第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项

       It was in late April, dangerously near the well – known AP exams, when the absurdity(无助的荒诞感) of my life struck me. I was making a   36   of problems to be discussed for the evening as usual. When I   37   the great number of things on the list—a literature essay, timelines for American History, a Spanish presentation and   38  for tests in both Calculus and Physics, I was overwhelmed(难以承受) to the point of   39   exhaustion (extreme tiredness). After -  school arrangements had already worn away my   40  . To keep myself awake at 11p.m. to finish five hours of   41   just seemed like too much to handle. I   42   at the computer screen with tears streaming down my cheeks,   43  my friend James about how stressed out I was over school.

       His response was immediate. “Well,   44   did you decide to take five AP classes on the top of everything you’re doing?”

       My response   45  just as quickly. “Because I need them for college. Harvard won’t   46   someone who doesn’t challenge themselves with difficult classes!”

       The words sounded so   47   as I typed them on the screen that I   48  laughed out loud. I was supposed to be   49  myself not torturing(折磨) myself. That was the night I   50   that I didn’t need to deal with a course load of disastrous difficulty to   51   my own self – worth.

       It was a little too late to   52   things, of course. The AP exams were about to go full – force,   53   were winding down, and most of my clubs and organizations were about to hold their end – of – year parties. Still, I   54  a valuable lesson. No college, one billion dollar endowment (资助) or not, is worth the   55   I went through last year. I wish I’d had someone to tell me sooner that I didn’t have to do everything. Colleges don’t really want overachieving robots, They want people with passion(love). It doesn’t matter whether you’re a policy debater or not, as long as you show that you’re going for the things you love.

36．A．list        B．box       C．film      D．car

37．A．listened to B．put up      C．looked at  D．found out

38．A．working   B．fighting    C．struggling D．studying

39．A．physical    B．nervous    C．constant    D．mental

40．A．patience    B．sense     C．energy      D．evidence

41．A．sleep     B．homework       C．essays       D．tests

42．A．knocked   B．pointed     C．stared       D．shouted

43．A．typing      B．messaging C．ealling      D．telling

44．A．who      B．what      C．how      D．why

45．A．received   B．made     C．showed     D．came

46．A．want     B．teach     C．meet      D．respect

47．A．curious     B．ridiculous C．encouraging     D．disappointing

48．A．still       B．also       C．almost      D．even

49．A．admiring  B．inspiring   C．educating  D．ehallenging

50．A．realized    B．doubted    C．believed    D．guessed

51．A．know           B．prove           C．become     D．trust

52．A．keep      B．collect      C．change      D．forget

53．A．classes      B．exams       C．students    D．operations

54．A．had       B．learned     C．gave      D．took

55．A．plans      B．lessons      C．hardship   D．stress

Ma Lili’s parents are going to give a birthday party for her. She’s going to be fourteen years old. Ma Lili has a lot of friends. They are going to come to the party. They are girls from Ma Lili’s school. There are twenty-five of them.

Ma Lili’s mother is making birthday cakes for the party. They are very nice cakes. Ma Lili says to her mother, “Mum, you’re very nice. Thank you for your nice cakes. ” Her father is going shopping. He buys a lot of apples, bananas, oranges and pears.

It’s four o’clock in the afternoon. Now everything is ready. The party begins in thirty minutes.

1. Who is going to give Ma Lili a birthday party?

A. Ma Lili    B. Her friends   C. Her teacher   D. Her parents

2. How many people are coming to Ma Lili’s party?

A. Two      B. Twenty      C. Twenty-one     D. Twenty-five

3. Her mother _____ for her party.

A. is making cakes   B. is shopping   C. is buying apples   D. makes a cake

4. How old is Ma Lili going to be?

A. 12      B. 13      C. 14       D. 20

5. What time does the party begin?

A. At four                    B. At half past four

C. After five o’clock     D. At about six o’clock

第二节：书信、电话和电子邮件是目前人们使用的主要通讯手段。请根据下面表格中的提示写一篇100词左右的英语短文,向校报英语专栏投稿（有些单词提示已经给出）。 

注意：1，交流：communication  

      2, 商业信函：business letters

      3, 方便：convenient adj.  convenience n.

      4, 申请：apply for

      5, 特点：characteristics

The man pulled out a gold watch, __________ were made of small diamonds.

  A, the hands of whom  B, whom the hands of C, which the hands of   D, the hands of which

 I still can’t believe my eyes when I remember the scene________the best player should miss the pass.

A. that                      B. which                   C. where                      D. how

 If _____, please buy me a backpack while you are at the supermarket.

A. you are convenient       B. it is convenient to you

C. it is convenient with you   D. I am convenient to you

第二部分：阅读理解(第一节20小题。第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分)

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该

选项标号涂黑。

     When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.

     It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie's basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted a red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.

     "Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint. " She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted big stripes ( 条纹) of colors across the pavement (人行道). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!

     The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn't wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother's face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.

     My mother shut the ear door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, "What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors' trees, but this! Come inside right now !" I stood there glaring back at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱) my art.

     "Now go clean it up!" Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.

     Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need some sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.

1. What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?

   A. To introduce Stephanie to her.          B. To prevent her from seeing his painting.

   C. To put the materials back in the yard.    D. To show his artwork to her.

2. In his mother's eyes, the writer __ .

   A. was a born artist                          B. always caused trouble

   C. was a problem solver                      D. worked very hard

3. The underlined word "rainbow" in the last paragraph refers to __ .

   A. the rainbow in the sky                     B. the stripes on the pavement

   C. something imaginative and fun              D. important lessons learned in childhood

4. It can be learned from the passage that parents should       .

A. encourage children to paint          

B. value friendship among children

C. discover the hidden talent in children 

D. protect rather than destroy children's dreams

 Many lifestyle patterns do such __ great harm to health that they actually speed up __weakening of the

   human body.

   A. a; /               B. /; the               C. a; the               D. /; /

 The church tower which_________will be open to tourists soon. The work is almost finished.

   A. has restored     B. has been restored    C. is restoring        D. is being restored

She was annoyed at his comment, thinking that he visitor _____ her.

a. looked down b. looked highly of c. looked low at d. looked down upon