“Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.

I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.

I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly.

She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.

1. When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was _______.

A．at home          B．sleeping           C．sitting in bed       D．both A and B

2. The author saved the baby _____.

A．because he was very brave.

B．because he liked the baby very much.

C．but he just happened to save it.

D．because it was the Mayor’s baby.

3.He ran in the wrong direction because he _______.

A．was a stranger there                     B．could see nothing

C．was not completely awake                 D．Both A and C

4. He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ______.

A．save the baby                          B．call for help

C．protect his face                         D．run quickly

My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in values that helped me grow into an adult.

For instance, Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game, it was Steve who took the time to ask me what happened. When I explained that my baseball had soared through Mrs. Holt’s basement window, breaking the glass with a crash, Steve encouraged me to confess（承认）to her. After all, I should have been playing in the park down Fifth Street and not in the path between buildings. Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs. Holt, I offered to pay for the window from my pocket money if she would return my ball. I also learned from Steve that personal property is a sacred（神圣的） thing. After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else in spite of the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much I’d hate to lose to someone else the small dog that my father carved from a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, Mrs. Davids, and still remembered the smell of her perfume as she patted me on my shoulder.

Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most vivid in my mind. When I was twelve, I killed an old brown sparrow in the yard with a BB gun. Excited with my accuracy, I screamed to Steve to come from the house to take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and stared at the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes firm, “The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is if it hurts you first. And then you think a long, long time.” I really felt terrible then, but that moment stands out as the most important lesson my brother taught me.

1. What is the main subject of the passage?

A．The relationship between Mark and Steve.

B．The important lesson Mark learned in school

C．Steve’s important role in mark’s growing process.

D．Mark and Steve’s respect for living things.

2. It can be inferred from the passage that when Mark confessed to Mrs. Holt, __________.

A．he felt surprised                        B．he was light-hearted

C．he felt frightened                       D．he knelt before her

3.In the story about the pen, which of the following lessons did Steve teach his brother?

A．Respect for personal property.

B．Respect for life.

C．Sympathy for people with problems.

D．The value of honesty.

4. According to the writer, which was the most important lesson Steve taught his young brother?

A．Respect for living things.

B．Responsibility for one’s actions.

C．The value of the honesty.

D．Care for the property of others.

5.Which of the follow is true according to the passage?

A．Mark was still a boy when he wrote this passage.

B．Mark lost the small dog his father carved somewhere.

C．When a living thing hurts you, you should kill it.

D．Even if a living thing hurts you, you should not kill it without hesitation.

任务型读写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

Are you tired of the same old schedule on Mother’s Day? Well, here are some new ideas to help you enjoy that special day with your mother.

While it seems almost a tradition to take your mother out for dinner on Mother’s Day, perhaps this year you could try something else. You could invite her to a restaurant before or after the actual day. This way you don’t have to fight the crowds, and the prices will be lower.

Take your mother out for a picnic lunch if the weather is nice. You and she can enjoy the cool breeze under the shade of a tree while having a nice meal that you have made for her. Be sure to pack some of her favorite foods.

Another idea would be to invite your mother to go bowling(打保龄球). Even if she has never bowled in her life, trying something new is always interesting.

You could treat her to a movie she is dying to see, and make sure you buy her all the popcorn and candies she can eat. If you are a male, the chances are you won’t like the movie she wants to see, so instead you could go to the mall and get your picture taken with your mother, which she can proudly display in her house.

Take her to a spa on Mother’s Day. She has been working so hard and needs a way to release her stress.

If she doesn’t want to go to a spa, buy her special soaps and oils so she can relax herself in her own tub. There are various types of soaps and oils with delicious flavors available. You could also buy her some scented (芬芳的) candles that she could light by her tub to make the atmosphere peaceful.

No matter what you choose, make sure you do something special for the woman who took care of you for so long.

Title: Special ideas for Mother’s Day

Problem                    Be tired of the same old schedule on Mother’s Day.

1) _______                  Go out for dinner before or after Mother’s Day   Avoid the (2) ______

Have lower prices

Go out for a (3) ______ lunch    Enjoy the cool breeze under the shade of a tree

Enjoy a nice meal that you have made for her

                           Invite her to go bowling          Something new is always (4) ________

                           See a (5) ______ or take a photo with her She can proudly display the (6) ______ in her house.

                           Take her to a (7) _____          She needs a way to release her stress.

                           Buy her special (8) _____ and oils and scented candles    She can relax in her tub and enjoy the (9) ______ atmosphere.

Conclusion                   Make sure you do something (10) ____ for your mother.

书面表达（25分）

假定你是李华，请以“节约------从身边做起”（Save in everyday life)为题.给China Daily写一封信，呼吁厉行节约。

要点：1.世界许多地方缺水、缺油、缺资源。

2.许多人浪费了大量的资源，并且污染越来越严重。

3.积极参加行动节约从自我做起（上学骑自行车或步行；吃饭不用一次性筷子；用纸要用两面等等）

1. 覆盖以上内容，可作适当发挥；    

2. 发言的开头和结尾已给出（不计入总词数）；      3. 词数：120左右。

Dear Editor,

I am writing to call on more people to save in our daily life.________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Yours

Li  Hua.

As a film star she was a success, but as a wife she was ______ failure, so their marriage ended in ______ failure.

A．/; /              B．/; a              C．a; a              D．a; /

Our class _______ 55 students at that time.

A．consisted of       B．consists of         C．made up of        D．was consisting of

_________ by the beautiful scenery of the west Lake, the foreigners decided to spend another two days in Hangzhou.

A．Attracting         B．Attracted          C．To be attracted     D．Having Attracted.

The ___ look on the girl’s face suggested that she ___ such bad news.

A．surprising, would expect

B．surprised, should expect

C．surprising, shouldn’t have been expected

D．surprised, hadn’t expected

I would appreciate ________ if you could teach me how to use the computer.

A．that              B．this              C．it                D．you