Dear Santa,
Thank you for all of the great gifts you give me this Christmas.
My parents can’t seem to decide whether you gave the presents directly, or if you just helped them and my grandma pick out the right presents. So, if you are advising her, please tell her next year that I do not own a Wii.
I don’t remember asking you for so many pairs of pants, but thank you for giving me the chance to try them on in the front of my whole family. I enjoyed them so much that I continued to wear them, with the tags（商标）still on.
My mom and the holiday movies are always quick to remind me that Christmas isn’t about the presents. It’s about togetherness. But without the presents, there’s nothing to do to fill up this long, long day. So I think Christmas is about the presents, and I’m sure you agree.
If you do, I have some suggestions about ways that you could make the present part of the day last longer: using packing tape to wrap presents instead of Scotch tape（透明胶带). It took, like, ten minutes to open just one present.
My final suggestion is pretty simple: more presents! If it took the whole day to open all of the presents, then I wouldn’t have that terrible time, because my mom says it’s wrong to go play video games in my room, but there’s nothing else to do outside of my room.
Anyway, thank you again and I look forward to seeing you next Thanksgiving. It’s an iTunes gift card for you and hope you like it.
Merry Christmas!
1.What present does the writer want most?
A. Many pants. B. A Wii.
C. Christmas cards. D. An iTunes gift card.
2.In the opinion of the writer, Christmas is a festival about _______.
A. holiday movies B. family togetherness
C. gift D. playing video games
3.Why does the writer suggest using packing tape to wrap presents?
A. Because packing tape can make presents hard to open.
B. Because packing tape can make presents more beautiful.
C. Because packing tape can make presents last long.
D. Because packing tape is cheap.
4.What always make the writer’s mother angry with him on Christmas Day?
A. His disliking to her Christmas.
B. His never saying thanks to the family.
C. His wrong suggestions about presents.
D. His staying in the room playing games.
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1.This is a(n)_______ for a camera.
A. picture B. advertisement C. story D. example
2.The camera is produced by_______.
A. CONTAX B.SONY C. Nikon D. LUMIX
3.The features of the camera are mentioned EXCEPT ______.
A. Eye-Level View-Finder B. Daylight Loading
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阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When I was in college, I remember hearing about a book titled “Looking Out for Number One”. I never read the book, but the title has always stuck with me. I hadn’t been taught to be so selfish that I should be focused on only . I thought I needed to be others and, along the way, I would also be helping myself. Now, I realized I have at least considered learning more about looking out for number one.
Jeffrey Gitomer asks the question, “Who is the most person in the world?” Most people answer, the customer. He then asks, if there were only two people left in the world, the and you, who would you want to survive (生存)? Now the answer is me.
It makes me sense that if we can’t help ourselves first, we will never be to help others. We all need to learn to control our lives and make the best for ourselves. That will put us in the position to help others in the . But many of us are to understand this.
It has been said that happiness will bring success, but success doesn’t bring happiness. We all want to be happy and . For some of us can be very happy when our basic needs are and our family are safe. Others will high levels of success thinking that will bring happiness. I’m sure we can think of a person who is very successful, according to the world’s standards (标准), but they don’t appear to be happy . This is they have been so busy working for somebody’s goals that they haven’t considered their own needs.
1.A. him B. her C. me D. you
2.A. helping B. teaching C. considering D. beating
3.A. could B. would C. should D. might
4.A. important B. interesting C. kind D. helpful
5.A. teacher B. customer C. doctor D. leader
6.A. suggested B. dared C. answered D. prepared
7.A. decisions B. ideas C. aims D. results
8.A. past B. future C. first D. last
9.A. easy B. possible C. slow D. fast
10.A. hardly B. once C. often D. always
11.A. rich B. successful C. smart D. famous
12.A. met B. realized C. arrived D. accepted
13.A. look after B. think out C. talk about D. seek for
14.A. at all B. at least C. at most D. at first
15.A. so B. because C. as D. certainly
书面表达（满分20分）
假如你是一名来自资阳的中学生李红，今年14岁，暑假你将参加学校组织的赴北京的夏令营活动。请你用英语写一篇在开营仪式上的自我介绍发言稿。请将该发言稿写在答题卡相应的位置上，词数80词左右。
发言稿还包括以下要点：
1.你爱好画画； 2.课余时间你喜欢野营，喜欢在大自然中画植物，聆听鸟儿的歌唱；3.你最喜欢的科目是科学，希望长大以后成为一名科学家；4.你很高兴参加夏令营，希望你们能成为好朋友。
参考词汇：in one’s spare time 课余时间 go camping(野营） summer camp（夏令营）
注：文章开头和结尾以给出，不计入总词数。
Dear friends:
I am happy to meet you here. Please allow me to introduce myself first.
That’s all. Thanks for your attention.
Ten years ago, when I was in high school，Mrs. White was my language teacher. One day at lunch time, I was about to eat my cold fish sandwich and she suddenly asked me if she could buy my lunch from me. She explained that I could use the money to buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria（食堂）. I was very pleased. I had never thought of going to the cafeteria to buy my lunch like other students. The food at the cafeteria was too expensive for my family.
Kids always complained about the cafeteria food but I really wanted to buy it. When we finished lunch that day, she told me that she was a Catholic and Catholics don’t eat red meat on Fridays --- they eat fish on Fridays. From then on, every Friday Mrs.White bought my fish sandwich and with the money I could buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria.
One year later, I learned from a classmate that Mrs.White was not a Catholic and her family was not rich. She bought my cold sandwich because she saw a little girl that was excited to have a hot lunch. She wanted to help me! I couldn’t help crying. I will never forget her kind heart. I will remember my dear Mrs.White all my life.
1.Why didn’t the writer go to the cafeteria to have lunch?（no more than 4 words)
2.How did the writer feel when Mrs.White wanted to buy her cold fish sandwich?(no more than 4 words)
3.What did the writer do with the money from Mrs. White?(no more than 5 words)
4.Was Mrs. White a Catholic?(no more than 3 words)
5.What kind of person was Mrs. White?(no more than 5 words)
Amanda is a very kind girl. She is always 1. to help people who are in trouble. Now Amanda is 2. in the University of Texas. She is also volunteering to teach at Heart House in her 3. time. Heart House is a local after-school program for children. It 4. some extra education for those children who are not doing well in their studies.
Amanda goes to Heart House to teach the children twice a week. She also has 5. a website for Heart House. With the 6. of this website, more people have chances to learn about Heart House and help the children there.
Because of Amanda’s website, every week 125 volunteers 7. about four hours helping the children at Heart House now. “Without Amanda’s website, Heart House would be 8. to have enough volunteers. Her support is much appreciated.”says the program leader.
“I feel happy to teach those kids how to study. The happier thing is that I can also 9. a lot from them. I won’t 10. up volunteering after graduation. I hope to continue teaching kids who need help.”says Amanda.
