The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before a huge pile of troublesome stuff they call “books”.

I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.

The clock struck 12. "Oh, dear!" I cried, "ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to study so hard when he was a boy ."

The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were heavy, so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.

1.When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were_____ .

A．asleep B．working in bed

C．outside D．quietly laughing at him

2.Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ________.

A．it was too late at night

B．he was very tired

C．his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open

D．he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

3.What do you suppose happened to the author？

A．He went to a church to pray again

B．He passed the exam by luck

C．He failed in the exam

D．He was punished by his teacher

根据句意，在答卷标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

1.The man is a farmer as well as an ___________ (invent).

2.Sam looked up the right_______ (pronounce) of the word in the dictionary.

3.This year a friend of _____________ (we) and his daughter will be joining our Seder.

4.This is the _______________ (ugly) painting I have ever seen.

书面表达（本大题共10分）

如今多数中学生缺失感恩之心，对待家人、老师、朋友等很冷漠，行为方式和价值观令人担忧。作为一名中学生，请根据下表中提供的信息以“Learn to Express Thanks”为题，用英语写一篇演讲稿。

注意：1. 短文须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺，意思连贯；

2. 演讲稿中不得提及所在学校及本人姓名；

3. 词数90个左右，短文的开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Good morning, boys and girls!

The topic of my speech today is “Learn to express thanks”. We find most Middle School students don't show any sense of "Thanks". ____________________________________________________________________________

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Thank you for your listening!

Good morning, boys and girls!

— I feel stressed from time to time. Could you offer me some suggestions?

— ________ sharing your worries with your parents?

A. Why don’t you B. How about

C. Why not D. Could you please

It’s much easier for us to become friends________ we share similar interests.

A. unless B. when C. even though D. so that

—I’m tired. I’m going to take next week off.

— , dear. You do need a break.

A. Not so sure B. Great idea

C. Forget it D. Don’t mention it

Dear Mom,

I’m sorry that I can’t go back home for Mother’s Day next week. On that day, I’ll have to go to an important meeting for my boss, who helps me a lot with my work and life here. But I’ll find time to see you at home soon.

Mom, thank you for everything you’ve done for Tim and me. After Dad died of a heart attack at home ten years ago in a road accident, you had to work in a supermarket in the daytime and in a restaurant at night. But you always gave us two your love and care. Though you don’t have to work now, I still remember your coming home and feeling tired many evenings.

Tim is going to finish his studies next month. He said he would move back from school and look for a job near home. I’m glad you won’t live by yourself any more. Let’s plan to take a trip in the near future. It’s been years since the three of us took a trip together.

Happy Mother’s Day. I love you, Mom.

Best wishes,

David

1.What can we learn about David’s mother?

A. She still works day and night.

B. She lives all by herself now.

C. She is making a plan to save money.

D. She used to be too busy to look after her children.

2. What do we know from the letter?

A. David has two brothers.

B. David is unhappy with his boss.

C. David has to work on Mother’s Day.

D. Tim will leave home for his job soon.

3.Which of the following is mentioned in the letter?

A. David’s father lost his life at work.

B. Tim will look for a teaching job.

C. David bought a gift for his mother.

D. David hopes to take a trip with his family.

根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答卷纸标号为41-45的相应位置上。

1.—Are the kites over there (你的)?

—No. Go and ask Jane. They may belong to her.

2.Any day is a (幸运的) day when we are with our family.

3.You’d better go back home to see your parents at least (一次) a month.

They need more care.

4.Among the winners of Nobel Prize, Marie Curie is one of the greatest (科学家) in history.

5.Mr. Green never (承诺) anyone to do anything unless he is sure that he can do

something well.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在答卷纸标号为66-75的相应位置上。

Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friend, c 1. up and smile all the time．If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you. While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the h 2. smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?

One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it s 3. starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the w 4. . But dear friend, why don’t you sit down and listen to the sound that the n 5. offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will g 6. better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.

Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failures can’t be a 7. . I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are a 8. of it and give up hopes. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish w 9. we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.”

Attitude (态度) decides e 10. . Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.

Plenty of money has been _________ helping the quake-afflicted people (灾民) in Nepal.

A. used B. spent C. cost D. Paid