I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows（誓约）mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here’s what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion（提升）, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure（空闲）, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.
1.The best title of this passage probably is _______.
A. Love your friends B. Live a real life
C. Don’t waste time D. Be a good mother and wife
2.How did the author form her view of life?
A. By working and social experience.
B. Learning from her friends.
C. Through an unfortunate experience.
D. Because of her children and husband.
3.The underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph probably has the same meaning as ______.
A. it is so easy to keep alive but not to live a real life.
B. it is very hard to live a real life
C. it is so easy to make a living.
D. it is more difficult to exist than to live a happy life.
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards work?
A. Try our best to serve others.
B. To earn enough money to make life better.
C. Try our best to get higher position and pay.
D. Don’t let it affect your real life.
5.It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. the author is a success in personal life.
B. the author didn’t try her best to work well.
C. the author spent all her time caring for her children.
D. the author doesn’t travel much
Florence Nightingale（南丁格尔） was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father.
As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them.
At last mind was made up. “I’m going to be a nurse,” she decided.
“Nursing isn’t the right work for a lady,” her father told her.
“Then I will make it so ”, she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France.
When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home . During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen — and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurse went to work.
Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman.
After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun. She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health, which was printed in several countries.
Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. Indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today.
1.When she was a child, Florence ________.
A. loved to travel very much
B. knew what her duty in life was
C. loved to help the sick people
D. want to learn music and drawing in the future
2.What made Florence make up her mind to become a nurse？
A. Her father’s support.
B. Her desire to help the sick.
C. Her education in Germany and France.
D. Her knowledge from reading great books.
3.During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where ____.
A. she earned a little money
B. work was very difficult
C. few soldiers died because of her work
D. she didn’t have enough food or clothes
4. Why was Florence honored by Queen Victoria？
A. She built the Nightingale Home for Nurses.
B. She wrote a book on public health.
C. She worked as a nurse all her life.
D. She did a great deal of work during the Crimean War.
5.The passage can best be described as ____.
A. the life story of a famous woman
B. a description of the nursing work
C. an example of successful education
D. the history of nursing in England
阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
In most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”. Small talk means the little things we talk about at the start of a conversation. In English-speaking countries people often make small talk about the weather. “Nice day, isn’t it?” “Terrible weather, isn’t it?” But there is something special about small talk. It must be about something which both people have the same opinion about. The purpose of small talk is to let both people agree on something. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. People usually agree about the weather, so it is a safe topic for small talk. But people often disagree about religion(宗教) or politics(政治) so these are not suitable topics for small talk. The topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation is taking place. At football matches, people make small talk about the game they are watching. “Great game, isn’t it?” At bus-stops, people may comment on the transport system. “The bus service is terrible, isn’t it?”
1.Small talk is ________.
A. a kind of conversation with short words
B. a greeting used when people meet each other
C. to let people disagree about something
D. something we talk about to start a conversation
2.The favorite topic of small talk for English people is _________.
A. the weather B. politics
C. games D. languages
3.The passage suggests that when we learn a language _________.
A. we should learn about the transport system of the country
B. we should only master the grammar and the vocabulary
C. we should learn the culture of the country
D. we should understand the importance of the language
4.When we say “Great game, isn’t it?”, we are in fact __________.
A. asking a question B. having a conversation
C. make a comment D. making small talk
5.What we learn from the passage is that _________.
A. different languages have different grammar
B. small talk is an important part of a language
C. small talk depends on the purpose of the conversation
D. in English-speaking countries we should talk about the weather
完型填空 (共一篇, 20小题目, 满分30分)
阅读下列短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从所给的四个选项中,选出最佳答案
A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the________ that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make the ________ of his mental faculties(官能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of _________ anything new because of their age.
A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real _________ , because he feels that it _________ be useless, he won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary for success, and he won’t work his hardest, even though he may_________ he is doing so. He is _________ likely to fail, and the failure will ________ belief in his incompetence(无能). Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had a (an) _________ like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor ________ in maths. His teacher told his _________ he had no ability in maths in order that they would not ________ too much of him._________he too accepted _________ mistaken thinking of his ability, and he felt that it was useless to ________, and was very poor at maths, ________ as they expected.
One day he worked out a problem which _________ of the other students had been able to solve. Adler succeeded in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now ________ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at ________. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned early in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may _________ himself as well as others by his ability.
1.A. belief B. way C. fact D. condition
2.A. biggest B. most C. highest D. deepest
3.A. teaching B. learning C. accepting D. using
4.A. decision B. success C. effort D. trouble
5.A. would B. should C. must D. could
6.A. forget B. think C. guess D. understand
7.A. nevertheless B. moreover C. however D. therefore
8.A. lead to B. add to C. take to D. contribute to
9.A. experience B. example C. thought D. story
10.A. state B. mind C. start D. ending
11.A. classmates B. friends C. neighbors D. parents
12.A. blame B. expect C. get D. win
13.A. Virtually B. Totally C. Fortunately D. Especially
14.A. it B. her C. its D. their
15.A. manage B. succeed C. try D. act
16.A. only B. almost C. just D. nearly
17.A. none B. all C. many D. most
18.A. lived B. worked C. played D. graduated
19.A. 1essons B. medicine C. subjects D. maths
20.A. encourage B. love C. astonish D. disappoint
第二部分：语法填空 15分（每空1.5分）
W: Good morning. I’m Linda Li
M: please have 1._____________ seat, Miss Li. I received your resume last week, and I’m very 2._____________(impress).
W: Thank you.
M: May I ask 3.____________ do you want to leave your present job ?
W: I’ve always wanted to work in a larger company 4.____________ offers more opportunities for development.
M: I understand, but why are you interested in working for 5._____________ company ?
W: Well, as far as I know, your company has an impressive reputation and a good working environment.
M: That’s so good to hear . Why do you think you are the right person 6.____________this position?
W: I’m a business major and I 7._____________(work) for three years in this field. Besides, I have excellent written 8.____________(communicate) skills.
M: Any hobbies?
W: Yes. I like watching moves and I often go 9._____________(swim)
M: Oh, that’s interesting. We’ll let you know the result as soon as possible.
W: Ok, thanks. It was nice meeting you .
M: It was nice meeting you 10.____________, and thanks for coming in today.
假设你班最近举行了一次班会，讨论怎样使英语学习变成一件快乐的事。请你根据下表所提示的信息，为某英语网站写一篇短文，谈谈你们的讨论情况并提出你的建议。
讨论情况 | 1．课内互动 (师生或生生互动)； |
2．课外活动 (演讲或晚会等)； | |
3．运用英语 (口头或书面交流)； | |
…… | |
你的建议 | …… |
注意：1．对所给要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。
2．词数120左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：互动的interactive
Recently ，we had a discussion on how to make learning English relaxing and fun.
