阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容答题。
A young man went to visit a wise man who lived deep in the mountain. He wanted to ask for wisdom (智慧) of life.
“Excuse me! Could you tell me what is the most important day in our lives? Is it the day were born or the day we die? Is it the day we fall in love or the day we are successful?” the young man asked.
“None. The most important day in our lives is today.” the wise man replied calmly.
“Why?” the young man was very surprised. “Is it because there is some unusual event taking place today?”
“No. Nothing has happened today.”
“So is it because of my visit?”
“Even if nobody visited me today, today is still very important, because today is the only wealth(财富) we have. No matter how important yesterday is, it has gone by; 3 no matter how wonderful tomorrow may be, it hasn't come; no matter how ordinary and boring today is, it is in our hands.”
The young man still wanted to ask something, but the wise man stopped him and said, “When we are talking about the importance of today, we have wasted a lot of it. That is to say, part of ‘today’ has passed.”
Having understood this, the young man nodded and then went down the mountain.
4 Actually today is the only wealth and chance we have. Therefore, what we should do now is to forget yesterday and tomorrow and catch hold of today!
（一）根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1.Why did the young man want to visit the wise man?
2.Did the young man get the answer to his question?
（二）将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
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（三）给短文拟一个适当的标题。
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翻译句子（共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分）
用括号内所给的词或短语，将下列句子译成英语。
1.我们应该和老师友好相处。（get on …with)
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2.我去年经常听她在房间里弹钢琴。(hear)
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3.我们不知道如何照顾自己。(look after)
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4.大明喜欢听英语歌曲。（enjoy )
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词汇应用（共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）
阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时只 助动词。请将答案填写在文后相应的横线上。
Today many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways 1. (recent) ?twenty-four young singers from all over China 2. ( enter) a competition by singing popular English songs. Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked 3. (comfort) the stage. Although some of them took part in the competition for the 4. (one) time were able 5. ( sing) English songs just as well as native speakers.
The winner of the 6. ( men) competition was a 40-year-old man from Xi'an am winner of the women’s competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both of 7. (they) were very modest and they didn’t think they were 8. ( good) than the other singers. Jiangmei the winner of the women’s said studying English helped her win the prize and she would have to study hard.
This kind of competition encourages people 9. (speak) English. Many people agree that they make progress by singing English songs and that it’s a good idea to have fun with English.
Maybe you 10. ( hear) of The Chinese Speak English program before. If not, why don’t you find out about it? It suggests lots of ways for us to take an interest in 11. ( learn) English.
Besides singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English. If you look hard enough, you 12. (find) a good way to learn English better.
Min Sun, with another name of Ziqian, was a famous man in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was a student of Confucius. Among all students of Confucius, he was compared with Yan Yuan.
Min Sun’s mother died very early, later his father took another wife, who gave birth to two sons. The stepmother mistreated Min Sun—in winter, while two younger brothers wore warm clothes made of cotton. Min Sun only wore clothes made of reed catkins(芦苇花).
One day, he followed his father to go out. When pulling the chariot(马车), Min Sun felt so cold that he dropped the rope onto the ground. Then his father beat him. Just then, the reed catkins flew out from the broken clothes and his father knew that Min Sun was mistreated, he was very angry.
After the father returned home, he wanted to divorce(休掉）his wife. Min Sun fell on his knees and begged his father to forgive his stepmother. He said, “ if Mother stays at home, only I myself have to stand cold. But if you divorce Mother, all three children have to suffer from cold.”
His father was deeply moved and took Min Sun’s advice. The stepmother heard of this, felt sorry and knew her mistakes. From then on, she treated Min Sun as her own son.
1.How many children were there in Min Sun’s family?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
2. The underlined word “ mistreated” in the passage means “_______ ”
A. 对待 B. 款待 C. 虐待 D. 善待
3.Why was Min Sun’s father still angry after beating him?
A. Because Min Sun went out with him
B. Because Min Sun felt very cold
C. Because Min Sun dropped the rope
D. Because Min Sun was mistreated
4.Which of the following is right?
A. Min Sun was not as excellent as Yan Yuan.
B. Min Sun’s father forgave his wife.
C. Min Sun’s father divorced his wife.
D. Min Sun’s stepmother was always kind.
5.According to the story, Min Sun is a________ person.
A. filial(孝顺） B. lovely C. smart D. brave
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and over1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.
1. How often did Edison make a new invention？
A. About every fourteen days. B. About every seven days.
C. About once a week. D. About twice a week.
2.The underlined world “fired” in the passage means “_＿＿＿＿”
A. Gave somebody a job. B. Set fire to somebody.
C. Let somebody down. D. Forced somebody to leaves his job.
3. Edison considered his deafness as＿＿＿＿.
A. something bad B. a gift from God
C. a kind of ability D. a disadvantage
4.Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Edison had only 8hours’rest each day after his deafness.
B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.
C. Edison had his first job in 1986.
D. Edison’inventions greatly improved the quality of people’s life.
5. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The function of the electric light.
B. Edison and his experiments.
C. The importance of inventions.
D. The whole life of Edison.
I turned around to find a little old lady with warm smile. She said, “Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old.”
“Why are you in university at such a YOUNG age?” I asked. She replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have coupe of kids, and then retire and travel.”
I knew she was joking. I was curious(好奇) what might have encouraged her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a university education and now I’m getting one!” she told me. We became friends. Every day we would talk nonstop after class. I always enjoyed listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom(智慧) and experience with me. And Rose easily made friends wherever she went.
At the end of the term we invited Rose to make a little speech. She cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. I’ve learned a few secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.”
“There is a huge difference between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change…”
1. When the author and Rose first met, they began their conversation in a _______ manner.
A. polite B. impolite C. serious D. humorous
2. Rose went to the university in order to __________.
A. meet a rich husband B. make new friends
C. get a better job D. get a university education
3.The author considered Rose as a “time machine” because____________.
A. she always came to class on time
B. she made friends easily at university
C. she enjoyed a long life and had lots of wisdom and experience
D. she knew the difference between growing older and growing up
4.The word “That” in the Paragraph 7 refers to (指) _________.
A. growing older B. growing up
C. staying young D. being happy
5. From the passage, we know Rose believed___________.
A. “Easier said than done.”
B. “Well begun is half done.”
C. “It is never too late to learn.”
D. “Reading makes a full man.”
