For as early as I could remember, my mother had been a bright, cheerful woman deeply interested and involved in the world around her. However, in the last fifteen years of her life, she had to live with senile dementia (老年痴呆). I would go to my home to pay her a visit in California and she would curiously look at me and then ask, “Who are you?” I would answer, “I’m your own son, of course.” “Where do you live?” She would ask. “In Virginia”, I would tell her. “Isn’t that interesting,” she would say, “I have a son in Virginia.”
Mother seemed only forgetful as well as confused at the beginning of that disease, but sometime later she would go through different time of intense anxiety. She would keep walking through the house she used to live in most of her life crying uneasily that she would like to go home. Or sometimes she left home and wandered away if she were unattended(无人照看) for a short time.
Hoping to make her happy and put her mind at ease I would take her in my car, visiting sites where she used to live when she was a child. In the yard of the hillside house in Shipman I sat in the car and admired the view of the old oaks and long green lawn. I pictured my mother that there was a little girl playing with the pet lamb she had been so fond of. I looked to her for some response. She shook her head and said, “I want to go home.”
Over the years I have decided that what my mother was calling home was not a place, but a time. I think it was a time when she was much younger, when her children were still underfoot, when her husband was still energetic and attentive.
Watching my mother’s suffering set me wondering where I would have in mind if someday I couldn’t find home and wanted to go there. In this family we tend to be long-lived and we grow fuzzy (糊涂的) minded as the years go by. At eighty I have already noticed some alarming symptoms（症状）. My doctor says the forgetfulness is only natural and that it comes with age. Still the fear of senile dementia is haunting there. Someday if and when I become even more cloudy minded than I am now, unable to drive and unable to tell you where "home" is, my dear son, I expect I will ask you to take me home, I know you will do your best to find the place I need to be. I leave these notes for your guidance.
1.Which of the following is NOT the symptom of the mother of the author?
A. forgetful B. confused C. cheerful D. uneasy
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “picture”?
A. 摄影 B.描绘 C.出现 D. 绘画
3.What can you infer from the third paragraph?
A. The author cared much about his mother.
B. The mother of the author liked pet lambs very much.
C. The author found a very little girl who was playing with a pet lamb.
D. The mother of the author did not like her usual home.
4.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Where Is Home?
B. A story about a son and a mother.
C. Everyone will suffer with senile dementia.
D. Take Mother Home.
单词拼写
1.____( decorate) with gold and jewels, which took the best artists about ten years to make, the Amber Room was a treasure.
2.This was a time ___the two countries were at war.
3.The man, ___ whom the castle belonged, decided to explode it.
4.The Winter and the Summer Olympics are held every four years___ a regular basis.
5.No_____ countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!
6.The more you speak English, the ___(good) your English will become.
7.Please move over to make room ____ the hero.
8.We can make this world a better place ___which to live.
9.____ time went by, I did research into how to make my radio.
10.What do the five stars on National Flag stand ____?
11.Ancient people read books ___ the light of moon.
12.Life is like an ocean; only__ strong-minded can reach the other shore.
13.Each side takes___(turn) to debate and gives reasons for their opinion.
14.The government has improved people’s____(house) conditions
15.____ happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.
16.Do the athletes compete___ prize money in the Modern Olympics？
17.There is no doubt ___the boxes were put on a train for a German city.
18.I think highly of those who ___(search ) for the Amber Room.
19.Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event_____(admit) as competitors.
20.Since the 1970s, many applicants ____(allow) to go abroad to further their education.
书面表达
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Sarah 打算暑期来北京旅游，来信询问改建后前门大街的情况。请你写封回信，简单介绍以下内容：
1. 简况：长800余米、600多年历史、300余家商铺；
2. 位置：天安门广场南面；
3. 交通：公共汽车17、69、59等路，地铁2号线；
4. 特色：步行街、当当车、茶馆、剧院等。
参考词汇：步行街 pedestrian street
当当车 trolley car
地铁 subway
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头语已为你写好，请将完整的回信书写在答题卡上。
Dear Sarah,
Thank you for your letter asking about the rebuilt Qianmen street. Here is something about it.
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Thank you !
Yours sincerely,
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便条。便条中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧ ），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。
Tom is my good friend he was born to a poor family. His mother has been suffering a serious disease for many years. Life is too tough for him that he once nearly dropped out school for his family couldn’t afford his schooling. However, Tom, a strong-minded boy, was not afraid of the difficulties that he has been facing. Instead, he studies more harder than the other students in our class, because he believes that only through learn can he have a chance to let his parents live the better life. Now, Tom has become one of the top student in our school.
From Tom experience, I know our positive and determined attitude is the best weapon we can use it to fight against the challenges in life, because nothing is impossible for a willing heart.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
O.Henry was a pen name __1._ (use) by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach __2.__ everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O.Henry went to Texas, _3.__ he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went __4.__ (miss) from the bank, O.Henry was believed 5.__ (steal) it. Because of that, he _6.__ (send) to prison. During __7.__ three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote _8.__ (most) about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple _9.__ the tales were, they would finish __10.__ a sudden change at the end, to the readers’ surprise.
词汇 根据句意及所给首字母写出单词
1.His daughter is being e_________ in England now and will graduate next year.
2.We’ve just bought some new f_________ to go with the new house.
3.The street was c_________ with people and the traffic was held up.
4.What will happen if the two countries in war fail to reach an a_________.
5.The country g_________ by the present president develops very smoothly.
6.Hurricane is a very v______ tropical storm.
7.Have you ever e________ real hunger and cold?
8.The little boy looked at his mother h_________, because he thought her mother had brought him a present.
9.The most popular place for tourists is the Eiffel Tower, the famous s______ of Paris.
10.Our school is only three blocks away o________ the hospital.
11.When f_______ a hard question, most people can’t give an answer immediately.
12.Cars are one of the leading c_______ of air pollution in the world today.
13.I accepted his c__________ to run a race, though I may not be match for her.
14.On the last graduation ceremony, I still remember my classmates e_______ presents with each other.
15.Can you show me the p______ of the city on the map?
