When I was twelve years old I wanted nothing more than to be accepted onto a club baseball team. If I made a team like that I would be playing with the best competition for my age in Massachusetts and some teams from all over the country. I have always had a great understanding of the game and played very well but never at that level. I played baseball all summer and it was time for tryouts（选拔赛） in the fall. The team I tried out for was the South Shore Baseball Club or “The Seadogs.” On the field I was very nervous and didn’t play as well as I knew I could. A week later I received a letter saying “Thank you for participating （参加）in our tryout, however we have a limited（有限的） amount of spots on our club and we will not be inviting you to play on the team. Better luck next year.”

After they sent me that letter I stopped playing competitive baseball. I only played for my town baseball team. ①很幸运地是，我遇到了爸爸是教练的Jimmy Perron, 一个很棒的球员。 He thought I was good at baseball. Soon, I got to another tryout. I tried my absolute（完全地） hardest and did well.

About one week later, a letter came to my house.② I couldn’t wait to cut it open and read, “James, you are invited to play for the Mass Pride Baseball organization in the ’09season.” I had reached my goal. But it doesn’t end there. I already have a new goal. I hope to be able to play ball on the college level someday.

任务一：请根据材料内容，回答1，2题。

1. Why was I always crazy about baseball when I was young?

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2. What did I do after being refused to be in the baseball club?

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任务二：请将材料中①处的中文句子翻译成英文。

3. _______________________________________________________________

任务三：请将材料中②处的英文句子翻译成中文。

4. _______________________________________________________________

任务四：请给这篇材料加一个合适的标题。

5. _______________________________________________________________

A teacher was giving a lesson to his students on stress management (压力). He raised a glass of   1  and asked the students, “How  2 do you think this glass of water is?”
The students’­  3  ranged from 20g to 500g.
“It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you  4  it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour , I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it   5   a day, you will have to call an ambulance(救护车). It is the exact same weight, but the   6  I hold it, the heavier it becomes.
“If we    7  our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier.
“__8_you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up  _9_.”
We have to  10 the burden from time to time, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
So  11 you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it  12  home. You13  pick it up tomorrow.   14  burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
Life is   15  , enjoy it.

单词拼写。（共10小题，计10分）
根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。
【小题1】 E_________ more vegetables is good for our health.
【小题2】Because of his i_________, he didn’t come to school yesterday.
【小题3】A_________ he is very old, he still exercises every day.
【小题4】 There are many d_________ between the pictures.
【小题5】 B_________ in yourself. You can do it very well.
【小题6】 The station is five k_________ away from my house.
【小题7】 It’s 30 m_________ walk for them to go to school.
【小题8】 How much we are paid d_________ on how hard we work.
【小题9】The foreigner, Mr Smith, takes a great i_________ in Chinese culture.
【小题10】 Have you read the i_________ on the label (标签) carefully?

单词拼写。根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题卷上按题号写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。

1.One of the rules is that all the students must pay a________ to their teachers in class.

2.A k________ person is a person who knows a lot about everything.

3.My mother p________ coffee to tea. But I like tea a lot.

4.I won’t go to his birthday party u________ I am invited.

5.The old man lives alone and aren’t happy these days. Let’s go to see him and c________ him up.

6.He told his mother he needed a mobile phone, but she gave a d________ ear.

7.When he got to school, he found the classroom was e________. He realized it was Sunday.

8.There are many a________ and modern things on display in the museum.

9.---W________ backpack is it?

--- I don’t know. Let’s ask them and find the owner.

10.My bike is broken. I’ll get it r________ this weekend.