It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25.
I was the nurse on duty that day. I didn’t think there would be any patients, sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies showed up at my desk, a pale woman and four small children.
“Are you all sick?” I asked.
“Yes,” she said weakly and lowered her head.
But when it came to descriptions of their problems, things got a little unclear. Two of the children had headaches, but the headaches weren’t accompanied by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still. Two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother complained of a cough but seemed to work to produce it.
Something was wrong, but I didn’t say anything but explained that it might be a little while before a doctor saw her. She responded, “Take your time; it’s warm here.”
Then I checked the chart after the admitting clerk had finished registering the family. No address—they were homeless. The waiting room was warm.
I looked out at the family gathering close together by the Christmas tree. The little one was pointing at the television and saying something to her mother. The oldest one was looking at something on the Christmas tree.
I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining about working on Christmas, began to feel pity for a family just trying to get warm on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there’s a medical emergency. But this one was a Christmas emergency.
We were all offered a free meal in the hospital cafeteria on Christmas Day, so we claimed that meal and prepared a banquet for our Christmas guests. We needed presents. We put together oranges and apples in a basket. We collected from different departments candies, crayons and other things available that could be presents. As seriously as we met the physical needs of the patients that came to us that day, our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas Day.
Later, as the family walked to the door to leave, the four-year old came running back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”
1.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A. Working on Christmas Day
B. Christmas Day is Coming
C. A Happy Family
D. A Pale Woman and Four Small Children
2.What kind of person do you think the author is?
A. Hardworking and outgoing
B. Serious and careful
C. Hardworking and warmhearted
D. Serious and stubborn
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Something was wrong with one of the children’ s head.
B. The pale woman forgot to write the address.
C. One of the children had a language problem.
D. The whole family pretended to be sick.
4.It can be inferred from the text that ______.
A. The author didn’t think there would be any patients on Christmas Day
B. The woman was uncomfortable when she lowered her head
C. The family appeared in the emergency room on Christmas Eve
D. The woman and four small children were satisfied and grateful
书面表达
假设你叫李华，现在在英国工作，你的朋友陈立写信告诉你他打算赴英留学，想知道初到英国可能会遇到的困难。请你用英语给他写一封回信，信的内容应包括：
1．可能会遇到的困难：语言方面的障碍，饮食的不习惯，想家孤独等；
2．鼓励他并表示愿意帮助他。
注意：1.词数100左右。
2．信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Chen Li,
I'm glad to hear from you. You asked me about the difficulties you may meet with when you get here in the UK.
Yours，
Li Hua
短文改错
文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）,并在其下面写出该加的词。 修改：在错的词下划一横线,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。 2、只允许修改10处,多者（从11处起）不计分。
When I began my senior high school years, I had difficulty to learning English. I dared not speak English in public because my poor pronounce. I could not get high marks, but I always used bad grammar. Afraid of be laughed at, I never put up my hand answer questions in class. When my English teacher Miss Li learned about this, she encouraged me and lend me a hand, which helped improving my English. With his help, I became interest in English and finally got high marks. Miss Li, like a shining star, shines on my path to success.
语法填空
A proverb says, “Time is money”. But in my opinion, time is even 1. precious than money. Why? 2. when money is spent, we can earn it back. However, when time is 3. (go), it will never return.
4. is known to all that the time we can use is limited. Therefore we should make 5. use of our time to study hard so as to serve our country in6. future. it is a pity that there are a lot of people 7. do not realize the value of time. They spend their precious time 8. (play).
In a word, we should form the good habit of 9. (save) time. Do not put off what can be done today 10. tomorrow.
课文填空
In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in 1. .The suffering of the people was 2. .
The last thirty years have 3. the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and 4. , until today we have reached a stage 5. we have almost no rights at all.
We were put into a 6. in which we either to 7. we were less important or 8. the government. We chose to attack the laws. We first attack the law in a way which was 9. ; when this was not allowed… only then 10. we decide to answer violence with violence.
完型填空
Accept life as it is. I learned how to do it from my father. , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was and ill.
My father was a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started about life, and I told them about one of my . I said that we must very often give things up we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. , he answered his own question: “I the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also by his words. After that, when I began to feel angry at someone, I remember his words and become . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be to give up my small anger. In this , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now I am for this one gift.
1.A. Therefore B. However C. Meanwhile D. Afterwards
2.A. poor B. slow C. tired D. weak
3.A. once B. already C. still D. only
4.A. sent B. threw C. took D. put
5.A. difficult B. stressful C. hopeless D. impossible
6.A. talking B. asking C. worrying D. caring
7.A. beliefs B. decisions C. experiences D. ambitions
8.A. till B. since C. before D. as
9.A. promises B. seems C. requires D. suggests
10.A. summed B. opened C. spoke D. turned
11.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
12.A. Surprisingly B. Immediately C. Naturally D. Certainly
13.A. accepted B. gained C. enjoyed D. had
14.A. attracted B. warned C. touched D. astonished
15.A. might B. should C. could D. would
16.A. quiet B. calm C. relaxed D. happy
17.A. likely B. free C. able D. ready
18.A. method B. way C. case D. form
19.A. guess B. doubt C. wonder D. know
20.A. grateful B. doubtful C. hopeful D. cheerful
