He met her at a party. She was outstanding while he was so normal. After the party, he invited her for coffee. She was surprised but being polite, she agreed.
As they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything and she felt uncomfortable. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, “Could you please give me some salt? I’d like to put it in my coffee. ” Everyone stared at him. He turned red, but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. Curious, she asked, “Why salt with coffee? ” He explained, “ When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing on the sea. I could feel the taste of sea, just like this salty coffee. ”
That was a really nice talk, also a good beginning of their story. They continued to date. She found that actually he was a man who met all her demands. Then the story was just like every beautiful love story: they got married and lived a happy life.
After 40 years, he passed away and left her a letter which said: My dearest, please forgive my life-long lie. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous that I asked for salt instead of sugar. It was hard for me to ask for a change, so I just went ahead. I never thought that could be the start of our conversation. I tried to tell you the truth, but I was afraid that it would ruin everything. I don’t like the salty coffee. But I have had the salty coffee for my whole life just because I love you!
Her tears made the letter totally wet. Someday, someone asked her, “What’s the taste of salty coffee?” She replied, “It’s sweet.”
1.She accepted his invitation after the party because ________.
A. she was pretty B. he met all her demands
C. he was humorous D. she was well-mannered
2.How do you understand the last paragraph?
A. The taste of salty coffee is special.
B. Her husband’s love to her is sweet.
C. Her memory about her life is great.
D. She is used to the taste of the salty coffee.
3.The best title for this passage is ________.
A. The Great Love B. The Salty Coffee
C. A Special Dating D. A Lifelong Lie
书面表达
假定你是李华，你的笔友Jane 最近总是感觉身体不适，因此写信向你询问如何保持健康。请你根据以下要点提示给她回信。
要点提示：1.合理饮食；2. 锻炼身体；3. 保证充足睡眠，不要熬夜。
注意：1. 词数不少于120个（信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jane,
I’m sorry to hear that you are not very well these days.
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Best wishes.
Yours sincerely.
Lihua
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：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：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。
When asking about happiness, we often think of something unusual, that seems to be hard to get as we grow older. Sometimes, the more we can enjoy what we have, the happy we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friend, the freedom to live in where we please, and even good health. So happiness isn’t about something that happens to us, it’s about how we see it in the reasonable way. Generally speaking, we were willing to hold a positive attitude towards things around us, and we should not look forward what we don’t have, but enjoy what they do have.
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。
Everyone needs good friends, because friendship is ___1.____ important relationship for human beings. Good friendship has many benefits, and they can make us open-minded and caring. Our friends will _____2._______(comfortable) us when we are in need. __3.___, it is not easy for us to make good friends. So, ____4._______ should we do to deal with it? First, we should communicate with others bravely, which will make us__5.________(know) by others. Second, the best friendships are the ones that grow naturally, so we should spare time to keep in touch ______6._____ our friends. ____7.____(final), allowing the friends to be themselves is the best way ____8.______(enjoy) the friendship. In__9.___ opinion, making good friends is not difficult for us, only if we go on ___10._______ (step) towards it.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。
It was Thanksgiving morning. In the crowded kitchen of my small house I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey _________the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in _________ clothes and thin little sandals(凉鞋), staying together at the door on the top step.
“Any old _________， lady?” asked one of them.
I was _________ . I wanted to say “no” until my eye _________their sandals, which were wet with heavy snow.
“ _________and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked _________ and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks on the _________ . I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight _________ the freezing cold outside. _________ I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget for Thanksgiving Day.
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 _________ voice，“Lady, are you _________ ?” “Am I rich? Pity. No!”
I looked at my old sofa covers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer(托盘) _________ and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” Her voice was flat with a need that no amount of food could supply. They left after that， _________ their papers against the wind. They hadn’t said “Thank you.” They didn’t need to. They had _________ me that I had so much to be grateful for. Plain blue China cups and saucers were _________worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a good and steady job—these _________，too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and _________ the living room. The muddy(沾上泥的) _________ of small sandals were still wet on my floor. Let them remain for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to _________ how rich I am.
1.A. beforeB. whileC. asD. when
2.A. raggedB. strangeC. ordinaryD. smart
3.A. clothesB. papersC. cupsD. shoes
4.A. sadB. nervousC. busyD. pleased
5.A. fell onB. came atC. went throughD. got into
6.A. Come overB. Come backC. Come outD. Come in
7.A. overB. outC. onD. off
8.A. doorB. floorC. groundD. wall
9.A. aboutB. againstC. forD. in
10.A. ThusB. ButC. ThenD. So
11.A. curiousB. carefulC. hopefulD. silent
12.A. helpfulB. kindC. richD. healthy
13.A. carefullyB. pleasantlyC. deeplyD. coldly
14.A. turningB. handingC. pushingD. holding
15.A. remindedB. promisedC. persuadedD. told
16.A. reallyB. evenC. wellD. only
17.A. matchedB. workedC. mixedD. agreed
18.A. decoratedB. equippedC. emptiedD. cleaned
19.A. linesB. marksC. signalsD. steps
20.A. realizeB. doubtC. forgetD. prove
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。
Books can be your best friends. 1. . They can introduce you the things you may never see... But do you know how to read them in order to get the fullest enjoyment possible? The following tips should help.
1. Find a book. Look in the library or in one of the large bookstores. You could also ask friends if you could have a book at their book shelves. Search the selves until you find a book that looks good. Read the first page to see how it reads, and the cover text on the back of the book, if it has any. 2.
2. Buy or borrow it and take it home. Do not start to read it until you have the time. 3. And set aside time to do nothing else but read, as it can be, at times, suspenseful(悬疑的), exciting and relaxing.
3. Get comfortable on the couch. Have a lamp behind you, lighting the area where you are reading. Make sure the television is off and that anything else that could distract you has been attended to. 4.
4. Start the book by turning the pages and really enjoy it. Do not think about anything else but what you are reading. Put yourself into the action or location in the story. Once you concentrate completely, it will be difficult to put the book down. And remember that reading is not running your eyes over a book. 5. However, if you need to read the book quickly, then you do not need to pay attention to every word.
A. Otherwise, you will miss it.
B. Try to imagine the story in your head.
C. You should read it actively and enjoy it completely.
D. They can take you to places that you may never go.
E. If you are already concentrating, then buy it or borrow it.
F. Get warm if you are going to be sitting still for a few hours.
G. If you are busy doing other things, you should wait until you have finished them.
