I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.

   I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.

   The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times."

   My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.

    From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.

1.How did the author get to know America?

A. From her relatives.                      B. From her mother.

C. From books and pictures.               D. From radio programs.

2.Upon leaving for America the author felt_______.

A. confused                     B. excited

C. worried                      D. amazed

3.For the first two years in New York, the author _________.

A. often lost her way

B. did not think about her future

C. studied in three different schools

D. got on well with her stepfather

4.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?

A. She worked as a translator.

B. She attended a lot of job interviews

C. She paid telephone bills for her family

D She helped her family with her English.

Getting your children to study can be a little like getting them to eat their vegetables.

1.   Make a study time and have it at the same time every day. This will help your kids to learn to schedule their day and will give them a sense of control over how they spend their time.

Allow them to study in blocks of time, such as for half an hour with a five-minute break in the middle.    2.   . Ideal （理想的）study times are after dinner or right after school before dinner.

Never allow your children to study in front of the television, as that will encourage passive activity.   3.

You’ll also need to help your kids find the right place to study. After you’ve set up a good study time for little learners, set up a good place where they can get those creative juices flowing.

4.   Make sure there is a table or a desk and a comfortable chair.

5.   This includes helping them out with their homework sometimes and being there for them with the answers to any questions. The input you give your children during study periods will help form a bond and help make studying enjoyable.

A. Pick a place where your children can study properly.

B. Hold them to the schedule they create for themselves.

C. Finally, spend time with your kids when they’re studying.

D. Keep the atmosphere light and offer lots of encouragement, too.

E. Instead, use TV as a treat or a reward when the homework is completed.

F. Try to stop this bad habit by offering some sort of reward.

G. One of the best ways to form good study habits for your kids is to design a schedule that they keep to.

单词拼写（每小题1分，共计10分）

1.I don’t like their _______(举止) towards me.

2.Taking his age into _______ （考虑）, he did it well.

3.The______(官方的) languages in Canada are English and French.

4.In autumn, the______(枫) trees turn red and look beautiful.

5.The ___（气氛）at home is depressing because of the fight.

6.The fire________ （蔓延）from the factory to the house nearby.

7.Now the price of the rice is_______ (逐渐的)rising

8.______(甜点)is usually served last for dinner.

9.Many patients have______(受益) from the new treatment and recovered.

10.The two boys try to keep the seesaw in______. (平衡)

短文改错（每小题1分，满分10分）

文章共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

 注意：1．每处错误及修改词均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不记分。

As an English beginner, I found difficult to read fast. It was because whenever I read I always try to translate every English word or sentence into Chinese after I could understand it. As a result of, it usually took me over 10 minutes to finish read a passage. To get it over, I read a lot. Firstly, you read the passage fast and answered the questions within six minutes. Secondly, I checked the answer to see which of them were wrong. Then I look up only those key new words to seeing why they were wrong. By this way, I have improved my reading speed a lot.

国际文化交流中心将组织一次各国学生参加的“和平、友谊” 夏令营活动，要求报名者提

交英文个人简历。假如你是王珊，请根据下列信息写一篇个人简历。

姓名：王珊     性别：女

年龄：16岁     学校：北京阳光中学

其他：爱好音乐、摄影；善于与人交流，乐于助人；热爱自然，热爱和平

参加夏令营目的：结交朋友，了解外国文化。

My name is Wang Shan.

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People often make         fun of him about his height, which makes         great difference in his life.

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

—Why did he say so?

—Sorry, I don’t understand        he has said means.

A. all what        B. what all        C. all that         D. that all

—It’s five years since I         here.

—Where do you work now?

A. work       B. worked         C. has worked         D.  had worked

It was not rare(???) in      that people in      fifties were going to school for further study.

A. 90s; the        B. the 90s; /          C. 90s; their        D. the 90s; their