John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas city in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.

Fortunately he had a strong-willed (意志坚强的) caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you want really to be if you just believe.”She told him not to depend on others, including his mother. “You have to earn success, ”she said. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”

These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15, to Chicago.

Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words—as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.

While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by.“Nothing beats a failure but a try. ”She also let him pawn(典当)her furniture to get the $ 500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.

It is natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind.“Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!”

Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America—worth $ 150 million.

1.John’s mother decided to move to Chicago because _____.

A．his father died when John was very young

B．life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown

C．John needed more education badly

D．there were no schools for Negroes in their hometown

2.John’s mother_____________________

A．didn’t believe in or depend on others

B．thought one could be whatever one wanted to be

C．believed one would succeed without working hard

D．thought no one could succeed without working hard

3.The underlined sentence“Nothing beats a failure but a try. ”means _____.

A．if you try, you would succeed

B．a failure is difficult to beat, even if you try

C．a try is always followed by a failure

D．no failure can be beaten unless you try

4.The story mainly tells us _____.

A．how John H. Johnson became successful

B．about the mental (心理的) support John’s mother gave him

C．about the importance of a good education

D．about the key to success for blacks

第II卷（共两部分 满分35分）

第一部分：短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

 It is vital for us to have a good mood in our daily life.

If you o    a good mood, you will find everything is wonderful   76.         

in the world. Most      (重要), you will have an optimistic effect   77.          

        the people around you. We all will live a harmonious and   78.         

happy life. It is also good for your h      . However，sometimes   79.            

when you meet some      (困难)，when you quarrel with others   80.         

or when you         (无法)in doing something, you may  have   81.         

a bad mood. If so, you should get        of it as fast as possible.   82.         

As we all know, e           has its two sides. So you should think more    83.           

about         bright side. We are sure that everything will be all right with    84.           

time  p       by. Remember: Only you can make yourself happy.   85.         

    I hope that everyone has a good mood every day！

短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
It is vital for us to have a good mood in our daily life.
If you o   a good mood, you will find everything is wonderful  76.          
in the world. Most     (重要), you will have an optimistic effect   77.          
       the people around you. We all will live a harmonious and   78.          
happy life. It is also good for your h     . However，sometimes   79.             
when you meet some      (困难)，when you quarrel with others   80.          
or when you         (无法)in doing something, you may  have   81.          
a bad mood. If so, you should get        of it as fast as possible.   82.          
As we all know, e          has its two sides. So you should think more   83.            
about         bright side. We are sure that everything will be all right with   84.            
time p      by. Remember: Only you can make yourself happy.  85.          
I hope that everyone has a good mood every day！

阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）括号内汉语提示；2）该词首字母提示；3）上下文语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词使短文通顺，所填单词要求拼写正确，形式符合英语表达习惯。（请将答案抄到答案卷上）

I’m glad to hear ___1___you. I know you’re dying to h___2___ about my life here. I’m still trying to adapt ___3____ the conditions here. The other days I visited a ___4____(偏远的)village with another teacher. We walked for two and a half h____5___ to get there. We s___6___a day in the home of Tombe, one of my students。The hut was d___7___ inside so it took time for my eyes to adjust. We also had a meal there. I don’t speak much of the __8___(当地的)English dialect yet, so I could not _____9______(参加) in their conversation. Luckily, Tombe could act as our interpreter. We left the village the next morning. It was  s__10__ a privilege to have spent a day with Tombe’s family.

短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

It is vital for us to have a good mood in our daily life.

If you o   a good mood, you will find everything is wonderful  76.          

in the world. Most     (重要), you will have an optimistic effect   77.          

       the people around you. We all will live a harmonious and   78.          

happy life. It is also good for your h     . However，sometimes   79.             

when you meet some      (困难)，when you quarrel with others   80.          

or when you         (无法)in doing something, you may  have   81.          

a bad mood. If so, you should get        of it as fast as possible.   82.          

As we all know, e          has its two sides. So you should think more   83.            

about         bright side. We are sure that everything will be all right with   84.            

time p      by. Remember: Only you can make yourself happy.  85.          

I hope that everyone has a good mood every day！