Dear Victor,
I have received your loving letter from school and I am glad to know that you are becoming responsible(有责任的) enough to decide on your career(职业).
You are now in the final year of high school and are going to start further education in college. You know that we belong to different times, and my social life is different from yours. However, all I can say as advice is that you must choose a career wisely. The first consideration is your interest. You can only succeed and feel happy when you do something you enjoy. You must get a job which not only provides you with something useful, but also you are pleased with. Then, you must read a lot in the field(领域) you are aiming at. Also, you should get to know the men and women who work in that field, when mind and heart work together, success is inevitable.
No career is more or less important. I think your interest may be in the field of making TV programmes. Your good communication skills, your taking an active part in school plays and the prizes you have won in speech competitions all lead you to that direction. So a career in Mass Communication and TV film production will bring luck to you. If you succeed in that field, you will become famous and rich.
Think a thousand times before making any final decision about your career. After all, we want you to be a man of success.
We all know that you are old enough to think for yourself.
With all the best wishes !
Your loving father
1. We can infer that Victor wrote a letter to ask for advice on how to_______.
A. get good marks
B. choose a career
C. prepare for a competition
D. communicate with others
2.The underlined word "inevitable" means “_______”
A. dissatisfied to seek B. easy to remember
C. difficult to get D. sure to happen
3.The father mentions "school plays" and "speech competitions" (in Paragraph 3) in order to_______.
A. show that he is proud of his son
B. suggest his son should work harder in this field
C. tell his son he can certainly succeed in this field
D. hint (暗示) that his son should consider (考虑) choosing the career he suggests
4.The father thinks that_______.
A. every career is the same important
B. being famous is more important than being rich
C. his son is too young to make a decision himself
D. there is no real understanding between parents and children
5. The father suggests that his son should_______.
A. be active in school activities
B. never be proud when making progress
C. consider interest first when choosing a career
D. keep good relationships with successful people
“Homestay is a form of study abroad program. It allows the visitor to rent a room from a local (当地的) family to better understand the local lifestyle. It also helps to improve the visitor's language ability，”said a teacher during a school meeting last term. “Students who wish to learn more about foreign cultures or to get foreign experience should join this kind of holiday. I am sure you won't be disappointed (失望的)．”
After this special meeting，I always thought about this kind of holiday. Last month，I had a chance at last to go on such a holiday with some of my schoolmates and we went to London，a place where I had wanted to go since years ago.
As we were still young，we had a group leader who planned things for us and looked after us. After we got to London，we went to stay with different families. I was lucky that my host family (寄宿家庭) was a white couple who had a daughter about my age. They treated me as a daughter of their family during my stay there. They were interested in me and I learnt a lot of things from them，too.
The holiday was filled with activities every day. After breakfast，a local teacher would come to take us in his car. Then we would have classes or go on a sightseeing trip to different places of interest like the Big Ben，the London Bridge，and the Buckingham Palace. We would go back to our own homes after the activities.
The holiday was a valuable experience for me. I enjoyed every minute of it. Yet，time really flew fast. Three weeks later，we had to leave “home” for Hong Kong.
1.In the “homestay” program，a visitor can ________.
A. learn more about holidays
B. understand his culture better
C. improve the language ability
D. take part in foreign meetings
2.The writer had wanted to visit London since ________.
A. last month B. years ago
C. the special meeting D. her stay abroad
3.The group leader should ________.
A. make plans for the family
B. take care of the students
C. stay with different families
D. rent rooms to the students
4.The writer's host family ________.
A. was interested in her activities
B. went sightseeing with her
C. had two white daughters
D. was very kind to her
5.From the passage，we know that the writer ________ in London.
A. spent three weeks in her home
B. had classes in many interesting places
C. wished to stay a little longer
D. helped the teacher take the students in a car
It is said that people born under different star signs have different characteristics. Here are four people born under different star signs.
Taurus | Tom, an old man from England, has enough money to buy anything, but he is not willing to spend money on something he needs and wants. He has few friends and an old dog is his only partner. He is really tightfisted and lonely. |
Gemini | Jack, born on 9th June, is a 16-year-old English boy. “A Gemini is a curious and clever person, and I am just this kind of person,” he said. My lucky color is orange. I believe that my star sign decides what will happen to me in my life.
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Cancer | Mary was born on 1st July. She loves her family and cooking is her favorite. The French girl cares about nothing but business. She is hard-working.
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Virgo | Lucy was born on 23rd August and is modest and practical. The girl from Australia is studying in a college. She likes reading and hopes that she can be a scientist in the future. |
1.Who is from England and likes orange best?
A. Tom. B. Jack. C. Mary. D. Lucy.
2.We can know that Jack is according to the materials.
A. lonely B. hard-working
C. clever D. modest
3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “tightfisted” in Chinese?
A. 富裕的 B. 吝啬的 C. 奢侈的 D. 豁达的
4.What’s Mary’s star sign?
A. Taurus. B. GeminiC. Cancer. D. Virgo.
5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the materials?
A. People born under different star signs have different characteristics.
B. Tom is an old English man with lots of money.
C. Jack believes that his star sign can decide his life.
D. Mary is hard-working and wants to be a scientist.
完形填空 阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（15分）
George lived with his sick mother in a poor village. One bright sunny in July, he went early to the forest two miles away. He was asked to some wood. After working hard for half a day, he looked around for a place to rest and eat his lunch. Suddenly some fine red wild _ caught his eye. “How good these will be with my bread and butter!” George thought. He at once began to all the strawberries he could find, then sat down by the river, ready to enjoy them. Just then as he was putting the strawberry into his mouth, he thought of his mother. “Shall I __ them for her?” He imagined how much they would make happy, yet still looking at them with longing (渴望的) eyes.
“I will eat half, and take the other half to her,” he said. Then he divided the strawberries into two. he found each half looked too small, so he put them together again. “I will only taste one.” Then he took the biggest one, butt soon put it back. Finally, he carefully them with leaves, deciding to keep them all his mother.
When the sun was beginning to go down, George went home. happy he felt that he had all his strawberries for his sick mother! The he came to his home, the less he wished to taste them. As soon as he , he ran to his mother and happily and offered his wild strawberries. Tears in eyes, she put her hand on his head and said : “And you kept them for me, did you? God will bless you for all this, my child.”
Could the eating of the strawberries have given half the happiness he felt at the moment?
1.A. morning B. noon C. afternoon D. night
2.A. set up B. pick up C. put up D. give up
3.A. hot B. dark C. cool D. noisy
4.A. apples B. strawberries C. pears D. peaches
5.A. buy B. grow C. make D. collect
6.A. first B. last C. other D. next
7.A. cut B. make C. sell D. save
8.A. him B. them C. her D. it
9.A. But B. So C. If D. Or
10.A. showed B. locked C. covered D. washed
11.A. to B. from C. for D. on
12.A. What B. How C. Why D. Whether
13.A. nearer B. farther C. longer D. later
14.A. got B. reached C. went D. arrived
15.A. angrily B. lovingly C. worriedly D. politely
— Do you really think wearing yellow can bring good luck?
— Well, I am not sure. But have a try?
A. why don’t B. why not you
C. what about D. why not
He speaks ________ English ________ French. Instead, he speaks German.
A. either; or B. not only; but also
C. both; and D. neither; nor
