In a movie, a woman reads a storybook to her friend’s daughter. As they approach the last page, she reads, “...and Cinderella and the prince lived happily together ever after.” She closes the book and looks at the young girl, adding, “You know, things don’t always happen like this in real life. I just think you should know that now.”
We were all raised on fairy tales with glass slippers, brave princes and magic! It didn’t take too long to realize that stories like that aren’t necessarily true. In the life, you learned that glass slippers are really uncomfortable, no prince is perfect and magic doesn’t always work.
So what do you do when the way you planned things is not the way they turned out?
Know that parts of your fairy tale have already been written, and sadly, there’s not a whole lot you can do about those first few chapters.You didn’t get the best start.Your trust was unexpectedly betrayed. You didn’t get the job. Whatever falls and failures that happened in your past are just that in your past. There’s still more to the story.
While your life has a lot of contributors(投稿者), you are the editor-in-chief. You take what’s there and create the masterpiece. All the good pages and the bad can come together to make a beautiful adventure.
When you find yourself wishing your life was more like the fairy tales, remember that in some ways it already is. There will be dragons, bad witches, great romances, winding roads and friends to help you along the way. So, keep rewriting your story every day that you’re alive. Whether it’s a comedy, tragedy or a little of both, the pen is in your hand. How it all ends is up to you.
1. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To help the readers to live a good life.
B. To encourage the readers to write their own stories.
C. To advise parents to tell the fairy tale to their kids.
D. To describe the difficulties in today’s education.
2.Which of the following may NOT often appear in the fairy tale?
A. Glass slipper. B. Winding roads.
C. Sad ending. D. Bad witches.
3.According to the fires paragraph, we know the woman is ________.
A. wise B. cruel C. brave D. stupid
4.Why does the author mention the question in Paragraph 3?
A. To express the doubt to life
B. To compare different ideas.
C. To introduce a point for discussion.
D. To describe the conditions in life.
The aims of the Illustrators(插图画家) Exhibition, staged as part of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, organized by BolognaFiere and held from 23 to 26 December, are to bring illustrators and publishers together and to promote illustrators and their works among publishers.
QUALIFICATIONS
*Individual illustrators or groups of illustrators of any nationality, if they were born before 31st December 1996, whose artwork is intended for use in children's books, are qualified to enter the Exhibition, either directly or through publishing houses or schools.
*Please state in the application form whether you are entering work for the Fiction or Non Category. Illustrators may only enter one category.
`*Artwork previously presented to the Exhibition may not be re-entered.
*The confirmationform must be filled in and a photograph attached, then presented together with illustrations no later than15 October.
SHIPMENT
Entries may be delivered by post, express delivery service or by hand. From abroad, please use the following forms:Form "A" for registered mail or post by air;Form "B" if using an international forwarding agent or airline. To avoid delays, material should not be sent by normal post. Material should be sent "carriage (运费) paid", including any customs and delivery costs.
BolognaFiere may not be held responsible for the non-arrival or late arrival of artwork.
All published works must be accompanied by a declaration bearing the ISBN number, publisher's name and address.
REQUIREMENTS
The illustrations (i.e. the size of the sheet)must not exceed the following dimensions:
Fiction: 32*42cm (or 42*32cm) Non-fiction: 50*70cm (70*50cm)
Illustrations in larger formats will not be considered, nor will they be returned by BolognalFiere.
The illustrations must be on paper or flexible board, maximum thickness 2mm.
1.According to the text, the Illustrators Exhibitions_________.
A. will last five days in all
B. is intended to pick out works for story-books
C. can strengthen the relationship between illustrators and publishers
D. is held by the Bologna Children's Book Fair
2.The illustrators of the Illustrators’ Exhibitions_________.
A. should be no more than 16
B. may re-enter their artwork after it is returned
C. may choose to attach a photo to the application form
D. should state the category of their artwork clearly
3.Which of the following is unacceptable for delivering entries?
A. Normal post. B. Airline post
C. Registered mail. D. Express delivery
高三同学面临沉重的升学压力，因此，很多同学课间休息时间也坐在教室里学习，但效果并不理想。就此，班主任准备开一次班会课，以劝诫这些同学：适当的休息很有必要。现请你以“The Ten-minute Break Between Classes”为题，按以下要求写一篇英语短文，让这些同学从中受到启发。要点如下：
十分钟的课间休息很有必要；
这段时间学习效果并不理想；
你是如何利用这十分钟休息时间的。
注意：词数120字左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。
The Ten-minute Break Between Classes
Time seems to be so limited for us Senior Three Students.
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请修改下面的短文。短文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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。
My classmate Angel is the lovely and bright girl. She is po
pular with us. One day, news came whether Angel had got blood cancer. They really shocked everybody. All of the classmate and teachers got involved in raising money.
Some have called the media for help. In the end, we succeeded by raising the money for her first operation. Many people offered as much help as they can even though they did not know Angel. I was really touching by this. There is love nowhere as long as we seek for it. We will keep try until Angel cured.
完成句子（1－5小题，每空1分，6－10小题，每空0.5分，满分10分）
1.The________(大多数)of boys like playing basketball.
2.Your opinion of your son is _____(错误的) and he's much clever than you think.
3.We________(推选)John as chairman，for he was reliable.
4.He ________(滑到)on the ice and broke his glasses.
5.________(总共) there were 12 scientists present at the international meeting.
6.He was a________ for dangerous driving.
7. Generally s_______, women live longer than man.
8. I can't find anything on this m________ desk.
9.I'm really f_______ up with this weather—why can't it be sunny for a change?
10. If it is c_________ to you tonight , please help me with my homework.
In life, people come across many experiences, which they remember throughout their lives. I had a similar experience, too.
I was very excited. It was the day of my last paper of the final examination. My mind was full of thoughts of how I would spend my vacation. I was especially excited of the invitation that my uncle had given me to stay with him for a few days in Cambridge.
I was prepared for the subject, physics. My friends and I were on the ground doing the last minute revisions and also discussing the questions that were supposed to come in the paper. Suddenly the bell rang and we got into our classrooms. The teacher came and quickly handed out the answer paper and the question paper. The paper was of two hours and some of the expected questions came. I finished it almost forty-five minutes earlier. But since it was a rule not to collect the answer paper before the allotted（规定的）time. the teacher was not collecting and I had to sit till the time was over. I checked my paper twice and corrected some of the mistakes in it. I started thinking about the place my friends and I had planned to go after the paper.
Though I was thinking for a long time, the time seemed to be endless. So I thought of drawing something on the question paper and turned it overleaf. I was shocked to see that the page which I had supposed to be blank had four more questions on it which carried 20 marks and would take at least half an hour to complete. I had a quick glance at my watch. There were only 10 minutes left. I was so nervous that I was hardly in a state to write anything. They were the sub-questions（小题）of the last question. Suddenly our physics teacher came in and told all of us that in the last question, out of 6 sub-questions only 2 had to be solved. I felt very much relieved.
Thereafter I never made such mistakes again. But I realized that my anxiousness and excitement could have cost me to lose 20 marks and decided never to make such a mistake again.
1.Which of the following statements is true?
A. The writer didn’t work hard at physics.
B. The writer lost 20 marks for the last question.
C. The writer made some mistakes during the exam.
D. The questions on the paper were difficult for the writer.
2.The underlined word “relieved” means ________.
A. more nervous B. less afraid
C. more surprised D. less 
worried
3.We can infer from the passage that _____________.
A. the writer did 2 sub-questions of the last question
B. the writer turned overleaf to do the sub-questions
C. the writer spent 45 minutes finishing the paper
D. the writer got full marks in the physics exam
4.We can learn from the passage that we should _____________.
A. learn some exam skills
B. concentrate on what we are doing
C. try our best to do well in the exam
D. be careful not to make mistakes in the exam
