D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): (12分)The first time I saw Jim Wooten I really understood him. He was agreat TV news reporter. When he was reporting in Rwanda, oneheartbreaking moment made a deep impression on me. When thecamera showed all of the children who were dying, suffered fromterrible diseases,Jim ended his piece by saying that when he got home,the first thing he was going to do was to put his arms around his ownchildren. Then I realized that he was differe nt, that he didn’t fall into any of the modern television-news tricks, that he was not giving us any awful, artificial(假的) television-journalist reports out of（出于) pity. Instead, I was watching a real reporter with a gift(天赋) for both words and slight differences.Then I read his book, We Are All the Same, about his friendship with Xolani Nkosi, a South African boy who became the international spokesman for AIDS(艾滋病). It is about the friendship between Wooten and a black child who was ten years old and already dying of AIDS. It is also a book about a great teacher and his student. But the teacher－the one with real wisdom and understanding about life－is the little boy, not the journalist. And, finally, it’s about a love story of Gail Johnson, Nkosi’s white mother who does her best to save the boy, and their lo ve for each other. When reading the book, I felt touched from time to time.88. How did Jim Wooten feel when he saw the dying children in Rwanda?__________________________________________________________________.89. What would an ordinary journalist do on TV when he saw these dying children?_________________________________________________________________.90. How did Jim end his piece when he saw the dying children in Rwanda?_________________________________________________________________.91. Who is the teacher in the book, the little boy or the journalist?_________________________________________________________________.92. Why did Nkosi’s mother do everything possible to save the boy?_________________________________________________________________.93. What’s the writer’s attitude to Jim Wooten? How do you know that?_________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. He felt very sad./He was heartbroken.89. He would give us some awful, artificial television-journalist reports out of pity./He would fallinto some of the modern television-news tricks.90. By saying that when he got home, the first thing he was going to do was to put his armsaround his own children.91. The little boy. (1分题)92. Because she loved the boy./Because the boy was dying of AIDS.93. He respected Jim./He admired Jim. The writer wrote/mentioned that Jim was a great TV news reporter.（3分题）D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) (12分)One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind, please help me.”There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the words.Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed m y sign in the morning? What did you write? ”The man said, “I only wrote the truth, I said what you said, but in a different way. ”What he had written was, “ Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it.”Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.There are at least two lessons we can learn from this story.The first is: Treasure（珍惜）what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.The second is: Be creative(有创造力的). Think differently. There is always a better way!88．Who sat on the steps of a building asking for help?_________________________________________________________________.89．A man walked by and gave the boy a few coins, didn’t he?_________________________________________________________________. 90．What did the man do to the boy’s sign?_________________________________________________________________. 91．What happened to the boy’s hat soon?_________________________________________________________________.92．How did the man write the sign?_________________________________________________________________. 93．Which sign do you prefer, the first one or the second one ? Why ?（answer the question in no more than 20 words）_________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. A blind boy.89. Yes, he did.90. He took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. / He wrote some words on it. / He wrote some words on the back of the sign.91. The hat began to fill up. / Many people put money into the hat.92. He wrote the sign in a different way. / He wrote the truth, but in a different way.93. (any reasonable answer is acceptable)D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) (12分)Once upon a time, a greedy rich man hired a wise man. He wanted the wise man to find away to make him even more money. The rich man was building a giant safe. And his greatest dream was to fill the safe with gold and jewels.The wise man thought about this problem for months. One night he appeared at the rich man’s house with a big smile on his face. He said, “ I’ve done it! My calculations are perfect! You’ll be rich beyond your wildest dreams.” The rich man was very delighted to go on a long journey. He promised the wise man double pay to run his business for him.When the rich man returned, he found that all of his money was gone. Very angry, he asked the wise man to explain. The wise man told him he’d given everything away. The wise man said, “ I analyzed(分析) how a single rich man could gain the biggest wealth. But it is limited how much one man can do by himself. Then I realized that many people could help us achieve our goal. By helping other people, you could gain most.”Disappointed and angry, the rich man went away. As he was walking, several neighbours saw him. All of them had their share when the wise man gave away the man’s wealth. They were so thankful that they welcomed him to their homes and offered anything he needed.Over the next few weeks, …88. Did the rich man ask a wise man to build a safe? (此题一分)_________________________________________________________________.89. Why did the rich man hire a wise man?_________________________________________________________________.90. What happened when the rich man returned from his journey?_________________________________________________________________.91. How could the rich man gain biggest wealth according to the wise man?_________________________________________________________________.92. How did the rich man feel after the wise man explained?_________________________________________________________________.93. Please add an ending(结尾) to the story (write at least three sentences). （此题三分）_________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. No./No, he didn’t.89.Because he wanted the wise man to find a way to make him even more money.90.(He found that) all of his money was gone.91.By helping other people, (he could gain most).92.(He felt) disappointed and angry.93.Any reasonable answer is OK.For example:(1) the rich man saw the results of the wise man’s calculations. Wherever he went, he received warm welcome. He realized that he could gain most by helping others.(2) the rich man followed the wise man’s advice. He no longer dreamed of storing his wealth in a safe. Instead he shared it with others. He was now truly rich.(3)the greedy rich man still felt unhappy. He wanted to get his money back from others. He didn’t believe he could do anything without money.D．Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）He felt strange when he went back to his college in Oxford. He had left the college 25 years before, and he had never been back. As he walked up from station, he slowly began to feel the same excitement that he had felt when he first went there as an 18-year'-01d boy. When he received the email inviting him to the reunion (重聚) for the people of his year at college, he had felt only happy and excited. Now, as he got nearer to the college, he was nervous, yes, definitely nervous. Perhaps his classmates had all been more successful than him, or at least earned more money than him.He was happy in his job as a university lecturer, but the others were probably all lawyers, accountants and bankers. Who would be there at the reunion? He wondered. He was proud that he had studied there and glad to be back, but at the same time sad that the college was no longer part of his life, sad that he couldn't bring back those days which meant so much to him.The porter gave him a key to a room in the college. He couldn't believe it. It was his' old room. As he walked through the door, he was surprised to feel a tear rolling down his cheeks. He had never thought he would feel like this. He tried to remind himself that his times there had not always been happy, that there had been problems too. It was almost time for dinner, so he put on his black dinner jacket and bow tie and walked down to the dining hall, wondering if any of his old friends would be there.He walked into the dining hall, and there she was. She had changed a little. The smile whichhad made him fall in love with her was still the same. But she was sitting with the man she had chosen to marry, the man she had chosen to marry instead of him. He had thought the pain had gone, but it hit him in the stomach like a boxer's punch. Was it wrong for him to have come back? Or should he ...?88. How old was the writer when he went to college?_________________________________________________________________.89. How did he feel when he received the email inviting him to his college reunion?_________________________________________________________________.90. Why did he feel sad on his way to his college?_________________________________________________________________.91. The old room made him think of happy and sad times in the college, didn't it?_________________________________________________________________.92. What does the underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refer to?_________________________________________________________________.93. Please finish the last question._________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. 18 (years old). / Eighteen.89. Happy and excited.90. Because the college was no longer part of his life / he couldn't bring back those days whichmeant so much to him.91. Yes, it did.92. the pain".93. Should he come here with his wife? / Should he talk with them?/...D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)How much pocket money do you get? How do you spend it? The Blue Book of Chinese Teenager Financial(金融的) Study shows that social activities now take up more of teenagers’ spending. The book was about teenagers’ spending habits. It was based on studies in nine cities in China, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The results show that students are spendingmore and more on their relationships with friends and classmates, such as having meals together and buying birthday gifts. Only one-third of high school students think about the price when choosing gifts. Most say they only care about what their friends like.Xiao Hao, 17, a student at Gaoyou Normal School in Jiangsu, spent more than 1,000 yuan on his birthday meal this February. “They had given me gifts. If I hadn’t done anything in return, I’d have lost face,” Xia said.Xia’s experience is quite usual among the young students. A meal can cost a student’s pocket money for a month. Many just ask more from parents when they use up their money.Zhang Wei, an expert on teenagers’ financial study, suggested that teenagers should learn to make a budget. A budget is a plan of how money will be spent. It helps make decisions about money. To make good use of your money, you can also set a limit. Learn to balance your wants and needs. When choosing gifts for friends, let them know that you care. Sometimes a handmade gift is much better than an expensive one.88.Were there 3 cities in China taking part in the study?(1分)____________，_______________________________________________________.89. According to the results, how do students spend most their pocket money? （2分）_____________________________________________________________________.90. Which do most students consider when choosing a gift, the price or the things their friends like?（2分）_____________________________________________________________________.91. How much money can a meal usually cost? （2分）_____________________________________________________________________.92. What suggestions are given in the passage to help students make good use of the pocket money? （2分）_____________________________________________________________________.93. Which of the given suggestions do you think is the most useful to you? Why? （3分）I think______________________________because___________________________.Keys: 88. No, there weren’t.89. On social activities. / On their relationship with friends and classmates. / (In) having mealstogether and buying birthday gifts.90. The things their friends like.91. A meal can usually cost a student’s pocket money for a month.92. It is suggested that teenagers should learn to make a budget and set a limit to balance wantsand needs and let friends know you care when choosing gifts. / Making a budge and setting a limit are suggested in the passage.93. I think making a budget is the most useful to me because I can plan how money will be spentand it helps me make wise decisions about money.D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)Mr. Dawson was bad-tempered and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick an apple, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his gun.One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was walking out with her friend Amy. They had to go by Dawson’s house, but as they got close, Janet saw him sitting on his fr ont porch and suggested they cross over the street. Like most, she was afraid of the man.Amy said not to worry. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown(皱眉)，but when he saw it was Amy, he gave a broad smile.Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight with her they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that sounded fun, and gave them each an apple.Later, Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he isn’t generous. Actually he’s the meanest man in town. How come he was so nice to us?”Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house, he wasn’t very friendly, but she pretended he was wearing an invisible smile and so she always smiled. It took a while, but one day he half-smiled back.After a while, he started smiling real smiles and then talked to her. She said he always offers her an apple now, and is always very kind.“An invisible smile?” questioned Janet.“Yes,” answered Amy, “My grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn’t afraid a nd pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him, sooner or later he would really smile.”If we remember that everyone wears an invisible smile, we too will find that most peoplecan’t resist our smile after a while.It’s so e asy to get caught up in everyday life that we forget how simply we can bring cheer to ourselves and others. Giving a smile takes so little effort; let’s make sure that we’re not the ones that others have to pretend are wearing invisible smiles.88. What did people in town think of Mr. Dawson?_________________________________________________________________.89. Why did Janet suggest they cross over the street?_________________________________________________________________.90. What did Mr. Dawson do after he saw Amy and Janet?He smiled and _____________________________________________________.91. Mr. Dawson was not friendly to Amy when she first walked past his house, was he?_________________________________________________________________.92. How did Amy make Mr. Dawson nice to her?_________________________________________________________________.93. What can we learn from the story? What’s the best title of the passage?_________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. They thought he was bad-tempered.89. Because she was afraid of Mr. Dawson.90. (He smiled and) gave them each an apple.91. No, he wasn’t.92. smiling all the time.93. (I think )we should be nice to others. Always keep smiling.D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题) (12分)Happiness is a feeling that lights up your eyes, makes your steps light and makes you want to sing for no reason. Everyone wants to be happy. But sometimes, a guest comes in without invitation. It’s unhappiness. Don’t let it get you down. Send it away.When you are happy, the world feels like a better place. As the saying goes: When yousmile, the world smiles with you; when you cry, you cry alone. Wearing a smile makes you more charming(迷人的)and helps you to win lots of friends. A good mood（心情）always gives you hope, which makes trouble and problems easier to handle.No matter how happy you are, it’s normal to feel angry, sad or gloomy once in a while. Life is full of ups and downs. We can’t change the way life is, but we can do our best to change a bad situation into a good one. To help us do this, it’s good to know some of the factors（因素）that influence happiness.One of the biggest factors is social relationships. People who are close to family and friends are happier than people who don’t have those relationships. Talking and sharing is a good way to relax and build confidence. Knowing someone is there for you will make you braver and more outgoing.Another factor is work or school. If you enjoy school, even if you have lots of homework or extra classes, you will feel that your school life is meaningful and happy. But if you hate school, your negative attitude（消极的态度）may cause you to feel bored and upset that you hate to do so much work.A third factor is your attitude towards life. How do you feel if you fail in an exam? Maybe you think it’s unfair because you always study and should have got a good mark. You can’t stop blaming（责备）yourself. Or, maybe you accept it. You go through the paper carefully, find out why you made stupid mistakes, and tell yourself, “Take it easy! I’ll do better next time!” Your attitude makes a big difference.Do you smile a lot or wear a long face most of the time?88. Happiness is a feeling, isn’t it?____________, _________________________________________________.89. What makes you more charming and gives you hope?_______________________________________________________________.90. What does the underlined sentence mean according to paragraph 3?________________________________________________________________.91. What can we do when we can’t change the way life is?________________________________________________________________.92. How many factors influence happiness? What are they?________________________________________________________________________. 93. How do you make yourself happy in your daily life? Give an example.________________________________________________________________________.Keys: 88. Yes, it is.89. Wearing a smile and a good mood.90. No matter how happy you are, it's normal to feel angry, sad or gloomy once in a while./There are happiness and sadness in our life.91. We can do our best to change a bad situation into a good one.92. Three. Social relationships, work or school and your attitude towards life.93. Any reasonable answer is ok.D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)Born on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California, Shirley Templewas a leading child film actress in the 1930s. When her performance ofthe song "On the Good Ship Lollipop" became famous, she earned aspecial Academy Award. Temple took on some acting roles as an adultbefore entering politics, becoming a U.S. Diplomat(外交官) for theUnited Nations. She died on February 10, 2014, at age 85, in California.Child StarShirley Jane Temple was born to a banker and a housewife with two older children in California. When Temple was just three years old, she got a contract(合同) with Educational Pictures, making her first acting in a series of low-cost movies called "Baby Burlesques.""Baby Burlesques" led Temple to a contract with the Fox Film Corporation. When the young actress was six years old, she appeared in her first Hollywood film, Carolina. With Fox, Temple made a hit film Little Miss Marker. At that time, the young actress, singer and dancer with the golden curly hair and smiling face proved to be an overnight sensation (轰动) and a top earner for the studio.President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Temple "Little Miss Miracle" for raising the public's confidence and cheerfulness during the hard times. He said, "As long as our country has ShirleyTemple, we will be all right." Temple’s song-and-dance to the tune "On the Good Ship Lollipop" in 1934 earned her a special Academy Award "Outstanding Personality of 1934".Grown-Up ActressWhen Shirley Temple began to grow older, she got less popular with audiences. As a teenager, she appeared in The Blue Bird (1940), which performed poorly at the box office. At age 19, she acted as Susan Turner in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer with her friends Cary Grant and Myrna Loy. Though the film received some praise, audiences found it difficult to accept that their "Little Miss Miracle" was growing up.During the 1950s and early 1960s, she made a few appearances on the small screen, but her career (职业) as a popular film star had ended at an earlier age than most actors’ had begun.88. What was Shirley Temple in the 1930s?_________________________________________________________________________ 89. How many members were there in Shirley Temple’s family after she was born?_________________________________________________________________________ 90. Her performan ce in “Baby Burlesques” didn’t help her get the contract with the Fox FilmCorporation, did it?_________________________________________________________________________ 91. Which film was the most successful one, Carolina, Little Miss Marker or The Blue Bird?_________________________________________________________________________ 92. Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt call Temple “Little Miss Miracle”?_________________________________________________________________________ 93. What was the audiences’ attitude towards Temple’s performance when she grew older?Why?__________________________________________________________________________Keys: 88. A leading child film actress / A child star.89. Five members in her family.90. Yes, it did.91. Little Miss Marker.92. Because she raised the public’s confidence and cheerfulness during the hard times.93. They found it difficult to accept … / She got less popular with her audiences. / …Because she didn’t act as well as before. / Because people liked young Temple better. / …D．Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）What is it like being a film star? What's it like in front of the camera? Students from Steamboat Springs Middle School in the Us could tell you exactly what it's like. They recently got a taste of the life of a star.A local movie company wanted to produce a film. All the actors in this film were to be students. Fourteen students were chosen from the school, The film, called Ruby vs Wolfgang, was based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood (小红帽). It came with a twist (改变), however - the story was told from the perspective (看法) of the wolf.Zoe Walsh, a seventh - grader, signed up to do behind-the-scenes work. But she soon found herself in front of the camera instead. She played a strange middle school student in the film."It's just fun," she told the Steamboat Today. "Just pretending that you're someone else."But there were also difficulties. It was very cold during shooting. Students had to put up with snow and icy wind.Lack (缺乏) of experience was another problem. The director Michael Staley said he tried to "help each student bring out the wolf- or Whatever animal they representing - in themselves".Erus Harrington, an eighth - grader, said he played a "nice, silly British guy". He learned the British accent (口音) all at home."I just kind of taught myself how to do it by watching videos," he said "It makes me feel good after I do it because I'm proud of myself."The students will watch themselves on the big screen for the first time during the film festival at a local high school in May."I'm probably going to laugh at myself," said Zach, the brother of Zoe.88. Fourteen students were chosen as actors in this film, weren't they?___________________________________________________________________________ 89. Who did Walsh play in the film?___________________________________________________________________________ 90. What were the two main problems for the actors?___________________________________________________________________________ 91. How did Harrington learn the British accent?___________________________________________________________________________ 92. Where will the students see the film acted by themselves on the big screen for the first time?___________________________________________________________________________ 93. What do the students think of being a film star after they got a taste of the life of a staraccording to the passage? (At least two different opinions)___________________________________________________________________________Keys: 88. Yes, they were.89. She played a strange middle school student in the film./A strange middle school student.90. The cold and a lack of experience.91. By watching videos./ Harrington learned the British accent by watching videos92. At a local high school.93. It's just fun./It is interesting/exciting. But it is also hard to be a film star./It is a hard job. They felt excited/interested to be a film star. It makes them feel good after they do it/after doing it. They are proud of themselves.D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题) ( 12 分)Dear DavidThings are going great here in Cannes, France. I’m excited to be here. I have only been at the film festival for two days, but have already seen four films. When the films are not on at the cinema, I like to watch all the fashionable people down at the beach. Everywhere you look, there are famous film stars and directors. I saw three of my favourite stars walking around the festival yesterday. I was too nervous to talk to them, though.I did not realize that this festival was so old. It was first held in 1946. At this year’s festival, ar ound twenty films are competing for the main prize, the Palmed’Or(金棕榈奖) . The films are。
