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.”

         “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 lather 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 wanted to comfort his son

         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

第二节读写任务 (共1小题,满分25分)

阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

It seemed no one cared about Steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic(酗酒) parents. In spite of his reading skills, he had been failing exams since first grade. Steve went unnoticed until Miss White.

　　Miss White was a smiling, young, beautiful redhead, and Steve was in love! For the first time in his young life, he couldn’t take his eyes off his teacher; yet, still he failed. He never did his homework, and he was always in trouble with Miss White. His heart would break under her sharp words, and when he was punished for failing to turn in his homework, he felt just miserable! Still, he did not study.

　　Until one day, Miss White talked to him, “Steve! Please! I care about you!”

Suddenly, Steve understood! Someone cared about him!

From that moment nothing was the same for Steve. Life at home remained the same, but life still changed. He discovered that not only could he learn, but he was good at it!

After high-school Steve joined the Navy, and he had a successful military career. During that time, he met the love of his life, he raised a family, and he graduated from a college. Later he became a professor in a nearby college

　　You see, it’s simple, really. A change took place within the heart of one boy, all because of one teacher, who cared.

[写作内容]

有一英国网站正在征集以“My Teachers and Me”为主题的故事，请按以下要求写一篇发生在你与你的老师之间的故事：

1) 以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2) 然后以约120个词写一篇记叙文，并包括如下要点：

①叙述你老师对你影响深远的真实或虚构的故事；

②你遇到问题时，你的老师如何帮你解决；

③你的老师对你产生了什么影响？

[写作要求] 可以参照阅读材料的篇章结构，组织故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

[评分标准] 概括准确、语言规范、内容合适，篇章连贯。

第二节完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
For long, a question disturbed a little boy. He couldn’t understand why his next-desk-pal(同伴)could rank lst whenever he wanted to , while he himself   21   to .
At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more   22  than others? I feel I study as hard as him, but why do I  23  fall behind?” Staring at him, she went   24  , not knowing how to explain.
She felt an impulse (冲动)to say , “you are too   25  .You are not really as hard-working as others…”but she stopped   26   she knew her son was suffering from the pains of   27   grades and rankings. She thought it   28  to add any additional burden to his son and was trying to find out a(n)   29   answer.
Time went by quickly, the son finished primary school.   30   studying harder and harder, he was still unable to   31   his pal. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to take him to the sea. During the trip, she   32   to give out an answer.
Now, the son no longer   33   his rankings, because, with the lst ranking, he was   34   by Harvard University .
Back home in winter vacation, he was invited to   35   the students and parents in high school. In the speech, he mentioned a(n)  36   experience in his childhood:…When my mother and I were lying on the beach, she pointed to the front and said ,“Do you see the seabirds fiying for food over there? When the   37   comes near, little birds can escape quickly   38   ‘clumsy’ seagulls (笨拙的海鸥)would take more time to complete the   39  . However, have you noticed birds that   40   fly across the endless ocean are none other than ‘clumsy’seagulls?”
21.A.refused                        B.decided                     C.failed                        D.afforded
22.A.troublesome                 B.stupid                       C.naughty                     D.careless
23.A.always                        B.never                        C.hardly                       D.even
24.A.wrong                         B.worried                     C.crazy                        D.wordless
25.A.young                         B.lazy                  C.clever               D.old
26.A.although             B.before              C.beacuse              D.unless
27.A.worrying                        B.surprising            C.doubting                   D.unsatisfying
28.A.cruel                B.unnecessary          C.important             D.impossible
29.A.natural             B.harmonious          C.perfect              D.ordinary
30.A.Besides              B.Despite             C.Beyond               D.Without
31.A.get through         B.come across          C.compare with         D.keep up with
32.A.managed            B.hesitated            C.determined        D.remembered
33.A.cares about         B.doubts about         C.wonders about     D.worries about
34.A.invited                       B.accepted                    C.welcomed                  D.dismissed
35.A.visit                               B.contact                 C.address              D.meet
36.A.private                        B.valuable                    C.interesting                 D.unexpected
37.A.wave                           B.food                         C.wind                         D.time
38.A.and                         B.since                         C.until                         D.while
39.A.game                          B.fun                           C.match                       D.process
40.A.suddenly                  B.immediately             C.finally                       D.gradually

I recently heard a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. What set him so far apart from others?

He1.that, in his opinion, it all came from an2.from his mother that happened when he was about 2 years old. He had been trying to3.a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his 4.on the slippery(光滑的) bottle and it 5., making its contents pouring all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of6.at him, giving him a lecture, or punishing him, she said: “Robert, what an(a)7.and wonderful mess you have made! I have8.seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to9.down and play in the milk for a few10.before we clean it up?”

Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said: “You know, Robert,11.you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last and restore everything to its proper12.. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel, or a mop. Which do you13.?” He chose the sponge and together they14.up the milk.

His mother then said: “You know, what happened just now is a15.experiment in how effectively to carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let’s16.out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can17.a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy18.that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.

This scientist then19.that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make20..

Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert’s mother responded to him?

阅读（共两节，15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

第一节：阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

This is a true story from Guyana. One day, a boy took a piece of paper from a box. He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose. He couldn’t get it out. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later, the paper was still in the boy’s nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.

So his mother took the boy to a hospital. The doctor looked up at the child’s nose, but she couldn’t get the paper out. She said she had to cut the boy’s nose to get the paper out.

The boy’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. The next day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May. May wanted to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose.

“Yes, I can see it,” May said. “It will be out soon.”

As she spoke, she shook some black pepper on the child’s nose. The child gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.

So the lucky boy didn’t have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut.

41. After the boy pushed a paper ball into his nose, ____.

A. he took it out                B. his mother took it out

C. he did nothing but cry         D. he tried to take it out but failed

42. The paper ball stayed in the boy’s nose for ____.

A. at most seven days             B. less than seven days

C. more than seven days           D. exactly seven days

43. According to the story, _____ was most worried about the boy’s accident.

A. the boy’s mother     B. Sidney       C. May       D. the doctor

44. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boy’s nose.

B. May succeeded in taking the paper out.

C. The boy’s mother found some black pepper to solve the problem.

D. The boy had to have his nose cut at last.

45. The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because ____.

A. he needed to learn to swim

B. the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose.

C. the sea water would wash out the paper ball.

D. he needed a rest