My grandparents were married for over half a century, and played their own special game the time they had met each other. The goal of their game was to write the word “shmily” in a surprise place for the other to find. They took turns leaving “shmily” around the house, and as soon as one of them discovered it, it was their turn to hide it once more. They dragged “shmily” with their fingers through the sugar and flour containers to await whoever was preparing the next meal. “Shmily” was written in the steam left on the mirror after a hot shower, where it would reappear bath after bath. There was no end to the places where “shmily” would pop up. Little notes with “shmily” were found on car seats, or taped to steering wheels. The notes were put inside shoes and left under pillows. “Shmily” was written in the dust upon the mantel（壁炉架）and traced in the ashes of the fireplace. This mysterious word was as much a part of my grandparents’ house as the furniture.

It took me a long time before I was able to fully appreciate my grandparents’ game. Skepticism has kept me from believing in true love --- one that is pure and enduring (持久的). However, I never doubted my grandparents’ relationship. It was based on passionate（热情的）affection which not everyone is lucky enough to experience.

But there was a dark cloud in my grandparents’ life: my grandmother had breast cancer. The disease had first appeared ten years earlier. As always, Grandpa was with her every step of the way. He comforted her in their yellow room, painted that way so that she could always be surrounded by sunshine, even when she was too sick to go outside. But my grandmother grew steadily weaker until, finally, she could not leave the house anymore. Then one day, what we all dreaded finally happened. Grandma was gone.

“Shmily.” It was written in yellow on the pink ribbons of my grandmother’s funeral bouquet (花束). As the crowd thinned and the last mourners turned to leave, Grandpa stepped up to my grandmother’s coffin and, taking a shaky breath, he began to sing to her. Through his tears and grief, the song came: S-h-m-i-l-y: See How Much I Love You.

1.According to the passage, where may the word “shmily” be found?

a.in the flour containers

b.on the mirror

c.on the sheet of toilet paper

d.on pillows

e.on the furniture

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

2.The first paragraph is mainly about ________.

A.what the word “shmily” means

B.how the author’s grandparents played their special game

C.how the author appreciated her grandparents’ game

D.how the author’s grandparents cared for each other

3.The underlined phrase “pop up” in Paragraph 1 means ________.

A.appear    B. change    C. survive    D. work

4.According to the passage, the author _________.

A.thought the game was meaningless

B.believes everyone can experience true love

C.doubted the existence of true love at first

D.sometimes left “shmily” around the house

5.Grandpa tried to make Grandma comfortable by _______.

A.singing songs to her every day

B.painting the room yellow

C.encouraging her to go outside

D.helping her take a hot shower every day

 

第II卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

W: Hi, Ben, Where have you been? M: I’ve been to the library and (76)b       some English books. Why do you ask? W: I thought you’d been to the post office. Did you find the money I left on the desk? M: Yes, 10 dollars (77)a       . But I don’t know what it is for. W: Didn’t you see the note I left to you with the money? M: Note? Why note? I don’t see any note. W: (78)R      ? It’s very strange. I left the money with a note (79)s______ I wanted you to go to the post office and get some (80)e______ and stamps for me. I also put the ink bottle on them in case they might not draw your attention. M: I see now. Why cant’ you go and get them (81)y______? The post office is only about 30 (82)m      walk from here. We often go for a walk there after having (83)s      . W: Of course I know how far it is from our school. I can’t go there myself because I’m very (84)b_______ doing some chemical experiments in the lab. And what’s more, I have to prepare for my English exam. You know I failed the last one. If I can’t pass this time , a hard time will be (85)w       for me.

(76)_________ (77)_________ (78)_________ (79)_________ (80)_________ (81)_________ (82)_________ (83)_________ (84)_________ (85)_________

 

第II卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节  对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

W: Hi, Ben, Where have you been? M: I’ve been to the library and (76)b       some English books. Why do you ask? W: I thought you’d been to the post office. Did you find the money I left on the desk? M: Yes, 10 dollars (77)a       . But I don’t know what it is for. W: Didn’t you see the note I left to you with the money? M: Note? Why note? I don’t see any note. W: (78)R      ? It’s very strange. I left the money with a note (79)s______ I wanted you to go to the post office and get some (80)e______ and stamps for me. I also put the ink bottle on them in case they might not draw your attention. M: I see now. Why cant’ you go and get them (81)y______? The post office is only about 30 (82)m      walk from here. We often go for a walk there after having (83)s      . W: Of course I know how far it is from our school. I can’t go there myself because I’m very (84)b_______ doing some chemical experiments in the lab. And what’s more, I have to prepare for my English exam. You know I failed the last one. If I can’t pass this time , a hard time will be (85)w       for me.

(76)_________ (77)_________ (78)_________ (79)_________ (80)_________ (81)_________ (82)_________ (83)_________ (84)_________ (85)_________

When I was very young, I had very romantic ideas about my future. First I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I often imagined myself on the stage at the Opera House with the audience cheering at the end of the show, and huge bunches of flowers at my feet. But it was soon obvious that I was going to be too tall to be a ballet dancer. Then I thought I would like to be a florist（花商）, and work in a shop full of lovely flowers. However, when I left school, I fell in love and got married, I was very happy. Then suddenly, it was all over. At the age of twenty-three I was a widow（寡妇）, and I had two little boys. I had not learned how to dance; I had not learned how to arrange flowers. The only thing I had ever learned was to look after a home. So I became a daily help, and now I go act to do house work. I’m paid by the hour, I managed to earn enough to keep the three of us.

The two boys start school at nine o’clock, so I get up at six every morning, and, very quickly, so as not to wake them, I clean the house. Then I prepare breakfast and I wake the children at a quarter to eight. We all eat together and then I walk with them as far as the school, because there are several dangerous and busy streets to cross. I don’t have to worry too much about them at noon, as they have lunch at school. So I go to Mrs. X’s house from nine to eleven, and then to Mrs. Y’s until one o’clock. She gives me lunch, too. I work at Mrs. I’s flat from two to three-thirty every day, and then it is time for me to collect the boys from school and take them home. That is my life. It is not a very romantic one, but then, I have learned that life is not usually romantic.

1. Before the lady got married, she wanted______.

A. to be working on the stage in the Opera House

B. to be either a dancer or a florist

C. to throw flowers to her own feet

D. to be a shop assistant

2. At the age of twenty-three______.

A. the lady fell in love and got married

B. the lady formed a family of four

C. the lady left the school and became a widow

D. the lady’s husband died

3. The lady learned from her experience that______.

A. life one thinks of is different from what it really is

B. life one thinks of is usually the same as what it really is

C. life is usually romantic

D. life is often cruel