…That’s my second piece of advice, very simple: Don’t make excuses. Take responsibility not just for your successes; take responsibility where you fall short as well.
Now, the truth is, no matter how hard you work, you’re not going to ace (取得好成绩) every class. You’re not going to succeed the first time you try something. There are going to be times when you screw up (弄糟). There will be times where you hurt people you love. There will be times when you make a mistake and you stray (偏离) from the values that you hold most deeply.
And when that happens, it’s the easiest thing in the world to start looking around for somebody else to blame. Your professor was too hard; the coaches were playing favorites; your friend just didn’t understand.
No, but this is an easy habit to get into. You see it every day in Washington — every day -—folks calling each other names, making all sorts of accusations on television. Everybody is always pointing a finger at somebody else. You notice that?
Now, this community could have easily gone down that road. This community could have made excuses — well, our kids have fewer advantages, our schools have fewer resources — how can we compete? You could have spent years pointing fingers— blaming parents, blaming teachers, blaming the principal , blaming the superintendent.
But that’s — Class of 2010, I want you to pay attention on this because that’s not what happened. Instead, this community was honest with itself about where you were falling short. You decided to do better, push your kids harder, open their minds wider, expose them to all kinds of ideas and people and experiences.
So, graduates, I hope you’ll continue those efforts. Don’t make excuses. And I hope that wherever you go, you won’t narrow the broad intellectual and social exposure you’ve had here at Kalamazoo Central — instead, seek to expand it. Don’t just hang out with people who look like you or share your political views. Broaden your circle to include people with different backgrounds and life experiences, because that’s how you’ll end up learning what it’s like to walk in somebody else’s shoes. That’s how you’ll come to understand the challenges other people face.
And this is not just an academic exercise. It’s a way to broaden your ambit (范围) of concern and learn to see yourselves in each other.
—adapted from US President Barack Obama’s graduation ceremony speech at the Kalamazoo Central High School.
【小题1】 The underlined words “fall short” in Paragraph 1 probably mean         .

第二节  信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请将答案填涂在答题卡

Dear Wang Ming,

I received your email yesterday. You asked me what I was doing recently. To tell you the truth, I am learning Chinese by myself. I want to go to Beijing this summer, but I don’t know how to learn it well. Could you give me some advice?

I am looking forward to your early reply.

                                                                   Yours,

                                                                   David

假如你叫王明，请根据David的来信，用英文给他写一封回信，介绍学习中文的方法，提出你的建议。要点如下：

汉语很有用。

尽可能多地记中国字。

训练听力。

用汉语与你周围的人交流。

多读多写很重要。

不要逐字翻译，可根据实际情况适当增加或删减要点。字数控制在100字以内。

Dear David,

     I’m glad to know that you’ll come to Beijing.

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      Looking forward to seeing you in Beijing.

                                                                                    Yours,

                                                                                Wang Ming

完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

"I am going to have a dance performance tonight." Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face, saying, “I hope you'll come. ” She left   31    , disappearing in the throngs of people quickly.

I could hardly believe my ears, for Mary was a quite ordinary girl. I had never seen her   32  or wearing attractive clothes, moreover, she always wore her big black-frame glasses.

I arrived at the hall with the ticket, and found my seat. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would suffer from a hard time before her   33   , for I had no   34   of art, but her performance was worth  35 , no matter how long I would wait for. Time went slowly, I                                36    not to fall asleep.

Finally it came Mary’s turn. I opened my eyes as large as possible,   37    to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared on the glorious stage. Her dress went well with the brilliant lights. I could feel all the audience in the hall   38   their eyes on her and it was also   39    for me to remove my sights from her.    40     with a charming smile, she looked like a pretty butterfly flying on the splendid     41   . After all the performances ended, I waited for her at the gate.

"Hi!" She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and dressed as she used to be, but the making-up still could be seen. I expressed     42   to her. "I knew it would be wonderful." She could not hide her    43   , laughing like a child. Her crystal shoes were shinning in the wonderful    44    night. Suddenly I    45     that every girl has a pair of special shoes like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.

A. hurriedly      B. worriedly        C. surprisedly      D. contentedly

A. taking up      B. making up        C. coming up        D. getting up

 A. time         B. chance           C. turn         D. occasion

 A. request       B. need         C. use          D. sense

A. watching       B. reading      C. listening        D. looking

 A. handled       B. dealt            C. fought           D. struggled

 A. fearing       B. wishing      C. wondering        D. ordering

A. attended       B. absorbed     C. fixed            D. pointed

A. right          B. easy         C. wrong            D. hard

A. Singing        B. Practising       C. Playing      D. Dancing

A. stage           B. hall         C. house            D. gate

A. thanks     B. wishes           C. congratulations  D. apologies

A. sadness        B. excitement       C. enjoyment        D. eagerness

A. starry         B. rainy            C. cloudy           D. stormy

 A. thought       B. realized     C. expected     D. supposed