When my son was just learning to talk, I carried him around the house in my arms and pointed out things to him. “Look, David, a clock. ”He’d smile and point as I did and say “clock”. David was quick at connecting the shape of things to their words.
When my son was about four years old, I walked with him to the backyard. I knew that there was an ant colony under one of the slate stones in the walkway near the shed, so I said to David, “Come on. I want to show you something. ”
As I showed David the ants that were crawling around the slate stone, he crouched down on his legs and looked with great intensity at the ants.
For days after that, David wanted to look under every rock in the garden, and we often found worms, ants and so on. I recognized that David loved to look at things closely and observe how things moved, and so I continued to point things out to him as he grew older: planes, cars, shells etc. . David was a keen observer, and I just gave him the suggestions as to where to look.
Today David is a medical doctor at Columbia University Center. I did not know that David would someday be a doctor, someone who has to pay close attention to what he sees, and yet I felt compelled when he was a boy to encourage his enthusiasm for observation.
That is what teachers and parents do: encourage a child’s enthusiasm for a particular interest: music, swimming, art, reading. And we provide tools for the children. If a child likes to draw, give him brushes, pens, and paper. If a girl likes to tap on the table top, give her a drum. If a child wants to sing, give him a microphone and a Frank Sinatra recording.
【小题1】The author wrote the passage to   .

A．recall the happy times he spent with his son

B．tell us that children are full of curiosity

C．tell us how to let children love nature

D．advise us to develop children’s interest or talent

【小题2】The author showed David the ants to   .

A．prevent him from becoming bored

B．develop his enthusiasm for observation

C．teach him some new words

D．arouse his interest in creatures

【小题3】Which of the following can best describe the author’s viewpoint?

A．Make children have their own hobbies.

B．Teach children to be independent as soon as possible.

C．Satisfy children’s interest by possible means.

D．Hobbies can determine one’s future.

【小题4】The underlined word “intensity” in the third paragraph probably means“   ”.

A．hatred	B．fear
C．curiosity	D．Doubt

I climbed Kilimanjaro with Lava Expeditions during the rainy season.
I【小题1】(fly) to Nairobi in Kenya and spent several days there. At my hotel in Nairobi I met the rest of the group with 【小题2】 I would spend the next week. We all traveled on the bus together for 【小题3】 8-hour journey into Tanzania and then Arusha, a quiet town.
After we arrived at our hotel in Arusha, we had dinner and a few drinks. Then we 【小题4】(introduce) to more members including Taddeus Minja, the main guide, who was very 【小题5】(experience) --- climbing Kilimanjaro runs through the generations of 【小题6】(he) family.
The next day the Lava Expeditions members checked if we had the correct and enough clothing for our expedition on Kilimanjaro. Only one person needed to bring more clothes. After that we set off,【小题7】(walk) in the rain through the beauty of the rainforest, all the way to the first camp. I was happy the next few days as the view was so wonderful and changed every day. I suffered a little during the trip and I felt so tired. But the members of Lava Expeditions provided me 【小题8】lots of encouragement, which was one of the best 【小题9】(memory). Finally we reached the top of Kilimanjaro in bright blue skies.
I felt excited about climbing Kilimanjaro and the feeling didn’t change during my trip. The fellow members of Lava Expeditions looked after me so well that I was 【小题10】(deep) thankful for their help.

假如你是李明，你的美国朋友Peter要来你校学习，想了解学校住宿条件及规定，现请你写信告诉他学校的情况。
写作内容包括：
1. 寝室配有空调、洗衣机及微波炉等；
2. 学习期间，不许使用手机；
3. 电脑房每天8：00至22：00开放。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 信的开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数；
3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,

I'm glad to hear that you will come to study in our school.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Ming

It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work_______up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was_______jeans and a sweater, sitting at the table I had just_______A pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s_______was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had_______happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of_______
I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had_______an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just_______I had become an expert at scraping(刮掉) dirt stuck to their wooden floor,_______that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was________than that, for I felt I had become a part of their________
Freda stayed at home with the kids,________I would often see her in the morning________them to school. And I’d be there when they________home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had________them grow up. Now I was fired, but the________thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.
I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the________of my relationship with my clients(主顾). Who am I________them? As a matter of fact, I’m________an employee—the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted________of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

【小题1】

A．stepping B．coming C．jumping D．moving

【小题2】

A．hanging B．making C．wearing D．changing

【小题3】

A．cleaned B．washed C．swept D．brushed

【小题4】

A．duty B．money C．work D．pay

【小题5】

A．already B．seldom C．never D．yet

【小题6】

A．regret B．surprise C．fear D．loss

【小题7】

A．started B．developed C．improved D．broken

【小题8】

A．why B．what C．that D．which

【小题9】

A．but B．and C．or D．for

【小题10】

A．less B．least C．more D．most

【小题11】

A．life B．story C．activity D．experience

【小题12】

A．as B．so C．since D．however

【小题13】

A．taking B．bringing C．meeting D．calling

【小题14】

A．left B．returned C．went D．marched

【小题15】

A．found B．noticed C．watched D．realized

【小题16】

A．possible B．great C．proper D．strange

【小题17】

A．meaning B．nature C．result D．importance

【小题18】

A．for B．to C．with D．at

【小题19】

A．hardly B．certainly C．probably D．merely

【小题20】

A．member B．person C．relative D．companion

   Your peers are people your age or close to it who have experiences and interests similar to yours. You and your friends make dozens of decisions every day，and you influence each other’s choices and behavior. This is often ______ —it’s human nature to listen to and learn from other people in your age group.

Sometimes，though，the stresses in your life can actually come from your peers. They may pressure you into doing something you’re uncomfortable with，such as shoplifting，doing drugs or drinking，or taking dangerous risks when you are driving a car.

The pressure to conform（随潮流）can be powerful and hard to resist. A person might feel pressure to do something just because others are doing it. Peer pressure can influence a person to do something that is relatively harmless—or something that has more serious consequences. People may feel pressure to conform，so they fit in or are accepted，and they don’t feel awkward or uncomfortable. When people are unsure of what to do in a social situation，they naturally look to others for cues（暗示）about what is and isn’t acceptable.

The people who are most easily influenced will follow someone else’s lead first. Then others may go along，too—so it can be easy to think，“It must be OK. Everyone else is doing it. They must know what they’re doing.”Before you know it，many people are going along with the crowd—perhaps on something they might not otherwise do.

Responding to peer pressure is part of human nature—but some people are more likely to give in，and others are better able to resist and stand their ground.

It’s not always easy to resist negative peer pressure. But when you do，it is easy to feel good about it afterwards. And you may even be a positive influence on your peers who feel the same way—often it just takes one person to speak out or take a different action to change a situation.

【小题1】Which is most likely to be filled in the blank in Paragraph 1?

A．positive	B．negative
C．impossible	D．uncertain

【小题2】Which of the following is a kind of peer pressure?

A．Your teachers give you a lot of homework.

B．Your classmates persuade you to cut class.

C．Your parents expect high scores from you.

D．Your relatives invite you to attend a party.

【小题3】Most people tend to do what others are doing in order to________.

A．get a feeling of being accepted

B．feel a sense of achievement

C．set a good example for others

D．stand out in a crowd

【小题4】What can we know according to the author?

A．Giving in to peer pressure is unavoidable.

B．Peer pressure usually leads to serious results.

C．Everyone can make a difference by resisting negative peer pressure.

D．Going along with the crowd usually means making a right choice.

【小题5】This passage is mainly about________.

A．different types of peer pressure

B．ways to deal with peer pressure

C．thoughts on peer pressure

D．the influence of peer pressure on people