阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the hit film The Bucket List, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman meet in hospital in California after they have been diagnosed with cancer. Between them they cook up(虚构) a “bucket list” ------ a to-do list of all they want to do before they kick the bucket. The movie makes you wonder what would be on your bucket list. So let’s pack up some and see what it would cost to go out and have a little fun.
THE PYRAMIDS, GIZA, EGYPT
On to the pyramids, surely on anyone’s bucket list. Exotik Tours can take you there on a variety of trips, including their popular Egypt Express which includes three nights in Cairo and a three-night Nile Cruise (乘船游览). From$1,384, including four-and five-star accommodation, 12 meals and a ton of sightseeing.
www.exotiktours.com 416-646-3347
TAJ MAHAL, AGRA, INDIA
One of the world’s most fascinating images, India’s Taj Mahal makes even Nicholson and Freeman look calm. Toronto’s Goway Travel has many suggestions for India, including a three-day independent visit to Agra. Stay at the attractive Oberoi AmarVilas overlooking the Taj. Include two breakfasts,touring and airport transfer from $1,420.
www.gowaytravel.com 416-322-1034
THE GREAT WALL, CHINA
If the Great Wall of China is on your bucket list, check into Tour East Holiday’s four-day Amazing Beijing Tour for $580 per person, four-star
accommodation, sightseeing including the Forbidden City and the Great Wall,breakfasts and two lunches, transportation and guide.
www.toureastholidays.com 416-929-0888
THE HIMALAYAS, NEPAL
And on to the Himalayas. Talk about something truly majestic (壮丽的).See the top of the world on GAP Adventures’ Everest Adventure tour, a 15-day exploration including Everest Base Camp, teahouse lodge stays, and walking through Sherpa villages. Incredibly affordable at just $665 plus local payment of $250. GAP Adventures warns that this is a physically demanding trip.
www.gapadventures.com 416-260-0999
1.The underlined phrase “kick the bucket” in Paragraph 1 means ____.
A. play a game B. pass away
C. list interesting places D. come to life
2.According to the passage, where can you enjoy a view of the whole
______ Taj Mahal?
A. At Oberoi AmarVilas B. Near the Forbidden City
C. Through Egypt Express D. In Sherpa village.
3.If you take on the Everest Adventure tour, you should be aware that _____.
A. the sights may not be so good.
B. you may not be used to the food there
C. it is a tiring trip.
D. it is an expensive trip
语法填空。
Few people would even think of beginning a new job at the age of 76, 1. one of America's most famous artists did just that.Anna Mary Robertson, better known as “Grandma Moses”， turned to painting 2. she was too old to work on her farm.
Grandma Moses was crazy about painting soon after she picked it up and worked hard at it.She painted 3. (care) and her works were nice.She first painted only to please 4.， and then began to sell her works 5. a little money.In 1993, a collector, Louis Caldor happened to see several of Grandma Moses' works 6. (hang) in a shop.He liked them, 7. (buy) them at once, and set out to look for 8.．Caldor held 9.show to introduce the works of Grandma Moses to other artists.Grandma Moses, 10. was worldfamous, died on December 13, 1961, at the age of 101.
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it’s helpful to do kind, peaceful things. One of my favorite ______ to do this is by developing my own helping rituals（习惯）. These little acts of ______ are opportunities to be of service and reminders of how good it feels to be kind and ______.
We live in a rural area of the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of what we see is ______ nature.One of the ______ to the beauty is the litter that some people throw out of their windows as they are ______ on the rural roads. One of the few ______ to living in the rural areas is that public services, such as litter collection, are less ______ han they are closer to the city.
A helping ritual that I practice ______ with my two children is picking up litter in our surrounding area. We’ve become so accustomed to doing this that my ______ will often say to me in pleasant voices, "There's some litter, Daddy, ______ the car!" And if we have______, we will often pull over and pick it up. It may seem strange, but we actually ______ it. We pick up litter in parks, on sidewalks, practically anywhere. Once I even saw a (n) ______ icking up litter close to where we live. The man whom I didn’t know smiled at me and said, "I ______ saw you doing it, and it seemed like a good idea."
Picking up litter is only ______ of an endless supply of possible helping rituals. You might like holding a door open for people, visiting and ______ lonely elderly people in nursing homes, or shoveling snow off someone else’s driveway. Think of something that seems effortless ______ helpful. It’s worthwhile, personally rewarding, and sets a good example. Your acts of kindness can ______ others to do the same things. And everyone ______ from this.
1.A. things B. activities C. ways D. places
2.A. kindness B. education C. instruction D. amusement
3.A. polite B. curious C. challenging D. helpful
4.A. dirty B. beautiful C. different D. simple
5.A. explanations B. answers C. changes D. weaknesses
6.A. running B. walking C. driving D. jumping
7.A. reasons B. disadvantages C. principles D. Days
8.A. available B. important C. satisfying D. dangerous
9.A. generally B. casually C. regularly D. deliberately
10.A. friends B. parents C. colleagues D. Children
11.A. stop B. start C. repair D. speed
12.A. faith B. time C. money D. material
13.A. enjoy B. need C. see D. get
14.A. cleaner B. neighbor C. adult D. stranger
15.A. seldom B. often C. never D. First
16.A. many B. that C . one D. all
17.A. comforting B. respecting C. treating D. teaching
18.A. just B. yet C. still D. even
19.A. force B. inform C. encourage D. remind
20.A. remembers B. involves C. suffers D. benefits
假设你是新华中学的学生会主席。近来，随着网络的普及，学生的汉字书写能力降低。为了保护传统民族文化——汉字，校学生会提出倡议。请你根据以下内容提示，为学校《英语沙龙》的同学们写一封倡议书。
内容要点：
1.少上网，多读书、勤记笔记；
2.养成练书写和写日记的习惯；
3.自拟一项其他方面的倡议内容。
注意：短文字数不少于100词。
参考词汇: 汉字Chinese characters
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Annie, a neighbor’s daughter, was away for her first semester at college this school year. She is a very sweet girl but just a bit shy. When her birthday came around, I found out she was feeling a bit .
Her family is quite poor and are tight, so there wouldn’t be any birthday visitors. I wanted to her a card and maybe a small gift to her day a bit. I got her school from her mom and planned to pick something up. Then I got a(n) !
I perhaps a bit more birthday cheer was needed here. I bought some balloons, birthday hats, and novelties at a store. I took a small and asked three other people in my area at work to “Happy Birthday” and send some birthday wishes to her. It was such fun making the recording! Other people what we were doing and their voices, so it really sounded like we had a party going on!
Then I bought her a small present and a card as planned. The real fun was packing them to be sent. I everything so it was like opening a mini birthday party! At the last minute I added a pack of cupcakes and a box of birthday candles sending them off. I got a call a few days later．Annie said her roommates and one of their neighbors in the got together with her and held a party for her the moment they arrived. She sounded so and I was so glad that she had some friends to her special day with.
It was such an easy and thing to do. The people who helped me make the tape still laugh and talk about it. And Annie me it was the most fun birthday she would remember!
1.A. lonely B. nervous C. happy D. bored
2.A. thoughts B. finances C. measures D. times
3.A. provide B. sell C. send D. draw
4.A. attract B. remember C. describe D. brighten
5.A. number B. campus C. address D. report
6.A. idea B. surprise C. chance D. message
7.A. decided B. thought C. wished D. concluded
8.A. another B. others C. other D. one
9.A. radio B. camera C. recorder D. phone
10.A. say B. sing C. repeat D. make
11.A. took out B. set out C. gave out D. found out
12.A. added B. devoted C. cleared D. lifted
13.A. suddenly B. originally C. finally D. carefully
14.A. collected B. paid C. arranged D. expected
15.A. until B. after C. unless D. before
16.A. dormitory B. home C. classroom D. office
17.A. familiar B. happy C. wonderful D. upset
18.A. help B. compare C. share D. witness
19.A. hard B. challenging C. fun D. time-consuming
20.A. warned B. convinced C. advised D. told
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。
My deskmate admires my fluent English very much and I usually feel 1.(encourage) by his compliments.
One day, when we learned the new word “eccentric” in class , we 2.(ask) to make a sentence with it. I volunteered to do_3. by saying “My deskmate is an eccentric boy4.clothes never fit him.” 5. (hear) this, the whole classburst into6. (laugh) and my deskmate’s face turned red. 7._class, I learned from the teacher that my deskmate would have dropped 8. of school if he hadn’t been helped by others. My mindless words must9.(hurt) him deeply.
Not until then did I realize words could be 10. (power) in both positive and negative ways. We should avoid hurting others if we can’t always be encouraging when we speak.
