Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love  would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you  36 .

                 

  I wanted to do something very   37   for my fifteen year old son, who has always been the perfect child. He   38   all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it   39   it looked almost new. I was so   40   of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could   41   wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening. I went to the kitchen to   42   the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a   43  : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so   44  . It had been a long standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could   45   lessons. “L earn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s   46 .

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could   47   this expensive gift.

Of course, the   48   awoke, and my son was thrilled（激动的）with my reaction. Many kisses were   49  , and I immediately wanted him to   50   my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not   51   what I was expecting. Then I   52   that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother   53   on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still   54   and lives even in the ever changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to   55   this story.

                          Yours,

                          Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a

new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

36．A．hope	B．advice	C．support	D．courage
37．A．polite	B．similar	C．special	D．private
38．A．played	B．studied	C．traveled	D．worked
39．A．after	B．before	C．unless	D．until
40．A．sure	B．fond	C．proud	D．confident
41．A．perhaps	B．really	C．almost	D．hardly
42．A．start	B．cook	C．set	D．serve
43．A．note	B．notice	C．word	D．sign
44．A．disturbed	B．confused	C．astonished	D．inspired
45．A．give	B．take	C．draw	D．teach
46．A．reason	B．request	C．comment	D．response
47．A．present	B．afford	C．find	D．order
48．A．neighbor	B．building	C．home	D．house
49．A．exchanged	B．experienced	C．expected	D．exhibited
50．A．tear	B．open	C．check	D．receive
51．A．purely	B．basically	C．obviously	D．exactly
52．A．realized	B．remembered	C．imagined	D．supposed
53．A．only	B．still	C．ever	D．even
54．A．works	B．exists	C．matters	D．counts
55．A．send	B．publish	C．share	D．write

 (05·北京)

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love  would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you  36 .

I wanted to do something very   37   for my fifteen – year – old son, who has always been the perfect child. He   38   all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it   39   it looked almost new. I was so   40   of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could   41   wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening. I went to the kitchen to   42   the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a   43  : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so   44  . It had been a long – standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could   45   lessons. “L earn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s   46 .

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could   47   this expensive gift.

Of course, the   48   awoke, and my son was thrilled（激动的）with my reaction. Many kisses were   49  , and I immediately wanted him to   50   my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not   51   what I was expecting. Then I   52   that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother   53   on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still   54   and lives even in the ever–changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to   55   this story.

                                                                  Yours,

                                                                 Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

36．A．hope                   B．advice                 C．support               D．courage

37．A．polite                  B．similar                 C．special                D．private

38．A．played                B．studied                C．traveled               D．worked

39．A．after                   B．before                 C．unless                 D．until

40．A．sure                    B．fond                    C．proud                  D．confident

41．A．perhaps               B．really                   C．almost                 D．hardly

42．A．start                    B．cook                   C．set                      D．serve

43．A．note                    B．notice                  C．word                  D．sign

44．A．disturbed             B．confused             C．astonished           D．inspired

45．A．give                    B．take                    C．draw                   D．teach

46．A．reason                 B．request                C．comment             D．response

47．A．present                B．afford                 C．find                    D．order

48．A．neighbor              B．building               C．home                  D．house

49．A．exchanged           B．experienced         C．expected             D．exhibited

50．A．tear                     B．open                   C．check                 D．receive

51．A．purely                 B．basically              C．obviously            D．exactly

52．A．realized               B．remembered         C．imagined             D．supposed

53．A．only                    B．still                     C．ever                    D．even

54．A．works                 B．exists                  C．matters               D．counts

55．A．send                   B．publish                C．share                  D．write

King's College Summer School
King's College Summer School is an annual( 每年的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King's College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year's summer school will be from July 25 to August 15.
More information is as follows:

Application (申请) date l Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2012. l Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2012 l Foreign students should send their applications before July 10, 2012	Coursesl English Language Spoken English: 22 hours Reading and Writing: 10 hours l American History: 16 hours l American Culture: 16 hours
Stepsl A letter of self-introduction l A letter of recommendation(推荐) ﹡ The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information.	Costl Daily lessons: $200 l Sports and activities: $100 l Travels: $200 l Hotel service: $400 ﹡You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city.
Please write to: Thompson, Sanders 1026 King' s Street New York, NY 10016, USA E-mail: KC-Summer-School@ yahoo, com

【小题1】50. You can most probably read the text in ________.

A．a newspaper	B．a travel guide
C．a textbook	D．a telephone book

【小题2】51. Which of the following is true about King' s College Summer School?

A．Only top students can take part in the program.

B．King' s College Summer School is run every other year.

C．Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.

D．Only the teachers of King' s College give courses.

【小题3】52. If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school __

A．$200

B．$400

C．$500

D．$900

【小题4】53. What information can you get from the text?

A．The program will last two months.

B．You can write to Thompson only in English.

C．As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2012

D．You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone.

Do you know when and where ice cream got its start? It's an international favorite with a long and interesting history

The earliest ices were eaten in China many years ago. The people would put orange juice on ice .Later, this idea traveled to Italy. Nero, the emperor of Rome between 37 and 68 A.D, liked to eat ices as a special treat between violin lessons. He ordered runners to run to the mountains, get snow and quickly run back to the palace; The snow was mixed with fruit juices and nuts.

Around 1660,Coffee shops serving ice cream were very popular in Paris. Most of the coffee shops were owned by Italians. The first successful one was opened by a man from Sicily named Francesco Procopio.

Ice cream was probably brought to America in the early 1700's, and quickly became the favorite of American presidents. George Washington had ice cream pots and machines in his kitchen. Dolly Madison the wife of President Madison, was the first person to actually serve it in the White House. She made her guests very  happy when she served her favorite dessert.

Before ice cream was sold in stores, it was made and frozen at home. it took a lot of work to mix cream，eggs，fruit，and salt, and then to freeze it. Nancy Johnson, an American woman who was good with machines, invented the hand-turned ice cream freezer in 1846. Five years later, Jacob Fluse opened the first ice cream business, in Baltimore, Maryland His business quickly spread to other states. Today in the United States,  ice cream is not only a food , it is away of life.

1.What's the passage about? (No more than 10 words)

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2.From which country did ice cream begin to travel in the world? (No more than l word)

_____________________________________________________________________________

3.What does the underlined word "it" refer to in paragraph 4? (No more than 3 words)

_____________________________________________________________________________

4.Who was the first person to serve the ice cream in White House'? (No more than 5 words)

_____________________________________________________________________________

5.According to the passage ,what made ice cream so popular in the USA? Please list two reasons．

 

对话填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

T=Todd    A=Adrienne

T: I was looking at your photos, and I found you can play the violin. Tell

me about it.

A: I really (76) e______ playing the violin. I’ve been playing for many years         76________

since I was a five-year-old girl.

Everyone in my family plays an (77) i_________,                                               77_________

so it’s part of what we do together as a family.

T: So when you were (78) l _________ you practiced every day , didn’t you?         78_________

A: Yes, I did, my mom made me. I didn’t have a (79) c__________.                 79_________ 

T: Did you have a (80) t________ come over to your house?                                 80_________

A: No, I had a lesson at the violin school once a week

and I (81)a__________ group lessons too, so it was once a week with a private       81________

and once a week with a group.

T: When did you stop playing?

A: I haven’t stopped.

T: Oh, you (82)s_______ practice.                                                                             82________

A: Yeah, although I don’t have my violin here in Japan right now.

T: Is it (83) h_______ to be away from your violin?                                             83_________

A: It’s sometimes, I (84) m________ the time when I played with my family.         84_________

T: So are you going to play the violin for me sometime?

A: Sure! If you can (85) f________ a violin, I will.                                             85________