Many people influenced various aspects of my life, based on their personal characteristics, accomplishments, and values. I have been fortunate to have had numerous teachers and professors who I respect for their patience and intelligence. There are artists that have inspired me by their natural talents and original creativity. I value many political leaders, who have inspired me by their contributions to society, and their ability to change our futures. But of all the people I have known in my life, the person I admire most is my father.
As the youngest girl in my family, I always considered myself to be “Daddy’s little girl”. While I grew up, it always made me sad to see so many of my friends and neighbors without a father or father-like figure around. This helped me appreciate how my father always takes an interest in his children’s lives. In every aspect of my life my father continuously pushes me to excel, so I could accomplish my work outstandingly among my people. Whenever I feel like giving up, or have a question or a concern, I know I can always call on him for advice. From him I have also learned that sometimes you have to put others’ needs ahead of your own, but you should make sure you are not taken advantage of by others. His strength seems to be unbreakable during hard times, and he is extremely determined to accomplish anything he sets his mind on, no matter how tiny it is. I highly respect him for how he stands up for what he believes in, and will never back down. I have always admired his open mind, compassion(同情) for people, and sense of understanding. He is a very reserved man, but to everybody’s surprise, he has a great sense of humor, and always knows how to put a smile on the faces of his wife, his children and his friends.
Living in his affection and instruction, I am very proud of my father. He also professes(声称) how proud he is of his children, and is still there to support us in whatever we are involved in.
1.What is the best title for the passage?
A. How my father loved me B. My father—the person I admire most
C. I am the apple on my father’s palm D. My father—the one who influenced me most
2. Which of the following could not be used to describe the author’s father?
A. Considerate and humorous B. Affectionate and open-minded
C. Knowledgeable and sociable D. Energetic and helpful
3.Which of the following can best explain the underlined word “excel”?
A. Do better than others. B. Show off.
C. Be cleverer than others. D. Keep healthy
4. According to the underlined part, the father was telling the author to ____.
A. try to be good to those who were worth making friends with
B. try to take advantage of those who were friendly to her
C. think about others and help them, so that she could make them server her
D. think about others and help them, but not to be made use of in a negative way
5.What can we infer about the author?
A. She appreciated her father because he solved all the problems for her.
B. She considered her father humorous and was often made to laugh by him.
C. She had sympathy for the fatherless.
D. She was outstanding in work because her father pushed her hard.
It’s a goal for millions and millions of families every year——keep the Christmas spending within a certain amount, but can still afford the gifts that your loved ones will enjoy. Never has this concern been greater in recent years than right now. Even so, there are several things that you can do to help.
Hit the sales.
No one wants to get up at four o’clock in the morning and fight to get the best deal on Black Friday, and it’s surely very tough to pick up the courage and get out there in the cold for a good deal, but sometimes——it can be well worth. Many retailers(零售商) offer specials all through the day——and some even offer online Black Friday specials, so you may still be able to get a great deal on Black Friday.
Pay close attention to advertisements.
Once the Christmas shopping season is coming, retailers hungry for business will do just about whatever to get you in the store. Pay very close attention to weekly advertisements of sales among the major retailers and you may be lucky enough to find different prices for the same thing in different shops.
Shop online.
Some of us don’t like running from store to store in order to get the best price on the perfect gift, and some of us don’t like to go out in the cold at all——thankfully for us, we can do online shopping.
The world of online shopping lets people visit all the major retailers as well as some specialty stores that could only be found on the Internet. Customers can find exactly what they are looking for, at the best possible price without ever having to leave the house. With traditional Christmas shopping consumers are sometimes limited to what’s left in stock if they wait too long to get to a particular store.
1.The first paragraph implies that ______.
A. nowadays not many people can afford expensive gifts
B. recently many people don’t want to spend money on gifts
C. Christmas is a time to make our loved ones enjoy their gifts
D. Christmas is a time to make us feel free to buy our loved ones gifts
2.In the writer’s opinion, it is rewarding on Black Friday _____.
A. if the weather is not very cold B. if we don’t have to fight for the best deals
C. if we don’t have to get up early D. If we get what we want at a good price
3.The underlined word “specials” means_______.
A. some experts in shopping B. certain things for especially low price
C. some kind of help for a certain customer D. things that can only be found on Friday
4.We can have more choices _____.
A. on Black Friday B. in a particular store
C. on the Internet D. from retailers
5.In this passage the writer means ______.
A. to tell us the best way to do shopping
B. to attract more readers to do wise shopping
C. to show us how hard it is to do Christmas shopping
D. to give us advice on how to get a good deal at Christmas time
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为26～35的相应位置上。
This happened in a third-grade classroom. Jim sat 26 his desk and all of a sudden, there was a puddle(一滩水) between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet. He felt his heart was going to stop. He knew 27 would happen when his classmates found out. He looked up and there came the teacher with 28 look in her eyes that said he 29 (discover).
As the teacher was walking towards 30 , a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water to her desk. Suddenly, Susie tripped(绊倒) and, 31 (strange), dumped the whole bowl of water in Jim’s lap. He pretended to be angry, but all the while he was saying deep in his heart, “Thank you!”
Jim became the object of sympathy instead of ridicule. The teacher brought him gym shorts to put on. All the others crawled(爬) on their hands and knees, 32 (clean) up around his desk. But 33 life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been transferred(转移) to Susie. She tried to help, 34 they told her to leave the room 35 school was over, Jim walked over to Susie and whispered, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”
Susie whispered back, “I wet my trousers once, too!”
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
eBooks still some way away from students
Twelve-year-old Tang Yin is one of the earliest students to test a digital textbook in China. The boy said he was a little 11 when he received the monochromatic(单色的) flat device in April, 2010, because he thought it should be a “ 12 cool” laptop. But Tan still cherishes(珍爱) his new equipment like “protecting my 13 ,” said the fifth grader. After all, not every student has the opportunity to 14 the eBook, which is worth $294 (￥2,000 yuan), he said.
The 50 eBooks, 15 by Taiwan eBook manufacturer Chuanqi Photoelectric Technology in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, enables one class at Yangzhou Sanyuanqiao Elementary School to be the 16 group of students in the Chinese mainland to replace their regular textbooks with electronic ones. Out of 1000 students, Tang’s class was the lucky 17 .
“Our school could not 18 the project without the company’s donation,” said Yuan Shishan, vice-headmaster of the primary school. 19 the digital book is considered environmentally friendly, because it replaces paper books and saves money in the long run, the price is much higher than most Chinese 20 can afford. Also, some technical defects, the 21 of taking notes and monochromatic display, make the eBook fail to meet the expectations of students and teachers.
“There’s still a/an 22 way to go before the eBook really plays an important role in education,” said the headmaster.
According to Yuan, the annual average income of a 23 family in Yangzhou is about 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, and neither the parents nor the school can afford the 2,000 yuan 24 book.
The school doesn’t allow the students to take their eBooks to their homes. The devices are 25 after class, and are locked in the headmaster’s office.
1. A. excited B. interested C. confused D. disappointed
2.A. normal B. super C. light D. thin
3.A. eyes B. grades C. friendship D. class
4.A. buy B. give C. use D. expect
5.A. donated B. manufactured C. invented D. designed
6.A. original B. first C. second D. final
7.A. characters B. inspect ors C. recipients D. devotees
8.A. support B. introduce C. determine D. afford
9.A. After B. As if C. Now that D. Although
10.A. families B. classes C. schools D. provinces
11.A. unfamiliarity B. inconvenience C. discomfort D. dislike
12.A. effective B. practical C. long D. narrow
13.A. common B. local C. small D. general
14.A. digital B. regular C. new D. pleasant
15.A. put on B. taken in C. looked on D. handed in
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。
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs．He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees．
The good doctor had some interesting theories concerning planting trees．He believed in “No pains, no gains”．He never watered his new trees, which was beyond many people．Once I asked why．He answered that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you water them, each following tree generation will grow weaker and weaker．So you have to make things tough for them．He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water．I took him to mean that deep roots were to be treasured．
So he never watered his trees. He’d plant an oak(橡树) and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. Smack! Slap! Pow! I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr. Gibbs passed away a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some twenty-five years ago. They’re extremely tall, big and strong now. Those trees wake up in the morning and beat their chests and drink their coffee black.
[写作内容]
1. 以约30词概括短文内容要点;
2. 以约120词就 “个人成长需要艰难生活的磨砺””这一话题发表你的看法，并包含以下要点：
1) 你是否赞同Dr. Gibbs 的做法，为什么？
2) 叙述当前父母溺爱子女的现象和由此造成的后果；
3) 假如你是父母一方，你会如何磨砺自己的孩子？
[写作要求]
1.可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中句子;
2. 文中不能出现考生真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准] 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
【写作情景】
最近的一份调查表明中国青少年的体质明显下降，青少年的健康问题日益受到社会的关注。请根据下列提示，以“The health of Chinese youngsters—a big concern”为题，写一篇100词左右的英语短文。
【写作内容】
1．现状：青少年体质明显下降，有许多诸如肥胖、近视等健康问题；
2．原因：作业负担过重，睡眠不足，缺乏锻炼；
3．建议：改革现行教育制度，减轻学生负担，使学生有更多睡眠和锻炼的时间。
【写作要求】
用五句话表达全部的内容，并组成一篇连贯的短文。（开头已给出，不计入句数。）
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
【参考词汇】肥胖 obesity 近视short-sightedness 改革 reform
The health of Chinese youngsters—a big concern
A latest survey shows that the health of Chinese youngsters has greatly declined．_____________
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