Sarah came running in saying, "Look what l found. " Over the top of the paper I was reading I saw a long object that made me jump. It was a piece of snakeskin that had been shed (脱皮)  by one of our garden snakes.
'Isn't it beautiful?" said my wide-eyed 7~year-old daughter. I stared at the organic wrapper and thought to myself that it really was not that beautiful, but I did not want to disappoint Sarah.  Everything children see for the first time is elementary to their sense of beauty and creativity. They see only merit (忧点) and excellence in the world.
"Why does it do this?" Sarah asked. I like to teach my children that there is something else going on besides what they see in front of them. "Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves," I explained.
"Why do they need to renew themselves?" Sarah asked. "We often need to shed our skins, those coatings that we cover ourselves with," I said to my now absorbed daughter. "We outgrow some things and find other stuff unnecessary. This snake no longer needs this skin.  It is probably too old, and the snake probably doesn't think it looks as smart in the skin as it once did.  Like buying a new suit. "
Of course, I'm sure this explanation won't suit naturalists. But Sarah got the point. As we talked, I knew that she began to understand that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, and rooms and schoolwork and creativity, and she began to see what we need to keep and what need to cast off.  I was careful to point out that this is a natural process, not one to be forced.
"Snakes don't peel off their skin when they feel like it," I explained.  "lt happens as part of their growth. "
"I see, Dad. " said Sarah.  She then jumped off my lap, grabbed the snakeskin, and ran off.
I hoped she would remember this. Often, in order to find our real selves underneath the layers of community and culture we are cloaked (掩饰) in year after year, we need to start examining these layers. We need to gently peel some away, as we recognize them to be worthless, unnecessary, or flawed (有缺陷的);  or at best,  remember the things we discard(丢掉)to teach us how we can improve.
【小题1】When Sarah asked the author whether the snakeskin was beautiful,___________

A.he was shocked and jumped
B.he tried to understand her point of view
C.he thought that telling the truth was a merit
D.he decided to teach her something about the garden
【小题2】How did Sarah feel about the author's explanation?
A.Confused.B.BoreciC.Satisfied.D.Excited.
【小题3】Which of the following would the author agree with?
A.By reflecting on ourselves, we can better ourselves.
B.It is necessary to force others to remove some things.
C.The community and culture force us to change.
D.It is natural to keep some old clothes.
【小题4】From the text, we can conclude that the author___________.
A.does not like nature much
B.takes the chilcl's feelings lightly
C.is both a logical and thoughtful person
D.loves to see his daughter excited about animals
【小题5】Which of the following could be the best title for the article?
A.The things we should cast offB.A shed snakeskin in Sarah's eyes
C.A natural part of our growthD.Renewal for snakes and us


This is the VOA Special English News Report.
Single--handed(独自的)
Zhou Yang,18,China
Against three strong Republic of Korea competitors,Zhou single—handed took the l,500一meter short speed skating gold to become China’s youngest winter Olympics gold medalisi.According to Coach Li Yan,Zhou,who is usually a gentle girl,took some risks and skated fiercely to take the gold.This is the third gold the Chinese have won at the Vancouver Olympics.
Unobtrusive(不显眼的)
Liu Xiang,26,China   
The Olympic gold medalist said on Friday that he’s not the same old him,after setting his worst record in years——8.08 seconds for 60一meter hurdles.Liu said he still had some way to go before he’s back to his best.Many fans have been expecting his taking--off in the 2010 Doha,but Liu said unobtrusively“Robles is still the best in the 60一meter and 1l0—meter hurdles.
I’m no match now”.He added the performances of Terrence Trammell(US)and Robles would be the highlight of the Doha meet.
Coveted(令人垂涎的)
Michael Jackson,1958—2009,US
Thanks to a whopping(庞大的) $350,000 bid,Michael Jackson’s rhinestone—encrusted(镶满人造钻石的) glove has gone to a Macao company.Jackson wore the sparking glove when he did his first“moonwalk” dance in 1983,so it was a really coveted piece of equipment.The pre—auction estimate put its value at $40,000~60,000,but that wasn’t even close . The glove and nine other items from the auction will be on display in a Macao hotel.
1.From the first news we can learn that Zhou Yang __________
A. likes taking chances in the competitions
B.won three  gold medaIs at the olympics.
C.is not a gentle but a fierce girl
D.is a hard--working and strong--minded girl
2.From the above news,we can infer Liu Xiang__________
A.is not popular with his fans any longer
B.is still out of condition at present
C.is feeling discouraged and depressed
D. is sure of the highlight of the Doha meet
3.The underlined part“but that wash’t even close”probably means __________
A.the pre--auction estimate may be totally wrong
B.the actual price may be far higher than the estimate
C.the glove is not worth the pre--auction estimate
D.the pre—auction estimate is probably correct
4.Where can we probably learn the passage?
A.Broadcast    B.  Announcement    C.Advertisement   D.Newspaper

Sarah came running in saying, "Look what l found. " Over the top of the paper I was reading I saw a long object that made me jump. It was a piece of snakeskin that had been shed (脱皮)  by one of our garden snakes.

'Isn't it beautiful?" said my wide-eyed 7~year-old daughter. I stared at the organic wrapper and thought to myself that it really was not that beautiful, but I did not want to disappoint Sarah.  Everything children see for the first time is elementary to their sense of beauty and creativity. They see only merit (忧点) and excellence in the world.

"Why does it do this?" Sarah asked. I like to teach my children that there is something else going on besides what they see in front of them. "Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves," I explained.

"Why do they need to renew themselves?" Sarah asked. "We often need to shed our skins, those coatings that we cover ourselves with," I said to my now absorbed daughter. "We outgrow some things and find other stuff unnecessary. This snake no longer needs this skin.  It is probably too old, and the snake probably doesn't think it looks as smart in the skin as it once did.  Like buying a new suit. "

Of course, I'm sure this explanation won't suit naturalists. But Sarah got the point. As we talked, I knew that she began to understand that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, and rooms and schoolwork and creativity, and she began to see what we need to keep and what need to cast off.  I was careful to point out that this is a natural process, not one to be forced.

"Snakes don't peel off their skin when they feel like it," I explained.  "lt happens as part of their growth. "

"I see, Dad. " said Sarah.  She then jumped off my lap, grabbed the snakeskin, and ran off.

I hoped she would remember this. Often, in order to find our real selves underneath the layers of community and culture we are cloaked (掩饰) in year after year, we need to start examining these layers. We need to gently peel some away, as we recognize them to be worthless, unnecessary, or flawed (有缺陷的);  or at best,  remember the things we discard(丢掉)to teach us how we can improve.

1.When Sarah asked the author whether the snakeskin was beautiful,___________

A.he was shocked and jumped

B.he tried to understand her point of view

C.he thought that telling the truth was a merit

D.he decided to teach her something about the garden

2.How did Sarah feel about the author's explanation?

A.Confused.         B.Boreci            C.Satisfied.          D.Excited.

3.Which of the following would the author agree with?

A.By reflecting on ourselves, we can better ourselves.

B.It is necessary to force others to remove some things.

C.The community and culture force us to change.

D.It is natural to keep some old clothes.

4.From the text, we can conclude that the author___________.

A.does not like nature much

B.takes the chilcl's feelings lightly

C.is both a logical and thoughtful person

D.loves to see his daughter excited about animals

5.Which of the following could be the best title for the article?

A.The things we should cast off              B.A shed snakeskin in Sarah's eyes

C.A natural part of our growth               D.Renewal for snakes and us

 

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。选项中有两个为多余选项

Millions of people all over the world use the word OK. In fact, some people say the world. OK means all right or acceptable it expresses agreement or approval.

___1.___ .Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaw. The Choctaw word “oken” means the same as the American word “okay”. Experts say early explorers in the American West spoke the Choctaw language in the 19th century.

But many people doubt this. Language expert Allen Walker Read wrote about the word OK in reports published in the 1960s. He said the word began being used in the 1830s. __2.___.Some foreign –born people wrote “all correct” as “o-l-l k-o-r-r-e-c-t”, and used the letters O.K. Other people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long ago. They said he put the first letters of his names--- O and K --- on each object people gave him to send on the train.

__3._ The organization supported Martin Van Buren for president in 1840. They called their group the OK Club. The letters were taken from the name of the town where Martin Van Buren was born--- Old Kinderhook, New York.

Then there is the expression A-OK. It is a space-age expression. It was used in 1961 during the flight of astronaut Alan Shepard. He was the first American to be launched into space. His flight ended when his spacecraft landed in the ocean, as planned. Shepard reported, “Everything is A-OK.”__4.__ One story says it was first used during the early days of the telephone to tell an operator that a message had been received.

There are also funny ways to say okay. __5.__ .These expressions were first used in the 1930s. Today, a character on the American television series, “The Simpsons”, says it another way. He says okely-dokely.

A.      Some people say okey-dokey or okey-doke.

B.      Still others say a political organization invented the word.

C.      Therefore, it has become popular in that area from then on.

D.      But many experts don’t agree on what the expression means.

E.       Language experts do not agree about where the word came from.

F.       It was a short way of writing a different spelling of the words “all correct”.

G.      However, some exerts say the expression did not begin with the space age.

 

 

 

第二卷

注意事项:

  1答题前,考生先在答题卡上用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考

    证号填写清楚,然后贴好条形码。请认真核准条形码上的准考证号、姓名和科目;

  2第二卷共2页,请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域

    内作答,在试题卷上作答无效。

第四部分写作(共两节,满分35分)

第一节短文改错(共l0小题;每小题l分,满分l0分)

    (注意:在试题卷上作答无效)

    此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该

行右边横线上画一个勾(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:

    此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线()划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用

斜线划掉。

    此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(/),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

    此行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

    注意:原行没有错的不要改。

It was a chance of a lifetime to win the first         76_______

prize on the Story Writing Show. All I had to do       77_______

was to write a story or present it. My teachers        78_______

have been telling me how great my writing was.         79_______

So if they had said was true, I would have a chance    80_______

of winning the prize. What were better, I had useful         81______

help. There was Uncle Chen, gentleman living             82______

near my house, who was a very much famous writer.        83______

He agreed to reading my story and give me some           84______

advices on how to write like a real writer.              85______

 

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