Grandma celebrated her fifty-third birthday just weeks before grandpa died of cancer in 1965. Although his passing was very difficult for her, I think their shared struggle to make his life longer taught grandma that good health was not to be taken for granted, and she made up her mind to live the rest of her own life as fully and as long as she could. One day, when she announced to attend lessons at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Portland, Oregon, where she lived, we rolled our eyes in embarrassment and helplessly wished she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal grandmothers did. Many years filled with countless dance lessons passed before we learned to appreciate the wonder of having a dancing grandma.
I suppose grandma’s primary motivation for wanting to learn to dance was social. She had been a shy girl, always very tall and heavy, and had married into grandpa’s quiet lifestyle before developing any elegance or confidence in her personal appearance. Dancing, on the other hand, filled her life with flash lights, wonderful parties, beautiful dresses, handsome young dance instructors, and the challenge of learning. Although the weekly dance lessons did not change her ample, two- hundred-pound figure, grandma surprised everyone with energetic performances on the dance floor, which soon gave her as much elegance and confidence as any Miss American competitor.
Having taken weekly dance lessons for years, my grandma learned various dances easily and was soon participating in dancing matches all over the Northwest. When I was fourteen, grandma proudly invited me to watch her compete in one of these matches to be held in the grand ballroom of the Red Lion Inn. My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point, but to make her happy, my mother and I attended the match. As if to prove me wrong, grandma made a wonderful showing in every event she entered. I thought she was truly the queen of the ball during the dance, and my thoughts were shared by the judges a short time later when she was awarded a gold cup for her outstanding performance.
1.What did grandma learn from grandpa’s death?
A. Good health was not there for everyone.
B. She should take dance lessons.
C. She had to struggle to live a better life.
D. She should wear beautiful dresses.
2.Normal grandmas usually _______ in the author’s point of view.
A. took dance lessons
B. did some exercises at home
C. took care of grandchildren at home
D. did some housework at home
3.The author felt _______ when he was invited to watch grandma’s match.
A. happy B. proud C. excited D. uninterested
书面表达
目前，牡丹江第一高级中学发出了开展“全校阅读”活动的号召。假如你是学校学生会主席李华，请你围绕“爱读书，读好书”的主题，根据下面要点，用英语给学校学生写一封倡议书。
要点： 1.读书的意义；
2.读好书的必要性；
3.发出“爱读书，读好书”倡议
注意：1.词数100左右 2.倡议书的开头和结尾已给出。 2.提示词：学生会Student Union
Dear fellow students,
Now our school is launching a “book-reading campaign”
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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。
A college graduate was new in the job and she found something really strange. One of her colleague was a lazy man, who usually played his digital camera or listen to music during working time. To her surprised, the boss never blamed him because his behavior.
One day, her colleague was listening to the music while the boss came and said serious, “the host computer has something wrong.” The colleague rushed to the controlling center to solving the problem and began to fix them silently. Twenty minutes later, and the host computer reworked normally. Then the graduate realized the economic loss what her colleague had saved this time must have been hundreds of his salary.
单词拼写
1.They are having a heated ________(争论） on whether smoking is harmful.
2.In the old society, people suffered from （贫穷）and illness.
3.It’s ________(极冷的）in the house. Can’t I turn on the heating?
4._________(有希望地），we will get there on time.
5.He _________(抱怨） to the waiter that his meat was cold.
6.I think the picture would look better on the _________(对面的） wall.
7.An earthquake ________(侵袭）the area last night.
8.The country was ________(统治）by the Roman Empire.
9.There are some __________(相似之处）between the two poets.
10.The earthquake did great __________(破坏） to the bridge.
语法填空
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。
My name is Billy Smith. I’m 50 years old this year. I was about 440 pounds two years ago. ____1.____(fortunate), I managed to lose weight.
I began to gain weight when my mom developed Parkinson’s disease in 1994. I soon became her caregiver, and continued to provide her __ 2.___ care for over 10 years. But when the pressure of taking care of my mother and ___3.___(keep) my job got too much for me, I began to skip meals and feed on fast food. I gained weight quickly.
My huge weight gain caused me to develop high blood pressure. I also had ___4.___(difficult) in breathing at times. In 2014 I went to see my doctor, ___5.__ told me that I would die within two years if I didn’t lose weight. This wasn’t what I expected. I wanted to see my young son grow up, and I knew it was time to make a change.
I started to eat healthy food and work out in the gym. Finally, I ____6.(succeed) in losing weight. Now I weigh just 260 pounds. I had never been to my son’s Parents’ Meeting ___7.___ I was so ashamed and _8.___(scare) that my weight would lead to him being laughed at. Now , __9.___(look) normal, I can do the things I have never been able to do, ____10.____should have done as his father.
完形填空
阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项。
The first week is always a bit hard in my writing classes. I’m unfamiliar _________ the students, most of them trying to _________ themselves to their new environment. When Jennifer _________ me with a question on the second day, I was _________ for the chance to connect at least one name with a face.
Her writing wasn’t perfect, _________ her effort was. She worked hard and pushed herself to achieve. She was excited to _________ , which made me enjoy teaching her. I didn’t _________ then how much she would also teach me. One Friday afternoon, Jennifer stopped by after class. She wasn’t asking a question _________ a paper I’d returned. _________ , she said quietly: “I didn’t attend classes yesterday. I was at the health center the whole day.” I gave her a sideways look, _________ . “It was just a virus (病毒). I’m fine now,” she _________ me. Then she was gone.
Two nights later, her father called to tell me that Jennifer would be_________ a few classes. She had been in hospital with meningitis (脑膜炎). I heard from him again a few days later, and again after that. Her condition grew _________ . We made trips to the hospital room. I was _________ frightened when I saw the pale, thin and weak girl who, only ten days earlier, had displayed life and warmth in my classroom.
A week later, Jennifer herself called me to tell me she was on the road to _________ . “I’ll be back to school one day,” she said. “I have no _________ that you’ll be with us.” I told her, _________ tears. I remembered what her father had said in his first phone call: “school _________ everything to Jenny.”
Then five weeks later, I walked into my classroom to find Jenny in her seat, __ _________. She _________ all of her missed homework, completed with thought and excellence. The strength of her will to overcome shone out of her pale, weak, eighteen-year-old face.
1.A. for B. with C. to D. among
2.A. concentrate B. adopt C. devote D. adapt
3.A. offered B. bothered C. challenged D. approached
4.A. thankful B. prepared C. disappointed D. embarrassed
5.A. so B. or C. and D. but
6.A. receive B. learn C. contact D. give
7.A. realize B. argue C. care D. admit
8.A. beyond B. about C. to D. with
9.A. However B. Instead C. Therefore D. Besides
10.A. shy B. excited C. delighted D. astonished
11.A. impressed B. supported C. attracted D. comforted
12.A. expecting B. producing C. missing D. taking
13.A. better B. sicker C. worse D. heavier
14.A. hardly B. mainly C. frequently D. truly
15.A. recovery B. success C. school D. attitude
16.A. idea B. influence C. opinion D. doubt
17.A. going back B. fighting back C. leaving back D. running back
18.A. shares B. creates C. means D. exchanges
19.A. smiling B. crying C. sobbing D. shaking
20.A. gave up B. handed in C. left out D. put up
