Ⅰ.完形填空
Many of us spend a great deal of time and energy trying to prove that we are right and others are wrong. Many people __1__that it's their job to show others how their positions, statements, and points of view are __2__， and that in doing so, the person they are correcting is going to somehow __3__ it, or at least learn something. Wrong!
Think about it. Have you ever been __4__ by someone and said to him, “Thank you so much for showing me that I'm wrong and you're right.”? Or, has anyone you know ever ___5__ you when you corrected them, or made yourself “right” at their __6__ ? Of course not. The truth is, all of us __7__ to be corrected. We all want our positions to be __8__ and understood by others. Being
listened to and heard is one of the greatest __9__ of the human heart. And those who learn to __10__ are the most loved and respected. Those who are in the __11__ of correcting others are often resented (怨恨) and __12__.
A wonderful way for becoming more peaceful and loving is to practise __13__ others the joy of being right?give them the glory. __14__ correcting. When someone says, “I really feel it's important to...”， rather than jumping __15__ and saying, “No, it's more important to...”， simply let it go and allow their statement to __16__ . The people in your life will become less defensive and more __17__. They will appreciate you more than you could ever have __18__. You'll discover the joy of joining in and witnessing other people's __19__， which is far more rewarding than a battle of egos (自我). Starting today, let others be “__20__”， most of the time.
1.A.believe B.doubt C.prove D.tell
【答案與解析】 A 此空是表示大多數(shù)人的觀點，所以用believe。
2.A.unimportant B.unbelievable
C.incorrect D.imperfect
【答案與解析】 C 由下文“糾正”別人(correcting)可知。
3.A.consider B.appreciate
C.understand D.refuse
【答
1234567下一頁答案與解析】 B appreciate “感激”。由or at least learn something 可知。
4.A.fooled B.helped
C.taught D.corrected
【答案與解析】 D 由上下文可知。
5.A.thanked B.rewarded
C.cared D.accepted
【答案與解析】 A 題意：你所知道的人里，被你“糾正”過的人曾經(jīng)“感激”過你嗎?回答是“沒有”。
6.A.side B.price C.expense D.cost
【答案與解析】 C at one's expense是固定短語，意為“以犧牲……為代價”。
7.A.like B.hate C.prefer D.afford
【答案與解析】 B 題意：真相是我們都“討厭”被別人“糾正”。
8.A.admired B.received
C.realized D.respected
【答案與解析】 D 由后面的understand 可知。
9.A.shortcomings B.advantages
C.desires D.wishes
【答案與解析】 C 指我們內(nèi)心的“欲望”。
10.A.talk B.praise C.help D.listen
【答案與解析】 D 題意：那些學會“傾聽”別人的觀點的人，才會最受別人的愛戴和尊敬。
11.A.habit B.form C.position D.purpose
【答案與解析】 A be in the habit of 相當于have the habit of。
12.A.punished B.avoided
C.left D.scolded
【答案與解析】 B 由前面的“怨恨”及和前句的loved和respected相對比可知。
13.A.letting B.lending C.allowing D.owing
【答案與解析】 C allow sb sth “允許某人擁有……”。
14.A.Stop B.Continue C.Practise D.Try
【答案與解析】 A 作者建議別再老是“糾正”別人，故用stop。
15.A.out B.up C.in D.off
【答案與解析】 C jump in 相當于break in “插話;打斷別人”。
Ⅱ.單項填空
1.A good ________ of the English language is his advantage over other candidates.
A.contribution B.command
C.convenience D.conclusion
【答案與解析】 B command “掌握;精通”。題意：和其他候選人相比，精通英語是他的優(yōu)勢。
2.Keep the camera ________ while you take a picture.
A.steady B.vague
C.precious D.regular
【答案與解析】 A steady “穩(wěn)定的;穩(wěn)固的”。題意：照相時保持相機穩(wěn)定。
3.Advertisements ________ the message that being thin is beautiful.
A
1234567下一頁.conduct B.convey
C.explain D.exchange
【答案與解析】 B convey the message “表達/傳遞信息”。
4.Doctors strongly recommended that fathers ________ present at their babies' birth.
A.would be B.were C.be D.will be
【答案與解析】 C recommend (that) sb (should) do sth是固定句型，意為“推薦/建議某人做某事”。
5.This is a very ________ judgement of his crime since you haven't got enough evidence.
A.subjective B.Objective C.active D.negative
【答案與解析】 A subjective “主觀的”; objective “客觀的”; active “積極的”; negative “消極的;負面的”。A項符合題意。
6.Even though they are much younger, we ________ them ________ equals.
A.treat;as B.treat;to be
C.consider;being D.consider;like
【答案與解析】 A 題意：盡管他們非常年輕，我們還是平等地對待他們。treat...as...“把……當做……對待”;consider...to be / as...“認為……是”。7.At present, some rare wild animals are ________ at a ________ speed.
A.dying out;surprising
B.died out;surprised
C.died out;surprise
D.being died out;surprising
【答案與解析】 A 根據(jù)時間狀語at present和die out沒被動語態(tài)，第1空應用dying out, surprising“令人吃驚的”，at a surprising speed“以驚人的速度”，故選A項。
8.The number of students in each class ________ from 65 to 70, their ages ________ from 14 to 17.
A.ranges;ranges
B.is ranged;range
C.ranges;ranging
D.is ranged;ranges
【答案與解析】 C range“變化”，為不及物動詞，第1空作謂語;第2空為獨立主格結構，表補充說明。
9.It's so nice to hear from her. ________，we last met more than ten years ago.
A.What's more B.That is to say
C.In your opinion D.To be honest
【答案與解析】 D 考查短語辨析。what's more“而且”;that is to say“也就是說”;in my opinion“在我看來”，均不符合題意。to be honest“坦率地說”，符合題意。
10.I had a few problems but there was always someone to ________ and that was great.
A.turn down B.turn over
C.turn up D.turn to
【答案與解析】 D 考查動詞短語。題意：我有很多問題，但是我總是有可以求助的人，這點太棒了。turn down“拒絕;關小”;turn over“翻身;變換”;turn up“出現(xiàn);調(diào)大”;turn to“轉(zhuǎn)向(
1234567下一頁某人求助)”。
Ⅲ.閱讀理解
In 1990 Peter Salovey Ph. D and John Mayer Ph. D coined the term Emotional Intelligence. Their research has opened many people's eyes to the fact that EQ or
emotional quotient holds the key to one's happiness and well being, and helps us to realize that our emotional makeup can be so much more important than our mental, or what we refer to as IQ?intelligent quotient.
IQ is essential for learning and mental development and EQ is much more important for happiness and success. Some time ago a study done in the United States proved that doctors who were impatient and did not exhibit much care towards their patients were more likely to be sued (起訴) for malpractice (瀆職), whereas doctors who were caring and attentive to their patients were less likely to be sued even if they made a critical mistake. A
woman wrote to newspaper recently telling about her brother. He was apparently a genius but did not get well along with people, quit every job he started, and eventually became a taxi driver. These are just a few examples of people with high IQ but low EQ.
We have all known people who did not complete college, but who have become very successful in business. We call them street smart. We also know people who, on the whole, are positive, communicative, pleasant and supportive?these people enjoy a high level of EQ.
Many people wish to improve their EQ for the purpose of becoming happier, more successful, and at the same time more balanced, individuals. The remarkable thing about EQ is that it can always, at any age, be improved, unlike IQ, which remains more or less fixed in adult life.
Now psychologists start workshops focusing on showing people how to increase their EQ. This enables them to
accomplish their dreams and desires, rid themselves of negative patterns and shows them that once they master their inner world, their outer world becomes much better.
1.The author gives us two examples in the seco
1234567下一頁nd paragraph to show that ________.
A.doctors in the United States are often involved in cases
B.working as a taxi driver in the United States requires high EQ
C.those with high IQ are often engaged in the low-rank work
D.those with low EQ have a harder time surviving in life
【答案與解析】 D 推斷題。根據(jù)第2段中的“EQ is much more important for happiness and success”可知情商對于人的快樂與成功比智商還要重要。再結合本段中的例子可知“情商低的人是不快樂的”。
2.Which of the following can't be used to describe the people with a high level of EQ?
A.They are positive, communicative, pleasant and supportive.
B.They are optimistic and untroubled by difficulties.
C.They are impatient and show little care towards others.
D.They may be very successful in business.
【答案與解析】 C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第3段中的“We also know people who, on the whole, are positive, communicative, pleasant and supportive?these people enjoy a high level of EQ”可知“情商高的人更樂觀，善于交流，給人快樂和樂于助人”，所以C項是錯誤的。
3.It can be inferred that predicting future successes, ________.
A.a person's brainpower might actually matter less than a person's character
B.a person's IQ might be more important than a person's EQ
C.IQ plays an important role as well as EQ
D.both IQ and EQ are the key points that should be considered
【答案與解析】 A 推斷題。根據(jù)文章第1段和第2段可知成功與否和一個人的情商關系大于智商。
4.Which of following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.People with high IQ are likely to gain knowledge quickly.
B.At work EQ gets you hired easily and IQ gets you promoted.
C.Having a high IQ will help us in some ways but having a high EQ might help us even more.
D.People's EQ could be raised much more than their IQ.
【答案與解析】 B 推斷題。根據(jù)文章所述內(nèi)容可知“高智商使你被雇傭，而高情商會使你得到晉升”。
Ⅳ.短文改錯
It was fine yesterday and the sun was shining in sky. I went boating by myself. I didn't take some friends with me because I wanted to be lonely. I hired a boat and rowed slowly in the center of the lake. A fresh breeze was b
1234567下一頁lowing, fishes were swimming and birds were singing.When I reached to the center, I took up the paddles and lied down in the boat. With the blue sky over me and green water around me, I was extremely relaxing. Over two hours passed when I knew it. I came back home very lately, but I didn't feel tired at all, for I had really had a good time.
【答案】 1.第1句sky前加the 2.第3句some?any 3.第3句lonely?alone 4.第4句in?to 5.第5句fishes?fish 6.第6句去掉to 7.第6句lied?lay 8.第7句relaxing?relaxed 9.第8句when?before 10.第9句lately?late
Ⅴ.書面表達
假如我校外教Andrew正在調(diào)查我們學生與家庭成員和班級同學、老師之間的關系處理情況。作為一名學生，現(xiàn)在請你把以上的情況向Andrew反映并提出一些關于如何改進關系的意見。
要點：1.目前的實際情況：好的方面和不好的方面;
2.你個人的改進意見(至少兩條)。
注意：1.文章的開頭已經(jīng)給出(不計入總詞數(shù))，你只需接著寫，可適當發(fā)揮;
2.詞數(shù)150左右。
Nowadays the government and people of China are trying to build a country with a harmonious relationship. _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
【答案】
One possible version：
Nowadays the government and people of China are trying to build a country with a harmonious relationship. Generally speaking, the relationship between us students and our family members and classmates as well as teachers is good. However, there exist some problems. Some students
in our grade easily lose their temper because of anxiety and study burden. What's worse, they sometimes quarrel with others, and even turn a deaf ear to their parents and teachers, which is very disappointing.
In my opinion, we middle school students should make efforts to improve the situation. First, we should respect our parents and teachers as well as our classmates. Second, when we are not feeling good or happy, we can chat with our friends or teachers or even parents. It is likely that they can understand us better and give us some reasonable advice. Third, after a day's hard work we c
1234567下一頁an relax by exercising, such as playing basketball, table tennis and so on.
美文欣賞
The Most Beautiful Flower
生活中不是缺少美，而是缺少發(fā)現(xiàn)美的眼睛;生活中不是缺少快樂，而是缺少感受快樂的心。如果雙目失明，我們是不是一定不快樂?如果健健康康，我們是不是一定會快樂?一個失明的小男孩告訴我們：快樂在于心。
One day I was sitting on a park bench all alone feeling disappointed by life and with good reasons to frown. I felt the world was so unfair to me.
If that weren't enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath approached me. He was tired from playing and, as he stood before me, he tilted his head towards me and said with great
excitement, “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower with its petals all worn?either from not enough rain, or too little light. Wanting him to take his dead flower and go away, I forced a smile and then shifted away along the bench. Instead of leaving, he declared with surprise, “It surely smells nice and it's beautiful, too. Here, it's for you.”
The weed before me was dying or dead; it had no bright colors, but I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and replied, “That's just what I need.” But instead of him placing the flower in my hand, he just held it out waiting for me to take it. It was then that I noticed for the very first time, that this happy boy could not see: he was blind.
I heard my voice quiver and my tears shone like the sun. Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the
problem was not with the world; the problem was me. For all of those times that I myself had been blind, I vowed to see beauty, and appreciate every second that's mine.
Notes：
1.tilt v.(使)傾斜
2.petal n.花瓣
3.vow v.宣誓;發(fā)誓
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