Every day, it is easy to see advertisements all around us. Look around. How many different advertisements can you see?

Often products show the names of the companies that made them. This is a popular form of advertising. The special picture or symbol, for example, logo, appears on many different products. When you see a logo, it is hard to forget the product or the company.

Many people buy a product because it is made by a certain company. In fact, some people only buy the products of the famous companies. They think it proves that they are fashionable and have a good taste.

It is common to find or hear advertisements on TV or on the radio. Most advertisements are very short for people to remember. Nike, for example, has a simple slogan used all around the world:“Just do it.” Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is easy to remember an interesting ad.

All advertisements are designed to make people buy the products. An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of fashionable young people who are having fun. The young people are all drinking the soft drink. Advertisers are saying to you, “Why don’t you buy it like these people? You can be young, modern and fashionable,too.”

You might think that advertisements do not affect you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself: Why am I buying this special product?

1.From the first paragraph, we can learn that ____ .

A．advertisements are frustrating and tiring

B．advertisements are very common in our everyday life

C．we can’t live without advertisements

D．the writer wants to know how many different advertisements we can see every day

2.What does the underlined word “logo” mean in Chinese?

A．产品 B. 广告 C．公司 D. 图标

3.Why do some people only buy the products of the famous companies?

A．Because they think that they are fashionable and have a good taste.

B．Because they think the products are good in quality.

C．Because they like the products and names of the companies.

D．Because they think some famous people also buy the products.

4.The writer mentions “Nike” in the 4th paragraph to show____.

A．it is a famous product which people always want to buy

B．many advertisements are often very short for people to remember

C．it is common to find or hear advertisements on TV or on the radio

D．it has the best slogan used all around the world

The expression “Go for it!” is a way of encouraging someone to try something. What’s the meaning of it? “Go for it!” means you should not worry about failure or be too careful. You should take a chance and be brave. 1. But it is not the football played in most countries such as England, France or Japan, but the kind of football played in the United States and Canada.

One of the most exciting times in football comes when a team has failed, after three tries, to move the ball forward ten yards. 2. The worst choice is to kick the ball and accept the present failure. You do so in order to get a good position for your team the next time when your team gets the ball. The more exciting choice is to try a fourth and final time to get the remaining yards needed.

3. Some will shout, “Kick the ball!” But others will encourage the team to take a chance. “Go for it!” they will shout loudly.

In the 1980s, people began using this expression in many kinds of situations to encourage someone to be brave.

4. No one knows for certain. But that is the chance when you decide to go for it. You put your bad feelings behind. You choose courage over safety. You hold your breath and go for it. These are the most important.

Amanda is a very kind girl. She is always 1. to help people who are in trouble. Now Amanda is 2. in the University of Texas. She is also volunteering to teach at Heart House in her 3. time. Heart House is a local after-school program for children. It 4. some extra education for those children who are not doing well in their studies.

Amanda goes to Heart House to teach the children twice a week. She also has 5. a website for Heart House. With the 6. of this website, more people have chances to learn about Heart House and help the children there.

Because of Amanda’s website, every week 125 volunteers 7. about four hours helping the children at Heart House now. “Without Amanda’s website, Heart House would be 8. to have enough volunteers. Her support is much appreciated.”says the program leader.

“I feel happy to teach those kids how to study. The happier thing is that I can also 9. a lot from them. I won’t 10. up volunteering after graduation. I hope to continue teaching kids who need help.”says Amanda.

Ten years ago, when I was in high school，Mrs. White was my language teacher. One day at lunch time, I was about to eat my cold fish sandwich and she suddenly asked me if she could buy my lunch from me. She explained that I could use the money to buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria（食堂）. I was very pleased. I had never thought of going to the cafeteria to buy my lunch like other students. The food at the cafeteria was too expensive for my family.

Kids always complained about the cafeteria food but I really wanted to buy it. When we finished lunch that day, she told me that she was a Catholic and Catholics don’t eat red meat on Fridays --- they eat fish on Fridays. From then on, every Friday Mrs.White bought my fish sandwich and with the money I could buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria.

One year later, I learned from a classmate that Mrs.White was not a Catholic and her family was not rich. She bought my cold sandwich because she saw a little girl that was excited to have a hot lunch. She wanted to help me! I couldn’t help crying. I will never forget her kind heart. I will remember my dear Mrs.White all my life.

1.Why didn’t the writer go to the cafeteria to have lunch?（no more than 4 words)

2.How did the writer feel when Mrs.White wanted to buy her cold fish sandwich?(no more than 4 words)

3.What did the writer do with the money from Mrs. White?(no more than 5 words)

4.Was Mrs. White a Catholic?(no more than 3 words)

5.What kind of person was Mrs. White?(no more than 5 words)

书面表达（满分20分）

假如你是一名来自资阳的中学生李红，今年14岁，暑假你将参加学校组织的赴北京的夏令营活动。请你用英语写一篇在开营仪式上的自我介绍发言稿。请将该发言稿写在答题卡相应的位置上，词数80词左右。

发言稿还包括以下要点：

1.你爱好画画； 2.课余时间你喜欢野营，喜欢在大自然中画植物，聆听鸟儿的歌唱；3.你最喜欢的科目是科学，希望长大以后成为一名科学家；4.你很高兴参加夏令营，希望你们能成为好朋友。

参考词汇：in one’s spare time 课余时间 go camping(野营） summer camp（夏令营）

注：文章开头和结尾以给出，不计入总词数。

Dear friends:

I am happy to meet you here. Please allow me to introduce myself first.

That’s all. Thanks for your attention.

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

When I was in college, I remember hearing about a book titled “Looking Out for Number One”. I never read the book, but the title has always stuck with me. I hadn’t been taught to be so selfish that I should be focused on only . I thought I needed to be others and, along the way, I would also be helping myself. Now, I realized I have at least considered learning more about looking out for number one.

Jeffrey Gitomer asks the question, “Who is the most person in the world?” Most people answer, the customer. He then asks, if there were only two people left in the world, the and you, who would you want to survive (生存)? Now the answer is me.

It makes me sense that if we can’t help ourselves first, we will never be to help others. We all need to learn to control our lives and make the best for ourselves. That will put us in the position to help others in the . But many of us are to understand this.

It has been said that happiness will bring success, but success doesn’t bring happiness. We all want to be happy and . For some of us can be very happy when our basic needs are and our family are safe. Others will high levels of success thinking that will bring happiness. I’m sure we can think of a person who is very successful, according to the world’s standards (标准), but they don’t appear to be happy . This is they have been so busy working for somebody’s goals that they haven’t considered their own needs.

1.A. him B. her C. me D. you

2.A. helping B. teaching C. considering D. beating

3.A. could B. would C. should D. might

4.A. important B. interesting C. kind D. helpful

5.A. teacher B. customer C. doctor D. leader

6.A. suggested B. dared C. answered D. prepared

7.A. decisions B. ideas C. aims D. results

8.A. past B. future C. first D. last

9.A. easy B. possible C. slow D. fast

10.A. hardly B. once C. often D. always

11.A. rich B. successful C. smart D. famous

12.A. met B. realized C. arrived D. accepted

13.A. look after B. think out C. talk about D. seek for

14.A. at all B. at least C. at most D. at first

15.A. so B. because C. as D. certainly

1.This is a(n)_______ for a camera.

A. picture B. advertisement C. story D. example

2.The camera is produced by_______.

A. CONTAX B.SONY C. Nikon D. LUMIX

3.The features of the camera are mentioned EXCEPT ______.

A. Eye-Level View-Finder B. Daylight Loading

C. Negative Size Ⅱ/16 D. Fixed Focus

Dear Santa,

Thank you for all of the great gifts you give me this Christmas.

My parents can’t seem to decide whether you gave the presents directly, or if you just helped them and my grandma pick out the right presents. So, if you are advising her, please tell her next year that I do not own a Wii.

I don’t remember asking you for so many pairs of pants, but thank you for giving me the chance to try them on in the front of my whole family. I enjoyed them so much that I continued to wear them, with the tags（商标）still on.

My mom and the holiday movies are always quick to remind me that Christmas isn’t about the presents. It’s about togetherness. But without the presents, there’s nothing to do to fill up this long, long day. So I think Christmas is about the presents, and I’m sure you agree.

If you do, I have some suggestions about ways that you could make the present part of the day last longer: using packing tape to wrap presents instead of Scotch tape（透明胶带). It took, like, ten minutes to open just one present.

My final suggestion is pretty simple: more presents! If it took the whole day to open all of the presents, then I wouldn’t have that terrible time, because my mom says it’s wrong to go play video games in my room, but there’s nothing else to do outside of my room.

Anyway, thank you again and I look forward to seeing you next Thanksgiving. It’s an iTunes gift card for you and hope you like it.

Merry Christmas!

1.What present does the writer want most?

A. Many pants. B. A Wii.

C. Christmas cards. D. An iTunes gift card.

2.In the opinion of the writer, Christmas is a festival about _______.

A. holiday movies B. family togetherness

C. gift D. playing video games

3.Why does the writer suggest using packing tape to wrap presents?

A. Because packing tape can make presents hard to open.

B. Because packing tape can make presents more beautiful.

C. Because packing tape can make presents last long.

D. Because packing tape is cheap.

4.What always make the writer’s mother angry with him on Christmas Day?

A. His disliking to her Christmas.

B. His never saying thanks to the family.

C. His wrong suggestions about presents.

D. His staying in the room playing games.

Season two of Where Are We Going, Dad? A reality show on Hunan TV is even more fun and colorful than the first. We’ve been able to watch different kinds of father-son/daughter relationships unfold. This time around we see the families at their most happy and awful moments.

1.How many children are there in the Season two of Where Are We Going, Dad?

A. 4. B. 5. C. 6. D.7.

2.Which family is the most in style?

A. Huang Lei and his daughter.

B. Lu Yi and his daughter.

C. Francis and his son.

D. Gary Chaw with his son and daughter.

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined expression?

A.铁骨柔情. B.和蔼可亲.

C.通情达理. D.心宽.体胖.

4.Who is probably a quiet kid?

A. Huang Yici. B. Lu Yuxuan.

C. Yang Wenchang. D. Grace Chaw.

WHAT would you do if you were invisible(隐形的)?To many people, this is a fun question.

Do you think this can be true? With recent talks of making invisibility a reality, this fun question could actually become a real problem for people and their governments to consider.

It has recently been reported that researchers in the United States and England are confident that they understand, in theory(理论), how to create an invisibility cloak(斗篷), similar to the one that Harry Potter received from his father. They have already begun to work on it, and are asking for help in developing the material that would be used to create this invisibility cloak.

“Is it science fiction? Well, it’s a theory and that already is not science fiction,” said Professor Sir John Pendry. “It’s possible in theory to do all these Harry Potter things, but we should face the challenge, that is our engineering ability.

“Now, no invisibility cloak has been made yet, but the first testing of invisibility technology could be soon,” said Pendry. “We will have a cloak after not too long.”

Though the idea sounds great, it could be a bad thing if it is used in wars.

1.What is the biggest problem if we make invisibility a reality?

A. Engineering ability. B. Money.

C. Material. D. Water.

2.Which of the following words shares the closest meaning with “fiction” in the 4th paragraph?

A. 发明 B. 理论 C. 小说 D. 机器

3.What is the author’s attitude toward invisibility’s becoming a reality?

A. Agree. B. Disagree.

C. A little worried. D. We don’t know.

4.How is the passage organized?

A. Topic---Supporting examples

B. Opinion---Discussion---Description

C. Main idea--- Comparison (比较)

D. Introduction---examples---Conclusion（结论）