Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The next building only was a few feet away from mine. There was a woman lived there, and I had never met her, yet I could see she sat by her window each afternoon, sewing or 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. “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”

One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.

Later in the afternoon when 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 visible (看见). Her window was clean!

Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) 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?

Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

1.The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because __________.A. the woman’s window was dirty

B. the writer’s window was dirty

C. the woman lived nearby

D. the writer was near-sighted

2.The writer was surprised that _________.

A. the woman was sitting by her window

B. the woman’s window was still terrible

C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon

D. the woman’s window was clean

3.“It dawned on me” probably means “_______”.

A. I began to understand itB. it cheered me up

C. I knew it grew lightD. it began to get dark

4. It’s clear that ________.

A. the writer had never met the woman before

B. the writer often washed the window

C. they both worked as cleaners

D. they lived in a small town

5.From the passage, we can learn _______.

A. one shouldn’t criticize others very often

B. one should often make his windows clean

C. one must judge himself before he judges others

D. one must look at others through his dirty windows.

Mrs. Black is sixty-nine years old. She only has a daughter named Sandra. Mr. Black died twelve years ago. Mrs. Black was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years ago her daughter had a baby. The young woman was busy all the time and had no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with them.

The old woman had to sell her house and moved there. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.

Last autumn Mrs. Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She couldn't do anything after she came back. At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to be tired of (讨厌) her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn't know what to do.

One morning Mrs. Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden (木制的) plate for his grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised and asked, "Why did you buy two plates, son?"

"One is for grandma," answered the boy, "the other is for you! You will also have to use a wooden plate when you're old, I think."

The woman heard this and was sad. She cried for long. Now she is kind to her mother as she was before.

1.Sandra asked her mother to live with them because ______.

A. the old woman lived alone

B. she needed her help

C. the old woman couldn't look after herself

D. the old woman could give her much money

2.The family liked Mrs. Black at first because ______.

A. she was very rich

B. she could watch their door

C. she could do all the housework for them

D. she was friendly to them all

3. Mrs. Black couldn’t leave her daughter’s house because she ______ .

A. she had no house to live in

B. Her daughter’s family didn’t like her any longer

C. Sandra couldn't go to see her any more

D. She could help her daughter do all the housework

4.James bought a wooden plate for his mother because ______.

A. he didn't love her

B. he liked it

C. he hoped she would be kind to his grandma

D. she often broke the plates at home

5. Sandra is friendly to her mother again because ______.

A. she knows she did wrong B. she was afraid of her son

C. the old woman is poor D. it's her duty

1.Mike _______ his dream after many years’ hard work.

2. I hope you won’t _______ in the examination.

3. –What do you think of the man who saved the old man?

--He was very brave _______ danger.

4.We should make some rules to ______ wild animals from being killed.

5. I was still ______ when my father came home at 11:00 last night..

Dawn Loggins, a homeless girl from Burns High School, is going to Harvard University in the fall.

Dawn grew up in a poor s 1. . Her house had no electricity or running water, so she had to do her homework in the dark. She lived with her parents who took drug(毒品).

One summer, Dawn left home for a one-month program in North Carolina for outstanding high school students. When she came back, she found her house empty, with a government n 2. on the front door. Her parents had left already and Dawn became homeless.

After l 3. that, teachers helped her in any way they could. Dawn didn't let her situation stop her drive to be s 4. . In her spare time,she g 5. out newspapers and did some other part-time jobs to make money. At the same time, she got A's in all her subjects.

"When I was younger, I was a 6. to look at all the terrible situations, and made a decision for myself that I was not going to e 7. up like my parents.” Dawn said.

Dawn applied (申请) to four North Carolina universities and her dream one, Harvard. In March this year, she got a reply from Harvard. It said that she was not only admitted to the university, but also o 8. a full scholarship (奖学金).

Dawn's story has gone around the world. People have sent best wishes and money to her. Dawn is thankful for their k 9. . "When I get to university, I hope to start an organization to help other students in trouble so that they can c 10. their education. And I know my future is going to be great.” she said.

书面表达（本大题15分）

假如你是李明。明天是周六，你给汉口某校的朋友王鹏打电话，邀请他到黄陂游玩。

内容要点如下：

乘292路公汽到黄陂汽车站，你们在那里见面；

2．明天天气会很热，要带水；

3．穿运动鞋，爬木兰山；

4. 木兰山是黄陂最高的山峰，因花木兰而出名；

4．请你补充交代一两件事。

要求：

1.不要逐条翻译，内容要连贯。

2.词数：60-80 ．

参考词汇： Huangpi Bus Station (黄陂汽车站) sports shoes （运动鞋）

Mount Mulan(木兰山)

电话开头和结束语已给出：

Is Wang Peng there? Hi, this is Li Ming. I’d like to invite you to Huangpi to get relaxed tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

—____ can come in. I’m too busy to see ____.

—Ok, I know.

A. Nobody; somebodyB. Anybody; nobody

C. Nobody; anybodyD. Somebody; anybody

China is ____ the west of Japan and ____ the east of Asia.

A. in; toB. to; inC. on; toD. at; in

—What a beautiful dress you are wearing! It must be expensive.

—No. It only ____ me fifty yuan.

A. costB. spentC. paid forD. took

—What happened?

—They didn’t ____ each other and had a fighting.

A. build upB. agree withC. stand forD. worry about

The soft music sounds ____. We are all listening ____.

A. beautiful; carefullyB. beautifully; carefully

C. moving; carefulD. happily; careful