第三部分  阅读理解（共20 小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

   Amanda took whatever pills she could get, largely because she was finding life hard to take. “There were a lot of problems,” she says. She had just found out that her parents were splitting(分开). It took her by surprise—and she was shocked. “I woke up one morning, and they told me.”

   “On a few occasions during my two years of going to pharming parties(品药聚会), my heart would race so fast it felt like it was going to explode. I felt weak and confused sometimes and even passed out several times,” she recalls. “But I picked up from the ground because I had a lot of pride in my drinking and drugging. I was really crazy about it and proud of the fact that I could take more than a lot of people.”

   Finally, though, things got out of control. “I couldn’t go a day without taking something,” she recalls, “and after a while, the pills upset my stomach; it hurt all the time, and I hardly ate. Finally, I couldn’t take it any more. I went to my parents and told them I needed help.”

   Amanda entered a treatment program and has been calm since her release last January. “Detox(戒瘾) was the worst four days of my entire life,” she says. “I was throwing up all the food and had the shakes.”

   She doesn’t care about drugs. “I’m so hurt from this,” says Amanda, who has ulcers(溃疡) and damaged kidneys from the drugs and alcohol. “I have to struggle daily to stay calm. But in some ways, I feel lucky I went through it, and I’m out of it now.” Amanda wrote a song called “Goodnight to the Moonlight”. Amanda says, “It’s about how it feels to be taking drugs and alcohol, how it hurts, how it makes you feel like you’re losing yourself.”

56. The purpose of writing this passage is to tell us that _______.

A. parents have a great influence on their children

B. drugs are a danger to our health and mind

C. once determined, you will face no difficulty

D. once formed, bad habits are hard to get rid of

57. From the second paragraph we can learn that Amanda_______.

A. was bored with her behavior

B. never felt frightened or ashamed of taking pills

C. took pride in taking much more drugs

D. was so strong in body that she never felt tired

58. After taking drugs, Amanda _______.

A. found out that her parents were splitting

B. found her lungs were damaged

C. was forced to enter a treatment program

D. She felt confused and almost broke down

59. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.

A. Amanda had such a strong will that she didn’t lose herself

B. Amanda’s song expressed her thanks and delight

C. Detox was not really a success to Amanda

D. drugs and alcohol ruined Amanda’s health as well as her spirit

第三部分  阅读理解（共20 小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

   Amanda took whatever pills she could get, largely because she was finding life hard to take. “There were a lot of problems,” she says. She had just found out that her parents were splitting(分开). It took her by surprise—and she was shocked. “I woke up one morning, and they told me.”

   “On a few occasions during my two years of going to pharming parties(品药聚会), my heart would race so fast it felt like it was going to explode. I felt weak and confused sometimes and even passed out several times,” she recalls. “But I picked up from the ground because I had a lot of pride in my drinking and drugging. I was really crazy about it and proud of the fact that I could take more than a lot of people.”

   Finally, though, things got out of control. “I couldn’t go a day without taking something,” she recalls, “and after a while, the pills upset my stomach; it hurt all the time, and I hardly ate. Finally, I couldn’t take it any more. I went to my parents and told them I needed help.”

   Amanda entered a treatment program and has been calm since her release last January. “Detox(戒瘾) was the worst four days of my entire life,” she says. “I was throwing up all the food and had the shakes.”

   She doesn’t care about drugs. “I’m so hurt from this,” says Amanda, who has ulcers(溃疡) and damaged kidneys from the drugs and alcohol. “I have to struggle daily to stay calm. But in some ways, I feel lucky I went through it, and I’m out of it now.” Amanda wrote a song called “Goodnight to the Moonlight”. Amanda says, “It’s about how it feels to be taking drugs and alcohol, how it hurts, how it makes you feel like you’re losing yourself.”

56. The purpose of writing this passage is to tell us that _______.

A. parents have a great influence on their children

B. drugs are a danger to our health and mind

C. once determined, you will face no difficulty

D. once formed, bad habits are hard to get rid of

57. From the second paragraph we can learn that Amanda_______.

A. was bored with her behavior

B. never felt frightened or ashamed of taking pills

C. took pride in taking much more drugs

D. was so strong in body that she never felt tired

58. After taking drugs, Amanda _______.

A. found out that her parents were splitting

B. found her lungs were damaged

C. was forced to enter a treatment program

D. She felt confused and almost broke down

59. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.

A. Amanda had such a strong will that she didn’t lose herself

B. Amanda’s song expressed her thanks and delight

C. Detox was not really a success to Amanda

D. drugs and alcohol ruined Amanda’s health as well as her spirit

Amanda took whatever pills she could get, largely because she was finding life hard to take. “There were a lot of problems,” she says. She had just found out that her parents were splitting(分开). It took her by surprise—and she was shocked. “I woke up one morning, and they told me.”
“On a few occasions during my two years of going to pharming parties(品药聚会), my heart would race so fast it felt like it was going to explode. I felt weak and confused sometimes and even passed out several times,” she recalls. “But I picked up from the ground because I had a lot of pride in my drinking and drugging. I was really crazy about it and proud of the fact that I could take more than a lot of people.”
Finally, though, things got out of control. “I couldn’t go a day without taking something,” she recalls, “and after a while, the pills upset my stomach; it hurt all the time, and I hardly ate. Finally, I couldn’t take it any more. I went to my parents and told them I needed help.”
Amanda entered a treatment program and has been calm since her release last January. “Detox(戒瘾) was the worst four days of my entire life,” she says. “I was throwing up all the food and had the shakes.”
She doesn’t care about drugs. “I’m so hurt from this,” says Amanda, who has ulcers(溃疡) and damaged kidneys from the drugs and alcohol. “I have to struggle daily to stay calm. But in some ways, I feel lucky I went through it, and I’m out of it now.” Amanda wrote a song called “Goodnight to the Moonlight”. Amanda says, “It’s about how it feels to be taking drugs and alcohol, how it hurts, how it makes you feel like you’re losing yourself.”

1. 1.

   The purpose of writing this passage is to tell us that _______.

   1. A.
      parents have a great influence on their children
   2. B.
      drugs are a danger to our health and mind
   3. C.
      once determined, you will face no difficulty
   4. D.
      once formed, bad habits are hard to get rid of
2. 2.

   From the second paragraph we can learn that Amanda_______.

   1. A.
      was bored with her behavior
   2. B.
      never felt frightened or ashamed of taking pills
   3. C.
      took pride in taking much more drugs
   4. D.
      was so strong in body that she never felt tired
3. 3.

   After taking drugs, Amanda _______.

   1. A.
      found out that her parents were splitting
   2. B.
      found her lungs were damaged
   3. C.
      was forced to enter a treatment program
   4. D.
      She felt confused and almost broke down
4. 4.

   It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.

   1. A.
      Amanda had such a strong will that she didn’t lose herself
   2. B.
      Amanda’s song expressed her thanks and delight
   3. C.
      Detox was not really a success to Amanda
   4. D.
      drugs and alcohol ruined Amanda’s health as well as her spirit

    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, 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 ready for revision, later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal 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 four 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（投入）in without delay.

56．The meaning of “stretch” in the underlined part is the same as that in sentence “       ”.

A．The forests in the north of the province stretch for hundreds of miles.

B．Bob worked as a government official for a stretch of over twenty years.

C．My family wasn’t wealthy by any stretch of the imagination.

D．During his senior year his earnings far enough to buy an old car.

57．Which of the following statements is true?

　　A．The writer didn’t completely take the teacher’s words to heart at first.

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

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

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

58．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．can find sufficient time for mental preparations beforehand, so he's devoted to work   instantly

59．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 AdviceIs Most Valuable

第二节：书面表达（满分30分）

近段时间你发现校园内浪费现象严重，请你在班会上发表演讲，谈谈你所看到的浪费现象及危害，并就这一现象发表个人见解。

注意：1。词数120左右；

2。演讲的开头已写好，不记入总词数。

参考词汇：食堂canteen  给某人增加经济负担add financial burden to sb

Dear friends,

May I have your attention, please? Now I’d like to make a speech here。 Nowadays, some of us students have formed some bad habits in our school。 For example,