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

My father died when I was one-year-old.While I was growing up, we led a very hard life, but my mom gave me a lot of love.Each night, she seated me on her lap and, spoke the words that would change my life, "Kemmons, you are sure 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 that I would never walk again.Every night my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me whatever those doctors said, I could walk again if I wanted to.She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her.A year later, I walked on my own to school!

When the Great Depression broke out, my mother lost her job.Then I left school to support the two of us.At that moment I decided never to be poor again.

Over the years, I experienced a lot of business success.But the real turning point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951.I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was very angry that they charged an extra $2 for each child.That was too expensive for an ordinary American family.I told my wife that I was going to open a motel (汽车旅馆) for families that would never charge extra money for children.Many people did not believe me at that time.

Not surprisingly, mom was my strongest supporter.As in any business, I experienced a lot of difficulties.But with my mom's words in my heart, I never doubted I would succeed.Fifteen years later, I had the largest hotel system in the world—Holiday Inn.In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income of $l billion a year.

You may not have started out life in the best situations.But if you find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.

1.What Kemmon's mother often told him during his childhood was____.

A.caring

B.moving

C.encouraging

D.interesting

2.Who played the most important role in making the author walk back to school again?

A.Doctors.

B.Nurses.

C.His friend.

D.His mom.

3.What caused Kemmon to start a motel by himself?

A.His terrible experience in the hotel.

B.His wife's suggestion.

C.His previous business success.

D.His mom's support.

4.Which of the following best describes Kemmon's mother?

A.Modest, helpful and hard-working.

B.Loving, supportive and strong-willed.

C.Careful, beautiful and helpful.

D.Strict, sensitive and supportive.

5.Which of the following led to Kemmon's success?

A.Self-confidence, hard work, higher education and a poor family.

B.Mom's encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.

C.Clear goals, mom's encouragement, a poor family and higher education.

D.Mom's encouragement, a poor family, higher education and opportunities.

 

阅读下面的短文,然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

There are all kinds of stress in our daily lives such as stress from work, stress from study and stress from examinations. How to manage stress is thus a very important problem that we have to deal with properly. I think stress itself doesn’t exist. It’s only because we consider things to be bad and regard all of them as our own fault and won’t forgive ourselves. As we all know, there is nothing you can do without error. So it’s impossible to expect everything to be perfect. If we have done our best,  although not successfully, there is nothing to regret. And we don’t need to blame ourselves continuously. In fact we have done a quite good job. Then we will feel the stress less. We will stay healthy and do well in the future. Eventually we will be successful.

[写作内容]

1.概括短文内容要点,该部分的字数大约30词左右;

2.就“如何化解心理压力”这个主题发表你的看法,至少包括以下的内容要点,该部分的字数大约120词左右。

a)简述你生活学习中遇到过造成较大心理压力的困难;

b)你是如何化解心理压力的;

c)谈谈你对化解心理压力的体会。

[写作要求]

你可以参照阅读材料的篇章结构、有关内容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

[评分标准]

概括准确、语言规范、内容合适、篇章连贯。

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第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

  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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

  Columnist Dave Barry says this about his father:"My dad would try anything - carpentry(木匠活),electrical wiring,roofing and so on.From watching him,I learned a lesson that still 36 to my life today:no matter how difficult a task may seem, 37 you're not afraid to try it,you can do it."

  I learned from my parents the value of "going for it"." 38 ventured(冒险),nothing lost" is the motto of too many of us.Many people are so afraid to 39 that they never venture beyond the familiar."Better to be safe than sorry",has 40 too many people in the cocoon(保护膜) of their 41 zones.

  A delightful 42 tells that Col.Robert Johnson of Salem,New Jersey,announced that he would take a 43 risk.He let the town know that he would 44 a wolf peach on the steps of the country courthouse at noon on September 26,1820. "Why would he take such a chance?" asked the 45 people.

  Scientists and doctors had long declared the wolf peach to be 46 .If the wolf peach was too ripe and warmed by the sun,they told him he would be exposing himself to brain fever.Should he somehow 47 the experience,the skin of the 48 would stick to the lining of his stomach(他的胃黏膜) and 49 cause cancer.

  Nearly 2,000 people 50 the square to see Col.Johnson eat the "poisonous" peach - now known as the tomato.

  Col.Johnson believed his 51 was small,but it must be take if the 52 about the peach were to be 53 .Who has accompished anything worthwhile 54 taking a risk?

  Much like the tortoise it makes 55 only when it sticks its neck out.

  36.A.refers         B.applies       C.tends          D.leads

  37.A.if            B.since         C.although       D.unless

  38.A.Anything      B.Something    C.Nothing        D.Everything

  39.A.fail           B.win          C.succeed        D.leave

  40.A.turned        B.trapped       C.forbidden      D.orced

  41.A.comfortable    B.miserable     C.surprising     D.unimportant

  42.A.novel         B.message      C.joke          D.story

  43.A.private        B.public       C.secret        D.national

  44.A.buy          B.sell          C.eat           D.cut

  45.A.puzzled       B.disappointed   C.angry        D.happy

  46.A.delicious       B.smelly        C.salty        D.poisonous

  47.A.enjoy         B.survive         C.understand  D.know

  48.A.wolf         B.seed           C.peach      D.body

  49.A.eventually     B.firstly          C.lately       D.hardly

  50.A.reached      B.decorated         C.surrounded  D.crowded

  51.A.audience     B.risk            C.fruit        D.size

  52.A.myths        B.ingredients    C.truths         D.prices

  53.A.changed      B.adopted        C.removed      D.grasped

  54.A.without      B.for            C.with         D.except

  55.A.sense        B.trouble         C.room        D.progress

 

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