My brother，Mark，died in a traffic accident four years ago. He was my big brother and    36   looked after me. I am    37   today for all of the special times we had as running partners，and times    38   driving to different races，where we had so many    39   about life in general. I    40   these talks terribly at this time of the year.

   41  ，I am so happy he shared with me the    42   of his faith. He was always so    43   to people，and I had been with him many times    44  we pulled over to help someone in need，   45   a smile and helping them get back on the road. So I was not    46   when he told me of the time when he was    47    in college. It was the end of the month. To make matters worse，it was Friday and he had no    48   in his pocket for the weekend. Payday was Monday and he had no gas money to get home to    49   my dad and no money to buy food but he had faith that helping others    50   helping yourself.

On his way home from classes that day，as he was driving along，he noticed a guy ahead of him    51   his lumber (木材) all over the road as he turned the corner. Mark    52   right over and helped him load the lumber back into his truck. The guy was so thankful and    53   his hand to Mark，and in it was one hundred dollars. Mark couldn’t believe his    54  . He told him that was unnecessary but the man     55   and off he drove.

I still think of Mark sitting there telling me that story, with tears in his eyes, and how faithful he was.

1.                A．hardly　　      B．never          C．sometimes D．always

2.                A．successful       B．thankful        C．cheerful  D．hopeful

3.                A．spared         B．wasted         C．spent D．saved

4.                A．questions       B．arguments       C．differences    D．conversations

5.                A．miss           B．remember      C．keep D．fear

6.                A．However       B．So             C．Then D．If

7.                A．record         B．belief          C．story D．secret

8.                A．careful         B．helpful         C．powerful  D．grateful

9.                A．because        B．while           C．until D．when

10.               A．sharing         B．forcing         C．recognizing D．understanding

11.               A．pleased        B．worried        C．surprised  D．excited

12.               A．never　　      B．yet            C．even D．still

13.               A．food           B．money         C．paper D．key

14.               A．change         B．attend         C．see   D．persuade

15.               A．means         B．follows         C．explains   D．agrees

16.               A．carry          B．lose           C．arrange   D．place

17.               A．pushed         B．moved         C．pulled D．walked

18.               A．raised          B．held           C．offered   D．shook

19.               A．eyes           B．ears           C．mind D．feeling

20.               A．complained     B．apologized      C．regretted  D．insisted

第二卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节  短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。

Peter was a warm-hearted boy. He is always ready to help others.      

On the morning of last Friday, Peter went to school as u­­­­­­­­­­________.     76.________

He was walking along the road _______ he saw a well uncovered.     77._____________

He thought it was ________ (危险的) for passers-by, so he decided to         78._____________

cover the well. The cover was ______ heavy that he took great trouble       79._____________

to remove it. At last he m______ to cover the well. Hardly had he turned    80._____________

his back and gone when he heard a cry “help” c______ from the well. 81._____________

So he turned back and moved the cover away. To his ______ (惊奇), a 82._____________

worker was inside the well. Peter tried his best to ______ (拉)the worker   83._____________

out of the well. After that, Peter covered the well again properly.    

As he was walking away, he thought to h_______ , “No matter             84._____________

______ I do later, I should always remember to have a double check.”         85.__________

Bad temper

     There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper,he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.__51___Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the munber of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled(缩小)down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

 ___52___He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now

pulled out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.___53___And the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

__54___ He said:”You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.___55__ It won’t matter how many times you say I ‘m sorry the wound is still there.A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one”.

A.  The first day , the boy had driven 37miles into the fence.

B.  The boy cried.

C.  You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.

D.  Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all.

E.  The father took his son by the hand and led him to fence.

F.  The days passed.

G.  The father looked sad。

I first visited hutong as part of a tourist group several years ago. We rode on a trishaw（脚踏三轮车） with a guide explaining the history, architecture and lifestyle of the local inhabitants.

Having visited the "must-sees" of Beijing, like the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Drum Tower and the Summer Palace, going into the hutong home of some famous ancient families gave the “Beijing experience” a human element.

My curiosity has sharpened over the years from reading about them at every opportunity. During the preparation for the Olympics I was eager to learn that some siheyuan courtyards in hutong were turned into accommodations（食宿） for visitors. I wished to stay in one someday.

Preparing for a recent trip to the capital, I eagerly sought one out. On my limited teacher’s salary, I settled on an affordable option, though I looked longingly at the more upscale courtyard accommodations.

As usual, I ended up having something closer to a true experience. A real family still lives in the courtyard, which is closer to the original. The rooms all opened into the central courtyard. Flowers were blooming, beans and peas were climbing up the bamboo fence, and the cat was napping in the sun. Every day after exploring the city, I'd hurry back to the hutong, take a quick shower and join the cat – snoozing（小睡） in a bamboo-made chair with a book ready nearby.

As the other guests came back we’d greet one another. There was a mother and young daughter from France, a guy from Canada, a mother and teenage daughter from the Netherlands, a teacher from England and several guests from various parts of China.

Coming and going through the narrow alleys（小巷） of the hutong, the residents would smile and give cheery “ni hao” （hello）. Laughing children were playing under the watchful eyes of the neighbors. I felt right at home in this friendly neighborhood.

The main idea of the passage is about ______________.

A. hutong days realize my desires to live local life

B. Trishaw is the only way to visit the hutong

C. living in the hutong with other visitors

D. exploring the deeper of Beijing

When did the author have the idea to visit Beijing hutong?

A. As early as he was a little child

B. when he was reading the text books at school

C. during the preparation for the Olympics

D. the author doesn’t mention it specifically  

The underlined word “upscale” in the fourth paragraph means _________.

A. inexpensive    B. high-class    C. appropriate    D. secondary

What is the impression of the author about the people in hutong?

A. They came from all over the world.

B. They all wanted to enjoy the old life of Beijing.

C. They are living together in harmony.

D. They are living in a heavenly peace life.