident on leave until completion of an independent investigation is a matter of standard policy and practice; it in no way prejudices the outcome of the investigation."

Students hope the situation will have a quick and just resolution. An online petition（請原書) pas also peen createu by one of Black's former students. The petition has already gained thousands of signatures.Black did not respond to a request for comment.

1.What does the cellphone video on Facebook disclose?

A. Mark Black injured a student with a pencil.

B．Mark Black wrestled with a student in his class.

C. Mark Black confiscated a bag and locked a student.

D. Mark Black controlled a student with physical force.

2.In the fifth paragraph, the underlined word "it" refers to＿＿．

A. making judgment calls to protect safety

B. putting the teacher involved on leave

C. completion of an independent investigation

D. a matter of standard policy and practice

3. From the passage, we can infer that＿＿

A. the people involved in the matter support Mark Black

B. Mark Black will be eventually fired by the School Board

C. Sandra Lyon won some support from parents initially

D. no decision has been made from the investigation yet

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Teacher Put on Leave Receives Support

B. Thousands Come and Sign the Petition

C．School Teacher Wrestled with Student

D. Cellphone Video on the Facebook Page

Nothing gets the heart racing like a new roller coaster, and theme parks keep building them higher, faster and, well, just cooler than ever before. Here are five hot new coasters opening for the 2014 summer season.

1.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Thunderbolt was built in New York in 1925．

B．Goliath will not be built as a high coaster.

C. Magic Kingdom provides a short musical journey.

D. Banshee is the first female-inspired theme park ride.

2.Which roller coaster is most likely to attract people who like adventure and excitement?

A. Banshee.

B. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

C. Goliath.

D. Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringott.

3.We can learn from the passage that

A．the five new roller coasters are made of the same materials

B．Banshee is the first of the roller coasters built by a woman

C. King Island is a branch of the company named Cedar Fair

D. the roller coaster in Orlando is located in the city of London

The evolution of the first animals may have oxygenated（供氧）Earth's oceans. New research

led by the University of Exeter challenges the long held belief that oxygenation of the atmosphere and oceans was a precondition for the evolution of complex life forms.

The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, builds on the recent work of scientists in Denmark who found that sponges（海綿動物）一the first animals to evolve一require only small amounts of oxygen.

Professor Tim Lenton of the University of Exeter, who led the new study, said: "We argue that the evolution of the first animals could have played a key role in the widespread oxygenation of the deep oceans. This in turn may have facilitated the evolution of more complex, mobile animals."

Critical to determining oxygen levels in the deep ocean is the balance of oxygen supply and demand. Demand for oxygen is created by the sinking of dead organic material into the deep ocean. The new study argues that the first animals reduced this supply of organic matter一both directly and indirectly.

Sponges feed by pumping water through their bodies, "digesting" the tiny particles of organic matter, and thus helping oxygenate the shelf seas that they live in. By oxygenating more of the bottom waters, the first animals actually increased the removal of the essential nutrient phosphorus（磷）in the ocean. This in turn reduced the productivity of the whole ocean ecosystem, lowering oxygen demand and thus oxygenating the deep ocean.

A more oxygen-rich ocean created ideal conditions for more complex mobile animals to evolve, because they have a higher requirement for oxygen. These included the first predatory（肉食的）animals with guts（內(nèi)臟）that started to eat one another, marking the beginning of the type of food webs we are familiar with today.

Professor Simon Poulton of the University of Leeds, who is a co-author of the study, added: "This study provides a possible mechanism for ocean oxygenation without the requirement for a rise in atmospheric oxygen. It therefore questions whether the long-standing belief that there was a major rise in atmospheric oxygen at this time is correct. We simply don't know the answer to this at present, which is ultimately key to understanding how our planet evolved to its current habitable state. Geochemists need to come up with new ways to explain oxygen levels on the early Earth."

1.The underlined word "facilitated" in Para. 3 is closest in meaning to＿＿．

A. prevented B. promoted C. interrupted D. witnessed

2.From paragraphs 4 to 6, we can infer that＿＿．

A. phosphorus can keep the productivity of the ocean ecosystem

B. complex animals consume the same amount of oxygen as sponges

C. the sinking of dead organic material into the deep ocean produces oxygen

D. the existence of the first animals marks the beginning of modern food webs

3. From the last paragraph, we can learn Pro. Simon Poulton believes that＿＿．

A. their study gives a new explanation for the high oxygen content in the air

B．oxygen increased greatly in the air as the first animals oxygenated the oceans

C. their study answers the question of how the earth evolved to the present state

D. ocean oxygenation does not necessarily require a rise in atmospheric oxygen

4.The main purpose of the passage is to＿＿．

A. present the view that the first animals played an active role in oxygenating oceans

B. introduce two opposite opinions on how the first animals oxygenated oceans

C．a(chǎn)nalyze how atmospheric oxygen stepped up the evolution of oceanic animals

D. explain how oceanic oxygen determines the amount of atmospheric oxygen

Minnie's flat, as the one-floor resident apartments were then being called, was in a part of West Van Buren Street inhabited by families of laborers and clerks, men who had come, and were still coming, with the rush of population pouring in at the rate of 50,000 a year. It was on the third floor, the front windows looking down into the street, where, at night, the lights of grocery stores were shining and children were playing. To Carrie, the sound of the little bells upon the horse-cars, as they tinkled in and out of hearing, was as pleasing as it was novel. She

gazed into the lighted street when Minnie brought her into the front room, and wondered at the sounds, the movement, the murmur of the vast city which stretched for miles and miles in everydirection.

Mrs. Hanson, after the first greetings were over, gave Carrie the baby and proceeded to get supper. Her husband asked a few questions and sat down to read the evening paper. He was a silent man, American born, of a Swede father, and now employed as a cleaner of refrigerator cars at the stock-yards. To him the presence or absence of his wife's sister was a matter of indifference. Her personal appearance did not affect him one way or the other. His one

observation to the point was concerning the chances of work in Chicago.

"It's a big place," he said. "You can get in somewhere in a few days. Everybody does."

It had been understood beforehand that she was to get work and pay her board. He was of a clean, saving character, and had already paid a number of monthly installments(分期付款）on two pieces of land far out on the West Side. His ambition was some day to build a house on them.

In the interval which marked the preparation of the meal Carrie found time to study the flat. She had some slight gift of observation and that sense, so rich in every woman-intuition.

She felt the drag of a lean and narrow life. The walls of the rooms were improperly papered. The floors were covered with matting and the hall laid with a thin rag carpet. One could see that the furniture was of that poor, hurriedly patched together quality sold by the installment houses.

She sat with Minnie, in the kitchen, holding the baby until it began to cry. Then she walked and sang to it, until Hanson, disturbed in his reading, came and took it. A pleasant side to his nature came out here. He was patient. One could see that he paid enough attention to his baby.

"Now, now," he said, walking. "There, there," and there was a certain Swedish accent

noticeable in his voice.

"You'll want to see the city first, won't you?" said Minnie, when they were eating. "Well, we'll go out Sunday and see Lincoln Park.

Carrie noticed that Hanson had said nothing to this. He seemed to be thinking of something else.

"Well," she said, "I think I'll look around tomorrow. I've got Friday and Saturday, and it won't be any trouble. Which way is the business part?"

Minnie began to explain, but her husband took this part of the conversation to himself.

"It's that way," he said, pointing east. "That's east." Then he went off into the longest speech he had yet taken part in, concerning the lay of Chicago. "You'd better look in those big manufacturing houses along Franklin Street and just the other side of the river," he concluded. "Lots of girls work there. You could get home easy, too. It isn't very far."

Carrie nodded and asked her sister about the neighborhood. The latter talked in a soft tone, telling the little she knew about it, while Hanson concerned himself with the baby. Finally he jumped up and handed the child to his wife.

1.The first paragraph mainly describes＿＿

A. the surroundings around the Hansons' flat 　

B. the scenes in West Van Buren Street

C．what Mr. and Mrs. Hanson's flat looked like 　

D. the nightlife of West Van Buren Street

2. From the passage we can learn that Mr. Hanson＿＿·

A. was glad at Carrie's arrival’　

B. cared little about his child

C. was unfamiliar with Chicago 　

D. tried hard to live a better life

3.We can draw a conclusion from the passage that＿＿．

A. Minnie's house was very well furnished

B. Carrie was a sensitive girl with ambition

C. Carrie came to look after her nephew

D. Minnie and her husband got on very well

4. Which of the following shows the right order of the events in the story?

a. Carrie observed the Hansons' flat.

b. Mr. Hanson handed his baby to Minnie.

c. Minnie told Carrie about their neighborhood.

d. Carrie sang to the baby to stop it from crying.

e. Mr. Hanson explained the business part to Minnie.

f. Minnie gave Carrie the baby and proceeded to get supper.

A. c-a-f-e-d-b B. a-c-f-eb-d 　

C.f-a-d-e-c-b D.f-e-a-b-c-d

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最恰當?shù)膯?/p>

詞。注意：每個空格只填1個單詞。請將答案寫在答題卡上相應(yīng)題號的橫線上。

Does reading great literature expand our imagination and better our moral and social

sensibilities? For most people, it's just wishful thinking because there's no evidence that people

are morally or socially better for reading Tolstoy or other great books.

But just hold on a second there. Actually, there is such evidence, says US writer Annie

Murphy Paul. She argues in Time magazine that "deep reading", as opposed to browsing web

pages, makes us nicer and smarter.

Her evidence includes several studies carried out by some psychologists.

One is based in Canada. Two psychologists found that individuals who often read fiction

appear to be better able to understand other people, sympathize with them and view the world

from their perspective.

But this improvement is only possible if we do deep reading, which isn't just about

understanding the meaning of each word, Paul explains. Deep reading is "slow, devoted, rich in

sensory detail and emotional and moral complexity". Through processing details, comparisons,

and other literary devices, the reader's brain creates a mental representation as if the scene were

unfolding in real life.

“It's said that reading a good book is like falling in love with the writer. Paul cites another

study by psychologist Victor Nell from a university in South Africa, who found that when

readers are enjoying the experience most, the pace of their reading slows.

The combination of fast, fluent understanding of words and slow, unhurried progress on the

page gives deep readers time to enrich their reading with their own thoughts, analysis, memories

and opinions. It's as if reader and writer were engaged in a deep and real conversation, like

people falling in love.

None of this is possible when we browse web pages. We will eventually lose the ability to

appreciate our literary heritage because novels, poems and other kinds of literature can be

understood only by readers whose brains are trained to read them. And even some educators just

meet young people where they are by adapting education to their onscreen habits.

With the electronic devices spreading universally, Paul warns, deep reading has become an

endangered practice. We should care about how we read as much as what we read. So pick up a

book, sit back, and let a spiritual journey begin that will take you places only deep reading can.

閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

Honesty means speaking the truth and being fair. Honesty is a good virtue. If you are honest

all the time, you'll be trusted and respected by others. A liar is always looked down upon and

regarded as a black sheep by the people around. Once you lie, people will never believe you

even if you speak the truth.

However, nowadays it seems that more and more people believe in money at the sacrifice of

honesty. To them, among such things as health, beauty, money, intelligence, honesty, reputation

and talent, honesty is the only thing that can be thrown away. They don't understand or pretend

not to understand that honesty is the biggest fortune for humans,.and that it is necessary to do

everything well.

In short, honesty is gold. Honest, your reputation will become great; dishonest, your name

will be spoiled: Therefore, we should never make such an excuse as "A little dishonesty is only a

slight thing." We should remove immediately the seed of dishonesty once it's sowed in our

minds.

【寫作內(nèi)容】

1．以約30個詞概括上面短文；

2.以約120個詞談?wù)勀銓φ\信的想法，內(nèi)容包括：

（1)失去誠信的危害性。

（2）舉例說明誠信的重要性并談?wù)勀銈�人的看法。

【寫作要求】

1.在作文中可以使用自己親身的經(jīng)歷、虛構(gòu)的故事或生活中的事例，也可以參照閱

讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2.作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

【評分標準】

概括準確，語言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，語篇連貫

On account of fuel supplies being finite and many people being wasteful, we will have to install ________ solar heating device in our home.

A. some type of aB. some types of aC. some type ofD. some types of

The priest made the ________ of the cross when he entered the church.

A. mark B. signalC. signD. gesture

 The couple ________their old house and sold it for a vast profit. 

A. did for  B. did in  C. did with   D. did up