A well-dressed man came to a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl for his wife’s birthday. The price didn’t matter. Since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a nice black one that cost $5000, he paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweler, and left.
A few days later the man returned and said that his wife liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality, because she wanted a pair of earrings made, “Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl? ” said the man. The jeweler regretfully replied, “I would say it’s exactly impossible to find one exactly like that pearl.”
The rich man insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspapers, offering $ 25,000 for the matching pearl. Many people answered the advertisement but nobody had a pearl that was just right.
Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came into his store. To his great surprise, she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse. “I don’t like to part with it,” she said sadly, “I got it from my mother, and my mother from hers. But I really need the money. ”
The jeweler was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell him the good news. The man, however, was nowhere to be found.
1.He paid $ 5,000 for the black pearl without bargaining because ______.
A. he loved his wife deeply
B. the jeweler’s business had been successful
C. he was anxious to get it
D. he wanted to make the jeweler believe him
2.He told the jeweler to get him another pearl that must be ______.
A. exactly the same size as the black one
B. exactly as big and nice as the black one
C. exactly as expensive as the black one
D. exactly the same quality as the black one
3.Many people answered the advertisement because they wanted _______.
A. to see the perfect pearl
B. to sell their own pearl at a high price
C. to get in touch with the rich man
D. to help the rich man’s wife
4.The little old lady was probably________.
A. the man’s partner B. short of money
C. unwilling to sell the pearl D. the man’s wife
5.The jeweler couldn’t find the man anywhere because ______.
A. his wife had found another perfect pearl already
B. he happened to be out at that time
C. he got $ 20,000 by cheating and had run away with the money
D. he was angry with the jeweler for waiting too long
I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they found that Black Wednesday were going to at our local theatre, they all bought for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother offered me the ticket. I was really !
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became . I could barely make out the stage in the . We waited. Then there was a from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band stepped onto the stage. My brother leaned over and something in my ear, but I couldn’t what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as as a jet engine.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the played. I just remember that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to . But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just woken from a long . My ears were still ringing with the beat of the last song.
After the performance, I became a Black Wednesday fan too.
1.A. members B. friends C. fans D. volunteers
2.A. stay B. perform C. sing D. dance
3.A. flowers B. drinks C. clothes D. tickets
4.A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. excited D. encouraged
5.A. seats B. entrance C. spots D. space
6.A. comfortable B. quiet C. serious D. nervous
7.A. silence B. noise C. darkness D. smoke
8.A. shout B. roar C. scream D. whisper
9.A. put B. found C. shouted D. whispered
10.A. hear B. forget C. repeat D. bear
11.A. loud B. clear C. sweet D. fast
12.A. man B. band C. woman D. musician
13.A. continue B. delay C. finish D. change
14.A. theatre B. party C. opera D. stage
15.A. rest B. walk C. talk D. sleep
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。
Have you been asked for money by some beggars who have disabilities while you’re
enjoying shopping? Do you have any pity for that kind of people or just feel afraid? For whatever reasons the number of disabled beggars bumming(行乞) along the street has increased rapidly.
Why are there so many disabled people begging in the street? The reasons are so various that we don’t need to understand. But we know that they do not lead an easy life. So we should help them in some ways.
The treatment for disabled people should go like this: First，accept them. Don’t be afraid of looking at the terrible shape of disabled. Try to treat
them equally. Because they are a part of the society.we can’t abandon them. The second is to help them as much as we could. If you can be a volunteer and do some work for the disabled people that would be very nice. That does good not only to disabled people but also to yourself，because you will feel good after your kind action.
So give an air of warmth to disabled people，and the world would be much better.
【写作内容】
1. 以约30词概括上文的主要内容。
2. 以约120词就 “How to care for the disabled” 这一话题发表你的看法，内容包括：
(1) 对待残疾人的正确态度；
(2) 你认为应该如何帮助残疾人；
(3) 残疾人也应该享有平等的权利。
(4)【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。
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1.我们一定能赢得这场比赛。
We _______ ________ _______ win the game.
2.你没有达到要求的标准，换句话说你考试失败了。
Your performance in the exam did not reach the required standard；
_______ ________ _________ you failed.
3.我首先意识到/知道的是我周围那些鲜艳的色彩—红色 橙色和绿色等。
The first thing I ________ _______ ________ was all the vivid colors surrounding me-purples reds oranges and greens.
4.我告诉自己鲨鱼并不危险但是这样也不能抑制我那吓死了的心情。
I told myself the sharks weren’t dangerous but that didn’t stop me from feeling ______
______ _________for a moment.
5.从詹姆斯的脸上我能看出他非常恐慌，生怕被我们遗弃。
From Jame’s face, I could see he was terrified of ______ ______ _____ us.
请阅读下列有关颜色偏好和性格关系的应用文：
A． GOLD
According to the True Colors system people who choose gold as their primary color like to fit in or belong. They tend to be reliable people who enjoy serving others. Things like tradition, home are very important to them. They need order and structure. They don’t like waste or change.
B． ORANGE
People who choose orange as their primary color need a lot of variety and freedom. They take pride in being highly skilled. They enjoy “hand-on” work and often are good in a crisis. They are risk taker, seeking challenges.
C． YELLOW
People who choose yellow as their primary color are curious about everything. They are confident and knowledgeable. They love sports very much and they work high efficiently.
D． GREEN
People who choose green as their primary color are competent and want to control the realities of life. They are analytical and enjoy solving problems and developing systems. They love intelligence and logic. They are often critical of themselves and others.
E． BLUE
People who choose blue as their primary color enjoy close relationships. Harmony and integrity are very important. These people are often very creative or they enjoy the creative work of others.
F． RED
People who choose red as their primary color are always full of vigor and they tend to be confident all the time. It seems like they are ready to do anything and they will be successful. And they have a strong desire for power.
请阅读以下根据员工性格而促进工作效率方法的信息，然后匹配上面的信息。
1.Creating a warm and personal working atmosphere; establishing a peaceful working environment and trying to avoid conflict; allowing them the freedom to express their feeling; praising their creative approach to the job; praising them with their good jobs.
2.Assigning work which needs detailed planning; defining the tasks in clear terms; providing a stable work environment and avoiding sudden change; giving standard rules and regulations and setting a good examples; praising them with their good jobs.
3.Assigning work which needs analytical thinking and problem solving; encouraging them to think independently and taking their ideas to the next step; praising them with their good jobs.
4.Assigning work which is action-packed; providing opportunities to be skillful and adventurous; allowing them the freedom to the job in their own ways; praising them with their good jobs.
5.Assigning work which needs full energy; providing opportunities for job competition; if he does well, let him know he is very likely to get promotion; praise them with their good jobs.
Thirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert, seeking a million in prize money. To win, they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours. Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all, because these vehicles were missing a key part －drivers.
DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battlefields. But the Grand Challenge, as it was called, just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance. One had its brake lock up in the starting area. Another began by throwing itself onto a wall. Another got tied up by bushes near the road after 1.9 miles.
One turned upside down. One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote control. One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence; another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock. The “winner,” if there was any; reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long, narrow hole, and the front wheels caught on fire.
“You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things,” says Reinhold Behringer, who helped design two of the car-size vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics. “Even ants can do all these tasks effortlessly . It’s very hard for us to put these abilities into our machines.”
The robotic vehicles, though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers and GPS guidance, had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that a two-year-old human recognizes immediately, Sure, that very young child, who has just only learned to walk, may not think to wipe apple juice off her face, but she already knows that when there’s a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table, and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good. She is more advanced, even months old, than any machine humans have designed.
1.Watchers doubted if any of the vehicles could finish the race because .
A．they did not have any human guidance
B．the road was not familiar to the drivers
C．the distance was too long for the vehicles
D．the prize money was unattractive to the drivers
2.DARPA organized the race in order to .
A．raise money for producing more robotic vehicles
B．push the development of vehicle industry
C．train more people to drive in the desert
D．improve the vehicles for future wars
3.From the passage we know “robotic vehicles” are a kind of machines that .
A．can do effortlessly whatever tasks living thing can
B．can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limit
C．can show off their ability to turn themselves upside down
D．can move from place to place without being driven by human beings
4.In the race, the greatest distance one robotic vehicle covered was .
A．about eight miles B．six miles
C．almost two miles D．about one mile
5.In the last paragraph, the writer implies that there is a long way to go .
A．for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficulties
B．for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie on the table
C．for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple problem that a little child can solve
D．for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face
