1．The greatest feeling in the world comes not from receiving presents，or even getting an A on the math test you studied so hard for．Rather，it （14）A when you hand a cup of hot coffee to that older man sitting on the side of the street asking for money．You feel it when you drive an hour and a half to a （15）D to meet children with cancer．And you feel it when you sit down with your friend to comfort her（16）A her mother died．Helping others can be the greatest feeling in the world，and I （17）B this just one year ago．
My friend asked me to attend a Youth Group meeting at his church．After an hour of listening to them（18）C their opinions，I was invited to go with them to help （19）D the homeless．
Early that Saturday morning，a team of 15teenagers began making sandwiches and counting bags of candy．For the first time in my life I realized that we，the teens of America，can make a （20）D．Since it was my first time，and I wasn't part of the group，I felt a little out of place．But watching the others （21）C the food drove my nervousness away．
Before long，all 150bagged lunches were gone and the group was （22）B its way home．I realized that not only is my friend an amazing person，but that all of those people are amazing．That's what made me join the Youth Group．
I work at a coffee shop but don't make much．It's not the best job，but there are times when it's worth it．For example，a few weeks ago，when the store was（23）A and I was bored，looking out of the window，I noticed an old man sitting outside．He had been there before．As a matter of fact，he （24）C came in to buy anything because he didn't have any money．I took up a cup of coffee，walked outside，and handed it to him．The smile on his face made my day，and as I walked back into the store，I put my own money into the drawer．Then I knew how the members of the Youth Group feel every time they help someone．Knowing that you can help is （25）B-the greatest feeling in the world．

14．A．starts	B．stops	C．lasts	D．fails
15．A．shop	B．church	C．country	D．hospital
16．A．after	B．until	C．though	D．before
17．A．expected	B．discovered	C．touched	D．offered
18．A．write	B．experience	C．voice	D．discuss
19．A．teach	B．encourage	C．move	D．feed
20．A．decision	B．success	C．dream	D．difference
21．A．take out	B．pick out	C．hand out	D．point out
22．A．in	B．on	C．through	D．by
23．A．empty	B．free	C．busy	D．crowded
24．A．even	B．usually	C．never	D．often
25．A．helpful	B．wonderful	C．hopeful	D．useful

20．Naturally，American schoolchildren love holidays．And they get a lot of them each year．Besides having national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Presidents'Day off from school，students get longer breaks in the spring and during the summer holidays．In fact，kids in the US only go to school for about 180days a year．To students，holidays are perfect．However，parents think there are advantages and disadvantages．
On the one hand，school holidays allow families to spend time together．Many Aerican parents take time off from work during June，July or August to travel with their children on vacations either in the US or in a foreign country．On the other hand，schoolchildren get much more time off school than parents get vacation time．This means that parents with young children may have to pay more in babysitting or daycare costs．As well，the long summer holidays mean that students sometimes get bored．
Besides going on trips with their parents，American students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during the holidays．For example，some kids enjoy summer camps and outdoor adventure （冒险） holidays．Such trips are great for adventurous students． They also have a lot to offer students who aren't usually interested in traditional PE activities．You can do courses in survival （生存）skills，for example．Students learn how to make a camp in the forest，which wild food they can eat and how to find their way back to the center．
Students who are not excited about summer camps and outdoor adventure may take part in courses in computer game design，filmmaking and photography during the holidays．Finally，the traditional school trip to foreign country is always popular．Students can practice their foreign language skills and experience everyday life in a different culture．

33．What does the underlined word"They"refer to （指代） in the third paragraph？D
A．Some kids．B．Different traditional PE activities．
C．Parents．D．Summer camps and outdoor adventure．
34．Which of following is true？C
A．Both parents and students think school holidays are perfect．
B．Parents can take care of their young children during all the holidays．
C．Students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during holidays．
D．Students don't like to have school trips to foreign countries during holidays．
35．What would be the best title for the passage？B
A．School Trips in the US．B．School Holidays in the US．
C．School Activities in the US．D．Outdoor Adventure in the US．

19．假如你是王飞，由于昨天在学校操场上与同学们一起踢足球时腿受伤了，不能来上学，医生建议休息3天．请以此为内容，给老师写一份请假条．30词左右．
Sick leave
Dear Mr．Zhang，
As I was playing football with my classmates on the playground yesterday，I was injured and couldn't come to school．The doctor suggested to rest for three．
Yours，
Wang Fei．

17．Life is full of chances and challenges．For students，if we don't study hard，（16）B，we will fall（17）Aother students．At first，I didn't know（18）Cthe word"exam"meant．Later，I knew an exam was a （19）C of competition．In competitions，there were always （20）A and losers．As I grew up，I got to know competitions well．In one's life，there must be competitions，so people could （21）B．
Each time I saw children （22）Bgames，and heard their laughter，I （23）CI were that age again．However，I remembered my parents'words--You must work very hard （24）Bhave a good future．So I（25）Aup my pen and began to study hard again．
I was still not （26）Bwhat competitions really meant．One day，I was （27）Can English-speaking competition．When I went to the stage，I saw other students looking at me kindly．I suddenly knew what the competition was．It was not as cruel （28）A my teacher and parents told me．In fact，competitions were important and necessary．
I learned a lot （29）Cwhat I experienced．Now I understand （30）Babout the world．Competitions are iportant for us all．

16．A．because of	B．sooner or later	C．at the same time
17．A．behind	B．after	C．over
18．A．how	B．where	C．what
19．A．few	B．number	C．kind
20．A．winners	B．athletes	C．soldiers
21．A．appreciate	B．improve	C．combine
22．A．to play	B．playing	C．plays
23．A．donated	B．hope	C．wished
24．A．s that	B．in order to	C．as for
25．A．picked	B．dropped	C．took
26．A．agree	B．sure	C．beliee
27．A．joining	B．entered	C．taking part in
28．A．as	B．than	C．though
29．A．above	B．under	C．from
30．A．less	B．more	C．special

16．Teenager Brian Robeson was traveling from the USA to Canada to see his father．He was the only passenger in a small plane，high above the Canadian mountains，when suddenly the pilot had a heart disease and died!
Brian was frightened．He was shaking，but he tried not to panic．Below him，he could see a lake．He turned the plane towards the lake and，unbelievably，he landed on the water．Brian got out of the plane．He swam to the beach and then he fell asleep．
When Brian woke up the next morning，he was cold and hungry．The boy only had the clothes he was wearing and a small hatchet-a present from his mother．Then he remembered a TV programme about how to live in the wild．He made a shelter（栖息处）with grass and some branches from the trees．He used his hatchet to cut wood and started a fire．He ate fruit from the forest．He caught fish in the lake and killed rabbits with some tools made by himself．
One day，a few weeks later，Brian was fishing by the lake when he heard a noise．He could see a plane above the trees．It was looking for him!Quickly，he made a fire，and the pilot saw the smoke．After fifty-four days in the Canadian woods，Brian's amazing adventure was finally over．

46．What happened when Brian was traveling to Canada？C
A．Something was wrong with the plane．
B．He felt frightened at the high mountains．
C．Nobody could fly the plane for him any more．
D．The pilot died of heart disease and fell off the plane．
47．Where did the plane land？C
A．On the beach．
B．On top of the mountains．
C．On the lake．
D．In the woods．
48．Which is the correct order for what Brian did on the beach？A
①He made a shelter．   ②He started a fire．
③He fell asleep．      ④He ate fruit from the forest．
A．③①②④B．②①④③C．④②①③D．①②③④
49．What does the underlined word"hatchet"most probably mean in Chinese？B
A．锤子         B．斧头         C．钳子         D．螺丝刀
50．Which is TRUE according to the passage？B
A．Brian played with rabbits to kill time．
B．A TV programme Brian once watched was helpful．
C．Brian stayed on the beach for over two months．
D．A plane passing by saved Brian at last．

15．There were already signs that Michael Jordan was very talented （有才能的）as a young boy．Harvest Smith，a good friend，played basketball with him every day then，and thought he was the best player on their ninth-grade team．
The summer after ninth grade，Jordan and Smith both went to the Pop Herring's basketball camp to run for（竞选）the high school team．All the other students looked much stronger than Jordan，because they were two or three years older than him．
To Smith，it was quite clear that Jordan was better than him．But on the day the results were announced （宣布），Smith's name was on the list．Jordan's was not．
It was the worst day of Jordan's young life．He kept reading the list，hoping that he had missed it，or that there was something wrong with the list．That day he went home and cried．
"We knew Jordan was good，"Fred Lynch，a coach said later．"But we thought the jayvee（学校运动队第二队）was much better for him．"Jordan became the best player on the jayvee that year．There were matches in which he could get forty scores．He was so good that the jayvee matches became quite popular．
Smith found that Jordan had been very competitive（-心求胜的）before he was cut，and after that he seemed even more competitive than ever．His coaches found it，too．"One day，the jayvee had a match．When I came into the gym，the match was just ending up．Their scores fell behind a lot．All the other nine players had given up，but one kid still played very hard．It was Jordan，and I quickly learned he was always like that．"
Some time later，Laney High School had a very good basketball team，and its rising star was Michael Jordan．
31．Jordan went to the Pop Herring's basketball camp in order toB．
A．stay with his best friendB．join the high school team
C．prove he was the best player D．be a rising basketball star
32．Jordan cried after he went home from the camp becauseA．
A．his name wasn't on the list of the high school team
B．his friend was chosen by the high school team
C．he was badly hurt when he played basketball
D．there was something wrong with the name list
33．What happened when Jordan was on the jayvee that year？C
A．Everyone on the team liked Jordan．
B．There were not any matches that year．
C．The jayvee matches became quite popular．
D．Jordan got all the scores in the matches．
34．From the last sentence of the passage，we can infer（推断）that JordanD．
A．got an overnight success
B．was still on the jayvee some time later
C．became a basketball star in the world
D．was one of the members on the high school team
35．The writer wrote this passage mainly to tell usC．
A．Jordan once played basketball on the jayvee
B．Jordan played basketball best when he was young
C．Jordan became a star because of his spirit of never giving up
D．Smith always thought Jordan was the best basketball player．

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                      Unforgettable Memories
    How timeflies!Three years passed…in a blink．Lots of memories left in my head．Teachers，classmates，hard work and above all friendship stay in mind．
Looking back，I have gone through either the joy of success or the pains of failure．Teachers are friendly to us in life and always strict with us in study．Classmates and friends help me so much．With their help I've made great progress．But I'm a careless boy．And I always make mistakes which can be avoided．
Senior middle school life is a new beginning and it gives me a chance to overcome my shortcomings．As it is said，"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are，it is our choice．"The two-month holiday will also provide me the freedom to think over and make up my mind to do it better in the future．And I believe I can do it．．

13．When spring comes and the flowers begin to bloom（开花），the bees come out of the hives（蜂房）very early in the morning．（96）C
The bee has a longtongue which goes into the flower to suck（吸）up the juice．
（97）EWhen the bee flies out to work in the morning to look for flowers，it may go to places very far from its hive，but it never loses its way．Whenthe rain comes down，the bee will hide in some little hole in a wall，orperhaps among the leaves of a tree，or inside a large flower．
（98）D
Bees gather not only the juice butalso the pollen（花粉） from inside the flowers．（99）A They also use pollen to make wax（蜂蜡）．
（100）BWe may also thank it for many useful things which are made of wax．

A．They carry the pollen home to make food for the young bees． B．Therefore honey is not the only thing for which we have to thank the busy little bee． C．They fly away to get the sweet juice of the flowers． D．When the sun is out again，it will fly home． E．Then it carries the juice to the hive，and turns it into honey．

12．The word"day"has two meanings．When we talk about the number of days in a year，we are using"day"to mean 24 hours．But when we talk about day and night，we are using"day"to mean the time between sunrise and sunset．Since the earth looks like a ball，the sun canshine on only half of it at a time．Always one half of the earth is having dayand the other half night．A place is moved from day into night and from nightinto day over and over by the spinning（旋转） of the earth．
At the equator day and night are sometimes the same length．They areeach twelve hours long．The sun rises at 6 o'clock in the morning and sets at 6o'clock in the evening．For six months the North Pole（北极） is tilted（倾斜） toward the sun．In those monthsthe Northern Hemisphere（半球） gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere．Days arelonger than nights．South of the equator nights are longer than days．For theother six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun．Then the SouthernHemis phere gets more sunlight．Days are longer than nights．North of theequator nights are longer than days．Winter is the season of long nights．Summer is the season of long days．

81．When people talk aboutthe number of days in a year，the"day"here meansC．
A．the timebetween sunrise and sunset          
B.12 hours
C.24 hours                     
D．from morning to evening
82．A place is moved from day into night and fromnight into day over and over byC of the earth．
A．the pushing    
B．the pulling        
C．the spinning        
D．the passing
83．At the equator day is as long as nightA．
A．sometimes          
B．never               
C．usually             
D．always
84．When the NorthPole is tilted toward the sun，the Northern Hemisphere getsB sunlight．
A．less           
B．more        
C．all           
D．no
85．When it is winter in China，D．
 A．the USA is tilted toward the sun
 B．the South Pole is tilted away from the sun
 C．the North Pole is tilted toward the sun
 D．the North Pole is tilted away from the sun．