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Believe it or not, the ability to choose is the power to change. If you can choose to live your life differently, will you be the same person?

Well, choosing to do the following few “simple” things will help to change your life.

Review your life. Take time to go through your life and ask yourself, “If I do the same thing I do every day, will there be a change? If I want to change, where will my first step be?”

Make careful choices. Choose exactly what you wish to get to live your life; describe and think what you really want.

Keep up with chances. Find out about the possibilities and ways that can make you move toward your goals, write them down and see which one suits you most.

Get down to business. Start working on your goals. People may bring you down; you may have difficulties; you will fail and want to give up. But the most important thing is never to give up.

If you try these “simple” things, you will find that success is something for everyone, and you will finally become what you want to be. Remember, success is more than what you hold in your hands; it is something from the heart.

1. Once you get down to business, the most important thing is to _____.

A. set goals B. see possibilities

C. keep on trying D. ask for help

2.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to ____.

A. change B. choice C. life D. success

3.This passage mainly discussed the relationship between ______.

A. power and life

B. choice and change

C. power and success

D. choice and difficulty

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---It was a wonderful trip. So, which city did you like better, Paris or Rome?

---______. There were good things and bad things about them.

A. It’s hard to say

B. I didn’t get it

C. You must be kidding

D. Couldn’t be better

Jackin the lab when the power cut occurred.

A.works B.has worked

C.was working D.would work

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Grandparents Answer a Call

As a third generation native of Brownsville, Texas, Mildred Garza never pleased move away,. Even when her daughter and son asked her to move to San Antonio to help their children, she politely refused . Only after a year of friendly discussion did Ms Gaf finally say yes. That was four years ago. Today all three generations regard the move to a success,giving them a closer relationship than they would have had in separate cities.

No statistics show the number of grandparents like Garza who are moving closer to the children and grandchildren. Yet there is evidence suggesting that the trend is growing. Even President Obama’s mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, has agreed to leave Chicago and into the White House to help care for her granddaughters. According to a study grandparents com. 83 percent of the people said Mrs. Robinson ‘s decision will influence the grandparents in the American family. Two-thirds believe more families will follow the example of Obama’s family.

“in the 1960s we were all a little wild and couldn’t get away from home far enough fsst enough to prove we could do it on our own,”says Christine Crosby, publisher of grate manazine for grandparents .We now realize how important family is and how important”” to be near them, especially when you’re raining children.”

Moving is not for everyone. Almost every grandparent wants to be with his or her grandchildren and is willing to make sacrifices, but sometimes it is wiser to say no and visit frequently instead. Having your grandchildren far away is hard, especially knowing your adult child is struggling, but giving up the life you know may be harder.

1.Why was Garza’s move a success?

A．It strengthened her family ties.

B．It improved her living conditions.

C．It enabled her make more friends.

D．It helped her know more new places.

2.What was the reaction of the public to Mrs. Robinson’s decision?

A．17% expressed their support for it.

B．Few people responded sympathetically.

C．83% believed it had a bad influence.

D．The majority thought it was a trend.

3. What did Crosby say about people in the 1960s?

A．They were unsure of raise more children.

B．They were eager to raise more children.

C．They wanted to live away from their parents.

D．They bad little respect for their grandparent.

4. What does the author suggest the grandparents do in the lasr paragraph?

A. Make decisions in the best interests' of their own

B. Ask their children to pay more visits to them

C. Sacrifice for their struggling children

D. Get to know themselves better

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假定你叫李华。你的同学Mary因为生病没来上课，你的班主任请你写一封E-mail告诉Mary这个星期天班上要开晚会。内容要点如下：

(1) 星期天晚上要开个英语晚会。

(2) 晚饭后6:30在教室集合，晚会7:00开始。

(3) 每个同学都要表演，可以唱英文歌，朗读英文诗，讲英语故事或者跳舞等。

(4) 如果她觉得好些，希望她能来参加。

注意：1．文章必须包括所有要点。

2．词数：100左右。

3．参考词汇：诗poem 班主任headteacher

The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes.

For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.

However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.

Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.

A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.

In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.

Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.

1.What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To seek help for Nauru’s problems.

B. To give a warning to other countries

C. To show the importance of money

D. To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.

2.The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _______.

A. soil pollution B. phosphate overmining

C. farming activity D. whale hunting

3.Which of the following was a cause of Nauru’s financial problem?

A. Its leaders misused the money

B. It spent too much repairing the island

C. Its phosphate mining cost much money

D. It lost millions of dollars in the civil war.

4.What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph?

A. The ecological damage is difficult to repair.

B. The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously.

C. The island was abandoned by the Nauruans

D. The phosphate mines were destroyed

Travaling is one of life’s great joys. It’s a way to see the world and learn about places you’ve never been before . _____1.____

The best things can come from the worst experiences

Once, when I was in Sicily, I was cheated by a stranger for a hundred dollars. At first I was astonished._____ 2.___and what I would do if I had it. But what I learned from this about humanity, about the nature of good and evil within people, and how circumstances force them to do bad things showed me a lot about myself and how to deal with misfortune.

___3.__

The cost of a trip may be a couple of thousand dollars, depending on how big you go. But the value it could have on your life and your memories could be priceless. Think about how much you are willing to spend, sure, but also consider what else you want from your vacation, who you want to meet, what kind of experiences you want to have, and how you want to remember it ten years from now.

Don’t follow others’ footsteps and find your own path

___4.__, but I look forward to wandering away from the group, down labyrinthine alleys(迷宫般的小巷), into different shops and neighborhoods, to experience my own understanding of a city and its environment. The same applies to when I come home from my trip.

____5._____

Unavoidably, you will see or hear things worth telling friends about when you return home. After traveling enough, you will have all the practice you need to become a master story-teller.

So keep traveling with these lessons in mind and learn more from your experiences abroad.

A. Plan for the unexpected

B. I spent the entire next day thinking about what I should have done to keep my money

C.Traveling in a guided tour can be informative and fun

D.Traveling is kind of like being in love.

E.Learn how to tell a better story

F. Price and value are two different things

G.Here are some ways to help you make the most of your travel experience.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

My son, Sam, struggled through elementary school. But his sixth grade teacher took the time to _______ Sam’s strengths and inspired him to be a better student.

On Valentine’s Day, my eleven-year-old son Sam _______ me to allow him to buy his teacher an enormous red heart_______ with delectable(让人喜爱的) chocolates. We _______ , and he bought her a smaller but respectably sized heart. On his small _______, $4.99 was a huge investment, and I was touched by his _______.

Last year, Sam’s most _______thing was having the longest “missing assignment” list in the entire fifth grade. He_______ all year to keep his head above the academic sea and many nights Sam sank into tears of _______.

I must admit I was _______ when I first met Mrs. Hogan. She was a _______ teacher. She seemed so young and sweet and inexperienced. How was this new teacher going to _______ a boy who had learned to dread (恐惧) school? As I observed this teacher’s _______ with my son at the end of each day, I realized that

Sam’s inattentiveness and disorganization was not the _______ things that Mrs. Hogan noticed about him. She _______ Sam as a knowledgeable, capable student who loved to read. He rose to her_______. He brought home less and less class work. He _______ six A’s on his second-quarter report card.

I _______don’t know how much of this _______ is due to the magic of Mrs. Hogan. I do know that my son loves his sixth grade teacher, and I think there is a magic in relationships that can inspire children_______ nothing else will.

1.A. prevent B. encourage C. pull D. change

2.A. advised B. promised C. allowed D. begged

3.A. absorbed B. offered C. filled D. obtained

4.A. compromised B. fought C. refused D. argued

5.A. route B. age C. budget D. way

6.A. instruction B. cleverness C. generosity D. bravery

7.A. enjoyable B. favorable C. honorable D. unforgettable

8.A. struggled B. agreed C. discovered D. insisted

9.A. regret B. anger C. frustration D. pleasure

10.A. interested B. concerned C. moved D. amazed

11.A. loving B. caring C. rising D. beginning

12.A. lift up B. pick out C. come up D. take in

13.A. description B. competition C. communication D. cooperation

14.A. precious B. junior C. senseless D. primary

15.A. allow B. recognize C. refer D. look

16.A. expectations B. power C. questions D. dreams

17.A. lost B. accepted C. earned D. left

18.A. still B. too C. so D. already

19.A. independence B. reward C. recovery D. miracle

20.A. when B. before C. until D. unless

阅读理解。

As I walked along the Edgware Road, I felt as though the world was closing in on me. All the sounds I take for granted, had gone. I had entered a world of silence. This unsettling experience occurred a few weeks ago when I agreed to go deaf for the day to support the work of the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, for which I am an ambassador.

When I managed to take a cab to the office of my manager, Gavin, I couldn’t hear what the taxi driver was saying to me. Conversation was impossible. Then, when I reached the office, I had to ring the intercom five times as I couldn’t hear a response.

Everybody said I was shouting at them--- I simply wasn’t aware of how loudly I was speaking as I couldn’t hear my own voice. Gavin kept telling me my phone was ringing, but I didn’t realize. I was too busy trying to concentrate on reading his lips. And when he tried to tell me a code to put into my phone, I had to keep asking him to repeat it, more slowly. Eventually he lost his patience and snapped at me: “Just give me the phone!” I was shocked.

People couldn’t be bothered to repeat themselves, so they kept trying to do things for me that I was perfectly capable of doing myself. I felt I’d lost control.

Being deaf for the day was extraordinarily tiring. I had to work so hard to “listen” with my eyes, get people’s attention and use my other senses to make up for my lack of hearing. It was a huge, exhausting effort.

Until that experience I didn’t realize how much I took my own hearing for granted, or the sorts of emotions and experiences deaf people go through. If a deaf person asks you to repeat something, never think: “It doesn’t matter.” It does matter.

1.Why did the author focus on reading Gavin’s lips?

A. By doing this he could understand what Gavin was saying.

B. He wanted to be aware of what the code was.

C. He attempted to get the code into the phone by himself.

D. He didn’t want to bother Gavin to repeat what he was saying.

2.What advice does the author give in the passage?

A. Speak at the top of your voice if you can’t hear others speaking.

B. Repeat things as slowly as possible for the deaf.

C. Take your own hearing for granted.

D. Do as many things as possible for the deaf.

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. It’s boring to live in a world of silence.

B. The author has to use gestures to communicate with his friends.

C. There are many other ways to help the deaf understand others.

D. Many ordinary people just take hearing for granted until they lose it.

4.What can be the best title of the passage?

A. Helping the Deaf with More Patience

B. Don’t Take Your Hearing for Granted

C. Listening with Eyes

D. The Importance of Reading Lips

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