—I am leaving for the States tomorrow, Caroline!

—           

A．Take your time.           B．All the best!            C．Well done!          D．That’s OK.

At the end of my senior year of high school, I got a job working at a local coffee shop. I thought the job would be easy and stress-free. I   1   myself pouring the best coffees, making delicious doughnut （炸面包圈）, and becoming friends with   2   customers.

       But I wasn't   3    the people with enormous orders, the women who   4  that the coffee was much too creamy （全乳脂的）, or the men who wanted their iced coffees   5  again and again until they reached perfection. I couldn't seem to   6 anyone.

       One rainy day, one of my regular customers came in looking  7  . He said he felt like getting in bed, pulling the   8  up over his head, and staying there for a few years. I knew exactly how he felt.

      9   he left, I handed him a bag along with his iced coffee. He was   10  , since he hadn’t ordered anything but coffee, I had given him his favorite type of doughnut.

“It’s   11  me,” I told him. “have a nice day.”

He smiled and thanked me before heading back out into the  12  .

The next day, it was still raining. I   13  my afternoon hanging out the window, handing people their  14   . I was completely wet and freezing cold.   15  , no one was tipping that day. Every time I looked into our   16   tip jar, I grew more depressed.

In the evening, the customer from the day before drove up to the window. He handed me a pink rose and a  17 ．He said that not many people took time to  18  others and he was glad there were still people like me in the world．With a friendly wave, he drove away．I ran to the back of the shop and read the note．It read: Christine,

       Thanks for being so sweet, kind and thoughtful yesterday．It's so nice to meet someone who’s genuinely （真诚地） nice．Please don ' t change your   19  ! Have a great day !——Hank

       After that, whenever I felt depressed or sick of coffee, I thought of Hank and his kindness．Then I would smile, hold my head up high,   20   my throat and ask politely, "How can I help you?"

1．A．believed           B．hoped           C．pictured             D．supposed

2．A．particular             B．regular               C．special             D．common

3．A．thinking               B．considering       C．guessing            D．expecting

4．A．complained        B．praised            C．doubted             D．explained

5．A．repeated              B．returned            C．recovered          D．remade

6．A．fit                     B．please               C．suit                 D．meet

7．A．satisfied             B．happy               C．upset               D．anxious

8．A．hat                  B．sheet              C．coat                  D．pillow

9．A．Before            B．After              C．Until              D．While

10．A．embarrassed    B．angry                C．surprised            D．glad

11．A．on              B．in                  C．for                 D．after

12．A．crowd            B．street                C．shop               D．rain

13．A．spent                B．took                    C．cost                D．wasted

14．A．doughnuts       B．coffees              C．orders               D．bags

15．A．Better           B．Worse         C．Further             D．Later

16．A．old            B．full              C．broken            D．empty

17．A．letter          B．bill            C．note               D．gift

18．A．talk about        B．care about          C．hear about        D．know about

19．A．way                B．job                  C．mind              D．product

20．A．cut            B．force          C．raise                D．clear

Sep．30

       I moved into the dormitory today—an ugly building and near a busy main road too．My room is small but quite pleasant．I must get some posters for the walls, though．I met a few fellow students at supper （the food was awful!）They all look much younger than me．They are, of course!

Oct．07

       Lectures began last Monday．So far they haven't been very interesting （except for the man who lectures on drama．He's first class）．Personally, I'd much rather go to the library and read, but I have to attend ten lectures a week．Those are the "rules"! Well, at least you meet people there．

Oct．12

       I really don't like life in the dormitory at all．The food is bad and the students are noisy．They stay up half the night and play games just outside my room．When on earth do they sleep? When do they work? Besides, I don't like my room．It's just like living in a box! It looks even smaller now, with the posters on the wall．I am wondering how long it will he before I can feel as comfortable as I did living in my high school dormitory．

Oct．26

       I tried to explain some of my problems to my supervisor today．She listened—but that was about all．"You have to go to lectures, you know, Ann," she told me．''And the dormitory is cheap and convenient．" "Cheap and convenient"! Well．It isn't "cheap" if you can't eat the food and it isn't "convenient" if you can't sleep at night!

Oct．30

       I can’t believe it ! Three other students—I met them at a lecture and they' re all about my own age—have invited me to share a flat with them．It's in an old house and it has its own kitchen, so   we can cook for ourselves．And my room—rightly at the top of the house—is fantastic!

Nov．10

       I moved into my new room last Sunday．I feel really happy．Life is going to be so much more fun from now on!

1．The above writing is diary entries of          .

       A．a high school student's spring semester

       B．a high school student's fall semester

       C．a college student's spring semester

       D．a college student's fall semester

2．Which of the following is NOT the reason why the writer disliked the first dormitory?

       A．It was messy．                               B．It was small．

       C．It was noisy．                         D．The food was bad．

3．Which of the following statements about the writer's teachers and lectures is RIGHT?

       A．She benefited a lot from the talk with the supervisor．

       B．She didn't like any of the lectures there．

       C．She liked the lectures by the drama teacher．

       D．She found all the lectures were interesting．

4．The event happening on Oct．30 can be thought of as a ___.

       A．nightmare     B．turning point       C．lesson             D．disappointment

5．The writer likes the new room very much because ______．

       A．she will have some seniors help with the studies

       B．she won't have to bear terrible dormitory foods

       C．she won't have to go a long way to attend lectures

       D．she will pay less rent than she did living in the dorm

When I was an education official in Palo Alto, California．Polly Tyner, the president of our school board, wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times．Polly's son, Jim．had great difficulty in school．He was classified as educationally disabled and required a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers．But Jim was a happy kid with a great smile that lit up the room．His parents acknowledged his academic difficulties, but always tried to help him see his strengths so that he could walk with pride．Shortly after Jim finished high school, he was killed in a motorcycle accident．After his death, his mother submitted（提交）this letter to the newspaper．

Today we buried our 20-year-old son. He was killed instantly in a motorcycle accident on Friday night. How I wish I had known when I talked to him last that it would be the last time. If I had only known I would have said, “Jim, I love you and I’m very proud of you.”

I would have taken the time to count the many blessings he brought to the lives of the many who loved him. I would have taken the time to appreciate his beautiful smile, the sound of his laughter, his genuine love of people.

When you put all the good qualities on the scale and try to balance all the irritating phenomena such as the radio which was always too loud, the haircut that wasn’t to our liking, the dirty socks under the bed, etc., your angry feelings won’t amount to much.

I won’t get another chance to tell my son all that I would have wanted him to hear, but, other parents, you do have a chance. Tell your young people what you would want them to hear if you knew it would be your last conversation. The last time I talked to Jim was the day he died. He called me to say, “Hi, Mom! I just called to say I love you. Got to go to work. Bye.” He gave me something to treasure forever.

If there is any purpose at all for Jim’s death, maybe it is to make others appreciate more of life and to have people, especially family members, take the time to let each other know just how much we care.

1．According to the passage, we know that _______．

       A．Jim kept to himself                              B．Jim did very well in his studies

       C．Jim’s parents were patient with him       D．Jim failed to finish his high school

2．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

       A．Many people in the school loved him.

       B．Jim’s smile cheered up his family.

       C．Jim was killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of 20.

       D．Jim wanted to be a motorcyclist after his graduation.

3．The underlined word “irritating” in Paragraph 4 means _______．

       A．annoying             B．aggressive           C．impatient             D．thrilling

4．By writing the letter printed in the Palo Alto Times, the author intends to _______．

       A．mourn her son’s sudden death in a traffic accident

       B．remind people to be cautious of motorcycles

       C．advise people to take the chance to express their love in time

       D．appreciate more of life than ever before

5．What can be the best title of the passage?

       A．Love your Family．                             B．Do it Today．

       C．Walk with Pride．                               D．Appreciate Smiles．

Imagine your body is like the house you live in．Every day, your family creates rubbish．The rubbish builds up until it is put out for the weekly garbage collection．

       Now, say you put three bags of garbage out．but because one of the collectors was away sick, only two bags are collected．You take the leftover bag inside to be put out again next week．The following week you put on another three bags．plus the leftover bag from last week．But again, only two bags are collected．Imagine this cycle is repeated over the following weeks．

       This is a simple description of what happens to your body when your kidneys （肾脏） don't work efficiently．Your body is not thoroughly emptied of waste products．Other areas of the body such as blood pressure and red blood cell production are affected and the insidious process that may lead to kidney failure begins．

       It's not uncommon for people to lose up to 90% of their kidney function before developing any symptoms．There may be no warning signs. This makes early detection （诊查）difficult．

       Kidney's main job is to remote toxins（毒素） and unwanted water from our blood．Every day our kidneys clean an average of 200 litres of blood．Kidney failure may be a gradual and silent process, going unnoticed because there is no apparent pain．

       Research shows that more than 35% of the patients requiring dialysis （透析）do not see a kidney specialist before they have to do so．Some risk factors for kidney disease such as age and genetic make up are out of our control; however, some changes in lifestyle may help prevent kidney damage．Two major risk factors for kidney disease, diabetes （糖尿病）and high blood pressure, have been on the rise over the last few decades．Both conditions are chiefly affected by being overweight and not getting enough exercises, which are the potential risk factors for the kidney disease．

1．The author gives the example of the house we live in to indicate that ______．

       A．it doesn't matter much if the waste in our body is not emptied in time

       B．our body will not produce any waste if our kidneys work efficiently

       C．it's important for our body to empty the waste in time every day

       D．it's safe and harmless for our body to keep some waste

2．The underlined word “insidious” in Paragraph 3 means          .

       A．smooth and safe                                  B．apparent and fast

       C．gradual and unnoticed                          D．long and painful

3．We can infer that when we find some symptoms related to our kidneys,          .

       A．the kidney failure begins

       B．the kidneys can still work properly

       C．we have lost about 10% of kidney function

       D．the kidneys may have been seriously damaged

4．How many risk factors of kidney disease are mentioned in the passage?

       A．Six.                    B．Five.                   C．Four.                  D．Two.

5．Which of the following helps prevent kidney damage most effectively?

       A．Go to see a kidney specialist shortly before dialysis starts.

       B．Take enough exercise and make early detection of kidney disease.

       C．Try to keep low blood pressure and a stable lifestyle.

       D．Go to hospital whenever you find any warning signs.

Man’s best friend could be one of the environment’s worst enemies, according to a new study that says that your pet dog’s carbon pawprint（碳足迹） is more than double that of a sports car.

       Yet this point of view, made by New Zealanders Robert and Brenda Vale, has angered pet owners who feel they are being picked out as troublemakers.

       The Vales, researchers in sustainable（可持续的） living, looked at popular brands of pet food and calculated that a medium-sized dog eats about 164 kilos of meat and 95 kilos of grain a year.

       Combining that with the energy needed to produce that food, it means a medium-sized dog has an annual footprint of 0.84 hectares（公顷）, about twice the 0.41 hectares required by a sports car driving 10,000 kilometers a year, including energy to build the car.

       “Owning a dog really is quite an extravagance（奢侈）, mainly because of the carbon footprint of mean. Other animals aren’t better for the environment,” the Vales say.

       Cats have an eco-footprint of about 0.15 hectares a year, while two hamsters（仓鼠） are the same as a television and even the goldfish burns energy equal to two cellphones.

       However, Reha Huttin, president of France’s 30 Million Friends animal rights foundation says pets are too important to human life to be got rid of.

       “Everyone should work out their own environmental effect,” Huttin argude. “I should be allowed to say that I walk instead of using my car and that I don’t eat meat, so why souldn’t I be allowed to have a little cat to reduce my loneliness?”

       The Vales give some solutions to reduce pets’ environmental effect, including reducing pets’ meat intake. But they said that, as with buying a car ,humans should take the environmental effect of their future compainon into account.

1．The best title of the article is "______"．

       A．Work out our carbon emissions       B．Reduce our pets’ meat intake

       C．Be careful of keeping our pets        D．Mind our pets’ carbon footprint

2．Reha Huttin’s remark really means that ______．

       A．pets should not be kept as a result of consuming much food

       B pets are doing no harm to the environment at all

       C．people can keep pets by reducing their environmental effect

       D．he prefers walking to driving to reduce his loneliness

3．We know from the article that ______．

       A．a medium-sized dog eats around 95 kilos of grain and meat a year

       B．a medium-sized dog has an annual footprint 5．6 times that of a cat

       C．two hamsters burn the same energy as two televisions

    D．a sports car running 10,000 kilometers requires 0.41 hectares of footprint

4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?

       A．The Vales insist that pets should be got rid of．

       B．Some pet owners are against the Vales’ point of view．

       C．Keeping pets does have a bad effect on the environment．

       D．Pets’ carbon footprint should not be neglected．

5．Which of the following can help reduce pets’ environmental effect based on the text?

       A．Feeding pets on less meat．                B．Working out eco-footprints of pets．

       C．Keeping the goldfish instead of dogs．   D．Getting rid of pets from human life．

阅读下面的短文，并根据要求回答后面的问题。（注意字数要求）

       [1] If you are applying for an American higher education, you probably dream of getting into an Ivy League （常青藤联盟） university．The eight schools with the best reputations attract top students from the United States and many other countries． However, on average, the Ivy League schools accept less than 15 percent of applicants．And with the applicants growing in size year on year, it is becoming more and more difficult _________．

       [2] So how can you give yourself the best chance of admission?

       [3]Having a high school grade point average （GPA） in the top 10 percent of your class and being ranked among the top few students dramatically betters your chances．But although GPA and SAT scores are important, they only tell admission deans（主任）part of the story．

       [4] The whole admissions process will single out （挑选出）from a large pool of academically strong applicants the unique individuals．They stand out because they have shown in their interviews a range of virtues （优点） expected of these universities．Take Harvard for example．Although there is no guarantee of admission, the school judges applicants based on 15 additional criteria．

       [5] Intellectual curiosity （求知欲） comes first tor almost all admission deans．Schools look to such students because they believe their peers find them slimulaling（激励人的）inside and outside the classroom．

       [6] Leadership also weighs heavily．The school would rather see an applicant who takes on additional responsibility in one or two areas where he or she is good at, rather than one who is merely "very good" academically．This can mean the class presidency（主席职务）, leading the cheerleading team or being the officer of a student union．

       [7] Whether a person has personal warmth and cares about others counts a lot with the admission deans．Writing an essay on a personal experience, like a summer spent raising funds for the earthquake victims or teaching in a local school, can show that a person has qualities in addition to academic experience．

1．What is the purpose of the passage? （no more than 15 words）

2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

       The universities pay attention to the students with this virtue in that they can inspire their fellow students at school.

3．Fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. （no more than 5 words）

4．Based on the passage, list three additional criteria for admission besides academic performance．（no more than 10 words）

       ①_________________ ?②_______________ ?③____________________

5．Translate the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph into Chinese.

随着高考的临近，部分住校生要求搬出学生宿舍，在学校附近租房子住。请你根据下表提供的内容，写一篇英语短文，阐述学生和家长的观点，并表达自己的看法。

       注意：

       1．陈述所有要点，可适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

       2．词数120—150（开头已写好，不计入总词数）。

       3．参考词汇：熄灯制度—blackout rule

       With the college entrance examination approaching day by day, some senior three students are moving out from their dorms and living in a rented apartment near their schools.

According to the newsman，as a result of      heavy fog，      expressway has been closed up until further notice．

A．a；the          B．the；不填       C．不填；an           D．the；the

一You hate Lee，don’t you?

一      . I just think he’s a bit annoying，that’s a11．

A．Not exactly          B．Not really          C．Not a little          D．Not at all