It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.
“Any old papers, lady？” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals(凉鞋), wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich？”
“Am I rich? Pity, no！”
I looked at my wornout slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟)carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
1.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A．Lady, are you rich?
B．A story of Thanksgiving Day
C．Don't forget how rich you are
D．Does cups and saucers match well?
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.
B．The writer had thought she wasn't rich because her supplies were not expensive.
C．If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap.
D．After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was.
3.The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________.
A．show that she was a kindhearted lady
B．remind her that she shouldn't forget how rich she was
C．leave room for readers to think about what being rich is
D．prove that she had understood what meant being rich
4.It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________.
A．how much money you have made
B．what attitude you have had towards life
C．the way you help others
D．your social relationship
书面表达
近期英国伊顿公学师生一行将来我校进行交流访问。我校将组织一次参观活动从而让他们更好地了解绵阳。现有两种方案，一种是绵阳博物馆（Mianyang Museum）,一种是江油李白故里（Li Bai’s hometown）。假如你是李华，是参与接待的学生代表，请你给组织活动的老师Danny写一封100左右词的信，内容包括；
1、选择其中的一种方案; 2、陈述理由; 3、相关准备;
注意：信的开头已给出（不计入词数）。
Dear Danny,
I am extremely delighted to have a chance to receive our distinguished guests from UK on behalf of all the students. I’m writing to _____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Yours ,
Li Hua
短文改错
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以下作文。作文中共有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。
It’s no surprise that we may have different opinions in organizing activities. When I have a different opinion, I may choose to give it up and respect an opinion of the majority.
The main reason for my choice is that I am great influenced by a special culture when grow up. In this culture which collectivism is emphasized, I tent to sacrifice my own interest to the group benefit. Once we are left to decide whether to have a picnic in a park and to go to a museum. I preferred to go to a museum when most of my classmates wanted to go for a picnic. Without hesitations, I decided to follow him and we did have lots of fun that day. Sometimes giving up a little can mean getting more.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式(不超过3个单词)。
The Dragon Boat Festival has been marked by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats for thousands of years. It 1.________(fall) on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese lunar calendar in honor of Qu Yuan, 2. _______ is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself.
Qu was a minister of the State of Chu 3.________(situate) in the present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces during the Warring States Period．He was upright, loyal and4._______（high） respected. 5._________, he was fired from office due to his suggestion to fight against Qin in cooperation with other states. During his stay in other states, he wrote many poems to express his strong love for his country. When Chu6.________ (defeat) by Qin, he realized 7.________ he could do about it is nothing. Qu jumped into Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month.
After the 8._________ (dead) of Qu Yuan, people of Chu went to Miluo River to mourn over the great 9.________ (poem) they loved so much. People threw eggs and rice wrapped in leaves into the river to feed the fish to keep them away from Qu Yuan. Now the Dragon Boat Festival has become10.________ traditional festival for the Chinese people.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Melting pot” means a place where people from many different racial groups or cultures form a united society. The idea comes from __________ metals in a container. When they melt, the metals ___________ and become something new and stronger. The _________ has been used to describe the United States as a nation created from people who came here from many different countries.
A Frenchman living in America expressed the idea __________ two hundred years ago. J. Hector de Crevecoeur wrote in his book Letters from an American Farmer, published in 1782, that America had people from many different countries and that they __________ become a new people _________ work would one day change the world.
For many years, Americans ____________ accepted the idea of their country as a melting pot. They welcomed immigrants from many nations. ____________ some of these people ____________ the melting pot idea. They felt they were _____________ to lose their cultures and _____________ in order to be accepted in America. Other people also criticized the idea. They said the aim of the melting pot is to make different cultures disappear into the one____________ the largest group.
New groups of immigrants from Asia and Latin America are changing the United States_________. Some ____________ learning American culture and language. Reports say some Americans fear that the nation is _____________ many groups that have no ___________ purpose. Others say melting pot is no longer changing the nation’s immigrants, _____________ the immigrants are changing America.
Some experts who study immigration say they no longer ____ ___American society to a melting pot, describing it as a salad bowl _____________. A salad is made of many different foods. They ____________ keep their own taste while being part of a successful product.
In this way, cultural groups keep their customs and languages and are still part of American society.
1.A. heatingB. coolingC. puttingD. warming
2.A. divideB. gatherC. uniteD. form
3.A. signB. termC. vocabularyD. plan
4.A. other thanB. rather thanC. less thanD. more than
5.A. wouldB. mustC. mightD. should
6.A. whichB. whoseC. whoD. of which
7.A. narrowlyB. usuallyC. generallyD. universally
8.A. OtherwiseB. BesidesC. ThereforeD. Yet
9.A. criticizedB. praisedC. arguedD. complained
10.A. encouragedB. forcedC. orderedD. prepared
11.A. historyB. featuresC. literatureD. languages
12.A. presentingB. standingC. meaningD. representing
13.A. currentlyB. curiouslyC. perfectlyD. previously
14.A. insistB. approveC. resistD. forbid
15.A. joining upB. separating intoC. mixing upD. dividing by
16.A. achievedB. combinedC. sharedD. classified
17.A. andB. soC. orD. but
18.A. compareB. contactC. contrastD. declare
19.A. tooB. as wellC. insteadD. either
20.A. bothB. eachC. everyD. none
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
People who are confident really seem to be naturally outstanding and just seem to do everything with more style than others. 1. ．It is a habit that everyone can develop in life. Try these simple tips to drill and build up your confidence:
1. Admit your shortcomings calmly.
Do not try to flee from them or cover them. Face them bravely. 2. Fight against them every day until the day when you could break away and conquer them.
2. Dress for self-confidence.
3. And therefore pay attention to your dress, display your unique physical advantages and exhibit your best image. In addition, on formal occasions such as a business conference or a wedding ceremony, elegant dressing contributes to building your confidence.
3. 4.
You should break your routine that deals with the work passively. Concentrate your efforts immediately on overcoming it, because it will make your restless mind at ease and build your self-confidence.
4. Be positive.
Feel pity neither on yourself nor on others. If you are used to hating and accusing yourself, others would tend to do that and believe it. Instead, you should speak positively about yourself, your progress, and your bright future. 5.
A. Your appearance could put you into embarrassment or increase your confidence.
B. Then talk about them to a reliable mate, a friend or a family member.
C. Actually, true self-confidence is neither born nor acquired overnight.
D. Build your confident vocabulary.
E. By doing so, you would encourage your growth in a positive direction.
F. Don’t put off what you eventually have to do.
G. Don’t judge a person by appearance.
