按照课文内容填空（共8小题; 每小题0.5分，满分4分）
阅读下面的短文, 在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中单词的正确形式, 并将相应答案写在答题纸上。
Henry, a businessman, who was from America, landed in London by 1 . Being penniless, he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand. 2 in the street one day, he was invited to a big house. Then something 3 (believe) happened to Henry. There Henry stared at the food on the table 4 the two wealthy brothers asked him some questions. Henry told them that he had tried to seek help but no luck. He thought the two brothers made fun of him at first. On the 5 , they gave him a letter 6 Henry promised not to open until two o’clock. Being hungry, Henry went into a restaurant and asked for a meal costing a large amount of money.
The waiter treated him in rude manners 7 he was in rags. But he took a chance and let Henry have the meal. When it was two o’ clock, Henry opened the letter with a million pound bank-note. They doubted 8 the bank-note was a genuine, but later they were sure it was not a fake.
单词拼写（共8小题；每小题0.5分，满分4分）
根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母或中文，写出各单词的正确形式（每空限填一词）。
1. Somebody who trains a person or team in sport is a c_________.
2. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in m__________ of their ancestors.
3. As is known to all, there is no f ________ on earth that does not end in parting.
4. I think it is important to have a b__________ between study and social life, so I am going to join a few clubs.
5. She said she didn’t like it, but p__________ I thought it was very good.
6. Unexpected difficulties a__________ in the course of their experiment.
7. To be honest, a lot of people attach great i___________ to becoming rich and famous.
8. I’d a _______ it if you could lend me a hand.
Different people have different views on opportunity. 1 . Others, however, argue that everybody will have some kind of opportunity during his life.
As far as I am concerned, I agree with the latter opinion. 2 . No person will be unlucky enough to have no opportunities all the time, because “every dog has his day”. For another, since opportunities don’t come often, we have to make good preparations and improve ourselves. Opportunities may easily slip away otherwise. 3 .
Taking all these factors into consideration, we may safely come to the conclusion that there are quite a few opportunities in our society. Only if we get well prepared can we recognize opportunity, seize opportunity and take full advantage of opportunity. 4 .
根据短文内容，从A、B、 C、D和E中选出最适合放入短文空缺处的选项。选项中有一项是多余的。
A. In summary, opportunities play the most important role on the road to success
B. For one thing, I firmly believe opportunities are everywhere around us
C. Some people think that there are few opportunities in the world
D. As the saying goes, opportunities are only for the prepared minds
E. Just think of Isaac Newton, who discovered the Law of Gravity when many people had watched an apple falling ahead of them
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, freckle-faced image of innocence. Outside, it was pouring so heavily.
We all stood there just inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We waited, some patiently, others annoyed because nature messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world.
Her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance (昏昏欲睡) we were all caught in. “Mom, let’s run through the rain,” she said.
“ No, honey. We’ll wait until it slows down a bit.” Mom replied.
This young child waited about another minute and repeated, “Mom, let’s run through the rain. ”
“We’ll get soaked if we do,” Mom said.
“ No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she tore at her Mom’s arm.
“This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”
“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!”
The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I dare say you couldn’t hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.
Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child’s lifetime when innocent trust can be developed so that it will bloom into faith. “Honey , you are absolutely right. Let’s run through the rain. If get wet, well maybe we just need washing.” Mom said. Then off they ran.
We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they rushed past the cars and they held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, l did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.
You may lose your material possessions, your money and even your health, but no one can ever take away your precious memories. So don’t forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories.
1. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “affirmation”?
A．happiness B．love C．disagreement D．approval
2. What do we know about the mother in the story?
A．Her husband was cured of his cancer.
B．She was strong-willed and considerate.
C．She was in despair and pretended to forget what she said.
D．Her daughter completely understood the situation her family was in.
3. Which of the following may the author agree with?
A．The mother should not tell her child about the family misfortune.
B．Parents should act more bravely than their children.
C．Parents should grasp every opportunity to influence their children to grow well.
D．Children should learn to show gratitude and understanding to their parents.
4. The best title for the passage might be _______.
A．Be a Determined Mother B．Wait in the Rain
C．Have a wonderful experience D．Run Through the Rain
Your smartphone can do a lot of things. It can call people. It connects to the Internet. It enables you to play fun games. But there is a dark side to this smart little equipment of yours----- it might also spread disease.
“People are just likely to get sick from their phones as from handles of the bathroom, ” Jeffrey Cain, the president of the American Academy of Family Physicians , told The Wall Street Journal.
This may be hard to believe, but scientists reached this conclusion after they tested eight cell phones from an office in Chicago. All the tested phones showed high numbers of coliforms (大肠菌), a kind of bacteria found in human waste , with about 2700 to 4200 units of the bacteria on each phone. The bacteria can cause flu, pinkeye and other diseases . That is right --- your phone is covered in our human waste.
Although computers, keys and pens carry germs (细菌) , our phones get far dirtier. They touch a lot of things, including our hands and the inside of our pocket or purse. We take them almost everywhere: the bus, the subway and who hasn’t played Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja while sitting on the toilet?
“Some things that we think are personal are actually more public than we imagine,” Cain said. What is even worse is that after the phone returns from its dirty trip, it then spends most of its time cozying up to our faces. You don’t think about how often you touch your phone to your face, do you? Our noses, mouths and ears are all warm and rich in grease (油脂) , an environment that germs really like.
So how do you keep your phone clean? Alcohol is effective when used to kill germs from the back and side of your phone. But it might harm the screen. There is one simple and reliable way you can reduce the germs on your phone’s surface: wash your hands regularly.
1.The underlined word “dark” in the first paragraph means _______
A．black B．hopeless C．unpleasant D．unclear
2.Which of the following best describe the tone of the third paragraph?
A．Terrified B．concerned C．Satisfying D．Threatening
3. By saying “Some things we think are personal are actually more public than we imagine,” Cain means that ________.
A．people love to share their phones more than they realize
B．our personal items could be as risky to our health as public items
C．phones are used in public places more than people realize
D．Most people don’t know how dirty their cell phones are
4.What is the article mainly about?
A．Tips on the use of phones
B．Health problems caused by the use of phones
C．The danger of coliforms infection
D．The influence that phone have on our life
书面表达（满分30分）
假如你是来自美国的Peter，在中国留学期间，经常在马路上看到一些人不遵守交通规则，于是向某报社写信反映此情况，内容如下：
1．部分行人过马路时慢慢悠悠或攀爬护栏；
2．某些骑自行车的人擅闯红灯；
3．一些司机驾车时不系安全带；超速行驶；在开车时抽烟、打电话；
4．你的看法和建议……
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参考词汇：行人pedestrian；护栏 guardrail
Dear Editor,
I am a foreign student from America and I am studying in China. I find many people break the traffic rules here.
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Best wishes.
Yours,
Peter
