Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.

My father died when I was nine months old, making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen. While I was growing up, we lived a very_______life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would ________ my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”

At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never_______again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving ________, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I didn’t want to be bad enough. She drove that message _______deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school-walking on my own!

When the Great Depression（大萧条）hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support _____ of us. At that moment, I decided never to be__________again.

Over the years, I experienced various（不同类别的） levels of business success. But the real turning point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1916. I was unhappy with the second-class hotels for families and was __________ that they charged（收费）an extra（额外的） $2 for each child. That was too_______for most American families. I told my wife that I was going to open a hotel for families that would never charge extra for ______. There were plenty of doubters at that time.

Not______, mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of hard time. But with my mother’ s words deeply rooted（扎根） in my heart, I________doubted（怀疑） we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest______system in the world - Holiday Inn . In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns（客栈）in more than fifty countries with an income of $1 billion a year.

You may not have started out life in the best situations. But if you can find a_______in life worth working for and believe in yourself, _______can stop you.

1.A. quiet B. boring C. hard D. strange

2.A. accept B. change C. disturb D. check

3.A. study B. speak C. listen D. walk

4.A. voice B. sound C. noise D. talk

5.A. so B. such C. very D. quite

6.A. all B. both C. every D. most

7.A. excited B. brave C. patient D. poor

8.A. sad B. happy C. tired D. angry

9.A. expensive B. fantastic C. different D. special

10.A. husband B. parents C. children D. wife

11.A. successfully B. surprisingly C. interestingly D. importantly

12.A. always B. sometimes C. almost D. never

13.A. restaurant B. theatre C. library D. hotel

14.A. task B. hotel C. company D. word

15.A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything

1.C 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.A 6.B 7.D 8.D 9.A 10.C 11.B 12.D 13.D 14.A 15.A 【解析】本文讲述了在单亲家庭生活的作者，小时候与母亲相依为命，在母亲的支持、呵护和鼓励下，努力成长的故事。虽然成长过程中有些坎坷，但母亲一直鼓励他做一个自信努力的人，母亲的鼓励让...

Perhaps you’ve seen the English letters “WC” in your city. They show public toilets. But do you know it is far from elegant (优雅的) English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countries rarely use the letters.

Workers in our city are changing “WC” signs all over the city. The government is spending much money changing all the bad English on signs and restaurant menus. Many other places in China are following our steps.

“WC, or water closet, is old-fashioned English. It sounds dirty to me,” says Charlie Shifflet, a young man from the US. The old sign will become “Gents/Men” and “Ladies/Women”.

“I see lots of poor English in everyday life, and not only on signs,” he says. “I know what they mean. But they are Chinglish, not real English. For example, when someone says to me ‘My hometown is Henan Province’, I know he should say: ‘My hometown is in Henan Province’. ‘Hometown’ is a smaller place in a province.” The common(通常的) mistakes include “Not Entry”, which should be “No Entry”, “Direction(方向) of Airport” should be changed to “To the Airport”. And it is “room rate(房价)”, not “room price”. And remember to “Keep off the grass”, rather than “Care of the green”.

1.What does the writer think of the use of “WC”?

A. He doesn’t think it means water closet.

B. He doesn’t think it old-fashioned English.

C. He doesn’t think it proper for a sign.

D. He thinks it elegant English.

2.The underlined word “rarely” means .

A. sometimes B. seldom C. often D . always

3.Charlie Shifflet .

A. is a Chinese living in America

B. thinks Chinese people are sometimes using incorrect English

C. likes to hear or see Chinglish

D. sometimes uses Chinglish

4.Which of the following signs does NOT use Chinglish(中国式英语)?

A.

B.

C.

D.

5.The last paragraph is about .

A. why there are so many Chinglish signs B. examples of Chinglish

C. where Chinglish signs are D. who uses Chinglish signs

1.C 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.B 【解析】试题分析：英语越来越广泛的应用于我们的日常生活，但是在中国有很多英语的标志其实都是不符合英语的表达习惯的，例如WC，这是很不优雅的一个英语词汇。文章中还举了很多汉语式英语的例子。 1. 2.rarely use the letters可知，作者的观点是用WC指公共厕所是不优雅的，因此来自说英语国家的外国人很少...

根据所给汉语意思或者首字母提示，用合适的单词填空。

1.Don’t_____ (触摸) anything on show in the museum.

2.As everyone knows,_____ (练习) makes perfect.

3.If nobody drops ___________(垃圾), the park will be a clean and comfortable place.

4.The _____(主题) we are going to talk about is “Online Manners”.

5.If you don’t look after your pet bird in _____(正确的) ways, it will get ill easily.

1.touch 2.practice 3.litter 4.subject 5.proper 【解析】 1.句意：在博物馆里不要碰任何展览品。“触摸”的英文表达是touch，本句是祈使句，祈使句要用动词原形，故答案填touch。 2.句意：众所周知，熟能生巧。“练习”的英文表达是practice，practice makes perfect是谚语，故答案填...

Playing with friends, going to a party, having a meal in a restaurant or receiving a birthday gift—as a teenager, you go to different places and meet different kinds of people. Everything you do leaves an impression (印象). So manners are very important.

Arriving 30 minutes late for a date may say: “This isn’t that important to me.” Taking a cell phone call while talking to your friend may say: “The caller is more important than the person standing in front of me.” Failing to show thanks to a gift-giver may say: “I don’t like the gift.”

Is that the message you really want to send? Maybe not. You do not want to be rude, but sometimes what you do makes people think you’re impolite.

How can you change that? First, you should know the proper ways to behave around people. We call this manners. You could start by adding “please” and “thank you” to your vocabulary and avoiding bad language. You could start by holding a door open for someone after you to go through. You could start by showing up on time instead of letting others wait for you.

Start now! Start a new life and start to be a teenager with good manners!

Having good manners
The importance of manners	Everything you do leaves an impression.
Examples of bad manners	Arriving late may mean the date is not important.
Taking a call while talking to a friend may mean your friend is1. important than the caller.
Not showing thanks to a gift-giver may mean you 2.the gift.
Start to3.your manners	Use “please” and “thank you” to 4.bad language.
Hold a door open for someone behind you.
Show up on time instead of letting5.people wait for you.

1.less 2.dislike 3.change 4.avoid 5.other 【解析】本文主要向我们讲了礼貌的重要性，并列举了一些不礼貌的行为方式，最后告诉我们怎样做才是有礼貌的正确行为方式，我们称之为礼仪。 1.根据文中的句子The caller is more important than the person standing in front of...

Are you going to have dinner at your Western friend’s home? Then be c1.

with your table manners. Good manners will make you a nice g2..

You may find Western table manners are d3.from Chinese manners. Here is some good a4.to keep you cool.

When you are r5.to eat, sit up straight on the chair. Usually, don’t put your elbows (胳膊肘) on the table. First p6.your napkin (餐巾) up and put it on your lap. You can use it to clean your hands or mouth, but not your face. When you finish eating, put it b7.on the table.

Don’t make any noise when you eat or drink the soup. It’s not good to eat with your moutho8.. If you do that, people will see the food in your mouth.

If you want to get some food but you can’t r9.it, ask others to pass the dish to you. Put bones(骨头) on the edge of the plate. And remember, good manners can make b10. guests and hosts comfortable at the table.

1.careful 2.guest 3.different 4.advice 5.ready 6.pick 7.back 8.open 9.reach 10.both 【解析】本文介绍了西方的餐桌礼仪。当你准备吃饭时，要在椅子上坐直了，不要把手肘放在桌子上。吃东西或喝汤时不要发出噪音。如果够不着那道菜，可以让其他人把菜递给你。 1....

书面表达

学生会将要邀请Mr Black做一个关于电话礼仪的演讲，请根据下列内容，写一个不少于70词的通知，不包括所给的开头和结尾。

Name of the talk: Good telephone manners

Time: 2 p.m., 13 May

Place: The school hall

Content: Some important rules, for example: answer a phone as soon as possible, say sorry for delays (延误), keep your voice down, be yourself and speak naturally, say good-bye before hanging up

Hello, everyone,

May I have your attention, please?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Of course, there is a lot more to learn about. Please go and attend the speech.

Hello, everyone, May I have your attention, please? There will be a speech in the school hall at 2 o’clock on the afternoon of 13 May. Mr Black is going to tell us something about good telephone...

—It is said there are still many people who are very poor in Africa.

—Yes, many famous movie stars went to help them, ________ Jackie Chan.

A. include B. including C. included D. includes

B 【解析】句意：——据说非洲仍有很多人很穷。——是的，许多著名影星去帮助他们，包括成龙在内。A. include包含，动词原形；B. including包含，介词；C. included动词过去式；D. includes动词三单形式。本句已有谓语动词，只能填介词，故答案为B。

Basketball is enjoyed ________ many people ________ fun and exercise.

A. by; for B. for; by C. for; for D. by; at

A 【解析】句意：为了娱乐和锻炼身体，篮球被许多人所喜欢。此句是一般现在时的被动语态，by宾语是动作的执行者，第二个空用介词for表示目的，故答案为A。

—The number of foreign players in America’s NBA ________ increased.

—Yeah. A number of foreign players ________ playing in the NBA now.

A. has; is B. has; are C. have; is D. have; are

B 【解析】句意：——美国NBA的外籍球员数量增加了。——是的。现在有很多外国球员在NBA打球。The number of意思是“……的数量”，后跟可数名词复数作主语时视作单数，谓语动词或助动词用三单形式，第一句是现在完成时态，助动词要用has，排除C,D；A number of表示许多，后跟可数名词的复数形式，作主语时视作复数，第二句是现在进行时态，故助动词用are，答案为B。

Basketball is played by more than 100 _________ people in over 200 countries.

A. million B. millions C. million of D. millions of

A 【解析】句意：在200多个国家有超过一亿人打篮球。million前面有具体的基数词时，million用单数形式，如果前面无具体数字时，million用复数形式，且与of连用，故答案为A。