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I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her room. In one hand was a plastic phone; in the other a toy broom. I listened as she was speaking to her doll. And I will never forget the words she said, ever though it was pretended.
She said, “Suzie’s in the corner because she’s not been very good. She didn’t listen to a word I said or do the things she should.” In the corner I saw her baby doll all dressed in lace and pink. It was obvious that she’d been put there to sit alone and think.
My daughter continued her “conversation”, as I sat down on the floor. She said, “I’m all fed up, I just don’t know what to do with her anymore. She cries whenever I have to work and wants to play games, too. She tries to help me with the dishes, but her arms just cannot reach…And she doesn’t know how to fold towels. I don’t have the time to teach. I have a lot of work to do and a big house to keep clean. I don’t have the time to sit and play —don’t you know what I mean?”
And that day I thought a lot about making some changes in my life, as I listened to her words that cut me like a knife. I hadn’t been paying enough attention to what I hold most dear.
But now my attitude has changed, because, in my heart, I realize…I’ve seen the world in a different light through my little darling’s eyes. So, let the cobwebs have the corners and the dustbunnies rule the floor, I’m not going to worry about keeping up with them anymore.
I’m going to fill the house with memories of a child and her mother…For we are granted only one childhood, and we will never get another.
1. What was the little girl doing with her doll?
A. She was dressing up her doll.    
B. She was playing the doll with her friend Suzie.
C. She was talking to her mother.   
D. She was punishing her doll.
2. Which statement is TRUE about the mother’s behaviors before that day?
A. She spent a lot of time with her daughter talking to her.
B. She was busy cleaning the house with little time spared for her daughter.
C. She didn’t show her love to her child.
D. She always dressed up baby dolls with her daughter.
3. What do the underlined words “cobwebs” and “dustbunnies” probably refer to?
A. A happy atmosphere inside the home.   
B. All her d aughter’s toys
C. Happy memories of a child           
D. Things that kept the mother busy
4. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?
A. Daughter and Her Doll         B. Daughter’s Words
C. Only One Childhood           D. A Busy Mother’s Change
答案

小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
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Stop thinking that you are too old to learn how to play the piano! You are able to learn the piano or any other instrument at any age. As long as you want to learn the piano, you can. When you decide to learn the piano, think about what you want out of it. Do you want to learn a specific piece of music, or are you more interested in learning techniques and the chord structures behind it? There are no limits, and you will get as much out of it as what you are willing to put into it.
Adults have the ability to learn a musical instrument, although they usually have less time. So no matter what your age, whether you are ten or one hundred and ten, you can learn the piano well. So what are you waiting for? Start learning today! Here are some ways to learn the piano, each with its own advantages.
1....
This allows you personal, face-to-face lessons — usually on a weekly basis where they are able to teach you and correct you. This is a great way to learn the piano, but you are limited in the contact hours you have with your teacher which may slow your learning.
2....
This would have to be the hardest way because you are just working by yourself and you can never be sure if you have understood the books correctly.
3....
These are quite new to the market. They are video or DVD lessons that you can work through at your own pace. The advantage here is that you have the teacher so you know if you are doing it right, and you can work at your own pace — as quickly or as slowly as you like.
1. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To tell us why we need to learn to play the piano.
B. To tell us never to lose hope at any age.
C. To encourage us to learn the piano and to give some suggestions.
D. To tell us that nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.
2. Match each of the following titles with each point.
a. Internet and Video Courses.   
b. Hire a Piano Teacher.
c. Teach Yourself with Books.   
A. 1-a 2-c 3-b         B. 1-b 2-c 3-a
C. 1-b 2-a 3-c         D. 1-c 2-b 3-a
3. According to the author, we know that ______.
A. people who are too old can’t learn the piano
B. kids learn much faster than adults
C. learning by oneself, one may misunderstand the books
D. learning with a teacher is the best way
4. Which of the following old sayings sums up the main idea of the first two paragraphs?
A. Every coin has two sides. 
B. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
C. Let’s cross the bridge when we come to it.
D. You are never too old to learn.
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第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
It was 4 o’clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just   16   in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)   17   and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was   18  .
The doctor described the   19  , which caused the burns. At 6 a.m, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they   20   the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline(petrol). The flames    21   my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.
22  , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and   23   him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in   24   to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars(伤疤).
After he   25   from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months   26   it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch very   27   scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not   28   it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”
I   29   this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to   30   and returned to school with his head held high--- glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not   31  , so he made the   32   to give up any plastic surgery we all have “scars” that we believe   33   people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same   34   standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value   35    yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
16. A. brought        B. given               C. turned              D. showed
17. A. doctor         B. hospital      C. aircraft              D. ambulance
18. A. serious         B. terrible      C. dangerous           D. important
19. A. event          B. process      C. reason              D. accident
20. A. got            B. lit            C. burned          D. moved
21. A. took           B. held             C. caught           D. attracted
22. A. Fortunately      B. Surprisingly  C. Happily             D. Slowly
23. A. pushed         B. threw         C. dropped            D. rolled
24. A. shape           B. place        C. fact                D. time
25. A. benefited        B. recovered      C. suffered             D. relaxed
26. A. if                   B. while               C. because             D. although
27. A. normal       B. violent              C. obvious             D. popular
28. A. mention         B notice         C. 1augh              D. hide
29. A. sent           B. kept          C. handed                 D. passed
30. A. heart           B. life           C. practice             D. considerate
31. A. grow         B. matter         C. exist               D. appear
32. A. mistake        B. effort          C. decision           D. request
33. A. invite          B. cause          C. allow             D. remind
34. A. false         B. strict          C. moral             D. general
35. A by              B. over           C. beyond          D. within
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第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题,共35分)
注意事项:1.第Ⅱ卷共2页,用蓝、黑色的钢笔或圆珠笔直接答在试卷中。
2.答卷前,请将密封线内的项目填写清楚。
第三部分:写作
第一节:阅读表达(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
You are in a beautiful place enjoying the landscape, maybe fishing, but suddenly the peace and quiet is interrupted by the noisy sound of a cell phone! Cell phones are everywhere, and some people don’t know what the limits of cell phone use are.
Nowadays,that’s the biggest problem. People disturb other people, first with the ringing of their cell phones and then with their conversations because they usually speak very loudly. Not everybody in a public place should have to listen to private conversations.
People need to learn how to use cell phones correctly. If there is an emergency, cell phone are acceptable; but remember that just a few years ago few people had cell phones and the whole society survived! Nowadays people can’t seem to live without using the cell phones. They talk in restaurants, in restrooms, in hospitals, and at parties. It’s incredible!
It’s like smoking. Just as people don’t want to be bothered by smokers, they don’t want to be disturbed by cell phone talkers. Our society has to learn to respect other people. It would be great if loud talking was seen as really bad manners. The use of cell phones must be restricted in places such as cinemas, theatres, museums, classrooms, and hospitals.
Nowadays, people just laugh when a cell phone rings in these places, but it’s just the beginning. So in the future I think things are going to change. They should have got tickets when they use them in inappropriate places, like people get parking tickets when they park in inappropriate places. So, we have to write some rules to restrict, or even prohibit, cell phone use in some places. New rules of etiquette (礼仪) are needed for new behaviors in our lives such as using cell phones. It’s going to have to be part of our education in the future.
56. According to the passage, how does the cell phone trouble others? (Within 20 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
57. What is the purpose of the passage? (Within 10 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
58. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “restricted” in Paragraph 4? (Within 3 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
59. What’s the writer’s attitude to the cell phone problem? (Within 15 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
60. If cell phones are acceptable in your school, please list two rules about the correct use of cell phones. (Within 20 words).
①________________________________②________________________________
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第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
The Price of a Dream
  I grew up poor—living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was  16  and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still  17  a dream.
My dream was  18 . By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and  19  anything that moved on the football field.
I was also  20 . My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me  21 to believe in myself. He  22  me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular  23  with Coach John changed my life forever.
  A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for a new bike, new clothes and the  24  of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to  25  up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
  When I told John, he was  26  as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He shouted. “Your  27  days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head  28 , trying to think of the right 29  that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his  30  in me.
  “How much are you going to make at this job, son?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.
  “Well,” he asked, “is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
  That simple question made  31    for me the difference between  32  something at once and having a  33 . I decided myself to play sports that summer and the ___34    year after I finished high school, I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was  35  a $ 20,000 contract. Finally, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
16. A. happy                 B. polite              C. shy                         D. honest
17. A. live                    B. have          C. make              D. need
18. A. athletics                 B. music        C. business                D. money
19. A. kick                   B. play                   C. pass                 D. hit
20. A. right                   B. popular         C. lucky                D. honest
21. A. how                   B. why           C. when              D. whether
22. A. gave                   B. taught        C. brought             D. asked
23. A. accident                 B. matter        C. problem              D. experience
24. A. aim        B. idea          C. start               D. purpose
25. A. keep         B. end          C. give               D. pick
26. A. mad         B. mournful              C. frightened            D. shameful
27. A. living        B. playing          C. working              D. dreaming
28. A. moving        B. nodding         C. shaking             D. hanging
29. A. answers        B. excuses          C. words               D. ways
30. A. sadness      B. regret             C. hopelessness           D. disappointment
31. A. direct      B. clear             C. straight         D. bare
32. A. wanting       B. changing         C. dreaming             D. enjoying
33. A. wish      B. goal                    C. score          D. desire
34. A. following    B. same             C. previous              D. very
35. A. charged    B. got             C. offered         D. presented
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Parkour is a sport with the aim of moving from one point to another as smoothly, efficiently and quickly as possible using chiefly the abilities of the human body. It’s more similar to martial arts (武术) than to a sport. Parkour focuses on how any obstacle is dealt with, whether the obstacle is either physical or mental.
Inspiration for parkour came from the “Natural Method of Physical Culture” developed by Georges Hebert in the early twentieth century. French soldiers in Vietnam were inspired by Heber’s work and created what is now known as parcours du combatant (障碍训练课程). David Belle, who was introduced to this method by his father Raymond Belle, a Vietnamese soldier who had practiced it, had taken part in activities such as martial arts and gymnastics, and sought to apply his athletic skill in a manner that would have practical use in life.
After moving to Lisses, David Belle continued his journey with others. “From then on we developed,” says Sebastien Foucan, who helped to spread parkour, “and really the whole town was there for us; there for parkour.”
Over the years as devoted practitioners (实践者) improved their skills, their moves continued to grow in scale, so that building-to-building jumps and drops of over a storey(楼层) became common in media description, causing much misunderstanding on the nature of parkour.”
Although many practitioners say parkour isn’t an extreme sport, it does carry risk with it. The practice of running, jumping, and leaping from a variety of urban structures (roof tops, staircases, raised surfaces, walls, etc.) and landing on concrete, of course, carries the potential for injury. Some of the most common injuries include sprained (扭伤的) ankles and injuries to the knees.
According to one practitioner, “One of the biggest differences between parkour and other so-called ‘extreme’ sports is that it is not concerned only with physical skills, but also with one’s mental and spiritual pleasure.”
1.    The second paragraph is mainly about _______.
A. Belle’s devotion to parkour                           B. the origin of parkour
C. the use of parkour during wartime             D. the practical use of parkour in life
2.    What do we know about David Belle?
A. He used to be a French soldier in Vietnam.
B. His attitude toward Hebert’s work was negative.
C. He and Foucan held different views on parkour.
D. He attempted to make full use of his athletic skill in life.
3.    What do we infer from the passage?
A. The practitioners think parkour is worth the risk.
B. Parkour needs specially designed training places.
C. The practitioners are often blamed by the media.
D. Parkour was developed in the early twentieth century.
4.    Parkour requires _______.
A. only the abilities of human body      
B. move from one point to another
C. the ability to deal with mental problems 
D. the ability to remove obstacles physically and mentally
5.    According to the passage, which of the following is parkour?
A.           B.    
C.        D.
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