I was saved from sin(罪過(guò)) when I was going on thirteen. But not really saved. It happened like this. There was a big revival(復(fù)活) at my Auntie Reed’s church. Then just before the revival ended, they held a special meeting for children, “to bring the young lambs to the fold(羊欄)”. My aunt spoke of it for days ahead. That night I was accompanied to the front row and placed on the mourners’ bench with all the other young sinners, who had not yet been brought to Jesus.

My aunt told me that when you were saved you saw a light, and something happened to you inside! And Jesus came into your life! And God was with you from then on! She said you could see and hear and feel Jesus in your soul. I believed her.

So I sat there calmly in the hot, crowded church, waiting for Jesus to come to me. I wanted to see him, but nothing happened to me. Nothing! I wanted something to happen to me, but nothing happened.

Now it was really getting late. So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, I’d better lie and say that Jesus had come, and get up and be saved. So I get up. The whole room broke into a sea of shouting and my aunt threw her arms around me. The minister took me by the hand and led me to the platform.

That night I cried. I cried, in bed alone, and couldn’t stop. My aunt woke up and told my uncle I was crying because the Holy Ghost had come into my life, and because I had seen Jesus. But I was really crying because I couldn’t bear to tell her that I had lied, that I had deceived everyone in the church, that I hadn’t seen Jesus, and that now I didn’t believe there was a Jesus any more, since he didn’t come to help me.

1.What does “ to bring the young lambs to the fold” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. To free them from sin

B. To feed the young lambs

C. To bring the young lambs home

D. To bring the young people home

2.What do we know about the writer’s aunt?

A. She was a liar

B. She pretended to believe in God

C. She believed the existence of Jesus

D. She could see God with her own eyes

3.From the story, we know the writer wanted to see Jesus__________.

A. with his heart B. with is feeling

C. with his own eyes D. with his imagination

4.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. The child was finally saved from sin

B. The child did not think much of being saved from sin

C. Everyone else was delighted at the child’s being saved from sin

D. The child got through a painful process and was finally saved from sin but felt unhappy

Hollywood is on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Worried about an industry wide writers’ strike, struck by a series of theater-chain bankruptcies(破產(chǎn)), burdened with unreasonable corporate profit, requirements and seemingly incapable of producing consistently creative movies, the American film industry is in a period of soul-searching. There’s little doubt it will survive this crisis. But most insiders agree there is disease at both ends of the business—where film are produced, and where they’re shown---that may take years to overcome.

While annual box-office income increases for nine straight years, largely due to increased ticket prices, the number of actual tickets sold declined for the second year in a row. The construction boom has added nearly 10,000 theaters(more than 200,000 more seats) in the last five years. But due to a static(靜止的)audience base, eight major chains have gone into bankruptcy and several others are in terrible financial situations.

In fact, insiders say, Hollywood is now in a business it does not want to be in. “There’s a general problem in that the companies that have the most consistent output of material are least interested in what they’re making,” says former 20th Century Fox CEO, Bill. And, Bill adds, “We’re in a period where movies are getting bigger and more costly and less interesting and fulfilling to an audience.”

Today the studios are under the stress to increase profit margins(營(yíng)業(yè)利潤(rùn)) for their corporate parents, and profit margins are hard to control in a business whose products are seen as impulse buys(即興購(gòu)買(mǎi)). Other business can increase profits by cutting costs—buying cheaper material, or making the candy bar smaller. Not Hollywood.

“What we’re cutting is risk,” says the head of one major studio, who asked not to be named, “And risk is what great film has always demanded.” While the studios are avoiding risky concepts, their competitors in the home entertainment business have been expanding the boundaries of the imagination. It was this pressure---in electronic games, the Internet, EVDs----that forced the movie theater chains into a self-destructive craze of expansion.

1.Which of NOT the worry of the American film industry according to the passage?

A. Theater-chain bankruptcy

B. Lack of the advertisement funds

C. The stress to increase corporate profit

D. Being unable to produce creative movies

2.What has directly caused major theater-chains in terrible financial situations?

A. Bigger movies

B. More costly movies

C. Increased ticket prices

D. More theaters but an unchangeable audience base

3.What do we know about the profit of the film industry?

A. It’s not easy to control the profit

B. The studios can shorten the material

C. Cutting the cost can increase the profit

D. The studios can buy cheap material to increase profits

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Hollywood will survive financial crisis

B. Hollywood is on the edge of destruction

C. It’s hard to increase the profits of the studios

D. The construction boom leads to theater-chain bankruptcies

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)。

Most students have had a love-hate experience with procrastination(拖延). Here are some tips to help you reduce this age-old practice.

◆Set goals.

In order to achieve a particular result, you should constantly set and update goals. It can be beneficial to mark all deadlines in a planner. And then you think about how much time you need to meet them all._ 1.___.

◆ 2.

Sometimes you may consider some work or a class pointless and not useful to your further studies. However, when these thoughts arise and you think that getting a pint of beer is a better idea than getting a good grade, remind yourself what the ultimate goal of your schooling is. Remind yourself why you wanted to go to school and take this program in the first place.

◆Turn off the Internet.

The most common things that take your attention away are those found on the Interne-social media sites, and videos. If you do not need the Internet to do your work, turn it off so that you are not receiving notices while completing your work. 3. You can take a break from being connected to the cyber world in order to do your school work. If you feel the need to check messages and websites often, set times when you will allow yourself to do so rather than constantly staying connected.

◆ 4.

Being productive for all hours of every, day does not work-you do need breaks, and as a student you have the right to have a lot of fun. 5. Ideally, social and relaxation plans should be made for after a significant portion of work is complete. This way, while you are working, you can keep in mind that once you have finished your work you can go out and not worry about your assignments.

A. The same goes for your cell phone.

B. Have something to look forward to.

C. Do not worry about your assignments.

D. Remind yourself of what you are doing.

E. It can be difficult to mark all deadlines in advance.

F. So plan time to go out with friends or do something relaxing.

G. Additionally, make a daily schedule in order to reach necessary goals before going to bed.

完形填空,閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

We were standing at the top of church tower. “Look down, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my ________ and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross (十字形) of twisting, turning streets________ to the square.

"See, my dear," Father said gently. "There is more than one way to the ________ . Life is like that. If you can't get to the place where you want to go by one road, try ________ ."

In the years that followed I often remembered the ________ Father taught me. I knew where I wanted to ________ in life. I wanted to be fashion designer. But on the way to my first small success I found the road ________ .

That year I was busy getting ready to show my winter fashions. Then just 13 days before the ________ the sewing girls were called out on strike. I found myself ________with one tailor and woman who was in charge of the sewing room! I was as gloomy as my models and salesgirls. “We’ll never ________ it,” one of them cried.

Here, I thought, is the ________ of all tests for Father’s advice. Where is the way ________ this time? I wondered and worried. I was certain we would have to ________ the presentation or else show the clothes unfinished. Then it ________ to me. Why not show the unfinished clothes?

We worked hurriedly. And, exactly 13 days later, right________ time, the Schiaparelli showing ________ .

What a showing it was! Some coats had no sleeves; others had only one. Many of our clothes were still in a(n) ________ stage. They were only patterns made of heavy cotton cloth. But on these we ________ simple pictures and pieces of material.

All in all, the showing was different. It was so different that it was a great success. Our ________9 showing caught the attention of the public, and ________ for the clothes poured in.

Father’s wise words has guided me. There is more than one way to the square always.

1.A. courage B. interest C. information D. savings

2.A. leading B. coming C. getting D. falling

3.A. city B. square C. church D. village

4.A. other B. another C. this D. that

5.A. text B. material C. lesson D. class

6.A. rest B. relax C. come D. go

7.A. taken B. paved C. followed D. blocked

8.A. competition B. ceremony C. presentation D. introduction

9.A. left B. tired C. burdened D. connected

10.A. have B. lose C. make D. hit

11.A. text B. test C. tip D. example

12.A. in B. out C. up D. round

13.A. bring down B. bring forward C. call up D. call off

14.A. occurred B. belonged C. happened D. objected

15.A. in B. over C. on D. behind

16.A. took on B. took off C. took down D. took place

17.A. mature B. beautiful C. early D. late

18.A. took B. drew C. collected D. pinned

19.A. normal B. unusual C. beautiful D. common

20.A. orders B. designs C. patterns D. changes

短文改錯(cuò)

假定英語(yǔ)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(xiě)的以下作文。文中共有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。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)漏字符號(hào)(∧)，并在其下面寫(xiě)出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線( \ )劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫(xiě)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。

Homesickness

Only a person far away from home and knows what happiness is.

It is the welling-up tears in your eye, the lump in your throat, and the waving hands when the train is drawing out of the station and take you away from home. It is the strength which you walk several miles to your home with heavy bags in your hands after a long tired trip and the excitement at the doorstep.

It is the sudden delight of closeness what strikes you when you meet a person from a same town, or even a stranger who has just been there.

It is the fear of sing “Home, Sweet home” in case of a burst of tears. It was the whisper of “Mummy” in dreams.

So warm a word is home, and so a sweet sadness is homesickness.

書(shū)面表達(dá)

世界在不停地發(fā)展，科學(xué)技術(shù)、交通、醫(yī)學(xué)、能源以及環(huán)境等等都在發(fā)展。請(qǐng)同學(xué)們預(yù)測(cè)2050年時(shí)世界變化的樣子，就其中兩個(gè)方面寫(xiě)一篇100字左右的短文。

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A store that sells husbands has just opened in Ottawa，where a woman may go to choose a husband from many men.

The store consists of 6 floors and the men increase in positive attributes（品質(zhì)，特點(diǎn)）as the shopper goes up the flights. There is, however, a catch（陷阱. As you open the door to any floor, you may choose a man from that floor, but if you go up a floor, you cannot go back down except to exit the building.

So a woman goes to the shopping center to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1—These men have jobs. The woman reads the sign and says to herself, “Well, that’s better than my last boyfriend, but I wonder what’s further up?”

So up she goes. The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 —These men have jobs and love kids. The woman remarks to herself, “That’s great, but I wonder what’s further up?”

And up she goes again. The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 — These men have jobs, love kids and are extremely good-looking. “Hmm, better.”

The fourth floor sign reads: Floor 4 —These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking and help with the housework. “Wow!” exclaims the woman, “Very tempting. But, there must be more, further up!”

And again she heads up another flight. The fifth floor sign reads: Floor 5 —These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking, help with the housework and have a strong romantic character. “Oh, mercy me! But just think…, what must be awaiting me further on?”

So up to the sixth floor she goes. The sixth floor sign reads: Floor 6 –You are visitor 3, 456, 789,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. Thank you for shopping Husband Mart and have a nice day.

1.The writer intends us to believe that _____.

A. husbands are hard to shop

B. women are hard to please

C. women think they are better than men

D. women can’t be too careful when choosing husbands

2.Why do women tend to go up the floor until they reach the top floor ?

A. because they think the husbands downstairs are not suitable.

B. because they are sure that the best husbands are on the top floor.

C. just because they think even better husbands may be upstairs.

D. maybe they know the catch very well.

3.What result can we infer from the passage?

A. Women are not good at shopping husbands.

B. Women are more kind than men.

C. Women are romantic.

D. More women will leave the shop alone.

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Communities

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Go to our website at http:// www.communitygifts.com

More Volunteers Doing More Community Work

In over 200 countries, Lions are doing community volunteer work, helping, leading, planning and supporting.

We want everyone to see a better tomorrow. We believe everyone deserves a healthy life. From providing health programs that focus on hearing loss to supporting efforts to control and prevent diabetes(糖尿病), Lions volunteers are working to improve the health of children and adults around the world.

There are many ways to get involved: community projects, group volunteer opportunities, or global health programs.

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Business opportunities

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1.The underlined word “by-products” has the closest meaning to ________.

A. ingredients B. tastes

C. side effects D. public images

2.Which website should you visit if you want to take on some voluntary work?

A.http:// www.lionsclub.org

B.http:// www.communitygifts.com

C.http:// www.nationwidesmokes.com

D.http:// bodynaturalsalonandspa.com

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.V2 cigs can be classified as a kind of traditional cigarettes.

B. City Market has been devoted to helping nonprofit organizations overseas.

C. Day Spa ＆ Beauty Salon is intended to provide beauty service for females.

D. Of all the advertisements, three items try to be price competitive.

4.What number can you call if you need some advice for skin care?

A. 302-650-4724 B. 860-868-0710

C. 630-571-5466 D. 302-393-3126

“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,” says Patsy Rowe, “ Manners have fallen off the radar(雷達(dá)).” Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment, it is a wonder that more people don’t wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with complaining about the noise. Here are some examples of rudeness.

Some people prefer to do almost everything over the Internet. To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward. It feels very slow because humans don’t work at 4G speeds. When you have dinner with friends, you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone. We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings life-changing news, so taking calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with. What is worse, some people even tend to send anonymous（匿名的）rude messages by email.

However, rudeness is never acceptable. Don’t assume it is OK to be rude if the person you’re in touch with won’t recognize you. If you have something awful to say, have the courage to face the person and say it, write a letter or email and sign it, or forget it. Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.

We shouldn’t blame technology for our shortcomings. Technology is here to help us, but we should not allow it to take over our lives. An important step is acknowledging our shortcomings. People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more helpful if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.

1.What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?

A. People can tell good from bad behavior.

B. People care little about their behavior.

C. Radar is able to observe human behavior.

D. Radar can be used to predict human behavior.

2.Some people are less willing to deal with humans because______.

A. they are becoming less patient

B. they are growing too independent

C. they have to handle many important messages

D. they have to follow an evolutionary step backward.

3.The author thinks sending unsigned awful messages is ______.

A. Ridiculous B. acceptable

C. disgusting D. reasonable

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Technology can never be blamed

B. We should applaud good behavior.

C. We should keep pointing out mistakes.

D. Technology will take over lives one day.