The stories we share with one another are important．They show wisdom，andprovide inspiration. They are important to our development. But sometimes people chose not to tell.

Consider the negative effects ofnot sharing a story in the news：People are wondering if public health officials are holding back too much information about the recent outbreak of Ebola．

There is a danger in holding back stories that ought to be told．Bobette Buster said it like this，“The fact is，history hasshown us that stories not toldan become like a dangerous genie(妖怪)leftina bottle．When they are finally uncorked，their power to destroy is set free。”

There are a number of reasons why we hide parts of our story：they often show our weaknesses or expose our disadvantages；they require courage and strength toshare；and of course，there are somestories that should be kept secret—especially those that embarrass someone else．

Most of us have two selves：the one we display on the outside and the one we actually are on the inside．And the better we get at hiding the stories that show our true selves，themore damage we may be causing to ourselves and to others．

Honesty and openness is important：It proves we are trustworthy. It displays we are human．We are not perfect or better．It highlights the importanceof hard work and personal development．Hard work may not allow us to overcome our disadvantages completely．But with hard wonk：we do not have to be restrictedto our mistakes．

Does this mean we admit every weakness，every disadvantage，and every secret regret to everybody we meet?No，of course not．There is a time and a placeand acertain level of relationship necessary for some stories tobe told in all appropriate manner．

1.What’s the functionofthe example in Paragraph 2?

A. It reflects that people are concerning about the spread of Ebola．

B. It shows the bad effect caused by sharing a story．

C．It proves not sharing a story cancause trouble．

D．It concludes that one should share a story at a proper time．

2.One of the reasons why people are unwilling to share experiences is that______．

A．story-sharing highlights the importance of hard work

B．people are used to exposing their weaknesses

C．people sometimes have no courage to share their stories

D．some stories make themselves feel sad

3.Which is close in meaning to the underlined word“uncorked”in Paragraph 3?

A．freed B．broken C．unfolded D．untouched

4.The writer aims to convince us to_____________．

A．be open to people close to you by sharing some secrets

B．share stories appropriately for the good of others and ourselves

C．remove the dangers that can be caused by untold stories

D．realize the importance of being honest when making friends

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

An artist in Oakland,California is using his skills to ________ the homeless．GregKloehn builds very smallshelters that mare life on the streets a little more ________．The structures offerthe homeless some safety and ________ from bad weather．Each little house alsohas ________ on the bottom so itgo wherever its ________ goes.

Greg Kloehn has ________atleast 20tinyhouses. Ona recent day，Mr.Kloehn stops at one to________ Oscar Young．Thetwomen ________ ．

“I like to help them．Sure．I mean it's________for me．，l like to make things，and do something that makesabig________on someone'slife．”

Insidehislittle shelterMr．Youndgets ________from cold nightsonthe streets．

“Well，it is________than living on the ground，to tell you the truth，because if it was________for Greg，I would be________on the ground．”

Mr．Kloehn also visits Sweet-Pea，another friend who________ lives in one of the little homes the artist ________ .Shesays it．keeps her________ and protectsherbeaongings．

Sheila Williams says she has learned to live withless．“I’m living in one ofGreg’s houses，and I am________to thatman．”

TheKloehnhomeownershave ________wood andotherfound materialsforfuturebuildingefforts．

Don’t miss doing any good thing no matter how insignificant it looks．Although the roomsMr．Kloehn donated aren’t big，they make a big ________to them homeless people’s life．

1.A．ask B．help C．protect D．raise

2.A．wonderful B．beautiful C．hard D．comfortable

3.A．protection B．action C．function D．decoration

4.A．ropes B．chains C．wheels D．1egs

5.A．owner B．designer C．builder D．renter

6.A．given away B．given up． C．given back D．given out

7.A．thank B．invite C．praise D．visit

8.A．quarrel B．fight C．argue D．hug

9.A．fun B．dull C．meaningless D．boring

10.A．decision B．impact C．difference D．effort

11.A．happiness B．relaxation C．relief D．excitement

12.A．better B．more expensive C．cheaper D．worse

13.A．not B．always C．already D．ever

14.A．never B．almost C．just D．still

15.A．also B．too C．either D．as well

16.A．rented B．built C．bought D．repaired

17.A．free B．safe C．convenient D．calm

18.A．polite B．rude C．respectful D．thankful

19.A．collected B．robbed C．borrowed D．stolen

20.A．difference B．contribution C．progress D．decision

When my sister Gina was born, she had a problem with her heart. Her heart was pretty bad in the beginning and she stayed in the hospital for a month. The first few years were very difficult because she was very sick. She had five operations before she was three years old. She had trouble walking, playing with other children, and going to school.

Although Gina couldn’t laugh and talk, we all knew that she just needed love and care. Our parents wanted to take Gina to a special place in Florida. There she could swim with dolphins. Gina was afraid of swimming with them because she had never been around dolphins before. We had also never traveled that far as a family. When we got to Florida, we saw where the dolphins lived. It was a place where kids with special needs like Gina could come and spend time. I thought it was going to be a vacation, but it wasn’t. Gina had to work hard every day for a week.

The trip was amazing. Gina laughed and clapped when she saw the dolphin. The dolphin splashed（溅起水花） when it saw Gina. They swam together all day. Gina was able to move her body more than she normally did at home. Mom and Dad were proud of Gina. I was , too.

1.We know from the text that Gina_________.

A. experienced five operations in a month

B. got along well with other children

C. stayed in the hospital before three

D. was born with a heart disease

2.The author’s family went to Florida to _______.

A. treat Gina for her illness.

B. have a family trip

C. see the dolphins

D. learn to swim

3.How did Gina feel about swimming with dolphins at first?

A. Excited B. Frightened C. Angry D. Proud

4.The text is written to tell us that ________.

A. Learning to walk is hard work

B. dolphins can treat many illnesses

C. families should travel together often

D. help sometimes comes in unusual forms

短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均限一词。2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。(此题在答题卡上作答)

My friend Henry, with him I studied in the same class, didn’t like studying at school. That’s because he couldn’t go to high school. He had to return back to his hometown, where his father wished him to learn to manage our small shop. However, the young man was not interesting in it and didn’t do as his father said. He spends a lot of time reading and he also learned how to repair cars. Last month, I accepted an e-mail from him inviting me take my vacation in his hometown. I started off. Seeing that he was such successful, I said, “Henry, all road lead to Rome. You are great!”

People like different kinds of vacations. Some go camping. They swim, fish, cook over a fire and sleep outside. Others like to stay at a hotel in an exciting city. They go shopping all day and go dancing all night. Or maybe they go sightseeing to places such as Disneyland, the Tai Mahal or the Louvre.

Some people are bored with sightseeing trips. They don’t want to be “tourists”. They want to have an adventure— a surprising and exciting trip. They want to learn something and maybe help people too. How can they do this? Some travel companies and environmental groups are planning special adventures. Sometimes these trips are difficult and full of the world. Some volunteers spend two weeks and study the environment. Others work with animals. Others learn about people of the past.

Would you like an adventure in the Far North? A team of volunteers is leaving from Murmansk, Russia. The leader of this trip is a professor from Alaska. He’s worried about chemicals from factories. He and the volunteers will study this pollution in the environment. If you like exercise and cold weather, this is a good trip for you. Volunteers need ski sixteen kilometers every day. -

Do you enjoy ocean animals? You can spend two to four weeks in Hawaii. There, you can teach language to dolphins. Dolphins can follow orders such as “Bring me the large ball”. They also understand opposites. How much more can they understand? It will be exciting to learn about these intelligent animals. Another study trip goes to Washington State and follows orcas. We call orcas “Killer Whale”, but they’ re really dolphins—the largest kind of dolphin.. These beautiful animals travel together in family groups. They move through the ocean with their mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Ocean pollution is chasing their lives. Earthwatch is studying how this happens.

Are you interested in history? Then Greece is the place for your adventure. Thirty-five hundred years ago a volcano exploded there, on Santorini. This explosion was more terrible than Krakatoa or Mount Saint Helens. But today we know a lot about the way of life of the people from that time. There are houses, kitchens, and paintings as interesting as those in Pompei. Today teams of volunteers are learning more about people from the past.

Do you want a very different vacation? Do you want to travel far, work hard and learn a lot? Then an Earthwatch vacation is for you.

1.The Tai Mabal may be _________.

A. a shopping center B. a hotel

C. a dancing ball D. a place of interest

2.From the passage, on an adventure trip, people ______________.

A. may not spend much time on sightseeing

B. won’ t meet some difficulties or hardships

C. can’t enjoy themselves -

D. can’t learn something

3.If you want to learn something about people of the past, you can ___________

A. join the team to Hawaii B. join the team to the Far North

C. join the team to Washington D. join the team to Greece

4.The word “intelligent” in paragraph 4 means __________________.

A. exciting B. beautiful C. large D. clever

5.Which of the following is false ?

A. Some people find sightseeing trips boring.

B. Earth watch is planning all these special adventures

C. The number orcas is decreasing.

D. 3 volcano explosions in all broke out 3, 500 years ago in Greece.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

With the development of the information technology, we are stepping into the new century. People’s topics, especially the young people’ s , are becoming more and more _________, which older men never understand: the Internet and __________life.

Just a few years ago, people ___________ talked about what a computer could do to help their daily life. They considered it as a high - tech ________ for programming, to design machines, to control robots, ________ to make A-bombs ! At that time, PCs were very expensive and it was too dear to _________ one’ s computer to the web. What’ s more, it was too slow. So _________ people knew what the Internet really meant.

But today, things have changed greatly. The Internet times are coming__________, if you like to have a shot at succeeding in business today, you will have to succeed ____________ the web. ___________ around and it seems as if about every company out there is in E-business

For ordinary persons, E-mail is taking the place of traditional ways of __________ letters. And young people keep in touch with each other by connecting their ___________ to the web. They can express their __________ , either happiness or anger, sorrow or loneliness, to their web mates in chat rooms. Some ____________ have found their “true love” on the Internet!

I cannot ____________ the Internet’s great devotions to our daily life in the world of tomorrow. The Internet can do ____________many things for us that we almost cannot live without it. Everything is ___________ in the future, and no one can _________ what will exactly happen in years to come. But one thing is __________ : more and more people will come to know the Internet and will surely __________themselves in his or her daily life.

1.A. modern B. advanced C. strange D. interesting

2.A. ordinary B. everyday C. school D. working

3.A. often B. usually C. sometimes D. seldom

4.A. tool B. machine C. computer D. line.

5.A. still B. yet C. even D. except

6.A. put B. link C. fit D. tie

7.A. a few B. some C. few D. no

8.A. For some reason B. For some time C. For sure D. For example

9.A. through B. with C. on D. by

10.A. Turn B. Look C. Travel D. Go

11.A. sending B. receiving C. writing D. reading

12.A. E- mails B. names C. computers D. addresses

13.A. thought B. idea C. opinion D. feelings

14.A. youths B. men C. boys D. girls

15.A. believe B. imagine C. think D. make

16.A. far too B. quite C. almost D. so

17.A. true B. real C. possible D. changing

18.A. tell B. decide C. guess D. question

19.A. sure B. certain C. thoughtful D. considerable

20.A. tire B. love C. help D. enjoy

A famous doctor once received a little child who was badly ill. Thanks to his skill and care, his young patient got well and was soon able to get up and run about again.

The child's mother was very much obliged（感谢的） to the doctor, and she called on him to thank him for what he had done for her child. "Doctor," she said, "you have saved my little son. I don't know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay（回报） you, so I have made this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it." The doctor stood up and said coldly, "Madam, a little present like that is very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for what he has done." The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment. Then she said quietly, "Perhaps you will tell me how much your fee is?"

"Fifty pounds", he answered.

The lady opened the little purse and took out four fifty-pound bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag and, saying good bye to the doctor, went out of the room.

1. The lady was thankful to the doctor because ________.

A. he had saved her life

B. he had saved her son's life

C. he had lent her some money

D. he often called on her

2. The doctor refused the lady's purse because he thought ______.

A. the purse should be given between friends

B. the purse was too small

C. the lady was not kind to him

D. the lady just gave him that purse and wouldn't give him the medical fee

3.The money in the purse _______.

A. was only 150 pounds

B. was less than 200 pounds

C. was much more than the medical fee

D. was not enough for the medical fee

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

What is the secret of writing a good letter? Here are two main ones. Don’t try to be fancy. Don’t try to impress your reader. You will be successfully if you follow these six Cs.

Clear. 1. Make them easy to understand. Talk as if the reader is right there with you.

Correct. 2. Don’t guess, even for spelling. Refer to your dictionary. If you need to, check a reference book, too.

Complete(完整的).Don’t scatter(分散) your points. 3. This is good organization, too.

Concise(简洁的).Make each point as clearly and briefly as you can.

Conversational. This is really the secret of good writing. 4. Such a letter has a natural, friendly tone(语调) and lets you come through naturally.

Considerate(体贴的).Think of the readers’ point of view as you write. Write about what you believe the reader needs or wants to know. Try to be helpful. 5.

A. Just “ talk” to the person

B. This will build good feeling toward you.

C. Use short, direct sentences.

D. Include long sentences in your letter.

E. Make sure what you say is correct.

F. Writing should not be taken too seriously.

G. Finish one point completely before going on to the next.

短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意： 1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

My father is now in his late forty but looks young for his age. He is very strict with me, especial in my studies. However, I know he loves me deeply in his heart. Once I fail to do well in my math exam, I was afraid of that it would make my father disappointing. On the contrary, he said I had tried my best and offered him a few word of encouragement. He said to me, “There is no need to feel bad about one or two failures and most important thing is to learn anything from failure and never give up.” Today is Father’s Day and I want to say thank you for my father.

Once when I was facing a decision that involved high risk, I went to a friend. He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I’ve ever had: Be bold and brave — and mighty (强大的) forces will come to your aid.

Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all. On the other hand, whenever I had plunged into deep water, forced by courage or circumstance, I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.

Boldness means a decision to bite off more than you are sure you can eat. And there is nothing mysterious about the mighty forces. They are potential powers we possess: energy, skill, sound judgment, creative ideas — even physical strength greater than most of us realize.

Admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones. But they are more important than physical ones. A college classmate of mine, Tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player. “In one game I suddenly found myself confronting a huge player, who had nothing but me between him and our goal line,” said Tim. “I was so frightened that I closed my eyes and desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet (子弹) — and stopped him cold.”

Boldness — a willingness to extend yourself to the extreme—is not one that can be acquired overnight. But it can be taught to children and developed in adults. Confidence builds up. Surely, there will be setbacks (挫折) and disappointments in life; boldness in itself is no guarantee of success. But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

So, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilities — and you’ll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.

1.Why was the author sometimes unable to reach his goal in the past?

A. He faced huge risks.

B. He lacked mighty forces.

C. Fear prevented him from trying.

D. Failure blocked his way to success.

2.What is the implied meaning of the underlined part?

A. Swallow more than you can digest.

B. Act slightly above your abilities.

C. Develop more mysterious powers.

D. Learn to make creative decisions.

3.What was especially important for Tim’s successful defense in the football game?

A. His physical strength.

B. His basic skill.

C. His real fear.

D. His spiritual force.

4.What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A. To encourage people to be courageous.

B. To advise people to build up physical power.

C. To tell people the ways to guarantee success.

D. To recommend people to develop more abilities.