He didn't________ what I said because his mind was on something else.
A．hold on B．catch on
C．take in D．get over
现在很多中学生出国留学。据《环球时报》报道，澳大利亚驻华使馆去年签发的留学签证有50％给了高中生。假设你是学生李华，请给某报编辑写一封信，根据以下所给要求，明确表示赞成还是反对中学生出国留学。
赞成观点：（1）与中国教育相比，国外教育有诸多优点，如……
（2）在国外接受教育，可以培养学生诸多方面的能力，如……
反对观点：（1）与中国教育相比，国外教育可能存在诸多问题，如……
（2）过早留学可能给学生在精神上、学习上及经济上造成诸多负面影响，如……
注：1. 除以上内容，你可陈述赞成或反对的其他理由。2. 词数100－120个。
Dear editor,
I think/don’t think
：写作（共二节，满分40分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在下面加上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
As a Senior Three student, it won’t take long after I graduate. Now, I have many to share with my fellow students.
Firstly, I’d like to show my appreciation to those stood by me all the way, teachers, parents and friend included. Without their help, my life will be different. Secondly, it’s high time I said sorry to the classmates I once hurt or misunderstood. I firm believe that communication and smiles act as bridges to friendship. Thirdly, I’ve made my mind to make every effort to study, as I know hard work is the key to a success. Finally I want to express my hope which all the young fellows should make full use of time, so time and tide wait for no man.
A. Get started!
B. Forget your failures.
C. Find and use your positive voice.
D. Think about how far you have come.
E. Spend time with people who inspire you.
F. Accept failure as a positive learning experience.
Realizing your dreams is not a matter of possibility; it’s a matter of motivating yourself to focus on the right things. You know you should be doing something, but sometimes you just don’t feel like doing anything. This discouraging situation can last a long time if you don’t head it off and take action. Here are some daily motivation tricks that might work for you.
1.________
This is by far the most important tip in this article, because in the end, all of the other tips in the world won’t make as much of a difference as this simple and timeless instruction: Sit down and get a move on! Do you feel the push-back of laziness? Reading more about motivation won’t help. Reviewing your to-do lists won’t help. Only doing actually helps get everything going. So stop thinking about how hard the task is going to be or how long it’s going to take you. Not starting is failing. Tell yourself, “As soon as I get going, I’ll feel more motivated.” And you’ll realize it’s not nearly as hard as you thought it would be.
2. ________
Be aware of your self-talk and stay confident. You have the choice to replace negative self-talk with a more encouraging and friendly voice. A voice that will consider your aim as not just a possibility, but a probability; A voice that does not look at the possibility of success before taking action, but rather uses self-belief as its driving force; A voice that all things are possible to those who commit to their dream.
Tell yourself over and over again that you can do it. See what effect it has. Persist with this kind of positivity and eventually you’ll feel better about whatever it is you want to get done, and you’ll even start to fool yourself into believing it’s true.
3. ________
There is no better way to recharge yourself for improvement than spending time with someone who motivates you. They are smart and can always encourage you to be better. Study their qualities. Study their habits. Surround yourself with them, talk to them, learn from them; they are already living and producing results at a level you admire and expect to. Compare stories, successes and failures. Let their inner light guide you.
4.________
You have made so much progress, you just don’t realize it. Open your eyes and give yourself credit for all that you have done. Think about it. Write down your past successes. Consider using a journal to keep track of them. You’ll probably be pleasantly surprised when you review your results. It’s a great motivator to see how much you have improved and how far you have come. Be happy with your progress and move on.
5. ________
Do not judge unsuccessful attempts and mistakes as an indication of your future potential, but as part of the growth process. Something does not have to end well for it to have been one of the most valuable experiences of a lifetime. When times get tough, take a deep breath, and know that most great things come when you least expect it. Being defeated is a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent. And most people that gave up didn’t realize how close they were to success. Push through!
My parents have certainly had their troubles, and as their child I’ll never know how they made it to 38 years of marriage. They loved each other, but they didn’t seem to like each other very much. Dad was too fond of his beer, and he talked down to Mom a lot. When she tried to stand up to him, a fight would unavoidably follow.
It was my dad’s disease that began to change things. The year 1998 was the beginning of a remarkable transformation for my family. My father, Jim Dineen, the always healthy, weightlifting, never-missed-a-day-of-work kind of dad, discovered he had kidney (肾) disease.
The decision to go ahead with a transplant for my father was a long and tough one, mostly because he had liver damage too. One physician’s assistant told him, “According to your file, you’re supposed to be dead.” And for a while, doctors mistakenly thought that he would need not just a kidney transplant, but a liver transplant too. Dad’s future hung in midpoint.
When the donor testing process finally began in the spring of 2003, numerous people, including me, my uncle Tom, and my mom, came back as matches of varying degree. But Mom was the one who insisted on going further. She decided to donate a kidney to my father. She said she was not scared, and it was the right thing to do. We all stepped back in amazement.
At last a date was chosen – November 11, 2003. All of a sudden, the only thing that seemed to matter Dad was telling the world what a wonderful thing Mom was doing for him. A month before the surgery, he sent her birthday flowers with a note that read, “I love you and I love your kidney! Thank you!”
Financially, the disease was upsetting to them. So my sister and I were humbled and surprised when, shortly before his surgery day, Dad handed us a diamond jewelry that we were to give to Mom after the operation. He’d accumulated(积累) his spare dollars to buy it.
At the hospital on the day of the transplant, all our relatives and friends gathered in the waiting room and became involved in a mean euchre (尤克牌游戏) tournament. My family has always handled things with a lot of laughter, and even though we were all tense, everybody was taking bets on how long this “change of conduct” would last in my parents.
We would inform Dad that if he chose to act like a real pain on any particular day after the operation, he wasn’t allowed to blame it on PMS just because he’d now have a female kidney.
The surgeries went well, and not long afterward, my sister and I were allowed to go in to visit. Dad was in a great deal of pain but again, all he could talk about was Mom. Was she okay? How was she feeling? Then the nurses let us do something unconventional. As they were wheeling Mom out of recovery room, they rolled her into a separate position to visit Dad. It was strange to see both my parents hooked up to IVs and machines and trying to talk to each other through tears. The nurses allowed us to present the diamond jewelry to Mom so that Dad could watch her open it. Everyone was crying, even the nurses.
As I stood with digital camera in hand, I tried to keep the presence of mind to document the moment. My dad was having a hard time fighting back emotion, and suddenly my parents unexpectedly reached out to hold each other’s hands.
In my nearly 35 years of existence, I’d never seen my parents do that, and I was spellbound. I snapped a picture and later rushed home to make sure I’d captured that enormous, life-defining moment. After so many years of disagreement, it was apparent to me that they finally understood how much each loved the other.
1.From the first paragraph we can learn that _________.
A. Dad was fond of drinking
B. My parents got along well
C. Dad often beat Mom
D. Mom never obeyed Dad
2.The underlined part “Dad’s future hung in midpoint” in Para.3 suggests that _________.
A. Dad's life journey was on half way
B. Dad came to a critical moment in his life
C. Dad’s future was decided by doctors
D. Dad faced a tough decision in his life
3.Before the surgery, which of the following words can best describe the feeling of the families?
A. Worried and negative.
B. Anxious and helpless.
C. Nervous but optimistic.
D. Relaxed and positive.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according the passage?
A. Dad bought a diamond jewelry to Mom for their wedding anniversary.
B. Dad asked the nurse to visit Mom soon after the operation.
C. Despite a lot of pain, Dad was eager to know Mom’s condition soon after the operation.
D. On the day of the transplant, the families involved in a mean euchre tournament to relax themselves.
5.What’s in the writer’s photo?
A. Everyone was crying, even the nurses.
B. His parents were trying to talk to each other.
C. Dad watched Mom opening the gift.
D. His parents were holding each other’s hands.
6.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Dad’s disease B. Mom’s decision
C. The Gift of Life D. The photo of hands
Essay is optional and no penalties(处罚) for wrong answers. These changes will take place in SAT college exam. The changes include the use of some words more commonly used in school and on the job instead of the words such as “prevaricator” and “sagacious”.
College Board officials said the change is needed to make the exam better representative of what students study in high school and the skills they need to succeed in college and afterward. The new exam will be rolled out in 2016, so this year’s ninth graders will be the first to take it, in their junior year. The new SAT will continue to test reading, writing and math skills, with an emphasis on analysis. Scoring will return to a 1,600-point scale last used in 2004, with a separate score for the optional essay. For the first time, students will have the option of taking the test on computers.
They also said many students who are terrified they will be tested on lots of SAT words currently can ask for help: practicing with flashcards. They know flashcards are not the best way to build real word knowledge that lasts, but when the SAT rolls around they become the royal road. Students stop reading and start flipping.
The essay will be changed in other ways, too. It will measure students’ ability to analyze and explain how an author builds an argument and it will also be up to colleges whether the essay will be required. Each exam will include a passage drawn from “founding documents”: such as the Declaration of Independence or from discussions they’ve inspired. Instead of testing a wide range of math concepts, the new exam will focus on a few areas, like algebra, thought to be most needed for college and life afterward. A calculator will be allowed only on certain math questions, instead of on the entire math portion(部分).
Jim Rawlins, the director of admissions at the University of Oregon, said the changes will potentially help the students but it will take a few years to know its influence, after the students go on to college. He said some colleges are still dealing with questions about the changes made in 2005, such as how to consider the essay portion. The criticism of the SAT is that students from wealthier families do better on the exam because they can afford expensive test preparation classes.
The SAT was taken last year by 1.7 million students. It has historically been more popular on the coasts, while the other main standardized college entrance exam, the ACT, dominated the central U.S. The ACT took over the SAT in total use in 2012, partly because it is taken by almost every junior in 13 states as part of those states’ testing scheme(方案).
ACT president Jon Erickson said when hearing of the SAT changes, his reaction was that they could’ve been talking about the ACT now. “I didn’t hear anything new and different, so I was a little left wanting, at least at the end of this first announcement,” Erickson said .
Bob Schaeffer, education director at the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, or FairTest, said it is laudable(值得称道的) that the SAT will provide free test preparation, but it is unlikely to make a dent in the market for such preparation. He also said the new test is unlikely to be better than the current one. His organization has a database with institutions that don't require ACT or SAT scores to make admissions decisions.
1.We can learn from the third paragraph that flashcards_________.
A. will become the only way to test words
B. can help students get ready for SAT words
C. can help students memorize the words forever
D. are the best way for the students to get high scores
2.SAT exams will be less required in 2016 with the purpose of _________.
A. getting more students interested in the entrance exam
B. making it easier for students to be admitted into colleges
C. offering chances for the students to be tested on every subject
D. testing the students better on the knowledge and skills they’ve learnt
3.The change in the 2016’s SAT college entrance exam include the following EXCEPT that _________.
A. students will use calculators if they get stuck in certain math questions
B. some words that are uncommonly used won’t appear in the exam
C. students will be given the chance to take the test on computers
D. students will be tested on a wide range of math concepts
4.According to Jim Rawlins, _________.
A. the changes are mainly aimed at students from the rich family
B. the changes will force students to give up writing essay
C. the changes will probably have some bad influence
D. the changes will be of no benefit to students
5.Which of the following statements is TRUE about the ACT ?
A. It is more popular in the coastal cities.
B. More than 1.7 million students took it last year.
C. Jon Erickson felt worried about the SAT changes.
D. It has been the most popular college entrance exam so far.
