---- How would you like your tea?

----______.

A. Very quickly  B. As it comes,  please  C. Very much  D. I don’t like tea

Last fall I hung outside my window a bird feeder（喂鳥的食槽）. Knowing  1   about wild birds, I   2   that   3  I hung this bird feeder outside, numbers of beautiful birds would be swooping （飛撲） to my new addition. However, days, weeks, and months   4  , NO BIRDS.

I asked so many people what to do?   5   was I doing wrong? “Nothing,” most of them replied, “just  6  !” So I waited and waited and waited, trying everything   7  to attract these birds. I cleaned off the deck （平臺）,    8    the feed, and washed the feeder. I   9   made the cat go out the other door! But nothing seemed to   10   . So I waited with patience and   11  .     

    Two months later, on a Saturday afternoon, I   12   ! What came to my eyes was the most beautiful bird I have ever seen in my life! All of a   13  , hundreds upon hundreds of birds were  14   from everywhere!

What a beautiful   15   I learned from this little creature! Patience and hope, and things will  16  the beautiful things in life. Yet I had never   17  how much patience I really do have and how much I do rely on hope to   18  the questions in my heart.

So I  19   hoping and waiting, waiting and hoping. I will try to use this “l(fā)ittle lesson” with so many other things in my life. I guess patience is a    20  after all.

1．A．something             B．nothing               C．a(chǎn)nything             D．everything

2．A．a(chǎn)ssumed               B．denied                 C．required              D．stated

3．A．once                     B．since                  C．until                    D．before

5．A When                 B．Why               C．How                   D．What

6．A．wait                      B．seek                    C．try                     D．watch

7．A．reliable                  B．movable             C．possible              D．incredible

8．A．cleared                  B．picked                 C．selected              D．changed

9．A．still                       B．even                    C．just                     D．too

10．A．run                    B．work                   C．do                      D．go

11．A．courage               B．hope                   C．a(chǎn)ttention              D．desire

12．A．failed                  B．sighed                 C．calmed                D．froze

13．A．sort                    B．jump                   C．sweat                 D．sudden

14．A．climbing             B．spreading            C．gathering            D．disappearing

15．A．lesson                 B．class                   C．drill                     D．training

16．A．a(chǎn)ttach                 B．connect              C．a(chǎn)ttract                D．contain

17．A．a(chǎn)dmitted             B．recognized          C．realized               D．neglected

18．A．a(chǎn)djust to             B．focus on             C．deal with             D．make up

19．A．keep                   B．a(chǎn)void                  C．hate                    D．a(chǎn)llow

20．A．gift                    B．virtue              C．pleasure              D．belief

One should be moderate （ 適度的） in all things. Moderation is always the safest way to do things, and a virtue we should have. Let’s take the student life for example. There are some students who study too hard and play too little, while there are others who play too much and study too little. On the one hand, it is harmful to his health if he has too few physical exercises, and on the other hand, it is harmful to his mind if he plays too much.

In the matter of eating, one also should be moderate. Do not eat too much or too little. Too much eating will make you sick, while too little eating will make you weak.

The man of progress is he who neither has too high an opinion of himself nor thinks too poorly of himself. If he thinks too highly of himself, he is surely to become very proud, but if he has too poor an opinion of himself, he will have no courage to make an advance. Both the conditions above will make you lose your aim in life. A broadminded man is he who always moves within the orbit （軌道）of reasonableness . In any activities in one’s life, moderation is one of the best ways to enjoy real happiness.

1. In the passage the writer suggests that a student should __________.

A. only study hard without any time to play              

B. spend most of his time playing different games

C. have much more time to study than to play

D. correctly arrange his time for study and play

2. If one wants to be broadminded, he must ________.

A. be full of courage         B. enjoy real happiness

C. do everything reasonably   D. believe in himself

3. A man of progress should      himself.

   A. have a moderate opinion            B. think highly of

   C. look down upon                        D. think both highly and poorly of

I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.

    Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible  for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

    Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued（繼續(xù)） to believe that I had cheated on the test.

1. The story took place exactly ____ .

   A. in the teacher’s office  B. in an exam room

   C. in the school             D. in the language lab

2. The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ____ .

   A. she had not brought a pen with her       

B. she had lost her own on her way to school

   C. there was something wrong with her own

D. her own had been taken away by someone

3. The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____ .

   A. to go on writing his paper  

B. to stop whispering

   C. to leave the room immediately   

D. to stay behind after the exam

4. The thing（s）emphasized in her talk was（were） ____ .

   A. honesty         

   B. sense of duty      

C. seriousness       

   D. all of the above

  Everyday we go to school and listen to the teacher, and the teacher will ask us some questions. Sometimes, the classmates will ask your opinions of the work of the class. When you are telling others in the class what you have found out about these topics, remember that they must be able to hear what you are saying. You are not taking part in a family conversation or having a chat with friends—you are in a slightly unnatural situation where a large group of people will remain silent, waiting to hear what you have to say. You must speak so that they can hear you—loudly enough and clearly enough but without trying to shout of appearing to force yourself. Remember, too, that it is the same if you are called to an interview whether it is with a professor of your school or a government official who might meet you. The person you are seeing will try to put you at your ease（輕松）but the situation is somewhat（一點兒）different from that of an ordinary conversation. You must take special care that you can be heard.

1. When you speak to the class, you should speak ________.

A．a(chǎn)s loudly as possible                 B．in a low voice

C．loudly                            D．forcefully

2. The situation in the class is ________ that in your house.

A．not very different from      B．sometimes the same as

C.．sometimes not the same as   D．not the same as

3. If you are having a conversation with an official, the most important thing for you is _______.

A．to show your ability        

B．to be very gentle

C. to make sure that you can be heard

D．to put the official at ease

4. The main idea of this passage is ________.

A．that we must use different ways at different situations

B．that we must speak loudly

C．that we must keep silent at any time

D．that we must talk with the class

When raising children, the small things make big differences in development . Because children are people, not machines, different children need different things, and buying band name clothing and having the perfect haircut or the biggest collection of expensive toys are not the kind of attention that they need. These kinds of things will make children feel rejected and teach them that material things and appearance are more important than love.

     Children need the attention from their parents. The areas of their lives and the abilities that get the most attention will develop the most. If the majority of parental attention is given to the way they stand or to finishing tasks, these areas will become more developed. When parents focus on finding faults, children will eventually take in all of that criticism. These methods often lead to unmotivated children with low self-esteem（尊重）.

     Children need attention to be given to the details of their lives. They need encouragement from their parents. Statements like, “It makes me happy when you play nicely with your brother” will make a child feel good . Identify the specific talent, how it is used, and your reaction to it. Train the young minds to search for their talents with the same kind of attention to the details that may have previously been devoted to fault-finding. It also helps to identify personal qualities to praise rather than external ones based on appearance.

     Focusing on the details when children do good things is important. They need to know exactly what they did was good and how it made you feel .Parents often spend too much time looking for faults. When parents focus on good things, it results in motivated children with high self-esteem. If the devil is in the details ,perhaps the saints（圣人） are also.

1．What does the passage mainly talk about?

   A. Parents should pay attention to the small things about their kids.

   B. Parents should treat children as people, not machines.

   C. Parents should find faults with children.

   D. Fix your eyes on children’s advantages.

2. Why is fault-finding bad for children?

   A. Because fault-finding will teach children material things are more important.

   B. Because children may imitate their parents.

   C. It will reduce their self-esteem and motivation.

   D. Because fault-finding methods can apply to their lives.

3. By saying “If the devil is in the details, perhaps the saints are also”, the author means_____.

   A. if the parents can find bad things about their children they can probably find good things too

   B. focusing on details has nothing to do with children’s growing up

   C. details of children are like those of devils and saints.

   D. details are no longer details when there are saints

4. Which of the following is the author’s opinion?

   A. Children at the same age are all the same in many aspects.

   B. Parents should focus on those unmotivated children with low self-esteem.

   C. Parents should try their best to correct their children’ faults.

   D. Parents should pay more attention to children’s good deeds.

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__1___ .Being angry doesn’t really solve much, but what people do when they feel angry is important. The goal is to calm down and try to solve what is bothering you. This is hard for some kids and adults, too. Instead of calming down, some kids might keep getting more and more upset until they explode like a volcano!

__2___ .Their anger might be so strong that they lose control of their temper. They may act in ways unacceptable and hurtful. People may say that someone has trouble controlling their temper._3___

Some kids might get so angry that they scream at their parents, break something , or even worse , hit their brothers or sisters._4____ .However, it’s not OK for a kid to do any of those things .Kids don’t want to act in this way , but sometimes angry feelings can be hard to manage. So what to do?

Well, the good news is that kids don’t just have to keep making the same mistakes over and over again.__5___ .Imagine your temper as a puppy inside you that needs some training. The puppy is not bad ---- it will probably turn out a great dog. It just needs to learn some rules because, right now, that puppy is causing some problems to you.

A.      You can train you temper.

B.      You don’t want to cause trouble.

C.      Kids should be allowed to express their feelings, even angry ones.

D.     Everybody gets angry sometimes.

E.      In fact, they usually mean that a kid behaves badly when feeling angry.

F.      Instead of thinking of the person you’re angry with, think of something else.

G.     Some kids get angry more often or more easily than some other kids.

你要參加一場英語辯論賽，主題是“中學(xué)生該不該上網(wǎng)”。在參賽之前，你要查閱相關(guān)資料，并準(zhǔn)備你的辯論發(fā)言。就這個主題發(fā)表你的看法，至少包含以下的內(nèi)容要點，字數(shù)為100詞左右。

a)       因特網(wǎng)給人們帶來的好處；

b)      舉例說明迷戀上網(wǎng)的害處；

c)      你的建議。

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 As everyone knows, People can get much information through the Internet.

從A, B, C, D四個選項中，找出其劃線部分與所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項.

1.complex             A. bold                 B. freedom            C. politics             D. companion

2.storage               A. cottage           B. volcano         C. value              D. camp

3.sidewalk            A. false                B. talk                   C. salt                  D. altitude

4. widespread        A. visa                  B. religion            C. resist                D. mild

5.downtown          A. blow               B. show              C. nowadays         D. know

Bruce Li was the first Chinese actor ______ Chinese Kungfu _______to the world.  

A. to make; widely known                   B. making; widely known  

C. to make; to be widely known               D. making; be widely known