Most of us are the only child in our family. We have no brothers or sisters. Our family mainly consists of our mom,our dad and us. We are growing up in a world differently from our parents’. And we will be the future leaders of China. Some day we have to work hand in hand with each other and make China more and more beautiful. So we must learn to love each other like brothers and sisters.
It’s hard to think how difficult life would be if we had a sibling(同胞，手足).We never have to share anything at home. Of course, we might have cousins, but we don’t have to live with them! Our parents try to give us the best, and the best doesn’t need sharing between two or three children. Do we ever ask ourselves if we are (宠坏) spoiled?
A recent study has found that many children don’t know how to love others! We don’r know the value of money. We don’t know how hard our parents are to support us. We don’t want others to regard us as spoiled, do we? Well, why not start now to help our parents at home, share a game with one of our friends or value the opinions of our classmates, even if we don’t always agree? In a word, we must learn to love each other!
【小题1】The underlined phrase “consists of ” means ____________in Chinese.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

If you find out that your best friend is developing feeling for you and the feelings are in no way mutual (共通的), the sooner you communicate this the better .

   Sometimes having to be the person who does the rejecting is __1__ than being rejected, ___2___ the person you have to hurt is your dearest friend. The key is to be gentle, but not so gentle that he or she doesn’t get it. If you ___3__ it before he says anything , it is possible you can __4_  him some of the humiliation(羞辱). You can just happen to mention that you are so happy that you don’t have to___5__ the ups and downs of romance with him. “Aren’t we lucky to have such a close friendship without having to worry about?” If he brings it up to you, just remember ___6___ kind to his heart. So many things you could say have become a cliché(老生常谈), such as “ I don’t want to risk losing what we have now.” Of course, if that is how you feel then say it anyway. The most reassuring thing you can do for him is to__7__ not to let his admission hurt the friendship. Even though the first response will be to the “rejection” later, he or she will worry about the friendship __8___. If you want to show the ultimate respect, keep it ___9__ the two of you. Resist the temptation to tell others. Otherwise, this will only hurt your friend__10__.

    __11__, if the feelings between the two of you are__12___, then this can be a very happy moment. Don’t let your fears ruin it. Yes, it is _13_ to venture into new territory with someone you have been close with as a friend. But the good news is you already know each other well and you like each other. There is always a risk of losing the friendship when and if you _14__, but if you both agree you aren’t going to let that happen, the risk factor _15__ .

A. better          B. worse           C. wiser           D. nicer

A. even if         B. especially if     C. especially       D. if 

A. hear about      B. heard            C. listen to         D. hear from

A. harmed        B. share             C. spare           D. reduced

A. go away with   B. go through      C. go by           D. go over

A. being          B. to be             C. be               D. to have been

A. keep             B. promise          C. avoid            D. permit

A. as well           B. either            C. finally            D. ultimately

A. in                 B. among          C. between        D. away from

A. a little          B. even better      C. much less       D. even more

A. Whatever       B. Whenever        C. At the same timeD. However

A. active           B. mutual           C. affected          D. sensible

A. scary            B. enjoyable       C. funny            D. lucky

A. break down     B. break up        C.  break out      D. break off

A. increases        B. decreases        C. remains         D. exists

The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.―Thomas MacaulaySome thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O’Neil gave an arithmetic(算术)  ___ 36 ___  to our class. When the papers were  ___ 37 ___  she discovered that twelve boys had made the same mistakes throughout the test.

  There is really nothing new about  ___38___  in the exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Neill  ___39___  even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to  ___40___  after class. I was one of the twelve. Mrs. O’Neill asked  ___41___  questions, and she didn’t  ___42___  us either. Macaulay, she wrote on the blackboard the  ___43___  words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to  ___44___  these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

  I don’t  ___45___  about the other eleven boys. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most important single  ___46___  of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they  ___47___  seem to me the best yard-stick(准绳), because they give us a  ___48___  to measure ourselves rather than others. ___49___  of us are asked to make  ___50___  decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called  ___51___  daily to make a great many personal decisions.  ___52___  the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the  ___53___  change received at the store be forgotten or  ___54___? Nobody will know except ___55___. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.

When I walked into the house after school, the first thing I noticed was a box with items I recognized from my dad’s office.

“What are you doing at home?” I asked casually.

“Andrew, I was    31    today,” he answered quietly.

I was sure he was joking. “No, you weren’t. Why are you    32    at home?”

Then I noticed his    33    and realized he was telling me the truth. My father has always been a hard worker and prided himself on his career.    34    our family has been his joy, and I guess I have    35    his work for granted.

My father’s unemployment    36    many changes in our lives. For starters, he was at home all the time, which meant my bed had to be    37   , my room cleaned up, and my     38     done right after school. I would come home every day to find him at the computer     39     jobs. I began to notice how    40    he seemed, and how losing his job affected his self-esteem, though he tried to be    41   . For the first time, I    42    my dad as vulnerable (易受伤的). He asked my brother and me to    43    less. I gave up my pocket money,    44    it wasn’t much. I felt I was doing the right. I also found a part-time job.

After several difficult months of searching, my dad    45    to go in a totally different direction. He    46    that he never wanted to be laid off again, so he was going to start his own business. Day by day, I watched him    47    it, and I admired how much time and     48     he expended. I    49    knew he was a hard worker, but watching him in action really affected me.

Although this was one of the    50    experiences for our family, it taught me a lot about dealing with adversity (逆境), and will be my foundations for success.

三..完形填空（２０分）
The town of Pressure and the town of Pleasure were neighbors but they had nothing in common. Residents built walls to   36    influence from the other town.
In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very   37  . When women gave birth, they would compete to have the baby with the loudest  38  . There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because   39    was the symbol of success, people were always busy making money, with no time for relaxation. Some young people couldn’t    40  the intensity(紧张) and chose to drink to escape.
In Pleasure, the motto was: 41   you like it, do it. People grew up without pressure and   42    do anything they liked. Children played computer games day   43   night. At school, teachers didn’t care   44    students came or not. Workers might sit around the office all day long drinking coffee and doing  45  .Thanks to the lack of regulations，nobody worried about   46    their jobs. It was pleasure that   47 . The computers they used were old   48    from the town of Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to drugs   49   the emptiness(空虚) of their lives.Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is life   50  ?” But, just before life in the two towns completely   51   , there came a great person---Mr Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people and    52   advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had   53   people in Pleasure began to make plans. They   54    the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The town’s people came to   55    the truth---there is no gap between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes(极端;两极端).
36. A. pick out        B. put out             C. leave out          D. keep out
37. A. best            B. richest             C. worst              D. least
38. A. smile           B. laugh              C. cry                D. sign
39. A. wealth          B. health             C. happiness           D. pleasure
40. A. catch           B. bear               C. make              D. live
41. A. Even though     B. Unless             C. As long as          D. While
42. A. should          B. might             C. had                D. could
43. A. and             B. after              C. or                 D. by
44. A. what            B. who              C. where              D. whether
45. A. nothing         B. something         C. anything            D. everything
46. A. finding          B. asking             C. doing              D. losing
47. A. mattered        B. cared             C. considered          D. minded 
48. A. ones            B. those            C. that                D. one
49. A. compared to     B. thanks to          C. as a result           D. because of
50. A. for             B. at                C. in                  D. to
51. A. gave            B. failed             C. lost                 D. saved
52. A. following        B. taking            C. seeking             D. giving
53. A. when            B. as                C. while               D. since
54. A. pulled off       B. pulled down       C. pulled out           D. pulled up
55. A. tell             B. realize            C. perform            D. doubt