But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, “You’re crazy, man. Those are chilies(辣椒)! You can’t eat so many! People use them as a condiment, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can’t just eat them like that.” But the silly man said,“No, I can’t stop! I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them up. It’s my money!”
And you think that man was silly, right? We sometimes do a lot of things like that. We spend money, time or effort doing something. And even though it’s been a long time, hard experience tells us it won’t work, and we know there’s no more hope, we still continue just because we’ve put money, time, effort and love in to it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn’t stop because he didn’t want to waste the money he’d paid. 46. The man chose to buy the red and long fruit only because_____________. A. he hadn’t eaten it before. B. he was hungry C. it was cheap D. he likes the color. 47. “his mouth watered” in Paragraph 2 showed that __________. A. the man is hungry B. The fruit is tasty. C. He can’t stop enjoying it. D. The fruit is too hot. 48.The underlined word“condiment”in Paragraph3 probably means_______. A. 调料 B. 零食 C. 水果 D.蔬菜 49. Which of the following sentence is TRUE?
A. The man went to India to buy fruit. B. The man didn’t want to waste money.
C. The man bought the fruit because it was nothing. D. India can grow a lot of fruit. 50. From the passage, we can learn that_________.
A. we shouldn’t waste money B. we shouldn’t eat chilies
C. we shouldn’t buy something cheap D. letting something go is better than keeping on losing
B
Parents should stop blaming themselves because there’s not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.
I’ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted
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that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling(懒散地躺) himself on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me. His mother was ashamed. “I don't know what to do with him these days,” she said. “He’s forgotten all the manners we taught him.”
He hasn’t forgotten them. He’s just decided that he’s not going to use them. She said that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.
Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I don’t like your dress. It’s ugly.” One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.
“Where did we go wrong?” her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents. 51. We can read this passage in __________.
A. an advertisement B. a story book C. a magazine D. an entertainment newspaper 52. This text is most probably written by ______.
A. a doctor for physical health problems B. a headmaster of a middle school C. a parent with teenage children D. a specialist in teenager studies
53. The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to ______.
A. the advice that parents want their children to follow B. the change from good to bad that’s seen in a child C. the opinion that a child has of his parents D. the way that parents often blame themselves
54. From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters ______.
A. pay no attention to them
B. feel helpless to do much about them C. have come to hate them
D. are too busy to look after them
55. What is the author's opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?
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A. Parents should work more closely with school teachers. B. Parents should pay still sore attention to the change. C. Parents have no choice but to try to accept it. D. Parents go wrong in changing their children.
第二节: 56-60题中的内容是5首英文歌曲的歌词。A-F中有6首歌曲的歌名，阅读后请根据歌词内容配对歌名。A-F选项中有一项是多余选项。
56. You know you love me, I know you care, you shout whenever and I’ll be there. You are my love, you are my heart and we will never ever ever be apart. Are we an item? Girl quit playing. We’re just friends, what are you saying. Said there’s another, look right in my eyes, my first love broke my heart for the first time. And I was like Baby, baby, baby oooh, like baby, baby, baby nooo, like baby, baby, baby, oooh. Thought you’d always be mine, mine. Baby, baby, baby oooh, like baby, baby, baby nooo, like baby, baby, baby, oooh
57. I heard that you're settled down. That you found a girl and you're married now. I heard that your dreams came true. I guess she gave you things I didn't give to you. Oh friend, why you so shy ? Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light? I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited. But I couldn't stay away I couldn't fight it. I hoped you'd see my face and that you be reminded that for me. It isn't over. Never mind I'll find someone like you, I wish nothing but the best for you too. Don't forget me, I beg.
58. Whenever sang my songs on the stage, on my own. Whenever sad my words, wishing they would be heard. I saw you smiling at me. Was it real or just my fantasy? You'd always be there in the corner of this tiny little bar. My last night here for you. Same old songs, just once more. My last night here with you. Maybe yes, maybe no. I kind of liked it your way. How you shyly placed your eyes on me. Did you ever know that I had mine on you? Darling, so there you are with that look on your face. As if you're never hurt, as if you're never down, Shall I be the one for you who pinches you softly but sure?
59. This song is about Maria, a close friend of mine. Who lost herself in drugs. She told me to wait for her. But guess what... She never came back. And I'm still waiting. She told me ?. Wait till you hear from me, Monday, Tuesday it won't be, Wednesday, Thursday we will see. If only you can wait, baby, Wait till you hear from me. Friday use your fantasy. Saturday you got over me. If only you can wait baby. Never let it, wanna find her. Can't forget it
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to remind her. She's my sister, wanna tell her. How I miss her, she told me. Wait, don't call you've got to. Wait till you hear from me. Wait, that's all you've got to wait... 60. I remember when we broke up, the first time, saying this is it I’ve had enough. Because like we hadn’t seen each other in a month.. When you said you needed space? What? Then you come around again and say. Baby I miss you and I swear I’m gonna change. Trust me. Remember how that lasted for a day? I say I hate you, we break up, you call me, I love you. Oh Woo-Oh You called it off again last night. But oh woo-oh, this time I’m telling you, I’m telling you. We are never ever ever getting back together. We are never ever ever getting back together. You go talk to your friends talk to my friends talk to me. But we are never ever ever ever getting back together. Like?ever. A. Wait till you hear from me -- Sarah Connor B. Baby -- Justin Bieber C. Someone like you -- Adele D. Black Friday – Steely Dan E. Eyes on me – Wang Fei
F. We are never ever getting back together – Taylor Swift
七、词语填空(共10小题，计l0分)
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯(每个单词限用一次)。 unless bad share like good worry he mistake keep once
Students these days often have a lot of __61 . Sometimes they have problems with their schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends. What can they do about this? Some people believe the worst thing is to do nothing. Laura Mills, a teenager from London, agrees. “Problems and worries are normal in life,” says Laura. “But I think talking to someone helps a lot. 62 we talk to someone, we’ll certainly feel 63 .”
Laura 64 lost her wallet. She was afraid to tell her parents about it. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn’t have any money. She just 65 thinking. “If I tell my parents, they’ll be angry!” In the end, she talked to her parents and they were really understanding. Her dad said he sometimes made careless 66 himself. They got her a new purse and asked her to be more careful. “I will always remember to share my problems in
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the future!” Laura says.
Robert Hunt feels the same way as Laura. “It is 67 not to avoid our problems. We should always try to solve them.” He thinks the first step is to find someone you trust to talk to. This person doesn’t need to be an expert (专家) 68 . Students often forget that their parents have more experience than them, and are always there to help them. In English, we say that 69 a problem is 70 cutting it in half. So you’re halfway to solving a problem just by talking to someone about it!
八、 单词拼写（共10小题.计10分)
71. My next door n___________ Shirley felt lonely after her only child moved out. 72. Don’t use the lift to e___________ from a high building during a fire.
73. Now t_______ he is getting older, he needs to think about what will happen if he doesn’t become a professional runner in the end.
74. The children without parents are t________ good care of by the teachers in this special school. 75. In the talent show, I performed well and Tina did e________ better. 76. I never been to Singapore, so I don’t know what to e_________. 77. People in F_________ don’t like to speak English, especially in Paris.
78. I prefer clothes that are u__________, because I like to be different from others. 79. Kunming is s__________ to be very hot this time of year. You’d better pack some light clothes. 80. I think I can a_________ my dream by finding out how successful people did it.
九、书面表达（共1小题，计15分）
It seems that we have homework every day. Why should we students do homework? What are the advantages of doing homework? Why does too much homework sometimes annoy you? Write a passage according to the chart below? pros cons review what we have learned in class much homework needs lots of time and energy see if we have understood everything have no time for our hobbies and activities the teacher has taught ? ? 10