and fruits made her excited. “When I grow up, I shall work in the garden like dad,” she would think.
Then one day, dad brought her some books, notebooks, pencils, and an eraser because she would go to school soon. Molly had seen her elder brother sharpening(削) his pencil everyday. Every time he sharpened the pencil, it looked smaller. And his eraser also became smaller because he used it everyday.
Suddenly, she had an idea. Why not plant a pencil and an eraser as dad planted the roses? Molly filled a flowerpot (花盆) with earth. She stuck a pencil in it, with the sharpened end pointing upwards. She fixed the eraser on the top of the pencil. How surprised everyone would be when her pencil and eraser started growing! She hid her pot behind tall plants.
Molly watered her pot daily. Everyday she would look carefully for signs of growing. She wondered why her pencil and eraser did not grow.
One day she asked her dad, “Why is my plant not growing, dad?” “What plant?”
Molly showed him her pot with the pencil and the eraser stuck on it. Dad laughed and said,
“My little girl, pencils and erasers don’t grow on their own. They grow in you. When you go to school, you’ll understand and feel their growing inside you!”
“Then what flowers will they grow inside me?”
“That’s up to you! They’ll grow in the way you’d like!”
44. Where did Molly’s dad work every day?
A．In a small school. B．In a small garden.C．In a small house.D．In a small park. 45. What did her dad bring to her?
A．Some story books, pencils, and an eraser． B．Some books, notebooks, and a ruler． C．Some notebooks, pens, and an eraser． D．Some books, pencils, and an eraser． 46. Who planted the pencil?
A. Molly. B. Molly’s dad. C．Molly’s elder brother. D．Molly’s younger brother. 47. How do pencils and erasers grow according to her dad? A．By water. B．By heart.C．By time. D．By earth.
C.
Owning Books
We enjoy reading books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with enough careful attention. You must see that it keeps no dirty or destroyed pages.
But books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice
enables you to remember more easily the important sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like visiting a forest where you once walked in.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; this habit can
here be developed with every advantage. The best wallpaper is books; they are more varied in color and appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and if you sit alone in the room in the
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firelight, you are surrounded (包围) with close friends. The knowledge that they are there in common
thought is both encouraging and refreshing. Books are of the people, by the people, for the people. They are part of history; the best part of personality.
Book – friends have this advantage over living friends; you can enjoy the most truly great society in the world whenever you want it. The great dead are beyond our physical (身体的) reach, and the great living are usually almost as too far to reach. But in a private library, you can at any moment talk with Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their best. They “laid themselves out” they did their best to entertain (娱乐) you, to make a favorable impression. You are necessary to them as an audience is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their inside heart of heart.
48. The underlined word punctiliousness refers to __________.
A. expectation B. admiration C. great care D. nice view 49. The writer’s attitude towards books is like _________.
A. walking into an old forest B. treating a guest in the house C. showing out a private library D. talking to great dead and living
50. The best wallpaper, according to writer, is _______ .
A. colors B. books C. library D. friends
51. Shakespeare is mentioned here to show it’s ______ to talk to the great people through books.
A. easy B. nice C. hard D. common
D. Get it free!
? Have you ever been to Shanxi in north China?
? Would you like to see for yourself the different cultures in Shanxi? ? Do you want to experience the Yellow River culture of China?
Shanxi is one of the important places of Chinese culture and has been described as the place of origin (起源) of ancient China. It is proud of the greatTaihang Mountains, the Yellow River that raised the thousand -old Chinese culture, Mount Wutai, which is seen as one of the four mountains by Chinese Buddhists (佛教), the Yungang Grottoesthat were done about 1,600 years ago and the ancient town of Pingyao — one of the four best kept old towns in the country.
The sight and history of Shanxi hardly fail to surprise visitors. People can visit the noble tombs (皇陵) of the ancient Jin Yungang Grottoes
Kingdom, which dates back 3,000 years. They can also admire at a traditional Chinese town built about 600 years ago.
This is Shanxi — a historically rich, mysterious (神秘的) place and a place that is only 500 kilometers away from Beijing.
If you are interested in all that was mentioned above, we are offering you a special opportunity —a free trip to Shanxi!
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Cost: All living, food, transport and tickets will be paid for by China Daily (中国日报). Other costs (such as international telephone calls, business center services, room service) will not be covered by China Daily. Requirements: 1. Foreigners (speak excellent English). 2. Good at writing and/or photography.
3. Knowledge of Chinese culture is preferred. Time and place of trip: July, 2015 – Trip of the major mountains in Shanxi. September, 2015 – Trip of Yellow River in Shanxi. Deadline: June 10, 2015 How to get it free: 1.Please send your personal information to: events@chinadaily.com.cn. We will not share the personal information with any third party.
2. Photographs orwriting are needed if there’s any.
We also encourage you to write about thereasons for joining the trip and your expectations.
We hope that those who will join us will write about their feelings afterwards and take as many photos as possible, as they will post the photographs or writings oftheirs about “beautiful Shanxi” on China Daily.
52. What is Shanxi proud of?
A. Modern buildings. B. Long history. C. Great service. D. Free trips. 53. Who can probably get this opportunity?
A. A Chinese painter with good spoken English skills. B. A Japanese photographer with good writing skills.
C. A British singer with Chinese culture learning experience. D. A French musician with understanding of Chinese history. 54. Where will the passage probably be read?
A. In a restaurant menu. B. In a hotel name list. C. In a storybook. D. In a newspaper. 55. What may China Daily do after the trip?
A. Get busy with hundreds of photos. B. Raise some money to repair the loss. C. Collect personal information emails. D. Write about the cost of the free trip.
七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能
用一次。（共10分，每小题2分）
Once, two birds named Cici and Nick lived in a nest. 56 . They always found excuses for not doing any work.
On a cold winter day, a strong wind was blowing. 57 . By chance, a hole was made in their nest (巢). The cold wind blew in through the hole and got away the warmth from the nest. Both the birds started feeling cold. Nick thought, “I wonder why Cici is so lazy? Why is she not repairing the hole?”
Onthe other hand, Cici thought that Nick would fill the hole. Both of them were depending on each other. 58 .
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Soon snow started to fall and the wind nearly blew off the last warm air from the inside of their nest. The snowflakes entered the nest through the hole. The lazy birds started shivering (颤) with cold. 59 .
In the morning both the birds were dead in their nest. They had shivered to death but because of laziness they had not got up to repair the hole.
Life is the same. Some people never get success. 60 . Do you think so?
A. Because their laziness blows out the chances B. But no one was active enough to work C. Both of them were very lazy D. There was some snowfall too E. So no one repaired the hole
八、阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分，每小题2分)
Mike was a good and well-trained boy. His parents loved him very much. He did everything well, but Mike had one bad habit. He ate a lot of sweets and chocolates. Those were his favorite. He just couldn’t refuse. His mother always told him, “Mike, don’t eat so many sweets. You will get toothaches.”
His mother used to keep all the sweets in a glass jar (罐子). It had a narrow mouth and a tight lid on it.
One day when his mother went to the market, Mike saw that his father was asleep. So he walked carefully and slowly to the kitchen and got the sweet jar. With great
effort, he opened the tight lid and put his hand in the narrow mouth. Mike picked a fist (拳头) full of sweets. But when he tried to pull his hand out, it got stuck (卡) in the jar.
Mike’s father was awake and watching. He said to Mike, “You have picked up too many sweets in your fist. It’s more than your little hand can keep. Your fist cannot come out of the jar. Let go of the sweets and pick only one sweet in your two fingers and you can pull your hand out easily. Always take as much as you can control.”
Mike pulled out his hand from the jar easily and he learned a lesson for his life, too.
61. What was Mike’s bad habit?
62. Did his mother use to keep the sweets in a glass jar? 63. Where was the sweet jar?
64. How many sweets did his father suggest him to get? 65. What lesson did Mike learn?
书面表达（15分）
九、文段表达 (15分)
根据中文和英文提示，写一封意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于50词的回信。信的开头和结尾已给出，
其词数不计入所要完成的回信内。所给英文提示词语仅供选用。 请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
66. 假设你是李明，最近和英国笔友Chris通过邮件谈论暑期你要到他家居住两周的事情。他想知道你的饮食喜好，是否惧怕狗，有无特别想去的地方。请阅读他的邮件，根据他的问题回复邮件。
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提示词语：enjoy, play with, museum
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