______ his father and stepfather were Muslim, American newly-elected black president, Barack Obama is Christian.

      A. Whether                    B. What         C. When               D. While

Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family.

Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mom, I can't peel（削皮）potatoes. I have only one hand.” Mom never looked up from sewing. “You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me, “And don't ever use that as an excuse for anything again !”

In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race  across the monkey bars（攀登架）, swinging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.

That night I told Mom about it. She hugged me, and I saw her “we'll see about that” look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars.

“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow. Day after day we practiced and she praised me for every rung（横档） I reached.

I'll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs. I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.

One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom come into my room. “Mom,” I said, weeping, “None of the boys would dance with me.”

For a long time, I didn't hear anything. Then she said, “Oh, honey, someday you'll be beating those boys off with a bat. " Her voice was faint and cracking. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered from my disability. She had never let me see her tears.

Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom's attitude when she made the child peel potatoes?

A. Cruel.            B. Rude.         C. Strict.           D. Cold.

From the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train____________.

A. the skill to throw and catch things

B. the speed of one's hand movement

C. the strength and skill to hang and sway

D. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar.

What does the underlined sentence “I saw her 'we'll see about that’ look.” imply?

A. Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.

B. The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.

C. Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.

D. What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity.

When the author looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because __________.

A. they felt sorry for what they had done before

B. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt

C. they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars

D. they were astonished to find the author's progress

信息匹配题

A. Speak, speak, speak

Practise speaking as often as you can---even speaking to yourself is good practice. Try recording yourself whenever you can. Compare your pronunciation with the master version(版本), see how you can do better and have another go. If you do this several times, you will find that each version is better than the last.

B. Why not learn with someone else?

It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or family member to study with you, it will make you keep working. Agree times to meet and set goals for the week. And test each other regularly.

C . Don’t get a shock by a word you don’t know

Practise improvising（即兴的） ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously（本能地）, even if you don’t know the exact words or phrases. Think of things you might want to say whenever you have spare time. A basic example is the use of tenses. If you don’t know the past tense but want to talk about yesterday, use the verb in the present tense and use the word “yesterday”.

Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to get your meaning across.

Language learning is also about intuition（直觉）.

Guesswork is an important strategy in learning a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren’t expected to understand everything first time round. If you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time. Learn to make maximum use of all the clues you can pick up. For example, what do the speakers sound like? happy, angry, calm etc.

E. Build up your vocabulary.

A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don’t try to learn too much at once. It’s best to study frequently, for short periods of time. Take a maximum of six or seven items of vocabulary and learn them. Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, then come back to them later. Much of the vocabulary in the course is presented by topic. And above all, have fun!

请阅读以下英语学习者在学习中碰到的困难，然后匹配该学习者应该采取上述五种做法（A、B、C、D、E）中的某一种。

(  ) 72. Jack Anderson. Jack’s vocabulary is very small. He is anxious to improve his English. Therefore, he wants to enlarge his vocabulary in a short time and tries his best to memorize new words as many as possible at a time.

(  ) 73. Margret Lillian. Margret Lillian’s pronunciation is poor. And she doesn’t know how to improve her pronunciation. She is very worried and doesn’t know what to do.

(  ) 74. Alice Fingerhut. Alice has difficulty in understanding the meaning of the English text. So she looks up the new words in the dictionary in order to understand everything.

(  ) 75. Lynne Nagata. Lynne can’t express herself clearly in English because she sometimes forgets some key words and doesn’t know the tenses exactly. What can she do?

二、单项填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从每小题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

  --What is the matter with you?

--I caught      cold and had to stay in     bed.

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

 This is one of the few best films ______ highly thought of by the public.

A. which is          B. that are            C. that is              D. which are

--Do you think he will give up this job?

  ---No. Nothing___ his mind.

  A. shall            B. changes        C. is changing      D. changed

. We are looking for an inexpensive hotel       .

A. where to live in B. to live C . in which to live  D. to be lived in

第二部分： 阅读理解 （共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）

第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Young people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.

　　Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and fun in work. Some teenagers work in the forests or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.

　　There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or drawing. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to pass his free time.

　　When people live together, they should have rules. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”

　　One of the teenagers has said something about it, “You have to stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”

41. In one special program in New York State, young and older people_______.

　A. don’t work well together                                 B. are friendly to each other

　 C. teach each other new ways of building houses

　D. spend eight weeks together, working as farmers

42. All the members work some time every day mainly to________.

　 A. lead a busy life                                            B. learn new skills of farming

　C. get used to the life on the farms                        D. find useful things and pleasure in work

43. Living together, ________.

　 A. the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules

　B. the members have to obey the rules the adults make

　 C. the members have no free time but on weekends

　D. the members should not break the rules they make together

44.The best title for the passage is________.

　A. The Rules of Living Together                  B. Life in New York State

　C. Teenagers and Adults Together           D. Free Hours in the Special Work Group　

VII. 单词拼写（共10题，每题1分，共10分）

71. I’m sorry, but I didn’t mean to keep you waiting here for a long time.

Can you f______ (原谅)me?

72. The boy lifted the stone with all his  s_______(力量).

73. To succeed as an artist one must  c_________(结合) talent and discipline.

74. I didn’t mind. I_________(实际上), I was pleased.

75. They entered the area without p________（许可）

76. He was honoured with an  a______ (奖)for excellence in teaching.

77.His experience is u____________(难以置信的)

78.How the dinosaurs disappeared on the earth remains a p_______(谜)

79.If you have any problem with the words, you can c______(咨询) a dictionary.

80. In the end I lost my p______ (耐心)and shouted at her.

I ______ her, but I never could.

   A. ought to help                   B. must help     

   C. must have helped              D. ought to have helped