I remember a day when I was a little kid. I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the date on one of the wine bottles.

“ Dad, dad!” I cried. “This wine is too old to drink.”

“ Son, hold on,” he said.

“ No, you can’t drink this tonight! This bottle of wine was made 10 years ago.”

“ Wait, let me tell you…”

“ Would you like me to throw it away from you?” I asked.

“ Son, wait a second,” he said. “Son, some wines get better over time. The longer you wait to drink it, the better it will be. Although this may seem strange, it is true.”

   When I was young, I didn’t have any understanding of what this meant, but now, this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years.

   In our society, we forget this simple rule: The longer you want for certain things, the better they will be. But we want the best job as quickly as possible; we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of great importance.

   We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don’t get ready enough to get there. This has a negative effect on our society. When trying to go to the right college, we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class-work, we may not study enough for the test, and end up failing. We need to be ready for whatever comes, ready for the unexpected. Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.

1.Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine?

A. Because it smelt terrible.      

B. Because it was mixed with something else.

C. Because his father drank too much that night.

D. Because it had been kept for years.

2.What the author’s father said __________.

A. made the author puzzled when he was a little child.

B. was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author.

C. threw the author into deep thought then.

D. was an excuse to drink the wine.

3. In the author’s opinion, if we do things too quickly, we will __________.

A. do it better                          B. save much time

C. graduate from college more quickly    D. miss something useful to us in life

4. Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?

   A. Well begun is half done.           B. More haste（匆忙）, less speed.

   C. Failure is the mother of success.  D.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

 

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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

An 80-year-old couple was having problems remembering things, so they decided to go to their doctor to get checked out to make sure nothing was wrong with them.

When they arrived at the doctor’s, they explained to the doctor about the problems they were having with their memory. After checking the couple out, the doctor told them that they were physically okay but might want to start writing things down and make notes to help them remember things. The couple thanked the doctor and left.

Later that night, while watching TV, the man got up from his chair and his wife asked, “Where are you going?”

He replied, “To the kitchen.”

She asked, “Will you get me a cup of ice cream?”

He replied, “Sure.”

She then asked him, “Don’t you think you should write it down so you can remember it?”

He said, “No, I can remember that.”

She then said, “Well, I would also like some strawberries on top. You had better write that down because I know you’ll forget that.”

He said, “I can remember that. You want a cup of ice cream with strawberries.”

She replied, “Well, I also would like some whipped cream on top. I know you will forget that so you’d better write it down.”

With anger in his voice, he said, “I don’t need to write that down! I can remember that.” He then went into the kitchen.

After about 20 minutes he returned from the kitchen and handed her a plate of bacon and eggs. She stared at the plate for a moment and said angrily, “I told you to write it down! You forgot my bread!”

56. The doctor suggested the couple that they should ____.

A. live with their children                    B. keep notes to improve their memory

C. do some sports                               D. have an operation   

57. While watching TV, the wife asked her husband to take her ____.

A. some strawberries                          B. something in the kitchen

C. a plate of bacon and eggs         D. ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream

58. After seeing the doctor, the couple ____.

A. changed their life totally                 B. followed the doctor’s advice

C. did anything as before                           D. found the way of taking notes helpful

59. The husband got angry because his wife ____.

A. asked him to take her an ice cream

B. complained he forgot to take her bread

C. asked him to take her a plate of bacon and eggs

D. reminded him to write down what he would do

60. From the passage we can infer that the old couple ____.

A. still had something wrong with their memory after seeing the doctor

B. had poor health, so they went to see their doctor

C. obeyed their doctor’s advice and carried it out successfully

D. got their memory improved after seeing the doctor

 

I didn’t have a job at the time and I was getting help from the government. One day, I was walking to a  36 to get some food when I noticed a little man     37  on a bench beside the store. I walked past him but could not 38     thinking about him.  So I 39 around and went up to him and asked him if he was  40 . He said no. He said he hadn’t  41 for two days. I told him, “Don’t     42 . I’ll be right back.” Before leaving, I  43  him what he would like to eat. He said it didn’t 44 . Then I asked him to tell me what he hadn’t had for a long     45 . He said “a Pepsi”. I went into the store and got him some bread, lunch meat, chips, cookies —  46 food for a few days. The store didn’t have Pepsi,  47     I had to go to another one. I used the 48  of what I had to get him a Pepsi from a store far 49 .

After a long time, when I brought him the 50 and the Pepsi, he cried. With     51  in his eyes, he said, “You are my angel.” When he  52 to hug me, I had a strange  53 — he was my angel, too. I couldn’t even  54  the feeling clearly. Maybe because he gave me a / an 55  to help him, which helped me to understand that I also had abilities to help others.

A. store                B. company       C. restaurant                D. hotel    

A. working    B. sitting             C. standing            D. drinking 

A. wait          B. begin              C. forget               D. stop

A. looked       B. faced              C. turned              D. played

A. lonely       B. hungry            C. tired                     D. okay

A. eaten         B. rested              C. slept                 D. walked

A. move        B. worry             C. refuse               D. lie

A. told           B. wondered        C. asked                D. advised 

A. care         B. know               C. concern           D. matter

A. way          B. path                    C. time                     D. season

A. enough     B. many               C. few               D. little

A. for            B. but               C. as                     D. so

A. next          B. last               C. first               D. large

A. over          B. away              C. off                   D. near

A. lunch        B. dish              C. food                 D. supper

A. anger        B. excitement       C. smiles               D. tears

A. sat down    B. passed on         C. stood up                 D. picked up

A. way          B. opinion            C. attitude            D. feeling

A. explain      B. introduce                C. repeat                     D. remember

A. incident     B. opportunity      C. choice              D. method

完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并将答案填入答题卡中。

When I was younger, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific event that was 36 for me. We spent four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless in the streets. After that we went to a(n) 37 shelter.

I was in high school at the time and my sister was too 38 to take part. She wanted to 39 , so she made sixty cookies for us to take and 40 to people. When we got to the homeless shelter we passed out the remaining 41 we had left. Next, we began making sandwiches and pairing them with other goodies(好吃的东西)and 42 them with the crowd. I had the cans with my sister’s cookies in them and began to walk around, offering them to anyone near me.

I 43 an older gentleman and said, “Sir, would you like a 44 ?”He stopped and turned around, 45 ，“What did you say? Did you call me sir?” And I told him I had, and his eyes watered a little bit and he said, “No one has ever called me sir. 46 ”

It  47  me to the core（彻底地）.

I explained I had been taught that everyone deserved respect. It 48  me to think that just because he was homeless, no one afforded him the 49 which every person should get. It broke my 50 , and I couldn’t help but cry. I just didn’t understand 51 no one ever called him sir. Just because he didn’t have money or a place to live in. Every single person 52 to be treated with dignity(尊严). Years later, I 53 carry that memory and the lessons it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted as 54 gestures can really make a(n) 55 in someone’s life. 

36	A	important	B	attractive	C	puzzling	D.	memorable
37	A	safe	B	dangerous	C	homeless	D.	animal
38	A	excited	B	young	C	naughty	D.	eager
39	A	help	B	join	C	grow	D.	pay
40	A	get around	B	get over	C	hand out	D.	hand in
41	A	water	B	paper	C	coins	D	meals
42	A	shared	B	mixed	C	threw	D.	made
43	A	caught	B	approached	C	limited	D.	called
44	A	shelter	B	talk	C	rest	D.	cookie
45	A	asking	B	refusing	C	smiling	D.	eating
46	A	Seldom	B	Always	C	Generally	D.	Never
47	A	moved	B	struck	C	impressed	D.	influenced
48	A	saddened	B	interested	C	ordered	D.	forced
49	A	reward	B	honor	C	gift	D.	home
50	A	confidence	B	plan	C	heart	D.	nervousness
51	A	whether	B	when	C	how	D.	why
52	A	learns	B	deserves	C	leads	D.	chooses
53	A	still	B	yet	C	ever	D.	just
54	A	generous	B	nice	C	simple	D.	political
55	A	decision		B   choice	C	difference	D	invention

 

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，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（∧），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 classmate Liu Hui looks tired this week. This morning, I asked him if he had trouble in fall asleep. He said no and explained how he looked tired. “I want to do well on my    studies, so I have been stayed up these days,” he said. Hearing that, I became worrying. “Staying up may not help you at all. If you want to study well, you should have had a   good sleep every night,” I said. Though he disagreed with me. He believed that if he studied for two more hour every night, he would catch up others. I said nothing more but I’m sure he will realize what I told them is true one day.