I was 10 the year my cousin Marley’s parents gave her a painful Christmas surprise: they were getting a divorce(离婚). My aunt went to California, but my uncle decided to get her back. There was one matter: where to put his young daughter. Luckily, my mother loved Marley, giving her more attention than her family ever did.
On that Christmas Eve, my cousin arrived on our doorstep carrying an old blue suitcase. Before she stepped inside, Marley said, “It doesn’t matter. When my parents come back, we’ll have a bigger Christmas than this.”
Late on the night Marley arrived, my mom came into my room, her arms filled with packages.I knew they were my Christmas presents. “I know how you love surprises but we have to decide which ones to give to Marley.”
My mother carefully opened the gifts. Wow! I saw ice skates, red leather gloves and a dollhouse. The last present was the music box we’d asked the lady at the local store to take down and play for us over and over again.
“Which ones?” my mother asked. “She can have the ice skates,” I said reluctantly(勉强地). “That’s good,” my mother said. She began to tape the packages up again. Then she stopped and asked, “Are you sure about these?” At that moment, I realized she expected more from me than I had already given. So I gave her the music box, too, and ___________. The next morning, Marley’s eyes were resolute(坚定的). She expected nothing and wanted us to know she didn’t care. But when she saw her name on the biggest box, she couldn’t hide her excitement. I thought my happiness would be cut in half. Instead it was doubled.
Over the last 40 years, Marley and I have grown apart(分离的). But the love we felt for each other that day still remains. Today Marley says, “They were the best presents I ever got.
1.Who did Marley spend her Christmas with?
A. Her father. B. Her mother.
C. Her parents. D. Her uncle’s family.
2.What did the writer give to Marley as a Christmas present?
A. A music box. B. A dollhouse.
C. Red leather gloves. D. Nothing.
3.Which of the following is the right sentence for the blank(空白处)in Paragraph 6?
A. She was angry with me
B. She was pleased with me
C. She was strict with me
D. She was afraid of me
4.According to this passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The writer’s parents got a divorce when she was ten.
B. The writer hated her cousin because she took away some of her presents
C. Marley expected nothing, so she wasn’t excited about the Christmas presents.
D. The writer was very happy during that Christmas.
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. It had not rained in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. If it did not rain soon, we would lose everything. On this day, I witnessed(目睹) a wonder.
I was making lunch when I saw my 6-year-old son, Billy, walking very slowly toward the woods. Minutes later he came running out again, toward the house. Soon after, I saw him walking toward the woods again. This went on for an hour. Finally I walked out of the house quietly and followed him.
Billy cupped both hands in front of him as he walked, careful not to drop the water he carried. Leaves slapped his face but he kept walking into the woods. Then I saw an amazing sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I saw a tiny baby deer lying on the ground. It was dying of thirst, and it lifted its head with great effort to drink the water in my boy’s hands.
When the water was gone, Billy ran back to the house. I followed him to the tap. Billy opened it and a small trickle(细流) came out. He knelt down, letting the drops slowly fill up his "cup".
Now I understood what was going on. The week before, he tried giving water to our horses but I told him not to waste water. Now when he stood up and turned, I was there in front of him. His eyes filled with tears, “I’m not wasting,” he said. I joined him with a small pot of water from the kitchen. I let him walk to the baby deer alone while I stood at the edge of the woods. As tears rolled down my face, they were suddenly joined by other drops... and more drops... as if the sky itself was crying.
1.What did the writer think of the son?
A. Clever. B. Wasteful.
C. Helpful. D. Forgetful.
2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Cows had stopped giving milk because they were old.
B. The writer thought the son wasted water during the dry season.
C. The baby deer was dying because of lack of water.
D. The writer and the son gave water to the baby deer together.
3.The last sentence in the last paragraph means_________.
A. the writer was moved by the son and began to cry
B. the son cried because his parent told him not to waste water
C. a big trickle came out of the lap for the deer to drink
D. The dry season ended and it started to rain heavily
4.What's the best title for the passage?
A. The wonder of water. B. The wasted water
C. The crying mother and son D. The dying deer
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Cast(演员表): Jay Baruchel (voice) Cate Blanchett (voice)
Djimon Hounsou (voice)
Language: English
Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Price: Weekdays – ￥55 ￥30 (Children under 10)
Weekends – ￥85 ￥50 (Children under 10)
Movie Review
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is probably one of my favorite films of this year because it was like medicine. It didn’t taste great at first but in the end it made me feel better.
–Mark
Excellent movie！I brought my three kids, 8, 5, and 4 last weekend. They all liked it although the 4-year-old boy was a little scared of the Dragon and the fighting in the movie, not scared enough to want to leave, though.www.21-cn-jy.com
–Brad
I was pleasantly surprised that the story was better than I expected. This is a great movie for the whole family and there is plenty of action in the movie. It shows us the great power of love and friendship.
–Ben
1. From the poster, we can tell that ____________ is spoken in the movie.
A. English B. Chinese C. Japanese D. French
2.Brad and his kids spent ______________ watching the movie on Sunday.
A. ￥120 B. ￥145 C. ￥200 D.￥235
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The movie lasts one hour.
B. Mark enjoyed the movie.
C. Ben found the movie meaningless.
D. Brad’ s kids were not afraid of the movie.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I was the tallest girl in my class when I started school. It made me feel ____ and I believed that I looked very fat and ugly. The small girls were seen as smarter, so they were more popular and got more _____ from teachers. I began to hate myself ____ not being small when I was seven years old, and by adulthood, I felt sad about my appearance.
I didn’t dare to look into the mirror ____ one day my friend pulled me to the mirror to let me see that I had a good figure. It’s true that I was in good shape. Then I did something kind for ____—I bought a beautiful dress for myself. I felt very happy! Happiness wasn’t a part of my life as I was too busy ____ others. I always thought following others could make me more popular. But it’s hard to be happy when you don’t see your own ____.
Each small kindness to me made me ____ myself more. I’d do something loving and feel happier, which made me want to do ____. That focus on myself ____ deep self-love.
Today my self-love is very ____ .It has helped me develop self-confidence and led me to ____ myself from an unhappy school teacher to a popular writer. Now I see myself ____ a very beautiful woman. I have a wonderful body without ____.
Please join me in taking steps to develop self-love. Every little loving act you do for yourself helps you build ____.
1.A. happy B. bad C. good D. hungry
2.A. attention B. homework C. stress D. help
3.A. of B. to C. for D. with
4.A. after B. unless C. while D. until
5.A. her B. him C. you D. myself
6.A. hating B. pleasing C. believing D. fooling com
7.A. clothes B. fears C. needs D. shoesm
8.A. doubt B. hate C. worry D. love
9.A. more B. less C. nothing D. little
10.A. grew into B. divided into C. looked into D. made into
11.A. weak B. little C. strong D. strange
12.A. teach B. change C. enjoy D. leave
13.A. for B. as C. like D. with
14.A. doing exerciseB. doing homework C. losing weight D. spending money
15.A. health B. self-love C. dream D. shape
书面表达
假如你是林思，要去澳大利亚Melbourne High留学，需要在当地找一个寄宿家庭（host family）请 按要求写一封100词左右的电子邮件给寄宿家庭中介公司的经理 Mr. Porter.
内容包括：（1）简单介绍自己的个人情况，如语言、爱好等；
（2）提出自己对寄宿家庭的要求（如下表所示）：
Family member | English speaker, no smoker |
Housing | Near the school, a bedroom with a bathroom |
Others | Cooking by myself |
注意：（1）邮件需涵盖以上所有要点，可适当发挥；开头和结尾已给出（不计入总词数）；
（2）文中不能出现真实的人名和校名等相关信息。
Dear Mr. Porter,
My name is Lin Si.__________________________________________________
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Looking forward to your early reply.
Best wishes,
Lin Si
任务型阅读
请阅读第1-5题目中关于杭州几个博物馆的简介及即位游客的相关信息，并按求药匹配信息，为他们选择合适的博物馆
（ ）1.Anna is from Great Britain. She has often heard of the amazing fan which is worldwide famous. She hopes to get some more information about it.
（ ）2.Punk is a person who is very interested in history of the West Lake Expo because of its fantastic sights and amazing history stories. He expects to get more details about it.
（ ）3.Edmund is from Italy .He shows great interest in tea, Especially Hangzhou Longjing as well as Chinese traditional building and houses .If it's possible he'd like to have a cup of tea there.
（ ）4.Malcolm is a Junior Middle School student who is in favor of wild lives, especially the ones living on wetlands, their conditions and threats to them that influence their lives.
（ ）5.Alexander is a college Student who shows love to science. He would like to pay a visit to the museum which can inform him a lot about science.
A | B |
There are several exhibition halls in this maze of a complex. The main gallery offers a brief look at wonders of science in our daily life. There you can even experience wonders at the movements of the clouds, ocean current and passing seasons. Also you can try out some experiments if you like. | Every holiday, there’re crowds of people who enter China’s Zhejiang Province. The museum consisted of four wetland-themed exhibition halls shows a lot about nature lives. It receives an averages of nearly 5,000 visitors per day in this summer vacation, 2012 |
C | D |
It’s not the best of museum Hangzhou has to offer, since it’s not as new as others ,but in its thirty years of existence, the Tea Museum has seen quite a few improvements .The Exhibition Hall is the main attraction and takes you through the development of tea throughout the dynasties There as teahouses for you to go into a real hike and real home-style meal | Anything that there is to be know about West Lake can be found out here: flora, fauna, aquatic life, culture and the influence of the famed waters .The museum is easy to miss from the backside. Walk around the front to the main entrance, But don’t try to climb to the top of the grassy hill that covers the structure, or one of the numerous(be of great number)guards might take you out |
E | F |
Here you can learn how fans are made, from the cloth to a fascinating whole part. Travelers and tourists like to get one, It is one of the most famous and historic souvenirs in the city and reflects many of the features of the history of Hangzhou. After you’re finished with the exhibits ,check out the shopping are-at least here you can be confident that it’s the real deal | The West Lake Expo started in 1927,and though it was not held for 75years ,it is now back to its former glory .This centrally located museum house many pictures of Hangzhou before Liberation and also tracks those who started it all Nowadays with the popularity of the West Lake Expo, the museum has won more and more attention |
