“Just a couple of hours,” said Dad, “and we’ll be at our campsite !” The year was 1950 and we were on our family  1  ,doing what we usually did together— camping. I  2  in my corner of the back seat to take a nap. The rhythm of the  3  car soothed(哄) me into a  4  sleep.

Wham ! I  5  with a start, my face on the floorboard of the back seat. Dad had   6  the car suddenly. “ What happened ? ” I asked. “Where are we ?” “ Half an hour from our  7  ,” he answered, “and I don't know what the problem is,  8  all the cars have stopped . I’ll go to see what’s going on.” Dad  9  out of the car. Mom, my little brother David and I 10  . “ I bet there has been an accident !” David was excited. Mom  11  her head. She said, “ There is  12  a bear crossing the road.” David bounced up and down in his  13  . That was even better than a(n)  14  !

Dad came running back to the car. “ Come on !” he said very  15  . “Come on, kids ! You’ve got to see this!” I jumped out of the car and ran to catch up with him. “What is it, Daddy?” I asked. He smiled and 16  my hand. “Come and see, Carolyn,” he said. I knew that,  17  it was, it was good, because my father was 18  about it . I grabbed his hand and skipped excitedly along beside him. We walked past a dozen parked cars.  19  ,a group of people stood talking and laughing.

Looking in the same direction as everyone else, we saw a mother duck, sleek and proud, walking up the middle of the road, nine little ducklings waddling  20  her. The babies were marching single file behind their mother, totally ignoring the people and the automobiles.

1.  A. party                            B. vacation                  C. way                        D. rest

2.    A. settled down                 B. worked out              C. fell asleep                D. got across

3.    A. sleeping                        B. racing                     C. starting                   D. moving

4.    A. quiet                            B. cool                        C. deep                       D. calm

5.    A. thought                        B. jumped                    C. cried                       D. woke

6.    A. driven                          B. pulled                      C. stopped                   D. pushed

7.    A. campsite                      B. house                      C. starting                   D. station

8.    A. until                             B. but                          C. then                        D. so

9.    A. stepped                        B. looked                     C. pulled                     D. slipped

10.  A. followed                       B. slept                        C. continued                D. waited

11.   A. shook                          B. nodded                    C. moved                   D. dropped

12.    A. suddenly                     B. probably                  C. predictably              D. surely

13.    A. car                             B. position                   C. seat                        D. chair

14.    A. accident                     B. play                        C. toy                         D. race

15.    A. worriedly                    B. hurriedly                  C. excitedly                 D. sadly

16.    A. reached for                 B. went for                  C. cared for                 D. looked for

17.    A. whichever                  B. wherever                 C. whatever                 D. whenever

18.    A. happy                         B. eager                       C. upset                      D. worried

19.    A. Backward                   B. Besides                    C. Along                      D. Ahead

20.    A. after                           B. in                            C. before                     D. at

Willie Stewart still remembers his first day of kayaking through the grand Canyon. He was getting bounced around in the roughest white water he had ever seen. There was nothing the river threw at him.

   There he was in a 40-pound boat, with only a few months of training and one arm. Tied to his left shoulder was a prosthetic limb(假肢)that he’d had for just about a week. The plan was to paddle(划) for 20 days over 227 miles of the roughest white water in the United States. It was one of the most remarkable adventures that the Grand Canyon had ever seen.

  It started with a casual phone call in the spring of 2005. A good friend, Mike Crenshaw, finally got a permit from the National Park Service to lead a private party of 16 boaters down the Colorado River that coming August. He had a slot（位置） open for Willie, “Was he interested ?”

  “It was the chance of a lifetime,” Stewart said. He had been waiting years for this trip to happen. “How could I refuse ?”

   But before they set off, Stewart had a couple of things to take care of. He had to get a white-water kayak, learn how to use it, and get an arm.

   For most of his life, the rugged 45-year-old man has lived with only his right arm. He lost his left arm in a horrible accident when he was 18.Stewart was doing a summer construction job in Washington, D.C. The trailing end of rope he was carrying got twisted in an industrial fan. Before he could react, the fan reeled in the rope tight and cut his arm just above the elbow.

   He became a bitter young man, angry at the unfairness of what had happened ,and often got into fights. In time, he learned to channel his rage into sports. He joined a rugby team, established a reputation as a fearless player and eventually was elected captain. His days of rage long gone, he found peace and purpose in his life.

1. The underlined word “rugged ” in Paragraph 6 means “______”

   A. poor

   B. stubborn

   C. determined

   D. unfortunate

2. What had urged Willie Stewart to paddle down the Colorado River ?

   A.  His family’s support

   B.  His great determination

   C.  His curiosity

   D.  His dream

3. From the passage we can know that ______.

   A. Stewart was depressed at one time

   B. Stewart lost his left arm 22 years ago

 C. Stewart never complained about the unfairness of life

   D. Stewart was persuaded to kayak through the Grand Canyon

4. What can we learn form the story ?

  A.  An optimist sees the rose ; a pessimist sees the thorn

  B.  Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it

  C.  A change of self is needed more than a change of scene

 D.  If winter comes, can spring be far away ?

I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem with my mom, and I never have a father. I have friends who ended up in jail or pregnancy. But Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen. Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact ,our whole fifth-grade class’s scores rose in math and reading. In sixth grade, I entered the gifted program, and Mr. Clark was the teacher. I felt so lucky to have him for a second year !

   None of us were surprised when Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2004 Teacher of the Year. When he learned he’d won, he said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award. But when it came time to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “ You’re all going.”

   He got donations to fly all 37of us out to Disneyland in California and put us at the Hilton. We were there for three days. People were amazed, but Mr. Clark really cared about us. There’s no way I can imagine most teachers doing that. No way. But he saw something in us that nobody else saw.

   On graduation day ,there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2005,he moved to Atlanta, but we always kept in touch. He started giving speeches about education and wrote a best-selling book based on his classroom rules.

   In 2007,Mr.Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages. It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to start a group of women’s clubs one day, helping people from all backgrounds.

   I’m about to become a senior at Harlem Renaissance High School. My grades are beautiful now, and I’m hoping to go to law school eventually. This fall, Mr. Clark will be opening the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, a school for kids who have potential but aren’t reaching it, kids who are like I was — until Mr. Clark came along.

1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

   A. How I Improved My Grades

   B. Trips with My Teacher

   C. Lucky to Have Him

   D. My High School Years

2. What’s the big difference between Mr. Clark and other teachers?

   A. He tried to develop the potential of his students.

   B. He allowed his students to come along with him to get the award.

   C. He was ambitious and published a best-selling book.

   D. He started a women’s club, helping people from all backgrounds.

3. What was the author’s attitude toward Mr. Clark?

  A. Amazed.

  B. Satisfied

  C. Grateful.

  D. Admiring.

Kids are far better than adults at learning how to speak multiple（多样的） languages. Research now shows that very young infants might have some of the best language skills of all.

A new study suggests that babies between 4 and 6 months old can tell the difference between two languages just by looking at the speaker’s face. They don’t need to hear word. Sometimes between 6-8 months of age, babies raised in homes where just one language is spoken lose this ability. Babies from bilingual (双语的)homes, on the other hand, keep the face-reading ability until they’re at least 8 months old.

Researchers in Canada studied 36 infants from English-speaking families. Twelve of the babies were 4 months old,12 were 6 months old, and the rest were 8 months old. Each baby sat on his or her mother’s lap and watched video clips of a woman talking. The woman was fluent in both English and French. In some clips, she read from a storybook in English. In other clips, she read in French. In all of the videos there was no sound.

After watching clip after clip of the woman reading in just one language, the babies eventually started to look away, apparently because they were bored. The researchers then showed the babies a new silent clip of the woman reading a story in the other language. At that point, the 4-month-olds and 6-month-olds started looking at the screen again. The 8-month-old,by contrast, paid no attention. That suggests that a baby’s ability to distinguish between languages get lost before 8 months of age.

“Visual information about speech may play a more critical role in language learning than previously expected,” says researcher psychologist Whitney. It’s not yet clear, she adds, which part of the speaker’s face babies are looking at for clues. Next, scientists want to see whether babies can match faces with the voices of foreign-language speakers. If babies can do this, the scientists would then like to know if this ability also declines（下降） toward the end of the first year of life.

1. What is mainly discussed in the passage ?

  A. Language teaching.

B. Language learning

C. Infants and language learning

 D Parents and language teaching

2. What do the underlined words in the second paragraph refer to ?

A. Telling the difference between languages.

  B. Looking at their mothers’ faces

  C. Speaking different languages

D. Hearing words spoken by mothers.

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?

  A. All the infants in the study are of the same age.

  B. The infants could hear the woman’s voice while watching the videos.

  C. The stories the woman read were written in either French or German.

D. It’s still unknown how infants could tell the difference between languages.

4. Why did the 8-month-old pay no attention when the language was changed ?

  A. They had lost the ability to distinguish different languages.

B. They were too tied to open their eyes and fell asleep.

C. They couldn’t hear what the speaker was talking about.

D. They had lost the interest in bilingual speakers.

Many things — genetics, environment, the food you eat, illness, sleep, even the seasons — influence your emotional state. But at the heart of it is how you regard yourself. If you have a healthy level of self-esteem, you not only cope with life’s challenges better than people with low self-esteem, but you’re probably more content, confident, and successful. You’re probably also healthier. Studies show that positive self-esteem actually helps inoculate (为……做预防) people against depression and anxiety, conditions that may present increased risk of everything from colds to heart diseases.

   Most people’s good sense of worth is rooted in their childhood — in the early approval(认可) of their parents, teachers, and friends. But as we get older, most of us judge ourselves by our sense of how effectively we’re managing in the world, especially in the areas of love and work. Our ability to love and to be loved can give us a sense of purpose and deep fulfillment. We can also find satisfaction and pride in work-related accomplishments and the people we meet and work with can reinforce our sense of self and our role in life. Once midlife comes along, however, our self-esteem can take a turn in response to changes in our lives. Marital（婚姻的） relationship may change, children may leave home , and we may begin to scale back our work as we approach retirement. Of course, the view in the mirror may not be what it used to be, either.

   If you find your self-esteem eroding a bit, try to build it up again. As the saying goes, it’s better to try something and fail than to be successful at not trying anything . Focus on goals that are linked to activities you’re really interested in, so you’ll enjoy a sense of purpose and gain pleasure from the pursuit（追求） whether or not you achieve your goal in full.

1. According to the passage , all of the following factors may affect our emotion, EXCEPT ______.

   A. our self-esteem

 B. our physical conditions 

C. our dreams

D. our surroundings

2. If a child is often scolded, when he grows up he may ______, according to the passage.

   A. become a successful person

 B. have enough confidence

C. get some diseases easily

D. have a low sense of worth

3. According to the second paragraph , we can know that ______.

  A. our childhood always has a bad effect on our self-esteem

B. our self-esteem will not change throughout our life

C. successful experiences may enhance one’s self-worth

D. self-confidence is the most valuable treasure in one’s life

 4. The author wrote the article to ______

   A. criticize some scientists’ new ideas

B. suggest developing healthy self-esteem

C. advise struggling for great ideas.

D. recommend ways to avoid diseases

We continue our Foreign Student Series on higher education in the United States. Now we move on to college life once you are admitted to a school. The first thing you need to value is a place to live. Housing policies differ from school to school. Students might have to live in a dormitory, at least for the first year there.

Dorms come in all sizes. Some have suites. Six or more students may line in one suite. Other dorms have many rooms along a common hallway, usually with two students in each room . Many students say dormitories provide the best chance to get to know other students. Also, dorms generally cost less than apartments or other housing not owned by the school.

Most colleges and universities offer singe-sex dorms, but usually males and females live in the same building. They might live on the same floors and share the same common bathrooms. They may live in the same room only if they are married.

Edward Spencer is the associate vice president for student affairs at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. He says it is important to understand the rules of the building in which you will live. He advises students to ask questions before they decide about their housing. For example, if a student requires a special diet, will the school provide it ?How much privacy can a student expect ? Will the school provide a single room if a student requests one ? And what about any other special needs that a student might have?

Virginia Tech, for example, had a ban against candles in dorms . But it changed that policy to let students light up candles for religious purposes. The university also has several dorms open all year so foreign students have a place to stay during vacation time.

1. Why do some students in the U.S. choose to live in dorms, according to the passage ?

   A. Dorms allow students in the U.S. choose to live in dorms

B. Dorms are safer for students to live in most cases.

C. Dorms offer the chance to meet other people and are cheap as well.

D. In most schools students are required to live in the dorms.

2. The second paragraph is mainly about ______.

A. what suites in American schools are like

B. what dorms in American schools are like

C. what dorms are owned by schools

D. when people get to know each other

3. Who is the passage most probably intended for?

   A. Visitors who want to pay a visit to America

B. New reporters who expect to report the college life in the U.S.

C. Travel agencies who take responsibility for training guides.

D. Foreign students who will study in the U.S.

4. We can infer from what Edward Spencer says that ______.

   A. colleges usually don’t provide a special diet

B. housing rules differ from one building to another

C. a ban against candles in dorms is necessary

D. the U.S. college always satisfies students’ requests

5. What is the passage mainly about?

   A. Places to live in U.S. colleges

B. housing polices in the U.S.

C. Advantages of dormitories

D. Rules of single-sex dorms

Brown : Hello, John !  1  I would like to borrow a few.

John: You have asked the right person. I have about 50 books on writing, and they cover a wide range of writing skills, especially creative writing and academic writing.  2  .

Brown :Well, I have been taking a course in international business management, so I want to read some books on international business writing.  3 

John: I have 10.   4  You can take the rest.

Brown : That’s great. Could I keep the books until November 1st ?

John: That is about five weeks.  5  How about borrowing them one by one ?

Brown : Sure. By the way, are you heading for your office now ? If so, I’d like to go with you to get one .

John: OK. No problem.

A.      I’m afraid you could not take all the writing books together for that long .

B.      What kind of books do you want ?

C.      How long can I keep all these books ?

D.     Do you have any books on writing ?

E.      I’m afraid my other students have taken all of them away.

F.      How many books do you have on this topic.

G.     But a student of mine borrowed two of them the other day.

1. Her calls to her boyfriend became more and more         (频繁).

2. On her way to Beijing to file a(n)        (上诉), she was seriously injured in a car accident.

3. The switch on the wall was          (超出……范围) the reach of the little baby.

4. These fish are found in          (浅) waters around the coast.

5.       (细菌) are too small to be seen with the naked eye.

6. The monkeys are very interesting, chasing each other’s           (影子).

7. He asked her to look at the           (修改) carefully which he had made in her essay.

8.Three of the ten boys       (采用) the same approach to the problem in the last competition.

9. The speech            (发表) by the president aroused great interest among the audience.

10. Some advertisements         (促销) new products are trying to mislead average consumers.

Dear Aunt,

I am unhappy now, and I don’t know how I should do.         1           

Mary and I got to know each other through English                2 _____ ___

chat-room.. Since then, we have had chatted online almost         3 ____ __ __

every night. We have many in common as we are both               4 ____ __ __

girls at the same age. We would like to tell each other many        5 _________

things which are kept secretly to others. I will feel                     6 ______  

uncomfortable unless I can’t find her online.                             7 _____   

Besides, she told me two days ago that she would go                 8 ____    _

abroad soon. She insisted that she would get good education      9 _______ _

.abroad than at home. I know it is wrong for her to think so,      10 ____    

but I don’t know how to change her mind. Would you help me ?

                                Yours, Li Lin

假如你是某英语报社“烦恼和我说”栏目的编辑Linda，收到中学生David 的来信。请你阅读这封信后，给他回信。词数：120左右。

Dear Ms Linda,

  Though living in a wealthy family, I don’t feel as happy as other boys because I’m forbidden to do what I want to ,such as surfing the Internet, playing with my friends, buying what I want , and so on. My parents ask me to study all day. I feel they are too hard on me . I often feel upset as I have no freedom. What shall I do ? I will greatly appreciate it if you could give me some advice.

                                                                  Yours, David

回信应包括以下两个要点： 1。简述自己的类似的经历；

                         2．提出至少两条建议。

注意：开头和结尾已经为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear David,

  I can understand how you feel. When I was young,