Many of us mistakenly believe that it’s wrong to think we have any good qualities. We may spend a lot of time blaming ourselves for our negative qualities, thinking that self criticism is the key to improving our performance. However, a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can stop our efforts to make friends with other people. How can we believe that others could like us if we believe our inner being is flawed?

If someone seems to dislike you, the reason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you. The person who doesn’t like you might be fearful, or shallow or busy or shy. Perhaps you and that person are simply a mismatch for each other at this particular time.

Don’t take yourself out of the game by deciding that your flaws are bigger than your good qualities. In fact, some of the very qualities you consider to be flaws may be irresistible to someone else. Although some factors that might cause one person to reject you, there are at least many factors that will work in your favor.

You might be thirty pounds over your ideal weight, but you may have a wonderful laugh and a real enthusiasm for life. There are many people who don’t mind your extra pounds. You may drive a shabby car, but you might be a great dancer and a loyal friend. There are people out there  looking for loyalty, or fun, or sweetness, or wisdom, and the package it comes in is not important. If you are worried that you are not beautiful enough to attract friends, keep in mind that not everyone is looking for physical beauty in their friends. You can decide to feel inferior because you don’t have much money and you don’t drive a nice car. You can believe that this is the reason                                       

that you don’t have many friends in your life. On the other hand, if you are very wealthy you may be suspicious that everyone is after your money and that nobody really likes you as a person.

   The point is that you can focus on just about anything and believe it’s the reason you do not have friends and cannot make any.

46. According to the passage,         plays an important role in making friends.

   A. admitting your shortcomings      B. self criticism      C. modesty     D. confidence

47. If you are not liked by a person,        .

   A. you should find the reason in yourself  B. you’d better talk with the person face to face

   C. you may not be the one to be blamed   D. you and that person misunderstand each other

48. We can learn from the third paragraph that        .

   A. your good qualities may make you earn more money

   B. your weakness may also be your strengths in some way

   C. your negative qualities may cause you to lose friends

   D. you’ll have few friends if you don’t share the same interest

49. Which of the following is TRUE according to the author?

   A. It is important to lose weight.

   B. It is easier for a wealthy person to make friends.

   C. Inner qualities are more important than physical appearance.

   D. If you are not beautiful enough, try to improve your physical beauty.

50. What do you think the author is most likely to suggest if he continues to write?

   A. How to find your good qualities.            B. How to make friends.

   C. How to make self criticism.                D. How to keep fit.

“A very destructive seven-year old child kicked my legs and scratched at my hand,” said one teacher. “I broke up a fight and was kicked,” said another. Many people have heard stories like this. But the situation is more worrying still and it involves parents.

Every child, regardless of the circumstances into which they are born, has the right to achieve their potential, regardless of their parents’ wealth and class. And we recognize that, as a nation, it is a long way to achieve this goal. But rights come with responsibilities and what worries people is that we are in danger of neglecting the latter.

Far too many children are behaving badly at school, even to the point of being violent to staff. This is terrible enough，but it is hard to be surprised since many children are just mirroring the behavior of their parents. Too many are starting school unable to hold a knife and fork, unused to eating at a table，and unable to use the lavatory properly.

We are in danger of becoming a nation of families living separate lives under one roof. The bedroom, once a place to sleep, has become the living space for the young. Spending hours in front of computer screens, on social networking sites or being immersed in computer games, children and young people spend little time with their parents. Parents are unable to monitor just what their children are watching.

Schools cannot right the wrongs of society and teachers cannot become substitute parents. Both parties need to work together. Parents must be helped and given confidence to take back control. They are responsible for setting boundaries for their children’s behavior and sticking to those boundaries when the going gets tough. They are responsible for setting a good example to their children and for devoting that most precious of resources---time---so that children come to school ready and willing to learn.

41. What problem do people ignore in the writer’s opinion?

   A. The school violence.                  B. The pressure of students’ learning.

   C. The right to achieve students’ potential.   D. Students’ responsibilities.

42. The writer’s attitude to the behaviors of parents may be that of        .

   A. dissatisfaction       B. sympathy       C. understanding     D. tolerance

43. The underlined part in Paragraph 4 may mean        .

   A. children don’t live with their parents in the same room

   B. parents care little about children’s life at home

   C. children spend little time with their parents at home

   D. parents attempt to establish a good relationship with their children

The house was quiet at 5 a.m. and Tim’s mother was asleep. Only the sound of the big freezer broke the quiet. He’d dreamt of the cave last night. The purring (轻微颤动声) of the freezer had been the sea.

Tim pulled on a sweater and put some apples into his schoolbag. It was too early for breakfast. He’d eat after he’d been through the cave, sitting on the rocks and staring at the sea.

He wished he had a proper pack. His schoolbag would have to do. What else? Sandwiches ---but his mother might wake up if he started pulling out bread for sandwiches, she’d want to know why he had to leave so early. He settled for some biscuits, and left a note stuck to the table.

Gone to Michael’s Back tonight .Tim.

The sky was high and soft and light outside, though the sun still wasn’t up. Even the highway up the hill was quiet as he made his way down the street. The wind from the sea was fresh and sweet.

The sandhills still breathed heat from yesterday’s sun, though the top of the sand was cool. He ran down to the beach impatiently, but there was no one, just dry sand dancing in the early wind and seabirds marching up and down watching the waves.

The light changed suddenly. The first rays of sunlight stretched across the sea. The sun was pushing its way over the edge of the world．

Over the first rocks, along to the point, Tim glanced back. The beach was still empty. The sun sailed higher in the sky.

He could see the cave now, even darker in the morning light. The sand turned silver then dark gold as the water flowed away from it. He had to force himself to go closer. Why was it so much more mysterious now? But it would be silly to go back now after so much trouble. He needn’t go in all the way …

38. What made it possible for Tim to see the entry to the cave?

       A. The height of the first rocks.            B. The ups and downs of the waves.

       C. The change in the position of the sun.     D. The vast stretch of the sunlit beach.

39. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the story?

       A. The sea looked like a piece of gold.

       B. Seabirds flew away when Tim arrived.

       C. Tim was the only person on the beach.

       D. The sky got dark as Tim reached the cave.

40. In the story, Tim’s mood changed from        .

       A. loneliness to craziness                             B. anxiousness to excitement

       C. helplessness to happiness                        D. eagerness to nervousness

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为26—35的相应位置上。

The western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool. It is a    11    that starts in school. The cool kids are good at sports. They are popular with the opposite sex. They are good-looking and people want to    12     their style. They can do their homework but they don’t make a big effort. That would not be cool.

The    13     kids are in the other corner of the playground. They are very bright, but they don’t have great    14    skills, not popular with the opposite sex and they are    15    at sports. When they are not programming computers or doing calculus (微积分) , they are watching shows like the “X Files”. They are known as the geeks.

But the geeks are taking over. Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and    16     your maths homework to ruin. Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations. They   17    good degrees, though they might not be too popular at university.

    The most important   18    of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks. Geek heroes like Bill Gates    19    others to follow their examples. Being a geek is a way of earning good money. And the creation of the Internet gave them a    20     of their own to work and play in, making them a global force.    21   , the effect of the geeks on popular culture has started a new trend. It is now cool to be    22   . Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture, in which what you    23    is more important than what you look like.

But there are also    24   . Geeks were often bullied (欺侮) or laughed at in school. Now a geek may be your    25   . Perhaps it is time for punishment.

11. A. time                   B. division                    C. group                D. part

12. A. show                    B. act                       C. copy                D. represent

13. A. uncool                      B. unimportant             C. clever                      D. strange

14. A. personal              B. attractive                 C. experimental            D. social

15. A. tasteless                B. careless                 C. hopeless                  D. helpless

16. A. introduce             B. bring                      C. prefer                      D. add

17. A. score                 B. lack                  C. take                 D. save

18. A. discovery          B. industry                    C. progress           D. improvement

19. A. excite                B. discourage          C. demand          D. promise

20. A. world                 B. challenge           C. chance             D. heaven

21. A. However            B. Therefore                 C. Still                         D. Besides

22. A. imaginative          B. uncool                     C. attractive         D. cool

23. A. remember               B. understand                C. receive            D. know

24. A. dangers                     B. questions                  C. possibilities               D. wonders

25. A. secretary                    B. trainee               C. friend                    D. boss

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Children in kindergarten are learning social skills. For this reason, it’s important to tell the children what will make them become good citizens when they grow up. It’s up to parents, teachers and all others involved with a kid to teach these skills.

Teaching kids to pick up things by themselves is a good way to teach them not to throw things on the ground. For example, if a class has to make paper cutouts (剪下的图样), after cutting, have the children pick up the wastepaper and place it in the wastebasket.

The golden rule of good citizenship should be taught at this age. The rule is “One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself”. Teachers should ask their students how they want to be treated. There are many answers, such as not being treated in bad manners. The teacher should explain that others don’t like to be scared, so you should not scare (使惊恐) others either.

Following the laws is good citizenship(公民义务). Proper games can be played in the classroom. Games have rules, and all students in the class should follow the rules of the games. If a child doesn’t want to follow, it is up to the teacher to explain them to the child. Teaching children about following rules should help them understand the need to obey the law when they become adults.

【写作内容】

1． 以约30个词概括这篇短文的内容要点；

2． 不少城市在创建文明城市。请以约120个词谈我们如何成为文明市民。内容包括：

（1） 你认为文明市民 (a civilized citizen) 应具备什么素质，列举两三种文明行为；

（2） 作为中学生，谈谈你应如何从小事做起，为创建文明城市作贡献。

【写作要求】

1．可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。

假如你叫李华，现正在美国加利福尼亚州上大学，你的一个朋友刘英写信向你了解美国加利福尼亚州的情况，请根据以下内容提示给他回信简介加利福尼亚州。

＊加利福尼亚州： California；太平洋：the Pacific；印第安人：Indians

【写作内容】

请根据以上内容给朋友写回信，内容包括：

1、加里福尼亚的地理方面的信息;

2、人口及其语言方面的信息;

3、信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入句子数。

【写作要求】

只能用5个句子表达全部内容。

【评分标准】

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章连贯。

Dear Liu Ying,

   Your letter reached me yesterday. You would like me to tell you something about California, so now I am writing to you.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If you want to know more, you may go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California#History. Best wishes to you.

                                                          Yours ever,

                                                            Li Hua

A

Description: Bayer Aspirin (generic name: acetylsalicylic acid, ASA) is often used to relieve minor aches and pains, reduce fever and inflammation. Reducing the risk of death due to a heart attack if taken as soon as a heart attack is suspected. Aspirin taken during a suspected heart attack can also lessen the damaging effects of the heart attack. Aspirin can prevent first heart attack and stroke in individuals with angina.

–Do not lie down for 30 minutes after taking Aspirin.

–Do not take it if you are allergic to this medicines.

–Do not take it if there is something wrong with your kidney.

B

Description: SleepWell is a natural herbal medicine which contains ardostchya Jatamanshi and Ferula Narthex raw material. It helps to overcome sleep disorders such as insomnia and restlessness by facilitating the process of falling asleep and providing restful, deep sleep. The benefits of SleepWell include: promotion of good disposition; relief of depression, anxiety and fear; mood swings get less severe; non-drowsy formula without any addictive potential; effective in patients suffering from depression and ailments that cause shaking.

–1 capsule in the morning and 2 capsules in the evening, half hour before going to sleep.

                                       C

Description: Ultracet contains a combination of tramadol and acetaminophen. Tramadol is a narcotic-like pain reliever. Ultracet is used to treat moderate to severe pain. You should not take Ultracet if you are allergic to acetaminophen or tramadol, if you are intoxicated (drunk), or if you have recently used narcotic pain medicine, a sedative or tranquilizer, medicine for depression or mental illness, or any type of drug dealing with stress.

–Do not drink alcohol while you are taking Ultracet. Alcohol may cause a dangerous decrease in your breathing when used together with Ultracet.

–Do not take it if you have a history of head injury, kidney disease, liver disease.

D

Description: Ibuprofen is used to reduce fever and treat pain or inflammation caused by many conditions such as headache, toothache, back pain, minor injury, especially effective in patient suffering from arthritis. Ibuprofen may cause life-threatening heart or circulation problems such as heart attack or stroke.

–Do not use ibuprofen you have a history of stomach ulcers or bleeding;asthma; kidney disease; or if you smoke.

–You should not use this medication if you are allergic to ibuprofen, aspirin 

E

Description: Vicodin contains a combination of acetaminophen and hydrocodone. Vicodin is used to relieve moderate to severe pain.

Vicodin may impair your thinking or reactions. Avoid driving or operating machinery until you know how Vicodin will affect you.

It may increase your risk of liver damage.

–Do not take it if you have asthma, COPD, sleep apnea, or other breathing disorders.

–Do not take it if you are having pills dealing with stress; or a history of drug addiction.

                 F

Description: Tylenol is used for treating minor aches and pains due to headache, muscle aches, backache, the common cold, flu, toothache, menstrual cramps, and immunizations, and for temporarily reducing fever, especially effective in patient suffering from arthritis.

–Do not take it if you are having pills dealing with stress, if you have a history of alcohol abuse or you drink more than 3 alcohol-containing drinks every day.

–Do not take it if you have any lung disease and liver disease.

    请阅读以下人物信息，然后匹配人物能够使用的药品：

46. Davidson Hamilton is a college graduate, but he hasn’t found an ideal work yet. He gets nervous easily in the interview and he is always disappointed at his failure. He thinks his life is filled with too much depression. His anxiety and depression lead to his sleep disorder.

47. Johnson, a retired mineworker, was hit by a stone in the head when he was working ten years ago. He has suffered from stroke ever since he was retired. Due to his old age, he has some lung problem and sometimes he finds it hard to breathe. These days, he has been suffering from headache.

48. Williams was heavily addicted to alcohol when his business failed 2 years ago. Now because of intaking too much wine, he suffers from headache every day. Congenital heart disease doesn’t allow him to take any medicine which causes heart problem and he is allergic to aspirin.

49. Miller, with a slight kidney problem, works as a truck driver in International Freighting Corporation. His work is to deliver goods to different parts of the US. Sometimes, he has to go through a long drive without any meal. So he has been suffering from stomachache for a long time. He caught a cold yesterday and is having a fever now.

50. Davis, an excutive of a compamy, is facing a lot of pressure every day. He often takes medicine treating stress disorder. Recently, he has been suffering from arthritis, which brings him a lot of pain. He wants to have some medicine which can ease his pain effectively.

NEW YORK— Picking a Christmas tree takes most people a few minutes, or a couple of hours if they head for the woods. Dave Murbach needs 11 months.

Almost every day of every year, Murbach’s thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyone's breath away.

     Murbach is the man responsible for finding the towering tree that makes more attractive Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center each Christmas season.

     “I'm always looking for a tree,” the center's chief gardener says. “I look for it even when I go to the beach in the summer. It' s like a homework assignment hanging over your head.”

     And if he gets it wrong, there's nothing hiding it.

     “Every day it's up, 400,000 people go by, and 2.5 million people watch the lighting celebration on television,”he says.

    This year’s tree, a 74-foot Nomy spruce (云杉) from Richfield, Ohio, flown to New York on the world's largest cargo plane, was lighted on December 2.

    The arrival of the tree leads in the Christmas season in New York — a tradition dating back to 1931, when the workers building Rockefeller Center put up a small tree with ornaments (装饰品). 

     The search for the next year's tree starts soon after the old tree is chopped up for wood chips and horse-jumping logs.

    Murbach has three standards: The tree must be at least 65 feet high, at least 35 feet across and leaves dense (密集的) enough not to see through.

    That's not as simple as it sounds. Though forests are full of evergreens, few get enough sunlight or space to fill out. And branches in snow regions often break under the weight, making trees unbalanced.

    Back at the office, he sorts through hundreds of letters from people offering their trees, many addressed simply to “Mr. Christmas Tree Man.”

Though there was occasional anxiety attack and sleepless night, Murbach knows the effect the tree has on people: “It's for bringing people together, attempting to bring together people you love. That's what I hope it sets off.”  But Murbach says he's always too worn out to celebrate Christmas.

41. Which is the correct order of the events in the passage?

a. Murbach’s thoughts turn to a perfectly shaped tree.

b. 2.5 million people watch the Christmas tree.

c. The tree is flown to New York.

d. It was lighted on December 2.

e. The tree is chopped up.

f. Murbach searches for the tree.

A. a, b, c, d, e, f                                B. c, d, b, f, e, a  

C. c, d, e, b, a, f                                D. a, f, c, d, b, e

42. Murbach spends a lot of time         that are exhibited in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center each Christmas season.

A. taking care of Christmas trees

B. deciding on the perfect evergreens

     C. sorting the letters from people

D. deciding the TV programs

43. Why does Murbach take his job seriously?

A. Because he wants everyone to be happy with his choice.    

B. Because he hopes to make everybody unable to breathe.

C. Because he enjoys showing off.            

D. Because he wishes to attract people's attention to himself.

44. According to Murbach' s standard of trees, the best tree must_______ .

     A. be evergreen

B. have lots of space between their branches

C. be tall enough not to see through

D. be equally balanced                                                                             

45. What kind of person do you think Murbach is?

A. A person always ignoring his family.

B. A person full of love. 

C. A person devoted to his work.

D. A person with great anxiety.

As a boy growing up in India, I had longed to travel abroad. I used to listen to the stories my father would tell me about his stay in Canada and tours to Europe in the 1970s, with great interest.

My big moment finally came in the summer of 1998 when I was able to accompany my parents to Europe, where my father was to attend a meeting. We planned to travel to Belgium, Netherlands and West Germany.

I have clear memories even today of going to Mumbai airport at night all excited about finally going abroad. I had heard several great things about Lufthansa till then but now I finally got to experience them first hand, during the flight to Frankfurt. We flew business class and even today I can remember the excellent service by the Lufthansa crew （工作人员）. The flight was really smooth and thoroughly enjoyable, even for someone like me, who is especially afraid of flying.

After spending almost two weeks in Europe, we took the Lufthansa airport express from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt airport, for our return flight. What a journey that was! All along the Rhine (莱茵河), it was simply an unforgettable experience. I had a sombre feeling on the flight back to Mumbai as it marked the end of a wonderful vacation, but the Lufthansa crew members were able to change it into a most enjoyable experience yet again, with the quality of their service.

Being the first airline to take me abroad, Lufthansa will always hold a special place in my heart. Even today，I continue to enjoy flights on Lufthansa and simply cannot dream of choosing any other airline. Flying, in general，for me，has always been a terrible and painful experience．Flying on Lufthansa，however, is something I always have and always will look forward to.

36. Which country does the author live in now?

A. India.              B. Canada.                    C. Belgium.                 D. Germany.

37. What made the author so interested in traveling abroad?

A. Growing up in India.

B. Once staying in Canada.

C. Once traveling to Canada with his father.

D. His father's stories about his traveling experiences.

38. Which of the following is true about the author's trip to Europe in 1998?

A. The author traveled with one of his parents.

B. Both their going and return were by air.

C. They traveled in spring that year.

D. They stayed in Europe for nearly two months.

39. It can be inferred from the passage that Lufthansa is ________.

A. a city in India                               B. a city in Europe

C. an airline company                        D. a travel agency

40. The underlined word “somber” in the 4th paragraph probably means “________”.

A. happy              B. sad                   C. angry              D. enjoyable