一、完形填空。

One day a mother brought home a small jar and gave it to her little girl on her birthday. She told her little girl that the jar was 1 ， and she could write to her mommy about anything in the world and put it in the jar. And later， in its place， there would be a note for her. Soon the jar became a special part of their lives.

The litter girl loved to get 2 from her mother. They always told her how 3 she was. Sometimes， too， there would be a little 4 in the jar and a note telling her how 5 her mommy was of her. She 6 all the letters from her mommy in a pretty box by her bed.

The mother treasured each of her little girls letters， too. As the years went by， that little girl 7 into a young lady and then got married and started a 8 of her own. For the first time， the jar sat 9 . The mother dusted the jar every day and sometimes looked inside， 10 sadly that the magic jar years had end.

One day the young lady came to 11 her mother. She went straight to her mothers room， opened the chest （柜子） at the end of her bed， and found what she was looking for. She 12 on a piece of paper and put it in the jar， and 13 the jar to her mother. The mother opened the magic jar and there was that note from so long ago， “Youre going to be a 14 ！”

And when that baby boy was born months later， the jar was sitting in his nursery （嬰兒室） with a blue bow tied around it， and a note that read， “Magic jar years never 15 . They are always just beginning.”

（ ）1. A. dangerous B. magic C. beautiful D. mysterious

（ ）2. A. letters B. sweets C. flowers D. gifts

（ ）3. A. fat B. special C. ordinary D. bad

（ ）4. A. air B. love C. present D. money

（ ）5. A. ashamed B. afraid C. tried D. proud

（ ）6. A. received B. hid C. buried D. forgot

（ ）7. A. developed B. became C. grew D. fell

（ ）8. A. business B. factory C. shop D. home

（ ）9. A. empty B. upright C. full D. whole

（ ）10. A. judging B. remembering C. realizing D. understanding

（ ）11. A. treat B. award C. visit D. notice

（ ）12. A. designed B. cut C. prepared D. wrote

（ ）13. A. handed B. fell C. posted D. brought

（ ）14. A. hero B. grandma C. actress D. mother

（ ）15. A. disappear B. sell C. break D. end

二、閱讀理解。

A

You may never be in an emergency situation （緊急狀況）. But if it happens， you should know how to get help. The telephone book in the United States has emergency numbers on the inside front cover. Look at the following table from the Boston telephone book. Notice that the numbers for the police and the fire department （部門） are the same. And it is an easy number to remember. If you are too unhappy or excited to remember any numbers at all， you can simply dial “0” for an operator （接線員） in any emergency.

（ ）1. If you see a fire in Cambridge， you should dial _____.

A. 023-1500 B. 846-1212 C. 645-1212 D. 876-5800

（ ）2. If you live in Boston and you need a doctor， you should dial _____.

A. 911 B. 482-5252 C. 025-4774 D. 223-6978

（ ）3. If you see a boat sinking， you should dial _____.

A. 645-1212 B. 023-1500 C. 876-5800 D. 223-6978

（ ）4. If you have to get to the hospital quickly， you should call _____.

A. the coast guard B. an ambulance （救護車）

C. the police D. the fire department

（ ）5. If you dial “0”， _____ will answer your call.

A. the police B. the doctor C. the operator D. the fire department

B

What do Bill Gates， Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison have in common？ They all made billions of dollars in technology. And they all left college. Now， a wealthy businessman is paying other technologically talented young people to follow that same way.

Peter Thiel is paying them to drop out or at least to “stop out” of higher education temporarily （暫時地） to work on their interests. He and his Thiel Foundation just announced the first group of what they call 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows. He chose people who had strong passion about science and technology and then drove them try to carry it forward in the years ahead.

One of the youngest is Laura Deming. At twelve she began researching ways to extend human life. Now， at seventeen， she has already graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Eighteen-year-old John Marbach just finished high school. He hopes to use Web tools to bring classrooms into the digital age. Each of the fellows will receive one hundred thousand dollars over two years to continue their research. They will also receive help from experts.

Peter Thiel has a lot of experience with technology start-up businesses. He helped create the electronic payment system PayPal. He was also one of the first investors in Facebook. He himself is a graduate of Stanford University and Stanford Law School in California.

But Mr. Thiel says college has changed. According to him， college has become a lot more expensive than when he attended school. He also believes that many young people choose college for the reasons， saying that many people avoid thinking about what they are going to do with their life. He says the young people he is investing in are clear about what they want to do.

（ ）6. Why does the author use the example of Bill Gates， Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison？

A. To show that they are famous in the field of technology.

B. To tell us that a college degree is useless.

C. To tell us that they are talented and wealthy.

D. To show one doesnt really need a degree to become successful.

（ ）7. According to this article， which is NOT TRUE about Peter Thiel？

A. He doesnt have a college degree.

B. He is a successful businessman and investor.

C. He has business on many projects.

D. He invested in Facebook and helped create PayPal.

（ ）8. We can infer that Peter Thiel wants to _____.

A. show his negative attitude towards education

B. provide an unusual chance for the young people

C. make money by investing the young

D. make the young work for his company

（ ）9. What qualities do the chosen people have in common EXCEPT _____.

A. passion （熱情） B. resolution （決心） C. full of energy D. modesty （謙虛）

（ ）10. According to Peter Thiel， college education _____ now.

A. is improving in many ways and developing at a very fast speed

B. teaches the young people what is useful for their future

C. no longer gives the young people a clear vision of their future

D. is becoming less expensive with the support of the US government

C

I recently heard a story from Stephen Glenn about a famous scientist. He was being interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more creative than the average person. What set him so far apart from others？

He responded that， in his opinion， it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the fridge when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell， spilling all over the kitchen floor—a sea of milk！

When his mother came into the kitchen， instead of yelling at him， she said， “Robert， what a great and wonderful mess you have made！I have never seen such a huge pool of milk. Well， the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minute before we clean it up？”

Indeed， he did. After a few minutes， his mother said， “You know， Robert， whenever you make a mess like this， you have to clean it up. So how would you like to do that？ We could use a sponge， a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer？” He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.

His mother then said， “You know， what we have here is a failed experience in how to carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Lets go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands. He could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson！

This scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he know he didnt need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead， he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new， which is， after all， what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesnt work”， we usually learn something valuable.

（ ）11. When the scientists mother came into the kitchen and understood what happened， she _____.

A. yelled at him B. let him play in the milk

C. cleaned it up at once D. gave him a lecture

（ ）12. The underlined words “yelling at” is the closest in meaning to _____.

A. shouting at B. laughing at C. looking at D. pointing at

（ ）13. Which of the following statements about story is TRUE？

A. The little boy use a brush to clean the kitchen.

B. The mother gave the little boy a lesson when she came into the kitchen.

C. The little boy had a wise mother.

D. After cleaning up the milk， the mother taught his son to carry the bottle full of milk.

（ ）14. The main purpose of the story is to show that _____.

A. the scientist was much more creative than the average person

B. the little boy liked to play in the milk

C. we should make mistakes because it can help us learn something new

D. we should learn from past mistakes to avoid future ones.

（ ）15. Which can be the best title for this passage？

A. Dont Be Afraid to Make Mistakes.

B. A Famous Scientist.

C. A Bottle of Milk.

D. The Only Way to Learn Something New.

三、閱讀理解填詞。

Tom was sick with disappointment. The piano performance was almost a success， however， he f 1 in his solo （獨奏）. He couldnt understand how it could have happened.

He had practiced for weeks that seemed like m 2 . He had given up sports until after the performance because he wanted to make his parents p 3 of him. He spent all his time with the piano.

His teacher had said he was q 4 to learn. It was true that he accepted music as another

l 5 ， another way to talk to people.

His grandparents， aunt， and uncle all came to hear him play， and he was anxious to s 6 them that he was the best in the whole class.

But， when he stood up to go to the piano， his knees felt w 7 . He looked into the audience and saw his f 8 smiling back at him.

At this time， he felt n 9 . His fingers began to tremble （顫抖）， shaking as though he had caught a bad cold.

He sat down at the piano. He took a deep breath. He played the first part of his music， then realized with fear that he had forgotten the rest. He s 10 over， thinking that would help. It didnt. His bright musical life seemed to end.

1. f_________ 2. m_________ 3. p_________ 4. q_________ 5. l_________

6. s_________ 7. w_________ 8. f_________ 9. n_________ 10. s_________

四、書面表達。

假如你叫張敏，班主任李老師想了解班級同學的狀況，以便有針對性地對學生進行考前心理疏導。請你根據(jù)下面的內(nèi)容要求，給班主任李老師寫封e-mail，說明自己的情況。要點如下：

1. 學習任務重，睡眠不足，缺少體育活動；

2. 同學間缺乏溝通和交流；

3. 在家不允許看電視、上網(wǎng)、聽音樂等；

4. 請她給你提一些建議。

注意：

1. 詞數(shù)80左右；

2. 不要逐句翻譯，可適當發(fā)揮；

3. 文中不能出現(xiàn)真實的校名和人名。

參考詞匯： communicate v. 溝通； allow v. 允許； trouble n. 麻煩，問題，煩惱