Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next to ours was only a few feet away——青夏教育精英家教网—

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next to ours was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there and whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing (缝纫) and reading.
After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “Why doesn’t that woman clean her window? It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning I decided to clean my apartment, including cleaning the window.
Late in the afternoon I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly seen. Her window was clean!
Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.
That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings (缺点) ?
From then on, whenever I want to judge (判断) someone, I ask myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window? ” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I can see others’ world more clearly.
【小题1】 The writer couldn’t see anything clearly through the window because ________ .

A．the woman’s window was dirty	B．the writer’s window was dirty
C．the woman lived far away	D．the writer was near-sighted

【小题2】 After the writer finished the cleaning, he was surprised to find that ________ .

A．the woman was sitting by her window	B．the woman’s window was still terrible
C．the woman was cleaning her window	D．the woman’s window was clean

【小题3】 The underlined part “it dawned on me ” probably means “________ ”.

A．I began to understand it	B．it cheered me up
C．I could see myself through the window	D．it began to get light

【小题4】 From the passage we know that ________ .

A．both the woman and the writer lived in a small town	B．the writer often cleaned his window
C．both the woman and the writer worked as cleaners	D．the writer never met the woman

【小题5】From the passage we can learn that ________ .

A．one shouldn’t criticize others very often

B．one should often keep his windows clean

C．one should judge himself before he judges others

D．one should look at others through his dirty window

At 18, many American young people go off on their own. They go away to college or find full-time jobs, and they often pay for their own apartments. Some get married and start families. This independence（独立) is learned from childhood.
From an early age, American children learn to do things by themselves. Children as young as 2 begin to put away their toys and dress themselves. At 3, many children do simple chores like setting the table.
Using money in the right way is also taught early. As soon as a child understands the value of money, he or she receives a weekly allowance. This is used for things the child wants, like toys or treats. The child can spend or save it, usually with little help or advice from parents. If the child wants more money, it must be earned by doing extra chores.
Children are taught early in life to think for themselves. They are allowed to make some decisions
and make mistakes. Failure often teaches more than success.
【小题1】. Many young American people begin to live on themselves ________ .

A．at the age of eighteen

B．from an early age

C．after they get married

D．when they find jobs

【小题2】 An American child learns to ________ at the age of 2.
A. do a lot of chores B. put on their own clothes C. study for a test D set the table
【小题3】 The underlined word “allowance” means ________ .

【小题4】 A child can get some more money by ________ .

A．understanding the value of money	B．doing a lot of homework
C．reading a lot of books	D．doing some more chores

【小题5】 Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A．American children learn to be independent from an early age.

B．American children always use or save their money with the help of their mother.

C．American children are allowed to make some decisions and mistakes.

D．Failure is needed in children’s life as well as success.

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66.【小题1】Liang and Wang, both teachers, are going to take their summer holidays at some beautiful seaside. They like good wine and shopping.
67.【小题2】Chen Hui and Li Hong,
university students, want to travel on very little money, and would like to get to know the
country by working with the local
people for two weeks.
【小题3】Mr. Zhang, a young and busy
manager, needs a holiday to relax.
He would like to go somewhere
warm and sunny, where he can swim in the sea, and he enjoys sports and dancing.
【小题4】 Mr. Lee and his wife, who have recently retired, want to see places of cultural and historical
interest, but Mrs. Lee hates flying.
【小题5】Ling Xia, a nurse in a hospital in Guangzhou, hopes to spend her 21^st birthday in the north and skate on
real ice.

A．Seven Days on Jinsha Island
Seven-day holidays on Jinsha Island, lovely beach with golden sands and deep blue sea. Sailing and some other water
sports as well as dancing to local music.

B．East China in Comfort
Comfortable coach tours around five cities in East China. Six
days out of normal holiday season, seeing local culture.

C．Farm Holidays in Guizhou
Working holidays on a farm in Guizhou for one to three months, if prepared to work with the farmers. Rooms, food and trips all provided free – you only pay for the low cost traffic.

D．Holiday Homes in Sanya

Holiday flats in Sanya in summer season by the sea, yet near shops and restaurants.
E.One Day Travel in Guangzhou
Climb Mt. Baiyun in the morning, visit Yuexiu Park and other
sceneries after lunch. A night time boat trip on Pearl River at
8:00.
F.One Week on Sun Island, Harbin
One-week holidays in the Full Moon Hotel. Beautiful flats with sights of Sun Lake. Skating, skiing and other winter sports.
G. A Four-day Holiday in Guilin
Relax yourselves for a four-day holiday in Guilin. Stay in
Lijiang Hotel. Taste delicious Guilin rice noodles. A tour on
Lijiang River by boat.

看图短文填空 (本大题共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分)
阅读下面短文，并借助上下和插图补充所缺信息。每个空格只能填一个形式正确、与短文内容意思相符的单词。

In Xinjiang, most people knew the stories of Avantis (阿凡提). Avantis was a very clever man. People liked him because he not only spoke for the 1. ________ but also was always ready to help them.
One day Avantis 2. ________ two men arguing with each other. A lot of peple stood around them. One of the two men was the owner of the eating house in the town and the 3. ________ was a young man. The young man just 4. ________ by the eating house. The owner of the eating house told the young man to 5. ________ him money. The young man explained that he hadn’t taken anything from the eating house., 6. ________ the owner said that the young man had taken the 7. ________ of the nice food from the eating house, and he must pay for it. So Avantis went up to the owner and said, “I’ll pay you the money. ” Avantis 8. ________ out some 9. ________ from his pocket and put them into his own bag. He shook his bag, and people heard the 10. ________ of the coins. Then Avantis said to the owner, “I have paid you the money. ”

信息归纳 (本部分共5小题，每小题1分，共5分)
Scientists who study the climate (气候) are still arguing about how fast the earth is warming and how much it will warm, but they do agree that the earth is warming and that it will keep warming if we don’t do anything about it.
Scientists agree that the burning of fossil fuels (化石燃料) like oil and coal cause greenhouse gases to escape (释放) into the air and that these gases are causing most of the warming. Another cause is deforestation ( cutting down trees ) . Trees soak up carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) , one of the greenhouse gases, from the air.
There are already some changes happening because of global warming. Sea level is rising and some animals are already moving to new homes. It’s already too late to stop global warming completely.
If the warming gets worse, as scientists expect, there may be some kinds of plants and animals that become extinct (灭绝的) because they can’t move to new homes. There may be more storms and floods. Sea level may rise so much that people have to move away from the coasts. Some areas may become too dry for farming.
Global warming is a very difficult problem to fix. People are having a hard time agreeing on what to do about it. For example, everyone agrees that wasting energy is a bad thing to do. But some people think that the federal government (联邦政府) should make laws about it, while other people think it should be up to each person or business to decide what to do.
Many states and businesses in the United States are not waiting until the federal government decides what to do. They have already started working on the problem.
根据短文内容，完成下面表格中的信息。每空词数不限。
Global warming

Causes	1. ______ __ ; 2. _______ _ ;
Possible results	3. _______ _ . Plants and animals become distinct. 4. _____ _ __ . People move away from coasts. Some areas become too dry for farming.
What to do	5. _______ _ .

书面表达 (本题15分)
近年来中国中学生中出现了“出国留学热”，成千上万的中学生已经去国外学习，而另外的一些学生也一直在设法出国，对此人们有不同的看法。请根据下面表格的提示，以Studying Abroad为题写一篇短文。

Advantages	Disadvantages
1. 与不同文化背景的人交友。 2. 更快地学习外语。	1. 年纪小、缺乏生活经验，自理能力差。 2. 生活和学习费用高。

注意：1、短文须包括所有要点，内容连贯；2、80词左右，开头已给出（不计入总词数）。
Studying Abroad
In recent years, studying abroad has been popular with Chinese high school students. ______________________________________________________________________________________

—Did you give Tom a call? —I didn’t need to, _______ I’ll see him soon.

The man became a famous writer when he was ________.

________ is difficult if you put your heart into it.