On the night of my birthday, I went with my mom to the nearest drug store to buy vitamins. Even though it was my birthday, I was feeling   11  and a bit lonely. Maybe I missed my dad who died four years ago, I just wanted him to be beside me that day.
On my way to the drug store, I was crying. When I arrived there, I cleaned my   12   up from the tears and tried to   13  when I ordered the vitamins my mom wanted to buy. While I was waiting, I looked around the building and I   14  sight of a beggar next to the door. She was with her son, a cute little boy. They were sitting on the street. Although it was in winter at the moment and I still felt   15   with my coat, I noticed that the child was just wearing an old T-shirt. I felt sorry for them. When I   16   for my vitamins, I glanced at them and had an idea. “Why don’t I contribute some of my smaller clothes to them? Today is my   17 .” I thought to myself. I had to   18  something with someone else that day. Yeah, I   19  that I had to do that. I went home in a hurry and I felt so excited as I looked for some of my smaller   20 .
At home, I told my mom my   21  and told her my idea. My mom   22  with me. I found a few clothes and went back to the drug store. When I got there, I didn’t hand the clothing over myself. I wanted it to be a   23 , so I asked someone to hand the clothes over, then I left. As I left, I   24  someone saying “thank you!” and I hoped it was for me.
On the road, my heart was full of   25  and warmth. I felt glad that I could share something on my birthday and that was a big gift for me.

It was the final examination. The class was very   36  . I was checking my paper   37   I saw my best friend, Samy,   38   to cheat at the exam. 

Samy scribbled（潦草地写） the   39   to some questions on his answer sheet   40   looking at a piece of paper. I was   41   and did not know what to do. My heart was beating   42   by each second. Suddenly, Samy noticed me staring at him.

He made a hand gesture, asking me not to   43   the teacher. I was deep in thoughts when the teacher said, “Time’s up! Please put down your pens! Stop   44  ! I will collect your papers.” I was waken out of my   45   upon hearing the loud voice of the teacher. I went home feeling very   46  . I was so frustrated   47   I even talked to my toys!

The next day, I went straight to the   48   office for I decided to tell the teacher that Samy   49   yesterday. I plucked up（鼓起） my   50   and walked into the office. I told the teacher that Samy had cheated. She was very angry. During break, she   51       Samy and Samy cried. He   52   his face as he ran out of the teachers’ office after he was scolded. After that incident, Samy always ignored me whenever I approached him. I was very sad. I thought my   53   with him must be over.

A few more days later, I was at the bus stop   54   for my bus when Samy came to me with a guilty look on his face. He said, “I’m sorry, I have now   55   cheating at the exam. Will you forgive me?” “Sure,” I replied with a smile. “But promise me never to cheat again.” “I promise!” he replied. Then we walked home happily.

36. A. silent              B. noisy                    C. crowded                D. dirty

37. A. while              B. when                     C. as                          D. whenever

38. A. wanting                     B. searching                  C. attempting                D. Wishing

39. A. sentences           B. words                   C. notes                     D. answers

40. A. before             B. after                     C. until                      D. once

41. A. glad                        B. anxious                  C. afraid                    D. sad

42. A. quicker and quicker                             B. harder and harder

   C. slower and slower                               D. heavier and heavier

43. A. inform             B. phone                    C. tell                               D. ask

44. A. talking             B. writing                  C. looking                  D. thinking

45. A. thoughts           B. room                     C. soul                       D. seat

46. A. bad                 B. worried                 C. calm                     D. miserable

47. A. as                    B. which                   C. but                       D. that

48. A. school’s                  B. headmaster’s                 C. teachers’                D. parents’

49. A. cheated          B. had cheated            C. was cheating           D. had been cheating

50. A. spirit               B. courage                  C. feet                       D. strength

51. A. hit                   B. beat                       C. told                       D. scolded

52. A. covered            B. washed                  C. lowered                 D. raised

53. A. happiness       B. friendship              C. incident                        D. business

54. A. waited              B. to wait                         C. waiting                 D. wait

55. A. appreciated       B. minded                  C. regretted               D. frightened

 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 rod 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 elbow. Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every, rung I reached. I’ll 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 boys 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 faint and cracking. I peeked out from my covers 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 throw and catch things

B. the speed of one’s hand movement

C. the strength and skill to hang and sway

D. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar

3.What does the sentence “I saw her ‘we’ll see about that’ look” imply?

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

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

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

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

4.When the child looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because          .

A. they felt sorry for what they had done before

B. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt

C. they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars

D. they were astonished to find the author’s progress

5.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

.

第二节：短文改错(共10小题，满分10分

I was walking home from school while suddenly                    86. ______________

it rained heavy. What should I do? I didn’t have an                  87. ______________

umbrella and a raincoat with me. I looked around and                88. ______________

see some students walking happily under their umbrellas.             89. ______________

They must listened to the weather forecast. I began to                90. ______________

run and caught in the rain. I kept running until                      91. ______________

I got to a bookstore which I could wait until the rain                 92. ______________

stopped and in the same time I could read my                      93. ______________

favorite books. After about half a hour,                           94. ______________

the rain stopped and I went home.                               95.______________

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
I’ll never forget the day when I went home after school.
It was raining so       (大) that I had to wait for the rain to
stop. But       half an hour it was still raining. Seeing this,
the guard at the gate offered to       (借给) me his umbrella.
I accepted at once. With his help, I got home on time w    
getting wet. The next morning, when I r     the umbrella to
the guard, I said “thank you” to him,       (留) him a note to
express my        sincerely. To my surprise, he said no one had
e     written him to say “thank you”, and it meant a lot to him.
So in my ______, saying “thank you” to others is not only easy
     also meaningful to the person who says it and the receiver!