Walter Wetzel had met Ryan Lamantia nearly eight years ago in a hospital waiting room. Both were very sick——Ryan with brain cancer, Walter with leukemia (白血病). Ryan, who was 3 at the time, began making silly faces at Walter and chatted about going home to change into his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costume. Several days later, Ryan moved to another hospital. Though they saw each other only a handful of times after that, Walter never forgot Ryan.
"He inspired me to fight against my cancer," said Walter, now 17, a football player. Then one day, Walter saw a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shirt at a mall, which made him decide to search out Ryan. Back home, Walter typed in "Ryan Lake in the Hills brain cancer" on his computer, and a link to a Facebook page for Ryan came up. But, the news was shocking.
Ryan had died on Sept. 8, 2005. He was 6. The Facebook page was for the Ryan Lamantia Foundation, a non-profit organization that Ryan's family formed after his death to raise money for brain cancer research.
Walter left this message right away: ."Ryan is my hero. My trips to the hospital were always horrible, until the day I met Ryan."
Ryan's mom's eyes were filled with tears as she read Waiter's message. "We always knew Ryan was special, but to hear it from somebody else, it really means the world to us," Lamantia said.
Walter wasn't the only person who was greatly impressed with Ryan.
"He was a little superhero," said Wendy Stellpflug, a nurse at Children' s Memorial Hospital. "Ryan always kept his spirits high, even after he suffered hearing loss and experienced 14 operations."
"Ryan didn’ t let his illness stop him. He always had a smile on his face," said Dr. Stewart Goldman, the doctor who treated Ryan.
Walter and his family have been in touch with the Lamantias for the past few weeks. And last week, they met for the first time since Ryan's death. The families told stories of being affected by cancer so young and Walter expressed his hope to volunteer with Ryan' s foundation.
1.Walter finally wanted to get in touch with Ryan because___________.
A. he saw the news about Ryan on the Internet
B. he wanted to thank Ryan in person
C. an object reminded him of Ryan
D. he raised money for Ryan
2.After reading Walter's message online, Ryan' s mom felt_____.
A. proud of her son B. grateful for his help
C. happy about his recovery D. sad again at her son' s death
3.Which of the following can best describe Ryan?
A. Determined and considerate. B. Optimistic and brave.
C. Friendly and patient. D. Brave and proud.
4.We know from the text that Walter_________.
A. survived the cancer
B. experienced 14 operations
C. searched for Ryan on the Facebook
D. founded the Ryan Lamantia Foundation
书面表达
假定你是李华，贵校在学生中征集意见，询问学生是否赞成开设iPad课堂（iPad classrooms）。你支持开设iPad名师点拨
短文改错主要考查学生对冠词、名词、形容词、副词、固定搭配、主谓一致、同位语从句、被动语态、时态等语法知识的掌握情况。做短文改错之前应该首先确定全文的时态。众所周知，情态动词、助动词和be动词后跟动词原形，所以带be的固定搭配一定不要漏掉be。比如10小题，will后跟动词原形，be proud of因---而自豪，故在will后加be。常见的这类词组有be proud of因---而自豪；be pride in因---而自豪；be faced with面临着---；be full of充满了---；be filled with 被---填满；be interested in 对---感兴趣；be satisfied with 对---感到满意。
考点：考查短文改错
课堂；请给校长写一封建议信，要点如下：
1. 资源丰富；
2. 促进交流；
3. 利于环保；
4. 其他理由。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好。
Dear Headmaster,
We have been asked about our opinions on opening iPad classrooms.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
短文改错
短文中共有10处语言错误，每句话最多两处错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出增加的词;
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉;
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。
Last week we held a heating discussion on which we should do for our school before we graduate. The students in our class have different suggestion. Some students thought that we can collect money to buy some books for the school library or everything else for the schoo1. Others students think that it’s not necessary to spend money. We can study hard and make our school satisfied with us.
In my opinion, we don’t have to spend money. We can do something meaningfully without money. For an example, we can do some voluntary work to beautify the school and try to get better results in the coming exams so that our school will proud of us.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
When I was young, I read many kinds of books, 1. (include) fairy tales. Most of the books described heroes who were handsome and heroines who were beautiful. So, I believed I had to be beautiful if I wanted to become a great person.
I grew up, I began to realize outer beauty was not so important 2. ( make ) someone good. I remember a friend of 3. (I). She believed that she could do everything 4. she wanted because she was so beautiful, but she lost friends one by one. My poor friend! She learned a good lesson: inner beauty is 5. (important) than outer beauty.
Whenever I see TV advertisements, I feel that these things make us 6. (believe) beauty is very important---especially physical attractiveness. Although we say that inner beauty is more 7. (value), we often look for plastic surgery to make us more beautiful. There seems to be a boom in plastic surgery. It is 8. (surprise) to realize the number of people who try it 9. increasing day by day.
So, what is real beauty? I want to say that inner beauty is 10. real one because if someone has beauty in his soul, he looks like a really beautiful person.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the best string players in our town. He could not music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it.
Dad loved to play the mandolin for his for he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was always there, his time and efforts to making sure that his family had enough in their life. I had grown into a man and had children of my own I realized how much he had sacrificed.
I joined the United States Air in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home , I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. He could your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his in his ability to play so well for his family.
In 1950, our family moved to Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was in an accident. On that particular day, Dad got the third index finger of his left hand by the machine. Although he didn’t lose enough of the finger it would stop him picking up anything, it did his ability to play the mandolin. After the accident, every time we asked him to play, he would make for why he couldn’t play. Eventually, we could persuade him and he would say, “Okay. But I can’t hold down on the strings and play as well as before.” For the family it didn’t make any .
In August of 1993, my father was discovered with lung cancer. He chose not to receive treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said “okay”. He knew it would probably be the time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few . When I looked around, there was not a eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet man with an inner strength. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. Dad was doing something he had done all his life, . As sick as he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad surely could play that Mandolin!
1.A. equipment B. musical C. instrument D. musician
2.A. copy B. see C. look at D. read
3.A. audience B. employer C. friends D. family
4.A. applying B. paying C. attaching D. devoting
5.A. since B. when C. before D. after
6.A. Force B. Energy C. Power D. Strength
7.A. on duty B. on holiday C. on leave D. on vacation
8.A. feel B. contact C. touch D. keep
9.A. proud B. praise C. please D. pride
10.A. took part B. participated C. involved D. joined
11.A. cut in B. cut off C. cut up D. cut out
12.A. where B. that C. what D. which
13.A. affect B. destroy C. effect D. injure
14.A. uses B. preparations C. impressions D. excuses
15.A. comment B. sense C. difference D. decision
16.A. at B. on C. with D. off
17.A. last B. latest C. first D. longest
18.A. bills B. notes C. symbols D. signs
19.A. dry B. wet C. cried D. crying
20.A. sponsoring B. giving C. distributing D. taking
根据对话情景和内容，从对话后的选项中选出能入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A: How are you doing, Mary? 1.
B: I’m going crazy about studying for the TOEFL.
A: What is that for?
B: 2. So I have to pass all these exams in order to be accepted by a good university.
A: But health is better than wealth, Right?
B: 3.
A: Come on. You look so exhausted. You need some more sleep and definitely more nutritious food.
B: That is true. 4.
A: And Mary, I’m afraid that your skin is not so good as before.
B: What? Oh, no!
A: It’s all because of stress. 5.
B: Yeah, I guess I should go and lie down and get some rest.
A. Why do you look so stressed out?
B. Remember an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
C. What do you mean?
D. I only sleep about five hours a day and I don’t remember the last time I ate.
E. I have already registered for a TOEFL course.
F. Maybe you need to set aside some time to relax yourself.
G. I plan to go to the US to continue my education next year.
