My 3-year-old son and I lived a very hard life because I had been out of work since two years ago. Being poor is a terrible feeling when your 3-year-old finishes his meal and says: “Can I have some more bread and jam （果酱） please, Mummy?” And you break down in tears, because you don’t know how to tell him that there is no more food. With ￡6, I went to the supermarket, picked up some food and started to cook at home. It was time for me to make a change and get back on my feet. I began to write a series of articles for the website named Hunger Hurt in July 2011.

A few months later, local food bank gave me some help-- with some free vegetables every month, which made my life a little easier. I began to write recipes（食谱）, posting them on my blog. To my surprise, families, students and those poor people told me how much it helped to see healthy recipes made from affordable supermarket vegetables.

My Life took unexpected turns. I was invited to give a speech on food , interviewed for an Oxfam report on food banks and asked to write a cookery book.

When I got the money from the book, for the first night in almost two years, I went to bed without worrying. Now, I have a well-paid job and a beautiful home, and I’ll never forget the days when I worked hard for a good life.

1.The writer started to cook because _______.

A．the food at the supermarket was unhealthy

B．she had to feed themselves in a cheap way

C．she was advised to do so by someone

D．her son preferred home-cooked food

2.According to the text, the food bank _______.

A．helps sell the food in supermarkets

B．gives out food to those people who are in need

C．brings people together who care about food waste

D．write healthy recipes to food lovers around the world

3. The writer’s first post of recipes _______.

A．drew much attention B．was given little notice

C．moved the readers D．attracted only housewives

4.Which could be the best title?

A．what a loving mother

B．A lesson hard life teaches me

C．A mother’s dream job

D．Success lies in your own hands

Early risers are most likely to be healthy, wealthy and wise, according to the old saying. But those who are early to bed and early to rise do not always have advantages, researchers say. They have found that night owls（夜猫子） are generally brighter and wealthier than those who are able to get up early in the morning.

Experts from the University of Madrid carried out tests on around 1,000 teenagers and found that those who preferred to stay up late showed the kind of intelligence to find good jobs and earn much money. Larks or “morning people”, however, often get better exam results, possibly because lessons are held at the wrong time of day for night owls.

The researchers examined the habits and body clocks of the young people to determine whether they liked to stay up late and sleep later in the morning, or preferred to go to bed early and were at their best state in the morning. School performance and problem solving ability, were judged and test grades in the major subjects were also taken into consideration.

Jim Horne, professor of psychophysiology at Loughborough University, said: “Evening types tend（倾向） to be the more creative types, the poets, artists and inventors, while the morning types are considered to be civil servants and accountants（会计）. ”

1.The researchers from the University of Madrid found _______.

A．morning people will probably find good jobs and earn a lot

B．morning people show higher intelligence from an early age

C．night owls may earn more money than morning people

D．night owls might be healthier than morning people

2.Early risers often do well in exams possibly because_______.

A．they go to bed by 10p.m. regularly

B．they make full preparations before exam

C．lessons are held at the right time for them

D．they have longer time to prepare for their lessons

3.The research may include questions about the following EXCEPT_______.

A．favorite sports

B．grades in main subjects

C．living habits and body clocks

D．school performance

4. In Jim Horne’ opinion, Larks may choose to be _______ in the future.

A．inventors B．artists

C．poets D．civil servants

Sometimes it is difficult to talk to taxi drivers. They must give all their attention to the road as they work out the shortest way to the place where you are going. However, passengers from Wangfujing were in surprise when they took a taxi. The driver just would not stop talking - in English.

Organized by the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy, “Dare to Speak” examines if Chinese people will speak English in “real-life” situations.

Matthew Knowles, an acting student from South Carolina at Beijing Film Academy, acted the part as the “driver”. He collected six passengers on Saturday morning, most of whom were female white-collar （白领）workers.

“Of course they were surprised at first, wondering why I’m driving a taxi, and wondering whether this is a real taxi, but then most of them were pretty willing to speak,” he said. Knowles said he was also surprised by his “passengers”. “Apart from my first ‘passenger’, who could speak very little English, all the rest spoke English very well, and it was fun to communicate with them,” he said, adding that some “passengers” were quite talkative.

The “foreign taxi driver” project was just one of the “Dare to Speak” activities, which have been going on since the end of October. Other projects included a foreign store owner near a high school in Beijing, a cook in a Shanghai university canteen. They were testing the willingness of Chinese people, especially students and white-collar workers, to speak to foreigners in English.

Rong Xin, senior manager of IELTS （雅思） with the British Embassy, said they hoped to let IELTS takers in China know that communication is the ultimate goal of IELTS.

“We hope that more and more IELTS takers in China can realize the importance of communicating in English in real life, instead of just getting high test scores,” she said.

1.Why did Matthew Knowles drive a taxi?

A．He took part in the project “Dear to speak”

B．He played the role of a taxi driver in a film.

C．He enjoyed chatting with people in English.

D．He wanted to improve his Chinese while driving.

2.The Chinese may meet and talk to _______ in “Dear to speak” projects.

A．a white-collar worker B．a foreign store owner

C．a restaurant manager D．a high school student

3.The underlined word ultimate is closest in meaning to ________.

A．most difficult B．most common

C．most famous D．most important

4.The purpose of the project “Dear to Speak” is to _______ .

A．attract more foreigners to start business in China

B．draw Chinese people’s attention to IELT

C．remind language learners of the goal of learning

D．give more chances for English learners in China

As we all know, friendship is of great importance in our daily life. A friend can give us help and share our difficulties and happiness. But how to make friends is still difficult to some of us. 1.

1. Be friendly to others. 2. You should try to make a stranger feel at home wherever he happens to be. Think more of others than of yourself and never judge a person by his appearance and clothes.

2. Be reliable. If you and your friend agree to meet somewhere, don’t be late. If you’re not going to make it on time or make it at all, call them as soon as you realize it. 3. Be someone that people know they can depend on.

3. 4. Listen carefully to what people say, remember important details about them （their names, their likes and dislikes）, ask questions about their interests, and just take the time to learn more about them.

4. Encourage your friends: A true friend always gives courage to his friends. 5. Never make fun of or laugh at your friends in front of others. You should come to support them.

A．Be a good listener.

B．When you say you’ll do something, do it.

C．A friend to all is a friend to none.

D．The following information can give you some tips:

E．And never leave your friend when he is in trouble.

F．Smile at others and you are sure to get a smile in return.

G．He will remain with them in both good as well as bad times.

第一节：单词拼写与词组填空：（11小题，每空1分，共16分）

1.Sally came home so thin and weak that her own children could hardly （认出）her.

2.In the market the dealers were （讨价还价）with growers over the price of coffee.

3.The Tower of London is a fine example of an English_________（城堡） .

4._________（就个人而言）, I don’t think it is a good idea.

5.It will be hard to _________（说服）them that there is no other choice.

6.I’m sure you’ll _________（成功） if you work hard.

7.奥林匹克会旗上的五环代表什么？

What does the five rings on the Olympic flag ?

8.玛丽已经习惯于和工作中各种各样的人打交道。

Mary is used to all kinds of people in her job.

9.在世界范围内还有很多人在挨饿。

Many people throughout the world still hunger.

10.雨伞可以保护你不至于淋雨。

An umbrella will you the rain.

11.多年的战争已使这个地方变成一片废墟。

Years of fighting have left the area .

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^ ），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. May I have your attention, please?

I have something important to tell you. Our plan to visit the countryside has to put off till tomorrow because the rain. Now I will introduce their plan for today. we would go to visit a middle school by bus on this morning. A school has a history of 85 years. Then we’ll go to an exhibition of some new invention. I think it will be interested. The bus will wait at the gate of the hotel. We’ll set out at 8:30. Taking everything necessary with you and please get on the bus on time. You are welcome to ask me unless you still have any questions. Thank you for listening.

寒假即将来临，你班同学在口语课上讨论假期计划，提出了不同看法。请根据提示写一篇记述讨论内容的短文，并谈谈你的假期打算。

注意：1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 参考词汇：眼界horizon

The winter holiday is coming. Our class have had a discussion about what to do during the holiday.____________________________________________________________________

We are said to be living in ____ Information Age, ___ time of new discoveries and great changes.

A. the , the B. /; the C. /; a D. the; a

She can always create an atmosphere for her students, ___ allows them to talk freely with each other.

A. where B. which C. who D. were

If he had decided where to go, he ___ on his way at present.

A. would be B. would have been C. is D. can’t