Grandma celebrated her fifty-third birthday just weeks before grandpa died of cancer in 1965. Although his passing was very difficult for her, I think their shared struggle to make his life longer taught grandma that good health was not to be taken for granted, and she made up her mind to live the rest of her own life as fully and as long as she could. One day, when she announced to attend lessons at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Portland, Oregon, where she lived, we rolled our eyes in embarrassment and helplessly wished she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal grandmothers did. Many years filled with countless dance lessons passed before we learned to appreciate the wonder of having a dancing grandma.
I suppose grandma's primary motivation for wanting to learn to dance was social. She had been a shy girl, always very tall and heavy, and had married into grandpa's quiet lifestyle before developing any elegance or confidence in her personal appearance. Dancing, on the other hand, filled her life with flash lights, wonderful parties, beautiful dresses, handsome young dance instructors, and the challenge of learning. Although the weekly dance lessons did not change her ample, two-hundred-pound figure, grandma surprised everyone with energetic performances on the dance floor, which soon gave her as much elegance and confidence as any Miss American competitor.
Having taken weekly dance lessons for years, my grandma learned various dances easily and was soon participating in dancing matches all over the Northwest. When I was fourteen, grandma proudly invited me to watch her compete in one of these matches to be held in the grand ballroom of the Red Lion Inn. My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point, but to make her happy, my mother and I attended the match. As if to prove me wrong, grandma made a wonderful showing in every event she entered. I thought she was truly the queen of the ball during the dance, and my thoughts were shared by the judges a short time later when she was awarded a gold cup for her outstanding performance.
1.What did grandma learn from grandpa's death?
A. Good health was not there for everyone.
B. She should take dance lessons.
C. She had to struggle to live a better life.
D. She should wear beautiful dresses.
2.Normal grandmas usually ________ in the author's point of view?
A. took dance lessons
B. did some exercises at home
C. took care of grandchildren at home
D. did some housework at home
3.The author felt ______ when he was invited to watch grandma's match.
A. happy B. proud
C. excited D. uninterested
书面表达（共一题，满分25分）
假设你是晨光中学的学生会主席李华。学生会将举办每年一度的英语演讲比赛，本年度的主题为“The English Novel I like Best”作为组织者，你将在演讲比赛开幕式时发言，请你根据以下提示用英语写一篇发言稿。
1. 说明比赛的意义，如提高英语听说能力，养成读书习惯
2. 说明比赛的注意事项，如每人演讲不超过5分钟，语言流利，发音准确
3. 预祝比赛圆满成功
注意：1.词数不少于100词
2.可适当加入细节，使行文连贯
3.发言稿的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入词数
Good afternoon, ladies and gentleman,
Welcome to this year’s English speech competition.
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Thank you!
Yours,
Li Hua
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）（见答题卡）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的一下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误只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：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词，每句中最多有两处错误；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11出）不计分。
I visited my aunt in the countryside near the city last week. I was surprising to see that great changes had been taken place in the countryside. Take my aunt’s family for example. We supply precious trees and flowers to the stores in the city and have ten worker working for them. Their family’s income reached as much 100 000 yuan last year. Not only did they have a house, a car and computers, they can also afford a trip abroad every year. When asking what else they needed most, they said that they wanted to learn a few English so that they could do business with foreigners directly. I think, with time goes by, my cousin can use that he has learned from university to help them with overseas trade.
语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）,答案写在答题卡对应的空格中！！
One day, Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere __1._____ business by air. He liked sitting by the window when he was flying, so when he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat. He found all of them ___2.___(take) except one. There was a soldier ___3.____ (sit) in the seat beside this one. __4.___ Mr. Robinson’s surprise, the soldier didn’t take the one by the window; but, anyhow, he at once went towards it.
When he reached it, ___5.____, he saw there was a notice on it. It was written in ink and said, “This seat is preserved(保留)for proper load balance(平衡), thank you.” Mr. Robinson had never seen such an ____6.__(usual) notice in a plane before, but he thought that the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in it, so he walked on ___7.___(find) an empty seat.
___8.___ the plane took off, two or three people tried to sit in the seat beside the soldier. But they also read the notice and went on. When the plane was nearly full, a very beautiful girl hurried into the plane. The soldier, __9.__ was watching the passengers coming in, ___10.___(quick) took the notice off the seat beside him and in this way succeeded in having the company(陪伴) of the girl during the whole trip.
用单词的适当形式填空，每空限一词。（每题1分，共10分）
1.He always _______(behavior) well at school, which makes his parents proud.
2.His speech made a strong __________ (impress) on the audience.
3.Grace is always _________(correction) other people, which made others rather unpleased.
4.She can speak English _________ as she is always in practice. (fluency)
5.You will find it really ___________(embarrassment) to interrupt someone who is giving a speech.
6.Tom shows a very positive __________ (态度) to her work.
7.He __________ (承认) having stolen the car but promised not to do that again.
8.We shall set out ___________(即刻) once the matter is settled.
9.An early reply will be __________ (感激).
10.The police found the lost treasure in an _________ (废弃的) house.
As a single mother，I had to do two jobs，which kept me very busy.
Two months ago，I went to a ___ with Alice. Since I ____went out with her，she seemed very happy. Many parents were there with their children. I sat down on a bench，___Alice playing with other children. About half an hour later，a man of about forty years old came and ___beside me. As I had to go back to work，I stood up and told Alice that we had to ____.
“Can I stay here a little longer？”Alice pleaded.(祈求)
“No，we must go now，”I said，____ Alice just didn’t move.
“Just ten more minutes，”she pleaded again，and I became ___.
“Go now，”I____，and Alice started to cry.____ that，the man sitting on the ____stood up and came to us.
“Why don’t you just let her____ten more minutes？”he asked. Then he told me a ___.He used to be very busy，too. Every time his little son wanted to go out and play，he told him he was ____.One day，his son went out and played ____，and he didn’t come back again—he was hit by a ___driver of a car. The father regretted what he had done to his son，but he never had the ___to play with him again. Hearing the story，I ____.I knelt down and said to Alice，“OK，ten more minutes，and Mom will play ____you.”
____is all about making priorities(优先)．What are your priorities？Give someone you____ten more minutes of your time today.
1.A. park B. school C. sea D. cinema
2.A. sometimes B. often C. usually D. hardly
3.A. keeping B. hearing C. finding D. watching
4.A. got off B. sat down C. broke in D. turned up
5.A. go B. shop C. change D. eat
6.A. because B. as C. but D. so
7.A. sad B. pleased C. angry D. excited
8.A. whispered B. wished C. begged D. shouted
9.A. Knowing B. Seeing C. Hoping D. Thinking
10.A. ground B. chair C. bench D. stone
11.A. run B. play C. do D. laugh
12.A. story B. joke C. way D. lie
13.A. busy B. lonely C. boring D. ill’
14.A. suddenly B. alone C. happily D. crazily
15.A. blind B. kind C. drunken D. good
16.A. energy B. interest C. heart D. chance
17.A. stayed up B. took part C. calmed down D. came back
18.A. behind B. with C. for D. under
19.A. Choice B. Joy C. Work D. Life
20.A. appreciate B. dislike C. admire D. love
