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same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.
“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”
My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in those days.”
Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”
This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have travelled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible (看不到的) exhibits at every meal. 46. Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen? A. To leave messages.
B. To list her everyday tasks. C. To note down maths problems.
D. To write down a flash of inspiration.
47.What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand?
A.It has great value for the family.
B.It needs to be replaced by a better one. C.It brings her back to her lonely childhood. D.It should be passed on to the next generation.
48.The author feels embarrassed for . A.blaming her mother wrongly
B.giving her mother a lot of trouble
C.not making good use of time as her mother did
D.not making any breakthrough in her field 49.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A.The mother is successful in her career. B.The family members like travelling.
C.The author had little time to play when young.
D.The marks on the breadboard have disappeared. 50.In the author’s mind, her mother is .
A.strange in behaviour B.keen on her research
C.fond of collecting old things
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D
To err is huaman. To blame the other guy is even more human. Common sense is not all that common.
Why tell the truth when you can come up with a good excuse? These three popular misquotes（戏谑的引语）are meant to be jokes, and yet they tell us a lot
about human nature. To err, or to make mistakes, is indeed a part of being human, but it seems that most people don’t want to accept the responsibility for having made a mistake. They naturally look for someone else who could be responsible for the problem. Perhaps it is the natural thing to do. The original quote about human nature went like this:“To err is human, to forgive, divine（神圣的）.” This saying mirrors an ideal: people should be forgiving of others’mistakes. Instead, we tend to do the opposite－find someone else to pass the blame on to. However, taking responsibility for something that went wrong is a mark of great maturity. Common sense is what we call clear thought. Having common sense means having a good general plan that will make things work well, and it also means staying with the plan. Common sense tells you that you take an umbrella out into a rainstorm, but you leave the umbrella home When you hear a weather forecast for sunshine.Common sense does not seem to be common for large organizations, because there are so many things going on that one person cannot be in charge of everything.People say that in a large company,“the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.”
And what is wrong with a society that thinks that making up a good excuse is like creating a work of art?One of common problems with making excuses is that people,especially young people,get the idea that it’s okay not to be totally honest all the time.There is a corollary(直接推论)to that:if a good excuse is“good”even if it isn’t honest, then where is the place of the truth? 51.According to the passage, which of the following seems the most human?
A.To search for truth. B.To achieve one’s ideal
C.To make fun of others’mistakes. D.To criticize others for one’s own error.
52.According to the author, what is a sign of a man’s maturity?
A.Doing things his own way.
B.Bearing responsibility for his mistakes. C.Making as few mistakes as possible.
D.Thinking seriously about his wrongdoings.
53.Which of the following is NOT based on common sense? A.A man tries to take charge of everything in a large company. B.A student goes out with an umbrella in stormy weather. C.A company’s next move follows good plan. D.A lawyer acts on fine judgments.
54.What is the author’s opinion about a good excuse?
A.Making a good excuse is sometimes a better policy. B.Inventhing a good excuse needs creative ideas. C.A good excuse is as rewarding as honesty. D.Bitter truth is better than a good excuse.
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55.What would be the best title for this passage?
A.A Mirror of Human Nature B.To Blame of to Forgive C.A Mark of Maturity D.Truth of Excuse
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英语 笔试
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第三部分：写作
第一节：阅读表达（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
When Dan Shaw gets up from the sofa in his home, Cuddles is never far away. When he wants to go outside, he doesn’t take Cuddles out for a walk—Cuddles takes him for a walk Cuddles is clearly no ordinary family pet.It is a two-foot-high miniature horse and serves as the guiding eyes of Shaw, who is blind. When Shaw lost his sight, his wife suggested he apply for a guide dog. Shaw, an anima lover, said he couldn’t hear to part with a dog(which usually lives about eight to ten years)and get used to a new one, perhaps several times in his life. Then Shaw heard of a program about the tiny guide horses.He learned that the horse possess many qualities that make them an excellent choicea for guiding people.They are clean friendly,smart and have great memories.They can be trained to remain calm in noisy and crowded places. Best of all, they live for25-35 years, which would enable Shaw to have the same guide companion for most or all of his life. Shaw immediately applied to be and was accepted as the first person to receive a guid horse.The instant he met Cuddles, he knew he was making the right choice.Then he began his training.
Through training, Shaw and Cuddles learned to find their way on busy streets, step ove curbs(便道沿儿)and find elevator buttons.Cuddles even demonstrated(显示)its ability to step in front of Shaw and blick him, to prevent him from walking into a dangerous situation The little horse also expertly led Shaw through busy shopping malls. They got along without any difficulties.Now Shaw is confident that Cuddles will change his life for the better. 56.What’s the meaning of the underlined word“miniature”in Paragraph 1?(No more than 2 words) 57.Why didn’t Shaw want to choose a dog as his guide?(No more than 15 words)
58.What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us?(No more than 10 words)
59.How does Shaw feel about his future life with the help of Cuddles?(No more than 10
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60.In your opinion, what is the ideal relationship between man and animals?(No more than 20 words) 第二节：书面表达（满分25分） 61.假设你是晨光中学的高中生李华。你校拟选拔一些优秀学生，利用暑期到晨曦希望小学为学生辅导英语。你希望参加此活动。请根据以下提示，用英语给校评选组写一封申请信：
·对此活动的认识（如对本人、学生及社会的益处等） ·个人优势（如性格、独立生活能力、语言能力等） ·你的计划（如怎样进行辅导等） 注意：
1.词数不少于100;
2.可适当加入细节，以使内容充实、行文连贯; 3.信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入词数。 参考词汇：
晨曦希望小学Chenxi Hope School
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am Li Hua from Class One, Senior Two.
Yours Sincerely,
Li Hua
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试题答案
第一卷 第一、二部分
1. D 2. C 3.A 4.B 5.A 6.B 7.D 8. C 9.A I0. C 11.A 12C 13.D I4. B I5. D 16.B 17. A 18.C 19. D 20.B 21.A 22.B 23.D 24.A 25. C 26. B 27.A 28.D 29. B 30. C 31C 32. A 33.B 34.D 35.D 36. C 37. D 38.A 39. C 40.B 41.B 42.C 43. A 44.C 45.A 46.D 47.B 48.C 49. A 50.B 51.D 52.B 53. A 54.D 55.A 第二卷 第三部分 第一节 Possible Answer
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56. Tiny \\Little\\small\\Very small.
57. A dog?s life is short and Shaw could not bear to part with it. 58.The Tiny, horses possess have many good qualities to guide people. On the Tiny horses possess\\have many qualities to be ideal guides, 59. He feels that his future life will he better/easier, 60. They should be good friends and help each other,
Or: They should get along as friends and take care of each other. 评分标准 2分 作答内容准确，符合题干要求：语义完整；语言通顺，连贯；语法和单词拼写（含大小写）准确无误。 1分 作答内容基本符合题干要求：语义基本完整； 语言基本通顺； 有个别语法或单词拼写（含大小写）错误，但不影响理解 第二节 一、评分原则
1.本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分。
2.评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后综合给分。
3.词数小于100的，从总分中减去2分。
4.评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上下文的连贯性及语言的得体性。
5.拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面。没错误书写3个单词从总分中减去1分，原则上不超过3分，重复的不计。英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。标点符号错误，将视其对交际的影响程度酌情减分。
6.如书写较差，以至影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。 二、内容要点
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