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1.BStudying in groups is becoming more and more popular in class. It has many advantages. For example, we can not only save time but also encourage each other when we study in groups.I still remember when I was in Grade 7, my English was very poor. I had a really hard time with it. Once in class, the teacher asked us to discuss with each other, but I was very shy. I could not do it like what she told me. My English teacher encouraged me to face others and talk with someone else bravely, then I studied with some classmates together. When I did not understand any questions, they could give me some advice. I could quickly find out the ways to deal with the problems. After that, I felt very relaxed and asked my classmates a lot of questions about English. I did not feel stressed(紧张的) out at all. At last, I finished my homework by myself for the first time. How excited I was!Because of studying in groups, I am not worried about English any more. With my classmates' help, I get more chances to improve myself in many ways. So let's study more in groups.46. The author had a hard time in English when he was in________. 选项： A:Grade 6 ; B:Grade 7; C:Grade 8; D:Grade 9

2.BStudying in groups is becoming more and more popular in class. It has many advantages. For example, we can not only save time but also encourage each other when we study in groups.I still remember when I was in Grade 7, my English was very poor. I had a really hard time with it. Once in class, the teacher asked us to discuss with each other, but I was very shy. I could not do it like what she told me. My English teacher encouraged me to face others and talk with someone else bravely, then I studied with some classmates together. When I did not understand any questions, they could give me some advice. I could quickly find out the ways to deal with the problems. After that, I felt very relaxed and asked my classmates a lot of questions about English. I did not feel stressed(紧张的) out at all. At last, I finished my homework by myself for the first time. How excited I was!Because of studying in groups, I am not worried about English any more. With my classmates' help, I get more chances to improve myself in many ways. So let's study more in groups.46. The author had a hard time in English when he was in________.选项： A:Grade 6 ; B:Grade 7; C:Grade 8; D:Grade 9

3.1. Don’t give upIf we would ever accomplish anything in life, let us not forget that we must (1)___. If we would learn (2)___ lessons in school, we must be (3)___ and not give up whenever we come to anything difficult. We shall find many of our lessons very hard, (4)___ let us consider that the harder they are, the better they will do to us if we will persevere and learn them(5)___.But there are some (6) ___us who are ready to give up when they come to a hard example in mathematics, and say, “I can’t do this.” They never will if they (7)___ so. “I can’t” never does anything worthwhile, but “I’ll try” accomplishes (8)___.Let us remember that we shall meet with difficulties all through life. They are in the (9) ___ of everyone. If we will only try and keep trying, we shall be sure to (10)___ and overcome every difficulty we meet.

4.At some time or other, all of us have played the part of a hypochondriac, imagining that we have some terrible disease__1__(基于……) very minor symptoms.

5.Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write an E-mail to one of your fbimer classmates. You should write at least 80 words, and base your E-mail on the Chinese outline below:了解对方近来的情饱通知对方同学将在五一举行聚会请对方参加。Dear W^ng Hong:How is everything getting along with you? It is almost one year since we graduated from university. I miss you very much. AAliat have you been doing all these days?I have been a middle school teacher in my hometown since graduation. Teaching always keeps me busy, but I like my students and I love teaching, you know. So everything is fine here. There will be a former classmates7 getting together dunng this May Day holiday at my school.Ybu are my best friend. I never forget those happy days we spent together. I hope you can come to my school when the time is due and you are free.I am looking forward to your reply.Yburs truly,Li Hua

6.She opened the door and let us into her home . Not realizing at the time that we would never enter that door in her home again.

8.It will cost a lot of time．__I think we shall need it and it will certainly be useful to us more or less.It will cost a lot of time. __I think we shall need it and it will certainly be useful to us more or less.A．What’s moreB．As a resultC．On the other handD．After all

9. 1.The government tells us to spend or we'll never get out of the ____. At the same time, they tell us that unless we save more, our country is in grave danger. 选项： A、 recession B、 difficulty C、 danger D、 depression

10.I finished middle school in the 1970s. I still remember the teen years were the （）time of my life. At that time, as a girl, I hated it when my parents asked me （）about my problems that made me uncomfortable. I also remember many times when Mr. Templat, my teacher, would take me aside and talk to me. He had a special way of finding out what the problem was. Every time he （） with me, I felt better. He was a teacher I will never （） .He had a way of making his classes enjoyable. We always got the highest （） in math in our grade with his teaching. If there was a big world ball game on the radio we would （） everything and he would put the game on so we could all enjoy it.Teens often learn things on TV or from adults about world （） that can make them scared. Now it is terrorism（恐怖主义）. Back in my teen years it was the Cold War. It worried me so much that I （） each day would be my last. Mr. Templat knew how much it troubled his （） . He opened the subject up to discussion. He gave us a way to express our fears and helped us understand war and politics（政治）.When I think back to those special days, I appreciate（感念）that he helped me go （） such a difficult time in my life.

11.Many people would agree that stress is a major problem in modern life. It is certainly true that worry and quarrel can cause all kinds of illnesses, __21__ backache to severe headaches, or even more serious complaints such as high blood pressure. Many of us think __22__ stress as something that other people impose on us. We often complain about how other people put us __23__ pressure. But we should try not to let such pressure affect us. We should not forget that we are largely responsible for some of the stress ourselves. We sometimes take __24__ more work than our bodies and our minds can handle. We should learn to __25__ our limitations. We should be aware of which things are really important and which are not.

12.1. As we all know, health is very important to everybody. But do you really know how to stay healthy? Here are some useful tips. First we should do exercise if we have time. for example ,we can go to swim in the summer holiday. Or we can take a walk after supper. Doing exercisemakes us healthy and strong.

13.[多选题]findcommongoals A Before we start, I think you shouldknow… B This is good—it just needs a few minor changes. C Let’s work on this together. D I wanted to tell you before anyone else does—we’re planning to… E I like this idea, but it’s not what we need right now. F We’re all ultimately working toward the same thing.

14.[多选题]common goals A Before we start, I think you shouldknow… B This is good—it just needs a few minor changes. C Let’s work on this together. D I wanted to tell you before anyone else does—we’re planning to… E I like this idea, but it’s not what we need right now. F We’re all ultimately working toward the same thing.

15.[多选题]beaspositiveaspossible A Before we start, I think you shouldknow… B This is good—it just needs a few minor changes. C Let’s work on this together. D I wanted to tell you before anyone else does—we’re planning to… E I like this idea, but it’s not what we need right now. F We’re all ultimately working toward the same thing.

16.I managed to get a part-time job and have gained some experience that will bett er prepare me for my future career.

17.[单选题]A good lessonAfter living in Europe for seven years, my parents decided that my family would move to the United States. We all looked forward to this. What would people think of us? For me, I hoped to be the hero of the class.I was not disappointed. All my classmates admired my experience, and I quickly became well known as “the French guy”. I was very popular for a time. However, I was not interested in many things my classmates did, and it was hard for me to connect with them. I enjoyed listening to classical music, never watch TV, and almost never watched movies.I didn’t have a common background with my friends because I grew up in Europe. I had few friends, and fewer good friends. When I look back now, I realize I was a bit of an idiot to many people around me. I kept talking proudly about my experience. And I thought myself better than those around me because I lived in Europe but they didn’t.I had decided I wanted better friends when my parents said that we were going to move again! I saw this as a perfect chance to get better friends, where people did not know of my unkind past.When we moved to California, I didn’t show off as I had done for five years. I didn’t tell everyone that I lived in Europe. I still listened to classical music, but I just kept my music to myself. Sure enough, I found that people like someone who is not typical but does not boast about it.Nothing can replace good friends, and if I had to control my temper and pride, it was well worth it.The phrase “an idiot” (line 2, para.3) most probably was _______. A an actor B a cheater C a fool D a loser E F

18. Read the sentences and choose the correct ones.Brenda has just moved to a new school and has made a new friend, Paula. They are sitting in a snack bar after school talking.Paula asks Brenda," Tell me about your family."Brenda: "My family is a rather small one, with only three people, my father, my mother and me. My father is a doctor. My mother is a teacher. My mother is very patient and understanding while my father is not very patient. He is often quite loud and wants things to happen at once. We love each other very much. Although sometimes we might fight about things we feel strongly about, very soon we will change the subject and discuss something else. We're a happy family. How about you? Paula: "I have a big family with seven people, my grandparents, parents, two older brothers and me. We all live together in a big house. It is often very noisy in our house, especially at dinner time. Grandfather has a loud voice. But it is nice having my grandparents living with us. That means that when I come home from school there is always somebody there for me. We take care of one another, share housework, and often communicate all together. My brothers help me with problems I have with homework and I help them with problems they have with girls." 选项： A:Paula always comes home to an empty house.; B:Paula likes coming home to an empty house.; C:There is always somebody home when Pala comes back from school.; D:Paula likes the house when it is empty.

19. Read the sentences and choose the correct ones.Brenda has just moved to a new school and has made a new friend, Paula. They are sitting in a snack bar after school talking.Paula asks Brenda," Tell me about your family."Brenda: "My family is a rather small one, with only three people, my father, my mother and me. My father is a doctor. My mother is a teacher. My mother is very patient and understanding while my father is not very patient. He is often quite loud and wants things to happen at once. We love each other very much. Although sometimes we might fight about things we feel strongly about, very soon we will change the subject and discuss something else. We're a happy family. How about you? Paula: "I have a big family with seven people, my grandparents, parents, two older brothers and me. We all live together in a big house. It is often very noisy in our house, especially at dinner time. Grandfather has a loud voice. But it is nice having my grandparents living with us. That means that when I come home from school there is always somebody there for me. We take care of one another, share housework, and often communicate all together. My brothers help me with problems I have with homework and I help them with problems they have with girls."选项： A:Paula always comes home to an empty house.; B:Paula likes coming home to an empty house.; C:There is always somebody home when Pala comes back from school.; D:Paula likes the house when it is empty.

20.All over the world,there are many different kinds of food. Some of them are very popular. Every country has its traditional food. For example,the traditional Chinese food is dumplings and everyone has their favorite food. When I was young,after church on Sundays,my family used to get together,my uncle would drive back for half an hour from his home. We would always have a delicious Italian dinner at my grandmother's house. My grandmother's slow-cooked sauce(酱)was the key. We would all eat,talk and laugh until our stomachs were full. After mom and grandmother passed away,my dad would still make the sauce from time to time and invite my uncle,my brother and I over to his little house for a dinner full of fine food and happy memories. We also would all eat,talk and laugh until our stomachs were full. When my dad died,he passed the family recipe on to me and my daughter. We often got all the ingredients(食材配料)ready according to the recipe and made the sauce for dinner,but for some reason it never tasted quite right. It did not taste the same as what my dad did.At first,I thought we had gotten the recipe wrong,but one day I realized what was missing.On that day right before dinner,I closed my eyes and imagined my dad,mum and grandmother all sitting at the table around me. Then I placed the pasta on my fork and slowly put it in my mouth. It tasted perfect. From that moment,I realized the secret was,of course,what it had always been:Love! As the saying goes,“Better a dish of herbs when love is there than a fattened ox and hatred to go with it.” The writer made Italian food himself, but it never tasted right because（）. 选项： A:he used the wrong recipe B:his family wasn't with him C:he was not good at cooking D:he missed his grandmother

21. Passage Two When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn't that our friends are all very busy; it is just that we haven't got a television. People think that we are very strange. "But what do you do in the evening?" they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I'm always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together. Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us as we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends are lost—no television! —So they don't know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full as they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games. Yes, life is possible without television. * The author’s friend’s like____________. 选项： A: sitting and playing chess in the evening B: attending classes in the evening C: listening to music in the evening D: watching television in the evening

22.Next week when I finish taking my final examination, I will also have finished one of the best experiences I have ever had in my lifetime. In the last four months. I have learned more about foreign cultures than I expected before coming to the united States.Living in a foreign country and going to school with people from various parts of the world has given me the opportunity to encounter and interact with people from different cultures. I would like to share some of my experiences and thoughts with you.When I first arrived.I knew no one and I needed all fingers to communicate what I said in English 。All of the foreign students were in the same situation. When we could not find the right word we used strange movements and gestures to communicate our meaningKnowing some common phrases. such as ‘How are you?"“Fine. thank you. and“what country are you from?" was enough in the beginning for us to make friends with each other.The TV room in the dormitory became our meeting place every evening after dinner.but for the most part their words were just a strange mumble to us.After a while,bored and a little sad,we slowly began to disappear to our rooms.I thought that all of us were experiencing some homesickness.However,despite my loneliness.I had a good feeling within myself because I was doing what I wanted to do for many years to live and study in a foreign country.问题.Which of the following sentence is wrong according to the passage? 选项： A:Studying in US is one of the best experiences I have ever had in my lifetime. B:I have learned more about foreign cultures than I expected. C:Some common phrases were enough in the beginning for us to make friends. D:Not all the foreign students were in the same situation.