---Let me help you to carry the box. ---No, thanks. I can do it by _______.

A. me B. My C. mine D. myself

---- Hello , this is Tina speaking. Is that Sam ?

---- Sorry, he isn’t here at the moment . ________ ?

A. Can I take a message

B. What are you saying to Tina

C. May I speak to Sam

D. Who’s that speaking

完形填空（本题有15分，每小题1分，共15分）

Failure* often happens in our daily life. may fail in their school exams; scientists may fail in their research; and players may fail in their competitions. Although failure to everyone, different people have different attitudes* towards failure. Some people don’t think their failure is very at all. So they pay attention* to it . As a result, they will fail again Some people think they are fools and they lose their confidence* after they fail in something. So they their time and energy* on useless things and they may really be fools as they have thought.

Other people are quite different those two kinds of people. Instead of frustrated*, they draw a from every failure and become more experienced. After hard work, they will be in the end. It is said that failure is mother of success. Success will come after many times of failures we are good at drawing lessons from our failures.

In opinion, failure is not a bad thing. The really bad thing is not learning from failure or even losing heart after failure.

1.A.teachers B. doctors C. singers D. students

2.A. happens B. joins C. begins D. finds

3.A. but B. / C. and D. because

4.A. different B. easy C. interesting D. important

5.A. no B. much C. many D. more

6.A. before B. later C. after D. late

7.A. why B. who C. when D. that

8.A. pay B. take C. spend D. cost

9.A. from B. in C. on D. for

10.A. to be B. being C. be D. been

11.A. lesson B. reason C. picture D.thought

12.A. happy B. sad C. successful D. helpful

13.A. one B. a C. an D. the

14.A. if B. until C. or D. so

15.A. my B. your C. her D. his

News Review

Head-on Car Crash On June 14,a car and a bus had a head-on crash* in Ruin’an, Wenzhou. Four people in the car died then. Another one died two days later after he was sent to the hospital. Luckily, no more deaths were reported.

Brave Volunteer Liao Zhi, a dance teacher from Chengdu who lost her 1-year-old daughter and her legs in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, arrived in Ya’an 13 hours after the earthquake. The dancer said she had had a terrible time herself and knew what people needed most, so she decided to come and offer help.

Tomato Competition A tomato competition was held in Huainan, Anhui Province, on April 16.The best tomatoes were chosen according to their shapes, colors and tastes. The competition hoped to encourage the farmers to grow better tomatoes.

1. people died in the head-on crash.

A.No B. Four C. Five D. Six

2.. Liao Zhi lost her daughter and her legs .

A. in Wenchuan earthquake B. in Ya’an earthquake

C. when she took a train D. when she climbed mountains

3. The tomato competition in Anhui Province was held to .

A. help the people in Ya’an

B. save the people on the bus

C. forget the terrible time

D. help grow better tomatoes

Life is important. You should always have fun and new experiences, because you never know what day will be your last. You shouldn’t hold anger. You never know what could happen next. I learned all this at the age of nine.

It was the summer before fifth grade. My best friend Nessa and I were playing. We got angry with each other and had a fight. My older cousin, Tiffany, broke up our fight. I remember Nessa storming out of my grandmother’s house, saying, “I hope we never speak again!”

I replied, “Good, I don’t need you as a friend!”

I went into the house and tried to be quiet. Then I heard people shouting outside. My cousin rushed in. She said that Nessa had been hit by a street truck as she crossed the road. The driver didn’t see her. I felt sad. I wished it had been me instead. It could have been avoided* if we hadn’t had that fight!

When the ambulance* arrived a few minutes later, they said she was dead. I was a real mess. I had to see a psychologist* for the rest of the summer.

I miss Nessa so much and I think of her always. She taught me how valuable* and important life is and that you should never hold anger because you never know when you’ll see that person again.

1.The story happened when .

A. the writer was in Grade Five

B. summer vacation was coming

C. Nessa was nine years old

D. the writer was nine years old

2.Nessa and the writer were playing on that day.

A. at Nessa’s house

B. at the house of the writer’s grandma

C. at the writer’s house

D. at the house of the writer’s cousin

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Nessa and Tiffany got angry with each other and had a fight.

B. The writer played games happily with Nessa all the time.

C. Nessa was hit by a truck after they had a fight.

D. Nessa was sent to the hospital and saved by the doctors.

4. From the last paragraph we can infer(推断) that the writer .

A. has never thought of Nessa since then

B. didn’t regret* for what had happened that day

C. will be kinder to others

D. lives a good life because of Nessa

You are going to high school, aren’t you? Maybe you don’t know what to do. Well, here’s a list of the top six things to do when you are in high school. These things will give you ideas of what your high school life could be like. Here you go!

① Find your passion* and what kind of person you are: Whether it’s dance, basketball, or drawing, the important thing is that you have found something you are interested in.

② Talk to people you wouldn’t usually talk to: meet new people, find new friends and even talk to people you don’t like. It will show what a great person you are. You never know what will happen after high school.

③ Take part in at least one competition: This will give you tears of laughter, happiness and memories.

④ Get a job: This will help you see what it’s like to have responsibility*. It can also help you make a little money to spend on yourself.

⑤ Take a trip with your friends: It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do, the memories will happen on the way and go on till the final place.

⑥ Do your best at school: Don’t ever get lazy; working hard now will help you in the future.

1.The writer mainly tells you six things you should do _____.

A. in your high school years

B. at the beginning of your high school years

C. before your high school begins

D. after finishing your high school

2.The writer gives you advice that you should talk to people you don’t like because _____.

A. you will feel sorry if not

B. it will show how great you are

C. it will show how clever you are

D. you can make your study better

3.Which of the following you’d better not do according to the passage?

A. Find your interest

B. Get a Job

C. Take a trip with your friends

D. Get lazy

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Have a happy school life

B. How to get along with your schoolmates

C. Ideas of successful high school life

D. Make sure your school life easy

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear* soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship .This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending* deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat* friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it needs a great deal of time. But in China ,we are usually generous* with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America ,Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full ,warm and real.

For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality* at home and enjoy your visit in America!

1.The writer of this passage must be ______.

A．an American

B．a Chinese

C．a professor

D．a student

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

3.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.

A．warmly welcomed at the airport

B．offered a ride to his home

C．treated hospitably at his home

D．treated to dinner in a restaurant

4.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A．strict with time

B．serious with time

C．careful with time

D．willing to spend time

5.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A．Friendships between Chinese

B．Friendships between Americans

C．Americans’ hospitality

D．Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships

词汇运用（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

A. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。

1.The movie was ______. I fell asleep half way through it.

2.I’m so cold. Can I _____ your jacket?

3.Listen! There are some ______singing in the tree.

4.Last term, I _______________ my bike to school.

5.My birthday is in ______. It comes after April.

根据短文和所给中文填写单词，每空一词。

When you come to a new school, you may feel a little lonely. Don’t _1._（ 担心 ）, you should not only study hard, but also try to get new friends. How ? You can pay __2.__( 注意力 ) to the people around you . Some of them may have the same __3._(兴趣) as yours, like music or ___4.__(电影 ). When you know a few of these people, you can try to 5.___(加入) their circles, so you’ll meet more people who can be your friends. If you can be a good ____6._( 聆听者 ), you can get a lot of ____7.__( 朋友). When your friends meet difficulties, they’ll come to you. A friend in need is a friend indeed, a __8.___ ( 有帮助的) friend will always be welcome.

Try to learn more knowledge in your spare time. It will ___9.__ ( 使 ) you confident. A person who knows a lot will always be charming. Control your temper (脾气 ). Don’t be angry even when you are annoyed. Be 10. ( 耐心) to the people around you. Always remember. Don’t treat others the way you don’t want to be treated ( 己所不欲，勿施于人 ). If you can do all these things, I bet you will have a lot of good friends.

任务型阅读。（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共5分）

五位求职者正在寻找工作，请仔细阅读1-5题中的求职者信息，然后从A至F六个选项中，帮助他们选择最合适的工作（其中一项为多余选项）。

1.Tina only has time on weekends.

2.Ella has to look after her little baby at home.

3.Steve can play the guitar, violin and piano well.

4.Gina has got some education from medical school.

5.Jackie loves animals, even though they’re dangerous.