The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer(征服) himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful, says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.

A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Keep cool, says George Herbert, for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. Anger, says Pythagoras, brings with folly(愚蠢)and ends with regret. You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.

Self-control is man’s last greatest victory.

If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.

1.What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?

A. The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.

B. One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.

C. To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life.

D. If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful.

2.If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______.

A. the very backbone and nerve of character

B. the patience and power to control himself

C. strong feelings

D. self-confidence

3.The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to _______.

A. explain that self-control is the key to success

B. teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success

C. distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it

D. advise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends

4.The passage is mainly developed by _____.

A. analyzing(分析)causes                B. making comparisons(比较)

C. examining differences                    D. listing quotations(引证)

 单词拼写

1. He is so popular with us because he has a good sense of ________（幽默）.

2. This book _________ (包含) all the knowledge you want to get.

3. We made a careful            (分析) of the sales figures.

4.It is to be ________ (遗憾) that so many young people leave school without qualifications. 

5. Footprints are one of the few pieces of hard _________（证据）supporting the existence of the Yeti.

6. He said he _________（不同意）to our plan at the meeting, didn’t he?

7.They spend $5 million a year on _________（广告）

8. Would you rather be famous or make great _________ （贡献）to the world but be unknown?

9. Television news brings us __________（视觉）images form around the world.

10. Do you remember him ___________（假装）to be his father on the phone?

Kindergartners will enter school at different levels of writing. ____66____ The basic expectation, however, is that your child should enter kindergarten writing his name, recognizing the letters in his name, understanding that letters make up words, and knowing that spoken words can become written words. Here is a breakdown (分析)of the steps that new writers go through, as they make their journey towards becoming fluent writers:

Draw a story. Children’s classics have one thing in common: pictures and illustrations(插图). ____67____ Pictures help children follow a storyline and improve their comprehension.

Dictation.  Dictation means that an adult writes down a child’s story exactly as the child tells it. ____68____ It is a fundamental building block for the young writers.

Random letters.  They may begin to experiment with what they know and may use random letters to “write”. It means that your child is beginning to make sense of the sound and symbol relationship. ____69______

Sight words. They are a group of commonly used words that are often difficult to decode(解码), or sound out. For that reason, they must be memorized. The kindergarten sight words on the list will most likely be: I, am, see, like, the.

Interactive writing.  The teacher leads a group of students as they write a story together. He will call on students to come up to the paper and write each letter as the class sounds out the word. Teachers also use this technique to teach early sight words.

  As a parent, you should be ready to help your kid. Encourage your kindergarten kid, as you did with all his other developmental milestones. Give your kid a boost by offering natural opportunities to write. And keep in mind what all of this hard work is leading to! ___70____ The initial foundation is crucial(至关重要的), so don’t rush through it.

A.      In other words, he’s beginning to know that letters form the sounds that make up word.

B.      And finally, try to keep your worry in check.

C.      Don’t be surprised if the kindergarteners don’t come!

D.     This depends on age, interests, and what kind of preschool experiences they had.

E.      This helps reinforce(巩固) the fact that spoken words are related to written words.

F.      Illustrations are front and center for early readers.

G.     Kindergarten reading and writing go hand in hand .

第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We find that bright children are seldom held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming(按能力分班) pupils. It does not consider the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have had effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright children. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be the bottom of the top grade.

Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual(智力) ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We care much about the development of all the pupils’ abilities to the full, not just their study ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching does good to these aspects of learning.

In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups; this gives them the chance to learn to work together, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze(分析) an devaluate(评价) and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teachers.

Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual(个人) tasks, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is proper. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this well. An advanced pupil can do advanced work and it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to achieve this goal.

56. By “held back” in the first paragraph, the writer means “________”.

A. made to remain in the same class            B. forced to study in the lower class

C. drawn away form their studies         D. prevented from advancing

57. The writer’s purpose of writing this passage is to ________.

A. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class

B. advise pair work and group work for classroom activity

C. offer advice on the proper use of the library

D. tell us the importance of proper formal classroom teaching

58. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Pair work.      B. Group work.    C. Mixed-ability teaching    D. Individual tasks.