“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him，and let him know that you trust him.” These words are from the black American educator，Booker Washington. He was saying that，“If you want people to grow up，you have to stop treating them like children.”

In America，families are close but children are encouraged to be independent，to make their own decisions，even at a very early age. It’s not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance(津贴)every week. The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever they choose，for example，buying clothes，school supplies or CDs. Some teenagers even have their own credit cards! That’s a big responsibility since even adults are tempted to overspend when they have credit cards.

From an early age，American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family decision making. At the dinner table，teenagers will be listened to on any topic，from politics to buying a new family car or where the family will go on vacation. In this way, teenagers are getting practice in becoming individuals：they are learning how to stand on their own two feet.

Many Chinese young people are becoming almost as interested as American teens in searching for independence. They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings. You can see this in the way they dress, the music they listen to and the friends they choose. “Super Girl” Li Yuchun caught the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the “Super Girl” television contest. She was not the traditional “nice，young Chinese girl”. With her short，spiky hair and boy-like clothes, she was telling everyone that she was different. She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet...and she won!

There is an old saying，“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then choose that way with all his strength.” If you do this, step by step, over a period of time, you may find that you have become the person you always wanted to be.

1.The passage is intended to encourage the youth to________.

A. save money for useful things                                B. become independent

C. express their great ambitions                             D. make important decisions

2.A child of seven is given an allowance so that he can______.

A. be accepted as a popular guy                                  B. learn to decide how to use money

C. overspend money without care                            D. have school supplies of his own

3.The author implies that many Chinese children________.

A. are more independent than Americans                   B. should become interested in America

C. are happy with their present situation                      D. are not satisfied to be nice, quiet ones

4.The main idea of the last paragraph is________.

A. that we should do things step by step     B. why we should understand our desires

C. what we should plan for our own life    D. how we can manage to realize our dreams

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Fire can 36 many things. It is dangerous to everyone, but it is 37 useful. We cannot live without 38.In other words, fire is both the 39  and enemy of us. This  40  on whether we use it wisely or not.

To the people 41 live in the forest area, fire is particularly dangerous. It is the location 42  most of their houses are made of wood, which 43  catches fire. Especially in winter the air is 44  and the wind is often 45  .If one of these houses is on fire, the wind will 46  the fire to the neighboring houses quickly, and the fire will soon 47  all over the area. If this happens 48 , it may not be too bad. 49  if it happens at night, the situation will be very bad, for most people are 50   ,and many of them cannot run away in time. If they can, they will just 51  all the things behind. Some people even do not know  52  is going on, and they  53  in their dreams.

  We should do our best to 54 the breakout of fire, which is mostly caused by people’s carelessness. Therefore, not only the people of the 55 areas but everyone else should be very careful in using fire.

1. A. make      B. build     C. lose        D. destroy

2.A. also      B. too       C. hardly      D. not

3. A. water     B. air       C. food        D. fire

4. A. help      B. friend    C. companion   D. neighbor

5. A. happens   B. lies      C. depends     D. decides

6. A. where     B. which     C. what        D. who

7. A. because   B. so        C. why         D. that

8. A. easily    B. hardly    C. carefully   D. friendly

9. A. thick     B. thin      C. wet         D. dry

10.A. cold      B. freezing  C. gentle      D. strong

11.A. make      B. let       C. blow        D. give

12.A. cross     B. pass      C. happen      D. spread

13. A. at night  B. on Sunday  C. in the evening  D. in the day time

14. A. But       B. When      C. So          D. Even

15.A. careless  B. sleeping  C. afraid      D. frightened

16. A. leave     B. take      C. bring       D. have

17. A. that      B. what      C. who         D. which

18.A. think     B. smile     C. die         D. live

19. A. help      B. prevent   C. develop     D. keep

20.A. city      B. developing   C. factory   D. forest

根据句意和所给首字母补全单词。（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1.Mr Li is very kind and e___________.He always helps others when they are in trouble.

2.The job requires a good ___________（领悟）of Western culture.

3.You’d better give me a full _________（描述）of this plan.

4.It’s bad __________(行为)for a man to smoke in the public places where smoking is not allowed.

5.They were busy o__________a meeting for the company.

6.Jane is always very n________before an exam and can’t eat anything.

7.Even in his late years of life,the old man is still doing _________（科学的）research.

8.That school is very famous for its high standards of _________（纪律）.

9.Thank you very much.I really a_________your help.

10.The thief a______that he had stolen the money.

11.Seeing the teacher coming,Kate can’t help______(避免)talking to him.

12.A student, though i_______, must study hard.

13.Now it is very easy and quick to get i________from the Internet with just a computer.

14.With the support and_________（鼓励）from his friends,the young man was ready to try something new.

15.Before the final examination,we should do a lot of________(复习).

第二节：阅读表达（满分15分）

Youth is a kind of wealth. It will gradually disappear with the time passing. We must treasure the time when we are young in order not to waste the most valuable things in our life.

What can we do not to waste our youth? In my opinion, the first thing is to realize our value, our ideas. I believe that everyone has his or her own ideas, maybe he or she wants to be an artist, drawing beautiful pictures; maybe to be a manager, setting up a big company; maybe to be a doctor, saving patients’ lives; maybe to be a singer,________. No matter what our ideas are, we must try hard to achieve them. When we are young, we are full of vitality( 活力  ).We have the best conditions in our lives, good memories, good understanding and so on. We should make full use of these conditions to study more in order to enrich our mind so as not to make our ideas only dreams forever.

For another, we should do as many things as possible we want to do (of course, they must be lawful) to enrich our lives, making it colorful and gathering many different experiences which are worth recalling when we are old.

Then when we are really old, when we can not move any more , we can be proud of our achievements, can recall those things we have experienced and we can say we have no regret in our lives.

So, now, act, for ourselves when we are young.

61. What is the best title of this passage? (Please answer within 10 words)

_____________________________________________________________.

62. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one? We will be proud and have no regrets when we are old.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

63. Please fill in the second paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.( Please  answer in 10 words )

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

64. According to the passage, which thing do you think is better in not wasting your youth? Why? ( Please answer within 30 words )

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

65. Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese.

___________________________________________________________________

“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him，and let him know that you trust him.” These words are from the black American educator，Booker Washington. He was saying that，“If you want people to grow up，you have to stop treating them like children.”
In America，families are close but children are encouraged to be independent，to make their own decisions，even at a very early age. It’s not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance(津贴)every week. The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever they choose，for example，buying clothes，school supplies or CDs. Some teenagers even have their own credit cards! That’s a big responsibility since even adults are tempted to overspend when they have credit cards.
From an early age，American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family decision making. At the dinner table，teenagers will be listened to on any topic，from politics to buying a new family car or where the family will go on vacation. In this way, teenagers are getting practice in becoming individuals：they are learning how to stand on their own two feet.
Many Chinese young people are becoming almost as interested as American teens in searching for independence. They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings. You can see this in the way they dress, the music they listen to and the friends they choose. “Super Girl” Li Yuchun caught the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the “Super Girl” television contest. She was not the traditional “nice，young Chinese girl”. With her short，spiky hair and boy-like clothes, she was telling everyone that she was different. She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet...and she won!
There is an old saying，“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then choose that way with all his strength.” If you do this, step by step, over a period of time, you may find that you have become the person you always wanted to be.
【小题1】The passage is intended to encourage the youth to________.