Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.

My father died when I was nine months old, making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen. While I was growing up, we lived a very_______life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would ________ my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”

At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never_______again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving ________, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I didn’t want to be bad enough. She drove that message _______deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school-walking on my own!

When the Great Depression（大萧条）hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support _____ of us. At that moment, I decided never to be__________again.

Over the years, I experienced various（不同类别的） levels of business success. But the real turning point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1916. I was unhappy with the second-class hotels for families and was __________ that they charged（收费）an extra（额外的） $2 for each child. That was too_______for most American families. I told my wife that I was going to open a hotel for families that would never charge extra for ______. There were plenty of doubters at that time.

Not______, mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of hard time. But with my mother’ s words deeply rooted（扎根） in my heart, I________doubted（怀疑） we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest______system in the world - Holiday Inn . In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns（客栈）in more than fifty countries with an income of $1 billion a year.

You may not have started out life in the best situations. But if you can find a_______in life worth working for and believe in yourself, _______can stop you.

1.A. quiet B. boring C. hard D. strange

2.A. accept B. change C. disturb D. check

3.A. study B. speak C. listen D. walk

4.A. voice B. sound C. noise D. talk

5.A. so B. such C. very D. quite

6.A. all B. both C. every D. most

7.A. excited B. brave C. patient D. poor

8.A. sad B. happy C. tired D. angry

9.A. expensive B. fantastic C. different D. special

10.A. husband B. parents C. children D. wife

11.A. successfully B. surprisingly C. interestingly D. importantly

12.A. always B. sometimes C. almost D. never

13.A. restaurant B. theatre C. library D. hotel

14.A. task B. hotel C. company D. word

15.A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything

Perhaps you’ve seen the English letters “WC” in your city. They show public toilets. But do you know it is far from elegant (优雅的) English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countries rarely use the letters.

Workers in our city are changing “WC” signs all over the city. The government is spending much money changing all the bad English on signs and restaurant menus. Many other places in China are following our steps.

“WC, or water closet, is old-fashioned English. It sounds dirty to me,” says Charlie Shifflet, a young man from the US. The old sign will become “Gents/Men” and “Ladies/Women”.

“I see lots of poor English in everyday life, and not only on signs,” he says. “I know what they mean. But they are Chinglish, not real English. For example, when someone says to me ‘My hometown is Henan Province’, I know he should say: ‘My hometown is in Henan Province’. ‘Hometown’ is a smaller place in a province.” The common(通常的) mistakes include “Not Entry”, which should be “No Entry”, “Direction(方向) of Airport” should be changed to “To the Airport”. And it is “room rate(房价)”, not “room price”. And remember to “Keep off the grass”, rather than “Care of the green”.

1.What does the writer think of the use of “WC”?

A. He doesn’t think it means water closet.

B. He doesn’t think it old-fashioned English.

C. He doesn’t think it proper for a sign.

D. He thinks it elegant English.

2.The underlined word “rarely” means .

A. sometimes B. seldom C. often D . always

3.Charlie Shifflet .

A. is a Chinese living in America

B. thinks Chinese people are sometimes using incorrect English

C. likes to hear or see Chinglish

D. sometimes uses Chinglish

4.Which of the following signs does NOT use Chinglish(中国式英语)?

A.

B.

C.

D.

5.The last paragraph is about .

A. why there are so many Chinglish signs B. examples of Chinglish

C. where Chinglish signs are D. who uses Chinglish signs

根据所给汉语意思或者首字母提示，用合适的单词填空。

1.Don’t_____ (触摸) anything on show in the museum.

2.As everyone knows,_____ (练习) makes perfect.

3.If nobody drops ___________(垃圾), the park will be a clean and comfortable place.

4.The _____(主题) we are going to talk about is “Online Manners”.

5.If you don’t look after your pet bird in _____(正确的) ways, it will get ill easily.

Playing with friends, going to a party, having a meal in a restaurant or receiving a birthday gift—as a teenager, you go to different places and meet different kinds of people. Everything you do leaves an impression (印象). So manners are very important.

Arriving 30 minutes late for a date may say: “This isn’t that important to me.” Taking a cell phone call while talking to your friend may say: “The caller is more important than the person standing in front of me.” Failing to show thanks to a gift-giver may say: “I don’t like the gift.”

Is that the message you really want to send? Maybe not. You do not want to be rude, but sometimes what you do makes people think you’re impolite.

How can you change that? First, you should know the proper ways to behave around people. We call this manners. You could start by adding “please” and “thank you” to your vocabulary and avoiding bad language. You could start by holding a door open for someone after you to go through. You could start by showing up on time instead of letting others wait for you.

Start now! Start a new life and start to be a teenager with good manners!

Are you going to have dinner at your Western friend’s home? Then be c1.

with your table manners. Good manners will make you a nice g2..

You may find Western table manners are d3.from Chinese manners. Here is some good a4.to keep you cool.

When you are r5.to eat, sit up straight on the chair. Usually, don’t put your elbows (胳膊肘) on the table. First p6.your napkin (餐巾) up and put it on your lap. You can use it to clean your hands or mouth, but not your face. When you finish eating, put it b7.on the table.

Don’t make any noise when you eat or drink the soup. It’s not good to eat with your moutho8.. If you do that, people will see the food in your mouth.

If you want to get some food but you can’t r9.it, ask others to pass the dish to you. Put bones(骨头) on the edge of the plate. And remember, good manners can make b10. guests and hosts comfortable at the table.

书面表达

学生会将要邀请Mr Black做一个关于电话礼仪的演讲，请根据下列内容，写一个不少于70词的通知，不包括所给的开头和结尾。

Name of the talk: Good telephone manners

Time: 2 p.m., 13 May

Place: The school hall

Content: Some important rules, for example: answer a phone as soon as possible, say sorry for delays (延误), keep your voice down, be yourself and speak naturally, say good-bye before hanging up

Hello, everyone,

May I have your attention, please?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Of course, there is a lot more to learn about. Please go and attend the speech.

—It is said there are still many people who are very poor in Africa.

—Yes, many famous movie stars went to help them, ________ Jackie Chan.

A. include B. including C. included D. includes

Basketball is enjoyed ________ many people ________ fun and exercise.

A. by; for B. for; by C. for; for D. by; at

—The number of foreign players in America’s NBA ________ increased.

—Yeah. A number of foreign players ________ playing in the NBA now.

A. has; is B. has; are C. have; is D. have; are

Basketball is played by more than 100 _________ people in over 200 countries.

A. million B. millions C. million of D. millions of