On a rainy night three years ago my dear mom went to accompany her Lord. She did it her way.
I got the call at work, and l headed home quickly. Mom and Dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since I was seven. I hated going there every weekend. There was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old TV set, if the weather allowed reception.
My mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the land. The place was rural, with no indoor plumbing or heat. We had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to me.
In the evenings, my mom and I would sit for hours singing in the little kitchen. I sang the melody and Mom harmonized. Her favorite song was “Moon River” and we sang it over and over. Mom told me stories about how when I was a little girl I could sing before I could talk.
As time passed, I had my own children and went to visit them every week or two. The kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dad. Me, well, I still hated the silence of the farm. While my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, I missed the hustle and bustle of my life at home. But I sat there listening quietly as she reminisced.
Now, I sat back in the silence and the silence was deathly so I finally leaned over to turn on an old radio. Music always comforted me. My heart skipped a beat. “Moon River” was playing on the radio. I sat there wordless, with a tear running down my cheek, as I listened to every familiar note.
1. From the first paragraph, we know that the writer’s mother ________.
A. passed away three years ago
B. left the small farm with Lord
C. left for Lord to live her own way
D. preferred to be with Lord
2. The underlined word “reminisced” in the last but one paragraph probably means ________.
A. recalled B. comforted
C. shouted D. sighed
3.The writer didn’t like staying on the farm for the following reasons EXCEPT that ________.
A. it was too cold and quiet
B. she could only sing one song on the small farm
C. there was nothing more that could make her excited
D. the place was rural, with no indoor plumbing or heat
4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. Cherish Life B. My Happy Childhood
C. Our Small Farmhouse D. Mom’s Music
假定你是李华，你校英文报“外国文化”栏目拟刊登美国节日风俗和中学生生活的短文。请给美国朋友彼得写信约稿，要点如下：
1. 栏目介绍。
2. 稿件内容；
3. 稿件长度：约400词汇
4. 交稿日期：6月28日前天
注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯的；3.开头语已为你写好。
Dear Peter,
I'd like to ask you to write an article for our school’s English newspaper.
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仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Jim,
I am so exciting that you will come to China. I will free from December 18 and will have a plenty of time to be together with you. I’ll meet you at the airport and then you can take No. 8 Bus to my home. You worry about the weather here in your email. In fact, the weather here is quite different from it in your city. It isn’t very cold, but you needn’t bring many clothes with you. During your stay here, I’ll take you to some places of interests and you can taste some local snacks. I am sure we will have greatly fun together.
I’m look forward to meeting you soon.
Yours,
John
写出下列单词的适当形式
1.I play the piano for ______________.(放松)
2.He ___________ (惊恐) and ran as fast as he could to safety.
3.Mike___________ (与……相似) his mother in appearance while his personality follows his father’s.
4.She devoted herself entirely to her research and it earned her a good _____________ (名誉) in her field.
5.Everyone should keep discipline and you are no_____________(例外)．
6.Some parents are too protective. They want to___________ (庇护) their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.
7.Now, even cars can _________________ (购买) on the Internet with just a few clicks of a mouse.
8.I’d prefer to ____________ (保留) my judgment until I find all the evidence.
9.The Great Wall is listed as one of the _____________(奇迹) of the world.
10.The audience was impressed by his amazing _______________(表演).
填入所给单词的适当形式
1.At times this balance of nature ___________ (disturb), which results in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.
2. With his mind _____________ (focus) on the things not related to his studies, his marks have fallen rapidly.
3.When _____________(compare) with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain doesn’t seem high at all.
4. Students should be encouraged_____________(present) their own opinions, whether right or wrong.
5. Walking along the river bank one day, I found a child ___________ (struggle) in the water.
6.The plan__________ (design) to encourage the employees to improve their work turned out to be a success.
7.The mobile phone _____________(guarantee) for at least five years, but it went wrong only one year later.
8. It’s high time someone ______________(protest) against human rights violations.
9.A sheep ___________ (feed) on this kind of special grass usually grows much faster than one on ordinary.
10.Some students have no idea of why they are studying, so they are _________ (aim) most of the time.
单句语法填空
1. Another new year is coming. It's up to all of us to fill it with things__________ promise progress and happiness.
2.Can Starbucks find a place in China, ________ tea has been the preferred drink for hundreds of years?
3.The World Wide Fund for wildlife is an organization ________ aim is to protect wildlife.
4.The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point ___________ he can walk correctly and safely.
5. _______________(suffer) such a heavy loss, the boss didn’t have the courage to go on with his business.
6.____________(ignore) the difference between the two research findings will be one of the worst mistakes you make.
7.Hot _______the night air was, we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey.
8.They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year, ____________ difficulty they might have.
9.What ______________ (require) in our team is that everyone should obey the rules to the letter.
10.When her mother came in, she ____________ (pretend) to have fallen asleep.
