Every time I passed boys who were playing basketball, I stopped to silently watch them. I really envied them. But as a girl, I once thought that I could  16  play basketball.

I like playing basketball though I'm not good at it. I've had a basketball 17  I was a child. At first, I could play freely because no one  18  when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball.

At school, it was always the boys who played basketball during PE classes. The girls were 19  allowed to play volleyball or badminton.

My parents did not  20  me play basketball at home. "Basketball is not fit for girls," they said.   21  I went to play basketball with my friends, boys  22   at me on the court as if I were an alien.

I was feeling  23  and had lost hope of playing basketball. 24 , something changed the first day of high school. I made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball. They  25  me to get back on the court.

One of them told me with a smile, "Go your own  26 , let others talk." This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about  27  with me almost every day.

I was inspired by them. Confidence and passion  28 to my heart. I am ready to stand up and play. I will play as well as I can,  29  for me, even the sky is boundless (无垠的).

Basketball has become an important part of my  30 . I am interested in it. I watch matches and enjoy playing almost every day. Through basketball, not only do I feel happy and confident, but also 31  a lot.

I've heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say, "Nothing is impossible." It is from an advertisement on TV. I have  32  to realize that life is just like playing basketball. You should have an  33 . After that, just be confident and  34  going. Never give up and you'll make it sooner or later.

I love the motto of the NBA. It can 35  my strong feelings for basketball, "I love this game!"

1.                A．ever           B．often           C．never    D．always

 

2.                A．when          B．before         C．after D．since

 

3.                A．struggled       B．cared          C．enjoyed  D．joined

 

4.                A．only           B．almost          C．hardly    D．not

 

5.                A．encourage      B．agree          C．let   D．permit

 

6.                A．Still            B．Yet            C．Just  D．Even

 

7.                A．looked         B．glared          C．glanced   D．stared

 

8.                A．up            B．down          C．excited   D．satisfied

 

9.                A．Unluckily       B．Naturally        C．Unexpectedly  D．Clearly

 

10.               A．encouraged     B．forbade        C．ensured   D．explored

 

11.               A．effort          B．way           C．business   D．direction

 

12.               A．basketball       B．sports          C．interests   D．dreams

 

13.               A．stuck          B．referred        C．turned    D．returned

 

14.               A．but            B．though         C．and  D．however

 

15.               A．wish           B．life            C．work D．study

 

16.               A．experience     B．grow           C．learn D．play

 

17.               A．come          B．turned         C．refused   D．happened

 

18.               A．idea           B．aim            C．opinion   D．effort

 

19.               A．insist          B．remain         C．keep D．last

 

20.               A．inform         B．express        C．ignore D．connect

 

 

                                                                         

短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下列短文，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。

I feel very happy to receive your letter and here I'd like

to give you some a        on how to learn English．Above all,                            76. ____________

don't lose your heart. Many students find it _______ to learn English，                77. ____________

especially _______ write good English compositions．In my opinion,                    78. ____________

if you want to _______（改善）your writing, you should learn                               79. ____________

by heart as many English expressions and sentence p        as possible．      80. ____________

And at the same time try to use _______ in your compositions．I                         81. ____________

think just r        grammar rules is no use. And only by reading                         82. ____________

and writing a lot, _______ you be able to learn English well in an                            83. ____________

effective way．I definitely _______（相信） the most important                       84. ____________

thing is that you should _______ writing every day and never give up．                85. ____________

                                                                                                      

 

Some young Cambodians are learning a new sport — skateboarding. The country’s first skateboard park is located on the grounds of a local charity group at the edge of Phnom Penh, the capital.

Sports like Khmer boxing and soccer are wildly popular in Cambodia. But Chea, who has been skating for 6 months, says skating has already become his favorite sport.

The skaters are learning tricks like launching off a jump or half-pipe and flying through the air on their narrow wooden boards.

A non-governmental organization called Skateistan Cambodia organizes weekly programs at the park. Skateistan started its work in Afghanistan years ago. Rory Burke is working with the group which expanded to Cambodia last year.

Rory Burke points out, “Yeah, it’s definitely not a typical Cambodian pastime (消遣). And I think the idea of ‘why skateboarding’ is that it’s not been done before here. We want to use skateboarding as something saying, ‘Hey, this is new, this is something different.And that kind of itself becomes a little bit of hook. People see it and they think and they say, ‘Wow, what is that?’ and they want to get involved. ”

Skateistan partners with local groups that work with young people. The park is on the grounds of the group known as PSE, where children attend school and learn a trade. There are almost one hundred twenty participants. They all come from troubled lives.

Seventeen-year-old Sang Rotha is a student at PSE. “Sometimes I don’t do well in subjects like math,” he says, “I feel bad when I find it hard to keep up with my lessons. So that is why I skateboard ---to improve my bad feelings. ’，

He says he began skateboarding more than a year ago. Before he started training, it seemed very easy. But it was very difficult to learn tricks, and he got hurt a lot from falling off.

Rory Burke says learning to deal with the difficulties is part of the lesson for these young skateboarders.

1. According to the passage, PSE is a group ______.

A．that works with Cambodian students

B．for young Cambodians to learn a trade

C．for young Cambodians in troubled lives

D．for young Cambodians taking skateboarding

2. What is said about skateboarding in the passage?

A．It was born in Afghanistan years ago.

B．It is easy for young Cambodians to learn.

C．It is as popular as Khmer boxing in Cambodia.

D．It is a good sport to help get good feeling again.

3.The underlined part alittle bit of hook probably means ______.

A．something strange

B．something quite new

C．something different

D．something attractive

4. It can be inferred from the passage that skateboarding is becoming ______.

A．a sport liked by most young Cambodians

B．an increasingly popular sport in Cambodia

C．a sport used to better young Cambodians’ life

D．a good way to train young Cambodians’ learning skills

 

Many facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the doctors. I feel there are a number of reasons for this.

Some people blame the fact that we are surrounded (包围) by shops selling unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice-cream, at low prices. This has turned out a whole generation of grown-ups who seldom cook a meal for themselves. If there were fewer of these restaurants, then probably children will buy less take away food.

There is another argument that blames parents for allowing their children to become overweight. I agree with this because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start to visit fast food shops. If children are given fried chicken and chocolate rather than healthy food or are always allowed to choose what they eat, they will go for sweet and salty foods every time, this will carry on throughout their lives.

There is a third reason for this situation. Children these days take very little exercise. They do not walk to school. When they get home, they sit in front of the television or their computers and play computer games. Not only is this an pastime(消遣), it also give them time to eat more unhealthy food. What they need is to go outside and play active games or sports.

The above are the main reasons for this problem, and therefore we have to encourage young people to be more active, as well as steering them away from fast food shops and bad eating habits.

1.According to the passage, what kind of children may eat more unhealthy food?

A．Those who often took exercise.

B．Those who often watch TV.

C．Those who often have meals at home.

D．Those who often walk to school.

2.The author thinks that children are becoming overweight because _____.

A．their parents often cook meals for them

B．they are too busy to go out and play

C．they can’t choose what to eat

D．there are so many fast food shops around

3.The word “steering”underlined in the last sentence most probably means _____.

A．forcing           B．guiding           C．driving            D．moving

4.The main purpose of the passage is to _____.

A．tell a story         B．provide facts       C．give advice        D．compare opinions

 

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加.删除或修改某个单词。

   增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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。

   例如：

      It was very nice to get your invitation to spend ∧ weekend with you. Luckily I was

                                           the                             am

completely free then, so I’ll to say “yes”. I’ll arrive in Bristol at around

 

     8p.m. in Friday evening.

       on

My swimming experience is extreme interesting. There was a time when I swim like a rock. This went on till one day when I was fishing with a friend of mine at nearby pond. I slipped into one. Had my friend not come to my rescue, I would have been drowned. Ever since then, I had come to know the importance of learning to swim. I didn’t attend at any training class but learned it all by myself. Strange to say, I have difficult swimming at all now. Though the way I swim look awkward (笨拙的), at least it can keep me from floating. Thinking of this, I feel quite satisfying.