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Not long ago I wasn't doing very well in exams and I was full of disappointment and __1__ thinking.While on the Internet，I met many new friends，but one in particular __2__.His nickname is Colorful Day and we __3__ on the Web.He told me he lost his __4__ at the age of 15，and felt the whole world had closed its door to him.

He was __5__ so fast that I couldn't believe he was blind！But he continued to __6__：Five years ago，I realized it was time to change my life.I had read about Helen Keller and understood her life and __7__.So I developed a website about her life __8__ mine called Three Days to See.

I visited his website which was well produced and vividly __9__.

I asked，“How did you __10__　 to build such a website？” He said，“Owing to the new technology，I can use software specially __11__　 for the blind.__12__　 I point the cursor(光标)，it will just read it out to me.We can do far more things and __13__ more information than we could before.”I then asked，“Didn't you have great difficulty with it？”

He hesitated and then began his __14__　 with a smiling face，“Yes，but I have faith in myself to __15__　 my colorful day，and modern technology gives me this medium and __16__ to do it.”

His __17__ attitude towards life made me believe that our destiny offers，not the cup of despair，__18__　 the chalice (酒杯) of opportunity.I returned to my lessons，and this time with a smile on my face and with __19__ of a colorful future.

The Internet，which is open to me to __20__ different lives and cultures，has charm you couldn't find in another wise non?virtual world.

1．A.positive 　　　　 B．active

C．negative　　　　　　 D．instructive

2．A.turns out　　　　 B．stands out

C．comes out　　　 D．looks out

3．A.argued　　　　　　 B．interviewed

C．told　　　　　 D．chatted

4．A.eyesight　　　　 B．hearing

C．courage　　　　　　　 D．confidence

5．A.speaking　　　　　 B．saying

C．typing　　　　　　　 D．spelling

6．A.follow　　　　　　 B．write

C．read　　　　　　　　 D．copy

7．A.friendship　　　 B．marriage

C．happiness　　　　　 D．hardships

8．A.as well as　　　　 B．such as

C．like　　　　　　　　 D．as

9．A.offered　　　　　 B．presented　

C．delivered　　　　　 D．found

10．A.try　　　　　　　 B．come　

C．work　　　　　　 D．manage

11．A.designed　　　　 B．distinguished　

C．planned　　　　　 D．imagined

12．A.Whether　　　　　 B．However 　

C．Whatever　　　　 B．access　

C．communicate 　　 D．exchange

14．A.webpage　　　　 B．speech　

C．words　　　　　　 D．opinions

15．A.create　　　　　 B．produce　

C．recognize　　　 D．organize

16．A.moment　　　　　 B．privilege　

C．opportunity　　　　 D．occasion

17．A.hopeful　　　　　 B．disappointed　

C．pleasant　　　　　 D．optimistic

18．A.but　　　　　　　 B．and　

C．so　　　　　　　 D．then

19．A.eagerness　　　　 B．expectations　

C．richness　　　　 D．nervousness

20．A.touch　　　　　　 B．feel

C．experience　　　　　 D．suffer

本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者由于考试失利而感到非常失望。他在上网时结识了一个非常特别的朋友——一位盲人。这位新朋友敢于正视自己，克服困难，并对生活抱有非常乐观的态度，还建立了一个网站。他的生活态度对作者产生了积极的影响。

1．C　从前句“I wasn't doing very well in　 exams and I was full of disappointment”可知，作者一定是很“negative(消极的)”。

2．B　turn out“证明是”；stand out “突出”；come out “出来”；look out“当心”。从下文内容可知，这里表示“有一个新朋友非常突出”。

3．D　由“on the Web”可知，这里应该是“聊天”。

4．A　从下文“I couldn't believe he was　 blind”可推知，这个新朋友“失明了”。

5．C　从上文可知，他们是在网上聊天，所以这里应用“typing”，表示“打字”。

6．B　从后面的内容看，应用write，表示“他继续写道”。

7．D　Helen Keller是一个盲人，因此她的生活一定充满着“艰难”。

8．A　her life与mine应该是并列关系，因此用as well as。such as表示列举。

9．B　四个动词中只有present(呈现)可与vividly连用，表示“很生动地呈现”。offer“提供”；deliver“投递”；find“发现”，均不符合句意。

10．D　从下文内容可知，新朋友的网站已经建成，因此用manage。manage to do sth.表示“设法做成某事”。try“尝试”；come“来”；work“工作”，均不符合句意。

11．A　design“设计”；distinguish “区分”；plan“计划”；imagine“想象”。此处意为“我可以使用专门为盲人设计的软件”。故选项A符合句意。

12．D　从前后句句意看，这里应用wherever，表示“无论哪里”。

13．B　句意为“我们可以比以前做更多的事情，能够获取更多的信息”。send“发送”；access“获取”；communicate“传达”；exchange“交换”。故只有选项B符合句意。

14．C　依据句意可知，此处表示“他打出一个笑脸开始说(began his words)”。word 表示要说的“话”；speech表示“演讲词”；opinion表示“观点，观念”，根据句意，答案选C。

15．A　依据句意可知，用create，意为“创造”。produce“生产”；recognize“认出”；organize“组织”，均不符合句意。

16．C　此处意为“现代科技给我提供这种媒介与机会来创造绚丽多彩的生活”。moment“时刻”；privilege“特权”；opportunity“机会”；occasion“场合”。根据句意，答案选C。

17．D　根据上下文内容可知，作者的新朋友对生活抱有“积极的、乐观的”态度。因此答案为D。

18．A　考查固定搭配。not...but意为“不是……而是……”。

19．B　由语境可知，新朋友对人生的态度给作者很大的启发。再由“and this time with a smile on my face”可知作者对丰富多彩的未来充满“期望”。故答案选B。

20．C　touch“触摸”；feel“感觉”；experience“经历”；suffer“遭受”。由句意可知，答案选C。

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If you are able to talk to a friend over the telephone, you feel that you are close _____ the actual distance is not shortened.

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even if
B.
so long as
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if
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Not long ago, many people believed that babies only wanted food and to be kept warm and dry. Some people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. But doctors in the United States now say babies begin learning on their first day of life.

A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregiver. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other people.

The researchers say this ability to learn exists in a baby even before birth. They say newborn babies can recognize and understand sounds they heard while they were still developing inside their mothers.

Experts say the first three years of a child’s life are the most intensive period of language and speech development. This is the time when the brain is developing. Language and communication skills are believed to develop best in an environment that is rich with sounds and sights. Experts say babies should repeatedly hear the speech and language of other people.

America’s National Institutes of Health says evidence suggests there are important periods of speech and language development in children. The ability to learn a language will be more difficult if these periods pass without early contact with a language.

The first signs of communication happen during the first few days of life, when a baby learns that crying will bring food and attention. Research shows that most children recognize the general sounds of their native language by six months of age. By that time, a baby usually begins to make sounds. These sounds become a kind of nonsense speech over time.

1.When does the author think babies begin to learn? (no more than 9 words, 2 marks)

2.Why do babies smile to please her mother or other caregiver? (no more than 9 words, 2 marks)

3.According to experts, how can babies’ language and communication skills develop? (no more than 8 words, 3 marks)

4.What does the author mainly tell us? (no more than 8 words, 3 marks)

When Boris left school，he could not find a job．He tried hard and pestered(纠缠)his relatives，but they had problems of their Own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris grew annoyed，then depressed，then a little hardened．Still he went on trying and still he failed．He began to think that he had no future at all.

“Why don’t you start your own business?” one of his uncles told him．“The world is a money-locker. You’d better find a way of opening it.”

“But what can I do?”

“Get out and have a look round,” advised his uncle in a vague sort of way．“See what people want；then give it to them，and they will pay for it.”

Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of a waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer．He worked hard，made friends with his customers and gradually managed to build up his goodwill and profit．A few months later, he found that he had more work than he could deal with by himself．He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good：in the wrong position，too expensive or with some other snag(障碍). But at long last，he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate where there were plenty of customers but no competition.

Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motor-cycles．Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed. At last，Boris had managed to open the money-locker and found bank notes and gold Coins inside．

1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage ?

A．Goodwill is the key to success．

B．The world is a money-locker

C．No education, no future

D．Difficulty of starting a small business

2.Which of the following best describes Boris’ job hunting experience?

A．Surprising B．Encouraging C．Boring D．Disappointing

3.Boris start his career by .

A．cycling around the town

B．developing a waste ground

C．repairing cycles

D．buying empty shops

4.Boris finally chose an empty shop on a new estate because .

A．it was not so expensive

B．he had a lot of old customers there

C．he could make good use of his skills there

D．there were good opportunities there

5.We can infer from the last paragraph that Boris .

A．still couldn’t make good profits

B．set off in a successful career

C．found a lot of gold coins by accident

D．had great difficulty running his business

Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.

Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.

No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因) for right-handedness, he / she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.

Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to.

1.After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found _______.

A. the art began from 1,500 B.C.

B. the works of art ended in the 1950s

C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed

D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed

2.How many people in the world are left-handed now?

A．Less than one sixth. B．More than a half.

C．About 40%. D．The passage doesn’t tell us.

3.What is the hand for most people used to do?

A．It’s used to find or hold things.

B．It’s used to work with things.

C．It’s used to make a person’s eyes work together.

D．It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems.

4.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.

B．Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.

C．Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

D．Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

5.The best title for this passage is _______.

A．Scientists’ New Inventions B．Left-handed People

C．Which Hand D．Different Brains, Different Hands

He spoke at the meeting and said that three years in high school ________ not long.

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A. be
B. are
C. is
D. been

If you are able to talk to a friend over the telephone, you feel that you are close _____ the actual distance is not shortened.

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