Although I didn’t have any interest in being a school bus driver, I became one. Many years later, I was still working on the school bus. There are so many good reasons. Firstly, the talk brought me different kinds of information. I also got to hear all the family secrets of the newcomers. I have a toy bear who was a great comforter(安慰者) for the little ones. The kids got to look after him on the trip to school and he waited patiently for them to get on for the trip home.

Our bus would often pass a place where we could see some alpacas (羊驼) in front of a farm house. Little Michael would cry excitedly from the seat, “Look, Miss! Look at the camels!” He used to put his head out of the bus window. When I warned him that a little insect would come into his nose if he wasn’t careful, he smartly gave up the habit.

I remember a little girl got on the bus one morning 5 years ago and sobbed(抽泣) all the way to school. We arrived at the school gate. As she waited to get down the bus, she threw her arms around my neck and cried that her grandfather had died the night before.

A school bus driver needs to keep one eye on the road and the other on the mirror to watch what the little ones are doing down the back.

Now, it’s important to think how many lives I’ve been responsible(负责的) for, and how many kilometers I’ve driven in order to get my passengers home safely during the 20 years. I’ve enjoyed it, but it’s time to rest and park my school bus.

1.What does the underlined word “them” in the first paragraph refer to (所指)?

A. toy bearsB. kids

C. school buses D. secrets

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Children didn’t like the driver.

B. The driver likes the job all the time.

C. The little girl was excited at seeing the camels.

D. Children sometimes talked about their family secrets on the bus.

3.The writer didn’t give up her job because .

A. driving was her hobby

B. children made her valuable

C. drivers were paid well

D. children loved her toy bear

It’s good to make mistakes, and here is why.

First of all, mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things. It’s always good to try new things because when you are trying new things you are growing. If you never try anything new, how can you improve? How can you make yourself stronger? The simple answer is “You can’t.” Look around you. With very few exceptions(例外), either everything you see in your world or every single detail of every single thing is the result of someone trying something new．

Another good thing about mistakes is this: When you are making mistakes, you are learning．Consider this: Edison failed 10,000 times before he perfected the light bulb. When asked how it felt to fail that many times, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t work．

Finally, when you make a mistake you are much closer to success. Why? Because when all is said and done, you will have tried some numbers of things before you succeed．Every time you make a mistake, you eliminate one of those things and are one step closer. But this all doesn’t mean that you should go ahead without considering the consequences(后果) of a mistake. However, when you try something new you have to be willing to set some reasonable limits（限度） so that in the event that it doesn’t work out the way you want it to, you will be in a normal place to try again．

We all have limited time and money so don’t blow them all on one problem. Realize that it probably won’t be perfect the first time and deal with these resources(资源) properly so you can learn, make corrections, and try it again．If you accept and use your mistakes in this way ,you can make great progress in your business and your career．

There is an old saying that goes, “If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough.”

So go ahead and make mistakes. And learn. And grow. And succeed．

1.From the second paragraph, we can know that _______．

A. mistakes are unnecessary for development

B. we are afraid of trying new thing

C. it’s common for people to make mistakes

D. mistakes are better than not trying

2.The underlined word “eliminate” means _______．

A. study B. remove C. accept D. solve

3.According to the article, one thing you should pay attention to about making mistakes is_____．

A. not making the same mistakes

B. accepting the punishment willingly

C. taking consequences into consideration

D. trying things out one by one

4.What would the writer probably suggest we say to ourselves when we make a mistake?

A. Never mind, I can always try again．

B. I’d better stay out of trouble．

C. Ok! Now I can learn something．

D. Look at this mess. Anyone would be sad．

根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。

1.When you are really thirsty, cold water is one of your best (选择).

2.The school is （专门地）open for those deaf or blind children .

3.There wasn't enough evidence to (证明)him guilty.

4.Now China has become the next hottest （亚洲的）market.

根据句意，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

1.Everyone was in a state of great （excite）when they heard the good news.

2.I’m afraid it will be much ( rain ) later in the evening.

3.Lucy is a (live) child and popular with everyone.

4.The terrible accident _________ (effect) him a lot and changed his dream of life.

【动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。（本大题共8分，每小题1分）

小题1】—Did the book give the information you need?

—Yes. But ______ (find) it, I had to read the whole book.

1. “You needn’t describe Jimmy any more, I ___________(meet) him several times,” the young man said to his workmate.

2.Peter is busy these days. I suppose he ________ (work) hard for his coming exam, right?

3.—Excuse me, when can I see the doctor?

—Not until you ________ (ask) to in five minutes.

4.Our school promised that they _________ (offer) students more after-school activities.

5. All the guests (arrive ) here before the wedding began at 6.00 yesterday evening.

6.Try to imagine ( be) on Mars one day. It must be very interesting.

7.The physics teacher told us that the sunlight (break)into different colours through a prism(棱镜).

完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。（本大题共9分，每小题1.5分）

1. 汤姆对自己的学习非常严格要求，以致于关注课本中的任何细节。

Tom is so any details in the textbook.

2. 搬家后，你和你的新邻居相处融洽吗？

Do you your new neighbours after moving house?

3.听起来是个不错的房间，能不能让我仔细看看？

It sounds like a nice room. Can I it?

4.她总是以问题的形式和我争辩。

She always ____________________________ questions

5. 玛丽宁愿与别人分享她的快乐，也不愿炫耀自己的成功。

Mary would rather her success.

6.我希望将来我的学校以我为荣。

I hope our school will .

Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. MH370 first d_1.___ in the early hours of March 8th, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

We should know how to s__2.__ ourselves when the crash happened. Australian professor Galea, summed up 6 golden rules after years of research. It might be able to help you escape in case of emergency.

S__3.__ 1985, Australian professor ED Galea has interviewed 2,000 survivors of 105 plane crashes, searching for the keys to survival.

First, if you are traveling in a f ___4.__ group, you should insist that the airline does not separate （分开）you throughout the aircraft. Why? It’s natural that if you’re involved in that kind of situation that you’re going to want to meet the family before you move out.

Second, how do you untie your seat belt in a plane? You press a button. If you can’t untie your seat belt, then, you can’t run away and your c__5.__ of survival will drop.

Third, sit within seven rows of an exit and count exactly how many rows you are from the nearest two exits. Count so that you can find an exit in the d___6.__.

Fourth, we would all be safer if airline seats faced backward. But the difficulty with this is that the most of the tourists don’t like t__7.__ with their back facing the direction of travel.

Fifth, “Smoke is h__8.__ to your health. If you take in enough of them, you will die,” explains Galea. You must learn how to use a smoke mask. Otherwise, you’ll waste time trying to put it on -- time that could be used for running a __9.__.

At last, listen to the preflight briefing（飞行前的注意事项） by the flight attendants and read the s__10.__ instructions. Always be prepared. Good luck to you.

2014年无锡环太湖国际马拉松赛已经圆满结束，你有幸参与其中。请你以“2014 Wuxi International Marathon”为题，在答题卡指定的位置上写一篇80词左右的英文报道。内容提示如下：

注意：

1．文章必须包括所给内容要点，要求语句通顺，意思连贯。

2．最后要点的内容须用2到3句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥。

3．报道的开头已在答题卡上给出，不计入总词数。

My friends have given me lots of_______．They're very useful.

A. advice B. information

C. news D. suggestions

I want to buy a good CD but_______ was available from the shop.

A. none B. neither

C. no one D. nothing