Born in America，I spoke English，not Chinese，the language of my ancestors.When I was three，my parents flashed cards with Chinese ____ at my face，but I pushed them ____.My mom believed I would learn ___ I was ready.But the ____ never came.

On a Chinese New Year's Eve，my uncle spoke to me in Chinese，but all I could do was ____ at him，confused，scratching my head.“ Still can't speak Chinese？”He____ me，“You can't even buy a fish in Chinatown.”

“Hey，this is America，not China.I'll get some ____ with or without Chinese.”I replied and turned to my mom for ____.

“Remember to ask for fresh fish，Xin Xian Yu，”she said，handing over a $20 bill.I ____ the words，running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.

I found the fish ____ surrounded in a sea of customers.“I'd like to buy some fresh fish，”I shouted to the fishman.But he ____ my English words and turned to serve the next customer.The laugh of the people behind increased ____ their impatience.With every ____，the breath of the dragons(龙)on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling—____ me to cry out，“Xian Sheng Yu，please.”“Very Xian Sheng，”I repeated.The crowd erupted into laughter.My face turned ____ and I ran back home ____，except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.

Should I laugh or cry？They're Chinese.I'm Chinese. I should feel right at ____.Instead，I was the joke，a disgrace(丢脸)to the language.

Sometimes，I laugh at my fish ____，but，in the end.the joke is on ____.Every laugh is a culture ____；every laugh is my heritage(传统)fading away.

1.A.custom?? B．games? C．characters?? D．language

2.A.ahead?? B．around?? C．along?? D．aside

3.A.when?? B．before?? C．unless?? D．until

4.A.success?? B．study?? C．time?? D．attempt

5.A.aim?? B．joke?? C．nod?? D．stare

6.A.cared about?? ????????????? B．laughed at?

C．argued with?? ????????????? D．asked after

7.A.right now?? ????????????? B．from now

C．at times?? ????????????? D．in time

8.A.decision?? ????????????? B．permission

C．information?? ????????????? D．preparation

9.A.repeated?? B．reviewed? C．spelled?? D．kept

10.A.farm? B．stand?? C．pond?? D．market

11.A.guessed?? B．forgot? C．doubted?? D．ignored

12.A.by? B．as?? C．with?? D．from

13.A.second?? B．effort? C．desire?? D．movement

14.A.forcing?? ????????????? B．allowing

C．persuading?? ????????????? D．leading

15.A.bright?? B．blank?? C．pale?? D．red

16.A.thrown? B．lost? C．divided? D．reflected

17.A.service?? B．home?? C．risk?? D．root

18.A.trade?? B．deed? C．challenge?? D．incident

19.A.it? B．us?? C．me?? D．them

20.A.open?mouthed?? ????????????? B．tongue?tied

C．empty?handed?? ????????????? D．broken?hearted

Dear Bob,

Hello. I learn about you from my English teacher, 1.________

Miss Fang. I’d like to your pen friend, and get to 2._________

know more about your country.

First, let me tell you something more about myself. 3.________

My name is Li Hua. I live in Beijing, where is the 4 .________

capital of China. I go to Hongqi Middle School. We 5._________

study quite a few subject, such as maths, Chinese, 6._________

English and physics.1 use to play ping-pong a lot 7._________

in my spare time, but now I am interesting in football. 8._________

Do you play any ball games? What your favourite 9 _________

sport? I look forward to hear from you soon. 10._________

Yours

Li Hua

阅读理解（共14小题；每小题2分，满分28分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的（A、B、C和D）四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

I was in a terrible mood. Two of my friends had gone to the movies the night before and hadn’t invited me. I was in my room thinking of ways to make them sorry when my father came in. “Want to go for a ride, today, Beck? It’s a beautiful day.” ks5*u

“No! Leave me alone!” Those were the last words I said to him that morning.

    My friends called and invited me to go to the mall with them a few hours later. I forgot to be mad at them and when I came home to find a note on the table. My mother put it where I would be sure to see it. “Dad has had an accident. Please meet us at Highland Park Hospital”.

    When I reached the hospital, my mother came out and told me my father’s injuries were extensive. “Your father told the driver to leave him alone and just call 911, thank God! If he had moved Daddy, there’s no telling what might have happened. A broken rib（肋骨）might have pierced（穿透）a lung...”

My mother may have said more, but I didn’t hear. I didn’t hear anything except those terrible words: Leave me alone. My dad said them to save himself from being hurt more. How much had I hurt him when I hurled those words at him earlier in the day?

    It was several days later that he was finally able to have a conversation. I held his hand gently, afraid of hurting him.

    “Daddy… I am so sorry…”

“It’s okay, sweetheart. I’ll be okay. ”

    “No,” I said, “I mean about what I said to you that day. You know, that morning?”

    My father could no more tell a lie than he could fly. He looked at me and said. “Sweetheart, I don’t remember anything about that day, not before, during or after the accident. I remember kissing you goodnight the night before, though. ”He managed a weak smile.

    My English teacher once told me that words have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And we all have the power to choose our words. I intend to do that very carefully from now on.

1. The author was in bad mood that morning because _______.

  A. his father had a terrible accident

  B. he couldn’t drive to the mall with his friends

  C. his friends hadn’t invited him to the cinema

  D. his father didn’t allow him to go out with his friends

2.Why did the author say sorry to his father in the hospital?

  A. Because he didn’t go along with his father.

  B. Because he was rude to his father that morning.

  C. Because he failed to come earlier after the accident.

  D. Because he couldn’t look after his father in the hospital.

3. The reason why the author’s father said he forgot everything about that day is that _______.

  A. he had a poor memory             B. he didn’t hear what his son said

  C. he just wanted to comfort his son                  D. he lost his memory after the accident

4. What lesson did Beck learn from the matter?

  A. Don’t treat your parents badly.

  B. Don’t hurt others with rude words.

  C. Don’t move the injured in an accident.

    D. Don’t be angry with friends at small things.

   For about three years now, I have been writing poetry. It was not until my junior year in high school that I developed an interest, love and skill for writing poetry.

   Back in elementary school, I loved to write stories. I would write stories on post-it notes and anywhere I could. Yet when I had to write a limerick(五行打油诗) for an assignment, I could not wrap my head around poetry. I had a very hard time figuring out how to rhyme words and have the words make sense. I eventually tossed the paper with the attempted limerick in the trash. I did not try my hand at poetry again until several years later.

   Many years later in my freshman year of high school, my English teacher gave my class a poetry project as an assignment. I still remember my limerick assignment and was afraid of doing the poetry project. For the project, we had to analyze a poem and write a response to it. I chose to respond to Robert Frost’s poem Fire and Ice. I also wrote my own poem first. I became really excited when writing the poem.

   Two years later, I started writing poetry as a hobby and for fun. To learn how good or bad my poems were, I handed them in to some magazines and contests. I won second place in the North Carolina Poetry Society’s Sherry Pruitt Award Contest with a poem called The Ocean, and had my two poems published as high merit(优等) poems. I have continued to write poetry, and have even self-published three collections of poetry in both print and e-book formats, which can be found at my store on Lulu.

   Now, I love writing poetry, but I don’t hate writing short stories. I just find it more difficult and not my style of writing, even though I still write short stories occasionally.

1.When the author was a pupil, he ___________.

   A. liked writing stories

   B. was good at writing poetry

   C. could understand poetry well

   D. was often praised by his teacher

2.When given the poetry project in high school, the author was___________.

   A. excited        B. annoyed       C. confident       D. worried

3.The author took up writing poetry as a hobby when he____________.

   A. was in Grade Three in high school

   B. worked as a storekeeper

   C. was in Grade One in high school

   D. was at college

4.How did the author increase his confidence in writing poetry?

   A. He wrote a lot of poems and asked advice from his teacher.

   B. He published three collections of poetry by himself.

   C. He submitted his poems to magazines and contests.

   D. He gave up writing stories and only wrote poetry.

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
I have written letters of apology to my teacher before. I remembered
at the age of 7, when h     English lessons, I pulled my classmate’s chair
【小题1】 _________
aside when he was about to sit down after answering questions.     a result,
【小题2】 _________
he fell onto the ground and cried. The whole class burst into    (笑声).      
【小题3】 _________
My English teacher was so angry       I had to apologize by writing       
【小题4】 _________
a letter to her and she        (宽恕) me.                                 
【小题5】 _________
Even now if I b     badly in class, I will still write a letter of           
【小题6】_________
apology to my teachers due to the f     reasons. Firstly, I should take      
【小题7】_________
responsibility for _____ I do. Secondly, writing letters of apology to         
【小题8】_________
teachers can    help ______(提醒) myself to be good in class. Finally, it is      
【小题9】_________
a good way of _______(交流) with teachers when they are in anger.          
【小题10】_________