Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self- respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized(歸類) as "honor" help you create this life of good feelings.

Here's an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.

Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and benefit from the clerk's mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky(鬼祟的) excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.

Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?

In the first case, where we don't tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also show that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased．Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.

There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it's easy to think and act honorably again when we're happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.

1．The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to___.

A．lying    

B．stealing    

C．cheating    

D．a(chǎn)dvertising

2．The phrase "bringing the error to the clerk's attention" （in para． 5） means___.

A．telling the truth to the clerk

B．offering advice to the clerk

C．a(chǎn)sking the clerk to be more attentive

D．reminding the clerk of the charged item

3．How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?

A．We'll be very excited.

B．We'll feel unfortunate.

C．We'll have a sense of honor.

D．We'll feel sorry for the clerk.

4 .Which of the following can be the best title of this passage.

A．How to Live Truthfully

B．Importance of Peacefulness

C．Ways of Gaining Self-respect

D．Happiness through Honorable Actions

. If his spare time was ____ aside for relaxation,he was____ to have a healthy life.

A. set; bound                    B. to set ; bound    

  C. to be set; bounded              D.setting; bounded

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，每小題2分，滿分40分）

As China’s women’s gymnastics team enjoyed the glory of winning the country’s first team Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games，the young gymnasts took the opportunity to remind the world that they are old enough to compete．

Weeks before the Beijing Games, some international media raised questions about the ages of some of the members of China’s gymnastics team, particularly He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan. They said the girls might be younger than 16, the minimum age for the Olympics. But the Chinese Gymnastics Association quickly provided copies of the gymnasts’ ID cards and passports, proving they are indeed old enough to compete.

In the final, He Kexin gave a clean performance on her favorite uneven bars（高低杠）, earning the second highest score after falling from the bars during qualification. “Although I fell down in the qualification, I became more confident today to make up for my mistake and I finally made it.”She said. It was a great moment for head coach Lu Shanzhen. “Our team made history today and proved to the world that we are the best.” the coach said, “The gold medal is not only for the gymnastics team，but also for the whole Chinese delegation at the Beijing Games.”

The coach owed the team’s success to a series of reforms. The Chinese team used to train a 1ot, but competed less, which led to poor results in international competitions. To improve their ability to compete and to strengthen their psychological power, the Chinese team sent more team members to compete abroad, so they could bring a competitive spirit back to the team. All six gymnasts in the Olympic team final were selected from fierce competition, and they proved themselves today.

1. Before the Beijing Games started，some international media doubted whether ________.

A. Chinese women gymnasts could win the team gold medal

   B. He Kexin would fall from the bars during qualification

C. Chinese women gymnasts could make history at the Beijing Games

D. some Chinese women gymnasts were old enough for the Games

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The international media’s doubts proved to be true.

B. He Kexin’s fall in the qualification had no bad effect on her performance in the final competition.

C. Chinese women gymnasts’ success at the Beijing Games proved that the reforms did work.

D. Each team is made up of 6 members to compete for the team gold medal in women gymnastics.

3. In the opinion of Lu Shanzhen, the key to achieving success for athletes is to________.

A. practice harder than ever                     B. experience more competitions abroad

C. have strong psychological power                     D. have a competitive spirit

4. The main purpose of the text is to________.

A. tell a story      B. provide evidence            C. give a report            D. compare opinions 

Board, But Not Boring

Roll the Dice and Take a Chance on Something New…

Are you vacationed-out, tired of video-gaming, waterlogged by too many trips to the pool and ready to scream if you see one more “SpongeBob” rerun?

In other words, are you bored with summer?

We’ve got a suggestion: Kill that boredom with some great board boredom games. We went to game expert Lizzy Palmer of Barston’s Child’s Play in the District and ask for suggestions. All the games you see on this page are a ton of fun, she said, and there are sure to be at least one or two that you don’t already have.

Maptangle

Borderline Games

Ages 7 and older, 4 to 6 players, $24.95

This clever take on the classic game of Twister

challenges your gymnastic and geographic

skills at the same time. A huge floor map of

the world serves as the game board. There are

lots of geographic elements: countries, oceans,

rivers, deserts, even man-made landmarks. A

deck of cards tells you where to put one foot,

then the other. The round is over when someone falls.

Jungle Speed

Ages 7 and older, 2 to 8

players, $25.99

This is a fast-paced shape-

recognition game. A wooden totem

(圖騰柱) sits in the middle. Players flip

(翻) over cards one at a time. When your

card matches another, be the first to grab

the totem so that you can give your card to the loser. But be careful: Some cards look the same but aren’t!

Enchanted Forest

Ravensburger Ages 6 and older, 2 to 6 players,

$24.99

A classic memory game. Take a winding path

through the forest and check under the trees for

fairy-tale treasure. Remember what you saw so

that when you need a particular treasure you can

go back to that tree to get it. Cool rule: You can split your dice (骰子) roll—for example, move five spaces in one direction and two in the other to land at the right tree.

Go fish for Wildlife Birdcage Press All ages, $9.95

Birdcage has several decks (副) of cards that are

more like trading cards. You fish for sea creatures,

reptiles, wild animals. Each deck has instructions

for several card games, and each card has great

photos and fun facts. Great for a trip.

HedBanz Funrise Ages 6 and older, 2 to 6

players, $13.99

Put on a headband and slip in a card that shows an

animal or thing. Everyone else can see it but you.

Ask questions until you guess what it is—but do it

before time runs out!

1. What’s the purpose of writing the article?

       A. To advertise several board games to attract potential consumers.

       B. To introduce several board games for readers to pass the summer.

       C. To try to persuade readers to give up video games and choose board games.

       D. To make some suggestions on how to spend the long summer.

2. Suppose Doris, a mother with a six-year old boy, wants to buy some board games for her child. How many kinds of board games can she choose?

              A. 2               B. 3                      C. 4                      D. 5

3 Which of the following games will be the best choice for Mr Smith who wants to find an indoor game that can benefit both his daughter’s mind as well as her body?

       A. Go Fish for Wildlife               B. Jungle Speed

       C. Maptangle Borderline Games    D. Hedbanz

4. Which of the following can match the games with their benefits to players?

       (1) Enchanted Forest                          a. to practice your quick response

       (2) Maptangle Borderline Games   b. to practice your memory

       (3) Jungle Speed                                c. to practice your geographic knowledge

       (4) Go fish for Wildlife               d. to increase the knowledge about animals

       A. bacd                        B. bcad                 C. cbad                 D. cdab

 第三部分：寫作

    “二十一世紀(jì)英語報(bào)”（21st Century）組織了一個(gè)題為“報(bào)考本市大學(xué)還是外地大學(xué)”的討論。下表是你們班同學(xué)的觀點(diǎn)。請根據(jù)下面提示寫一篇報(bào)道你們班討論情況及你的觀點(diǎn)的短文，詞數(shù)120左右。（文章的開頭已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)）

 An American scientist and writer _______ coming to give us a lecture on English

   learning methods when he visits our school.

       A. was            B. were           C. is        D. are

My mother _____    me not to go to Athens to watch the 2004 Olympic Games , but she failed .

 A．persuaded  B．tried to persuade  C．made  D．hoped

They started off at about 5 o’clock in the morning . They should       there by now .

       A. arrive               B. have been arriving    C. have arrived      D. be arriving

Let’s visit the bookstore on our way back home,            ？

       A. shan’t we                B. won’t you         C. shall we                   D. will you

．_________we are allowed- , we can’t drink any beer.

       A．As long as; to do            B．Unless; to

       C．Until; doing            D．On condition that; doing so