一、选择填空。（共10小题，每小题2分，计20分）

（ ）1. —Do you like Steven Spielberg’s movie？

—It ______.

A. decides B. controls C. shows D. depends

（ ）2. —Were there any people in the house when the fire started？

—There were three. Luckily， the mother escaped from the fire ______ her two children.

A. up to B. away from C. along with D. except for

（ ）3. —Have you ever been to a movie recently？

—Well， I am as busy as a bee and can’t ______ time for a movie.

A. spare B. forget C. avoid D. lose

（ ）4. —Those people who are climbing the mountain must be doing it for fun.

—You’re wrong. They are ______ mountain climbers.

A. valuable B. interesting C. serious D. humorous

（ ）5. —I don’t know if anyone will have interest in my book.

—You’ll be successful only if you _______ writing.

A. used to B. prefer to C. belong to D. stick to

（ ）6. —Jenny wants to know where they are living after they get married.

—But her boyfriend always avoids the ______ of the house.

A. subject B. price C. address D. information

（ ）7. —Have you noticed Amy fought with Alice and they were angry with each other？

—Of course. I feel that I can no longer ______ and do nothing.

A. talk back B. give back C. pay back D. sit back

（ ）8. —How often do you go to a concert？

—Once in a ______， you know， I am spending more time on studies now.

A. place B. while C. corner D. group

（ ）9. —Did your teacher ______ you for your good job？

—Maybe he’s just forgotten.

A. celebrate B. blame C. praise D. teach

（ ）10. —You haven’t brought your son to your parents since his birth.

—But they called， saying they had in their mind a ______ of what my son should look

like.

A. picture B. word C. child D. shock

二、完形填空。（共15小题，每小题2分，计30分）

When I was small， my mom used to give the family a funny special treat from time to time—she would make breakfast food for dinner. She had been at work all day but wanted to do something special for us all.

One evening long ago， Mom 1 a plate of eggs， sausage and very burnt toasts in front of my dad. I waited to see if anyone 2 . But Dad just took his toast smiled at Mom and asked me how my 3 at school had been. I don’t remember what I told him that night， but I do remember 4 him put butter and jelly on that toast. He ate it up as usual.

After dinner， I remember hearing my mom apologize （道歉） to my dad for burning the toasts. And I will never 5 what he said， “Honey， I love burned toasts.”

Later that night， I went to 6 Daddy good night and I asked him whether he really liked his toasts burned. He 7 me in his arms and said， “Your mommy worked very hard today and she is really tired. And besides， a bit of burnt toast never 8 anyone！”

“Life is full of imperfect things. Nobody is 9 either. I’m not the best at anything， but I have 10 something important over the years. We need to accept each other’s faults. We need to celebrate each other’s differences. These two things are the keys to 11 a healthy， growing and lasting relationship.

This rule goes for any relationship—friends， family， workmates， the people you meet on the bus. 12 is the basis （基础） of everything， whether between a husband and wife， a parent and child or just between two friends.

Don’t put the key to your 13 in someone else’s pocket. Keep it in your own. And don’t get 14 if the toast gets burnt. Remember， burnt toast never hurt anyone. It’s the kind thoughts that 15 ， and the people with those kind thoughts who make life worth living.

（ ）1. A. dropped B. threw C. carried D. placed

（ ）2. A. invented B. noticed C. preferred D. understood

（ ）3. A. score B. action C. homework D. day

（ ）4. A. finding B. watching C. asking D. visiting

（ ）5. A. repeat B. miss C. forget D. lose

（ ）6. A. tell B. kiss C. visit D. shake

（ ）7. A. took B. brought C. hid D. carried

（ ）8. A. influence B. kill C. hurt D. beat

（ ）9. A. believable B. real C. rich D. perfect

（ ）10. A. learned B. remembered C. researched D. studied

（ ）11. A. discovering B. creating C. opening D. deciding

（ ）12. A. Discussing B. Competing C. Admiring D. Understanding

（ ）13. A. happiness B. future C. life D. confidence

（ ）14. A. excited B. impressed C. proud D. upset

（ ）15. A. succeed B. escape C. matter D. appear

三、阅读理解。（共10小题，每小题2分，计20分）

A

That warm day was the only day of the week without rain. I opened the door， took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine. Suddenly， I noticed that the house near mine had been sold. An elderly lady was in front of the door， with some beautiful flowers beside her. I walked to her. She looked to be in her early eighties and had the prettiest white hair.

“Hi！My name is Karmen.” I said smiling brightly at the old lady. She smiled back and said， “Hello， Karmen. I’m Henrietta.” Her voice was very strong for someone at her age. Later， I learned she was alone and had no family or relatives to help her. From that day on， I often visited her and helped her with her housework and sometimes she gave me some delicious food. A year passed， and I considered Henrietta to be one of my best friends.

One day， I walked over for my morning visit and knocked on the door， but there was no answer. I knocked again， and she still didn’t turn up. So I let myself in， using the key she had given me. I checked her living room and then her kitchen. I finally went into her bedroom， and she was lying peacefully on her bed. Beside her there were two notes. One was her will， which said all that she had would be given to me. The other was a thank-you note. I went to her bedside and cried sadly.

Though several years have gone by， I still miss her deeply. Whenever I look at the beautiful flowers in front of her house， I remember the wonderful friendship we had.

（ ）1. Through visiting the old lady， the writer learnt that the old lady ______.

A. had no one to look after her B. disliked all her relatives

C. didn’t want to live with her family D. was looking for someone to look after her

（ ）2. What can we learn from the passage？

A. The old lady was not kind.

B. The writer didn’t have any good friends.

C. The old lady didn’t know how to make food.

D. The writer got on very well with the old lady.

（ ）3. The underlined expression “turn up” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “______”.

A. leave B. appear C. try D. change

（ ）4. In order to thank the writer， the old lady decided to ______.

A. give the writer her favorite flowers

B. let the writer know she was her best friend

C. give the writer a key to her house

D. leave all that she had to the writer

（ ）5. In what order did the following take place in the story？

a. The lady died.

b. They became good friends.

c. The writer enjoyed the sunshine.

d. The writer will never forget the friendship they had.

e. They got to know each other.

A. c， d， a， b， e. B. b， e， d， c， a. C. c， e， b， a， d. D. b， d， c， a， e.

B

In the clinic （诊所）， I asked if Michael could be tested again， so the doctor tested him for a second time. However， it was the same score.

Later that evening， I sadly told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over， we agreed that we knew our son much better than an IQ test. We decided that Michael’s score must be a mistake and we should treat him naturally as usual.

We moved to Indiana in 1992， and Michael began to study in the high school in the same year. He got good grades in the school， especially in biology and chemistry， which made us feel much better.

Michael went to Indiana University in 1995 as a pre-medical student. Soon， his teacher allowed him to take more courses than required （要求）. In 1998， he succeeded in going to the School of Medicine， Yale University.

On graduation day in 2002， Frank and I took part in the ceremony （典礼） at Yale. After the ceremony， we told Michael about the low IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day， Michael sometimes would look at us and say jokingly， “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor， not until after I graduated from medical school！” It is his special way of thanking us for we have believed in him.

Michael then asked for another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had received the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126， an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be impossible.

Children often do as well as what adults， especially parents and teachers， expect of them. That is， tell a child he is “stupid” and he may play the role of a foolish child.

（ ）6. Michael’s mother asked the doctor to test her son again because ______.

A. her son was not good at the test

B. she didn’t believe the first result

C. her husband wasn’t there

D. the doctor mistook her son for someone else

（ ）7. When Michael was in high school and university， ______.

A. his teachers helped him a lot

B. his parents were worried about his low IQ score

C. he complained that his parents didn’t tell him the truth

D. he did quite well in his studies

（ ）8. In this passage， the underlined word “naturally” in paragraph 2 means ______.

A. carefully B. normally C. specially D. differently

（ ）9. The last IQ test showed that ______.

A. the doctor knew Michael was clever

B. the first two IQ tests were wrong

C. Michael became cleverer

D. his parents shouldn’t keep his IQ score as a secret for so long

（ ）10. The writer wanted to tell us that ______.

A. a child can do much better if adults believe in him

B. to be a doctor is easy for a child if he has proud parents

C. IQ tests are always wrong about whether a person is clever or not

D. do not tell a child he is clever or stupid

四、阅读理解填词。（共10小题，每小题2分，计20分）

Thirty years ago I worked in a company. My job was to sell the cars. I was young and s 1 and I had been to most parts of the world and I spent one fifth of my time in the trains or planes. I liked such a l 2 and sometimes I called myself “traveler”.

But one day I got into trouble. It was a cold morning. It blew h 3 and the ground was covered with thick snow outside. I was still in bed t 4 it was nine. I finished a long journey the day before and d 5 to have a good rest. Suddenly the telephone rang and my manager told me to fly to New York to take part in an important meeting. I had to get up and after a quick breakfast， I h 6 to the airport. The taxi went slowly and I m 7 the first flight. I had to take the next one. It m 8 I would wait for nearly five hours in the waiting-room. But five hours later， a passenger said the information showed there was a bomb （炸弹） in our plane and the policemen， were looking for it. And a 9 five hours passed and most passengers lost their patience before we were allowed to get on the plane. At the entrance each passenger and their baggage had to be checked. A young man who seemed to be a s 10 shouted at the policemen at the entrance， “If I had a gun in my baggage， I would shoot you two hours ago！”

1. s________ 2. l________ 3. h________ 4. t________ 5. d________

6. h________ 7. m________ 8. m________ 9. a________ 10. s________

五、书面表达。

假设学校戏剧俱乐部正在举办“奥斯卡影片欣赏月”活动，上周播放的影片是《少年派》（Life of Pi）。请根据以下要点写一篇80词左右的英文观后感。

要点如下：

1. 影片由李安（Ang Lee）执导，他因此片获最佳导演奖；

2. 影片讲述了一个名叫派（Pi）的年轻人的故事，他独自乘小船出行；

3. 他要应付恶劣的天气，还要找到足够的食物，最终安全返回；

4. 写出一至两点观后感想。

注意：1. 观后感须包括所给的内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；

2. 第4要点的内容须用两至三句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥。

参考词汇：award n. 奖项；adventurous adj. 冒险的；safely adv. 安全地