My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard. 1. Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.

My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. 2. She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.

3. Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us. 4. She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.

Often she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is! 5. This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.

A. She enjoys listening to classic music.

B. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.

C. She loves her students and cares for them.

D. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.

E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.

F. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.

G. Can you tell us something about your mother?

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of .

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She her head and continued to sew the quilt.

I was worried because I thought I had her. I was and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:

“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread. Sometimes it , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen , but it’s really there. Love is .”

I listened carefully but I her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked _ . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father on the country road.

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

“Susan, don’t me.” He said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and . But from this experience, I understand that love is just in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

1.A. keep fit B. rise early C. earn money D. collect money

2.A. magic B. romantic C. fantastic D. attractive

3.A. simple B. easy C. relaxing D. luxurious

4.A.control B. question C. reach D. the question

5.A. feeling B. love C. quarrel D. smile

6.A. raised B. Shook C. nodded D. bowed

7.A. hurt B. Injured C. wounded D. harmed

8.A. in great surprise B. in a great embarrassmentC. with deep depression D. at extreme sorrow

9.A. happens B. comes about C. appears D. occurs

10.A. warm and soft B. hot and hard C. thin and cool D. strong and durable

11.A. somewhere and sometimeB. anywhere or anytimeC. more or less D. here and there

12.A. inside B. outside C. faraway D. nearby

13.A. could believe B. couldn’t understandC. wouldn’t recognizeD. might know

14.A. got sick B. got stuck C. threw up D. became disabled

15.A. quite healthy B. very pale C. fairly red D. much surprised

16.A. jump high B. go hurriedly C. run fast D. walk slowly

17.A. think about B. talk with C. worry about D. laugh at

18.A. Reading B. Seeing C. Saying D. Writing

19.A. fresh roses B. gold ring C. sweet kisses D. beautiful jewelry

20.A. a thread B. a needle C. the cloth D. the cotton

Tony and I are good friends. We tried to walk across the United States of America. We’re not exactly sure why we were doing it. Part of 1. was to test ourselves; to see if we could face the challenges. When I was 2. teenager I often daydreamed that I was going to walk across the United States after I 3. (graduate) from high school. 4. , I didn’t do that.

Before I knew it I was5. my thirties ,married , a job, yet still had this idea in my mind with each passing year. I figured I was too old and my opportunity6. (pass). Then, a few years ago, I met Tony , 7. was in his thirties and quit his job as a civil engineer in New York City to walk across the United States.He wasn’t doing it for a cause as part of an organization. He was doing it 8. (simple) because he loved to walk and discover. The idea was back and I no longer had an excuse. We planned on averaging 20 miles a day and taking some days off 9. (rest), so we expected the walk to take about 6 months realizing it could take10. (long). We were in no hurry: The total distance would have been about 3,100 miles.

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏詞符號(hào)（^），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

Three years ago I failed a important exam in my life and became a student in an ordinary school. Disappointing as I felt at the shabby campus and the poorly-equipped classroom, we found the teachers patient and considerate. Besides, I enjoyed the friendly atmosphere on class. I decided to make best of it. I work hard and got along well with my teachers and classmates. Whenever I had difficulties, they were not helpful. Soon , I became one of the top student in my class, which greatly increased my confident and got me motivated.

My experience tells me that it is not what you are given but how you make use of it which determines who you are.

假設(shè)你是新華中學(xué)的高三學(xué)生李華，你校打算邀請(qǐng)阿里巴巴首席執(zhí)行官馬云來學(xué)校做一次畢業(yè)典禮演講，請(qǐng)你給馬首席寫一封邀請(qǐng)信。內(nèi)容包括：

1.說明寫信的目的；

2.說明演講的具體安排-----時(shí)間：5月30日；地點(diǎn)：學(xué)校操場(chǎng);

主題：怎樣通過個(gè)人奮斗實(shí)現(xiàn)人生理想；

3.表達(dá)感謝與祝福。

注意：1.詞數(shù)100左右，開頭結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)；

2.可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3.參考詞匯：畢業(yè)典禮演講 commencement speech

Dear Mayun, CEO of Ali Baba,

My name is Li Hua. I’m a Senior 3 student from Xinhua Middle School.

Sincerely yours,

Li Hua

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.

When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle: "No pain, no gain". He hardly watered his new trees, an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wisdom.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.

So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.

I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of attending these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. Adversity seemed to benefit Doctor Gibb's trees in ways comfort and ease never could.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to encounter hardship. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won't be torn apart.

1.With the trees planted, Doctor Gibbs often______.

A. kept watering them every morning

B. talked to them to get their attention

C. paid little attention to them

D. beat them to make them grow deep roots

2. What does the underlined word "Adversity" mean in the sixth paragraph?

A. Difficult living conditions. B. Lack of moisture.

C. Enough care or attention. D. Bad weather.

3.Which prayer does the author wish for his sons?

A. Have an easy life, without too much to worry about.

B. Be able to stand the rain and wind in their lives.

C. Have good luck, encountering less hardship in their life.

D. Meet people like Dr Gibbs in the future.

A Robot Fish has been developed by National University of Singapore’s researchers from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering．This robot fish has movements which have been inspired by the movements of the carp（鯉魚）．

There are various purposes that it can be used for．It can help in underwater archaeology （ 考古學(xué) ）．For example, it can enter a sunken city where human divers cannot enter．Just like a fish , it can also look at all the comers of particular wreckage．This robot can also be used for general purposes such as detection of leakages in a pipeline or for laying down communication cables across oceans．It also has possible military uses．

In order to copy carp movements, Mr．Fan studied the movements of the fish for around 3 months．He studied all the different movements of carp using different cameras and then converted these movements mathematically to transfer this data to the robot using many actuators（驅(qū)動(dòng)器）．

Professor Xu commented on the robot that the current models that copy fish movements are capable only of 2D movements which limits their capability as they are not able to dive into water．He said that his model is the first model with 3D movements which allows it to dive as well as float with the help of its fins, just as a normal fish would do．Hence, this fish model robot has much greater movement capability．It would be much harder for enemies to detect as compared to traditional ones when used for military purposes．

The researches want to make their robot fish even smaller, more realistic while adding more sensors such as GPS and video camera to it．This will improve its autonomous 3D movement．They are also planning to test the fish by giving it more difficult tasks such as detecting various objects．

1.The author gave an example in paragraph 2 _____．

A．to introduce the Robot Fish can help in underwater archaeology

B．to show the Robot Fish can be used for general purposes

C．to show the Robot Fish can lay down communication cables across oceans

D．to tell us the Robot Fish has possible military uses

2.Which is NOT true about the 3D Robot Fish?

A．It is capable of diving into water．

B．It cannot dive into water．

C．It can float using its fins．

D．It is difficult to detect．

3.What' s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．The researchers will give the robot more difficult tasks．

B．The researches want to make their robot smaller．

C．The researchers are going to test the robot．

D．The researches plan to improve the robot．

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．First Robot Fish with Autonomous 3D Movement used widely

B．First Robot Fish with Autonomous 3D Movement treading the ocean

C．First Robot Fish with Autonomous 3D Movement created in Singapore

D．First Robot Fish with Autonomous 3D Movement's general purposes

MUMBAI, India —The children in their party clothes on the stage were very excited when they received the award. And the two of them said, "It’s unbelievable!"

Nine-year-old, Rubina Ali, and Azharuddin Ismail, 10, were living a very different life and obviously loving every minute of it. The two, some of the child stars of the Oscar-winning Slum dog Millionaire(《貧民窟的百萬富翁》)movie, know the Indian slums very well. That was where they grew up, and it is where they will return at the end of their Hollywood dream trip.

But before going back home, there was an interview with the host, Ryan Seacrest. During the interview they smiled and repeated their disbelief in what was happening to them. To their surprise, their movie won first place in the Oscars. When the two received the award, it was late morning in the children’s home city of Mumbai, where family, friends and many fellow residents of the slums watched the result from Hollywood.

"I don’t really know what the Oscars are," Rubina’s mother said. "I’m just glad my daughter looks happy, though she told me she missed Indian food."

"Our children lead a dog’s life," Rubina’s mother said, pointing out the rubbish everywhere, the open drains (下水道) and the lack of education opportunities.

In a few days they will be back in Mumbai and back in the slums which are their home. Fortunately, according to media reports, the movie’s director, Danny Boyle, has promised to help the children he chose from the slum and make sure they will go to a proper school.

The two don’t need to worry about their daily lives because of the Oscar success of Slum dog Millionaire. But the poverty and lack of opportunity —the central theme of the movie—is always all around.

1. Which of the following is NOT true about the two children?

A. They were both excited about receiving the award.

B. They had been having a difficult life in India.

C. They were interviewed before they went back home.

D. They were the only two child stars in the movie, Slum dog Millionaire.

2.When the children attended the Oscar ceremony in Hollywood, their family and friends were _______.

A. doing what they did as usual

B. watching TV in Mumbai

C. seeing the movie Slum dog Millionaire

D. having a family party

3.What can we infer from the text?

A. The two children have played in other movies before.

B. Rinoms’s mother also went to the Hollywood.

C. Rubina may not get used to the American food.

D. They will travel to other countries before returning home.

4.What will happen to the two children after they return to India?

A. They will go back to the miserable life.

B. They will play in movies as famous actors.

C. They will leave school to learn acting.

D. They will have a better education.

Aside from doing schoolwork and studying, American students must also participate in various extra-curricular activities. Many students get involved in their communities by doing volunteer work at various local organizations. In fact, the school I attend even requires students to perform a certain number of hours of volunteer work per semester. It is part of our study hall(自修課) grade, as well as a graduation requirement.

There are many places to do volunteer work in the community. Some of my classmates volunteer at the local animal shelter, the community table (which provides free meals for needy families), charity(慈善) stores, and many others. Finding a suitable place to volunteer usually depends on what’s available, as well as personal interests. For example, a friend of mine who enjoys swimming volunteers at the recreation center to teach young children how to swim.

With all these options out there, I ended up doing most of my volunteer work at a school library and a non-profit bookstore called Friends of the Library. This bookstore sells donated books at cheap prices, and all the profits made are donated to the local library.

I thought it was very fitting that I do my volunteer work at a library and a bookstore, because reading has always been very important to me. I love working in the bookstore now, because every sale we make helps our public library expand, and gives it the funds needed to purchase new books.

I think everyone should have the opportunity to read, and that we each should do our part to help those who don’t have the chance. There is a charity event, called One Book for A Window of Opportunity, in which Chinese students can donate a book to the children of the poor village Fangmaping. They don’t have a lot of resources, so reading can be a challenge.Tofind out more about this event, please visit: http://bbs.enfamily.cn/thread-739278-1-1.html.

1.This passage is written by _____.

A. a Chinese student B. an American student

C. a Chinese teacher D. an American teacher

2.This passage is supposed to write to ____.

A. villagers in Fangmaping B. the writer’s parents

C. Chinese readers D. American readers

3.The writer chose to do volunteer work at _____.

A. a local animal shelter B. a charity store

C. a recreation center D. a library and a bookstore

4.By writing the article, the writer hopes to _____.

A. meet the graduation requirement

B. look for another volunteer job

C. get more chances to read

D. encourage people to offer help

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

There is one thing that everyone wants more than anything else.___1.__．They think that when they have enough money to buy such [things as houses，farms，and cars，they will have the thing that everyone wants.

Other people believe that if they know enough they will find this thing． 2.__ . Still others think that if they have power，they will find this thing．Some people keep telling themselves：“When I'm a boss，I will no longer have to search for this thing．”

What is it that everyone wants more than anything else? What is it that all of us keep working and striving(奮斗)for each day? 3._． Happiness is a strange thing． 4. .What will make one man happy may not make another man happy．Some men say that happiness comes from helping others；other men say that happiness comes from making life more pleasant for everyone．What do you mean when you say “ That makes me happy. ” 5.__ . Perhaps you will learn something that will bring you peace of mind，comfort，money or it may be what you search for--- happiness．

A．It is happiness．

B. It does not mean the same to all men．

C．They study all their life in search of it．

D．Happiness means the same to everyone．

E. Some people try to get it by making money．

F．When one man feels happy，another man will feel sad．

G．Read what different people have said about happiness．