一、完形填空。

When I was about 8 years old， I asked my mum to buy me a certain biscuit because in this way I could sponsored （贊助） Flash Gordon. Gordon was a super-hero who fought for good deeds（事情） in outer space.

My mum would buy the biscuit for me because I 1 the prize that came with it. The prize was a pair of glasses that Gordon 2 .

However， in order to get the prize I had to 3 the whole box of biscuits out because it was at the 4 . I didn’t dare to think of 5 my way until I could find the prize at the bottom because I was too 6 . Yes， I just wanted to be like Flash Gordon！ 7 the glasses came out from the bottom， I put them on. I felt like my favorite hero. I wore them everywhere my mum and I went. I even tried to wear them to school but the teachers didn’t want a super-hero flying around the playground.

Over the years there were other prizes from many 8 brands of biscuits， but I was never really 9 the biscuits， only the prize.

When you think about it， 10 itself can be like a box of biscuits. Even as adults， we keep looking for that prize at all 11 . Just 12 what we do at times. We become greedy（貪婪的） to get what we think is the prize. That will only spoil （破壞） the 13 meaning of it.

Try to look at it from a different view. Wouldn’t it be better to 14 the journey along the way？ Cherish （珍惜） what you have and be grateful. I promise your prize will 15 ， without having to push others out of the way to get it.

（ ）1. A. designed B. deserved C. offered D. wanted

（ ）2. A. made B. sold C. owned D. wore

（ ）3. A. throw B. pour C. put D. leave

（ ）4. A. beginning B. side C. bottom D. top

（ ）5. A. changing B. losing C. eating D. finding

（ ）6. A. impatient B. lazy C. weak D. nervous

（ ）7. A. Although B. Since C. While D. Once

（ ）8. A. old B. famous C. different D. special

（ ）9. A. good at B. afraid of C. interested in D. angry at

（ ）10. A. success B. life C. love D. wealth

（ ）11. A. money B. pay C. costs D. prices

（ ）12. A. think about B. complain about C. pack up D. go through

（ ）13. A. new B. real C. funny D. true

（ ）14. A. cut B. stop C. plan D. enjoy

（ ）15. A. appear B. disappear C. leave D. enrich

二、閱讀理解。

A

（ ）1. Whose flight ticket is this？

A. Delta. B. Xu Zehuan. C. Seattle. D. Detroit.

（ ）2. The word “boarding pass” means _____.

A. 船票 B. 登機(jī)牌 C. 布告牌 D. 住宿卡

（ ）3. Where did the person start his or her flight？

A. Zone 2. B. Delta. C. Seattle. D. Detroit.

（ ）4. When did the flight take off？

A. 11：55 a.m. B. 11：15 a.m. C. 25 JUL. D. 25 JUN.

（ ）5. How many bags did the person have？

A. 1. B. 30. C. 18. D. 2.

B

Back in the fifteenth century， in a village near Nuremberg， lived a family with eighteen children. Despite （不管；不顧） the hopeless condition， two of the children， Albrecht Durer and his elder brother Albert Durer， had a dream. They both wanted to become artists. After many long discussions， the two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss （投擲） a coin. The loser would go down into the nearby mines and， with his earnings， support his brother who attended the academy. Then， when that brother who won the toss completed his studies， in four years， he would support the other brother at the academy.

Tossing a coin， Albrecht won and went off to Nuremberg. Albert went down to the dangerous mines （煤礦）.

When the young artist returned to his village， tears running down his face， Albert said， “No， brother. I cannot go to Nuremberg. It is too late for me. Look... this is what four years in the mines have done to my hands！” Later， Albrecht Durer drew his brother’s hands. He called it “The Praying Hands”.

More than 500 years have passed. By now， among Albrecht’s hundreds of masterful portraits， “The Praying Hands” is the one that can catch the world’s hearts.

Next time you see a copy of that touching painting， take a second look. Let it be your reminder—if you still need one—no one ever makes it alone！

（ ）6. Why did the two brothers work out the agreement？

A. They were curious about the result.

B. Their family couldn’t afford both of them to attend the academy.

C. They had to support the other sisters and brothers in the family.

D. Neither of them wanted to study in the academy.

（ ）7. Why couldn’t Albert go to the academy after four years？

A. Albrecht changed his mind and refused to support Albert.

B. Albrecht was not able to earn enough money to support Albert.

C. Albert didn’t have a great love for painting any more.

D. Albert couldn’t hold a pen or brush to paint.

（ ）8. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

A. It proved that Albrecht was not good at painting.

B. Albrecht couldn’t earn any money while he was studying at the academy.

C. Years of hard work in the mines brought great suffering to Albert.

D. In the painting “The Praying Hands”， the hands were Albrecht’s.

（ ）9. What does the underlined sentence imply （暗示）？

A. You can achieve success all on your own.

B. Hard working is important if you want to succeed.

C. There is other people’s sacrifice （犧牲） behind your success.

D. No one will succeed without working hard.

（ ）10. Which do you think is the best title of the passage？

A. Successful Artist. B. The Praying Hands.

C. Success is Important. D. A Mine.

C

Tim Cook， the CEO of Apple， showed off their newest device， the Apple Watch. Mr. Cook said it is the “most personal” device Apple has ever created.

The Apple Watch is a miniature， or very small computer a person wears on his or her wrist. There will be three models with straps to attach them to your wrist. It will be able to do many of the same things as an iPhone. It will show emails， texts， news， health readings and other information. These applications will be customized （定制） for the watch. It will be different than just seeing what is on your phone.

Like a phone， you will be able to receive calls on your wrist. Mr. Cook smiled while describing this. “I’ve been wanting to do this since I was five years old，” he said， “The day is finally here.” Decades ago， a comic strip hero named Dick Tracy talked into his wrist watch， but until now， that has only been something possible in the future.

Mr. Cook also said it is “incredibly intimate （親密的）”. He said you can capture and send your heartbeat to another person with an Apple Watch.

“This is an incredibly intimate way to tell someone that you are thinking about them，” he said. “I hope someone sends me one of those.”

The crown of the Apple Watch is what sets this Apple product apart from other companies’ smart watches. Like the touch screen on smart phones， the crown controls what you can do. By turning the crown on an Apple Watch， one can zoom in and out， to look at a map， for example.

The watches will be available in stores in late April. They will be sold at different prices， beginning at $349. Mr. Cook called the high-end model， the one made of 18-karat gold， “jaw dropping beautiful”. Its price tag will be thousands of dollars.

Apple hopes to excite consumers so they will want to buy and wear computers on their bodies.

（ ）11. The underlined word “miniature” means _____.

A. much smaller than usual B. very beautiful

C. heavy D. huge

（ ）12. The Apple Watches will be sold _____.

A. for the young people B. at $329 as the lowest price

C. only in America D. in late April

（ ）13. _____ can control what people do like the touch screen on smart phones. A. The newest device

B. Smart watches

C. The crown of the Apple Watch

D. The strap of the Apple Watch

（ ）14. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE？

A. The Apple Watch will be able to do many of the same things as an iPhone though it is so small.

B. Thanks to the Apple Watch， talking into your wrist watch like Dick Tracy won’t be a dream any more.

C. You cannot use the Apple Watch to get and send your heartbeat to another person.

D. The high-end model of the Apple Watches will be expensive but it is very beautiful.

（ ）15. The passage mainly tells us _____.

A. Apple Watch is getting closer to our hearts

B. a full introduction about Apple Watch to excite consumers

C. high technical products are being developed rapidly

D. how happy we are to live in today’s hi-tech era （時代）

三、閱讀理解填詞。

It was a lovely spring afternoon. My classmates and I were playing happily on the playground when I let out a cry， “Ouch！Something in my shoe is biting me.”

Everyone was s 1 by the cry. They took me into a classroom and were about to take off my shoes. Suddenly， I remembered the holes in my socks. My family was very p 2 . I wore welfare （救濟(jì)的） socks， which c 3 only a little， but those cheap welfare socks didn’t last long. They soon had holes at the bottom.

I r 4 to take off my shoe. I couldn’t stand others seeing the holes in my sock. Yet， each time the thing in my shoe bit me， tears raced down my face.

My teacher， Miss Diane， who knew everything about my family， h 5 into the classroom. She looked into my painful and hopeless eyes. “Oh， yes， it must be a sock-eating ant，” she said， as if she had already s 6 the thing inside the shoe. “I had a bite from one of those ants. By the time I got my shoe off， it had eaten almost the whole bottom off my sock.” My classmates nodded although they all looked a little puzzled. Miss Diane took off my right shoe and sock and s 7 them over the garbage can. Two red ants f 8 into it.

“Just what I thought. The ants have eaten part of her sock，” she added， “You are such a b 9 girl to take so many bites.”

At that lovely spring afternoon， a little girl’s p 10 was saved by the “sock-eating ant” story.

1. s_________ 2. p_________ 3. c_________ 4. r_________ 5. h_________

6. s_________ 7. s_________ 8. f_________ 9. b_________ 10. p_________

四、書面表達(dá)。

體育運(yùn)動是中學(xué)生的共同愛好。請你根據(jù)下列中文提示寫一篇關(guān)于體育運(yùn)動的短文，要點(diǎn)如下：

1. 有的學(xué)生通過運(yùn)動來緩解疲倦，放松自己；

2. 有的學(xué)生通過運(yùn)動來保持健康，使自己精力充沛；

3. 學(xué)生參加體育運(yùn)動的理由各異；

4. 男孩們參加各種體育運(yùn)動，希望使自己更強(qiáng)壯；

5. 女孩們也喜歡運(yùn)動，希望幫助減肥和保持苗條；

6. 補(bǔ)充一至兩點(diǎn)你對運(yùn)動的觀點(diǎn)。

注意：

1. 詞數(shù)80左右；

2. 不要逐句翻譯，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；

3. 文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)的校名和人名。

參考詞匯： lose weight 減肥； slim adj. 苗條的； energetic adj. 精力充沛的