阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语文章。

   When I first saw a poster hanging in a hallway, I knew that I wanted to be part of the Orchestra. I went directly to see Mr. Smith and he told me to come after class the next day.

   Unfortunately, things did not go according to my wishes. I went into the music room, well-prepared and waiting for him to listen——“I am sorry,” he said, “I am afraid we have enough pianists in the Orchestra already. I am really sorry.” And that was that. No more words. I had been refused! I felt frustrated and a little angry, but I didn’t give up. I believed that if I had a chance to make them listen to me, I would be admitted. So I decided to see the director of the music department, Mr. King.

   Fortunately, I was admitted and became an accompanist for the Glee Club(合唱团)。 Mr. King even considered giving me a recital (独奏会) the next year. I admit that these opportunities result from my perseverance. If I had given up after the first rejection, I would have received nothing.

【写作内容】

1. 以约30词概括短文的要点；

2. 然后以约120词写一篇记叙文，叙述你或你的朋友不轻易放弃而成功的一次经历，要点包括：

（1）你或你朋友（亲人）什么时候有什么理想；

（2）你或你朋友（亲人）在追求理想的过程中遇到过什么挫折，又是如何成功的；

（3）这次经历给人们的启示

根据句意，将所给词的正确形式填入句中。 （共10小题；每题1分，满分10分）

 permit      behave      regret         believe        balance 

 glare       direct        attract         deliver       impress

71.How you ____________ will have a great influence on your children.

72.Do you feel ____________ for what you have done？Your mum is now heart broken.

73.There are now quite a few tourist ____________in Jieyang, so this trip may take  you a longer time.

74.Smoking is not____________. You have to find the smoking room.

75.Her job is ____________letters, which is not a well-paid job.

76.Angry with the stranger, he began____________

77.The____________of the film is ZhaoWei, a well-known actress in China.

78.To keep healthy, it is necessary to have a____________diet. 

79.I ____________deeply by the beautiful scenery when I first visited Guizhou. How I wish for a second visit!

80.With a strong ____________, we will sure achieve great success in this field.

根据中文意思在句子中填入适当的词。（共5小题；每题1分，满分5分）

66.Teaching is job that requires both skills and ____________(耐心）.

67.When Jane was in college, she ____________(获益）a lot from the rich digital resources in the library.

68. The prisoner _________（挣扎，斗争）against the guard, but couldn’t escape.

69.The boy opened the box out of ___________. （好奇心）

70.Heavy footsteps signaled the teacher’s ___________. （接近）

五位外国人(Dick, John, Mary, Jane , Bob)想在北京游览，请根据他们各自的情况，推荐相应的北京游套餐。请阅读下列相关信息和广告，并按照要求匹配信息。

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       Beijing, one of the six ancient capital cities of China still has a rich history, and a diverse and colorful culture. Take a special rickshaw ride through an old Hutong neighborhood to experience the different life styles of Beijing residents. A visit to the Lama Temple will expose you to the local people’s religious beliefs.

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       Are you annoyed by your tight time schedule but interested in visiting Beijing? Here we provide an elaborately（精心地） designed 3-day Beijing tour itinerary taking you to explore the highlights of Beijing. Hence, you can make full use of your time to visit the most aspects of Beijing.

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       Explore the highlights of Beijing on a tight budget, why not join our Beijing group tour with only 6-18 people to each group, you will not only make new friends from different countries but also experience all of the comfort and flexibility at a lower price.

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请阅读以下5个人的个人信息，然后匹配人物和适合他/她的广告。

61. Dick is a newcomer to Beijing where he is going to stay for 5 days. Since he has to attend a very important conference on the third day, he has very limited time to spare. But he wishes to spend two days visiting a few of the scenic spots in Beijing so that he could have some basic idea of what Beijing is like.

62. John，an exchange student coming from Los Angeles, is eager to know about Beijing which he believes is a great city with a lot of things to explore. So he plans to go around on Sundays. Since he is not familiar with the city, he decides to join one of the local tour agencies. But he prefers things to be different every week.

63. Mary：Mary is a mother with a 9-year-old daughter. She wants to travel around Beijing this summer holiday with her daughter. She would like her daughter to make some friends while opening her eyes during the trip.

64. Jane：Jane has a very long holiday this year. She wants to go on a guided tour round the most popular sites of Beijing. She does not believe in those so called “cheap and good” offer, so she does not care much about money. So long as the tour is comfortable and enjoyable, she will not hesitate to join in.

65. Bob：Bob is interested more in culture and the way of life of the local people than simply taking a city sightseeing tour. Instead of going to museums and popular sites, he likes to explore how the local people lived in the old times.

Traditional fairytales are being abandoned by parents because they are too scary for their young children, a study found.
    Research revealed one in five parents has ditched old classics such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Rapunzel in favour of more modern books. One third of parents said their children have been left in tears after hearing the horrible details of Little Red Riding Hood. And nearly half of mothers and fathers refuse to read Rumplestiltskin to their kids as the themes of the story are kidnapping and execution. Similarly, Goldilocks and the Three Bears was also a tale likely to be left on the book shelf as parents felt it forgives stealing.
    The survey of 2,000 adults was conducted to mark the launch of the hit US drama GRIMM, which starts tonight at 9pm on Watch, and sees six episodes based on traditional fairytales. The poll found a quarter of parents polled wouldn’t consider reading a fairytale to their child until they had reached the age of five, as they prompt too many awkward questions from their offspring. 

Steve Hornsey, General Manager of Watch, said: “Bedtime stories are supposed to soothe children and send them off to sleep soundly. But as we see in GRIMM, fairytales can be dark and dramatic tales so it’s understandable that parents worry about reading them to young children.”
   “As adults we can see the innocence in fairytales, but a five year old with an over active imagination could take things too seriously. Despite the dark nature of classic fairytales, as we see in GRIMM, good will triumph over evil and there is always a moral to the story.”
   The study also found two thirds of mums and dads try to avoid stories which might give their children nightmares.
   However, half of parents said traditional tales are more likely to have a strong moral message than a lot of modern kids’ books, such as The Gruffalo, The Hungary Caterpillar and the Mr. Men books.

56.Why don’t some parents want to read Rumplestiltskin to their kids?

 A. Rumplestiltskin is too long         B. Rumplestiltskin is too difficult

 C. Rumplestiltskin forgives stealing    D. Rumplestiltskin may have bad influence on Children

57.We can learn from paragraph 3 that Grimm is _____

  A. a fairytales book           B. a movie for children

  C. a play loved by children     D. a drama based on traditional fairytales

58. The underlined word “soothe “in paragraph4 can be replaced by____

  A. put down   B. calm down  C. take down  D. come down

59. Which of the following may Steve Hornsey agree to?

  A. There is a moral to a classic fairytale   B. Fairytales are dark

  C. Adults take fairytales too seriously  D. Fairytales are not good for children’s sleep

60.What’s the author’s attitude towards traditional fairytales?

  A. Optimistic    B. Not mentioned     C. Casual     D. Disapproving

I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.

“ How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.

“ None.”

“ Where did you go?”

“ The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“ What did you do?”

“ Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“ You just stood there?”

“ Didn’t sell a single one.”

“ My God, Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in, “ Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币). It was the first nickel I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “ you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that. As soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

51. Why did the boy start his job young?

A. He wanted to be famous in the future. B. The job was quite easy for him.

C. His mother had high hopes for him.  D. The competition for the job was fierce.

52. From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

   A. excited       B. interested                 C. ashamed      D. disappointed

53.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

A. She forced him to continue.       B. She punished him.

C. She gave him some money.       D. She changed her plan.

54. What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to?

A. The war between the boy’s parents.  B. The arguing between the boy and his mother.

C. The quarrel between the boy and his customers. D. The fight between the boy and his father.

55. What is the text mainly about?

A. The early life of a journalist.        B. The early success of a journalist.

C. The happy childhood of the writer.  D. The important role of the writer in his family.

We don’t know how different our future will be in the future. We can only try to imagine it.

    At first we think about human relationship. In the year 2050, we will use computers almost every day. We will be making new friends through the Internet----even our husbands or wives will be met in this way. It will be much faster and easier for us. On the other hand, our relationships with people won’t be as important as they are today----we will feel a little lonely.

    Computers will also help us in many other activities in 2050. For example, they will be used by the children at school to make their learning easier. In addition, there will be much more other machines which will play a similar role as computers, like robots which will do the housework for us.

    Spending holidays will also be completely different. Traveling to other planets or to the moon will be available for everyone. Means of transport will, of course, change, too. We will be using solar-powered cars, which will be much more environmentally friendly.

    We could expect that the faster technological progress would lead to a more pollution environment. But it isn't true. We will pay more attention to protecting the environment. And, scientists will probably find cures for many dangerous diseases, like cancer or AIDS. Therefore, our surroundings as well as our health will be in a better condition.

    Although we can’t predict the exact changes which will be made in the world, we often think about them. We worry about our and our children’s future; we have expectations, hopes as well as fears. But I think we should be rather sanguine about our future. We should be happy and believe good things will happen.

46. Why will people probably feel a little lonely in 2050?

A. Because the number of people will become much smaller.

B. Because there will be less face-to-face communication.

C. Because people won’t like making friends with each other.

D. Because people won’t communicate with each other much often.

47. The third paragraph mainly tells us ____.

A. that computers will do all the things for human beings.

B. how people will use computers to communicate with each other.

C. that machines like computers and robots will help people a lot

D. how people will use robots to do the housework

48. According to the passage, which of the following will happen in 2050?

A. The relationship between people will be more important than today.

B. The way of spending holidays will be the same as that of today.

C. It won’t be difficult for people to travel to other planets.

D. Our environment will be much more polluted with a growning number of cars.

49. The underlined word “sanguine” in the last paragraph most probably means ______.

A. disappointed   B. surprised    C. curious    D. optimistic

50. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. How people will communicate in the year 2050 B. What our life will be like in the year 2050

C. How people will travel and spend their holiday in the year 2050

D. What high technology will appear in the year 2050

  The Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo Yuki-matsuri) is a festival being held every year in Sapporo, Japan for over seven days in February. Presently, Odori Park, Susukino, and Tsudome are the main places of the festival. The 2013 Yuki-matsuri dates are February 5 to 11.

    The festival is one of Japan’s largest and most typical winter events. In 2007 (58th Festival), about two million people visited Sapporo to see the hundreds of floating statues and ice sculptures at the Odori Park and Susukino sites, in central Sapporo, and at the Satoland site. The festival is thought to be a chance for promoting international relations. International Snow Sculpture Contest has been held at the Odori Park site since 1974, and 14 teams from various areas of the world participated in 2008.

   The subject of the statues differs and often shows an event, famous building or person from the previous year. For example, in 2004, there were statues of Hideki Matsui, the famous baseball player who at that time played for the New York Yankees. A number of stages made out of snow are also constructed and some events including musical performances are held. At the Satoland site, visitors can enjoy long snow and ice slides as well as a huge maze（迷宫） made of snow. Visitors can also enjoy a variety of local foods from all over Hokkaido at the Odori Park and Satoland sites, such as fresh seafood, potatoes and corn, and fresh dairy products.

    Every year the number of Statues displayed is around 400 in total. In 2007, ther were 307 statues created in the Odori Park site, 32 in the Satoland site and 100 in the Susukino site. The best place to view the creations is from the TV Tower at the Odori Park site. Most of the statues are lighted in the evening. The Sapporo Snow Festival Museum is placed in the Hitsujigaoka observation hill （羊之丘展望台）in Toyohira-ku, and displays historical materials and media of the festival.

41. The Sapporo Snow Festival 2013 will start from _____.

A. February 1    B. February 5    C. February 7   D. February 11

42. Which of the following is NOT the subject of the statues?

A. An event   B. A famous building   C. A person    D. A county

43. What does the author think of the Sapporo Snow Festival?

A. Visitors can see the hundreds of statues and ice sculptures.

B. Japan can promote international relations through the festival.

C. Musicians have a chance for giving musical performances.

D. People can enjoy a variety of local foods from Hokkaido.

44. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. There are long snow and ice slides made of snow at the Satoland site.

B. The best place to view the creations is from the TV Tower at the Satoland site.

C. The Sapporo Snow Festival Museum is placed in Toyohira-ku.

D. There are many local foods sold at the Odori Park and Satoland sites.

45. The passage is most likely to be taken from ____.

A. a culture book    B.  a Japanese novel  C. a travel magazine  D. a food book

 I became a teacher of English in 1980. After that, I  31  (feel)something I was not quite used to. That is, there was no one to correct my mistakes any more. Instead, I became the one__32___ corrected others' mistakes although I knew there was still much to be desired in my own English.

     Five years later, through my efforts, I started to teach English  33  the radio. By then, I had become an experienced teacher and had somewhat improved my English. I received a number of __34__ (encourage) letters from the listeners. One day one of my colleagues came up to me and asked me how I pronounced the word “eighth”. I told __35__ about it. My colleague thanked me and left. But as he went away, I __36__ (sudden) felt not sure of myself. As soon as I returned to my room, I looked the word up  37  a dictionary. Good heavens! I was wrong. I found myself in an embarrassing situation. I had always been considered as  38   living dictionary by my colleagues. If I didn't go to tell my colleague the right answer, maybe he would never know the fact, though I would feel a little ashamed of myself. But  39  I went to tell him I was wrong, what would they think of me?

   After careful thoughts, I went to my colleague.

   I find there is nothing that leaves me a  40  (deep) impression than the correction of my mistake.

 You must know the “ding dong ditch”. Person A rings Person B’s doorbell, and then quickly runs away or hides before Person B answers. Person B hurries to answer the door, only to find that on one’s there. After the __16__ thing is repeated several times, this is called “ding dong ditch”.

    Sharon Mardis, a single mother of four, told ABC(Australian Broadcasting Corporation) News that she __17__ a “ding dong ditch” when she __18___ to her door at 1:00 a.m. last night.

    “My doorbell started ringing, and I came to the door,” Sharon told ABC News. “There was nobody at the door. I went back in the house. I got ten to twenty feet and the doorbell started ringing again. I came back to the door, but there was still nobody at the door.” She got __19__ and stepped outside, shouting, “Who’s that? What on earth are you going to do?” Everywhere seemed to be __20__.

    But after Sharon returned to the house, she __21___ something. Smoke! Sharon quickly __22__ her kids and the family pets and ran out of the house. Only then did she __23__ how bad the fire was. The __24__ of the house fell down; the house was quickly covered by __25__ . The smoke detectors （探测器）had never gone off; they were out of batteries. Good thing for the doorbell.

    The __26__ is who had rung it. __27__ found that the flames had fused （溶化）the wires of the doorbell together, causing it to ring. But __28__, the fire had nothing to do with the door wiring at all. It had started in the bathroom, well down the hall. From there, the flames didn’t spread to the nearby __29__, where the children and Sharon were sleeping. Instead, they surprisingly reached the doorbell first, making it ring repeatedly, and __30__ Sharon to avoid danger.

    Sharon believes it happened that way thanks to an angel.