News. Its editor is Heather Cook of Lisle, Illinois. She is only 12 years old. Heather thinks all her relatives should keep up with what everyone else in the family is doing. So every few months, she prepares The Family News and after her mother has made 50 copies, Heather mails them out. They are received by 73 people in 9 states, who range in age from 4 to 94. Because of the paper, Heather’s family is joined together in a way that most families are not.

The reason I like The Family News so much is its happy stories. Most other

papers depressed me with stories about cruelty of mankind. But The Family News never fails to bring a smile to my face. Here are a few of its items:

·”Keven is in first place in his conference in golf. He is glad!”

·”Math got his second tooth. He crawls around the floor to get where he wants to

go.”

·”Grandma, Heather and Keven cleaned up the yard and burned the leaves in the

back yard. It smoked so much that there was smoke all the way up the street.”

·”Steve got a new car. It is dark blue.”

“Heather started putting out The Family News when she was seven.” said her

mother, Jeanne. “I didn’t expect it to last. But obviously it means a lot to her, and to everyone in our family. It is a kind of collection. My brother-in-law Tom gave money to buy stamps to send it out. And my uncle Frank, who never wrote to everyone, sent Heather a letter asking her to keep the paper going because it was the most important news he got.”

Heather doesn’t look on her job as a hard work. “It’s fun,” she says. “Whenever I

can, I call people up to see what’s new. Then o put it in the next issue. The best thing

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is hearing how much it means to my family. I plan on doing this until I get really old – at least 18!”

66. Heather’s relatives like The Family News because ______.

A. the paper can make a lot of money B. the family members can read good news C. the whole family is joined together D. other families keep up with the paper

67. The word “depress” in the passage means ______.

A. drive sb mad C. leave sb alone

B. make sb sad D. keep sb quiet

68. We can know from the passage that ______.

A. Heather started her paper at the age of 12 B. only small kids like to read her stories C. Heather had fun in putting out the paper D. Uncle Frank gave money to buy stamps

69. Heather gets the stories for her newspaper by ______.

A. asking her mother to help

B. collecting something new and funny C. mailing her papers to other people D. hearing what other family members say

70. According to the writer, ______.

A. Heather’s very successful at such a young age B. The Family News offers the happy stories to the readers

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C. Mother’s help has led to Heather’s success

D. the government should do something about other newspaper

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共35分）

五、词与短语填空（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

仔细阅读下面五个句子，然后用下面方框中所给的单词或短语填空，使每个

句子在结构、句义和逻辑上正确。（提示：选项中有一个是多余的。）

71. We value the time we spend with our family and friends in our ________ lives. 72. My best friend helps to ________ the best in me.

73. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to ________

our dreams.

take out / everyday / achieve / changes / sweet / bring out 74. Everything that you learn becomes a part of you and ________ you.

75. Amy wants to keep her old things because they bring back ________ memories.

六、阅读理解填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

先阅读短文，再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已

给出。

Britain’s oldest man made his first visit to London yesterday at the age of 110. Mr. John Evans had never found the time or the m______(76) – to make the trip from his home near Swansea. But, when British Rail offered him an all-expense-paid birthday trip to the c______(77), he just could not r______(78).

Until yesterday he had never been away from home, except for the trip to

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Aberdeen. Mr. Evans, who spent 60 years working as a miner in South Wales, almost made the journey to London once before, at the t______(79) of the century. “There was a trip to the White City but it was one pound return from Swansea – too much I thought. All my money went to s______(80) the family then,” he said.

During the next two days Mr. Evans will be taken on a whistle-stop tour of

London to see the beautiful s______(81). Top of his l______(82) is a visit to the Houses of Parliament.

The only arrangement he does not care for is the wheelchair provided to move

him about if he gets too t______(83). “I don’t like the chair business – people will think I am getting old.”

His secret for a long and d______(84) life has been well publicize – no wine, no

cigarette and no anger. Before s______(85) off from Swansea with his 76-year-old son, Amwel, he quipped, “I’m glad to see they’ve given me a return ticket.”

七、书面表达（共1大题，满分15分）

假如你是李明，相当一名Tom杯篮球赛的志愿者。请用邮件写封英语自荐信。 内容要点如下：

1. 一名中学生篮球迷，知晓有关规则； 2. 身体健康，学习优秀，英语口语好； 3. 擅长与人交流，愿意帮助他人； 4. 志愿者工作很受欢迎，渴望当志愿者； 5. 补充一至两点个人看法。 注意：

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1. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称； 2. 词数：60—80；

3. 内容连贯，不要逐条翻译； 4. 邮件开头已给出，不计入总词数。 参考词汇：popular adj. 受欢迎的

fan n. 粉丝

eager adj. 渴望的

Dear sir / madam,

I’d like to volunteer in the coming basketball game.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Li Ming

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