I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 1 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 2 but a failure.”
After five years of 3 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best 4 that could have happened to me. I 5 I wanted to do something positive(积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 6 that what people said about me was 7 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s face it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 8 and went to college. My first novel 9 while I was at college.
After college I taught during the 10 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 11 that job to write full time 12 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself. —Here was a working-class boy who’d 13 school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does it mean? I 14 wish all the people that have put me down had 15 “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
A．bright B．useless C．simple D．hopeful
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．low B．poor C．good D．useful
A．support B．happiness C．surprise D．thing
A．agreed B．decided C．planned D．told
A．me B．them C．her D．it
A．wrong B．right C．stupid D．faulty
A．experiment B．practice C．writing D．composition
A．came on B．came in C．came out D．came back
A．day B．night C．month D．year
A．giving in B．giving back C．giving out D．giving up
A．while B．if C．when D．Or
A．left B．attended C．changed D．graduated
A．just B．exactly C．so D．very
A．praised B．said C．answered D．advised
完形填空 （本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
The winter vacation is coming. How do you make your vacation from your school life? Here is some for you. Maybe it can help you learn while you have fun!
You can go to visit There you can see a lot of interesting and valuable things, such as works of art or historical items. That will help you learn more history your country.
Reading in the is also a good choice. You can find different kinds of books there. You can read lots of English storybooks. It is for your English learning.
Traveling with your is also exciting! Also, you can do many outdoor activities, such as climbing the mountain, going to the beach. But you should always tell your parents doing any of these things.
It is a good idea to make a vacation book. You can write in the vacation book: what you want to do for your vacation and what you see during your vacation. You can also draw something you like most on your vacation to make it more interesting. When a new term begins, you can it with you to share your experience with your friends.
A．same B．different C．easy D．hard
A．reason B．advice C．answer D．problem
A．stores B．hospitals C．museums D．places
A．on B．about C．in D．at
A．home B．library C．school D．shop
A．helpful B．bad C．easy D．difficult
A．friends B．parents C．mother D．father
A．after B．when C．before D．because
A．nothing B．anything C．something D．another thing
A．bring B．take C．talk D．tell
Qi Haoran, a Junior One student at High School was quite busy over the last winter vacation, not just with homework. Qi, together with ten other classmates made a group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign(光盘行动).
The students went to many restaurants and told the people the importance of food. “ Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to ? Could you please not food? ” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.
，the activity has got the support of many people. In a restaurant in Xinjing, the owner gives the guests who have eaten all the food they ordered a ticket. People can enjoy a meal
when they have ten tickets. More than 750 restaurants in Beijng have begun to offer dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers(剩菜) home.
Wasting food is a serious problem around the , not only in China. It’s said that 1.3 billion tons of food ends up as waste last year. This is as as one third of all the food in the world. The UN Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization held a “ Think, Eat, Save” program in January, 2013 to help reduce food waste.
A．volunteer B．band C．dance D．sport
A．ten B．eleven C．twelve D．thirteen
A．planting B．cooking C．buying D．saving
A．eat B．wear C．spend D．sleep
A．buy B．waste C．order D．sell
A．Luckily B．Slowly C．Unluckily D．Quietly
A．delicious B．sweet C．free D．rich
A．larger B．smaller C．cleaner D．cheaper
A．city B．country C．world D．restaurant
A．often B．expensive C．many D．much
通读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。(10分)。
Yesterday I read a report on a charity show in a local newspaper. The aim of the show was to money for the poor children. In the poor areas, some children were out of school because their parents couldn’t their education.
Many pop stars the charity show, such as Andy Liu, Jay, Faye Wang and Kitty Chen. The stars didn’t ask for any pay. They did it for long! There were a lot of performances singing and dancing. The audience(观众) were so that they clapped their hands from time to time. Of course, the show was .
All the people followed the stars’ example. They showed their generosity（慷慨）in their money to the show. Both the ticket money and the donated money were soon sent to the poor areas and some of the poor children could get back to school.
Now many charity shows in our country, not only to support the education in poor areas, but also to help people in trouble. As the Chinese saying goes, “All the others will come to one’s rescue(援助) one is in trouble.”
I the whole world will become better and better.
A．raise B．pay C．spend D．cost
A．pay for B．pay C．cost D．get
A．took part in B．joined C．got to D．had
A．for B．of C．as D．like
A．exciting B．excited C．sad D．surprised
A．boring B．bad C．successful D．easy
A．bring B．collecting C．taking D．donating
A．hold B．are holding C．are held D．will be held
A．when B．than C．before D．because
A．want B．hope C．love D．Wish
Mr. Li had never been up in an airplane before and he had read a lot about accidents. So one day when a friend came to his house and wanted to take him for a ride in his own small plane, Mr. Li wasvery . He thought to. "If I don't agree, my friend may not be happy. if I agree, I amreally afraid that there might be some danger. " ,however, his friend made him believe that it was very , and Mr. Li got on the plane. His friend the engine发动机 and the plane began to move along on the ground of the. Mr. Li was very frightened and his eyes. After a minute or two he opened them, looked out of the window of the plane, and said to his friend,"Look those people down there. They look as as ants蚂蚁,don't they?"
"Those are ants,"answered his friend. "We are still on the ground. "
A．excited B．pleased C．worried D．glad
A．him B．himself C．he D．his
A．And B．For C．So D．But
A．Finally B．First C．Last D．Slowly
A．interesting B．safe C．comfortable D．dangerous
A．began B．carried C．moved D．started
A．airport B．town C．station D．garden
A．opened B．closed C．with D．looked
A．up B．over C．at D．after
A．slow B．big C．strange D．small
My dad was a fisherman. He worked hard and stayed out until he caught enough______ to feed the family nearly every day. When the weather was bad he would______ me to school. An old truck was used in his fishing business. When we got to the school, he would give me a big________on the face and tell me to be a good_______. It was so embarrassing for me. I was 12 years old, and my dad would still kiss me goodbye!
I remember the day when I decided I was too_______for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean倾斜 toward me, but I put my hand up and________, “No, Dad. ” It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way. He had a surprised look on his face for along time, and his________started to be wet. He turned and looked out of the windshield 挡风玻璃. “You’re______,” he said. “You are a big boy—a man. I won’tkiss you any more. ”
It wasn’t long after that when my dad went out to______and never came back. It was a day when most of the fishermen stayed at home except Dad. He had a big familyto feed
How I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would________have told my dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.
A．food B．birds C．animals D．fish
A．ride B．carry C．drive D．bring
A．kiss B．laugh C．look D．hand
A．man B．boy C．teacher D．fisherman
A．old B．young C．excited D．moved
A．spoke B．said C．repeated D．answered
A．hands B．feet C．eyes D．face
A．kind B．clever C．wrong D．right
A．school B．sea C．boat D．river
A．still B．ever C．never D．only