I believed I had perfect life. Because I was about to _________ my high school, and on my way to college, I had great friends and a loving family. There was nothing _________. But I spoke too soon.

It was at around 9:25 am that I heard the news that would change my life forever. My brother Zach had been in a car accident. He fought for five days before he __________. That day, I became an only child. I felt desperately _________.

After Zach’s death, I found relief in __________. I ate, then I slept, and then I ate again. I couldn’t cry. I could hardly feel anything, and I was numb. I stopped building relationships for fear they would end just as __________ as Zach. Also, I became nervous about any potentially risky situations — driving late at night — but I couldn’t express this fear of life __________ I wanted to be strong for my parents. I saw my parents’ pain __________ than mine on account of losing their son. I didn’t want them to __________ me. I also experienced a lot of __________ , because I was angry about why the sadness had happened to me, and I never escaped from this emotion.

Now, it has been nearly five years since Zach’s death. I don’t ____________ life anymore; I face it bravely. I __________ my friendships and began socializing（交友；交际）more. I even __________ Zach’s story with people around me. Although my new friends have never met him, they know about Zach.

One lesson I learn from losing my brother is never to be _________ to say “I love you.” I love my brother, but it is too late to express it loudly. The last time I remember telling my brother I loved him was when he was dying. Don’t make this _________ like me.

1.A.celebrate B.finish C.appreciate D.develop

2.A.explaining B.reaching C.competing D.missing

3.A.took away B.gave away C.passed away D.flew away

4.A.lonely B.different C.available D.relaxed

5.A.exercise B.food C.sleeping D.heart

6.A.finally B.suddenly C.actually D.especially

7.A.so B.if C.unless D.because

8.A.better B.worse C.less D.fewer

9.A.think about B.come about C.talk about D.worry about

10.A.embarrassment B.anger C.unhappiness D.power

11.A.dream B.choose C.fear D.leave

12.A.produced B.rebuilt C.praised D.invited

13.A.interview B.advertise C.share D.perform

14.A.real B.nervous C.upset D.afraid

15.A.mistake B.explanation C.decision D.comment

1.The material above is probably ________.

A.an art magazine cover B.an institute(学院) notice C.a contest poster D.a picture book

2.What can we NOT know about the competition?

A.It has been held for 23 years up to now.

B.Students could fulfill（充分发挥）their artistic talents in it.

C.Four kinds of awards will be presented.

D.It is hosted by the League for Innovation.

3.There will be ________ students in total who can get the awards.

A.four B.five C.six D.seven

4.What can we learn from the material?

A.Anna Voroner is one of the competitors.

B.One that wins the first place can get the highest prize money.

C.All the students who sign up can get the certificates of merit.

D.Students can get the application information from the League for Innovation.

5.The material above is aimed at ________.

A.inspiring more students to choose art as their majors B.encouraging students to join in the competition

C.attracting more students to Humber D.arousing students’ interest in art

How would you like an easy way to earn $2,500? All you have to do is to sit around and wait for your meals. There’s a catch, however. You have to stay in a chicken cage with a stranger for a whole week. There are no books or television or radio for a whole week. There are no books or television or radio for amusement. You can’t leave until the week is up. And a camera will be recording your every move.

Two people actually took the job. The idea came from Rob Thompson, a video artist. He wanted to make a film about the way animals are treated. His goal was to raise people’s awareness of the living conditions of animals that are raised for food. He decided to pay $5,000 out of his own savings to two people who were willing to live like chickens for a week.

To Rob’s surprise, quite a few people answered his advertisement. He had interviews and selected Eric, a 24-year-old restaurant worker, and Pam, a 27-year-old chemist. The plan was for them to spend seven days together in a chicken cage that was six feet long and three feet wide. A camera would record their experience, which would take place in an art museum.

The week was long and difficult. They slept on a hard wooden floor. They couldn’t stand up without banging their heads. They ate mash(a kind of food for animals) and drink water from a garden hose-pipe（软管）. Their only privacy was a toilet surrounded by a curtain. There were no sinks, mirrors, or toothbrushes in the cage. Their only inspiration was the two framed checks that hung on the wall outside the cage. Visitors who came here were warned, “Do not feed the humans.’’

Finally it was over, and Pam and Eric came out of the cage. They had survived the week, and they each had a $2,500 check in their hands. When Rob Thompson opened the cage, Eric came out, changed into clean clothes, and ate a chocolate bar right away. “It’s great for me to be able to stand up.’’he said. Pam just changed her clothes and left. After a week of visitors and reporters watching her, she didn’t want to talk to anyone.

1.The underlined word “catch”(in Paragraph 1) probably means _______.

A.unsolved problem B.surprising wonder C.unbelievable condition D.hidden difficulty

2.What made it the most difficult for the two to stay in the cage?

A.That they had nothing for amusement. B.That they couldn’t lie down to sleep in the cage.

C.That they didn’t have meat to eat. D.That they had to do almost everything in public.

3.Rob Thompson offered the job in order to ________.

A.make a film about humans and animals B.advertise for his experiment about animals

C.show how terribly some animals are treated D.experiment on how long a human can live in a cage

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Pam left without saying anything because she lost the ability after staying with chickens.

B.They were visited all the time except going to the washroom.

C.Rob Thompson raised money for the project.

D.They couldn’t stand up because their heads were bandaged.

5.What would be the best title for this passage?

A.An Easy Way to Earn $2,500. B.Do Not Feed Humans.

C.Living Like a Chicken. D.Getting Along Well Anyway.

“Listen!” Mr. Lee said seriously at the beginning of his first class, “I will put a lie into each of my classes. Your job is to try and catch me in the Lie of the Day.”

That was really a clever way to fix our attention on the dry and boring subject — geography. Then in the following weeks, we didn't let off every single word of what he was saying in class and challenged（质疑）his lectures. When his class ended with nobody seeing through the lie, Mr. Lee would say, “Ah ha! Each of you has a lie in your notes. Discuss among yourselves what it might be, and I will tell you at the end of this term.”

Mr. Lee’s special style of teaching worked. All of us reviewed and discussed about our notes actively.

One Monday at the end of the term, Mr. Lee listened carefully to what we were questioning for almost ten minutes. Then he finally said, “Do you still remember the first lesson how I said that every lecture has a lie?”

Confused, we said yes.

"Well, that was a real big lie. In fact, all the lectures I’ve given before are completely true. But I am glad you worked so hard. Move on ...”

Hearing this, all eyes in the classroom went wide.

While my knowledge of geography has been forgotten over time, the lessons have stayed with me. "Experts" can be wrong and say things that sound right, so build a habit of evaluating （评估）new information and check it against things you already accept as a fact.

1.We can know that Mr. Lee was ________.

A.wise B.serious C.boring D.confusing

2.In Mr. Lee’s class, ________.

A.he always told lies B.the students always questioned him

C.everyone had to write down all of his words D.it was difficult for the students to see through the lie

3.The underlined sentence in the passage means________.

A.the students opened their eyes B.Mr. Lee opened the students’eyes

C.the students got shocked and amazed D.the students had a look at the classroom

4.From the passage, we can infer that________.

A.Mr. Lee was an expert

B.it’s easy to forget the knowledge of geography

C.Mr. Lee succeeded drawing the students’ attention

D.the students would never check what the teachers said again

5.The best title of the passage could be ________.

A.A Real Lie B.Learn to Question

C.A Special Teaching Style D.The First Geography Lesson

填词

Once a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around, looking for its m1. piece. But because it was not complete , it could only roll (滚) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine a2.the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but n3. of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on l4. for the lost piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit p5.. The circle put the piece into itself , It could be whole with nothing lost. It was so h6. and began to roll. As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very f7., too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled very slowly.

Sometimes we are perfect when we lose some thing. A man who o8. everything is poor in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better. He will never know some one loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.

We couldn't be perfect. But we must be brave e9. to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to s10. happiness with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always have a wonderful time in our life.

假如即将召开关于学生安全问题的班会，要求每个同学都谈谈自己的想法。请你根据以下内容准备一篇发言稿，谈谈你对这方面的认识。

1. 食品安全是最为常见的问题，我们应该远离垃圾食品，多吃健康的食品，如：新鲜水果和蔬菜；

2. 火灾和交通安全问题也是大问题，作为中学生，首先我们不能随意玩火；其次，应该自觉遵守交通法规，不要在马路上追逐，疯闹；

3. 网络安全问题也不可忽略，不要随意交网友，更不要单独跟陌生网友外出，有问题要及时向家长或老师汇报；

4. 可适当自由发挥。

注意：

1. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；

2. 词数：80个词左右（短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；

3. 内容连贯，不要逐条翻译。

参考词汇：obey v.遵守； chase v. 追逐； blindly adv.盲目地

Dear classmates,

Safety is very important. Our government and school especially pay attention to teenage safety. It helps us gain a lot of knowledge of safety. And I have learned a lot from it. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

All in all, we must realize the danger around us and treasure our lives. Safety is always the first priority.

Thank you!

A boy was growing in the orphanage(孤儿院). He often______the question to the or-phanage Dean(院长) sadly, “Such unwanted children like me, why on earth do they live in the world?”The Dean always smiled and______replied.

One day，the Dean brought a stone to the boy and said,“Sell the stone in______market tomorrow. No matter how much money people pay, you’ll never sell it.”The next day, the boy held the stone and squatted(蹲) in the corner of the market. To______surprise，many people found him and were interested in the stone in his hand. The price was higher and higher，but the boy didn’t sell it. When he was back to the orphanage, he reported that to the Dean______.The Dean smiled. Then the Dean asked the boy to take the stone to the gold mar-ket. In the gold market, someone gave ten times______price than it was yesterday. Still the boy didn’t sell it.

In the end，the Dean asked the boy______the stone to the diamond display market. As a result，the value of the stone went up over 10 times again. ______ the boy didn’t sell it. Soon it was spread as“a rare treasure”.The boy was so surprised and asked the Dean______. This time, the Dean didn’t smile. He said to the boy seriously,“The value of life is like this stone. In different situations it will have different______. As long as we value ourselves，the life is valuable. In fact,the value of life depends on your attitude.”

1.A.asked B.asks C.will ask D.has asked

2.A.often B.sometimes C.never D.usually

3.A.a B.an C./ D.the

4.A.he B.his C.him D.himself

5.A.excited B.excitedly C.tired D.tiredly

6.A.high B.higher C.lower D.lowest

7.A.taken B.takes C.taking D.to take

8.A.But B.And C.Or D.So

9.A.how B.when C.what D.why

10.A.meaning B.meanings C.accident D.accidents

One day,when I was riding a bike,I saw a rider about 300 meters ahead of me. I______ to try to catch up with him. I had about a kilometer to go on the road before turning off.

I started cycling faster and faster and with every block. I got just a little bit______ to him. After a few minutes I was only about 100 meters______ him,so I tried harder.

Finally，I______ with him and passed him. I felt so good and so______. I“beat him”,but he didn’t even know we were racing.

After I passed him,I found that I had______my turn. I had run six blocks(街区) past it and had to turn around and go all the way back.

Isn’t that what happens in life when we race with others，trying to beat them or trying to show that we’ re more ____or more important? We spend our time and______ running after them and we miss out on our own roads.

The______ with unhealthy competitions is that it’s a never-ending cycle. There will al-ways be______ in front of you in one way or another. What you should do is just to run your own race and wish others well.

1.A.agreed B.decided C.refused D.expected

2.A.closer B.farther C.harder D.earlier

3.A.across B.against C.before D.behind

4.A.picked up B.gave up C.caught up D.took up

5.A.active B.proud C.lucky D.tired

6.A.missed B.managed C.remained D.changed

7.A.beautiful B.careful C.helpful D.successful

8.A.energy B.courage C.power D.attention

9.A.difficulty B.experience C.importance D.problem

10.A.somebody B.anybody C.everybody D.nobody

I live in Porto. It is a city in the north of Portugal (葡萄牙). It’s the second biggest city in Portugal.

It’s a beautiful city，and it’s great for walking around. There are lots of narrow streets，and it has many churches，museums，and markets. There’s a place called Foz. There are a lot of outdoor restaurants in Foz—people go there at the weekend to sit in the sun，drink coffee，and watch the Atlantic (大西洋).

The weather is very different from the south of Portugal. The winter can be very wet，and it sometimes rains for days. The summer is wonderful—it’ s sunny but not usually too hot，and it’s great for going to the mountains or the beach.

Porto is famous for port wine. The biggest interesting place in Porto is probably the river because there are some beautiful bridges. One of the bridges is designed by Eiffel，and lots of people go on boat trips on the rivers. There’s a festival in the sixth month called Sao Joao every year. Everybody have fun on this day.

The people here are friendly. It’s a working city and it has a real sense of history，and that’s the main reason why I like living here so much.

1.Porto is in Europe.

2.In Foz，there are a lot of churches.

3.The weather is wet in winter in Porto.

4.Sao Joao Festival is in June.

5.The writer likes living in Porto because it is near the Atlantic.

Long ago，as people got older，there was something wrong with their teeth and it would be very painful. To avoid a toothache，they had their teeth pulled out. Later people learned that cleaning their teeth was important，but they didn’t have toothpaste (牙膏) at that time. They used lemon juice，salt or other things to clean their teeth.

It was only about 100 years ago that someone finally created a mint (薄荷) cream to clean teeth. Not long after that，the toothpaste tube (管子) was invented，so people could squeeze (挤出) the toothpaste right onto the toothbrush! Tooth brushing became popular during the World War I. The U. S. Army gave brushes and toothpaste to all the soldiers，and they learned to brush teeth twice a day. Back then，toothpaste tubes were made of metal；today they’ re made of soft plastic and are much easier to use!

Today there are plenty of toothpaste choices：lots of colors and flavors (口味) to choose from，and some kinds of toothpaste are made just for children. When you’re choosing a kind of toothpaste，make sure it has fluoride (氟化物). Fluoride makes your teeth strong and healthy. When you brush，you don’t need a lot of toothpaste：just squeeze out a bit.

1.People used to to avoid a toothache.

A.pull out their teeth B.take some medicine

C.drink more water D.eat more vegetables

2.What was NOT used to brush teeth in the past according to the passage?

A.Salt. B.Lemon juice. C.Mint cream. D.Tea.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A.There is no special toothpaste for children.

B.We should choose toothpaste with fluoride.

C.Toothpaste can’t be made into different flavors.

D.Squeeze out as much as toothpaste when you brush teeth.