I must have been about fourteen then, and I put away the incident from my mind with the easy carelessness of youth. But the words, Carl Walter spoke that day, came back to me years later, and ever since have been of great value to me.

    Carl Walter was my piano teacher. During one of my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing. I said three or four hours a day.

     "Do you practice in long stretches（一段时间）, an hour at a time?"

     "I try to.”

     "Well, don't,” he exclaimed. “When you grow up, time won't come in long stretches. Practice in minutes, whenever you can find them five or ten before school, after lunch, between household tasks. Spread the practice through the day, and piano-playing will become a part of your life."

When I was teaching at Columbia, I wanted to write, but class periods, theme-reading, and committee meetings filled my days and evenings. For two years I got practically nothing down on paper, and my excuse was that I had no time. Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said. During the next week I conducted an experiment. Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied, I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so. To my astonishment, at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript（手稿）ready for revision, later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal（零碎的） method. Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever, in every day there were idle moments which could be caught and put to use. I even took up piano--playing again, finding that the small intervals of the day provided sufficient time for both writing and piano practice.

    There is an important trick in this time--using formula: you must get into your work quickly. If you have but five minutes for writing, you can't afford to waste it in chewing your pencil. You must make your mental preparations beforehand, and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes. Fortunately, rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize.

     I admit I have never learnt how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes. But life can be counted on to supply interruptions. Carl Walter has had a tremendous influence on my life. To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay.

1. What is the best title of this passage?

   A. Concentrate on Your Work                           B. A Little at a Time

C. How I Became a Writer                                        D. Good Advice

2. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The writer owes great thanks to his teacher for teaching him to work in long stretches.

B. Carl Walter has had a great influence on the writer’s life since he became a student.

C. The writer didn't take the teacher's words to heart at first.

D. Rapid concentration is actually more difficult than most people imagine.

3. The underlined part "counted on" can he replaced by____.

A. enriched                B. concentrated              C. valued                   D. expected

4. We can infer that the writer           . 

    A. has new books published each year however busy his teaching is

    B. is always tired of interruptions in life because his teaching schedule is always heavy

    C. has formed a bad habit of chewing a pencil while writing his novels

    D. makes mental preparations beforehand, so he’s devoted to work instantly

第II卷（非选择题，共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文填词（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据上下文内容、英文解释或首字母，在所给的空白处填上适当的词。（每空限填1个词）

‘Don't be always particular about your present work.’

My mother said to me softly, "as a matter of f  76   you        76. ____________

have done well and made great _77__(成就）in your work.       77. ____________

"My face turned red on hearing   78   my mother said.        78. _____________

She is right. Many others are w   79  off than me, but           79. _____________

they are likely to be content __80__their life and be happy        80. _____________

most of   81_ time.  I feel down with my situation just           81. _____________

because I seldom __82__(交流) with others and it seems         82. _____________

as if I am c  83  off the outside world. I should have            83. _____________

known when to hold fast and when to let go, w_84__           84. _____________

can help me avoid feeling great pressure and _85  (沮丧).        85. ____________

I will get close to leading a happy life.

第四部分：书面表达（25分）

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写作内容应包括以下要点:

 1. 说明自己有资格担任此家庭教师，是学校的优秀学生，各科成绩优秀

 2. 有充分系统的备考资料，深刻的备考高考体会乐意与他人分享

 3. 自己在校时积极参与各项活动，善于与他人相处

参考词汇：

  优秀学生one of the top ten students

高考备考资料materials for the preparation of the College Entrance Examination

注意：

可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；2．词数120左右；

3．信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入词数中

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When _______cruel man was hurting the children, there were no adults around who were able to stop______hurting.

A. the, the      B. the, 不填        C. a,   不填     D.a, a

 The parade went_______the streets to celebrate the traditional festival.

A. across       B. by              C. through       D. towards

_______ in the leg made it impossible for him to walk home.

   A. Injured      B. Having injured    C. To be injured   D. Being injured

 -----Why can’t you answer my question? I gave you some tips just now.

   -----Sorry. I ______a magazine.

A. read         B. had read          C.was reading    D. am reading

A modern city has been built in______was a small fishing village.

A. where        B. that             C. what          D. which

 The 2010 World Expo in Shanghai is_____ to any other fair held in China this year.

A. important     B.superior          C. senior         D. significant

. My first summer vocation in the high school, _______I spent a fortnight on the farm, is really unforgettable.

A. when         B. that            C. which         D. the one