Last autumn, my 80-year-old grandmother was having problems with her heart. My family sent her to the ________.

After a careful examination, a famous doctor told my grandmother, “You have such a _______ heart condition that you should have an operation (手術(shù)) .”

“But the complications (并發(fā)癥) can happen.” the doctor warned (告誡) my grandmother and _______ her worried face.

The doctor went on to say that she would have a 40 percent possibility of having a heart trouble ________ the operation, a 35 percent possibility of being unable to stand up, and even 20 percent of ______ on the operating table because of her old age.

My grandmother was terribly surprised and quickly said, “Doctor, since you’re talking about these ______, I have one for you: there is a 100 percent possibility that you won’t operate on me! ”

_______ these words, my grandmother got up and________the doctor’s office.

The next day, my grandmother went to_______ doctor’s office. There she was also told she needed an ________. The doctor also said that her_______might cause some problems. ______ he was quite sure about the success of operation.

My grandmother might be brave, but she is not silly. She then asked the doctor, “If I am your mother, what will you _______?”

The doctor walked up to her, smiled, put his arms ________ her, and said, “Mom, let’s have the operation!”

My grandmother had the operation and came out _______! Her positive attitude (樂觀的心態(tài)) added many wonderful and happy years for her and enjoy living with my family.

1.A. park B. hotel C. restaurant D. hospital

2.A. wonderful B. serious C. difficult D. proper

3.A. saw B. looked C. found D. looked at

4.A. during B. before C. till D. against

5.A. fighting B. hurting C. returning D. dying

6.A. actions B. changes C. possibilities D. conditions

7.A. At B. With C. for D. By

8.A. left B. researched C. passed D. visited

9.A. other B. the other C. another D. one

10.A. operation B. experience C. offer D. examination

11.A. weight B. height C. length D. age

12.A. when B. if C. but D. because

13.A. imagine B. recommend C. mind D. need

14.A. over B. above C. around D. below

15.A. fine B. disabled C. dead D. sad

Hip-pop Dancing

Hip-pop dancing is popular with many young people today. They like it because they can invent their own moves. They use this dance to show their love for life. It also shows that they feel good about life, that they just want to be themselves and enjoy life, and that they are not afraid of problems.

Hip-hop dancing has a history of more than 30 years. It first began in the 1980s in the US. In early times, it was seen in New York and Los Angeles. At that time, many young black people often danced to music in the streets. They used their legs, arms, heads and even shoulders to dance. Many young people still use most of these moves today.

Hip-pop dancing became popular all over the world because of the 1983 movie Flash Dance. Some people performed Hip-hop dancing in the movie. People enjoyed their performances. They began to dance like them. Then it became popular. There are two kinds of Hip-pop dancing: the new school and the old school. More and more young people are learning Hip-pop dancing. People believe that it is a good way to exercise their bodies, and that it is good for their health.

1.Young people like Hip-pop dancing because ______________.

A. it has a history of more than 30 years B. it first began in the US

C. many young black people often dance it D. they can invent their own moves

2.At first Hip-pop dancing was seen ______________.

A. in the streets B. in the movies

C. in the old schools D. in the new schools

3.Which of the following is TRUE about Hip-pop dancing?

A. It’s not a good way to exercise.

B. Young people use this dance to show their love for life.

C. It shows that young people feel bad about life.

D. It shows that young people are afraid of problems.

Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing (令人迷惑的). A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications(溝通障礙) were always possible, even over something as simple as "yes" and "no".

On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren't paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, "Do you have cold drinks?" The woman there didn't say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows (眉毛), which in Micronesia means "yes".

Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, "Do you have cabbage today?" He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means “no”.

Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean "yes" or "no".

1.These Americans teaching English in other countries found that they ______.

A. should go abroad for vacations B. needed to learn foreign languages

C. should often discuss their experiences D. had problems with communications

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to (根據(jù)) this passage?

A. In Bulgaria, nodding heads means no. B. Jan taught English on a Pacific island.

C. Lisa was trying to buy some cabbage. D. In India, only shaking heads means "YES".

3.The passage is mainly about .

A. body language in foreign restaurants B. class discussion in Indian schools

C. miscommunication in different cultures D. English teaching in other countries

One afternoon many years ago, I sat down on a bench in a park and watched a little boy, around 2 years old, running freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance. The boy would fall to the grass, get up, and without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could as if nothing had happened.

When kids fall down, they don’t think of the fall as a failure. Instead, they consider it as a learning experience. They try and try again until they succeed.

While I was touched(感動的) by the boy’s strong mind, I was also touched by the way he ran. With each attempt, he looked so confident and natural. He only wanted to run freely and to do it as well as he could. He was just being a child – just being himself – being completely in the moment. He never gave up. Each time he fell, he got himself back up again, as if he knew that falling down was simply a part of life.

He was not looking for others’ smiles, or worrying about whether someone was watching or not. He only wanted to run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely. I learned a lot from that experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in many parts in my life.

1.From Paragraph 1, we know that the boy’s mother ______.

A. was strict with him B. had a special way to educate her son

C. didn’t love her son as much as others D. was too weak to help her son get up

2.The underlined word “attempt” in Paragraph 3 may mean “______”.

A. try B. help C. support D. mistake

3.The writer was touched by the boy because the boy ______.

A. might stop running when he fell down

B. never fell down if he made up his mind to run

C. didn’t care about the fall and went on running

D. was good at running and never fell down

4.What can we learn from the story?

A. Falling down will make a person feel frightened from then on.

B. Falling down is the mother of success.

C. When others are watching, people fall down easily.

D. One will succeed if he / she is confident and never gives up.

句型轉(zhuǎn)換

1.Millie has already finished her homework. (改為否定句)

Millie _________ finished her homework _________.

2.He has lived here since he came to Nantong. (對劃線部分提問)

__________ __________ has he lived here?

3.Our school has changed a lot in the past ten years. (改為同義句)

There __________ _________ great changes in our school in the past ten years.

4.I bought this new car an hour ago.(同義句)

I _________ _________ this new car for an hour.

5.My uncle came back to Nantong last week. (同義句)

My uncle ________ ________ Nantong last week.

根據(jù)首字母及短文內(nèi)容填空

Some time ago, a fire broke out(爆發(fā)) in a building late at night. Nearly all the families were s1. inside the house. After the firemen came, they rushed into the burning building and saved the people to the safe p2..

The crowds thought all the people were s3.. But it was not so. Two little orphan(孤兒)girls were still asleep alone at the very top of the building in a small room. N4.thought of them. Luckily, they lived with a dog.

The dog tried to wake them up, but they couldn’t hear him. He ran to the window and barked l5.for help. B6.no one noticed him. Then he climbed down the ladder (梯子) and tried to pull a fireman to the ladder. The fireman kicked him away, thinking he was mad. Then the dog ran to a7.fireman, jumped on him, ran to the ladder, barking all the time and looking back as if he was asking the fireman to follow him. This fireman r8. there must be someone in the little room, as the dog was acting so strangely. So he followed the dog up the ladder, there he saw the two girls and saved them.

Where was the d9.? A brave fireman rushed into the room to look for him and found him lying near the window, choked (窒息) with smoke. He brought him down with care, but he was d10.. He gave up his life to save his friends. What a faithful friend!

My two little daughters and I usually go out and help others on Thankful Thursday. Last Thursday we were going to buy lunch for the beggars（乞丐）in the street. Then we went to the nearest McDonald’s（麥當勞）.

I ordered 15lunches from it and drove my car to hand them out.

We gave the lunches to the beggars. they were excited. We were happy to see that.

Then we noticed a small, old woman, asking for pocket money. We gave her our last lunch bag. Before we got into the car, she started to speak to us, "No one has ever done anything like this for me before, "she said with a smile. "Well, I’m glad that we were the first, “I answered. "So, when will you eat your lunch," I asked.

She just looked at me with her big, tired brown eyes and said, "OH, dear, I'm not going to eat this lunch. You see, I have a little girl of my own .I usually can’t buy her favorite food, but today she will be so happy! "

I don't know if the kids noticed the tears in my eyes. I have asked many times whether our Actions of Kindness were too small to change anything. Yet at that moment, I realized the truth of words: "We cannot do great things —only small things with great love."

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問題。（10分）

1.Who were they going to buy lunch for?

2.How many lunches did the writer order?

3.When did the woman start to speak to the writer?

4.Was the woman going to eat the lunch?

5.What can we learn from the story?

書面表達

這些年來，我們的生活在多方面發(fā)生了巨大變化。對比過去和現(xiàn)在，根據(jù)以下內(nèi)容寫一篇題為“Past and present”的短文。

要求：1、必須包括表格中所有的相關(guān)信息，并適當發(fā)揮。2、詞數(shù)：90詞左右。

Past and present

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

—Did you see_____ at the party?

—No, I didn’t.

A. special anyone B. someone special

C. special someone D. anyone special

—When _____ she _____ breakfast?

—An hour ago.

A. will, have B. does, have C. did, have D. is, having