阅读理解。
As I walked along the Edgware Road, I felt as though the world was closing in on me. All the sounds I take for granted, had gone. I had entered a world of silence. This unsettling experience occurred a few weeks ago when I agreed to go deaf for the day to support the work of the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, for which I am an ambassador.
When I managed to take a cab to the office of my manager, Gavin, I couldn’t hear what the taxi driver was saying to me. Conversation was impossible. Then, when I reached the office, I had to ring the intercom five times as I couldn’t hear a response.
Everybody said I was shouting at them--- I simply wasn’t aware of how loudly I was speaking as I couldn’t hear my own voice. Gavin kept telling me my phone was ringing, but I didn’t realize. I was too busy trying to concentrate on reading his lips. And when he tried to tell me a code to put into my phone, I had to keep asking him to repeat it, more slowly. Eventually he lost his patience and snapped at me: “Just give me the phone!” I was shocked.
People couldn’t be bothered to repeat themselves, so they kept trying to do things for me that I was perfectly capable of doing myself. I felt I’d lost control.
Being deaf for the day was extraordinarily tiring. I had to work so hard to “listen” with my eyes, get people’s attention and use my other senses to make up for my lack of hearing. It was a huge, exhausting effort.
Until that experience I didn’t realize how much I took my own hearing for granted, or the sorts of emotions and experiences deaf people go through. If a deaf person asks you to repeat something, never think: “It doesn’t matter.” It does matter.
1.Why did the author focus on reading Gavin’s lips?
A. By doing this he could understand what Gavin was saying.
B. He wanted to be aware of what the code was.
C. He attempted to get the code into the phone by himself.
D. He didn’t want to bother Gavin to repeat what he was saying.
2.What advice does the author give in the passage?
A. Speak at the top of your voice if you can’t hear others speaking.
B. Repeat things as slowly as possible for the deaf.
C. Take your own hearing for granted.
D. Do as many things as possible for the deaf.
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. It’s boring to live in a world of silence.
B. The author has to use gestures to communicate with his friends.
C. There are many other ways to help the deaf understand others.
D. Many ordinary people just take hearing for granted until they lose it.
4.What can be the best title of the passage?
A. Helping the Deaf with More Patience
B. Don’t Take Your Hearing for Granted
C. Listening with Eyes
D. The Importance of Reading Lips
假设你是李华，临近高考了，你给初中英语老师Miss. Li写一封感谢信，内容要点如下：
1、 感谢她给你的帮助；
2、 你为高考做的准备；
3、 你对大学的展望以及上大学后的打算。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头已为你写好，但不计入总词数。
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。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。
Doing good daily doesn’t necessary mean helping other people. We can also do something good for other little creatures on this earth. Today, I was on my way to home and saw the turtle trying to cross the road. I stop my car, picked up and brought it to a river nearby. It was the rush hour but there were a lot of cars behind me. It took me about five minute to finish doing that. Although my action might be clearly an inconvenience with other cars, I knew that save a life was well worth their waiting. In my mind, what I did was meaningless.
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。
As a single mom, it is often hard for me to provide those little “extras” my children seem to want. About four weeks ago, my 11-year-old son came home from school and 1. (excite) said that the musical instrument he had made from 2. (recycle ) products was chosen to be sent to the NYS Green Nation Recycling Competition in Albany. There was a note 3. his teacher informing that my son 4. (invite) to attend the competition but the parents were expected to pay for their children. My son was excited, 5. I felt helpless. I didn’t have that kind of money. 6. was going to cost $300! Well, my son 7. (immediate) began to do part time jobs so he could earn some money for the trip, and I began to work as much as I could 8. (put) a little extra in as well. We prayed every night that somehow we would raise the money for him to attend the competition. At last, we go9.telephone call from the Deputy Sheriff’s Association in our area, and much to our 10. (amaze), this wonderful group of men and women would come together to sponsor my son, so he could attend this event! My son is truly blessed.
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。
Friends and neighbors poured in to greet her. The phones ring endlessly and she answers them to accept _________ from all the wishers. She is _________ her golden day as she reaches 50 years of age.
Her mother welcomed her into this world with tears of _________，for she was not the son her mother had desired. Her father felt blessed to have a sweet little daughter like her _________. As she grew up, she_________ joy to the whole family. Her grandparents made her life a princess, but her mother never showed any _________ to her. She never really got a chance to_________a special mother-daughter bonding. _________ ，she was always surrounded by her friends. But what she_________ for was some tender words of love from her mother.
As she grew up, she found her own ways to _________ her sorrow of such mental hurt. At college, she found some close friends to _________ a lifelong friendship with. Her friends felt _________ of her and remarked how lucky she was to live like a princess. Later she married a young bachelor who _________ her a brighter future. There were several ups and downs in their _________ but his support brought fresh _________ to her life. She shared a magical relationship with her daughter, and thus she _________ as a baby when her daughter married and immigrated abroad. She said her daughter had helped her _________ the sorrow of her past. Our conversation was_________ interrupted by a call. It didn’t take long for me to _________ who the caller was. It must be her _________.
1.A. warnings B. greetings C. suggestions D. opinions
2.A. celebrating B. expecting C. receiving D. foreseeing
3.A. gratefulness B. excitement C. sorrow D. astonishment
4.A. though B. yet C. therefore D. otherwise
5.A. took B. admitted C. fetched D. brought
6.A. patience B. love C. comfort D. terror
7.A. share B. welcome C. increase D. improve
8.A. Pitifully B. Regretfully C. Fortunately D. Normally
9.A. longed B. prepared C. searched D. thanked
10.A. predict B. avoid C. resist D. overcome
11.A. develop B. take C. compare D. fight
12.A. tired B. envy C. afraid D. ashamed
13.A. answered B. promised C. advised D. informed
14.A. quarrels B. studies C. relations D. lives
15.A. hope B. disaster C. applause D. agreement
16.A. laughed B. whispered C. cried D. argued
17.A. off B. with C. through D. in
18.A. casually B. gradually C. suddenly D. frequently
19.A. detect B. guess C. imagine D. conclude
20.A. daughter B. mother C. father D. brother
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。
Tips to Increase Your Productivity
Want to get more done in your day? Of course you do. 1. The good news is that everyone can increase the amount of tasks they accomplish in a day. Here are some tips to help you have a more productive day.
Make a plan for your day. Make sure you know how you want your day to go in advance, even before you start. 2. To work best, create the next day’s plan the night before so that every morning you spend time performing, not planning.
Break large tasks down into bits accomplished easily. Do you have a large project that’s just so big that you keep putting it off? Or maybe you’re just unsure of where to begin, so you put it off. 3. Therefore, you will feel a sense of accomplishment as you check the items of your list.
Always set your priorities (优先事项). 4. Figure out what must be done, do that first and rank the rest of your work according to importance. If you don’t get to the items at the end of your list, it won’t be a big problem, and you can do them another time.
5. If you are the most productive in the morning, that’s when you should hit it hard and do as much as you can. If you work better in the afternoon, take care of some things like emails in the morning and then accomplish the important projects in the afternoon. Keep on top of your work habits, and you’ll be more productive.
A. Reward yourself if you are productive.
B. Be aware of when you are the most productive.
C. This can provide you a roadmap for the day.
D. It’s tough to meet depressed people who are productive.
E. It’s important to accomplish the most important tasks first.
F. A good way is to break the project down into more manageable ones.
G. To stay competitive in any industry, you need to improve your productivity.
