Internet shopping will really        when people make sure that it is safe.

A．set up          B．set off       C．take off       D．take up

—Have you paid the rent of the house!

—The rent of the house?                   .

A．That isn’t due yet.                        B．Are you sure!

C．The house needs repair            D．Please remember the amount.

Mary had her own special kind of joy, and she knew exactly how to spread it around. She lifted children from  1  into laughter, love, and belonging.

       Each time she found a new  2  for a child, she gave the family one of her little home-made paper roses. It had become a   3  for her, and the families didn’t ever forget it.

       One evening, Mary was  4  a meeting for adoptive parents. One of the   5  fathers stood up to introduce himself. But before he spoke, he reached into his coat pocket and held up a  6  , red paper rose.

Twenty years ago today, I felt alone and  7  . I didn’t know the talents inside me or what was possible for me.”

      Then Mary  8  two wonderful people into my life. They taught me what it was like to feel  9  . They not only loved me  10  . They opened a world of  11  that I didn’t know existed. My new parents told me, “Reach for your dreams!”

       I did, and today I’m  12  to be giving that chance to a child who  13  just like me. My mother gave me this little rose. By now, all of you  14  where she got it so long ago.

       Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday. And my new rose  15  a new spring, a beautiful new  16  for my own little girl. It  17  me to show her what unconditional love is, and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams.

       Thank you, Mary, for the special little things like roses that  18  our lives together. And thank you for all you’ve done for me and so many families over the years! ”

       One brief event can send our spirits soaring or  19  us in quiet to ponder a new beginning.  20  it is also the very small things, like Mary’s roses, that tie together the meaningful things.

1．A．poverty                 B．loneliness             C．misery                D．suffering

2．A．home                    B．place                   C．school                 D．life

3．A．glory                    B．favor                   C．habit                   D．tradition

4．A．organizing             B．planning              C．hosting                D．attending

5．A．new                      B．grateful               C．kind                    D．active

6．A．broken                  B．faded                  C．treasured             D．dried

7．A．tasteless                B．powerless            C．priceless              D．worthless

8．A．directed                B．introduced           C．brought               D．accepted

9．A．loved                    B．protected             C．cared                  D．cheered

10．A．silently                B．continuously        C．unintentionally      D．unconditionally

11．A．necessities           B．possibilities          C．beauties               D．riches

12．A．eager                  B．willing                 C．proud                  D．lucky

13．A．started out           B．came up              C．turned out           D．grew up

14．A．understand          B．guess                  C．tell                      D．know

15．A．replaces              B．symbolizes           C．equals                 D．creates

16．A．chance                B．mystery               C．challenge             D．beginning

17．A．reminds               B．helps                   C．accompanies        D．drives

18．A．fix                      B．close                   C．tie                       D．gather

19．A．cause                  B．push                   C．put                     D．leave

20．A．Yet                     B．Besides                C．Otherwise           D．Therefore

Eleven-year-old Evan green doesn’t want to save just tree—he wants to save a whole rainforest!

       In the Redwood City, Calif, a boy started a group called the Red Dragon Conservation Team four years ago to do just that. So far, the team’s members have raised $4,500. That’s enough to purchase and protect more than 16 acres of rainforest in Costa Rica through the Center for Ecosystem Survival.

       Every year, thousands of square miles of rainforest are destroyed worldwide. Logging (伐木) and farming are mostly likely to blame, scientists say. The loss is terrible news for animals and people. Even though rainforests cover less than 2 percent of the earth, they are home to half the world’s plants and animals. Rainforests also provide water and help control the earth’s climate.

       Evan’s work to save the rainforests recently earned him a Barron prize for Young Heroes. The prizes are given to children or teenagers who have made a positive difference in the world. Evan’s goal is “to save enough rainforests to last forever”. He won’t have to do it alone. His actions have already inspired other kids to chip in. one girl asked for donations instead of presents on her birthday. She raised $850. Other kids are starting their own conservation teams.

       Evan says everyone can help the planet-even by taking small steps such as recycling. He and his family try to make a difference every day. “We recycle, we try to limit our garbage……we’ve been walking a little more, and we buy local food,” Evan said.

1．Evan started the group                   .

       A．to help the poor                                   B．to save the rainforest

       C．to win the Barron prize                         D．to make himself well-known

2．How much does it cost to buy and protect and acre of rainforest in Costa Rica?

       A．About $4,500.                                     B．About $850.

       C．About $280.                                        D．About $1,000.

3．The underlined phrase “chip in”in paragraph 4 probably means “             ”.

       A．look at                                                B．contribute money

C．ask for birthday presents                      D．untie with other kids

4．What Evan said in the last paragraph suggests that           .

       A．we can all do something to protect the earth

       B．actions speak louder than words

       C．we should learn to recycle from now on

       D．a good beginning makes a good ending

5．What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．Evan Green-a famous teenager

       B．The Red Dragon Conservation Team

       C．Rainforests are being destroyed.

       D．Boy gathers support for rainforests.

January 1,2002 was a day that would be remembered for year to come. On the day, the euro became the official currency of twelve European countries, replacing currencies as famous as the German mark and the French franc.

       But the change from the old currencies to the new one was only a success after lots of problems were solved.

       The first problem was what to call the new currency. People in different countries had different suggestions. After a long discussion, the name “euro”was finally accepted by all of the countries involved.

       The next problem was the design. A normal bill or coin has a design related to the country concerned, like the picture of a famous person of monument. So how could they design something that was representative of twelve different countries and their traditions? The final answer was a compromise. Every euro coin has a standard European face on one side, but each Member State is allowed to decorate the other side with an image linked to their own country. For example, Spanish coins have the image of the Spanish king, and German coins have pictures of Berlin’s famous Brandenburg Gate. So even though you can spend the coins in any of the twelve counties, you can tell which country they originally came from. Euro bills will be uniform throughout the euro area.

       The final problem was how to introduce the money. Imagine how complicated it was to change the kind of money you use, not just for ordinary people, but also for companies: Coca-Cola had to adapt almost 300,000 vending machines.(自动售货机) to accept the new coins. To help people get used to the idea, stores started publishing prices in both the old and the new currency from January 2000.

       The final change from the old currencies to the new euro was a huge success. People in Europe are now using the euro bills and coins as easily as Americans use dollars.

1．How long has the euro been an official currency?

       A．For over 7 years.                                 B．For over 8 years.

       C．For over 6 years.                                 D．For over 5 years.

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

       A．When the euro first came into use, the stores got into trouble.

       B．People can tell in which country a euro coin was made.

       C．The new euro bills have different designs.

       D．Some people still have difficulty in using the new currency.

3．The author mentions Coca-Cola in paragraph 5 to        .

       A．indicate that Coca-Cola has steady financial foundations.

       B．tell us Coca-Cola has made a contribution to Europe.

       C．prove it took lost of effort and money to introduce the euro.

       D．show Coca-Cola is very popular with consumers.

4．Which of the following were the problems when changing from the old currencies to the new one?

    a．What to call the new currency.

       b．How to introduce the new currency to Europeans.

       c．How to decide what the euro would be worth.

       d．What the design of the new currency should be.

       A．a,b,c                   B．a,c,d                   C．a,b,d                   D．b,c,d

5．What is the passage mainly about?

       A．The efforts at making the euro a success.

       B．The causes of the birth of the euro.

       C．The importance of the euro.

       D．The design of the euro.

I am an advocate for my son. I made it my responsibility to inform all of his high school teachers and principals that our family goal was for him to attend college. When you, the parent, inform a teacher that the family had high expectations for your child, then that teacher takes on a whole different attitude to him or her.

       When Chris started high school, I started my habit of keeping track of his absences and tardiness(上学迟到) on my calendar at home. In a way, it pleased him that I cared so much.

       One semester in his junior year, he came home with a report card that showed three times as many days absent from school as I had on y calendar. When I asked him about it, he looked at the report card and his eyes got very wide.

       “That must be a mistake, Mom,”he said. “Maybe there was an error in the computer.”He assured me that he had not been skipping school.

       While I was prepared to believe him, I also needed to check with the school to make sure. The next morning, I went with Chris before school to the vice principal’s office and showed him the report card with the excessive(过度的) number of absences. He spoke up immediately.

       “Oh, Ms. Chandler, I’m so sorry. We are planning to inform all the parents that there was a glitch in the reporting of the days absent for all the kids. I don’t think any of them went out correct.”Chris was here when he says he was here.

       I was relieved that everything was all right, and as I left his office the vice principal said to me, “Hundreds of report cards went out with the wrong number of absences, but you’re the only parent who has called or stopped in to check up on it.”

1．When Chris saw the report card, he felt         .

       A．ashamed              B．surprised             C．frightened            D．angry

2．Why did the author go to her son’s school with the report card?

       A．To prove Chris innocent.                      B．To correct the mistake.

       C．To find out the truth                             D．To expose Chris as a liar.

3．The underlined word “glitch” in Paragraph 6 can be best replaced by “     ”.

       A．problem              B．correction            C．statement            D．change

4．It can be inferred from the passage that the author          .

       A．changed all teachers’ attitudes to her son

       B．had high expectations for her son’s school

       C．was dissatisfied with her son’s school

       D．kept in touch with her son’s school

5．By saying “Chris was here when he says he was here”, what did the vice principal mean?

       A．Chris was seldom absent from school.   B．Chris was telling the truth.

       C．Chris never broke his promise.              D．Chris was well-disciplined.

Exploring space is a dream shared by many people, but few have ever experienced the thrill of space adventure. A few years ago, that field was open only to those who worked for NASA or the space programs of other nations. But now private companies are getting into the space race.

       Google and the X PRIZE Foundation have joined forces to challenge ordinary people to explore the moon. The first team that successfully soft-lands a robotic rover(天体登陆车) on the moon will receive a $20 million prize. The second team to touch down on the moon will win $5 million. Teams can also win an additional $5 million in bonus prizes for completing tasks such as discovering water ice.

       To win, contestants(竞赛者) must land their craft on the surface of the moon and let it roam for more than 500 meters, or 1.640 feet. The craft must also send video and Internet clips(片断) back to Earth in real time.

       Google and the X PRIZE Foundation announced the competition on September 13,2007. "The Google Lunar X Prize calls on entrepreneurs(企业家), and engineers from around the world to return us to the lunar surface and explore this environment for the benefit of all humanity," said Peter H. Diamandis, the head of the foundation, when the contest was announced. "We hope to bring this historic private space race into every home and classroom," he added.

       Teams are already gathering at the first commercial spaceport in the Mojave Dessert in California to work on their spaceship designs. Contestants have until December 31, 2012 to qualify(取得资格) for the contest, which expires in 2014. The last time humans went to the moon， the voyage inspired a generation of scientists and explorers. Google and the X PRIZE Foundation are hoping that their contest will get even more people to reach for the moon, the stars and beyond.

1．If the first team land their craft on the surface of the moon and discover water ice, how much prize money will they receive?

       A．$ 5 million.          B．$ 10 million.         C．$ 20 million.        D．$ 25 million.

2．Why are Google and the X PRIZE Foundation calling on people to go to the moon?

       A．Further exploration of the moon will benefit mankind.

       B．They want everyone to join in the space race.

       C．They require video and Internet clips of the moon’s surface.

       D．They hope that new exploration will find life on the moon.

3．To win the contest, contestants must do the following EXCEPT       .

       A．land the craft on the moon                    B．let craft roam for over 500m

       C．discover water ice on the moon             D．send video and Internet clips back to Earth

4．It can be learned from the passage that          .

       A．no private company has ever set foot on the moon so far.

       B．contestants can win the prize so long as they touch down on the moon

       C．contestants don’t have to design their own spaceships

       D．the contest will end in 2012

5．What’s the main idea of the passage?

       A．More scientists are working on spaceship designs.

       B．Google and the X PRIZE Foundation joined forces to land on the moon.

       C．More teams are encouraged to join in the race to explore the moon.

       D．The first commercial spaceport has just been completed in California.

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答下列小题。

       During your lifetime, the person you’ll spend most time with is you! But do you really understand yourself?

       When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate.(高估) yourself. It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach; luck and opportunities will come your way and you are overjoyed that you think they constitute part of your worth. When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself, mistaking difficulties for your own incompetence.

       To get a thorough understanding of yourself is to gain a correct view of yourself—be aware of both your strengths and weaknesses. You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for not all ideals can be fully realized.

       To get a thorough understanding of yourself is to know when to do yourself a favor. In time of sadness, do yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends so as to change a gloomy mood into a cheerful one;         , do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep or taking a tonic(恢复精力的东西). If you fall ill, it’s up to you to take good care of yourself.

       To get a thorough understanding of yourself is to get full control of yourself. Having done so, you will find your life full of color and flavor.

1．What’s the best title of the passage?(Please answer with in 10 words.)

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

       Understanding yourself fully is having a right attitude towards yourself, that is, knowing not only your advantages but your disadvantages as well.

3．Please fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)

4．What do you think is the best way to get a thorough understanding of yourself?(Please answer within 30 words.)

5．Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph in to Chinese.

根据下面提示，写一篇100—120词的英语短文。

       假设21st Century正在开展“是否还应该上大学“的讨论，你打算写一篇短文发表你的看法。

       1．上大学不仅学费太高，而且学非所用；

       2．不要期望值过高（expectation）或只想着挤在大城市；

       3．你认为如何解决上大学与就业之间的矛盾。

To     east of the city lies a mountain,         south of which is the village where I was born.

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