Honestly, since my son was born, I have thought a lot about how to raise a child. I once heard a story that told about when a baby was born. The story said that when a baby was born, a new master was born. The parents of that baby would become the servants. The question is: Why? Based on my observation, this phenomenon is true. Most parents who don't pay much attention to their kids have difficulties with their kids' attitude.

I'll make a comparison of how two families raise their children. The first one is a family with three children. Both mother and father never say "No" to their children's demands. As a result, all of their children became stubborn and won't listen to their parents’ words, "We can't."

The second family educated their children strictly from one year old to high school. The parents never approved or agreed directly to give their children what they wanted. They always postponed one or two days, even if they could afford it. Due to the way their parents educated them, these children understood that if they wanted something, they had to wait or they had to make an effort first. As a result, all the kids from the second family successfully graduated from university on time.

In my opinion, if we want to be successful parents and raise our children well, we have to start disciplining them when they are toddlers but not wait until they become teenagers.

Why did the writer give two different stories in this passage?

  A. To help prove his opinion about raising a child.

  B. To list different ways that parents may take.

  C. To criticize some parents’ foolish action.

  D. To prove that his way of education is right.

What does the underlined word “postponed” in the third paragraph mean?

  A. Carried out at once.                 B. Gave up.

  C. Put off.                         D. Made a decision.

In the writer’s opinion, which of the following about raising a child is TRUE?

  A. Children should be respected once they were born.

  B. Parents should educate their children as early as possible.

  C. It is right time to educate their children when they are teenagers.

  D. Children should be helped whenever they make mistakes.

What do you think is the best title of this passage?

  A. Make a comparison of how two families raise their children

  B. To be successful parents

  C. How to raise children well

  D. Educate children strictly from one year old to high school

The country itself didn’t have enough gas because of the war, so the government decided to ______ its gas supplies to other countries.

  A. hide away             B. cut off                            C. insist on                   D. break up

—I had been working till 4∶00 a．m. to prepare a report for my boss.

—________you look very tired.

A．No doubt              B．No hurry               C．No wonder            D．No need

Eventually, the President had to leave office_____ public pressure in order to ease the tension of the situation.

       A．in favor of       B．in response to C．in return for   D．in honour of

It is reported that the government has _________ the outbreak of violence by sending a large group of soldiers to police the area.

       A. gone for                   B. reacted to                 C. appealed to               D. made for

A clean environment can help the city bid for the Olympics, which ________ will promote its economic development．

       A．in nature       B．in return        C．in turn   D．in fact

第二节 完形填空 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第31至第40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life."   31  _ teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily formed.

It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for true friendship to  32   . However, there can be no disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.

To most of us, friendships are considered very important, but we need to have clear in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or   33    at arm's length? Do we want to   34      ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are quite enough—and that's all right. But at some point we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends' expectations. The sharing of _  35    experience including our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must be undertaken(进行) slowly and carried on only if there are sign of interest and action in return.

What are some of the _  36  _ of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much too soon. Deep relationships _  37  _ time. Another “major difficulty" is the selfishness to think one “possesses" the other, including his time and attention. Similarly, friendships     38   actions in return. In other words, you must give as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend _  39  _ time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die    40    .?

31. A. Knowledge       B. Teachers                C. Experience               D. Parents

32. A. design           B. intend             C. develop                   D. appear

33. A. remained         B. left               C. kept                     D. stayed

34. A. own             B. owe                  C. share                 D. spare? 

35. A. social            B. ordinary               C. good                        D. personal

36. A. difficulties        B. differences                  C. advantages                D. things

37. A. cost                           B. spend                       C. ask               D. take? 

38. A. require           B. request                 C. depend                     D. suggest

39. A. reasonable        B. comfortable                 C. less                          D. a lot?

40. A. for                            B. away                        C. out                          D. from

We are living in an age ____________ we treasure very much, because it sees man’s rapid development.

 A. which              B. when               C. where          D. what

第三部分：阅读理解（共20，满分40分）

第一节 （共17小题；每小题2分，满分34分）

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，并将答案写在答题卡上。

Mr. Smith worked in an office. He had neither a wife nor children. And he lived in an old house alone. He liked nothing but drinking. He almost spent all of his money on drinks. Sometimes he was hungry; he had to borrow some money from his work-mates to buy a little food.       

One evening he met a friend of his in the street. The man asked him to have dinner in a restaurant. He was happy and drank a lot. When they left there at midnight, he could hardly stand. The man had to stop a taxi and asked the driver to take him home. Soon they arrived at the door of his house. With the help of the driver, he got out. “Thank you, sir.” said Mr. Smith. “Now I can open the door myself.” The taxi drove away, but he couldn’t put the key into the keyhole. He was trying to do it while a policeman came. “Can I help put the key into the keyhole, sir?” asked the policeman.

  “Thank you, sir.” said Mr. Smith. “The house is circling now. If you can stop it moving, I can open the door myself.”

56. He spent all his money          

A. on his clothes                      B. on drinks

C. on food                           D. on his house

57. One evening Mr. Smith’s friend asked him          

A. to visit his old friend                    B. to drive a taxi for him

C. to have a meal with him                 D. to watch a football match

58. One night Mr. Smith could hardly stand because he           

A. drank too much                       B. was too happy

C. felt too tired                          D. was too hungry

59. Which of the following is TRUE?          

A. Mr. Smith opened the door himself.

B. Mr. Smith was very angry with the policeman.

C. Mr. Smith wouldn’t like the policeman to help him.

D. Mr. Smith couldn’t open the door without the help of the policeman.

Research by Scotland Yard published in a London newspaper, has proven that knife crime in London is a serious non – white phenomenon, with 165 of the 225 under- 18s accused of knife crime in the past three months being from the black or other non – white groups．

According to Scotland Yard, only 60 of the 225 crimes were white．Despite being a small minority of the knife holding criminals, whites did, however, make up the single largest group of victims of knife crime．

According to the Scotland Yard report, whites made up 222 of the 637 victims of knife crime over the last three months．This number could probably be higher, as 292 victims were not identified by race．

This month Scotland Yard Deputy Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson suggested knife crime has replaced drug selling as the top concern for London police．

Sir Paul said so as he announced a specialist knife crime unit to deal with teenagers carrying knives in the capital．It will use a team of 75 specialist officers to find criminal group members and their supporters．

Detective Inspector, George Rhoden, president of the National Organisation of Black Law Enforcement Executives said, “In the black community we have all noticed that there is major concern about gun and knife crime．Clearly we are not the only part of the community affected by the problem of children who have no fathers, but parental responsibility should be of major concern.”

Around 59 percent of black Caribbean children and 54 percent of mixed – race youngsters are looked after by a lone parent．In the white British population, the number is 22 percent．

From the above, we can see that       in knife crimes in London．

A．there are more whites than blacks as victims

B．there are more blacks than whites as victims

C．blacks make up the smallest group of criminals

D．blacks make up the second largest group of criminals

What Sir Paul Stephenson said suggests that      ．

A．drug selling has replaced knife crime as the top concern for London police

B．drug selling had been the top concern for London police in the past

C．knife crime used to be the top concern for London police

D．London police now pay no attention to drug selling

What measure has the government taken to deal with the problem of knife crime?

A．Punishing the parents of teenagers carrying knives．

B．Arresting the teenagers carrying knives．

C．Forming a specialist knife crime unit．

D．Fining the teenagers carrying knives．

According to George Rhoden, which of the following factors contributes to so many young blacks turning to crime?

A．That they are poorly educated．

B．That they are influenced by their fathers．

C．That many of them come from incomplete families．

D．That their parents are too busy to take care of them．