6、My father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. In that half-playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, “How would you like to go to Eton?”

“You bet,” I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools. You had to be entered at birth, if not before. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I understood my father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class, our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a remarkably low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100.

    This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. Alas! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict(冲突) with his fear of drawing attention to himself.

    It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world he thought he might just as well phone them. I remember my eyes stinging(刺痛) and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness.

    “Oh, he doesn’t want to go away,” said my mother, “You shouldn’t go on like this.” “It’s up to him,” said my father. “He can make up his own mind.”

1．The house the writer’s family lived in was          .

    A．the best they could afford            B．right for their social position

    C．for showing off                    D．rather small

2．His father sold his Roils-Royce because           .

     A．it made him feel uneasy                      B．it was too old to work well

     C．it was too expensive to possess           D．it was too cheap

3．The writer’s father enjoyed being different as long as           .

    A．it drew attention to him                        B．it didn’t bring him in arguments

    C．it was understood as a joke                   D．there was no danger of his showing off

4．What was the writer’s reaction to the idea of going to Eton?

    A．He was very unhappy.                 B．He didn’t believe it.

    C．He was delighted.                     D．He had mixed feelings.

5．We can know from the passage that           .

    A．Children who can go to Eton are very famous

    B．Children can go to Eton if they will

    C．It is very difficult for a child to get admitted by Eton

D．Children don't have the right to decide whether they will go to Eton

5、This is a time of year when we think about giving and receiving presents. Can you find little extra to give? On this page we suggest a few organizations you might like to help.

Littleton Children’s Home

We DON’T want your money, but children’s toys, books and clothes IN GOOD CONDITION would be very welcome.

Also, we are looking for friendly families who would take our children into their homes for a few hours or days as guests. You have so much—will you share it?

Phone Sister Thomas on 55671.

Children’s Hospice

We look after a small number of very sick children. This important work needs skill and love. We cannot continue without gifts of money to pay for more nursing staff （职员）.We also need story books and toys suitable for quiet games.

Please contact :The Secretary, Little Children’s Hospice, Newly Road.

Street Food

In the winter weather, it’s not fun being homeless. It’s even worse if you’re hungry. We give hot food to at least fifty people every night. It’s hard work, but necessary. Can you come and help? If not, can you find a little money? We used a very old kitchen, and we need some new saucepans. Money for new ones would be most welcome indeed.

Contact Street Food, c/o Mary’s House, Elming Way. Littleton Phone 55823.

Littleton Youth Club

Have you got an unwanted chair?-a record-player?-a pot of paint?

Because we use them!

We want to get to work on our meeting room!

Please phone 55231 and we’ll be happy to collect anything you can give us!

Thank you!

The Night Shelter

We offer a warm bed for the night to anyone who has nowhere to go. We rent the former Commercial Hotel on Green street. Although it is not expensive, we never seem to have enough money. Can you let us have a few pounds? Any amount, however  small, will be such a help.

Send it to us 15,Greet St, Littleton. Please make check payable to Night Shelter.

1．Reading the passage, you might like to help these organizations while working for          .

       A．homeless and sick children

       B．less fortunate members of our society

       C．hungry people who have no beds to sleep in

       D．friendly members of our society to help others

2．We can infer          .

       A．there are too many social problems in this country

       B．people are very poor during the time for giving

       C．warm-hearted people like to give away money

       D．this passage is taken from a local newspaper

3．If your children have grown up, you may take the children’s things to           .

       A．Children’s Home and Children’s Hospice

       B．Youth Club and Children’s Home

       C．Children’s Hospice and Night Shelter

D．Youth Club and Night Shelter

4、A person, like a commodity（商品）, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration（夸张）, however, does no harm when it shows the person’s unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled package knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment（装饰）, so that the person so packaged is not a commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.

A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, had all the favor granted by God. Any attempt to make up would be self-defeating. Youth, however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain. Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self-satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. There is no need to make use of hair dyeing. The snowcapped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural aging process so as to keep in harmony（和谐）with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end on unpleasantness. To be in the company of the elderly is like reading a thick book of deluxe (better quality)edition, which attracts one so much that one is unwilling to part with.

As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.

1．It can be concluded from the text that           .

       A．people should be packed at all ages

       B．people should be packed in a special way

       C．elderly people also care about packing

       D．proper packing makes people attractive

2．According to the author, if you want to keep in harmony with nature, you should           .

       A．dye your hair                                       B．make up at a young age

       C．follow the aging process                       D．give up fame and wealth

3．For the middle-aged, attractiveness           .

       A．hardly exists                                        B．is the strongest

       C．comes from the inside                          D．comes from the appearance

4．The underlined sentence means that elderly people           .

       A．are usually packed like a finely-made book

       B．experience a lot and have rich knowledge of life

       C．doing a lot of traveling and give you much information

       D．enjoy reading thick books of beautiful nature and fairyland

3、Two men dressed as police officers stole about ＄200 million worth of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum early this morning.

The two burglars knocked on a side door of the museum at about 1:15 am. They told the two security guards who were on duty that there was a disturbance in the area. The guards then made the very serious mistake of allowing the two men to go into the building. After they went in, the two burglars tied the guards up with tape.

The two men spent about two hours in the museum. During that time, they stole 11 paintings and an ancient Chinese vase. The stolen works included three paintings by Rembrandt.

A maintenance（保卫）worker discovered the two guards at about 7 am and called police.

One of the greatest losses was Rembrandt’s works, “The Storm on the Sea of Galilee.” It was a very popular attraction at the museum and was one of the most valuable works stolen.

Museum officials said that the value of the stolen art is at least 200 million dollars, and may in fact be much more. The true value of the paintings is unknown, because they have not been on the market for nearly a century. According to law enforcement officials, this is considered to be the biggest theft（偷窃）ever in the United States. Officials are waiting to see whether the burglars will demand a ransom for the paintings or try to sell them to a private collector.

Museum officials and police are not sure why the burglars chose certain works and not others. There are other paintings in the museum that are even more valuable than the ones that were stolen.

Special investigators（调查员）are looking into the theft and the museum’s security system. They believe that this is a “professional job,” because the people involved were well prepared and knew what they wanted.

Investigators have already questioned the museum’s guards extensively. They would not give the names or ages of the guards, but one investigator said the Gardner hires and trains its own security staff. So far, the guards have not been identified as suspects（嫌疑人）in the case. An investigator said that anybody having any information about the robbery should contact the Boston Police Department immediately.

1．How did the two burglars get into the museum?

       A．They broke into the museum.

       B．They had the key to the museum.

       C．They tied the guards up with tape.

       D．The security guards opened the door for them.

2．According to the passage, “The Storm on the Sea of Galilee” was the following except that          .

       A．it was the most valuable work at the museum

       B．it was Rembrandt’s works

       C．it was very attractive to visitors

       D．it was one of the greatest losses

3．Which of the following best explains “demand a ransom for the paintings”?

       A．Ask for money to give the paintings back.

       B．Send the paintings to some foreign countries.

       C．Hide the paintings in a secret place.

       D．Change them into more valuable things

4．The investigators believe that this is a “professional job” because the burglars         .

       A．were dressed as police officers

       B．didn’t steal the most valuable works

       C．liked Rembrandt’s work and made careful plans about the theft

       D．made careful plans about the theft

2、此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

I’v had quite a lot of lessons in my schooldays. Among them

the one given by an American is most unforgettably. One morning,       1．     

our teacher told us an American would give us a lesson. Then in          2．     

came a man. He introduced himself with English and began his            3．     

class. It was different from those classes they had before. During        4．     

his class, he played games with us, teaching us English songs              5．     

or helped us act out a dialogue. He neither taught us English                6．     

grammar nor asked us do a lot of written exercises. He was not           7．     

serious at all. He was always smiling us. Happy time was always         8．     

short. After we knew it, the class was over. I will never forget            9．     

his smiles, his songs and something he has done in the class.          10．       

1、假设你是李华，你的英国朋友TOM听说你学校正在开展研究性学习，来信询问有关情况。请根据下表提供的信息，写一封回信，谈一谈开展研究性学习前后，你的学习情况的变化。

注意：

1．注意书信格式

2．词数120左右

生词：研究性学习  exploring study  surf the Internet

27、--- Whose advice do you think I should take?

---            .

A．You speak       B．That’s it   C．It’s up to you D．You got it

26、--- Which of the fashionable dresses do you like best?

---           . They are both expensive and of little use.

A．No one    B．Nothing    C．None       D．Either

25、Music is a universal language,       makes       possible for Jay Chou to be popular in America.

A．what; that B．which; it   C．what; it     D．which; that