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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1--20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left _______. Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other _______?

I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, _______ children from different races and religions played and studied _______ in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone’s ________from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just _______ our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well _______ or otherwise.

We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d _______ the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to _______ the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his ________.

When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail’s family later returned to their village, and I ________ touch with him.

One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I ________ my destination. The driver acknowledged my ________ but did not move off. Instead, he looked ________ at me. “Raddar?” he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号). I was astonished at being so _________addressed(称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two ________ we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something ________ to describe.

If we can allow our children to be ________ without prejudice, they’ll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be ________ their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies build and ________ we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, “we happy few, we band of brothers”.

1.A.interested B.pleased C.puzzled D.excited

2.A.parties B.cities C.villages D.races

3.A.why B.which C.how D.when

4.A.together B.around C.alone D.apart

5.A.drop B.throw C.move D.roll

6.A.refused B.made C.sought D.accepted

7.A.paid B.meant C.preserved D.treated

8.A.explore B.search C.discover D.desert

9.A.get through B.deal with C.come across D.take away

10.A.arrival B.choice C.effort D.company

11.A.lost B.gained C.developed D.missed

12.A.stated B.ordered C.decided D.chose

13.A.attempts B.instructions C.opinions D.arrangements

14.A.anxiously B.carelessly C.disappointedly D.fixedly

15.A.familiarly B.strangely C.fully D.coldly

16.A.departures B.months C.years D.decades

17.A.possible B.funny C.hard D.clear

18.A.them B.themselves C.us D.ourselves

19.A.from B.by C.with D.against

20.A.still B.otherwise C.then D.instead

单项填空

1.－What's wrong with Jack? He is absent today.

－Oh, he is in the hospital. He _________ (ride) really fast when unexpectedly a car appeared and he had no time to avoid it.

2.You will never gain success _________ you are fully devoted to your work.

3.In English class, our teacher often creates an environment _________ we are given the opportunity to solve problems ourselves.

4.If Julia had practised hard enough last night, she _________ (be) more confident on the stage now.

5.They have leading experts in this field, and that's _________ they've made important progress.

6.Stand over there, _________ you'll be able to see the oil painting better.

7.－ Is the project difficult for the students?

－ No. Most of the relevant information _________ (provide) for them.

8.As is often the case, he tends to forget all about eating and sleeping, especially when deeply _________ (absorb) in work.

9.Jane is in a hurry because the train to the airport leaves _________ half an hour.

10.The airport _________ (complete) next year will help promote tourism in this area.

假如你是星光中学的李华，请根据以下内容提示给某英文报社写一封信，发表自己对交通事故频繁发生的看法。

内容提示：

1. 常见的违反交通规则的现象；

2. 产生这些现象的原因及自己的看法；

3. 呼吁人们自觉遵守交通规则重视交通安全。

注意：1. 词数：120词左右；

2. 文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

3. 可适当增加细节，以使内容完整充实，行文连贯。

参考词汇：自觉地consciously

Dear editor,

I’m Li Hua from Xingguang Middle School.

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

阅读下列短文，根据所读内容在文章后的表格中填入恰当的单词。注意：表格中的每个空格只填1个单词。

Of all the emotions (情感) that flow through your head when you go back to college, shyness to be one of the biggest emotions present. Shyness and fear can stop you from becoming the active learner that you wish to be. You may be too shy to volunteer to lead a group or too filled with fear to raise your hand when you know the answer to a question. Here are some things you should pay attention to.

Don’t let your mind go elsewhere. You cannot be an active learner if you don’t know what’s going on in your class. There will always be a student or two that can disturb your focus because they are talking while a lesson is going on or their phone is going off constantly. Don’t let this trouble you.

Your voice matters. During class discussions it’s important to become active in the group conversations. Ask questions when proper, but not if they are unnecessary. For example, don’t ask a question that you know the answer to or can find the answer to easily just to become involved (参与) in a group discussion. Answer questions if you can. Try not to guess at the answers. If you get it wrong, you will feel embarrassed. If you feel embarrassed, you will be less likely to keep contributing. Stay involved with the discussion and voice your opinion on a debate.

Don’t just do the least. Check your curriculum and see what’s on it for your next class. Do some extra research that is not required to prepare yourself for possible discussions. Having extra input (输入) that was not in the text book will impress your tutor and your classmates.

Remember that if you are a shy person, it is going to be harder for you to become an active learner in class, but you determine your own level of involvement in your education. You are in charge of how much you learn and when you learn it.

    John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.

Fortunately he had a strong-willed, caring mother. John remembers that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe.” She told him not to be dependent on others, including his mother. “You have to earn success,” said she. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”

These words came from a woman less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son — then 15 — to Chicago.

Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for, John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But there John could go to school, and there he learned the power of words — as editor of the newspaper and yearbook of Du Stable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.

While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” She also let him pawn (典当) her furniture to get the $500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.

It is natural the difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind. “Son, failure is not in your vocabulary.”

Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America — worth $150 million.

1.Why did John’s mother decide to move to Chicago? Because ________.

A.John’s father died in his hometown when he was very young

B.life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown, while life in Chicago would be better for blacks

C.there were no schools for blacks in their hometown

D.John needed more education and he could go to school there

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Chicago was the promised land for black southerners in 1933.

B.John’s mother worked hard as a cook to make their life better.

C.With the help of his mother, John got the money to start the Negro magazine.

D.Now John is the richest man in America.

3.What kind of woman was John’s mother? She was a ________.

A.strong woman with much knowledge

B.woman who would do anything for her son

C.woman with little school education but knew a lot about life

D.loving mother with different kinds of experience in life

4.The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph means ________.

A.if you try, you will succeed in the end

B.a failure is difficult to beat, even if you try

C.a try is always followed by a failure

D.nothing but a try can help you out of failure

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.How John H. Johnson became somebody.

B.The mental support John’s mother gave him.

C.The importance of a good education.

D.The key to success for blacks.