When I was fifteen months old．I fell on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to blind it．And as I grew，this sightless eye , in so many ways controlled me that I walked with my face looking at the floor so people would not see the ugly me．

Yet Mama would hold me in her arms and stroke my hair and say，“If you hold your head up high，it will be OK．And people will see your beautiful soul．”She continued this message whenever I wanted to hide．

As a little child，I thought Mama meant，“Be careful or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking．”As a teenager, I found that my mama’s words helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face，I let them recognize the intelligence and beauty behind my eyes．

In high school I was successful both academically and socially．I was even elected class president，but inside me I still felt like a freak(畸形人)．When things got really bad，I would cry to my mama and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world．Let them see the beauty that is inside．”

When I met the man who became my partner for life，we looked each other straight in the eye，and he told me I was beautiful inside and out．Mama’s love and encouragement were the spark that gave me the confidence to overcome my own doubt．

“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home．Each of my children has felt its invitation．The gift my mama gave me lives on in another generation．

What is TRUE of the writer’s eyes?

     A．She was blind in one eye when she was born．

B．Her blindness was caused by a traffic accident．

     C．She became blind in one eye because of a fall．

D．She lives unhappily because of her blindness．

When the writer was a high school student，she ________ ．

      A．was proud of her beauty that was inside

B．was active in taking part in social activities

      C．was filled with doubts and worries about her sightless eye

      D．was good at her study but sometimes lacked confidence

What does the underlined word “invitation” mean?

      A．encouragement    B．advantage    C．warmth    D．weight

What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

      A．To show the power of confidence．          

B．To express her attitude to her mom．

      C．To explain how to build confidence．          

D．To inspire people to face difficulties

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容用完整的句子回答问题。（答案写在答题卷相应番号后的横线上）

Walking is a popular form of exercise. It is an easy activity and offers a good way to improve physical fitness.

Regular, brisk walks help a person’s body work better. Walking builds a stronger heart and lungs. Walking also seems to help protect the heart from heart disease. The lungs work better because they take in and use oxygen more effectively. Walking can help in weight control, too. A quick fifteen- minute walk burns as many calories as jogging the same distance in half the time. Walking causes very few injuries. So there is also a lower “dropout” rate among walkers than among runners. People are more likely to continue a walking program.

Walking offers some mental benefits, too. It seems to make people feel better. Many walkers say they sleep better at night when they take regular walks. Others say they have a better attitude about life.

Walking offers many of the same physical and mental benefits as other forms of exercise, but walking offers some special advantages, too.

Almost everyone can walk. There are no special lessons or coaching. To become a serious walker, a person only needs to walk faster, farther, and more often.

People can walk almost anywhere. There are no special playing fields or courts for walking. Sidewalks, streets, parks, fields, and malls are excellent places for walking.

People can walk almost anytime. A person doesn’t need a team or a partner for walking. There is no “season” for walking. Most walkers walk in all kinds of weather.

Walking doesn’t cost anything. There are no special fees for walking. Good walking shoes and comfortable clothes are the only equipment that a walker needs.

    Walking offers a form of exercise within the reach of nearly everyone. With a little time and effort, people can rediscover a valuable form of exercise and improve their fitness.

What may be the best tile of the passage? Please think of one within 10 words.

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Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by this one: “Compared to running, more people can continue walking as a form of exercise.”? 

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Which word in the passage means the same as the underlined word “benefits”?  (Please answer in a complete sentence.)

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Among the special advantages of walking, which one do you think is the most important?  (Please answer in a complete sentence.)

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Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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亚运会即将在广州举行。作为学校英语俱乐部的成员，你准备明天向到访的英国学生游学团介绍8月4日已在广州举行的亚运倒计时100天的庆祝活动（100-day Countdown Ceremony）。

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[写作要求]     只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。（开头已给，不计入总句数）

       Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to our school. I’d like to tell you something about Guangzhou Asian Games.

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       That’s all. Thank you.

[评分标准]     句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

The value of a leader is something to be felt and experienced.         can it be put into words.

A. Purely                            B. Partly               C. Rarely               D. Gradually

My first memories of acts of kindness are from when I was about 12 years old．I always 21   people as soon as possible with whatever they needed．

At that time, I noticed that many  22   people had difficulty going to the grocery store 23    a snowstorm．I would spend part of a  24    Saturday knocking on my elderly neighbor’s apartment doors to ask if they  25   anything from the store．The  26   was down a hill and I would bring back a couple of bags of goods for them．I liked it and it made them so   27   , too．

My friends asked me 28   I was doing and after some time some of them  29   in and it became a  30    as time went by．I  31   asked for money for what I did, but sometimes the old ladies would  32    the change in my pocket secretly．The next time I would buy some flowers or cards for them．

When I went to college, many of these people would  33   my mother about me,  34   my mother didn’t always know who they were．It was through those  35  between my mother and these people that she  36   what I used to do for them — I had never told her．

I  37   helping others when I was 12 and it  38   until today．Now, I’m a teacher and teaching my students the art of true  39  ．At first I wrote this for my diary, but my mother said why not  40  it with everyone．I hope this inspires younger people and the old alike．

A．helped         B．gave            C．cared         D．offered

A．lazy           B．tired           C．kind          D．old

A．after          B．before          C．until            D．since

A．fine          B．snowy          C．funny           D．busy

A．got           B．fetched         C．needed          D．took

A．store          B．factory         C．hospital        D．college

A．sad         B．happy           C．strange         D．young

A．whether        B．when         C．why            D．what

A．turned         B．looked          C．gave          D．joined

A．rule           B．habit         C．tradition       D．custom

A．never          B．usually         C．always          D．sometimes

A．put         B．choose          C．save            D．keep

A．think          B．ask            C．guess         D．find

A．but           B．and            C．so             D．or

A．conversations B．discussion     C．statements     D．speeches

A．knew from    B．thought over    C．learned about   D．talked about

A．finished        B．started          C．stopped         D．lasted

A．pauses         B．remains        C．continues        D．follows

A．love           B．kindness         C．friendship       D．honesty

A．show         B．divide           C．deliver          D．share

The New York Times announced Wednesday that it intended to charge frequent readers for access to its website, a step being debated across the industry that nearly every major newspaper has so far feared to take.

Starting in early 2011, visitors to NYTimes.com will get a certain number of articles free every month before being asked to pay a standard and fixed fee for unlimited access. Subscribers to the newspaper’s print edition will receive full access to the site.

But executives of The New York Times Company said they could not yet answer fundamental questions about the plan, like how much it would cost or what the limit would be on free reading. They stressed that the amount of free access could change with time, in response to economic conditions and reader demand. Still, publishers fear that money from digital subscriptions would not make up for the resulting loss of audience and advertising income.

NYTimes.com is by far the most popular newspaper site in the country, with more than 17 million readers a month in the United States, according to Nielsen Online, and analysts say it is the leader in advertising income, as well. That may make it better positioned than other general-interest papers to charge—and also gives The Times more to lose if the move produces an opposed result.

The Times Company has been studying the matter for almost a year, searching for common ground between pro-and-anti pay campaigns—a debate mirrored in dozens of media-watching blogs-- and the system will not go into effect until January 2011. Executives said they were not bothered by the possibility of absorbing barbs(挖苦) for moving cautiously.

 “There’s no prize for getting it quick,” said Janet L. Robinson, the company’s president and chief executive. “There’s more of a prize for getting it right.”

What’s the function of the first paragraph?

       A. It servers as a comment.

       B. It serves as a background

       C. It serves as a lead-in

       D. It serves as a conclusion.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

       A. Non-paying subscribers will get no access to NYTimes.com.

       B. Readers will be charged more to read articles on NYTimes.com.

       C. Readers will get more free online articles to log on NYTimes. com more often.

       D. Subscribers to the paper’s print edition will also enjoy full access to the site.

Which of the words can best describe The Time Company’s attitude towards its announcement?

A. Unwilling.       

B. Serious.                  

C. Hasty               

D. Doubtful

What is the main idea about the passage?

       A. The Times to offer free access to its web site.

       B. The Times to increase audience to its web site.

       C. The Times to attract advertisement to its web site

       D. The Times to charge for frequent access to its web site.

假设你是重庆朝阳中学学生刘洋，得知2011年香港大学要在大陆进行自主招生的消息后非常的高兴，你有意向香港大学申请，参加自主招生考试。请根据表格信息，用英语写一封自荐信。

注意：1) 词数100左右；

2) 信的开头与结尾以为你写好（不计入总词汇）。

      3）可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

4) 参考词汇：自主招生independent recruitment英语演讲比赛

English Speech contest

There is a _______ cup on the table. Go and fetch it for me.

  A. nice new big plastic   B. new plastic big nice 

C. nice big new plastic        D. new nice plastic big

Wishing to get a million in the lottery，         many among us now do，is simply foolish．

A. which          B. what           C. as            D. that

The young man insisted that he _________ nothing wrong and __________ free.

   A. did, set                                 B. had done, must be set

   C. do, be set                               D. had done, should be set