My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. In this case he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged（乞求）him. Nothing worked.

One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and begged for help. "Please God, I can't do anything more for my son. I'm at the end of my rope. I'm giving the whole thing up to you."

I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. "I want to talk to you about Karl's absences." Before he could say another word, I choked（哽咽） up and all my disappointment（失望） and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. "I love my son but I just don't know what to do. I've tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It's out of my hands." For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, "Thank you for your time." and hung up.

Karl's next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he was even on the list of the best students at school. In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turned himself around.

After the meeting, Karl said, "Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?" I nodded.

"That was me. I thought I'd play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That's when I knew I had to make you proud."

1. By saying "Karl became withdrawn", the writer means the boy changed completely and _______.

A. preferred to stay alone at home

B. lost interest in his studies

C. refused to talk to others

D. began to dislike his mother

2.There was silence on the other end of the line because the speaker _______.

A. was too moved to say anything to the mother

B. waited for the mother to finish speaking

C. didn't want the mother to know who he was

D. didn't want to say to his mother

3.The phrase "at the end of my rope" means _______ in Chinese.

A.心如刀割 B.心意冷 C.失魂落魄 D. 山窮水盡

4.What does this passage mainly tell us?

A. Being understood by parents is very important to teenagers.

B. Mother's love plays an important part in teenagers' life.

C. School education doesn't work without full support from parents.

D. Children in single-parent families often have problems with their mind.

5.The best title for the passage is _______.

A. A lonely boy

B. How to get on with a teenager

C. A student who turned himself around

D. A joking phone call

詞匯檢測(cè)（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋或通過上下文，在答題卡標(biāo)有題號(hào)的橫線上，寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。每空只寫一詞。

1.She cut out her puppet with the (剪刀).

2. How will you celebrate your (四十) birthday?

3.The president is paying a (私人的) visit to Europe.

4.His paintings attract a great （很多）of attention.

5.He will come to my help （每當(dāng)） I'm in trouble.

6.My flight was （取消） because of the heavy snow.

7.The children are （分開） the good apples from the bad ones.

8.- How do you like Audrey Hepbum?

- She was a as an actress.

9.- Is Grandma at home now?

- ? I can't hear you well on the phone.

10.- I'm sorry, Mr. White. I made a silly mistake.

- Take it easy. No one is .

句子翻譯（共5小題：每小題3分，滿分15分）

將下列句子譯成英語，并將所譯句子寫在答題卡標(biāo)有題號(hào)的橫線上。

1.昨天我向他買了兩件藝術(shù)品。

2.你認(rèn)為誰是當(dāng)主演的最佳人選？

3.百分之八十的錢款正被寄往貧困地區(qū)。

4.科技使得人們的生活更豐富多彩。

5.這是他第一次成功報(bào)道音樂節(jié)。

書面表達(dá)（共1小題；滿分20分）

越來越多的中國(guó)中學(xué)生出國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)，對(duì)此人們有不同的看法。請(qǐng)根據(jù)以下表格提示，以Studying Abroad為題，用英文給《二十一世紀(jì)英文報(bào)·中學(xué)生版》寫一篇短文。

注意：1．詞數(shù)90左右。短文的開頭已為你寫好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)；

2．短文須包括所有要點(diǎn)，不要逐詞翻譯，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，使短文連貫、通順；

3．短文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)的人名、校名等相關(guān)信息。

Studying Abroad

In recent years, studying abroad has been popular with Chinese high school students. As for this, people have different opinions.

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We can have ________ bluer sky if we create _________less polluted world.

A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the

---Can you describe what Mr. Green's daughter is like?

--- Oh, she has the very_______ of Mr. Green. I'm sure you can know her at the first sight.

A. photo B. voice C. look D. taste

— Must I turn off the gas after cooking?

— Of course. You can never be________ careful with that.

A. enough B. too C. so D. very

—What can you see _________ the bridge, Millie?

—Oh, an elephant is standing over there. Let’s go and see it.

A. across B. through C. above D. Over

—I’m sorry, sir. I’ve made lots of mistakes in the monthly exam.

— Never mind. ___________, the exam is a bit difficult.

A. In all B. Above all

C. After all D. First of all

The plan they are talking about _________ improving greatly.

A. need B. needs C. needing D. Needed