【题目】I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch(养马场). He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events. The last time I was there he introduced me by saying: “I want to tell you a story. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

“That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.

“He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, ‘See me after class.’

“The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, ‘Why did I receive an F?’ The teacher said, ‘This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you’ll have to pay large stud fees. There’s no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher added, ‘If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’

“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.’ Finally, after a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.’ ”

Monty then turned to the group present and said, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.” He added, “The best part of the story is that two years ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week. When the teacher was leaving, he said, ‘Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough courage not to give up yours.’ ”

“Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what,” Monty at last concluded.

【1】 The teacher asked the boy to rewrite the paper because __________.

A. the boy was too poor to achieve his dream

B. the teacher doubted his chance of success

C. the boy was not good enough to achieve his goal

D. the teacher looked down on the boy absolutely

【2】 Which of the following could best express the teacher’s feelings when she said the words before leaving the ranch two years ago?

A. Regretful and proud. B. Regretful and guilty.

C. Honest and sorry. D. Embarrassed and proud.

【3】【改编】Monty told the story to say that __________.

A. If you don’t agree with the teacher, you should talk with him\her.

B. If your dream is beyond reach, give it up and be realistic.

C. Your dream will come true as long as you stick to it however hard it is.

D. The teacher made little difference to his students.

【4】What would be the best title of the passage?

A. Set a practical goal B. Try to be realistic

C. Prove yourself through success D. Keep your dream

【题目】Joe, don't __________ now ； you're improving all the time. It won't be long __________ you can speak English well.

A. give in ； until

B. give up ； before

C. give in ； when

D. give up ； after

【题目】The writers of murder stories go to a great deal of trouble to keep us guessing right up to the end. In actual fact, people often behave more strangely in real life than they do in stories.

The following advertisement once appeared in a local newspaper: "An opportunity to earn $250 in a few minutes. A man willing to take chances is wanted for an out-of-the-ordinary job which can be performed only once." A reader found this offer very generous and applied to the advertiser, but being a bit suspicious, he gave a false name. Soon afterwards, he received a reply. Enclosed in the envelope was a typed note instructing him to ring a certain number if he was still interested. He did so and learned on the telephone that the advertiser wanted him "to get rid of somebody" and would discuss it more fully with him the next day. But the man told the police and from then on acted under their instructions.

The police saw the two men met and watched them as they drove away together. In the car the advertiser came to the point at once: he told the man he wanted him to shoot his wife. The reason he gave was that he was suffering from an incurable disease and wanted to live in a warmer country，but his wife objected to this. Giving the man some money，the advertiser told him to buy a gun and warned him to be careful of the dog which，though it would not bite，might attract attention. He also gave him a photograph of his wife so that he would be able to recognize her，After that，the advertiser suggested that the man should "do the job" next morning. Meanwhile，he would prepare his wife by telling her that a young man was going to call. After the murder，they would meet again outside a railway station and the money would be paid as arranged. The second meeting never took place，for the advertiser was arrested shortly afterwards and charged with attempting to persuade someone to murder his wife.

【1】What can we infer from paragraph one?

A. While reading murder stories, we have to guess at the end of the stories.

B. While reading murder stories, we have to guess from the beginning to the end.

C. People usually behave more strangely in murder stories than in real life.

D. It is very easy for writers of murder stories to have readers guessing.

【2】The underlined word “suspicious” in paragraph two means _________?

A. doubtful B. sure

C. persuaded D. unexpected

【3】 Why did the man put an advertisement in a local newspaper?

A. To have his wife killed because he doubt whether she still loved him.

B. To ask someone to buy a gun for him and then he would kill his wife.

C. To hire someone to kill his wife because he didn’t love her any more.

D. To hire someone to kill himself because he was seriously ill.

【4】【改编】Where did the advertiser wish the man to shoot his wife?

A. In the car B. At a railway station

C. In his house D. The passage didn’t tell.

【5】From the passage, we can learn that___________.

A. The advertiser wrote a letter to the reader to ask him to call a number.

B. The reader was in great need of money, so he wanted to get the job.

C. The dog in the advertiser’s house was very fierce.

D. The advertiser was caught by the police right after he met the reader.

【题目】假如你叫郑义，是你校的学生会主席，最近你了解到一些同学的不文明行为，请你就此事给你校的同学写一封倡议信，呼吁大家遵纪守规,建设平安校园。内容包括：

1. 不在校园、楼道追逐打闹.

2. 同学之间和睦相处,不打架斗殴.

3. 告别陋习,文明待人.

4. 遇到困难,或紧急事件机智解决，并及时向老师反映或报警,打110/120（急救）/119(火警).

【题目】—I wonder why Tom left without a word.

—He __________ have had some trouble, for he looked dull.

A. should

B. must

C. can

D. could

【题目】近年来大城市交通拥堵严重，影响了人们的生活和经济发展，对此人们十分抱怨。假如你是李华，请根据以下要点用英语给报社写封信。

1. 交通现状及影响；

2. 提出改进建议；

3. 希望建议被采纳。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear editor,

I am writing to you to talk about the heavy traffic.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

【题目】I __________ what he said and I __________ him.

A. believe ；believe in

B. believe in ；believe

C. believe ； believe

D. believe in ； believe in

【题目】 The police are trying to find out the __________ of the woman killed in the traffic accident.

A. evidence

B. recognition

C. identity

D. status

【题目】Camels certainly like eating green grass, not dry grass． But【1】(strange), camels always keep looking for dry grass【2】their stomachs are filled up.

A classmate of【3】(I) whose home is on the edge of Turpan Basin in Xinjiang told me his home has two camels; he said you could imagine a camel’s appetite, for it can slowly swallow dozens of kilograms of hay (干草)．I asked him【4】camels eat hay, not green grass． He said the camel is a kind of animal with【5】strong sense of suffering,【6】(fear) its master letting it travel through the desert the next day, and the hay in its stomach is more hunger-resistant【7】green grass.

The camel has the best tolerance． Unfortunately, many people can only see a camel’s outstanding performance, but few understand its【8】(prepare) made for it.

Life,【9】a camel traveling through the desert,【10】(need) the adequate accumulation, but not everyone can understand it.

【题目】When we can see well, we do not think about our eyes often. It is only when we can not see perfectly that we come to see how important our eyes are.

People who are nearsighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Many people who do a lot of close work, such as writing and reading, become nearsighted. Then they have to wear glasses in order to see distant things clearly.

People who are farsighted face just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s length. If they want to do much reading, they must get glasses too.

Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people’s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts(白内障). Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.

When night falls, colors become fainter to the eyes and finally disappear. After your eyes have grown used to the dark, you can see better if you use the side of your eyes rather than the centers. Sometimes, after dark, you see a small thing to one side of you, which seems to disappear if you turn your head in its direction. This is because when you turn your head, you are looking at the thing too directly. Men on guard duty sometimes think they see something moving to one side of them. When they turn to look straight at it, they can not see it any more, and they believe they were mistaken. However, this mistake happens because the center of the eye, which is very sensitive in daylight, is not as sensitive as the sides of the eye after dark.

【1】We don’t know that our eyes are of great importance until _____.

A. we think about our eyes

B. we cannot see clearly

C. we wear glasses

D. we have to do much reading

【2】According to the passage, who is more likely to be nearsighted?

A. A typist. B. A sailor.

C. A tourist. D. A driver.

【3】People who are farsighted _____.

A. can do a lot of close work without glasses

B. can only see things that are very close to their eyes

C. have difficulty reading a book if they hold it at arm's length

D. can correct their eyes by glasses

【4】To see a small thing at night, it is better to look _____.

A. with wide open eyes B. with half shut or narrowed eyes

C. straight at it D. in a slightly different direction