There once lived a young man who was always unhappy and complained about his poverty. One day, he went to see a fortune teller to inquire how to become 16 . The fortune teller said, "Young man, you are already wealthy now."
"Where is my wealth?" the young man asked 17 .
"It is with you. Your 18 is (are) your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the 19 things in this world. You can read, study and learn. Your hands are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug your beloved ones. Your 20 are your wealth. You can go to any places..." the fortune teller said.
"You call these wealth? Everyone has them," the young man said.
"These are wealth. What you have now are not what others can luckily have. Are you 21 to give your eyes to me? I am willing to give you a lot of money to 22 for them," the fortune teller said.
"No, are you crazy? I am not going to exchange my eyes for money! They are 23 to me!" the young man 24 .
"Precisely, these are wealth to you. You will not exchange them for money. Furthermore, although a lot of people have their wealthy things, they do not 25 them or treasure them. They are not 26 to Heaven for giving them their wealth. They even complain that Heaven is unfair to them. Do you want to 27 one of them before you will treasure them?" the fortune teller said.
Everyone is wealthy. But we should not 28 it for granted. We need to treasure our wealth, take care of it and use it 29 . We should not overuse it because once it is 30 , it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.
1.A. happy B. young C. wealthy D. poor
2.A. anxiously B. sadly C. quietly D. patiently
3.A. knowledge B. skills C. brain D. eyes
4.A. ugly B. beautiful C. strange D. useful
5.A. legs B. cars C. jewels D. banknotes
6.A. lovely B. optimistic C. angry D. willing
7.A. charge B. buy C. exchange D. change
8.A. precious B. useless C. extra D. special
9.A. wept B. demonstrated C. smiled D. yelled
10.A. see B. realize C. keep D. hold
11.A. grateful B. careful C. meaningful D. faithful
12.A. get B. grasp C. have D. lose
13.A. take B. make C. set D. sell
14.A. wrongly B. wisely C. naturally D. really
15.A. old B. used C. gone D. dead
假如你是一名高中学生，经常因为在家上网跟妈妈生气，今天你和妈妈达成协议。请根据下面表格提供的信息内容，写一篇英语短文。
标题：An Agreement
[写作内容]
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对象 |
母亲 |
儿子 |
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观点 |
1.高中学习任务重，上网浪费时间。 2.儿子自制能力差，上网影响学习和视力，还影响健康。 |
1.学习一天很疲劳，上网听歌看故事可以放松一下。 2.上网也可以增长知识 。 |
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协议 |
平时不上网，周末允许上网看新闻、文艺、体育或科普类内容。 |
[写作要求]
1. 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2. 开头已给出，不计算在5个句子之内。
[评分标准]
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
An Agreement
I often quarrel with my mother over whether I, a senior middle student, can surf the Internet at home after school.
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1.It took me a few weeks to get used to my new __________. (surround)
2.It was their first meeting and Richard was determined to make an __________. (impress)
3.We will surely take this matter into__________at tomorrow’s meeting.(consider)
4.After a long journey, the children were all e__________(精疲力竭的).
5.The audience was carried away by his i_________ (鼓舞人心的)speech.
6.She ___________(测量，打量) the stranger with her eyes.
7.John seemed __________ (感到困惑的)about what the question meant.
8.There is too much ___________ (暴力) on TV.
9.Mr. Li is devoted to his work and he is a __________ (值得尊敬的) teacher.
10.A truck went out of control and c_______ (碰撞) into the back of a bus.
请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑, 如选E，请涂AB, 如选F，请涂CD。
首先，请阅读下列关于名著的介绍：
A. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
The classic love story explores the lives of the five Bennet sisters at the turn of the 19th century in rural England. At that time women were not allowed to get their father’s wealth after his death, so their mother is desperate to marry them off into wealthy families. Therefore various love stories start with the question — whether marriage is for love or for money.
B. The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
Julien has a strong desire for power and glory, and for ridding himself of his low social status as the son of a tradesman. Thus, he tries every means to achieve his goal.
The two colors, red and black, symbolize his inner struggle between being sincere and false. And this conflict in his character finally brings about his downfall.
C. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
There is great kindness and warmth in this love story. Poor and plain as Jane Eyre is, she has a strong will, sharp wisdom and great courage. She is forced to battle against a harsh employer and a rigid social order. Yet she is never defeated. Standing on her feet, she gains her own happiness in the end.
D. Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
It reflects people’s tragic life in Britain in the 18th century. In the story, Oliver Twist, a mild young boy, is born in the workhouse and stays there until he is made to leave. What waits for him next is the falseness of the wealthy and the depths to which poverty pushes the human spirit.
E. Gone with the wind (Margaret Mitchell)
This is an all-time best-seller by Margaret Mitchell. The story takes place during the American Civil War. It records the tragic love stories of Katie Scarlet O’Hara, a southern beauty. In the end of the story, Scarlett is left only with her Tara, a plantation which symbolizes the culture of the Old South, a place where she could ever gather her strength.
F. The Adventure of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer, a naughty boy in the quiet town of St. Petersburg, unexpectedly witnesses the murder of Dr. Robinson. At first he is frightened and keeps it a secret. But at the trial of the case, he bravely exposes the real criminal. He and his friend start tracing the escaping murderer. Finally they find his dead body together with hidden treasures.
请阅读以下读者的相关信息，然后匹配他/她感兴趣的书籍：
1.Ben is 14 years now and is fond of reading books. He is interested in all sorts of exciting stories, such as those about adventures, detectives and treasure hunting.
2.Lucy is a quiet girl who likes to read in a quiet corner in the library. Her favorite stories are those with characters brave enough to face and overcome difficulties in life.
3.Jessica, a fan of romantic stories, has just graduated from high school. She decides to relax herself in reading different love stories this summer. By the way, she hates war.
4.Peter majors in literature in college. He is especially interested in the psychological description in novels and wants to talk about this in his term paper.
5.Sam was born in America but his family moved to Europe when he was a child. He misses the days spent in America and is extremely interested in stories about the Old South.
When a first-time father saw his newborn son, he immediately noticed the baby's ears obviously standing out from his head. He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might be made fun of his child. A doctor examined the baby and reassured the new dad that his son was healthy---- the ears presented only a small problem with its appearance.
But the nervous father continued. He wondered if the child might suffer psychological effects of ridicule, or if they should consider plastic surgery(整形手术). The nurse assured him that it was really no problem, and he should just wait to see if the boy grows into his ears.
The father finally felt more optimistic about his child, but now he worried about his wife's reaction to those large ears. She had been delivered by operation, and had not yet seen the child.
“She doesn't take things as easily as I do,” he said to the nurse.
By this time, the new mother was settled in the recovery room and ready to meet her new baby. The nurse went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her baby's large ears.
The baby was in a blanket(毛毯) with his head covered for the short trip through the cold air-conditioned corridor. The baby was placed in his mother's arms, who eased the blanket back so that she could look at her child for the first time.
She took one look at her baby's face and looked to her husband and gasped, “Oh, Honey! Look! He has your ears!”
No problem with Mom. She married those ears...and she loves the man to whom they are attached.
The poet Kahlil Gibran said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” It's hard to see the ears when you're looking into the light.
1.When the father first saw his baby, he was worried that________.
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A．The baby might not grow up healthily. |
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B．The baby might be laughed at by others. |
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C．The baby might disappoint its mother. |
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D．the baby might have mental problems. |
2.According to the doctor and nurse, the baby’s ears________.
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A．could not function well. |
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B．looked the same as others. |
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C．only caused a small problem. |
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D．needed to have plastic surgery. |
3.What is true about the baby’s mother?
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A．She blamed her husband for the baby’s big ears. |
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B．She was the first to discover the baby’s large ears. |
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C．She suggested having an operation on the baby immediately. |
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D．She found something similar between the baby and its father. |
4.What does the underlined word they refer to in the last but on paragraph(倒数第2段)?
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A．The ears. |
B．The parents. |
C．The doctor and nurse. |
D．The problems |
5.What’s the function of the last paragraph?
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A．To advise readers to listen carefully. |
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B．To draw a conclusion from the story. |
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C．To criticize the wrong attitude to physical beauty. |
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D．To stress the importance of doctor-patient relationship. |
How many times have you gotten upset because someone wasn’t doing their job, because your child isn’t behaving？How many times have you been annoyed when you’ve planned something carefully and things didn’t go as you’d hoped?
This kind of anger and irritation happens to all of us — it’s part of the human experience.
One thing that annoys me is when people talk during a movie. Or cut me off in traffic. Actually, I have a lot of these little annoyances — don’t we all? And it isn’t always easy to find peace when you’ve become upset or annoyed.
Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind: see the glass as already broken.
See, the cause of our stress, anger and irritation is that things don’t go the way we like, the way we expect them to. Think of how many times this has been true for you. And so the solution is simple: expect things to go wrong, expect things to be different than we hoped or planned, expect the unexpected to happen. And accept it.
One quick example: on our recent trip to Japan, I told my kids to expect things to go wrong — they always do on a trip. I told them, “See it as part of the adventure.”
And this worked like a charm. When we took the wrong train on a foreign-language subway system, or when it rained on the day we went to Disney Sea, or when we took three trains and walked 10 blocks only to find the National Children’s Castle closed on Mondays … they said, “It’s part of the adventure!” And it was all OK — we didn’t get too bothered.
So when the nice glass you bought inevitably falls and breaks, someday, you might get upset. But not if you see the glass as already broken, from the day you get it. You know it’ll break someday, so from the beginning, see it as already broken. Be a time-traveler, or someone with time-traveling vision, and see the future of this glass, from this moment until it inevitably breaks. And when it breaks, you won’t be upset or sad — because it was already broken, from the day you got it. And you’ll realize that every moment you have with it is precious.
1.The author would probably agree that________.
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A．we should control our anger and irritation |
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B．we must get well prepared for the future |
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C．optimism can help us overcome our anger and irritation |
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D．anger and irritation is an important part of our life |
2.The purpose of the author is to ___________.
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A．tell us his own experience in life |
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B．give advice on how to find peace of mind |
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C．tell us a happy trip took with his children |
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D．advise us to see things from both sides |
3.By the underlined part, the author intends us to _____________.
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A．get ready for the worst result of things |
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B．enjoy the process of things |
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C．expect little from life |
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D．find the relation between cause and effect |
4.The author’s children could enjoy their trip to Japan because _____________.
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A．everything went smoothly |
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B．they had a lot of adventures |
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C．they had expected things to go wrong |
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D．they could soon get used to the customs there |
5.We can learn from the passage that the author ____________.
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A．often gets angry in his life |
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B．can adjust his state of mind accordingly |
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C．always expects others to act in his way |
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D．has suffered a lot from his anger and irritation |
