开放作文（满分15分）

请根据下面提示,写一篇短文。词数不少于50。

    In your English class, the teacher shows the picture below and asks the class to discuss it. Your classmates may have different understandings.

    Look at the picture carefully and tell the class how YOU understand it.

Vocabulary support:

千里马：    swift horse

拉磨，碾磨：grind

磨坊：      mill

Most of the roads were covered with thick snow, ____ made our journey more difficult.

A. one                  B. it          C. which            D. that

Much to our disappointment, things are not going so well as _______.

A. plans    B. planning     C. planned    D. to plan

According to our school regulations, you        arrive at school before 7 A. M.

    A．may  B．can  C．will D．should

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

    阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate．I  36  to look around when a gentle hand  37  my shoulder．I turned around to find a wrinkled, little  38  lady looking up at me with a smile．

She said, “Hi．My name is Rose．I’m eighty-seven years old．Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and  39  responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze．

“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent  40 ?”I asked．“I always  41  having a college education and now I’m getting  42    !” she told me．

Later, we became close friends．Every day we would leave class together and she  43  her wisdom and experience with me．Over the  44  of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she  45    made friends wherever she went．

At the  46  of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet（宴会）．I’ll  47  forget what she taught us．When she was introduced, frustrated and a little embarrassed, she cleared her  48  and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we  49  old because we stop playing．There are only two secrets to staying  50   , being happy, and achieving success．You have to  51  and find humor every day．You’ve got to have a dream．When you  52  your dreams, you die．”

One week after graduation Rose died  53  in her sleep．Many college students attended her funeral in tribute to（悼念）the wonderful woman who taught  54  example that it’s never too  55  to be all you can possibly be．

A．lay down    B．stood up      C．fell off   D．went out

A．touched     B．felt          C．wounded     D．clapped

A．beautiful   B．young        C. old      D．kind-hearted

A．sadly   B．coldly        C. absently    D．enthusiastically

A．age     B．speed    C. point    D．year

A．talked about  B．tried out      C. looked forward   D．dreamed of

A．those   B．one      C．that     D．they 

A．learned B．told     C．shared  D．debated

A．course B．path     C．distance     D．road

A．easily B．rarely   C．unwillingly      D．strangely

A．middle      B．beginning    C．end      D．top  

A．ever    B．never    C．still    D．already

A．throat      B．face     C．nose     D．eyes 

A．grow    B．prove    C．look     D．stay   

A．rich    B．healthy      C．cheerful     D．young    

A．eat B．cry C．laugh    D．shout   

A．have    B．lose C．get              D．keep   

A．bitterly    B．fortunately      C．peacefully   D．hopefully

A．to  B．for              C．in       D．by    

A．early   B．bad C．good     D．late 

  Do you now who Stefani Germanotta is? Perhaps not, but you’ll almost certainly know the star called Lady Gaga, a 24-year-old American famous for her cutting edge pop videos and strange fashion sense. She was the biggest winner at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid on November 7, 2010. Her awards included the best female artist and the best song.

  Her popularity doesn’t end there. The BBC reports that the University of South Carolina has a sociology course about the life, work and rise to fame of Lady Gaga. The course is due to start in spring 2011. “We’re going to look at Lady Gaga as a social event,” said professor Mathieu, who will teach Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame.

  Germanotta, in fact, is a college student. She learned to play the piano by age 4. At age 17, she was one of the only 20 young people to get early admission to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, the famous music school. Yet after her second semester, she took a big risk—she decided to quit and concentrate on a music career. But hwo did she manage to go from nowhere to supar star in just two years?

  She may well have had a plan for the top. She created “The Ultimate Pop Burlesque Show” with another artist. It was the first of many strange images. The pair gained enough attention to get a spot at a famous music festival in Chicago. Later, a record company signed Germanotta.

  While Lady Gaga enjoys popularity, there are critics accusing her of regularly using rude language in her lyrics(歌词) and wearing overly sexy clothing.

According to the article, Lady Gaga is famous for _______.

 A. her fashion shows                       B. her strange images

 C. her talents in university                   D. her winning awards

Which of the following is the correct order for the stages of Gaga’s career?

A. b—f—c—a—d—e      B. b—f—c—d—a—e

C. c—d—a—e—b—f      D. c—d—a—e—f—b

The main reason why Lady Gaga could become famous is that ______.

 A. she knew her dream of life              B. she knew what she would do next

 C. she learned music at a young age        D. she ws brave enough to quit university

From this passage, we can infer that ________.

 A. a good performance in university may lead to one’s success.

 B. cooperation with other artists is important in becoming successful

 C. Lady Gaga will become less famous because of her lyrics and clothing

 D. Professor Mathieu believes that Lady Gaga’s success is worth studying

_______ winning Video of the Year, Lady Gaga also took home another seven prizes.

 A. Owing to        B. Instead of       C. In addition to       D. According to

In my view, London's not as expensive in price as Tokyo but Tokyo is ______in traffic.

A. the most organized   B. more organized       C. so organized as  D. as organized as

完形填空：（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

    In history,a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback．He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows．The work was dirty,tiring and not very well paid．

    People in the western states had to __36__ cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern __37__．But someone had to __38__ the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad．This was the job of a cowboy．Sometimes the __39__ was more than a thousand kilometers away and it could take as __40__ as six months to move the cattle．The __41__ was long but the cattle were driven __42__ as not to lose __43__．Then they could be sold at a good price．

    Most cowboys were young, __44__ men．A good horse _45__ their job of moving cattle much easier．A good cowboy __46__ cows and knew how to control them．At night,he __47__ to the cows to keep them calm．

    In the late 1800s,America was changing from a nation of farm to one of __48__ and cities．The cowboy seemed __49__ compared with other Americans doing ordinary jobs．

    Today,the __50__ of cowboys has __51__ greatly．One change is the use of trucks．The job is not so hard __52__ it used to be．And cowboys are better __53__ now．They are _54__ to be married．Some of them are farmers or teachers or truck drivers．Some work for big companies．

    __55__ at night and on weekends,they become cowboys．These part-time cowboys increase the total production of meat,keeping the beef price low．

A．get B．buy  C．sell D．raise

A．markets B．countries    C．cities   D．stories

A．deal with   B．find out C．look after   D．pay off

A．road    B．railroad C．state    D．farm

A．good    B．much C．long D．far

A．journey B．trip C．tour D． travel

A．hurriedly   B．smoothly C．slowly   D．carefully

A．mind    B．direction    C．head D．weight

A．unmarried   B．proud    C．strong   D．educated

A．had B．made C．found    D．helped

A．recognized  B．understood   C．owned    D．kept

A．whispered   B．shouted  C．cried    D．sang

A．towns   B．factories    C．companies    D．villages

A．free    B．brave    C．easy D．pleased

A．manner  B．job  C．life D．mind

A．changed B．developed    C．improved D．realized

A．that   B．as   C．which    D．what

A．known   B．paid C．treated  D．dressed

A．afraid  B．eager    C．worried  D．likely

A．Because B．And  C．When D．But

This year 2,300 teenagers (young people aged from 13-19 ) from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions (印象) of the real American teenagers. American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and have a new understanding of the rest of the world.

Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In return, George’s son, Mike, spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he had expected — much harder. Students rose respectfully (尊敬地) when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

Family life, too, was different. The family’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual (个人). Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.

“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”

At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize (批评) American schools.” he says. “It is far too easy by our level (水准). But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens (市民). There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”                                               

The whole exchange program is mainly to ____.

A. help teenagers in other countries know the real America

B. send students in America to travel in Germany

C. let students learn something about other countries

D. have teenagers learn new languages

What did Fred and Mike agree on?

A. American food tasted better than German food.

B. German schools were harder than American schools.

C. Americans and Germans were both friendly.

D. There were more cars on the streets in America.

What is particular (特别的) in American schools?

    A. There is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings..

    B. There are a lot of after-school activities.

    C. Students usually take 14 subjects in all.

D. Students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car.

What did Mike think after experiencing the American school life?

A. A better education should include something good from both America and Germany.

B. German schools trained students to be better citizens.

C. American schools were not as good as German schools.

D. The easy life in the American school was more helpful to students.