As a teenager, I was pretty lazy when it came to doing things for my family. I worked hard at school, and sometimes looked after my younger sister. Still, I found myself regularly resisting the urge to______out at home with even the simplest things.
Every Wednesday afternoon, for example, my mother ______ me to another town for a piano lesson. During my two-hour lesson, she'd rush to the nearby store and buy a week's worth of_______. Given the fact that my mom had driven me twelve miles there, twelve miles back,_____for my lesson, and bought me a candy bar, you'd think I'd be very_____ to help her bring the groceries into the house._____ I wasn't. I generally just brought in an armload and left the______ for Mom as I ran to my room, shut the door, and started studying.
Don't get me wrong: even back in my room, I felt______about not helping my mother more. Deep inside, I wanted to change my________ But I also realized that once I did change, there'd be no going back.________I took on more responsibility, my parents would start_______more of me. At age fifteen, I sensed that this one small change would ______ something much bigger: my personal change from a cared-for, spoiled (被宠坏的) child to a more_____caring and giving young man.
I'll never forget the Wednesday when I made a(n)________to jump in and see what happened. Returning home from the________I disappeared into my room, as usual. But once inside, I felt that deep and burning_______.Throwing my school books on the bed, I suddenly opened my door and_______back to the garage to help my mother. How happy I felt that day!
Surely, over time, I continued to help out with more housework. The neat thing was, the more I helped out, the_______I felt about myself and my place in my family. As Mom and Dad realized they could ______on me more, our trips became far less stressful, too. In short, it was a win-win situation for everyone.
Sometimes the little things we put off doing the longest________ out to be the simplest things to complete. And feeling happy beats feeling guilty any day.
1.A. start B. cry C. help D. work
2.A. sent B. guided C. walked D. drove
3.A. fruits B. flowers C. groceries D. vegetables
4.A. fought B. paid C. applied D. planned
5.A. grateful B. nervous C. confident D. unwilling
6.A. So B. And C. Thus D. But
7.A. one B. other C. next D. rest
8.A. excited B. curious C. doubtful D. guilty
9.A. way B. world C. career D. shape
10.A. Once B. Though C. Unless D. Since
11.A. warning B. reminding C. expecting D. informing
12.A. mark B. tell C. express D. describe
13.A. energetic B. ambitious C. outgoing D. responsible
14.A. excuse B. decision C. statement D. appointment
15.A. duty B. lesson C. store D. holiday
16.A. shame B. anger C. delight D. pleasure
17.A. called B. looked C. headed D. handed
18.A. smarter B. better C. warmer D. stronger
19.A. live B. press C. focus D. count
20.A. make B. turn C. point D. bring
Directions: Write an English composition in 120 - 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假设你是育新中学学生王明。你校正开展“绿色校园”主题活动，通过校英语报向全校学生征集有助于节能的建议。你决定向校报投稿，内容包括：
1. 你认为校园里还可以采取哪些措施来达到节能的目的 （1至2个措施）
2. 这些措施如果实施，可以带来怎样的好处。
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Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1.所有在场的人都反对花这么多的钱买这幅画。（object）
2.他工作了一整天，没有吃任何东西，这使得他筋疲力尽。（which）
3.你们中有多少人将报名参加下周的校运动会？（sign）
4.听到H1N1的传播被有效控制的消息，政府决定奖励那些为社会做出巨大贡献的科学家。（measure）
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main points of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Getting up early has been regarded as a good habit since ancient times. Many years ago, people thought that if we went to bed early and get up early, we would be energetic the whole day. Nowadays, people still hold the same view. So, getting up early is of great importance to us all.
In fact, morning is the best time of a day. In the morning, the air is the freshest and people are usually in the best conditions. Many of us may have the experiences that we memorize some things more quickly and accurately in the morning than any other time of the day.
In addition, if we get up early and do some morning exercise or only take a short walk in the morning, without doubt we can build our bodies and become much healthier. That is why many people getting up early do physical exercise year after year.
Also, we will have enough time to make a plan and get ready for our work or study of the day if we get up early. However, if we get up late, we will probably have to do everything in a great hurry, making it in a mess.
Let us remember getting up early is a good habit and try our best to keep it. If we stick to getting up early every day, we will certainly benefit a lot from it.
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Driving each other crazy
There’s a well-known joke: A woman is driving down a motorway and her husband phones her on her mobile. ‘Darling, be careful!’ he screams, ‘I’ve just heard there’s a car driving the wrong way on the motorway near where you are.’ ‘It’s not just one car,’ she says, ‘there are hundreds of them!’
And here’s another one: a man is driving his daughter and they are stuck in traffic. The little girl says, ‘I have a question.’ ‘What is it?’ asks her father. ‘When you’re driving, are YOU ever the stupid idiot?’
1. Is it because we recognize some truth in them? A lot of people seem to think that men and women do display quite different characteristics when it comes to driving, and in general, both male and female drivers tend to be quite critical of the opposite sex.
‘Men are too confident in their own abilities. They never listen, they never need a map. They’re always sure they know the way,’ says Cathy, whose husband rarely lets her drive the car. ‘They tend to drive too close to the car in front and they’re incredibly impatient. If there’s a car in front, they have to pass it even if it doesn’t make a difference to their overall speed. I think it’s some sort of territorial thing.2..
What do men think about women?3.‘Women passengers can’t keep quiet,’ says Paul, a retired architect. ‘You know: “You’re going too fast”, “Can you see that pedestrian?”, “Didn’t you see that traffic light?” or “I feel sick. Can’t you go straight?” There’s always some comment.’
Despite men’s generally high opinion of their own driving skills, a report published in 2004 came down firmly in favour of women drivers.4.There included driving within the speed limits, overtaking safety and conducting different strategies successfully, including signaling in good time, reversing and braking quickly. They also had a better awareness of other drivers on the road. There was only one aspect of driving where women did not perform as successfully as men and that was—no surprise—the ability to park their cars.
A. They have to be king of the road and everybody else on the road is an idiot
B. So what’s the point of these jokes?
C. Interestingly, one of their main concerns is about women as passengers.
D. There is no doubt that women are considered better passengers than men.
E. According to the report, women score more highly than men on almost all counts.
F. Why do we laugh at these jokes?
Mountain regions are not just playgrounds for the richer citizens on the planet, however. The disappearing snows of Mount Kilimanjaro are a worrying sign that nowhere is safe from the adverse effects of human actions. The United Nations has identified three main areas that need to be addressed to ensure the future safety of the world’s mountains. These are: the protection of mountain ecosystems, the encouragement of peace and stability in mountain regions, and assistance for mountain people to maintain their ways of life.
From the busy cities of India to the farmlands of California, more than half the world’s population is dependent on mountains for their fresh water supply. Global warming, deforestation, mining and heavy farming seriously damage breakable mountain ecosystems and put vital fresh water sources at risk.
Mountain regions host a large proportion of the world’s wars. From Afghanistan to the Balkans and the Andes to many parts of Africa, territorial（领土的） and drug related conflicts have damaging effects on the local environment and the lives of the local people. Fighting makes essential tasks such as farming impossible. Land mines make large areas of potential farming ground unusable. Also schools, roads, bridges and other important infrastructure（基础设施） are left in ruins.
Mountain people are among the poorest, least represented groups on the earth. They face many hardships and each day can be, “a test of survival”. Damage to mountain ecosystems worsens their situation and leaves them even more unprotected to disease and ‘natural’ disasters such as floods and landslides. It’s been recommended that forest profit should be reinvested in mountain communities and the people living there should be given a stronger political voice. Their fate is in many ways directly connected with that of people living at sea level.
There is an old motto for visitors to the countryside which advises them to leave nothing but footprints. It is still as relevant today as it always was. Unfortunately, the size of our footprints seems to be getting larger.
1.What the writer discussed in the previous sections is most probably about .
A. mountain ecosystems B. mountain regions
C. mountain people D. mountain sports
2.The word “adverse” (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to “__________”.
A. direct B. harmful
C. positive D. powerful
3.Wars have directly brought the following effects EXCEPT __________.
A. inadequate supply of fresh water B. impossible farming
C. mountain people’s poor living condition D. ruined infrastructure
4.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Mountain people have enough political voice to protect themselves.
B. More money should be raised to establish mountain communities.
C. Worsened ecosystems put mountain people’s lives under threat.
D. Visitors to mountains have left nothing but large footprints.
