Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures from their parents to do well in school. Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have a wonderful life. Though this may be good ideas for those very bright students，it can have very bad results for many students who are not quick enough at learning.
Unfortunately, a number of students killed themselves. Others are after comfort in using drugs. Some do bad things with trouble-makers and turn to crime. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have disappointed their parents. Such students feel that they are less important and leave school before they have finished their study.
It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers' work to help their children. To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to special school called juku-cram schools. These schools are open during the evening and on weekends, and their only purpose is to prepare students to pass exams, they do not try to educate students in any real sense of the real world. It thus comes as a shock to realize that almost three quarters of the junior or high school population attend these cram schools.
Ordinary Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students' hair to their clothes and things in their school bag. Child psychologists now think that such strict rules often lead to a feeling of being unsafe and being unable to fit into society. They regard the rules as being harmful to the development of each student. They believe that no sense of moral values is developed and that students are given neither guidance nor training in becoming good citizens.
1.A lot of Japanese students are unhappy at school because _______.
A．they work very hard
B．they find they can't do well at school
C．they feel unimportant
D．they are under too much pressure
2.Because of their failure at school, some students take drugs to _______.
A．kill themselves B．seek comfort
C．disappoint their parents D．make trouble
3.In juku-cram schools students _________．
A．are taken good care of by the teachers
B．feel no pressure
C．are trained to pass exams
D．can learn a lot of useful things
4.In ordinary Japanese schools,______________ ．
A．there are strict rules B．students feel safe
C．students can do anything D．learning is not important
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One morning, Ann’s neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local elementary school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on the dog. Ann said that she could watch it only for the day.
Tracy took photos of the dog and printed off 400 FOUND fliers（传单）, and put them in mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann went to the dollar store and bought some pet supplies, warning her two sons not to fall in love with the dog. At the time, Ann’s son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was recovering from a heart operation, was 21 years old.
Four days later Ann was still looking after the dog, whom they had started to call Riley. When she arrived home from work, the dog threw itself against the screen door and barked madly at her. As soon as she opened the door, Riley dashed into the boys’ room where Ann found Jack suffering from a heart attack. Riley ran over to Jack, but as soon as Ann bent over to help him the dog went silent.
“If it hadn’t come to get me, the doctor said Jack would have died,” Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point, no one had called to claim the dog, so Ann decided to keep it.
The next morning Tracy got a call. A man named Peter recognized his lost dog and called the number on the flier. Tracy started crying, and told him, “That dog saved my friend’s son.”
Peter drove to Ann’s house to pick up his dog, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peter said, “Maybe Odie was supposed to find you, maybe you should keep it.”
1.What did Tracy do after finding the dog?
A．She looked for its owner
B．She gave it to Ann as a gift.
C．She sold it to the dollar store.
D．She bought some food for it.
2.How did the dog help save Jack?
A．By breaking the door for Ann.
B．By leading Ann to Jack’s room.
C．By dragging Jack out of the room.
D．By attending Jack when Ann was out.
3.For what purpose did Peter call Tracy?
A．To help her friend’s son.
B．To interview Tracy
C．To take back his dog.
D．To return the flier to her.
4.What can we infer about the dog from the last paragraph?
A．It would be given to Odie.
B．It would be kept by Ann’ family.
C．It would be returned to Peter.
D．It would be taken away by Tracy.
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Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station（加油站） about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register（收款台）, I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery（电池） was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?”I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.
1.The underlined words“took off”in Paragraph 2 mean_________．
A．turned off B．moved off
C．put up D．set up
2.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?
A．He had it pulled back to the gas station．
B．The couple sent him a business card.
C．The couple offered to help him.
D．He called his friend for help.
3.The battery of the author’s car was dead because ___________．
A．something went wrong with the lights
B．his meeting lasted a whole day
C．he forgot to turn off the lights
D．he drove too long a distance
4.By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show ________．
A．how to write a thank-you letter
B．how to deal with car problems
C．the kind-heartedness of older people
D．the importance of expressing thanks
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John Milton was born in 1606. His father expected him to enter the church of England, but Milton wanted to be a poet. At twenty-nine Milton set off for a travel on the continent. He traveled in France, Switzerland and Italy, winning the friendship of many artists and scientists, including Galileo, the famous Italian scientist who suffered for his discovery in prison. In 1639, he was planning to go on this journey when the news reached him of the break between the king and Parliament（国会）. Milton returned to England immediately, and put himself into the struggle against the king, for which he had long been prepared. During the Civil war, Milton worked as the spokesman of the revolution. By the beginning of 1652, Milton had become completely blind, yet he didn’t stop fighting. After the Restoration（复辟）, his books were burnt, and he himself avoided being killed because of his blindness.
John Milton was not only a brave revolutionary but also a great poet. His famous poem Paradise Lost（失乐园） was an immediate success. But, for its publication （being published）, Milton received only 18 pounds. He died in 1671.
1.Milton set off for a travel on the continent here “continent” means ________.
A．Asia B．Europe C．America D．Africa
2.What can we learn from the passage?
A．In 1635 Milton made friends with many artists and poets
B．Milton was put in prison for his discovery.
C．Paradise Lost was popular and was a hit at that time.
D．Milton was determined to be a poet because he didn’t like churches.
3.Milton would have been killed if ________________.
A．he had been the spokesman of the revolution
B．his books hadn’t been burnt
C．he hadn’t written the poem Paradise Lost
D．he hadn’t been completely blind
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Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from being alone in your confusion. In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that successful people reach their goals not simply because of who they are, but more often because of what they do. 1.
1．Get specific
When you set yourself a goal, try to be as specific as possible. "Lose 5 pounds" is a better goal than "lose some weight" because it gives you a clear idea of what success looks like. 2. Also, think about the specific actions that need to be taken to reach your goal.
2． 3.
Considering how busy most of us are, it's not surprising that we often miss opportunities to act on a goal because we simply fail to notice them. Did you really have no time to work out today? No chance at any point to return that phone call? Achieving your goal means seize these opportunities before they slip through your fingers.
3．Know exactly how far you have left to go
Achieving any goal also requires honest and regular monitoring （监督）of your progress—if not by others, then by you yourself. If you don't know how well you are doing, you can't adjust your behavior accordingly. 4.
It is my hope that you have gained some insight （认识）into all the things you have been doing right all along. Remember: 5. It’s never what you are, but what you do.
A．Wait for opportunities to appear．
B．Seize the moment to act on your goals.
C．Here are things successful people do differently.
D．Next I'll talk about my own experience on how to achieve success.
E．You don't need to become a different person to become a more successful one.
F．Check your progress frequently — weekly, or even daily, depending on the goal.
G．Knowing exactly what you want to achieve keeps you motivated until you get there.
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But how could the survivors believe it was 1._________ （nature）? Everywhere they looked 2.__________ （near） everything was destroyed. All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes 3._________ （be） gone. Bricks 4.__________ （cover） the ground like red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could blow 5.______ away. Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for 6._________ （travel）. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel. Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again. Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were 7._________ （die）. Sand now filled the wells instead 8.__________ water. Then, later that afternoon, another big quake9.________ was almost as strong as the first one shook Tang Shan. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins. More buildings fell down. Water, food and electricity were hard 10.__________ （get）. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.
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The other day I was having a meal in an Italian restaurant when I got a phone call from a long lost friend. In my excitement I talked slightly than usual and in Spanish, my mother tongue. A few minutes into the the lady sitting at the table beside mine got up, seemingly , and asked the restaurant worker to find for her another as far away as possible from me. I in my seat out of embarrassment（尴尬）, feeling the to go over and apologize（道歉）.
I looked around and the lady was alone and staring out the window at the table furthest away from me. I was about to stand up when it hit me that she might prefer not to be . Right then I up my plans for a conventional（常规的） apology and decided to conduct an experiment. Seeing those Smile cards in my wallet I took one out. On signing my restaurant check I asked my waiter to charge the lady’s meal to my credit card and her a Smile card instead of her bill.
When I was I told the worker I would be back in a few hours to pick up my credit card and close the bill. I returned later as I promised, excited to learn the of the experiment. To my pleasant surprise, things the best possible way. The restaurant worker happily came up to me, telling me that for many times she had had dinner there before had they seen the old lady smile and laugh like she did receiving the Smile card and the $0 . She thanked the workers they explained that someone else did the job.
To top it off, the worker asked me about the Smile cards so as to conduct their own .
It was an interesting, fun experiment which may hopefully result in many more.
1.A．better B．louder C．more D．faster
2.A．speech B．quarrel C．fight D．call
3.A．tired B．worried C．confused D．annoyed
4.A．chair B．room C．table D．space
5.A．sank B．lay C．took D．got
6.A．urge B．pity C．anger D．force
7.A．heard B．recognized C．found D．told
8.A．attracted B．watched C．disturbed D．noticed
9.A．made B．gave C．developed D．had
10.A．useless B．funny C．ugly D．strange
11.A．slightly B．deliberately C．instantly D．secretly
12.A．hand B．draw C．buy D．drop
13.A．leaving B．starting C．coming D．arriving
14.A．effects B．result C．procedure D．rules
15.A．figured out B．worked out C．turned out D．went out
16.A．ever B．even C．never D．still
17.A．with B．to C．on D．at
18.A．gift B. check C．note D．expense
19.A．even though B．unless C．as though D．because
20.A．businesses B．restaurants C．shops D．experiments
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单词拼写 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1.The great writer _______ （献身） more time to his writing, so he got great success．
2.Alice trusts you．Only you can ___________（劝说） her into giving up the foolish idea.
3.They gave me a __________ （坚定的） look.
4.No one was lucky enough to ______ （逃脱）punishment．
5.In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and ____________（爆裂）.
6.I’m going to the library _________（直接） after the class.
7.He made a ________ （要求） that I should help him .
8.Activities all take place under the ___________（指导） of the an experienced teacher.
9.As far as I am_________ （就……而言）, I am strongly against the plan．
10.What he said is _______ （确切地） what I want to say.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
It was a bad night for Lewis, whose work had taken long than expected. It was late and he was tiring when driving home. He turned into his building’s parking lot, so all the spaces were full. He drove back onto the street, looked for a parking space. The next block were empty. He didn’t see the “No Parking” sign. He drove in, parked and hurrying home. The next morning he went back for his car. It was going. He telephoned the police to say his car had stolen. The police told him what it had happened: his car had been on a private parking lot and had been taken away by the police. Lewis had to pay 40 dollars to get her car back. In addition, he got a parking ticket.
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手机在中国发展很快，拥有和使用它已成为当今时尚。你班同学开展了一些调查。请根据下表提示写一篇短文，介绍这次调查内容，并且表明自己的观点。
| advantages | disadvantages |
| 1．方便，可以随时和别人联系 2．可以获取更多信息，娱乐放松 | 1．干扰正常工作和生活 2．驾车打手机很危险 |
| 自己的观点 |
注意：1．短文内容必须覆盖表格所有内容，可以适当增加，以使行文连贯；
2．短文开头已经给出，不计入总词数；
3．词数：100-120.
As is seen, mobile phone is used nowadays everywhere in China. Here is the survey we have made of how it is used.
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