B
Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon (外科医生) come out of the operating room. She asked, “How is my little boy? Is he all right? When can I see him?”
The surgeon said, “I’m sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn’t make it.”
Sally said, “Why? Doesn’t God care about him? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?”
The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he is carried to the university.”
Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said goodbye to her son.
“Would you like a lock (缕) of his hair?” the nurse asked.
Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the boy’s hair, put it in a bag and handed it to Sally. The mother said, “It was Jimmy’s idea to donate (捐赠) his body to the university for study. He said it might help somebody else. I said no at first, but Jimmy said, ‘Mom, I won’t be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his mom.’ ” She went on, “ ‘My Jimmy had a heart of gold, always thinking of someone else and always wanting to help others if he could.’ ”
For Sally, the drive home was difficult. It was even harder to enter the empty house. It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Lying beside her on the bed was a folded letter. The letter said, “Dear Mom, I know you’re going to miss me, but don’t think that I will ever forget you or stop loving you, just ’cause I’m not around to say I love you.”
Signed with love from: God, Jesus & Me
4. We can learn from Paragraph 1 that Sally was very .
A. loving B. anxious C. unlucky D. kind-hearted
5. The underlined word “he” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to .
A. one of the nurses B. another surgeon
C. God D. Jimmy
6. Why did Jimmy donate his body to the university?
A. To earn some money for his mother.
B. To make more people remember him.
C. To help those with the similar disease.
D. To help more and more poor students.
7. How did Sally feel when she reached home?
A. Calm. B. Worried. C. Sad. D. Tired.
A
Martin was now old. His father gave him a book without any pictures for his birthday. He noticed Martin was disappointed. He said, “Son, it isn’t just an old book. It’s a magic book. But to discover its magic, you’ll have to read it.”
Martin liked everything to do with magic. He started reading it, even though he wasn’t very interested. The next morning, his father asked him, “Have you found the magic? There was a key to find!” Martin ran off and looked through the book, but there was no sign of the key. He came back, very angry, but his father told him, “You won’t find it like that. You have to read the book.”
However, he stopped reading the book. Later, his sister, Angela, who was just a bit younger than him, asked him for the book so she could try reading it. After several days of trying to read it without great success, she shouted, “I’ve found it! I’ve found the key to the magic book!” And she would not stop talking about all the worlds and places she had visited using that magic key.
All the talk encouraged Martin to reread the book. At first he also thought there wasn’t one poor picture in the book. But gradually, Martin got interested in the brave prince’s life. Then, suddenly, he was there. The book itself was the key!
From then on, in every new book, he saw a new key to a thousand worlds and adventures (冒险). Martin never stopped traveling and traveling on those letters and words.
1. What do we know from Paragraph 1?
A. Martin’s family was very poor. B. Martin’s father didn’t love him.
C. Martin didn’t like reading books.
D. Martin wasn’t pleased about the gift.
2. Why could Angela NOT stop talking about all the worlds and places?
A. She liked reading picture books.
B. She wanted to show off.
C. The book interested her greatly.
D. She was encouraging her brother.
3. What do you think was the father’s purpose?
A. To help Martin discover the joys of reading.
B. To see which of the two children was cleverer.
C. To tell Martin the importance of a key.
D. To show he was a strict father.
七、书面表达
上周日是母亲节。假定你是李华，请给你的美国笔友John写一封信，谈谈你是如何与母亲一起度过这个特别的日子的。要点如下：
表述你与母亲之间的情感；当天你为母亲所做的事情；母亲与你当时的心情、想法等等。
注意：1. 词数80—100；
2. 请不要逐句翻译，可适当发挥；
3. 邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear John,
It was Mother’s Day last Sunday. It was a special day, wasn’t it ?_______________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What did you do on Mother’s Day? I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours,
Li Hua
52.It’s __________(possible) for you to study English well if you don’t work hard.
C) 用括号中所给动词的正确形式完成短文。
Li Wei, a 22-year-old young man is 53 (name) “ Strong Brother” by netizen(网民) . He walked on his knees all the way to the 2011 national college entrance examination room. He was born in a poor family in Shanxi province. But unluckily, a traffic accident 54 (take) away his legs when he was only 3 years old. His life 55 (change) since then. Without feet, he had to spend most of his time practising ______56 (walk) on his hands and knees. Everyone who sees Li Wei for the first tme is surprised _______57 (see) that he can easily play tennis or climb up stairs without feet. Now he is enjoying his college life. He always says, “ Follow your dream, and it 58 (come) true one day.”
51.Mark Twain was a ___________(humour) writer.
50.You can’t go on driving if you feel ___________(sleep).
49. Larry has put on too much weight because of his _________ diet. (health)
48. This is the _________ time for our school to hold the robot-making contest. (twelve)