She was a four-year-old girl with very fine golden hair when I first met her．She was carrying a bowl of 1 ．I was 29 at the time and suffering from the flu．
Her mom and I had been friends for many years．Finally that friendship grew into care，from care into 2 and marriage．Marriage brought the three of us together as a 3 ．At first，I was afraid to be a“stepfather”.Therefore，I tried not to come between my future daughter and her 4 father．I acted in that way in order to be liked．However， 5 she was growing up, I found it increasingly hard to 6 with her．
Once her school required every parent to write an open and 7 letter to the children．I wrote a letter about a little golden-haired girl who had brought me a bowl of soup when I needed 8 ．
A week later，all the parents got together with our children in a classroom．The students were allowed to make a few speeches．I was 9 to hear what my daughter would say．
Finally，my daughter determinedly 10 her way up to the microphone．She said something like others and then 11 ."There are people and things we sometimes take for granted that we shouldn't，at this very moment，I just want to say…I love you，father．”
Immediately people around me started 12 at me，and patting me on the back as though they also understood the depth of that unusual speech．For a teenage girl to say 13 in the front of a room full of people，“I love you”，took a great deal of courage．Since then I have come to understand that I didn't need to have any 14 about being a stepfather．I can still 15 honest love with the same little girl I met so many years before-carrying a bowl full of what turned out to be kindness．I can also be friends with the girl-my dear daughter．
1. A．soup B．rice C．porridge D．noodles
2. A．like B．pleasure C．excitement D．love
3. A．union B．group C．family D．whole
4. A．following B．natural C．untrue D．new
5. A．after B．with C．before D．as
6. A．connect B．share C．communicate D．argue
7. A．honest B．ordinary C．powerful D．beautiful
8. A．cure B．care C．money D．friend
9. A．glad B．hopeful C．serious D．anxious
10. A．came B．made C．had D．got
11. A．lasted B．decided C．continued D．repeated
12. A．smiling B．hugging C．kissing D．staring
13. A．quietly B．brightly C．quickly D．openly
14. A．courage B．happiness C．fear D．idea
15. A．exchange B．send C．expect D．share
阅读下面的短文， 然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Gaby Lucy is just a 17-year-old American girl, but she has experienced life in the Dominican Republic as a volunteer. When she recalls her time volunteering there, she doesn’t think about the fact that she had no running water and lived in a small house outside. Instead, she remembers fondly the people she met, the work she did with a youth group to improve accessibility to a local library and the leadership skills she gained.
American teens are setting an example to their parents through their volunteer work, according to a new survey by Harris Interactive. The random national telephone survey released this week found that more teens volunteer to support a charitable cause(慈善事业) – 56 percent – than have a part-time job –39 percent. Parents said 82 percent of the teens in their lives do something to support charitable causes, including volunteering, inviting others to a cause or donating money.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括短文的内容要点；
2．以约120个词就 “青少年从事志愿者工作” 这个主题发表你的看法，并包括以下要点：
(1) 青少年从事志愿者工作的意义；
(2) 简述一次你自己或你身边的人从事志愿者工作的经历和感受；
(3) 请你向同龄中学生发出号召。
【写作要求】
1．在作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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西藏是中国领土不可分割的一部分，这块具有神秘和传奇色彩的土地也引起了世界的关注。
假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter打算今年暑假来中国西藏旅游，请你根据下表内容用英语向他简单地介绍有关西藏的一些基本情况。
[写作内容]
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归属 |
中华人民共和国 |
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地理位置 |
中国西南方，被誉为世界屋脊（Roof of the World） |
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人口 |
约2,800,000 |
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面积 |
120多万平方公里 |
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省会 |
拉萨(Lhasa)，被誉为世界上最高的城市 |
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特征 |
700多年的悠久历史；有很多享誉海内外的名胜，如布达拉宫the Potala Palace。 |
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发展 |
1951年5月23日解放(liberation)以来，西藏在政治、经济、文化等方面都取得了很大的进步。 |
[写作要求]
1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2．信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入句子总数。
Dear Peter．
I am so glad to know that you will come to Tibet for a visit.
I'm sure you will have a wonderful journey in such a great land.
Looking forward to your coming to China．
Yours，
LiHua
Dragons are liked by the Chinese. They are deeply rooted in the Chinese culture.
The Chinese often think of themselves as the descendents(传人) of the dragon. However, nobody really knows ____1.____ the dragon comes from and its image in the eyes of the Chinese people seems to be ____2.____ combination of many animals. _____3._____ (compare) with European dragons, ____4.____ are considered evil, in China, it was said ______5.____ dragons had great powers that allowed them to make rain and control floods, and they were responsible for the transportation of human spirits to heaven after death. They ______6.______ (believe) to live in the dragon palaces under the oceans and to have the ability _____7.____ (fly) in the sky.
Chinese emperors thought _____8.____ were real dragons and the sons of heaven. Thus the throne （宝座）was called the dragon seat；the beds they slept ______9.________were called the dragon beds, and the emperors’ formal dresses were called the dragon robes.
In ancient China people had no doubts about the ______10._____ (exist) of dragons. People showed great respect for any dragon in pictures and writings, and as a result, the dragon became the symbol of Chinese nation.
首先请阅读下列国外媒体上的插图及提示性文字：
以下是关于这些插图的简要评论。请把评论与相关插图及提示性文字匹配起来。
1.The debate has been raging for years over the safety of, and necessity for, childhood vaccinations, which has been so much so that it is termed "The Vaccine War". The debate has only a few moments that might be inspiring to those who have been following this now familiar issue.
2.There are certainly benefits of using a star in a film. It makes the film easier to market. Stars also help sell more tickets and drive DVD sales, which are a big part of studio revenue. However, a star does not guarantee success. The simple fact is that if you pay a star a great deal of money for a film that people don't want to see, then it won't work.
3.They are barely in their twenties and are already multimillionaires. At the age when many people are looking for their first job, the youngsters of The Sunday Times Rich List are buying country estates or jetting off to their overseas homes. Daniel Radcliffe, for example, who plays Harry Potter, has a fortune of 42 million, at 20.
4.Millions of jobless Americans, who might be suffering in anxiety and lacking a sense of security, are showing up at emergency rooms of state-owned hospitals, contributing to a longer waiting time and a higher risk of cursory treatment by overworked doctors and nurses.
5.Alice Miller, a psychology expert, who died at 87 at home in Provence, France, on April 14, repositioned the family as a central place of abnormal psychological function with her theory that parental power and punishment lay at the root of nearly all human problems.
In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition (学会) of each new skill -- the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters. Others are severe over time of coming home at night or punctuality（准时）for meals. In general, the controls represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness.
As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency（前后一致） is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality (道德). Also, parents should realize that "example is better than precept". If they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach (说教), their children may grow confused when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.
A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.
1.Eagerly watching the child’s acquisition of new skills, _________________.
A．should be avoided
B．is universal among parents
C．sets up dangerous states of worry in the child
D．will make the child lose interest in learning new things
2.In the process of children’s learning new skills, parents _________________.
A．should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they read
B．should expect a lot of the children
C．should achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their own
D．should create as many learning opportunities as possible
3.The second paragraph mainly tells us that _________________.
A．parents should be strict with their children
B．parental controls reflect only the values of the community
C．parental restrictions vary, and are not always for the benefit of the children alone
D．it’s parents’ and society’s duty to control the children
4.The word“precept” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_________________”.
A．opinion B．punishment C．behavior D．instruction
5.In terms of moral matters, parents should _____________________.
A．follow the rules themselves
B．be aware of the huge difference between adults and children
C．forbid things which have no foundation in morality
D．always ensure the security of their children
