When I was at University I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn’t do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time playing than working in the library.

Once at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write “True” or “False”. While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching TV. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked perfectly calm. Then he told me of his plan. “It’s very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test. I’ll just toss（掷）the coin to decide the answers. That way, I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right.”

The next day, Fred came happily into the exam room. As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers. Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us.

    The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor. “Oh, good,” he said to the teacher, “Have you got the result of the test?” The teacher reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it.

“I’m terribly sorry, Fred,” he said, “You failed!”

1.This story mainly wants to tell us           .

A. chemistry is really hard to learn            

B. there are many questions for students to prepare.

C. good exam results really need studying hard              

D. tossing a coin can not always decide the result

2.Fred Baines was one of those who          .

A. did just enough to pass an exam         

B. didn’t work hard enough for their studies

C. had more important work to do than study 

D. were quite good at passing exams

3. Fred came happily into the exam room because           .

A. he had got ready for the exam           

B. he knew the answers already

C. one excellent student would help him     

D. he had his special way to finish the exam

4.Which of the following about the chemistry exam is TRUE?

A.The chemisty exam was not very difficult at all.    

B. It in fact took an hour to finish the chemisty exam

C. The chemisty exam had more than one hundred questions.        

D. The chemisty exam needed to be done by tossing a coin.

5.The professor tossed a coin to tell Baines that          .

A. he was satisfied with Baines’ way for the exam 

B. he wanted to make friends with Baines

C. Baines’ way for the exam would never work   

D. the exam result depended on the coin

 --Who has broken the window in my room?

    --Who else _________ it but your naughty son!

    A. could do                          B. could have done

    C. should have done                   D. must have done

Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family．Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mom, I can't peel potatoes．I have only one hand.”

Mom never looked up from sewing．"You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes," she told me. “And don't ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”

In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel bar to the next．When it was my turn, I shook my head．Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying．

That night I told Mom about it．She hugged me, and I saw her "we'll see about that" look． The next afternoon, she took me back to school．At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars．

"Now, pull up with your right arm," she advised．She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other arm．Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung （横档） I reached．I'd never forget the next time, crossing the rungs．I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open．

One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing．I could hear Mom come into my room．"Mom," I said, weeping, "none of the girls would dance with me．"

For a long time, I didn't hear anything．Then she said, "Oh, honey, someday you'll be beating those boys off with a bat．" Her voice was soft and weak．I glanced at her to see tears running down her cheeks．Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf．She had never let me see her tears．

1. Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom's attitude when she made the child peel potatoes?

    A．Cruel．          B．Serious．   C Strict．           D．Cold．

2.From the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train ____．

    A. the skill to circle round a bar

    B. the skill to throw and catch things

    C. the speed of one's hand movement

    D. the strength and skill to hang and swing

3. What does the sentence "I saw her 'we'll see about that' look" imply?

    A．Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it．

    B．What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity．

    C．Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher．

    D．The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up．

4. The most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is ____．

    A. the last incident was sad enough to make Mom weep

    B. the child's experience reminded Mom of that of her own

    C. Mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph

    D. in fact Mom suffered more in the process of the child's growth

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Last Sunday I saw a worst storm in years. It came sudden and went on for over three hours. After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot，but all was quiet. Then a strong wind started to blow into my room. Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out the open window. As I ran out to catch it, big drop of rain began to fall. When I come back into my house, it was raining more harder and harder. Then I heard a loud crashing sound from the back of the house. When I ran out of my room to find out that had happened，a big tree had fallen down and broke the top of the backroom.

完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

   I was standing on stage before 200 people, dressed up as George Washington. I had the lead role in my sixth grade  36  and, for the past two months, I had walked back and forth in my room   37  to say my lines.

    Now it was time to give a  38  , and my heart was beating rapidly. At my  39 , I began to speak smoothly and clearly, but then it  40  : I stuttered（口吃）. I knew I would, and I did.

    From that moment on, I  41  that my role in that play would be my first and my last. My speech problem affected  42  .

    As a child, I struggled to say a full sentence, repeatedly hearing the  43  comments of my parents. “Take a deep breath and think about what you’re going to say.” I was too  44  to admit I had a problem.

     45  my school career progressed my speech problem became less noticeable, but it never 46  . It held me back.

    After realizing that class officers had to speak in front of the entire student body, I  47 running in class elections . I feared reading aloud and meeting new people.

    I would  48  sit in my room and cry, imagining what it would be like to be  49 , like everyone else.

    Finally, I came to my senses. I read articles about famous people who 50  their speech problems. I  51  the fact that I do have a problem that will always be with me.

    It has made me a  52  person and, with time, I know I’ll gain the confidence to stand up and 53  to myself that it will never hold me back.  54  , I know that I’m not the only one who  55 , because nobody is perfect.

1.  A. play             B. game                 C. dance                D . concert

2.  A. desiring             B. waiting         C. struggling           D. hesitating

3.A. test               B. performance     C. suggestion           D. judgment

4.A. sight              B. angle                C. news             D. turn

5.A. happened           B. seemed           C. broke                D. remained

6.  A. urged                B. promised         C. admitted         D. repeated

7.A. nothing            B. something            C. everything           D. anything

8.A. exciting           B. surprising           C. puzzling         D. annoying

9.A. ashamed            B. willing         C. weak             D. eager

10.A. Though            B. As               C. Before               D. Unless

11. A. failed               B. disappeared          C. burst                D. combined

12.A. insisted on           B. put off             C. approved of          D. gave up

13.A. never             B. seldom           C. sometime         D. constantly

14.A. normal            B. special         C. usual                D. alive

15.A. realized          B. refused          C. overcame         D. avoided

16. A. doubted          B. changed          C. hid              D. faced

17.A. stronger          B. greater              C. wiser                D. purer

18. A. explain          B. prove                C. respond          D. scream

19.A. On the contrary       B. On the other hand    C. Above all            D. At most

20. A. attempts         B. argues              C. suffers              D. risks