阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

??? A peacock was very unhappy with his ugly voice; and he spent most of his days complaining about it.

??? "It is true that you cannot sing;" said the fox, "but look how beautiful you are!"

??? "0b，but what good is all this beauty;" cried the bird, "with such an unpleasant voice!"

??? "Listen," said the fox, "each one owns something good: You have such beauty; the nightingale has his song; and the owl has his eyes. Even if you had a sweet voice, you would still complain about another thing. Why can't you just be happy about what you have already got?"

【写作内容】

1.以约30个词概括短文的主要内容。

2.以约120个词就“停止抱怨并珍惜自己所拥有的“这一主题发表你的看法，内容包括：

? （l）你或你身边的人的类似事例；

? (2）谈谈你对该主题的看法。

【写作要求】

1.作文中可以使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得

直接引用原文中的句子：

2.文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I am a team leader in an insurance company. We are going through a lot of changes right now, which is  36  much stress for all of us.

A few weeks ago I was having a day so  37  that I even doubted if I had the ability to do this challenging work, and was about ready to change to a less stressful job  38  . Something happened that day to change my way of  39  and I am so appreciative of this young lady. I want to let her know that the small act  40  .

On the top of my cubicle (工作隔间) I have a small collection of lighthouses (灯塔) to let people know where I am sitting  41  my team members have to find me for emergencies.

That day I came into the office and was about to get the day  42  when Crystal came over. l asked if she needed anything. She said, "I  43  you something. " I looked at her with a  44  look and said, "Well, thank you, but why  45  you buy me anything?" I had never spoke to this young lady   _46  . She said, "Every day I stand up and look across the  47  and see your lighthouses. Then I feel I am not alone and I encourage myself that there are always  48  things in life. I saw this on the way to work and thought  49  would like it. I wish it would have the same  50  as your Lighthouses do. " In her hand she had a small globe with a Lighthouse and a ship on it. I gave her a hug and  51  her. I don't think she knows how much that small act of  52   changed my day: 1 remained  53  the rest of the day.

For anyone that reads this, I hope you remember, no matter what the  54   is, you could change

someone's day,  55  even his views on life.

36. A. preventing              B. reducing            C. causing            D. suffering

37. A. funny              B. nice               C. bad              D. dull

38. A. everywhere          B. elsewhere            C. anywhere          D. nowhere

39. A. working             B. behaving          C. speaking            D. thinking

40. A. broke my heart       B. touched my heart   C. lost my heart       D. tore my heart

41. A. in case                B. so that              C. as if              D. even though

42. A. ended                  B. started             C. changed            D. avoided

43. A. borrowed          B. lent               C. sold               D. bought

44. A. delighted               B. puzzled            C. thankful            D. worried

45. A. might              B. dare                C. could                      D. would

46. A. before              B. then                    C. since              D. after

47. A. dorm              B. office             C. ship               D. tower

48. A. bright             B. challenging        C. bad               D. stressful

49. A. colleagues          B. leaders            C. you                D. I

50. A. opinion            B. cause              C. expectation         D. effect

51. A. praised             B. thanked             C. scolded             D. refund

62. A. justice               B. courage             C. kindness             D. tolerance

53. A. careful             B. encouraged         C. tired                       D. alone

54. A. present               B. work               C. gesture             D. intention

55. A. so                 B. for                 C. or                  D. nor

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why they’re always coming in for criticism. Their critics seem to offend them because they have a talent for self-promotion and because they have so much money to throw around. ‘It’s unfair,’ they say, ‘that this entirely unproductive industry (if we can call it that) should absorb millions of pounds each year. It only goes to show how much profit the big companies are making. Why don’t they stop advertising and reduce the price of their goods? After all, it’s the consumer who pays…’

The poor old consumer! He’d have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn’t create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods comes largely from the advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc., from an advertisement.

Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading railway rules while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a dull wall or a newspaper full of disasters.

We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets. Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not survive without this source of revenue(收益). The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programmes is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price!

Another thing we mustn’t forget is the ‘small ads.’ which are in virtually every newspaper and magazine. What a greatly useful service they perform for the community! Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns. For instance, you can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death in what used to be called the ‘hatch, match and dispatch’ column but by far the most fascinating section is the personal or ‘agony’ column（读者来信专栏）. No other item in a newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human nature. It’s the best advertisement for advertising there is!

单词拼写。(共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分)

1.The r____________ of this museum lies in the variety of its art collection..

2.The language in nursery rhymes is c____________ but imaginative.

3.Keep cloths cool by putting them back in a basin of cold water, s_____________ them out and placing them on the burned area over and over again.

4.Nobody can p___________ what painting styles there will be in the future.

5.Did you know that English speakers also enjoy other forms of Asian poetry - Tang poems from China in p_____________.

6.I can’t eat shellfish because I am a___________ to them.

7.Sam broke the blisters and p_________ icy water onto the skin.

8.If there had not been an e____________ programme, he would not have found a sponsor to help him study abroad.

9.Frick had a p____________ for pre-twentieth century Western paintings.

10.The symptoms of first degree burns are dry, red and mildly s__________..

第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题l．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。

It was a busy morning，about 8:30,when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital。I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment(约会)at 9:30

The nurse had him take a   36      in the waiting area,  37  him it would be at least 40

minutes    38   someone would be able to see him。 I saw him   39   his watch and decided，since I was    40    busy—my patient didn’t   41   at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound .While taking care of his wound．I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment

The gentleman said no and told me that he   42   to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his  43  .。He told me that she had been   44   for a while and that she had a special disease。I asked if she would be    45   if he was a bit late. He replied that she   46   knew who he was，that she had not been able to  47   him for five years now. I was   48   ,and asked him，“And you  49   go every morning，even though she doesn’t know who you are?”

    He smiled and said．“She doesn’t know me but I know who she is” I had to hold back   50   as he left.

Now I   51    that in marriages，true love is   52   of all that is。The happiest people don’t   53   have the best of everything；they just  54    the best of everything they have。  55   isn’t  about how to live through the storm，but how to dance in the rain.

36 A breath         B.test          C seat          D break

37 A persuading     B promising     C understanding  D telling

38 A if             B before       C since         D after

39 A taking off      B．fixing       C looking at     D winding

40．A very        B also          C seldom        D not

41 A turn up        B show off      C come on       D go away

42 A needed        B forgot        C agreed         D happened

43 A daughter       B wife         C mother        D sister

44 A. late          B well         C around         D.there

45 A lonely        B worried       C doubtful        D hungry

46 A so far        B neither        C no longer       D already

47 A recognize     B answer        C believe        D expect

48 A moved       B disappointed    C surprised      D satisfied

49 A only         B.then          C.thus           D still

50A curiosity     B tears           C words         D judgment

51 A realize       B suggest        C hope          D prove

52 A agreement    B expression     C acceptance      D exhibition

53 A necessarily    B completely    C．naturally      D frequently

54 A. learn        B make         C.favor          D.try

55 A Adventure    B Beauty        C Trust          D Life