Parks provide people 1.     a place to amuse2.       for a while. In recent decades，however，many parks have been designed to provide 3.   (entertain).We call them theme parks. The new parks are usually huge places and have a 4.     of things to see and do. Theme parks have a certain idea—a certain theme—that the whole parks is based 5. . The6.     (old) theme park in the world is Disneyland. It seemed like a magical world which can make your dream come true. But if you are interested in traditional culture and history，go to Dollywood,7. you can have fun 8.  (learn) all about America‘s historical southeastern culture,9.    you can go to Camelot Park,10. world of fantasy about ancient England.

"Everything happens for the best, "my mother said whenever I faced disappointment, "If you 1 on, something good will happen some day." Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had   2  myself for a sports announcer. So I went to Chicago to knock on the door of every station and was  3 every time. In one station, a kind lady told me that  4 stations wouldn't employ a person without   5   since I had just graduated. "Go out in the town and find a small station that might give you a chance, "she said.

I returned to Dixon, where I had finished my high school education and had   6  in the school football team. My father said that our town had built a store and wanted a man to manage its sports department. The job sounded just  7 for me but I wasn't hired.

My disappointment had  8 as if by design. "Everything happens for the best," Mum  9 me. Dad lent me his car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio Davenport. The program director told me they had already hired an announcer.  10 I left his office,! asked aloud,"  11 can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?" Suddenly, I heard the director  12  . "Do you know anything about football? " Then he asked me to  13 an imaginary game. It was easy, and I did it without difficulty. The director was  14 and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the   15   Saturday.

1.                A．put            B．take            C．move D．carry

2.                A．devoted        B．designed        C．found    D．enjoyed

3.                A．invited         B．promised       C．refused   D．accepted

4.                A．large           B．all             C．no   D．small

5.                A．experience      B．examination     C．agreement    D．college

6.                A．played         B．joined          C．taken    D．fought

7.                A．possible        B．successful       C．right     D．important

8.                A．shown         B．disappeared     C．resulted  D．turned

9.                A．woke          B．advised         C．demanded D．reminded

10.               A．While          B．After          C．Before    D．So

11.               A．What          B．How           C．Whenever D．Wherever

12.               A．calling          B．answering       C．broadcasting    D．announcing

13.               A．make          B．act            C．broadcast  D．play

14.               A．moved         B．sorry          C．thankful   D．satisfied

15.               A．future          B．coming         C．last   D．later

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。

阅读下面的短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

“Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. The bundle(婴儿包)was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped-the baby has been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect except his appearance.

One day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms, he cried out bitterly, “A boy, a big boy… called me a f-…freak.” She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaks.

He grew up, handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift for literature and music.

The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor. Could nothing be done? “I believe we could graft(移植)on a pair of outer ears, if they could be donated(捐献),”the doctor decided. So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice a young man. Two years went by. Then, “You’re going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it’s a secret,” said the father.

The operation was a brilliant success. His talents blossomed (开花)into genius. School and college became a series of successes. Later he married and entered the diplomatic（外交）service. “But I must know!” he urged his father. “Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him.”

“I do not believer you could,” said the father, “but the agreement was that you are not to know….not yet.” The years kept the secret, but the day did come…. one of the darkest days that ever pass through a son. He stood with his father over his mother’s casket(棺材).Slowly and tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish-brown hair to let out the secret.

[写作内容]1、 以约30个词概括这个感人的故事；

2、 以约120个词，请就“在受别人的帮助中，学会了帮助别人”的话题写一篇英语短文，

表达你内心的感受，并包括如下要点：

1）你看完这个故事后，你如何评价这位母亲的无私行为；

2）请以你的日常生活经历的事情为例，说明别人的善良行为对你的影响；

3）你的感想。

[写作要求]1、 作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2、 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；3、 标题自定。

[评分标准] 概括准确、语言规范、内容合适，篇章连贯。

某期中学生报的“热点话题”专栏讨论的主题是“上大学是高中生的唯一选择吗？”你班同学就此话题进行了热烈讨论。请用英语给该专栏的编辑写一封信，介绍讨论结果，并发表你的个人意见。

要点：1． 结果：75%左右的学生认为应该上大学；15%左右的学生认为不必上大学；10%左右的学生认为无所谓。

2． 观点：（1）上大学能够增长知识、提高素养、利于择业；（2）大学的学费昂贵，毕业后就业困难；（3）成功的路千万条，不一定非要上大学。

【写作要求】1. 必须用5个句子表达所有内容；

2. 标题和开头已给出，短文开头不计入总句数。

3. 信的开头已给出，但不计入总词数；

【评分标准】句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

完成句子（10分，每空一分）

1.很明显他创办这个组织的目的是为了帮助这些当地人。

It is ______ ______ she started the organization with the aim of helping the local people.

2.如果你是老板，你可以自己制定规则。

If you are the boss, you can ________  ________ your own rules.

3.他要是早点告诉我就好了。

I _______ ______ she had informed me earlier.

4.他被禁止开车。

He was ______ ______ driving 。

5.要过很长一段时间你才习惯当地的食物。

It will be a long time before you ______ _______to the local food .

阅读下列网页信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

A. www.games.sina.com 

In this website you can find a lot of net games to play. You can play the games by yourself or with others through the net. Anyone who is fond of computer games will be fond of the website. He is sure to have a good time.

B. www.google.com

This website is very useful because it can help you search for different websites. You can type the names in it and then the website you hope to find will be shown at once. It is said that it contains more information than other search engines.

C. www.rongshuxia.com

This is a website for the literature lovers. The people who are fond of literature can read others’ works and they can also write what they want to. There are many different kinds of literature forms such as poems, novels and so on.

D. www.nba.com

This is a website about American National Basketball Association, where you can find all the information about the NBA teams and the scores of basketball matches. If you are interested in basketball stars you can also find a lot of introduction about them.

E. www.rollingsone.com

This is a music website and you can find a lot of latest songs. The most interesting thing about this website is that you can even record your songs in the website and make others enjoy your voice! It’s marvelous, isn’t it?

F. www.ample.technology.com

The website represents many leading American and European manufacturers distributing the world’s most advanced devices, equipment and biochemical supplies into China. We specialize in the fields of biological engineering.

请阅读以下5个人的个人信息，然后匹配人物和适合他/她的网站：

1.Professor David is a Canadian but he is interested in the Chinese poems, especially the Tang Poems.

2.Susan is a basketball fan and she is eager to know the career of the famous star—Michael Jordan.

3.Li Ming is tired of his study and he hopes to be relaxed for a moment. He doesn’t think music is a good way of relaxation.

4.Dickson is an engineer working in a large American company who wants to catch a glimpse of the latest development of technology.

5.Jeremy wants to find some information about a new sport.

Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there is no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your children’s curiosity. Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven –year- olds to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions” about schooling, salary and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another in science. Finally I said,” Now that we’ve finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own about science?”

After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “have you ever seen a grasshopper eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”

This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.

Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that. After asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical, complete and creative answers.

Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right” or “very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior. But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying, “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of it that way before’, or coming up with more questions or ideas.

Never push a child to “think”. It doesn’t make sense; children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a small target for your disagreement.

Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass, and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates, set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop.

1.According to the passage, children are natural scientist, and to raise their interest, the most important thing for adults to do is______________.

A．to let them see the world around

B．to share the children’s curiosity

C．to explain difficult phrases about science

D．to supply the children with lab equipment

2.In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word “list” could best be replaced by ______________.

A．any questions                          B．any problems

C．questions from the textbooks              D．any number of questions

3.According to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete and creative way if adults______________________.

A．ask them to answer quickly

B．wait for one or two seconds after a question

C．tell them to answer the next day

D．wait at least for three seconds after a question

4.In which of the following paragraph (s) does the author tell us what to say to encourage children in a science discussion?

A．The 2nd and 3rd    B．The 4th and 5th     C．The 5th and 6th     D．The 7th

5.The author mentions all of the following techniques for adults to share with their children’s curiosity except that adults should_____________.

A．tell their children stories instead of reciting facts

B．offer their children chances to see things for themselves

C．be patient enough when their children answer questions

D．encourage their children to ask questions of their own

There exist cruel wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, so it’s not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us go through difficult times in our lives. Putting a smile on someone’s face when you know they are feeling depressed, as the saying goes, makes me feel good and warms my heart.

How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don’t know the person I’m joking around with. My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine. This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is a common manner to speak to others that are around you.

I know of a few people that don’t have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say. Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face. They don’t get the joke that makes others laugh. I am busting a gut while they just sit there, looking at me as if I were from outer space. How can people not get a really funny joke?

Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control. Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy. There is too much sadness in this present world. It drives people crazy. We all need to find a way to avoid the sadness and bring a little light into our lives. Therefore, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.

1.According to the author, humor is useful in the aspect that ____________.

A．it can pick up people’s spirits

B．it can help people get on well with others

C．it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world

D．it makes people more confident

2.The author answers the question in the second paragraph with ___________.

A．facts and descriptions                    B．evidence and argument

C．examples and conclusion                 D．stories and persuasion

3.The underlined phrase “busting a gut” in the 3rd paragraph can be replaced  by        .

A．keeping silent                          B．speaking loud

C．laughing hard                          D．explaining carefully

4.In writing the passage, the author mainly intends to __________.

A．talk about his own understanding of humor

B．encourage people to be humorous in daily life

C．introduce a practical way to get through daily life

D．convince people of the power of being optimistic about life

5.What is the author’s attitude towards the present world?

A．Indifferent        B．Positive           C．Satisfied          D．Critical

Boys’ schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.

Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity (男子气概), the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to be consistent to a stereotype, a US study says.Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their abilities to express their emotions, rather than feeling they had to obey to the “boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a “real man”.

The findings of the study are against the received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.

Tony Little, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being ignored by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.

The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.

But in single-sex schools teachers can adjust lessons to boys’learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study’s author, Abigail James of the University of Virginia.

Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with “boy-focused” approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have sharper vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “hands-on” lessons where they are allowed to walk around. “Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine (女性的) and prefer the modern type in which violence and sexism are major themes,” James wrote.

Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to give in to a stereotype that men should be “masterful and in charge” in relationships. “In mixed schools boys feel pressed to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means,” the study reported.

1.The author believes that a single-sex school would ____ .

A．force boys to hide their emotions to be “real men”

B．help to form masculine aggressiveness in boys

C．encourage boys to express their emotions more freely

D．naturally place emphasis on the traditional image of a man to boys

2.It is commonly believed that in a mixed school boys _____ .

A．perform relatively better                 B．grow up more healthily

C．behave more responsibly                 D．receive a better education

3.What does Tony Little say about the British education system?

A．It fails more boys than girls academically.

B．It focuses more on mixed school education.

C．It fails to give boys the attention they need.

D．It places more pressure on boys than on girls.

4.According to Abigail James, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is _____.

A．teaching can be adapted to suit the characteristics of boys

B．boys can focus on their lessons without being absent-minded

C．boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in

D．teaching can be designed to promote boys’ team spirit

5.Which of the following is the characteristic of boys according to Abigail James’ report?

A．They enjoy being in charge.

B．They act the same to stereotypes.

C．They have sharper vision.

D．They are violent and sexist.

Over the years I've been teaching kids about a simple___1___ powerful concept ---- the ant philosophy. They have an amazing four-part philosophy.

First, ants never quit. They'll climb over, they'll climb under, and they'll climb around. They keep looking for another way. What a neat(了不起的) philosophy it is to never quit ___2____(look) for a way to get ____3__you're supposed to go! Second, ants think about winter and summer. That's ____4__ important attitude.                                                              

You can't be _5___ naïve(幼稚的) as to think summer will last forever. People who have a little experience are clear about this. So ants are gathering in their winter food in the middle of summer. It’s important to be realistic. You have to think about rocks as you enjoy the sand and sun. Think ahead. The third part is that ants think summer all winter. During the winter, they remind____6___, "This won't last long; we'll soon be out of here." And ____7___the first warm day, the ants are out. If it __8___(turn) cold again, they'll dive back down. But they come out again if it is warm. They can't wait ____9___(get) out. Last, how much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that it ___10___ (possible) can.

What a great philosophy to have----the ant philosophy：never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.