Having parked near the car wash beside the supermarket, I came away to wait for my wife to come from work. Coming my way from across the parking lot was what society would consider a bum (流浪汉). From the looks of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money. There are times when you feel generous but there are other times that you just don’t want to be bothered (打扰). This was one of those “don’t want to be bothered times.”

“I hope he doesn’t ask me for any money,” I thought. He didn’t. He came and sat on the seat by the bus stop but he didn’t look like he could have enough money to even ride the bus. After a few minutes he spoke, “That’s a very pretty car”. He was ragged (衣着破旧的) but he had an air of dignity (尊严) around him. I said, “thanks,” without taking a look at him.

He sat there quietly for a moment. The expected begging for money never came. As the silence between us widened something inside said, “Ask him if he needs any help.” I was sure that he would say “yes”. So I asked, “Do you need any help?” He answered in three simple words that I shall never forget. The three words shook me. “Don’t we all?” he said.

I was feeling successful and important, above a bum in the street, until those three words hit me. Don’t we all? I needed help. Maybe not for bus fare or a place to sleep, but I needed help. I reached in my wallet and gave him not only enough for bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and shelter for the day. Those three little words still ring true. No matter how much you have, you need help too. However, no matter how little you have, you can give help too.

1.The author walked away from the car wash to _____.

A. go to work

B. wash his car

C. go shopping

D. meet his wife

2.When the author first saw the bum, he planned to _____.

A. ignore his difficulty

B. give him a lesson

C. offer him some help

D. make friends with him

3.When the bum said “Don’t we all?”, the author felt _____.

A. satisfied B. shy C. sad D. shocked

4.What is the best title for the text?

A. The clever bum

B. Never lose your dignity

C. Don’t we all need help?

D. To give or not?

根据上下文的语法结构及所给提示填空，使短文连贯通顺。

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear __1.______ spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 2.______, we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

There is no easy way to success _3._____ language learning. __4._______ good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only ____5.________ (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and ___6._______meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. __7.______we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of _8._____(advise) for those __9.____are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and10.__(write) the language whenever we can.

When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.

Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.

Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat (抽签); those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “You’re all going.”

On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a best-selling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages (孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to start a group of women’s clubs one day, helping people from all backgrounds.

1.Without Mr. Clark, the writer _________.

A. might have been put into prison

B. might not have won the prize

C. might have joined a women’s club

D. might not have moved to Atlanta

2.The Essential 55 is ___________.

A. a show B. a speech

C. a classroom rule D. a book

3.How many students’ names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark?

A. None B. Three C. Fifty-five D. All

4.In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that ___________.

A. Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked traveling

B. Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubs

C. a good teacher can raise his or her students’ score

D. a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The moment happened 30 years ago but it was still fresh in my memory. I was a college freshman and had ________ up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first ________ of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a ________ . A few minutes’ nap（小睡）time before class couldn’t ________ , I thought.

BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my ________ beating wildly trying to find the cause of the ________ . My young professor was looking at me with a boyish(孩子气的) smile on his face. He had ________ dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!”, he said still ________. “I am glad to see everyone is ________ . Now let’s get started. ”

For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the ________ of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. It was instead from the ________ discussion he led. With knowledge and good ________ he made the material come ________ . His insight （洞察力）was full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he ________ with were contagious(有感染力的). I ________ the classroom not only wide awake, but a little ________ and a little better as well.

I learned something far more important than not ________ in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life，do it well，do it with ________ . What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk(梦游)your way through ________ then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too ________ not to live it well.

1.A. took B. divided C. stayed D. put

2.A. class B. test C. task D. lecture

3.A. platform B. pillow C. carpet D. wall

4.A. benefit B. help C. last D. hurt

5.A. heart B. mind C. thought D. head

6.A. trouble B. noise C. failure D. incident

7.A. angrily B. carelessly C. purposely D. accidentally

8.A. smiling B. talking C. complaining D. shouting

9.A. active B. curious C. present D. awake

10.A. sound B. shock C. interruption D. blow

11.A. fascinating B. boring C. puzzling D. encouraging

12.A. gesture B. sense C. humor D. design

13.A. strange B. natural C. handy D. alive

14.A. taught B. spread C. combined D. started

15.A. decorated B. filled C. left D. entered

16.A. clearer B. smarter C. quieter D. stronger

17.A. discussing B. speaking C. cheating D. sleeping

18.A. joy B. speed C. aim D. determination

19.A. work B. life C. journey D. college

20.A. hard B. complex C. short D. simple

书面表达

现今，大城市普遍存在着交通问题。它不仅给人们的生活和工作带来不便而且还威胁到了人们的生命安全。请以“Traffic Problems in Big Cities”为题，根据以下内容提示完成作文：

1. 描述两个常见的交通问题；

2. 简要分析导致这些交通问题的主要原因；

3. 根据你的分析，从社会规范(rules and regulations)和个人行为两方面谈谈你得到的启示(不少于两点)。

注意：1．词数：120 左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Nowadays, traffic problems are common in big cities.

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“In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight.”

“Two full inches in the first three days!”

These are the kinds of statements used in magazine, newspaper radio and television ads, promising good shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the device. The promoters of products say they can shape the legs, slim the face, smooth wrinkles, or in some other way add to beauty or desirability.

Often such products are nothing more than money-making things for their promoters. The results they produce are questionable, and some are dangerous to health.

To understand how these products can be legally promoted to the public, it is necessary to understand something of the laws covering their regulation. If the product is a drug, FDA (Food Drug Administration) can require proof under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act that it is safe and effective before it is put on the market. But if the product is a device, FDA has no authority to require premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness. If a product already on the market is a danger to health, FDA can request the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily, or it can take legal action, including seizure (查封) of the product.

One notable case a few years ago involved an electrical device called the Relaxacisor, which had been sold for reducing the waistline. The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through contact pads. FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the device on the grounds that was dangerous to health and life.

Obviously, most of the devices on the market have never been the subject of court proceedings (法律诉讼), and new devices appear continually, Before buying, it is up to the consumer to judge the safety or effectiveness of such items.

1.It can be inferred that ads mentioned in the text are_____.

A. objective B. costly

C. unbelievable D. illegal

2.The Relaxacisor is mentioned as______.

A. a product which was designed to produce electricity

B. a successful advertisement of a beauty product

C. an example of a quality beauty product

D. a product whose distributor was involved in a legal case

3.The author intends to______.

A. make consumers aware of the promoters’ false promise

B. show the weakness of the law on product safety

C. give advice on how to keep young and beautiful

D. introduce the organization of FDA

4.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. The court is in charge of removing dangerous products.

B. The promoters usually just care about profits.

C. New products are more likely to be questionable.

D. The production of a device must be approved by FDA.

Winner of the Noble Prize for Literature and one of the America’s leading novelists, Sinclair Lewis was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, in 1885. The author graduated from Yale University, and worked as reporter, editor, and free-lane writer before devoting his full time to writing. His literary reputation was made with the publication of Main Street in 1920. Later successes include Babbitt (1922), Arrow smith (1924), Elmer Gantry (1927) and Dog worth (1929). Both Babbitt and Arrow smith are available in Signet edition. Mr. Lewis died in Rome, Italy in 1951.

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1.Which of the following statements is true about the author of Main Street?

A. He was awarded the Nobel Prize when he was 35.

B. He did several different jobs before becoming a full time writer.

C. His later works were more successful than his early ones.

D. He wrote a novel every other year in his literary life.

2.What can we know about the novel Main Street from the above passage?

A. It has been one of the most widely accepted historical novels.

B. It is somewhat the real life presentation of its author Sinclair Lewis.

C. It presents a realistic look of the life scene of America at that time.

D. It has a great impact in the process of the twenty-first century literature.

3. How much more should a Chinese reader pay if he orders five copies of the same Signet books than a Canadian reader?

A. $7.5. B. $5. C. $2.5. D. $10.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和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。

Nowadays a lot of people will like to have some adventurous experience. Some will try to go to the ________ sea to have a close look at the bottom of it ________ some others will like to arise into the sky ________ up till now to greet the so-called heavens. But you see, ________ all of them will have good memory after the adventures. Don’t you believe that? So enjoy the following story and then have a ________ thought the next time some one invites you to do some ________ .

George liked to have all kinds of ________. He had once bought a racing car and sometimes ________ to 200 kilometers an hour. He had also had a hand on ________ into the sea and boasted a lot in front of his friends. ________ to his description, he usually returned________ and alive after many of the death-risking adventures.

When George was thirty-five, he bought a ________ plane and learned to fly it. He soon became very good and made his plane do all kinds of________ . George had a friend. His name was Mark. One day George ________ to take Mark up in his plane. Mark thought," I've travelled in big planes several times, but I've ________ been in a small one, so I'll go." Up they went, and George flew ________ for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in the air. When they came down again, Mark was very glad to be back ________ , and he said to his friend in a ________ voice, "Well, George, thank you very much for those two trips in your plane." George was very ________ and said, "Two trips?" "Yes, my first and my ________ ," answered Mark.

1.A. deep B. blue C. wild D. dangerous

2.A. when B. as C. while D. before

3.A. undeveloped B. uncovered C. undertaken D. unknown

4.A. nearly B. not C. almost D. hardly

5.A. second B. considerate C. suspicious D. ready

6.A. travel B. ride C. risk D. flight

7.A. machines B. people C. training D. adventures

8.A. set up B. sped up C. flew away D. drove down

9.A. swimming B. boating C. jumping D. diving

10.A. False B. Due C. True D. Thanks

11.A. happy B. sound C. wounded D. excited

12.A. small B. modern C. used D. cheap

13.A. turns B. activities C. tricks D. trials

14.A. promised B. wanted C. refused D. offered

15.A. never B. always C. seldom D. therefore

16.A. around B. away C. high D. up

17.A. dangerously B. safely C. pleasantly D. finally

18.A. moving B. exciting C. regretting D. shaking

19.A. moved B. worried C. shocked D. surprised

20.A. second B. third C. last D. fourth

书面表达

假如你是中国重庆新华中学学生会主席李华，最近得知著名英语爱心网站www.kindspring.org在全球征集爱心少年事迹。请用英语写一篇短文向该网站推荐你的同学王飞(Wang Fei)或韩梅梅（Han Meimei）。内容应包括：

?自我介绍

?得知的情况

?推荐理由(爱心事迹，影响等)

?希望与祝福

注意 :

1. 字数：100字左右 (开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数)；

2. 请在答题卡上作答。

Dear Sir or Madam:

I’ m Li Hua,

Yours ever,

Li Hua

_______ the costume and ________ in the wing, the comedian moved his lips as if repeating the lines.

A. Dressed in, waiting B. Dressing in, waiting

C. Putting on, wait D. Having on, be waiting