(1)

One day on the way to school, a little boy found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and watched it almost every day. One day, it started to break through a small   1   in the cocoon, but it  2   greatly. Finally, it seemed it couldn’t succeed.

    The boy felt  3  for the butterfly because he knew it was going to die  4 it didn’t get out. So he ran into the house and got a pair of   5  and cut the cocoon a little. The butterfly came out and was  6  .

    The only strange thing was that the butterfly had a swollen(肿胀的) body and dry  7 . The boy kept waiting for the swelling to go down and for the wings to grow, but  8    didn’t. The butterfly crawled around unable to  9   and then it died an early death.

    Therefore, he learned that the butterfly was supposed to struggle to get out of the cocoon. In fact, the struggle to get out of the cocoon  10   the fluid out of its body and into its wings.  11   the struggle, the butterfly couldn’t grow, and would  12  fly. By trying to  13   the butterfly, the boy  14  hurt it.

    So if you are struggling with something, it’s probably  15   way of telling you that you are supposed to struggle. The struggle is  16   will make you stronger. The bigger you struggle, the stronger you become.

    Let this  17  help you to remember to let people have their struggle. When we do  18   for other people without their   19  , we hurt them and  20   them growing.

1. A. room           B. hole             C. place         D. eye

2. A. struggled           B. shouted           C. changed       D. waved

3. A. ashamed        B. satisfied          C. happy        D. bad

4. A. though         B. if               C. since         D. while

5. A. knives          B. trousers           C. scissors       D. shoes

6. A. free          B. dead             C. tired         D. alive

7. A. wings          B. feather               C. stomach       D. legs

8. A. it             B. you              C. they          D. he

9. A. walk           B. fly              C. move         D. run

10. A. pulled         B. dropped          C. pushed        D. flowed

11. A. Without           B. By              C. With         D. For

12. A. seldom        B. hardly            C. ever          D. never

13. A. watch         B. kill              C. help          D. love

14. A. actually           B. gradually          C. slowly        D. generally

15. A. people’s           B. science’s          C. life’s         D. nature’s

16. A. that           B. what             C. how          D. when

17. A. passage        B. boy              C. speech        D. lesson

18. A. enough        B. too much          C. more than      D. far from

19. A. permission      B. order            C. attention       D. request

20. A. keep          B. imagine           C. prevent       D. force

(2)

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling  21  , but I always knew he was  22  . He never criticized (批评) us, but used  23   to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish (茂盛). If you don’t give them water, they die.” I  24  as a child I said something  25  about somebody, and my father said, “  26  time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best  27  people, I would get the best  28  . From then on I’ve always tried to  29  the principle (原则) in my life and later in running my company.

    Dad’s also always been very  30  . At 15, I started a magazine. It was  31  a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a  32  : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

    I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway(使动摇)me from my decision,  33  any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad  34   me to go into law. And I’ve  35  regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,  36  I didn’t pursue(追求)my  37 . You know what you want. Go fulfill(实现)it.”

    As  38   turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national  39  for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad  40   me.

21.  A. biologist        B. manager        C. lawyer          D. gardener

22.  A. strict           B. honest          C. special          D. learned

23. A. praise          B. courage         C. power          D. warmth

24.  A. think           B. imagine         C. remember       D. guess

25.  A. unnecessary      B. unkind          C. unimportant      D. unusual

26.  A. Another         B. Some          C. Any            D. Other

27.  A. on             B. in             C. at             D. about

28.  A. in case          B. by turns         C. by chance       D. in return

29.  A. revise          B. set             C. review          D. follow

30.  A. understanding    B. experienced      C. serious          D. demanding (苛求的)

31. A. taking up        B. making up       C. picking up       D. keeping up

32.  A. suggestion       B. decision         C. notice          D. choice

33.  A. and            B. as             C. even if          D. as if

34.  A. helped          B. allowed         C. persuaded       D. suggested

35.  A. always          B. never           C. seldom         D. almost

36.  A. rather          B. but            C. for            D. therefore

37.  A. promise         B. task            C. belief          D. dream

38.  A. this            B. he             C. it             D. that

39.  A. newspaper       B. magazine        C. program        D. project

40.  A. controlled       B. comforted       C. reminded        D. raised

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第一节 听独白或对话(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

听下面五段对话或独白,每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第1段材料,回答1-3题。

1. Where does the conversation take place?

  A. In a school              B. In a library            C. In a shop

2. How many kinds of things does the man buy in all?

  A. 4                     B. 5                   C. 6

3. How much are all the things?  

  A. Twenty yuan         B. Fifteen yuan and sixty fen     C. Fifty yuan and sixteen fen

听第2段材料,回答4-6题。

4. What machine does the woman know how to use?

  A. The coffee machine       B. The phone system       C. The fax machine

5. How many words can the woman type in a minute?

  A. About 60 words in a minute

  B. About 70 words in a minute

  C. About 80 words in a minute

6. What can we know from the conversation?

  A. The man is a new comer in the officer

  B. The woman can speak at least two languages

  C. The woman will take the report to the head office

听第3段材料,回答7-9题。

7. What are the two speakers talking about?

  A. A part-time job           B. A computer lesson       C. A summer holiday plan

8. How did the man get this information?

  A. He asked the computer centre

  B. He received a letter

  C. He received an e-mail.

9. What does the woman think of herself?

  A. She knows little about computers

  B. She doesn’t have much experience

  C. She has little interest in the Internet

听第4段材料,回答10-12题。

10. What surprised the woman when she arrived in the USA?

  A. The history of America    

B. The number of ethnic(民族的,种族的) groups

C. The languages of different groups

11. Why did Jews come to America?

  A. In 1840s potato harvest failed

  B. They were brought as slaves in 1930s

  C. It was not safe for them to live in Europe.

12. Which of the following groups is NOT mentioned in the conversation?

  A. Japanese                B. Greeks                   C. Indians

听第5段材料,回答13-15 题。

13. Where is Sima Fan studying now?

  A. At a university in Germany  B. At a university in China   C. At a university in Canada

14. How long has Frane Studied Chinese?

  A. One year                   B. Two years              C. Three years

15. How many Chinese cities has Frane visited?

  A. Fewer than three          B. Only three             C. More than three

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