My daughter Kelly is a cautious person. She needs to warm up to situations,who is hesitant to try new things. When with close friends, she becomes a leader who laughs loudly and chants, “Girls rule, boys drool.” But when that comfort zone is not around her, she is shy and nervous.
This has been challenging for me at times. “Shy” is not a word that I think has ever been used to describe me. But this has been a year of firsts for my girl that has filled her with a new sense of confidence. This year she moved to lap lane in swimming where she was preparing for a swim team. This year she learned to ride a bike without training wheels. And this year she completed her first kids’ triathlon (三项全能) .
On Saturday, with a thunderstorm coming soon and my son’s birthday party later in the day, we all went out in the dark of the morning for Kelly to participate in her first triathlon. We practiced transitions from swim to bike to run with her, we got all the equipment she’d need, and we kept talking about the race. But as we waited the two hours for the older kids to finish before her turn, she held my leg a little harder and told me she loved me a few too many times. She was nervous but trying to keep it together.
And then it was her turn. From the second she jumped into the water, my heart soared. My daughter transformed into the most confident human being I had ever seen. She dominated(主宰) that swim, crushed that bike ride and ran to the finish with the biggest smile on her face.
I can honestly say that I never felt so proud of someone in my entire life. It wasn’t because she did
a sport or anything like that. It was because she was afraid of something and conquered（克服） that fear with confidence and a fire I hadn’t seen before.
All day I would find myself just looking over at her and smiling. She might be wearing the finalist medal but I felt like I won that day. I won the chance to see my girl shine.
Shine on, sweet baby.
1.Kelly is nervous when ________.
A. situations are new to her
B. boys are around her
C. she changes into a leader
D. she is away from her mom
2.We can know from Paragraph 3 ______.
A. the race began in the early morning
B. the whole family gave Kelly support
C. Kelly was eager for her turn in the race
D. Kelly prepared for her brother’s birthday party
3.Seeing Kelly’s performance in the race, the author felt ______.
A. excited and proud B. anxious and uneasy
C. curious and concerned D. worried and hesitant
书面表达
Directions: Write an English composition according to the pictures and instructions given below in Chinese.
假如你是一名高一学生，最近你看了一则央视公益广告Family且深有感触。请用英语根据下面的图给你校英语报写一篇立志学习，感恩父母的文章,描述图片要表达的内容和意义并谈谈你的感受。
注意: 不少于120词，开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
As is vividly shown in the picture, the word family represents three people, who are father, mother and I. When I was young, father was the most important person in my family.
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词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（从第11处起）不计分。
I took our foreign teacher Mr. Brown, he came to China for the first time, to the Great Wall in last weekend. Having told about the history of the Great Wall, he was amazing at this world wonder. He was struck by the beautiful of the Great Wall. So I took photo of him, which would be a good memory for him. At the top, Mr. Brown was very interested in the activity of protecting the environment that he was eager to join in and then sign his name. Both the Great Wall or the Chinese people deep impressed him. He decided to visit more places of interest when free.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Have you ever lived abroad? When living overseas in a place where people speak a different language, 1. can be difficult to make yourself understood even in 2. （relative） simple but important areas of life, like shopping and getting around town. It can be really upset trying to ask for something in a store or to tell the taxi driver 3. you are going.
Sometimes you may be at a 4. (lose) as to what to do; sometimes you are certain that people understand you 5. are just pretending that they don’t, and other times they make a very 6. (consider) effort to communicate with you.
You should also be prepared to make changes in the diet and get accustomed to 7. local foods and the limited selection of familiar foods in the stores and restaurants. You may not have the nice variety of very large grocery stores you had back home.
Besides, you will experience some stress and anxiety 8. you are living in a different culture with different values 9. your own. You may find that some of your cherished and deeply 10. (hold) values about life may not equally important to members of your new host culture.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Are forests always created by nature? A man from rural India proves that this is not necessarily ________ ．
Abdul Kareem，who used to be an airline ticketing agent，has a great love for the ________ ．Though he never went to college，he can talk about plants and trees like a(n) ________ ．In 1977，he bought a piece of ________ wasteland with the hope of growing trees on it．In the beginning，people thought he was ________to waste his time and money on the land．But he ________ ignored them and kept working on the soil and planting trees there．The land was so ________ that it had to be watered several times a day．Kareem had to fetch the water from a ________ that was a kilometer away．In the first two years，none of the trees he planted ________ .However，in the________ year，several young trees started growing．Greatly ________ by the result，Kareem planted more trees and his man made forest began to ________ ．
Kareem let his forest grow ________ ，without using fertilizers or insecticides．He believed in the ________ of nature to renew itself without the interference of humans．That’s ________ he did not allow fallen leaves or branches from the forest to be removed.
After years of ________ ，Kareem has not only realized his dream but also transformed a piece of ________ land into a beautiful forest．Today，his forest is ________to 1，500 medicinal plants，2，000 varieties of trees，rare birds，animals，and insects. Now，
________ from all over the world come to visit his creation．They hope to do research on the secret of his ________ so that other parts of the world could benefit from it．
1.A．wrong B．good C．true D．natural
2.A．job B．planes C．tickets D．woods
3.A．expert B．actor C．guide D．farmer
4.A．rich B．rocky C．green D．expensive
5.A．pleased B．wise C．crazy D．disappointed
6.A．simply B．hardly C．rarely D．rudely
7.A．damp B．hard C．poor D．dry
8.A．resource B．source C．force D．course
9.A．died B．recovered C．survived D．succeeded
10.A．third B．second C．fourth D．last
11.A．surprised B．satisfied C．challenged D．encouraged
12.A．take place B．take shape C．take steps D．take risks
13.A．slowly B．quickly C．naturally D．nicely
14.A．ability B．activity C．quality D．possibility
15.A．how B．when C．where D．why
16.A．effects B．efforts C．comforts D．harvests
17.A．deserved B．reserved C．deserted D．preserved
18.A．home B．key C．access D．way
19.A．children B．parents C．tourists D．scientists
20.A．1ife B．success C．company D．happiness
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Good friendship has many benefits. It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools. Such changes often leaves us without a friend. 1. But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.
1. Associate with others.
The first step to making friends is associating with other people. You can go to public places to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places.
2.Start a conversation
Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends.
2. You can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people.
3. 3.
Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friend together, Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.
4. Let it grow.
It is a good thing to stay in touch.. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend. 4. The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.
5. Enjoy your friendship
The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves.
5. Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. Become the kind of friend you will want your friend to be to you.
A. Be cheerful.
B. Do things together.
C. Do not wait to be spoken to.
D. Try not to find fault with your friends.
E. Making new friends comes easy for some people.
F. For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.
G. So you will need to give your friend time to react to you.
