When I was 11,I threw a glance into Dad’s lunch box and made the unexpected discovery that my mother still showed her love towards my father. The evidence,a napkin resting on top of the sandwiches packed in wax paper,was certain “Love you!” she had written on the napkin. “Meat loaf for supper!”

  Mum penned all kinds of messages to Dad on those paper napkins,and he saved a whole pile of them. What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents.

  It also started my own brand of lunch box notes. When my kids were young,I’d glue little drawings on their lunches. Lots of sketches (素描) of our dog,Max,along with smiling flowers. When they were teenagers,I’d copy words of wisdom from great people,Einstein,for example,or Bruce Springsteen. Then,my kids grew up making their own handwritten notes. And my husband writes me love notes on recycled paper,because he’s all about being green.

  Friends who know about my lunch box notes eagerly share stories of their own family traditions. So many focus on food. Maura’s mum always drew hearts on the shells of hard-boiled eggs. Melinda wrote messages on her kids’ bananas.

  We’re into the third generation of lunch box notes in our home. Whenever my 3-year-old grandson,Clayton,spends the night,he knows his lunch is going to have a napkin note from Grandma in the morning. Last week,I drew a picture of me,waving widely and shouting his name. He took one look at it and screamed, “Where’s Grandpa?” I added a man in a clean shirt. “You forgot his tie”’ he said. 1 quickly drew a line of stripes (条纹) down the front of the shirt. Clayton smiled. “Grandpa ,” he whispered,running his fingers across the napkin. “It’s you!”

(   ) 1. When the author first saw Dad’s lunch box notes,

she felt        .

   A. moved

   B. nervous

   C. proud

   D. awkward

(   ) 2. What did the author put in the lunch boxes when her kids were in their teens?

   A. Words of love.

   B. Pictures of flowers.

   C. Famous words of wisdom.

   D. Drawings of their favourite animals.

(   ) 3. It can be inferred that        .

   A. the author’s husband is an environmentalist

   B. the author’s children dislike making lunch box notes

   C. the author’s grandson likes drawing pictures on napkins

   D. the author’s friends all had their brand of lunch box notes

(   ) 4. What’s the best title for the text?

   A. Old generation’s way of expressing love

   B. Different brands of lunch box notes

   C. Some interesting family traditions

   D. Lunches packed with love

 We high school students do have some growing pains,but we can get rid of them correctly and wisely.1.       ，some of us are upset 2.        our body styles and looks. It’s unnecessary and it’s not important at all. We needn’t care about it. It is one’s inner beauty 3.        matters. Sec ondly,we sometimes seem to be misunderstood 4.        our teachers,parents and classmates.

5.       (face)with this,we can find a proper time to have a heart-to-heart talk with them,trying to remove the 6.      (under stand) . Some of us have fewer friends. I think being open-minded and friendly will do you good. Thirdly,we may fall behind others,7.      makes us stressed. Actually we can encourage 8.      to work efficiently,full of 9.        (determine) . At last,some of us don’t have much pocket money,so we feel unhappy. Isn’t it strange? So long as we have some,that’s enough. And we can learn 10.        to spend money.

 I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight (货运) yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can slightly 1        the brightness of sunshine and what colour red is. It would be wonderful to see again,but 2        can do strange things to people.    ;

  It 3        to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn’t been 4     . I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so 5,otherwise. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my 6        I simply mean that the loss of them made me 7      the more what I had left.

  Life,I believe,asks a continuous series of 8        to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments,the more 9      his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. The hardest 10      I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was 11      If I hadn’t been able to do that. I would have 12      and become a chair rocker on the front perch (门廊) for the rest of my life.

  It took me years to discover and 13        this belief. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was 14        at me  and I was hurt. “I can’t use this ,” I said. “  15 it with you”’ he urged me ,“and roll it around. ” The words stuck in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear 16      it went. This gave me an idea on how to achieve a goal I had thought 17      ： playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Over brook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of 18      We called it ground ball.

  All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them,one at a time. I had to learn my 19      It was no good to try for something I knew at the start which was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of 20      I would fail sometimes anyway but on average I made progress.

(   ) 1. A. forget   B. see

   C. ignore   D. remember

(   ) 2. A. happiness   B. fortune

   C. misfortune   D. wealth

(   ) 3. A. occurred   B. happened

   C. agreed   D. applied

(   ) 4. A*  clever   B. blind

   C. foolish   D. lucky

(   ) 5. A. hardly   B. quickly

   C. roughly   D. deeply

(   ) 6. A. hands   B. arms

   C. eyes   D. legs

(   ) 7. A. appreciate   B. arrive

   C. believe   D. accept

(   ) 8. A. employments   B. investments

   C. settlements   D. adjustments

(   ) 9. A. meaningful   B. painful

   C. fearful   D. careful

(   ) 10. A. pleasure   B. lesson

   C. enjoyment   D. trouble

(   ) 11. A. unnecessary   B. horrible

   C. unpractical   D. essential

(   ) 12. A. broken out   B. broken through

   C. broken down   D. broken off

(   ) 13. A. strengthen   B. weaken

   C. shorten   D. darken

(   ) 14. A. smiling   B. laughing

   C. wondering   D. glaring

(   ) 15. A. Bring   B. Borrow

   C. Take   D. Lend

(   ) 16. A. where   B. when

   C. why   D. how

(   ) 17. A. possible   B. potential

   C. probable   D. impossible

(   ) 18. A. basketball   B. baseball

   C. football   D. volleyball

(   ) 19. A. conversations   B. limitations

   C. congratulations   D. educations

(   ) 20. A. achievement   B. process

   C. success   D. failure

 “No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion,written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. Without other people,life became empty and sad.1.

  For some of us,though making friends is not difficult,we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.

There are many books about friendship,but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence (影响) People written in 1936,is the most famous.2.      It was later put into 28 languages. Here is the list of advice from his book：

. 3.        Always greet with a smile. Begin with “excuse me”or “would you please”，when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “ thank you ” and try to be as helpful as you can.

. Go out of your way to be nice.

4.        Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little thing to you,but it will make your neighbour feel a lot better.

. Remember names.

They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.

. 5.        Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.

. Listen patiently.

When someone is talking to you,look at him or her,listen carefully and say something when necessary.

   A. This book about getting along with other people became a best seller.

   B. It’s also important to keep close friends in our daily life.

   C. So we all need to have friends.

   D. Be open-minded.

   E. Be friendly and polite.

   F. Try to help your friends get out of trouble.

   G. Find some time to do some things for other people.

 MELBOURNE,Australia- A kangaroo frightened by a man walking his dog attacked the pair,throwing the pet underwater and hitting the owner in the stomach with its back legs. The Australian,Chris Rickard,was in stable condition. The attack ended when the 49-year-old man struck the kangaroo in the throat.

  Rickard said he was walking his dog,Rocky,on Sunday morning when they surprised a sleeping kangaroo in Arthur’s Creek. The dog chased the animal into a pond,when the kangaroo turned and knocked the pet underwater.

  When Rickard tried to pull his dog free,the kangaroo turned on him,attacking with its back legs and tearing a deep cut into his stomach and across his face.

“I thought I might take action to drag the dog out from under his grasp,but I didn’t expect him to actually attack me ,” Rickard,49.told The Herald Sun newspaper. “It was a shock at the start because it was a kangaroo,about 5 feet high. It doesn't go around killing people. ”

  “I was stuck having to hold on to the dog with both hands because it was half drowned and I couldn’t really see anything because the kangaroo just attacked me. ”

He added, “All I could do was just keep pushing for the bank and he was trying to push me under the water,so at that point I struck him in the throat and that made him back off a little bit. ”

  “I don’t think I,ll ever be able to watch kangaroo programmes quite the same as I used to—it might bring back a couple of bad memories. ”

  Kangaroos rarely attack people but will fight if they feel threatened.

  Dogs often chase kangaroos,which have been known to lead the pets into water and defend themselves there.

  Rickard said he ended the attack by hitting the kangaroo in the throat. Rocky was half drowned when he pulled him out from the water.

(   ) 1. Rickard and his pet dog were attacked when      

   A. he was teasing a kangaroo

   B. he was walking his dog

   C. swimming in the pond

   D. dragging his dog out from water

(   ) 2. In Australia,kangaroos        .

   A. are only seen in zoos

   B. frequently attack people and pets

   C. get along rather peacefully with people

   D. can be found swimming in ponds

(   ) 3. The kangaroo attacked the man and his dog probably because        .

   A. the man struck it in the throat

   B. the dog chased it

   C. the man wanted to drown it

   D. it wanted to drown the dog

(   ) 4. As a result of the attack,      .

   A. the dog was drowned dead

   B. the kangaroo was killed

   C. kangaroos should be under stricter protection

   D. Rickard was left a deep impression

 假如你校要举办一次主题为“朋友”的英语演讲比赛，请你用英语写一篇100词左右的演讲稿。

开头已给出，不计入总词数。要点如下：

1. 朋友的真谛，尊重并信任朋友；

2. 择友的标准；

3. 如何对待朋友，至少两点；

4. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

5. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称。

Good morning,everyone. I’d like to share my ideas about friends with you.

 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，每处错误仅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(a) ;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。

Many young boys and girls had the habit of smoking,though they are middle school student. As we all know,smoking do harm to human beings. More and more people have realized that how serious this problem is. But they are never boring with it. Some people think smoking is a kind of fashion,and the other think smoking can refresh himself. In fact,smoking causes many illnesses. The most serious illness causing by smoking lung cancer. Meanwhile,smoking is a waste of money. What’s worse,careless smokers may cause danger fires.

 You’re on the third lap around the car park,because there are no open spaces,and you’re already 15 minutes late for your appointment. Right now you’re wishing you could jump out of the car and let it go and find its own spot.

  Now there’s an app for that. Virtual Valet lets your;iPhone tell your car to park without you in it. “You pull up to the roadside,push a button on your smartphone and the car takes care of everything else,^w says Aeron Steinfeld,the lead researcher for the project at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh，Pennsylvania.

  To find its own spot,the system uses a sensor suite similar to ones found in many luxury cars. This includes a motion sensor that scans for moving cars and pedestrians,and a forward-facing laser rangefinder normally found in adaptive cruise control to determine the distance of objects in front of the car. Information from these sensors is then fed to an onboard computer to plot the vehicle’s course. The user can watch the whole process from their phone.

  Better still,it will be affordable. The team has spent the last year moving from high-end imaging and processing equipment to less expensive components. In experiments,the vehicle was able to navigate through a crowded parking structure,find an empty spot,and park all on its own. And the greatest appeal of the Virtual Valet Parking App is that it requires no change to existing parking facilities or infrastructure.

  For the moment,the only car equipped for control by Virtual Valet is Carnegie Mellon’s modified (改进) Jeep Wranger,which the researchers have named NavLabll. But Steinfeld hopes that major car manufacturers will adopt the technology.

  It might be more than technology that holds up the show,however. Self-driving cars have been licensed in only three US states—California,Nevada and Florida—and it’s unclear how this app would agree with self-driving laws. Until these questions are settled,your insurance provider might be unwilling to cover a ding (凹痕) from a parking incident.

(   ) 5. It can be learned from the first two paragraphs that      

   A. parking lots are too crowded

   B. parking spaces are too limited

   C. your car can park automatically via a smartphone app

   D. you can leave your car alone if you can’t find a parking spot

(   ) 6. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3?

   A. How to determine the distance of objects.

   B. How the Virtual Valet App works.

   C. How to use the System.

   D. How to analyze the information about the vehicle’s course.

(   ) 7. The underlined word “plot” in Paragraph 3 probably means “     ”

   A. draw   B. circle

   C. change   D. follow

  Christmas,Easter and birthday parties can be difficult times for grandmothers and parents as they rush around trying to arrange the perfect celebration or making everyone as happy as possible!What’s better than a birthday party that makes your grandchild smile throughout or a celebration that impresses relatives and close friends?

  That is why Granny Look has supplied in this section,one of the most comprehensive guides to making these special ： occasions that happen perhaps once a year a real success.

  From a selection of Advent calendars to party planning or Christmas-stocking fillers,we have all the possibilities covered so that your children and grandchildren will really have a memorable time with attractive gifts and original ideas.

Bring that festive spirit to all those traditional days,and ensure you are always ready for any possibility. Granny Look’s extensive links are bound to make every special occasion an entirely different experience from the year before and allow everyone to feel entertained and content.

  CHRISTMAS-STOCKING FILLERS Look no further!Granny Look helps the family to prepare in time for Father Christmas. Give Santa Claus some ideas. He can fill all the children’s Christmas stockings with goodies!Unique Christmas gifts for children stocking fillers.

  A Granny Look favourite!

  ADVENT CALENDARS All children love the build-up to Christmas!What is better than choosing one of Granny Look’s selections of Advent calendars? Here you will find a list of websites to buy traditional or fun Advent calendars for children at Christmas time.

  A Granny Look favourite!

  BIRTHDAYS Looking for a special birthday gift? Explore Granny Look’s selection of presents,party planning,party toys and party games for your children and grandchildren’s birthdays.

  Plan and organize the kids’ parties ahead of time! !

  Don’t forget the personalized invitations!

  CHRISTMAS Look and book now!Granny Look’s selection of Christmas gifts for children.

  Some guides to “What’s on in your area” ... for the kids. Pantos,shows,theatres ... at Christmas time!

  Unique Christmas gifts for children. Spend quality time with your children’s children this festive season!

(   ) 1. From the text,we know that “Granny Look” is      

    A. a person who guides you to make your yearly celebration a real success

   B. a magazine that helps the family to prepare for special occasions

   C. a company that sells all sorts of products on the Internet

   D. a website that helps you to prepare for special occasions 

(   ) 2. The purpose of the text is        .

   A. to make children have a memorable holiday

   B. to show you how to shop on the Internet

   C. to give you some information about Granny Look

   D. to introduce some goods

(   ) 3. If you want to send some invitations to your daughter’s classmates,where will you search for the information?

   A. At Birthdays.

   B. At Advent calendars.

   C. At Christmas-stocking fillers.

   D. At Christmas.

(   ) 4. You will fail to find any information at Christmas when you need      .

   A. Christmas cards   B. fun Advent calendars

   C. Christmas gifts   D. tickets for theatres

  A young man,while travelling through a desert,came across a spring of clear water.

1.        water was sweet.

  He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder 2.        had been his teacher. After a four-day journey,the young man 3.      (present) the? water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink,smiled 4.        (warm) , and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home 5.        a happy heart.

  After the student left,the teacher let 6.      student taste the water. He spit it out,7.        (say) it was awful. Apparently,it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, “Sir,the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like 8.        ?”The I teacher replied ,“You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water in the container was simply for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be 9.      (sweet) .”We understand this lesson best 10.        we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace,the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within I the gift rather than the thing.