As Sam slowly woke, he got a funny feeling in his stomach. He knew he would have to do something that he had been afraid to do for a long time.
The school bus came on time, and he sat with his friend, Billy. They chatted about baseball. It was a great way to get his mind off what he had to do later. As they got close to the school, he could feel his heart beating. His hands were starting to sweat. He hated this!
He entered Mrs. Owens’ class. She was smiling, and saying hello to all her students as she did every morning.
“Hi, Sam!” she said as he walked in.
“Hi,” he said and quickly sat in his seat. Then the class began to take their spelling test. He looked at the clock. The time was near. He hoped he was not first! Mrs. Owens said it was time to begin their special day.
“Sam, you’ll be first.” Mrs. Owens said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his report on Hawaii, and I know it is very interesting.”
Sam nervously greeted his class. Then, he thought about the fun things he had read about surfing, volcanoes, and pineapples in Hawaii, and he started to talk. He talked in front of the whole class, and it was fun. The class clapped as he finished and Mrs. Owens was smiling. It wasn’t terrible at all and he knew he would do better the next time.
【小题1】How did Sam feel after he woke?
A. Excited.     B. Nervous.     C. Happy. 
【小题2】What did Sam have to do that day?
A. To have a baseball match.
B. To take a reading test.
C.  To do something special.
【小题3】What does the underlined word “ sweat ” probably mean?
A. 触摸    B. 鼓掌    C. 出汗
【小题4】Which could be inferred(推断) from this passage?
A. Sam hated chatting about baseball.
B. Sam learned about Hawaii by travelling.
C.  The class enjoyed Sam’s talk very much.
【小题5】Which is the best title for this passage?
A. A special day    B. An interesting lesson    C. A nice teacher

----I hear there’ll be _________ talk on teenage problems next Monday.
----Do you mean __________ talk our teacher asked us to listen to?

A．a; the

B．a; a

C．the; the

D．the; a

邻 居 阿 麻  （12分）
我与邻居阿麻结怨已经很久了瞧他那付样子，够你烦心：脸麻，腿跛，背驼。因为这付尊容，他已经四十多岁了，还是个“快乐的单身汉”。
单身汉有空闲，管闲事管到我的头上。我和我的伙伴们在玩的方面个个都是天才，下雪天，我们拆别人的篱笆学大人烧炭，他提起一桶水，“噗”的一声，将窑炭冲的稀烂。“烧了镇上的房屋，你们去坐牢？”秋天，我们用土炸药炸别人家菜园里的南瓜，炸得“瓜肉横飞”，我们高兴得直翻跟头。正当我们得意忘形之时，阿麻的手钳住我：“看我不告诉你们爷娘！”回家后，我们都挨了一顿打。皮肉受苦，奇痛难忍，我们奈何不了阿麻，只能编歌谣泄恨：“麻子麻叮当，骑马上洪江，听到锣鼓响，麻子脸上痒。”这时，麻子便要追击，我们“哗”的一声跑散，望着他一跛一跛的样子，我们开心得像喝了可口可乐。
我们不喜欢他，小镇上的大人们也不怎么喜欢他，这中间有个缘故。
小镇的西边有一条河，是学生上学和大人外出的必经之地。河上有座年久失修的桥。桥上木板朽了，常常跌倒人，木桥墩烂了，走在上面摇摇晃晃像荡秋千。终于，一场大雨，猛涨的山溪水把它冲走，还带走了我的一个小伙伴春山。我庆幸那天贪玩旷课，捡得了一条小命。阿麻请人做了个小木船，干起了摆渡1的行当。第一天，过渡免费，镇里的人都说他在积德。可是，第二天收费一角。后来竟涨到了四角，阿麻“发”了，腰包涨鼓鼓。有人骂他“黑良心，赚昧心钱”。但他默默地忍受了。
风里来，雨里去，阿麻摆渡六年。操劳过度，脸色蜡黄，日渐消瘦。人们担心，他总有一天会栽倒在小河里。
后来，小河上砌起了一座石拱桥，小巧玲珑，像一把小金锁，锁住了放荡不羁的小河。从此，小镇的人们过河如履平地，都说修桥人泽被后世。
小桥落成的前两天，阿麻死了，医生说他患的是癌症。
小桥落成那天，正逢小镇赶集，人山人海，好不热闹。桥上没有彩灯，没有横幅，没有红绸。一挂两千响，响过之后，镇长讲话了：“今天，我们在这里举行小桥落成典礼暨阿麻同志追悼会。阿麻同志摆渡六年，劳动所得全部捐献，修了这座石拱桥。他在病重住院期间，仍念念不忘小桥，念念不忘小镇的人们。”镇长的眼圈红了，嘱秘书拿出骨灰盒，打开，说：“这座石拱桥，就是阿麻的纪念碑。”他顿了顿，人群中有人哭泣。“根据阿麻遗嘱，将他的骨灰撒在小河里。”他抓起一把骨灰，撒向空中，随着骨灰抖落，人们的泪珠也纷纷抖落。
不知是哪一个能工巧匠，雕了个阿麻的半身石像，嵌在桥头的石墩上，从此后，阿麻每天目送着孩子们上学，目送着过往的车马行人。
【小题1】儿时的“我”和孩子们为什么不喜欢阿麻？（2分）
（1）                                               
（2）                                                  
【小题2】小镇上的大人们为什么也不喜欢阿麻？（2分）
【小题3】有人骂阿麻“黑良心，赚昧心钱”，阿麻为什么不为自己辩解，反而“默默地忍受了”？（2分）
【小题4】作者为了塑造阿麻这个人物，用了                   的写作方法，这样写的好处是                                                    。 （3分）
【小题5】文章中的阿麻是一个既平凡又伟大的小人物，结合自己的感受谈谈阿麻的故事对你有什么启发？（3分）

Nowadays, there’s a lot of debate about single sex education since it has begun to regain its popularity recently. According to long term studies of children from around the world, students achieve more and learn better in single sex schools.
An Australian study of 270,000 students found that both boys and girls performed much higher on standardized(标准化) tests when they attended separate schools. During an experiment in Virginia in 1995, 100 eighth graders were separated just for math and science courses. Almost immediately, the girls began to achieve more, become more confident and take part more often in class activities.
In 2001, a British study concluded that nearly every girl regardless of (不论) her ability or socio-economic status performed better in single sex classrooms than co-ed ones. The study of 2,954 high schools and 979 primary schools showed that while boys at the lowest levels in study improved the most in single sex schools, single sex education was particularly beneficial (有益的) to girls. Every one of the top 50 private elementary schools and top 20 private high schools in Britain are single sex schools.
Girls became more confident in themselves as students and earned higher scores on their College Board and Advanced Placement examinations. A quarter of the female members of the US Congress and one-third of all female members of Fortune 100 boards graduated from all-women’s colleges.
While the statistics are not as dramatic for boys, however, boys tend to soften their competitive edge and become more cooperative in a single sex setting. They can just be boys and not worry about what the girls might think.
Single sex education has a pleasant way of encouraging children to be fearless, to be curious, to be enthusiastic --- in short, to just be themselves. Children are subjected (屈从于) to pressures from every quarter to become adults before they are ready to do so. They grow up too quickly. Why not let them be children for a few more years? Single sex education with its gentler, more controlled social atmosphere is just the right answer for many children.
【小题1】   With the experiment in Virginia in 1995, the writer wants to show that        .

A．single sex education has become popular in recent years

B．the effect of single sex education on girls is immediate

C．students at separate schools are better prepared for standardized tests

D．both boy and girl students achieve more and learn better in single sex schools

【小题2】According to the article, which of the following statements about single sex education is TRUE?

A．Girls’ performances in single sex classrooms are determined by their ability and socioeconomic status.

B．In all-boys schools boys with the worst academic performances improved the most.

C．Single sex education was particularly helpful for boys.

D．There are more single sex schools than co-ed schools in Britain.

【小题3】   In the article, the underlined phrase “soften their competitive edge” probably means        .

A．act in a kindly manner	B．become less competitive
C．lose interest in something	D．take advantage of something

【小题4】   What is the main point of the article?

A．Ways to reduce pressure and help children grow.

B．The reason why girls perform better than boys at school.

C．The advantage of single sex education.

D．The development of single sex education in different countries.

根据句意及提示，写出句中所缺的单词。
1．Do you play an _______(积极的) part in the class activities.
2. —Your white blouse _____________(与……相配) your black trousers very well.
—Thank you.
3. My uncle is an    (精力充沛的) businessman. He always works till midnight.
4. He lives a simple life. He likes _____________(储蓄) money.
5. Dr Bethune was busy performing an __________(手术) on the dying man.

根据句意用适当的从属连词或关系代(副)词填空。
【小题1】--Dave, turn off the TV  _____ no one is watching it.
--But it has been turned off already!  The music is from the radio.
【小题2】--Why didn't you go surfing last Sunday?
-- _____ I had a bad headache.
【小题3】Don't get off it __ the bus stops. It's dangerous.
【小题4】--Where is the comic book?
--I brought it to you __ you were in the reading room yesterday.
【小题5】Jack, there is someone in the office __ would like to speak to you.
【小题6】--What kind of music do you like?
--I like music __ I can sing along with.
【小题7】The old man wants to live in a house _____  door is broken.
【小题8】The film ____ we saw the day before yesterday is very interesting.
【小题9】Do you know the student __ was praised at the meeting?
【小题10】They work in a factory __ makes radio parts.

While firing off pictures of a curious five-month-old fox, photographer Simon Czapp soon realized his subject had quite an interest in photography herself. The clever fox was so curious about the camera equipment that she climbed right on top of it. And while she was supposed to be the subject of the shoot, the fox stood on the shutter release button (快门按钮) and took her own frames.
Mr Czapp visited the New Forest Wildlife Park to capture images of new arrival Jessie. She has been at the animal park in Ashurst, Hampshire — home to wolves, deer and other animals in 25 acres of ancient woodland — after being abandoned by her mother.
Mr Czapp said, “Jessie was very playful and curious and not at all camera shy. Soon after I arrived she was chewing my shoes and everything seemed to be a game to her. Then she started exploring the camera I had set up on a tripod (三脚架). She balanced her front paws on it and at one point knocked it over.”
He put the camera back on the tripod and Jessie soon jumped back up. At one point she had all four paws on the camera and was keeping her balance. Mr Czapp added, “She jumped up there several times and I realized it could make a good picture. As I was leaving with the public’s viewing window behind me, I thought I heard the camera go off but didn’t think much of it. But when I checked the memory card afterwards, I was amazed to see Jessie had actually taken two pictures of me photographing her. I couldn’t believe a fox had gained an advantage over me! Jessie is a lovely little fox. There were some lovely photos of her but she obviously thought the photographer was worthy of a picture too!”
【小题1】The underlined word “frames” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_________”.

A．photographers

B．pictures

C．buttons

D．advantages

【小题2】What do we know about Jessie from the passage?

A．She arrived at the park five months ago.

B．She lives at the park together with some other foxes.

C．She was sent to the park because her mother left her.

D．She loved the life in the park so much that she left her mother.

【小题3】What is the RIGHT time order of the following steps in Jessie taking a photo?
a. Jessie pressed the shutter release button.
b. Mr Czapp left the camera to take a photo.
c. Jessie climbed onto the camera and balanced herself.
d. Mr Czapp set up his camera on a tripod.
e. Jessie stood up to look at the back of the camera.

A．d, e, c, b, a

B．a, b, c, d, e

C．c, b, e, a, d

D．d, e, b, c, a

【小题4】From the passage we can infer that __________.

A．foxes are better at photographing than men

B．some foxes are more friendly than humans

C．Mr Czapp and Jessie took photos for each other

D．Jessie gained an advantage over Mr Czapp in photographing

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澳大利来概况

　　国名：澳大利亚联邦，（The Commonwealth of Australia）

　　澳大利亚一词，意即“南方大陆”，欧洲人在17世纪初叶发现这块大陆时，误以为这是一块直通南极的陆地，故取名“澳大利亚”，australia即由拉丁文terraaustralis（南方的土地）变化而来。

　　国旗：呈横长方形，长与宽之比为2∶1。旗地为深蓝色，左上方是红、白“米”字，“米”字下面为一颗较大的白色七角星。旗地右边为五颗白色的星，其中一颗小星为五角，其余均为七角。澳大利亚为英联邦成员国，英国女王为澳大利亚的国家元首。国旗的左上角为英国国旗图案，表明澳大利亚与英国的传统关系。一颗最大的七角星象征组成澳大利亚联邦的六个州和联邦区（北部地区和首都直辖区）。五颗小星代表南十字星座（是南天小星座之一，星座虽小，但明亮的星很多）。为“南方大陆”之意，表明该国处于南半球。

　　国徽：澳大利亚国徽左边是一只袋鼠，右边是一只鸸鹋，这两种动物均为澳大利亚所特有，是国家的标志，民族的象征，中间是一个盾，盾面上有六组图案分别象征这个国家的六个州。红色的圣乔治十字形（十字上有一只狮子、四颗星），象征新南威尔士州：王冠下的南十字形星座代表维多利亚州；蓝色的马耳他十字形代表昆士兰州；伯劳鸟代表南澳大利亚州；黑天鹅象征西澳大利亚州；红色狮子象征塔斯马尼亚州。盾形上方为一枚象征英联邦国家的七角星。周围饰以澳国花金合欢，底部的绶带上用英文写着“澳大利亚”。

　　国庆日：1月26日（1788年）

　　国花：金合欢

　　国树：桉树

　　国鸟：琴鸟。它貌似野鸡，常在陆地行走。雄鸟有一条华美无比的琴形尾，并以尾羽开屏的壮观而闻名。琴鸟的尾羽与希腊的一种七弦琴极为相似，因故得名。它不仅美丽动人，还能模仿其他动物的叫声，声音十分宛转动听。

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澳大利来概况

　　国名：澳大利亚联邦，（The Commonwealth of Australia）

　　澳大利亚一词，意即“南方大陆”，欧洲人在17世纪初叶发现这块大陆时，误以为这是一块直通南极的陆地，故取名“澳大利亚”，australia即由拉丁文terraaustralis（南方的土地）变化而来。

　　国旗：呈横长方形，长与宽之比为2∶1。旗地为深蓝色，左上方是红、白“米”字，“米”字下面为一颗较大的白色七角星。旗地右边为五颗白色的星，其中一颗小星为五角，其余均为七角。澳大利亚为英联邦成员国，英国女王为澳大利亚的国家元首。国旗的左上角为英国国旗图案，表明澳大利亚与英国的传统关系。一颗最大的七角星象征组成澳大利亚联邦的六个州和联邦区（北部地区和首都直辖区）。五颗小星代表南十字星座（是南天小星座之一，星座虽小，但明亮的星很多）。为“南方大陆”之意，表明该国处于南半球。

　　国徽：澳大利亚国徽左边是一只袋鼠，右边是一只鸸鹋，这两种动物均为澳大利亚所特有，是国家的标志，民族的象征，中间是一个盾，盾面上有六组图案分别象征这个国家的六个州。红色的圣乔治十字形（十字上有一只狮子、四颗星），象征新南威尔士州：王冠下的南十字形星座代表维多利亚州；蓝色的马耳他十字形代表昆士兰州；伯劳鸟代表南澳大利亚州；黑天鹅象征西澳大利亚州；红色狮子象征塔斯马尼亚州。盾形上方为一枚象征英联邦国家的七角星。周围饰以澳国花金合欢，底部的绶带上用英文写着“澳大利亚”。

　　国庆日：1月26日（1788年）

　　国花：金合欢

　　国树：桉树

　　国鸟：琴鸟。它貌似野鸡，常在陆地行走。雄鸟有一条华美无比的琴形尾，并以尾羽开屏的壮观而闻名。琴鸟的尾羽与希腊的一种七弦琴极为相似，因故得名。它不仅美丽动人，还能模仿其他动物的叫声，声音十分宛转动听。

—Our P.E. teacher isn’t as young as he _______, is he?
—No, but he is one of _______ in our school.

A．looked; the youngest teacher	B．looks; the youngest teachers
C．looks; the oldest teachers	D．looked; the oldest teacher

掌心化雪
那个时侯，她家里真穷，父亲因病离世，母亲下岗，一个家，风雨飘摇。大冬天里，雪花飘得紧密。她很想要一件暖和的羽绒服，把自己裹在里面。可是看看母亲愁苦的脸，她把这个欲望，压进肚子里。她穿着已洗得单薄的旧棉衣去上学，一路上被冻得瑟瑟发抖。
拐过校园那棵粗大的梧桐树，一树银花，映着一个琼楼玉宇的世界。她呆呆的看着，世界是美好的，寒冷却钻肌入骨。突然，年轻的语文老师迎面而来，看到她微微一愣，问：“这么冷的天，你怎么穿得这么少？瞧，你的嘴唇，都冻得发紫了。”
她慌张地答：“我不冷。”转身落荒而逃，逃离的身影，歪歪扭扭。她是个有自尊的孩子，她实在怕人窥见她的贫穷。
语文课，她拿出课本来，准备做笔记。语文老师突然宣布：“这节课我们来个景物描写竞赛，就写外面的雪。有丰厚的奖品等着你们哦。”
教室里炸了锅似的，同学们兴奋得叽叽喳喳，奖品刺激着大家的神经，私下猜测，会是什么呢？很快，同学们都写好了，每个人都穷尽自己的好词好语。她也写了，却写得索然，她写到：“雪是美的，也是冷的。”她没想过得奖，她认为那是很遥远的事，因为她的成绩一直不引人注目。加上家境贫寒，她有多自尊，就有多自卑，她把自己封闭成孤立的世界。改天，作文发下来，她意外地看到，语文老师在她的作文后面批了一句话：“雪在掌心，会悄悄融化成暖暖的水的。”这话带着温度，让她为之一暖。令她更为惊讶的是，竞赛中，她竟得了一等奖。一等奖仅仅一个，后面有两个二等奖，三个三等奖。奖品搬上讲台，一等奖奖品是漂亮的帽子和围巾，还有一双厚厚的棉手套。二等奖奖品是围巾，三等奖奖品是手套。在热烈的掌声中，她绯红着脸，从语文老师手里领取了她的奖品。她觉得心中某个角落的雪，静悄悄地融化了，湿润润的，暖了心。那个冬天，她戴着那顶帽子，裹着那条大围巾，戴着那副棉手套，严寒再也没有侵袭过她。她安然地度过了一个冬天，一直到春暖花开。
后来，她读大学了，她毕业工作了。她有了足够的钱，可以宽裕地享受生活。朋友们邀她去旅游，她不去，却一次一次往福利院跑，带了礼物去。她不像别人，到了那里，把礼物丢下就完事，而是把孩子们召集起来，温柔地对孩子们说：“来，宝贝们，我们来做个游戏。”她的游戏，花样百出，有时猜谜语，有时背唐诗，有时算算术，有时捉迷藏。在游戏中胜出的孩子，会得到她的奖品——衣服、鞋子、书本等，都是孩子们正需要的。她让他们感到，那不是施舍，而是他们应得到的奖励。温暖便如掌心化雪，悄悄融入孩子们卑微的心灵。
【小题1】请用简洁的语言概括文章的主要内容。（2分）                                                                      
【小题2】“雪在掌心，会悄悄融化成暖暖的水的。”句中的“雪”如何理解。（3分）
【小题3】结合文中画线句，揣摩她此时的心理活动。（3分）
【小题4】请你说说文中的语文老师是一位怎样的老师？（3分）
【小题5】“她一次一次往福利院跑，带了礼物去”，为什么她要以游戏的形式发奖品？（2
分）
【小题6】读了这篇文章后，请你结合实际谈谈自己的体会。（3分）

It’s rather cold in most of South China ____ in spring.

A．on time

B．at a time

C．at times

D．all the time