Once upon a time, a young man was standing in the middle of the town announcing that he had the most beautiful heart in the world. A large crowd gathered, and they al praised his heart for it was perfect.
Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why ,your heart is not as beautiful as mine.”
The old man’s heart was ful of scars（伤疤）. Some pieces of his heart were removed and some pieces from other people were put in, but they didn’t fit quite right. So there were several jagged（锯齿状的）edges. In fact, there were stil some holes in his heart where the pieces were missing.
The young man laughed,“Comparing yours with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess.”
“Yes,”said the old man. “But, every scar shows that I took out a piece of my heart and gave it to a person, and often he gave me a piece of his heart in return.”
“Why do you have some jagged edges in your heart?”asked the young man.“Because the shapes of the pieces weren’t the same.”“Then the holes?”“Sometimes I gave pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn’t given back a piece of his, so … but I don’t care.”“How come?”“They remind me of the love we shared.”
The young man was deeply moved. He walked up to the old man, took a piece of his heart out and gave it to the old man.
The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound（伤口）in the young man’s heart. It fitted, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect any more but more beautiful than ever.
How sad it must be to go through life with a whole untouched heart!
1. The young man stood in the town to _____.
A. meet the old man B. compare his heart with others’
C. show his beautiful heart D. give pieces of his heart to others
2. It’s clear that the old man was _____.
A. a sily man B. a humorous man
C. a wel-known man D. a kind-hearted man
3. We learn from the story that in the end the young man was _____.
A. lost B. moved C. hurt D. untouched
4. The old man said“… but I don’t care”means _____.
A. he didn’t expect others’return
B. he didn’t feel pain
C. he didn’t think it serious
D. he cared nothing
5.We can get more beautiful hearts by sharing _____
A. ideas B. scars C. love D. beauty
Laboratory work is your chance to learn science firsthand. It can be fun but you must be careful to prevent injury. Listen closely when your teacher reads and explains the rules before your first lab lesson.
LABORATORYRULES
Throughout the lesson
·Do not enter the science lab without the teacher’s permission.·No food or drinks are to be alowed in the science lab.
Before the Experiment
·Read al instructions carefuly before every experiment.
·Prepare al apparatus（仪器）and arrange them so that you wil not knock them over while doing the experiment.
During the Experiment
·If you are unsure of how to use any apparatus or how to operate, ask your teacher for help.·Never smel or taste chemicals unless your teacher gives permission.
After the Experiment
·Wash al apparatus after use and return them to the places where they were.
·Throw waste materials in proper waste baskets. First Aid
·Report al accidents to your teacher immediately.
·If you spil（ 溅 出 ）any chemicals onto your body or clothing, wash with plenty of water and report to your teacher.
1. Your teacher wil probably tel you the rules above _____ the first lab lesson.
A. before B. since C. during D. after
2. Before every experiment, you should _____.
A. taste the chemicals first
B. clean al the apparatus
C. read al instructions carefuly
D. report al the accidents to the teacher
3. When you are not sure how to use al apparatus, _____.
A. try them on your own
B. read the rules carefuly
C. ask your teacher for help
d. put them back
4. It is clear that you can _____.
A. bring food into the lab
B. enter the lab anytime
C. smel chemicals as you like
D. learn science directly in the lab
5. If you get chemicals on the clothing, you can find ways to solve it in the part _____.
A. Before the Experiment
B. First Aid
C. During the Experiment
D. After the Experiment
Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr. Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning, and I could tel by the groans that the scores weren’t looking good.
Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!
I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see.“The scores were not very good, none of you passed,”Mr. Right said. “The highest score in the class was a 55.”
A 55. That’s me!
Suddenly my sad look didn’t look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, “How did you do in your test？”“I made a 55,”I said.
A frown（皱眉）now stood on my father’s face. I knew I had to explain immediately. “But Dad, I had the highest score in the calss,”I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference.“You failed!”my father replied.“But it’s the highest!” I insisted.“I don’t care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!”my father firmly said.
For years, my father was always that way. It didn’t matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excelently.
We often don’t understand the wisdom（智慧）of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents’shoes. My father’s words have carried me throughout life.
1. The word groaning is the closest in meaning to _____.
A. singing B. laughingC. complaining D. quarreling
2. In class, to hide my score from my classmates, I _____.
A. lowered my head B. covered my score up
C. walked home alone D. explained immediately
3. A frown stood on my father’s face because he thought _____.
A. I did a bad job in the test
B. I gave a good excuse
C. I became the worst student
D. I stood in his shoes
4. We can infer from the passage that _____.
A. the father was strict with his child.
B. the writer was always poor in tests.
C. Mr. Right was worried about the writer
D. the writer was always happy with his scores
5. Which is the best title of the passage？
A. The Final Test B. That’s Me!
C. My strict Teacher D. Scores, Important？
词汇运用（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
(A) 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。
1. The dog’s （死亡）made him very sad.
2.We’re thinking about _______________( 拒绝 ) their invitation.
3.Man and woman think and behave __________ (不同)in many ways.
4.She tried to stop smoking, and she (成功).
5.I think we should be _________(允许) to wear our own clothes.
(B) 在下列各句的空格内填上一个适当的完整的单词，该词的首字母已给出。
6.The growing population is one of the biggest c of the world today.
7. Do you read a d_________ newspaper?
8.I’m busy doing my homework. Please don’t b__________ me.
9.How can you take my money without my p__________?
10. I think it’s n_________ to work hard and improve our life.
任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题1 分，满分5 分）
“低碳生活，从我做起！”请仔细阅读下列材料，找出以下五种“低碳”行为产生的直接效应。
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1.Henry often recycles water to clean his room and water the flowers.2.Daphne always turns off the lights and the computer as soon as she leaves her office.
3. Mr. White sometimes goes to work by bus or on foot instead of driving his car.
4. Li Lei usually uses QQ or e-mail to communicate with his friends instead of paper letters.
5.Miss Zhang never wears fur（皮草）clothes and she decides to eat less meat.
In the world today, all of the people need recreation（消遣）. We can not work all the time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life.
Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form is to take part in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and football. There are also individual（个人的） sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoor（室外的）.
Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to take part in them. Many people like watching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like some forms of indoor recreation, such as watching TV, singing and dancing.
It doesn’t matter whether we like indoor recreation or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of recreation.
1. Which is the most popular form of recreation?
A. Sports B. Watching TV C. Sleeping D. Singing and dancing
2.People want to take part in sports in order to .
A. keep healthy and enjoy life B. make friends
C. find a good job D. make more money
3. Outdoor sports include（包括） .
A. watching TV B. singing and dancing
C. listening to the radio D. skating and mountain climbing
4.Why do many people like watching sports on TV or listening to them on the radio?
A. Because they like sports, but they don’t like to take part in them.
B. Because they don’t enjoy sports.
C. Because they don’t enjoy life.
D. Because they don’t need recreation.
5. The passage tells us that .
A. basketball is a kind of team sports
B. everyone who enjoys sports should take part in them
C. different people have different ways of relaxing
D. indoor recreation is not as important as outdoor sports
