—Well Toby, I remember that you had a ve...

It is difficult to tell exactly ____ the saying began, but it is probable that it was in the theater or movie industry.

A．where            B．when             C．why              D．that

—Can you get me some of the novels ?

—By all means. All but one of them ____ in our company.

A．published         B．was published      C．were published     D．had been published

—Why are so many northern Chinese visiting Southeast Asia countries recently ?

—They are trying to get a ___shelter from the cold weather in winter.

A．magic            B．reliable           C．permanent        D．Temporary

The story showed marriage between people of different races ,_____ was against the law at that time.

A．who             B．which            C．whoever          D．whichever

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects...

One day while walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly. He took it home.

A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther.

Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then came out easily.

But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled (萎缩的) wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly.

[写作内容]

1. 以约30词概括短文内容要点; 

2. 以约120词就 “个人成长需要艰难生活的磨砺”这一话题发表你的看法，并包含以下要

点：

(1) 你读了这个故事后的感受；

(2) 叙述当前父母溺爱子女的现象和由此造成的后果；

(3) 假如你是父母一方，你会如何磨砺自己的孩子？

[写作要求]

1.可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引

用原文中句子; 

2. 文中不能出现考生真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。