To improve their oral English, everyone in the class is supposed to ________ actively in these discussions.

A. participate B. attend C. enter D. take

The ________ soldier said it was ________ to give up his rest time to save more people caught in the earthquake.

A. worth; worthy B. worthy; worthwhile

C. worthwhile; worth D. worthy; worthy

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity can do strange things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.

Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was bewildered and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me--a potential to live, you might call it--which I didn't see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.

The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was basic. If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was mocking me and I was hurt. "I can't use this." I said. "Take 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 where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseball. 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 limitations. It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.

1.We can learn from the beginning of the passage that __________________.

A. the author lost his sight because of a car crash.

B. the disaster strengthened the author's desire to see

C. the disaster made the author appreciate what he had.

D. the author wouldn't love life if the disaster didn't happen.

2.What's the most difficult thing for the author?

A. Building up assurance that he can find his place in life.

B. To find a special work that suits the author.

C. Learning to manage his life alone.

D. How to adjust himself to reality.

3.According to the context, "a chair rocker on the front porch" in paragraph 3 means that the author

A. was paralyzed and stayed in a rocking chair.

B. would sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his life.

C. would sit in a chair and stay at home.

D. would lose his will to struggle against difficulties.

4.According to the passage, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man

A. inspired the author.

B. hurt the author's feeling.

C. gave the author a deep impression

D. directly led to the invention of ground ball.

5. According to the passage, which of the following is CORRECT?

A. The author set goals for himself but only invited failure most of the time.

B. The author suggested not trying something beyond one's ability at the beginning.

C. Because of his limitations, the author tried to reach one goal at a time.

D. The bitterness of failure prevented the author from trying something out of reach.

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given verbs

1.If you don’t eat less, you’ll end up ________ (look) like a whale.

2._______ (misunderstand) by others when you do nothing wrong at all is quite a bad experience.

3.The secretary asked her boss whether he had anything more ________ (type) before she went back home.

4.The US government was shut down on October 1st because of some financial problems. So far it ________ (solve) and everything returns to normal.

5.Helen ________ (leave) her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband came home.

6.The need ________ (love) and _______ (love) separates humans beings from other animals.

7.There is no _______ (joke) about matters of life and death.

8.______ (move) forward into the future, it is important to stop _______ (cry) over past mistake.

Do you like chocolate? Maybe most people do. A box of it can be a great gift. Buy one for a friend and give it as a surprise. See how happy that person gets.

Say you just got a box of chocolate. Which piece do you pick first? A man has studied people’s choices. He says they tell something about the person. Did you choose a round piece? You are a person who likes to party. Did you choose an oval shape? You are a person who likes to make things. Picking a square shape shows something else. The person is honest and truthful. You can depend on him or her.

What kind of chocolate do you pick? Maybe you like milk chocolate. This shows you have warm feelings about the past. Dark chocolate means something else. A person who chooses it looks toward the future. What about white chocolate? Would you choose it? If so, you may find it hard to make up your mind. Some people like chocolate with nuts. These are people who like to help others.

Do you believe these ideas? Can candy tell all these things? It doesn’t really matter. There is one sure thing about eaters of chocolate. They eat it because they like it.

1.This passage mainly tells us ______.

A．why people like chocolate

B．almost everyone likes chocolate

C．about different kinds of chocolate

D．different choices may show different characters

2.Picking a round shape of chocolate shows that a person ______.

A．likes singing, dancing and drinking

B．likes to do something for others

C．is good at making things

D．can be depended on

3.From this passage we can see that a helpful man may choose chocolate ______.

A．in oval shape B．in square shape

C．with nuts D．with coffee

4.The last paragraph suggests that the writer ______.

A．believes all the information about chocolate

B．does not believe the information about candy

C．is trying to get you to believe false information

D．doesn’t think it important whether you believe the ideas

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? 1. . The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.

Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.

Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. 2. .

When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people don' t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.

3. . These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.

4. . Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.

Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.

Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. 5. .

A. What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.

B. On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be influenced.

C. Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood.

D. These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.

E. Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.

F. There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.

G. It' s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.

短文改错

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（∧），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：在错的词下划一横线，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。

It was almost five years since I began to learn English. I’m glad to say I’m getting along well with it. However, first I came across a lot of difficulties. I couldn’t pronounce English sounds good, nor could I remember the words I had learned. In class, I couldn’t understand that the teacher had said. I almost lost my heart when the teacher said to me, “Keeping on and you will do well.” I was greatly encouraging. I started working hard at English. With the help by my teacher and classmates, I made some progresses. I’m very pleased, but I will work harder.

Fuzhou Road is famous for its book stores.

Shanghai’s City of Books (Nandong)

Address: No. 345, Nanjing Road. E. near Shandong Road N.

Tel: 6322-1557

Opening Hour: 9:30—21:30

It is a branch of Shanghai’s City of Books. It doesn’t sell any foreign language books, but you can buy CDs of computer games and software.

Traffic: Metro Line No. 2 (Nanjing Road E. Station)

Shanghai’s City of Books

Address: No. 465, Fuzhou Road

Tel: 6391-4848

Opening Hour: 9:30—20:30

This is the biggest book store in Shanghai with six floors. Each floor has different kinds of books, but most English books are for Chinese students preparing for exams.

Foreign Language Bookstore

Address: No. 390, Fuzhou Road

Tel: 6322-3200

Opening Hour: 9:00—18:00

You can find many English novels on the ground floor, as well as dictionaries. There is a corner on the ground floor for foreigners who want to learn Chinese.

On the higher floors, you can find some professional books in English. Of course, many of the books are for Chinese students.

Shanghai Culture Commercial Building

Address: No. 355, Fuzhou Road

Opening Hour: 9:00—17:30

This store has a variety of stationery (文具) and painting materials. If you major in painting or art, this is a good place to find professional materials.

1.If you want to buy CDs of computer games, you can get off at ______.

A. Nanjing Road E. Station B. Shandong Road N. Station

C. Fuzhou Road E. Station D. Nanjing Road N. Station

2.If your foreign friends want to learn Chinese, you can suggest they go to ______.

A. No. 345, Nanjing Road. B. No. 465, Fuzhou Road

C. No. 390, Fuzhou Road D. No. 355, Fuzhou Road

3.From the introduction of the four book shops, Li Hua can buy a drawing-board as a birthday gift for her sister between ______.

A. 9:30 and 21:30 B. 9:30 and 20:30

C. 9:00 and 18:00 D. 9:00 and 17:30

语法填空

A few years ago, SARS __1.______ out in the mainland of China, ____2.___(cause) some people to be killed. And some nearly got close to death. The situation was so severe __3.____there was no time to debate who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out the causes of this ___4.___(dead) disease. They invited all the most _____5._____ （experience） experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were put forward. Some of the top experts then tested them to see _6.______ they were available or not. Doctor Zhong Nan shan chose one patient who was seriously ill and had little hope of picking up and had the new medicine ___7.__(test) on him. ___8.___ his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned the top official ,telling him this exciting news. For 9.__(convenient), he moved to live in his office. His method _10.__（work）. Not soon after that, the other hospitals also controlled this terrible disease and kicked it out finally.

More than great drinks, great rewards

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Whenever you pay with your membership account, you’ll earn a Star.

Collect more Stars, earn more rewards.

Three ways to join us

Buy a Starbucks Card handy to create an account.

Track your Stars online or through the mobile app, and we’ll send an email when you’ve earned a reward.

You can also join from your phone.

Download the Starbucks? App.

One of the most exciting benefits of being a member is using our mobile app to: pay for purchases; view your Stars and rewards; access iTunes? Pick of the Week; see current offers.

Or you can join with specially marked coffee purchased at the grocery store.

Enter your Starcode ( limit 2 per day).

Look for the Starcode symbol on specially marked Starbucks? products where you buy groceries.

Three levels with increasingly greater rewards

To reach each level in our Loyalty Program, you need to collect more Stars. ( Remember, to earn a Star you must pay with a registered Starbucks Card. )

Welcome level

To earn your first rewards, just register a Starbucks Card.

Birthday drink or treat on us; birthday coupon (优惠券) for 15% off a purchase at StarbucksStore.com.

Green level

Collect 5 Stars within 12 months and you’ll be in the Green level.

What is included in the Welcome level plus

Free in-store refills (续杯) on hot or iced brewed coffee or tea

Gold level

Collect 30 Stars within 12 months and you’re at the Gold level.

What is included in the Green, level plus

A free food or drink item after another 12 Stars earned

Personalized Gold Card

1. Which of the following is a way you can apply for membership?

A. To enter a Starcode from specially marked Starbucks? products.

B. To buy a Starbucks Card over the phone.

C. To update the Starbucks? App from the official website.

D. To buy a drink at a Starbucks on weekends.

2.With the Starbucks? App, you can ________.

A. change the prices B. earn a Star

C. pay for rewards D. view current offers

3. With a Starbucks Card of Green level, you will get ________.

A. a free cake B. personalized Green Card

C. free in-store refills D. all purchases 15% off