With long brown hair, deep blue eyes, a tall and thin figure(身躯) Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor.He made his first appearance in a film in 1990.Though he was in the film for only 14 minutes, people flooded the cinema to see him.In his next film Pitt played the role of a fisherman.To make the film better, he learned the skill of fishing from a fisherman.

Pitt, caring more about roles than money, has a special favor for the “hard” roles.After reading the screenplay(剧本) of “Legends of the Fall”, he was attracted by the leading character.He asked for a lower pay from the shooting team and was willing to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months.“The film gives the chance to know life.I shall always remember the time when we were making the film,” Pitt said after completing it fully.

Pitt started his dream of art when he was in university.Though born in a common family in 1964, he showed his interest in film at an early age.After leaving high school, he went to university to study law.Because he loved film more than law, shortly before he could graduate, he dropped out for a life of his own, with only 325 dollars in hand, sometimes as a porter or a waiter.Thanks to his hard work, he finally opened up a new field of his own.

1.Pitt acted his first film at the age of        .

A．6                B．14               C．26               D．36

2.The underlined expression “a born actor” means        .

A．he was born in an actor family

B．he became an actor soon after he was born

C．he was an actor when he was born

D．he has a strong natural ability to be an actor

3.From the passage we know        .

A．Pitt became known as an actor at an early age.

B．To achieve his goal, Pitt suffered a lot before success

C．it was wrong of Pitt not to finish his university education

D．In order to develop his interest, Pitt failed to enter university

4.Which of the following words can best describe the character of Pitt?

A．Devoted.          B．Generous.         C．Selfish.           D．Mean.

Popular music in America is what every student likes.Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch.Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.

Adult drivers listen to the car radio as they drive to work.They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people.Most of the radio programmes are music.

Pop or popular music singers make much money.They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places.Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes.Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer.Wherever the singer goes , all the young people want to meet him or her.Now the singer has became a national star.

There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans.One is called folk music.It tells stories about the common life of Americans.Another is called western or country music.This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows when they were watching.Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.

1.________  kinds of music are mentioned in the passage?

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

2.When pop singers _________, they will become national stars.

A．make much money                      B．make a CD or tape

C．are loved by all the young people           D．are wanted to sing on the radio

3.From the passage we know that country music is about ________

A．common life about Americans              B．country life and love story

C．life of cowboys                         D．school life in America

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Most students in America like popular music

B．Students with cars in America like to listen to music while driving

C．Adult drivers in America listen to music all the time while driving.

D．Everyone in America wants to meet pop sing

Almost everyone suffers from a headache sometimes.But some people suffer from repeated, frequent headaches.

What is headache? What causes it? What can be done about a headache? What research is being done on headaches?

The dictionary defines(下定义) headache simply as “a pain in the head.” What most people mean by headache is a pain which lasts several minutes or hours.It covers the whole head, or one side of it, or perhaps the front or the back of the head.To add to the confusion(困惑) about a definition, some people call tight feeling in the head a headache.

A headache is important because it can be the first warning of a serious condition which probably could be controlled if discovered early.If a person removes the warning, day after day, with a pain-killer, he may pass the point of easy control.

The professional name for covering up a symptom(症状) is “masking” (遮蔽).A headache specialist once said, “Masking symptoms is not the best way of treatment.” He compared taking a pain-killer for a headache before a cause is known with taking iron pills for anemia(贫血症) while bleeding continues undiscovered.He added, “Sometimes it is wiser to stand still than to advance in darkness.”

A headache is important also because it affects normal, happy living.The employee with a headache does less work.In a flash of temper he may upset his fellow workers or customers, causing a direct or indirect loss to his organization.The mother with a headache suffers and disturbs the family.She upsets her husband and children.

1.Which is true according to the passage?

A．Headache has no effect on others.

B．Headache may cover the whole body.

C．Headache may last several minutes or hours.

D．Headache is just the tight feeling in the head.

2.The sentence underlined in Paragraph 5 means ______.

A．you should not advance in darkness whatever happens

B．you’d better do nothing before you know how to deal with it

C．you’d better still stand there without moving when it is dark at night

D．you should take some pain-killers for your headache if you want to cover it up

3.What may the writer talk about in the following paragraph?

A．Treatments of headaches                 B．The definition of headaches

C．Symptom of headaches                   D．Bad effects of a headache

4.The passage mainly tells us______.

A．the reason of headache

B．headache and its effect

C．everyone suffers from a headache

D．a headache is a symptom of something serious

短文填词。（共10小题，满分10分。）

Father and I left early．These shopping trips used to be Mother’s

business，so it was       (不寻常的)for us to go into town       1.       

t       ．We waited for over an hour before the bus drove up     2.       

finally．Father was        (有礼貌的)and stood by while others    3.       

all climbed onto it，so by the time we got         ，there were no 4.       

s       ．We had to stand all the way into town．At last we arrived，5.       

cold and       (疲惫)．“I’m hungry，”I said．Father took me to6.        

a r      for lunch．We were preparing to visit my grandmother，7.       

who lived in a cold  __(北方的)province。So we decided        8.________                                                                 

to get some clothes．We went from shop to shop，and b     shoes．9.        

It was very late       we visited the last shop for my coat． 10.      

单词拼写（共10小题，满分5分）

1.He stared at the picture with _____________(好奇心).

2.Reading more books is of great  _____________(益处)to children.

3.They are ____________(寻找)for solutions to the problems.

4.When the man got drunk, he became very ____________(粗暴).

5.Smoking has a  __________(有害的) effect on our health.

6.At that time people would s________ if food was difficult to find.

7.On the a_________  of the famous singer ,all his fans became excited.

8.Some people might win a____________ for their farm produce, such as the biggest watermelon.

9.He a_________  to his teacher for being so rude.

10.Try to keep a b____________ between work and relaxation.

短句翻译（共26空，满分13分）

1.___________  __________ .The people all over the country will help you rebuild  your homes.

振作起来,全国人民都会帮助你们重建家园的。

2.They are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere , which  ________ heat  ______  ________from the earth into space.

他们把过多的二氧化碳释放到大气层中，这阻止了地球上的热量释放到太空去。

3.You should never  _________  ________ when driving a car.

开车时绝对不应冒险。

4.He could not __________   ___________ his absence from school.

他不能对他没去上学作出解释。

5.It doesn’t seem ugly to me; _______   ________  _______ , I think it’s rather  beautiful.

对我来说，这一点都不丑。正相反，我认为相当美。

6.She did not look happy but ________  __________  him .

她瞪着他，看上去很不高兴。

7.Harry has been out of work for six months, so he has difficulty in _________  _______   ___________. 

Harry 失业6个月了，因此他已经生活很困难了,难以谋生了。

8.I had been waiting for you in the cold wind for 3 hours, but you didn’t_________  _______ .

我在寒风中等了你3个小时，但是你还没出现。

9.I  ________  ________for the company earlier in order to avoid the heavy traffic.

为了避开拥挤的交通，我早早动身去公司了。

10.She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would _________  _______  __________.

她说她会7点钟到那儿，而且他认为她会遵守诺言的。

11.I don’t want them to  _________ me  _______ her .

我不想因为它们而想起她来。

书面表达（满分15分）

假如你是陈刚。国际中学生友谊俱乐部根据你的请求，把一名美国中学生杰克介绍给你。      

希望你们成为笔友。现由你给杰克写信，信的内容要点如下：

1.个人简况：今年16岁, 高一学生，就读于于广州一中。 2.业余爱好：读书，打篮球，  上网(已六年)，尤其喜欢玩网络游戏——“魔兽世界”。3.希望了解：美国中学生的校内外生活；他们最喜欢和最不喜欢的事；家长如何看待学生的学习成绩。 4.希望对方回信，或发电子邮件。你的邮箱地址：chengang@vip.sina.com

注意：①词数100左右； ②开头已给出，不用重复写；③参考词汇： 玩网络游戏: play     

online games   魔兽世界: World of Warcraft     学习成绩: study results

Dear Jack,

How are you? I was very happy to receive your letter and I’d very much like to be  

your pen pal._____________________________________________________

Yours,

Chen Gang

— Tom, Miss Lee asked you to go to her office as soon as you arrived.

— ____ What did she say?

A．I’ve got it.                            B．I beg your pardon?

C．Excuse me.                            D．Thank you.

 You should thank Peter. It was he who finally ____ your son to stop smoking and playing computer games.

A．persuaded        B．promised          C．advised           D．suggested

 The students asked ____.

A．when is the sports meeting going to be held

B．when the sports meeting is going to be held

C．if was the sports meeting going to be held

D．if the sports meeting was going to be held