【第1页共3页】注意:请将所有答案填写到答题卡上,写在本试卷上的答案无效;考试结束后,请将试卷和答题卡一并交上.1. affection a. very; in a way that is hard to believe2. brevity b. strong desire;eagerness to possess sth.3. champion c. a tropical forest4.decade d. say (sth learned) aloud from memory5.excel e. a quick shor look6.glance f. shortness in time;expression in few words7.incredibly g. fondness;gentle lasting love, like that of a parent for a child8.jungle h. a person who has won a competition of skill, strength,etc.9.lust i. be the best or better than10.recite j. a period of ten yearsPassage 1I ’ve loved my mother ’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doingletters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens and white paper, I decided that the act of writingmust be the most wonderful thing in the world.Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk ,”she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl,I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived“on the surface ”.As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wroteto her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer, none came. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace it seemed that nothing happened. Icouldn ’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.Now the present of her desk told me, as she ’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside — a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words. 11. The writer began to love her mother ’s desk _______. A. after Mother died B. before she became a writerC. when she was a childD. when mother gave it to her 12. The passage shows that _______.A. Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughterB. Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had doneC. Mother cared much about her daughter in wordsD. Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words.13. The world “gulf ” in the passage means _______.A. deep understanding between the old and the young.B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter.C. free talks between mother and daughter.D. part of the sea going far in land.14. What did Mother do with her daughter ’s letter asking for forgiveness?A. She had never received the letter.B. For years, she often talked about the letter.C. She didn ’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.D. She read the letter again and again till she died.15. What ’s the best title of the passage? A. My letter to Mother B. Mother and Children C. My Mother ’s Desk D. Talks between Mother and me.Passage 2Just a Little SmileMark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of him fall over and drop all of thebooks he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman. Mark stopped and helped the boy pickup these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Markknew that the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lotsof troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited(邀请) in for a Coke and to watch some television. Theafternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, and then Mark went home. They often saw eachⅠ Vocabulary. Match words in the left column with their definitions in theright column. Write down the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet (1’×10＝10’ ) II . Reading Comprehension (2’×20=40’)other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. “Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker(锁柜) because I didn’t wan t to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”16. When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going _______.A. to have a basketball gameB. to his classroomC. to see MarkD. back home17. From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he _______.A. was a good studentB. liked sports and musicC. liked all the subjects in schoolD. was a good friend18. Mark and Bill _______.A. were in the same middle school and high schoolB. were in the same middle school but not in the same high schoolC. often had lunch together at schoolD. had known each other before they began to study in middle school19. In this passage, the phrase “break up” means _______.A. 相处很好B. 和好如初C. 关系破裂D. 保持联系20. When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he _______.A. knew he could save Bill’s lifeB. knew who Bill was and wanted to help himC. didn’t know why he was going to help himD. didn’t know what he was doing was very important to BillPassage 3It was already dark when an old man came to a small town. He found an inn and wanted to stay there for the night. After he had gone to his room, the owner said to his wife, “Look at his bag, dear. I’m sure there are lo ts of valuable things in it. I want to steal it when he is asleep.”“No, no,” said the woman. “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. Then he’ll take you before the judge.” They thought and at last the woman had an idea. “We have forgetful grass,” said the woman, “Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he will forget to take his bag away.” “How clever you are!” said the owner, “Don’t forget it when you prepare supper for him.”The old man had the food with the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left with his bag. He woke his wife up and said angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all.”“No, no,” said the woman. “I don’t think so. He must forget something.”“Oh, I’ve remembered!” The owner cried out suddenly, “He forgot…”21. The old man came to the inn _______.A. in the morningB. in the afternoonC. in the eveningD. at night22. The owner and his wife wanted to _______.A. get the man’s bagB. steal the man’s moneyC. make the man pay them moreD. hide the man’s bag23. The owner and his wife put the forgetful grass into the food because _______.A. the old man always forgot somethingB. they wanted to make the food betterC. they hoped the old man would leave the bag in the innD. they wanted to know if the grass was useful24. According to the passage the old man forgot _______.A. to take his bag awayB. to tell the owner when he leftC. to close the door when he went to sleepD. to pay them the inn money25. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Both the owner and his wife were clever.B. The owner of the inn got nothing from the old man.C. The old man left the inn without his bag.D. The woman forgets to put the grass into the food.Passage 4The greatest changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the time of woman’s life spe nt in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five live till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and can be expected to live another thirty years and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by modern living conditions.Th is important change in women’s life pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first chance, and most of them took a full time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never return to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen; many girls stay at school after that age, and though women usually marry younger, more married women stay at least until shortly before their first child is born. V ery many more afterwards return to full or part-time job. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the house, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.26. According to the passage, around the year 1900 most women married _____.A. at about twenty fiveB. in their early fiftiesC. as soon as possible after they were fifteenD. at any age from fifteen to forty-five27. We are told that in a common family in 1890s _____.A. seven or eight children lived to be more than fiveB. many children died before they were fiveC. the youngest child would be fifteenD. four or five children died when they were five【第2页共3页】28. When she was over fifty, the late nineteenth century mother _____.A. would be healthy enough to take part paid jobsB. was usually expected to die fairly soonC. was unlikely to find a job if she wanted oneD. would expect to work till she died29. According to the passage, the women of today usually _____.A. marry instead of getting paid workB.marry before they are twenty-fiveC. have more children under fifteenD. have too few children30. The best title for this passage is _____.A. Women’s lifeB. The Change of Women’s LifeC. Women’s MarriageD. Women’s New LifeA. Translate the following sentences into Chinese31.As the saying goes, true friends must go through trials and tribulations together.32.The man’s face remained as blank as a clear summer sky.33.To become happier, we have to change our inner attitudes as much as our outward circumstances.34.Love was a magnificent building I built on the foundation of friendship.35.My uncle was cut off in the flower of his youth, at the age of thirty-seven.B, Complete the English sentences according to the Chinese given.36.他们带着生病的父亲远赴北京，希望能治好他的心脏病。
