Harry saw an advertisement in a window. It said, “Wanted. The best salesman (推销员) in the world.” “I’m a great salesman,” Harry said to himself. “I can sell anything. I’ll go in and ask for that job.”

He went into the building and spoke to the manager. “I’m the best salesman in the world,” he said. “I need the job.” “You must prove (证明) you’re the best,” the manager said.

“I’ll pass every test you give me,” Harry told him.

Then the manager took a box of candy out of his desk. “Last week, I bought a thousand boxes of this candy. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job.”

Harry took the boxes of candy and left the office. He went from shop to shop, trying to sell boxes of the candy, but he couldn’t sell one.

At the end of the week, he went back to the manager. “I’m sorry, sir,” he said. “I was wrong about myself. I’m not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.”

“Oh,” said the manager. “Who?”

“The person who sold you a thousand boxes of this candy,” Harry said.

True or False.（判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）5%

1.Harry wanted to get the job on the advertisement.

2.The manager believed (相信) Harry was the best salesman in the world.

3.The manager asked Harry to sell a thousand boxes of candy last week.

4.Finally, the person who sold the manager a thousand boxes of candy got the job.

5.From the story, we can learn that a person can’t be too proud (骄傲的).

Mrs Mark: I got what I wanted that day. My son gave me a book of poems. He wrote it himself. My daughter bought a scarf for me and wrote me a Mother’s Day card. They also made me bread for breakfast. My husband took us to the movies.

Mrs Judy: I woke up with the music. I knew this day would be nothing special(特殊的) for me. However, I was wrong. My husband gave me a day off! He did the dishes, took care of the children and played with them. In the evening, he took us out for a delicious dinner. They gave me 4 hours of computer playtime. I felt very warm.

Mrs Jane: My one-year-old son and I went to my mother’s house on Mother’s Day. After a nice lunch, we spent half the day driving. When we got home, my husband made me dinner. He set up a picnic on the living room floor. It was with candles, cold wine and Mother’s Day cards from both him and our son, Jackson. It was a very nice Mother’s Day for me!

Choose the best answers（根据短文内容选择最恰当的答案, 用A,B, C或D表示) 5%

1.______ wrote the passages.

A. Reporters B. Teachers

C. MothersD. Children

2.The first mother wanted______.

A. poems.B. a scarf.

C. breadD. her family’s love

3.The underlined sentence means ______.

A. My husband would take care of the children.

B. I always heard the music when I woke up.

C. I would be busy all day.

D. I was able to play computer games for 4 hours.

4. The third passage told us that the mother ______.

A. had a few children.

B. celebrated her first Mother’s Day happily

C. went to visit her sister with her son

D. had to make dinner for the family after she got home

5.The first mother and the third mother both received______.

A.a book of poems B. a nice scarf

C. Mother’s Day cardsD. cold wine

An Wang was born in Shanghai, China. He went to America at the age of twenty-five. He studied at Harvard, a famous university near Boston. He was _______ and soon got a doctorate (博士头衔). In 1951, An Wang ________ a small company. It had only one room and two employees (雇员). Every year the company grew and grew. By 1985, Wang had thirty thousand employees and had made 3,000 million dollars. His company became one of the most ________ companies in the USA. It made the newest computers.________An Wang was very rich, money did not change him. He lived with his wife in the same house outside Boston. He only had two suits at one time, and they were blue. He was kind to the poor and liked to give money to them. People in the USA will _______ forget this good man.

Read the passage and choose the correct words. (阅读短文，选择恰当的单词)5%

1.A. happy B. hardworking C. strong D. careful

2.A. designed B. made C. found D. started

3.A. important B. publicC. difficultD. possible

4.A. Because B. Although C. Since D. Before

5.A. sometimes B. always C. never D. Often

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给) 5%

The USA is a very big country. You should choose the travelling places c____1.____. Bring a good map because you may go around.

It’s a good idea to v____2.__ New York and Washington D. C. in May or October. It’s not too hot or cold then.

To arrive in New England in September is an e____3.____plan. The weather starts to get cooler and the streets start to change colour. You’d better bring your camera because you may take photos of the leaves a____4.__ the grass. You can also travel to a town, 4,000 kilometres away in Los Angeles. It’s nice to enjoy the moon in December on a clear night! In the northwest, it isn’t very cold, b___5.__ there’s a lot of rain. It’s also nice to visit Alaska in July and August. It might be cool in the evening. Don’t forget to wear warm clothes. Don’t come in winter because it’s so cold.

Welcome to this short tour of London. This square is the middle of London. The National Gallery is opposite(在…对面) it, a museum with lots of well-known paintings. Go down the red street to Buckingham Palace. The Queen lives there.

Turn left and go to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. Opposite you can see the London Eye. It takes you 135 metres above the River Thames. You can see most of London on a clear day.

When you are tired, taking a boat is the best way to visit London. You can get the boat near Big Ben. As you go down the river, the London Eye is on your right.

Get off the boat at Tower Bridge. There you can see the Tower of London next to the bridge. The Tower of London is the city’s oldest palace. It is 900 years old. Take the boat back up the river. Get off the boat and go past the station. Then walk down the street. Opposite are the old fruit and vegetable markets. Now they are shops and restaurants. Turn left into King’s Street, and go past the church. You’re now back where you started at the square.

Read and answer the following questions. (阅读并回答下列问题) 5%

1.Where will you go if you want to see the well-known paintings?

___________________________________________________________.

2.Who lives in Buckingham Palace?

___________________________________________________________.

3. How high is the London Eye?

__________________________________________________________.

4.When did the workers finish the Tower of London?

__________________________________________________________.

5. The shops and restaurants were fruit and vegetable markets in the past, weren’t they?

__________________________________________________________.

Write at least fifty words on the topic “Changes in our life”.( 以“我们生活中的变化”为题, 写一段不少于50个单词的短文，标点符号不占格) 8%（注意：短文中不得出现考生的姓名，校名及其其他相关信息，否则不予评分）

Suggested points:

Talk about some changes in your life. (At least 2 changes)

What do you think of these changes? Why?

A：How are you ?

B：I’m fine. Thank you !

A．OK B．good C．nice D．bad (糟糕)

His last name is Red.

A．first name B．family name

C．full name (全名) D．Name

Lucy’s mother’s mother is Jenny.

A．Lucy is Jenny.

B．Jenny is Lucy’s grandmother.

C．Lucy is Lucy’s Grandma.

D．Lucy is Jenny’s daughter.

She is Jane.

A．She is fine. B．Her name is Jane.

C．She is a girl. D．She is 12.