How I Turned to Be Optimistic

I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.

The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times."

My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.

From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.

1.How did the author get to know America?

A． From her relatives.                     B． From her mother.

C． From books and pictures.                D． From radio programs.

2.Upon leaving for America the author felt_______.

A. confused           B. excited    C. worried           D amazed

3.For the first two years in New York, the author _________.

A. often lost her way                   B. did not think about her future

C. studied in three different schools        D got on well with her stepfather

4.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?

A. She worked as a translator.          B. She attended a lot of job interviews. 

C. She paid telephone bills for her family. D She helped her family with her English.

I' m eighteen years old and I live in small village in                              76.__________

the Peak District, not far from Nottingham. I grow up                         77. __________

in this village, so I know everyone here. That' s the                             78. __________

problem -- the problem is that there' s nothing to do,                           79. __________

and nobody of my age to do it with ! At the moments I                        80. __________

travel into Nottingham every day to the shop as I work.                       81. __________

There' s a bus at 7:30 in the morning or the last bus back                    82. __________

in the evening is at 5: 30. From September, therefore,                          83. __________

I' m going to stay in Nottingham by my aunt and uncle                        84. __________

when my cousin joins in the Navy. I can use his room.                        85. __________

I' m really looking forward to living in Nottingham.

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
When I was a child , I remember that my mother decided that we would take a trip to visit my Aunt Sandy who lived in Mammoth Lakes, California. I was about 7 at the time but my memory does not fail me because I can recall my personal details .
We were sitting in the kitchen getting ready to have peanut butter and suddenly without warning the room started shaking. I remember thinking that it was weird(怪异)that construction workers must have been moving the house or something, but that it was weird that they would do it when we were still in it. I had a vivid imagination too. So everything started shaking and my aunt had this horrible look on her face as she dropped the knife of peanut-butter onto the ground and held on to the counter. My mom told me to get under the table, which as I think back was odd because what was happening was from the ground so what good was getting under a table going to do. The kitchen window soon broke out on its own from the force of all the shaking and I started getting pretty scared(害怕). I don’t think my aunt moved the entire time. My mom had gotten under the table with me and was holding me to make sure I was OK I suppose. It seemed strange because no one really knew what to do.
So finally the shaking stopped. The power was out and it took minutes before anyone really even started to move and talk again. My mother decided that we would leave the next morning. I don’t remember if we were only planning to stay for one night or if we were just stopping by on our way to Fresno where my mom had friends.
56．The first paragraph is mainly to tell us that the writer_________.
A．was eager to see Aunt Sandy      B．was too young to do anything
C．doesn’t remember anything at all    D．still remember what happened when young
57．While they were sitting in the kitchen__________.
A．the construction workers moved the house    
B．the kitchen window broke out on its own
C．a terrible earthquake took place suddenly     
D．they were warned to leave the room at once
58．Aunt dropped the knife of peanut-butter onto the ground because_________.
A．she was very busy   B．she was too frightened
C．everything shook hard    D．she didn’t use it any more
59．From the last paragraph we can know that________.
A．everyone began to make the house clean and tidy
B．the writer’s mum decided to leave immediately
C．the electricity was cut off completely at home
D．everyone started to talk about the shaking loudly

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个（√）； 如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词: 把多余的词用斜线划掉（\），在右边的横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边的横线上写出改正后的词。

注意： 原行没有错的不要改。

My aunt lives in a village far from my town.

Last year she came to visit us brought me a           1.             

little dog for my birthday present. It was a little black2.              

dog with white spots on. It was so lovely that I      3.              

liked it at once. Every day after school I played the 4.              

dog and it gave me much more pleasure. I was glad     5.             

to have it as my company. One day the dog went away   6.              

and never came back again. All my families were out searching     7.              

for it but it was nowhere to found. How I worried     8.              

about it all those days. A week later a letter came about w.w.w.zxxk.c.o.m    9.              

my aunt saying that the little dog had returned       10.             

How I Turned to Be Optimistic

I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt’s house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America .We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.

The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost-having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to “the hard times”.

My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.

From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common trouble eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.

1.How did the author get to know America?

A. From her relatives              

B. From her mother

C. From books and pictures         

D. From radio programs

2. Upon leaving for America the author felt     .

A. confused                    B. excited    

C. worried                     D. amazed

3.For the first two years in New York, the author     .

A. often lost her way                      

B. did not think about her future

C. studied in three different schools          

D. got on well with her stepfather