Two years ago my grandmother was going to turn 75. My family discussed what the best way to celebrate was. Should we throw her a party? Should we take her on a trip? We remembered that she had touched so many people's lives, and there were so many people for her to consider. Then someone got the idea that we should include everyone in the celebration by turning it into a tribute(献礼) to my grandmother.
We secretly sent out letters to the people in Grandmother's address book and asked them to send a letter with a memory that they had shared with her. People sent us letters with poems, stories and pictures. The deep feeling that was shared through the response (回应) surprised us. We compiled(编辑)these letters into a memory book and amazed her with it on the morning of her birthday.
The unusual thing about my grandmother's friends was not the number that she had, but the connection they shared. In many ways this book of friendship was the greatest achievement of my grandmother's life.
I believe that developing true friendships is one of the most important things that anyone can do in one's lifetime. It is not a matter of the number of friends one has, but the quality of the bonds. If one has had at least one true friendship before dying, then one can say one has lived a successful life. I have made many friends and I believe I have begun to develop the same types of friendships my grandmother kept up over her lifetime. I only hope that I will be as successful as she has been.
1.How did the author's family celebrate Grandmother's birthday ?
A．They took her on a trip across the country.
B．They gave her a memory book of friendship.
C．They invited all her friends to her birthday party.
D．They asked all her friends to send her cards.
2.When receiving her birthday gift, the author's grandmother probably felt _____.
A．disappointed and lonely B．sorry and sad
C．surprised and pleased D．nervous and excited
3.The underlined word “bonds” in the last paragraph probably means________
A．relationships B．works C．successes D．celebrations
4.According to the passage, the author probably agrees that _____.
A．the more friends you have, the better
B．friends are more important than family
C．understanding leads to greater success
D．true friendship is very important to us
5.Which of the following words can best describe the author's grandmother ?
A．Famous B．Great. C．Polite D．Pleasant
Read the passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into English or Chinese. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
Howard Carter is one of the most famous explorers the world has ever known. He was brave and loved to visit and explore new places. During his life, he discovered many amazing things.1.他天资聪颖，对家乡之外的世界充满了好奇心when he was very young.
Howard Carter never went to school, but learnt to draw from his father. 2.By the 1920s, he had become an explorer, searching for the tombs of the Egyptian kings. He discovered a great fortune in jewels and gold, along with the preserved bodies of dead kings. 3.这些经过处理的遗体就是为人所知的木乃伊. In 1922, Howard Carter made his most amazing discovery of all, in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt, where he found the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
However, not long after the tomb had been opened, people in Carter’s team began to fall ill and die strangely.4.Within seven years, 21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died.
Some people say the deaths were just coincidence. 5.Others believe that they were in connection with a mummy’s curse. However, still others believe that there is a scientific explanation, because inside the tombs there are many viruses.
Complete the passage below with the correct forms of the given words and phrases in the column (two are extra).
Last summer holiday, Colin and Toby spent a few weeks traveling in Africa. The two British brothers chose Africa as their tourist 1._____ because they considered it to be a place of mystery and2.________. They made sure that they 3.______ everything well before they started their adventure.
Their first extraordinary experience was riding camels through the Sahara Desert. In the desert, they were more than pleased to see the 4._____ stars on clear nights. Then, they traveled down the River Nile and experienced the exciting white-water rafting in the 5.___ water. Afterwards, they went on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya. During the weeks of walking in Kenya, Colin and Toby felt lucky to have prepared a large backpack 6._____ to carry the supplies of water and food. As they were very curious to see the wild animals up close, they brought guns with them7._____ the animals came too close. Then, they moved on to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and enjoyed the splendid scenery there.
8.___, Colin and Toby’s adventure in Africa lasted for about a month. Tired but delighted, they knew that they would bear it in mind forever.
An amazing teacher
Years ago a John Hopkins professor gave a group of graduate students this task: Go to the slums（贫民窟）. Took 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and 31 their background and environment, then 32 their chances for the future.
The students, after consulting social statistics, talking to the boys, and collecting much data， concluded that 90 percent of the boys would 33 some time in prison.
Twenty-five years later 34 group of graduate students was given the job of 35 the prediction. They went back to the same area. Some of the boys---by then 36 ---were still there, a few had died, some had moved away, but they got in touch with 180 of the 37 200.They found that only four of the group had ever been sent to 38 .
Why was it that these men, who had lived in a breeding place of crime, had such a surprisingly good record? The researchers were 39 told,“Well, there was a teacher…”
They pressed（追问）further, and found that in 75 percent of the cases it was the same woman. The researchers went to this teacher, now living in a home for retired teachers. How had she had this brilliant 40 on that group of children? Could she give them any reason why these boys should have remembered her?
“No,” she said,“No，I really couldn’t.”And then， thinking back 41 the years, she said musingly（沉思地）,42 to herself than to her questioners,“Ｉloved those boys…”
1. A．look into B．make up C．show up D．result in
2. A．control B．arrange C．desert D．predict
3. A．cost B．spend C．take D．waste
4. A．others B．the other C．another D．other
5. A．cursing B．convincing C．applying D．testing
6. A．teachers B．students C．men D．professors
7. A．native B．rare C．recorded D．discouraged
8. A．slums B．society C．prison D．school
9. A．continually B．optimistically C．curiously D．officially
10. A．reflection B．harmony C．effect D．existence
11. A．before B．after C．in D．over.
12. A．less B．more C．better D．worse
------Have you packed for your adventure holiday?
------Oh, almost, but I still need a flashlight _____I will be able to see in the dark.
A．because B．so that C．even if D．as
-----Where are the children? Professor Zhang has come and his speech will start soon.
------I wish they always late.
A. hadn’t been C. wouldn’t be D. wouldn’t have been D. weren’t
