My version(视力) is getting worse. I can’t even see what is five feet away from me without glasses. ①我拒绝戴眼镜，though I know I need to. I’m afraid they will make me look ugly. Besides, I can do well without them. These were my thoughts two years ago, when I was in the sixth grade. An embarrassing experience taught me that what I was thinking was wrong.

②School has been out for two months. I was going to junior high school soon, where I was sure that looks are everything. So the question still remained there. Should I, Or should I not, wear glasses? The question was still in my mind when my family and I attended a wedding(婚礼) late in the summer.

During the wedding, I drank too much juice. Soon after it ended, I walked quickly to the bathroom. Since it was an emergency(紧急) and I couldn’t clearly see which door was ③marked boys. I just opened the nearest door and entered the restroom.

Unluckily, I had entered the wrong restroom. But I didn’t know this until I heard a scream(尖叫声) coming from the entrance when I was washing my hands .

After that, I decided to wear the ugly-looking glasses. I didn’t really ④care about what people thought of me any more, because I never wanted to enter the wrong bathroom again.

On the first day of seventh grade, ⑤my friends didn’t make fun of me. Instead they gave me compliments. They thought the glasses made me look more cute and more natural.

So if you know something is right, just do it. ⑥It doesn’t matter what others think of you. All that matters is what you think of yourself—and that you can see where you are going!

1. (A) 试写出文中③处划线部分mark的汉语意思：               .

(B)用一个适当的英语单词替代文中④处划线部分care about：               .

2.根据文中①处的汉语提示，用英语将句子补充完整：                        .

3.写出文中②处划线部分的同义句：School _____  _____ two months ago.

4.将文中⑤处划线部分合并成一句：

My friends gave me compliments _____  _____  _____ fun of me.

5.将文中⑥处的划线部分翻译成汉语：                                     .

 

 

Hi Brad,

It’s good to hear from you again. I find that I’m not good at writing compositions. It’s hard for me to prepare the form of a composition and organize sentences. ①Could you tell me how to deal with this problem? I would really appreciate if you offer me some good methods.

Best wishes,

                                                                      Cindy

Hi Cindy,

A composition is really a story and any story is told to an audience. There is a form for this and it is in three parts. First, tell them(the audience) what you are going to tell them. Then tell them, and finally tell them what you told them. Parts one and three are short and most of the information is in part two. It works like this.

Let’s say you are asked to write a 200-word composition about your visit to the Great Wall. You would begin with an opening sentence or two saying something like “The Great Wall of China is a national ②landmark that is famous around the world. I visited it last summer and I want to tell you about it.” That uses about 25 words to tell them what you are going to tell them.

The second part would be about 150 words and would contain information about the Great Wall such as how long it is, when it was built, who built it and why, the fact that it is one of the seven wonders of the world and you would talk about how you felt and what you thought when you visited this national treasure. This is telling them.

Finally, you would use about another 25 words to say something like “That was my first visit to the Great Wall and it was a very emotional experience to actually touch something so old and famous. ③每个中国人至少参观长城一次.I plan to go back whenever I can.” Here, you are telling them what you told them in the story and wrapping it all up into a neat package. This formula(惯例)works for both compositions and speeches and I think you will find it helps to organize your thoughts. I hope it’s helpful.

Best wishes,

                                                                 Brad Franklin

1.将文中①处的画线部分翻译成汉语：                                             .

2.(A) 试写出文中②处画线部分landmark的汉语意思：            .

(B)下面有四个在文中出现的单词，请找出画线部分发音哪个与众不同?                .

A. work            B. word            C. information            D. world

3.将文中③处的汉语翻译成英语：                                                 .

4.从文中找出适当的词组填空：How I wish to get a letter from you soon!

How I wish to _________  _________ you soon!

5.用英语回答问题：What’s the main idea of the passage?                                .

 

完形填空（共 15小题，每小题 1 分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。

A well-dressed man came into a famous jewellery （首饰）shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠）for his wife’s birthday and that the  16   did not matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examin;ing a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that _17_ $5000. He paid for that pearl , shook hands with the jeweler and left.

A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked that pearl _18_ that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the _19_ size and quality as she wanted a pair of earrings made. “Can you give me any advice on _20_ to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler replied , “I would say it’s _21_ to find an exact one like that pearl.”

    The rich man _22_ the jeweler to advertise in the newspaper, and offered $25.000 for that matching pearl. Many people answered that ad, _23_ nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had _24__  hope, an old lady came in. To his _25_ , she took a wonderful pearl from her handbag. “I don’t like to sell it, ” she said _26_. “I inherited (继承)it from my mother, and my mother inherited from _27_, but now I really need money.”

The jeweler was quick to pay her _28_ she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell the good _29_ to him. The rich man, however, was _30_ to be found. He had fled with the old woman a few more minutes before.

1. A. size                B. shape             C. price

2.A. spent               B. cost              C. took

3. A. a little              B. so much           C. at all

4. A. same               B. different           C. common

5.A. what               B. why               C. how

6. A. possible            B. easy               C. impossible

7. A. let                 B. make              C. asked

8. A. so                 B. but                C. and

9. A. found out           B. given up            C. come up with

10. A. disappointment      B. surprise             C. fear

11.A. happily             B. loudly             C. sadly

12.A. mine               B.his                 C. hers

13. A. when               B. before             C. after

14. A. news               B. advice             C. way

15. A. somewhere          B. anywhere           C. nowhere

 

 

(B) 综合填空 根据短文大意选择方框内的单词,并用其正确的形式填入空白处,使补全后的短文意思通顺，语法正确,结构完整。

walk,  from,  class,  early,  late

David is an English school boy. His school is not far 【小题1】   his home. He usually takes a bus to school. But he’s often   【小题2】   for school.
It’s a fine day today. David gets up 【小题3】   . He has breakfast, and then he 【小题4】   to the bus station. He takes a bus at seven o’clock. His 【小题5】   begin at half past seven. But today he is also late. Do you know why? Because he takes a wrong bus!

阅读下面短文，选择方框里A—E五个句子分别填入文中空缺处，使补全后的短文意思通顺，结构完整。（5分）

It’s Peter’s birthday（生日）this Sunday. Peter and his good friends, Kate, Lily and Kangkang, go to the West Hill. Peter’s friends take a lot of food. They will have a picnic for his birthday.   1. 

Kangkang and Peter play games（游戏）2. At noon（中午）, Peter is hungry. 3. So he asks Kate to cook for him. Lily helps Kate cook. There is no water. 4.Peter is next to a tall tree. He plays with his dog.

They think the picnic is very nice. 5.

A．He wants to eat something, but he can’t cook.

B．Kangkang has to get some water for them.

C．Peter will go there with his cute dog.

D．And Lily and Kate sings some sings.

E．They have a good time.