Mr. and Mrs. Gordon were sitting on the sand, reading their magazines. Mr. Gordon was too stingy (吝啬) to rent (租) a chair. Their twelve-year-old daughter. Sandra, was playing at the water's edge. Suddenly a huge wave（波浪） lifted Sandra up and carried her out to sea. Luckily, a lifeguard(救生员) was on duty and he saw the wave carry Sandra away. He ran along the beach and dived into the sea. He swam quickly to where the girl, with her head only just above the water, was shouting for help. She was very frightened. When the lifeguard reached her, she struggled (斗争) with him, as drowning (快淹死) people often do. However, he was a skillful lifeguard and quickly took hold of her and swam with her back to the beach. By the time he reached it, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon had realized what had happened. They had run down to the water's edge, neither of them could swim. They just stood in the shallow water, and worried about their daughter. Had the lifeguard reached her in time? Luckily, he had. "That was quick work, young man," Mr. Gordon said. He turned to his wife, "Give the lifeguard a dollar. ""A dollar!" Sandra cried," dad, how can you give him a dollar! He saved my life. I was half dead. "" Quite right, girl " Mr. Gordon said, pleased by his daughter's awareness (意识) of the value of money. He turned to his wife again and said," She's right. She was only half dead. Give him fifty cents. "
1.What happened to Sandra?
A. She ran into the sea.
B. She died.
C. She was drowned.
D. Her life was saved by a lifeguard.
2.What did Mr. and Mrs. Gordon do when Sandra was carried out to sea by the wave?
A. They shouted to the lifeguard.
B. They dived into the water.
C. They offered the lifeguard money to save Sandra.
D. Perhaps they were reading magazines.
3.Why was Sandra angry with her father?
A. He didn't give the lifeguard any money.
B. He didn't swim out to save her.
C. He didn't show the lifeguard hearty thankfulness.
D. He gave the lifeguard too much money.
4.Why was Mr. Gordon pleased with her daughter.
A. She was safe again.
B. She was polite to the lifeguard.
C. He thought she did not want him to give the lifeguard too much money.
D. She gave the lifeguard fifty cents.
书面表达
假设你是李华， 你校学生会准备举办一次元宵节晚会。请你代表学生会给交换生Mike 发一封英文邀请函。主要内容包括：
1. 活动时间：1月22日晚7点到9点
2. 活动地点：铁人广场
3. 活动内容：赏灯、品尝元宵、猜灯谜等
注意：1. 词数100左右 2. 适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
参考词汇： 元宵节：Lantern Festival， 灯笼:lantern, 元宵：sweet dumpling 灯谜： lantern riddle
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。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限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分.
Yesterday morning, I was surprising to hear that my best friend Allee has been hit by a car and was in hospital. The other day when he was going to cross a street,he was such careful that he didn’t go until he saw the traffic light to turn green. But hardly had he got to the middle of the street while he saw a car suddenly appear on his right-hand side and come directly towards them. It was too late for Allee to escape. He was hit by the car or was thrown a few meters away. He was sent to the nearest hospital immediately and had operation. When I went to see him, he was out of dangers but still looked pale. I sincere hope he will recover and return to normal as soon as possible.
结合句子用所给单词的适当形式填空或根据汉语意思填空。
1.I’m skeptical _____ the result of the survey.
2.How many __________(explain) are given for the disappearance of the dinosaurs?
3.If you throw light_____ something, you make it easier to understand.
4.The red dragon which appears on the Welsh flag is a positive symbol, _______(indicate) strength and a sense of national identity.
5.In Chinese culture, dragons are _______(慷慨的) and wise, although they can be unpredictable.
6.The Chinese refer to their language ___ Han, as it became popular during the Han Dynasty.
7.His first book, the Elementary Spelling Book, suggested_______(simple) the spelling of English words.
8.It is the best lecture that I ______(attend) since I came to this school.
9.I’d like to watch the news on CNN. It ______(start) at eight o’ clock.
10.We have really everything ____ common with America nowadays, except of course, language.
11.The other two areas ______ the two varieties differ are spelling and pronunciation.
12.Do Chinese people from different regions have problems_______ (understand) each other?
13.The Irish writer Bernard Shaw made the famous remark ______ the British and the Americans are two nations divided by a common language.
14.The British _______(批评) the dictionary, but it quickly became a standard reference book in the States.
15.By the end of last week, we______ (learn) ten lessons.
完型填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。
The Hard Truth
One day, Marissa noticed a spider(蜘蛛) web, shining in the sunlight. A spider was spinning webs on it. The spider wasn’t trying to be something else, like a butterfly or a bee, Marissa thought. It was happy to be exactly what it was and to do what it was good at.
What came naturally to Marissa was_________. She could paint or draw all day long and never get bored. However, a few weeks ago Marissa signed________for high jump. Because her mother had been a high jump star in school, she thought it would make her mother happy. But now she________ that however hard she worked, she would never be a high jump star like her mother.
One night, halfway through her homework, Marissa fell________ .When she woke up, the clock __________1:00 A.M. Marissa got into a panic. There was still so much________ to do, but she really needed her rest for track（田径） practice. Marissa had always been a good student, but now track was risking her________ .
Then a dark thought ____________ Marissa’s mind. If she ________some of her classes, she would be off the track team. That was one way to solve her problem.
After a week of ________ her homework, letters had been mailed out to parents listing grades, and Marissa knew the letters would show that her grades had ________ a lot. She walked home with slow heavy steps, knowing her ________ plan had _________.
Just as Marissa had expected, her mother was waiting with the letter in her hand. “What’s happening to your grades? And more importantly, what’s happening to you?” she asked.
With tears in her eyes, Marissa admitted her ________ . “I only joined the track team to make you proud of me. I hated it, ________ I didn’t want to disappoint you. I thought if I were failing in my classes, Coach would kick me off the team. What a ________ I’ve made of everything.”
Marissa watched her mother’s face turn from anger to________. “Marissa, I was always proud of you. You didn’t need to do the high jump to make me happy. Now you have a lot of hard work in front of you because you made a bad ________.”
Marissa thought again about the spider. She realized she had lost sight of her ________ and twisted her web. Now she had to go back and ________ that web.
1.A. music B. art C. sport D. dance
2.A. up B. off C. over D. down
3.A. realized B. wondered C. insisted D. remembered
4.A. ill B. silent C. asleep D. apart
5.A. read B. says C. wrote D. hit
6.A. homework B. research C. housework D. practice
7.A. health B. life C. grades D. images
8.A. occurred B. took C. crossed D. appeared
9.A. gave B. attended C. took D. failed
10.A. completingB. copying C. ignoring D. preparing
11.A. risen B. dropped C. improved D. meant
12.A. perfect B. ugly C. simple D. serious
13.A. worked B. made C. stopped D. carried
14.A. feeling B. weakness C. secret D. excuse
15.A. and B. so C. or D. but
16.A. surprise B. scare C. mess D. joke
17.A. delight B. concern C. embarrassment D. disappointment
18.A. speech B. stop C. jump D. choice
19.A. balance B. example C. purpose D. success
20.A. rebuild B. break C. find D. review
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。
Lots of people give you advice on overcoming fear. ____1.___ However, I want to tell you that a world without fear would be more dangerous, less rewarding. So we want to treat fear as a friend. Here are three reasons.
____2.___ Think about it. Do you get more nervous when you meet the girl (or guy) of your dreams? Which is more fearful, talking to the boss of your company or to some of your friends? ___3.____ If you didn’t have fear to guide you, you might not know that! Not so bad, right?
Next, fear encourages us to take action. Fear is a call to action. In the past, our ancestors (祖先) didn’t run away in fear when they saw a tiger running toward them but tried to kill it for food. Now, most of us don’t face serious danger like hungry tigers every day, but we do face serious bosses or public speaking. So, what can we do? ___4.____ .
Lastly, fear lets you know you are alive. Why do we like roller coasters (过山车)? ____5._____ Same for horror movies.
So fear can guide you towards what’s important for you and encourage you to take action to improve your situation. Don’t we all need that kind of friend?
A. The first is that fear is an excellent guide to opportunity.
B. Don’t fear to be wrong.
C. They say if you can overcome fear, you will be successful.
D. It frightens us in a mostly safe way.
E. Imagine what life would be like without fear.
F. Fear is showing you what is important and what matters to you.
G. Let fear provide us with the energy to do what needs to be done.
