C. she learned about some cultural things D. her roommate was easy-going

32. Laura couldn’t have a nice long talk with her parents because_________.

A. she couldn’t speak English well

B. the phone call was so expensive D. her roommate kept using the

C. London was too big to find a pay phone telephone

33. What is true about Tomomi, Laura and Adam? A. They are all good at speaking English. abroad.

C. They all studied in the same country. abroad.

B

B. They all spent a year studying

D. They all hope to spend more time

Twelve, for me, was a hard year. I moved to a new town with my father after my mother died. I was terribly lonely and would cry myself to sleep each night. To cheer me up, my father bought an old horse for me. I named him Knight.

Knight was not a handsome one. But I didn’t care. I loved him for no reason. I joined a riding club, but people all laughed at Knight’s looks. The other members rode beautiful horses. I never told others about how I felt.

When Knight and I entered the events about appearance, we were quickly shown the gate. Nothing could turn Knight into a beauty. I had to be in the speed events. I chose the jumping race.

One girl named Joyce rode a big brown horse in the race events. She always won the blue ribbons (蓝丝带). Of course, she didn’t feel threatened (威胁) when I was in. She always thought she was the best and looked down on others. That made me decide to beat her though it would be my first race.

For the whole next month I woke up early every day and rode Knight five miles to the arena (赛马场). We practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun.

Our hard work didn’t make me feel confident by the time the show came. I sat at the gate while I watched Joyce and her horse run fast and finish in first place.

My turn finally came. We ran to the first fence (障碍物) and jumped it without trouble. Knight then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him towards

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the finishing line.

As we crossed the finishing line, the crowd was shocked into silence. Knight and I had beaten Joyce and her beautiful horse by two seconds!

I got much more than a blue ribbon that day. At twelve, I realized that I can be a winner if I want something very much and work hard for it.

34. The underlined expression “shown the gate” most probably means “_________”.

A. told how to enter the arena beautiful

C. sad to leave the competition early

D. told to enter the speed events

B. shown how to make the horse

35. Why was the writer not confident of success?

A. He was a rider without experience. B. He did not practice enough.

C. He believed he wasn’t popular with the crowd. D. He thought his horse wasn’t as good as the others.

36. When the final race finished, nobody cheered because ______________.

A. the audience didn’t like Knight C. the writer had run out of time

B. they were all impatient D. the win was unexpected

37. The best title for the story is _____________.

A. A Race to Remember

B. A Horse’s Story

C. My Teenage Life D. A Difficult Age C

Alison Cooper is over 90, but she can still play a game of Words with Friends , a popular puzzle game app (应用程序), on her iPad. She says that

the Apple product has changed her life.

Mrs. Cooper lives in a house close to Manchester Airport. She often uses her iPad to track the planes that fly overhead and explore the world with Google Earth.

“I’m crazy about the planes, so I choose the Flight Tracker to see where the planes around me are going. It's a wonderful way to keep in touch with the world,” she said. “I use it nearly all the hours of daylight, 2-3 hours in the morning, then again in the afternoon.”

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Mrs. Cooper taught painting when she left school. She had a laptop (手提电脑), but struggled (费力) with it. “ Her problem was that she couldn't see the cursor(光标) , and her hands shake so hard that she almost can’t use the mouse.” said her 63-year-old daughter, Jean Holt, from Chester. “I was in America visiting my daughter, and I played with an iPad and decided to buy one for my mother.”

Mrs. Holt got some apps for the iPad, so her mother could learn how to use them. “She uses it several hours a day, and is curious to keep up with everything new. She reads the news, sends emails and uses Face Time to make video calls to us all. We’re glad that she can enjoy her life with the magic thing.” she said.

38. According to the passage, how many game apps are mentioned?

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. Four

39. What does the underlined word “track” mean in the second paragraph?

A. 赶上

B. 追踪

C.拍照

D. 联系

40. Which may be the main purpose for the writer to write this passage?

A. To tell us the secrets of how Mrs. Cooper keeps healthy. B. To describe how to use Apple apps in our daily life. C. To explain Mrs. Corner makes a living alone. D. To prove iPad has good effect on Mrs. Cooper's life. 41. What can we learn from the passage?

A. A friend in need is a friend indeed. way.

C. One is never too old to learn.

D

Life is a series of good and bad things, big and small. If I remember all the bad things right from my childhood, wouldn’t it be silly? Such as, one of my parents who hit me when I was young, the pre-school kid who wouldn’t share her red ink with me, the third-grader who would keep pulling my hair, or the stranger at the bus stop who wouldn’t let me get on the bus first ?It’s terrible to remember all those unwanted memories. Thank God for our fading (衰退的) memories.

If we always remember everything that we've ever read or experienced, we would not only

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B. Where there is a will, there is a

D. A good beginning is half done.

be walking encyclopedias (百科全书), but also be the unhappiest humans on the earth, because we would also remember the moments that someone shouted at us or hit us deeply. Imagine, what would happen to us if we carry this huge load of feelings in our body bags? With the weight that we carry around, we would be pulled down into the deep hole of negative (消极的) thought and couldn't go out. If we learn to let go of all the negative thoughts or the unwanted memories, life would be much more enjoyable.

Life is like an apple. If offers us the choice of the good part and the core (核) that we can't eat. Have we worried about throwing away the core, even for a moment? Of course NO. Then, why do we hold on to all those unpleasant memories and not to sweep them away? Don't you want to eat the juicy and tasty part? Will you eat the hard core instead?

It's up to you children to choose for yourself. There's no doubt that you should choose to let go of the core or enjoy the flesh of the apple of life to the fullest. 42. The passage is the most likely to be written to _________.

A. kids

B. adults

C. scientists

D. teachers

43. In the writer's opinion, if one always remembers everything, he would _________.

A. be the cleverest person C. improve his memory

B. have an enjoyable life D. be the unhappiest person

44. From Paragraph 3, the writer wants to tell us that__________.

A. there are only bad thoughts in our life B. it is impossible for you to choose your life

C. life should be like the juicy and tasty part of an apple D. our memories dying away is really a bad thing 45. The best title for passage would be “_______”.

A. Remember only good things

B. Throw away apple cores D. Let all the memories go

C. Learn to forget our memories

第二部分 非选择题 (60分)

四、词汇运用（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）

根据句意，用括号中所给的汉语提示或单词的适当形式填空，使句意完整，每空一词。

46. The boy goes to the Badminton Club every ________ (星期三) evening.

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