Nowadays， phone calls and messages help us get in touch with others． It means that we seldom write letters now． But a TV show， Letters Alive （《见字如面》）， is bringing back this old habit．
Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses， but there are no funny jokes or competitions． It's just one person walking up to a microphone and reading a letter． The letters were written by people from different times in history． For example， in one period， they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941． The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future．
"Every letter opens another world for us，" according to Guan Zhangwen， the director of the TV show． "We can also touch the heart of the writers'．" Since its first period on Dec． 5， Letters Alive has been widely praised． Many audiences （观众） said that it had provided a breath of fresh air to today's TV shows．
Besides Letters Alive， some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audiences． Chinese Poetry Conference is a traditional Chinese poetry competition． And Readers invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote． It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest．
（1）Letters Alive， a TV show， invites famous people to ．
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tell audiences jokes |
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read and share letters |
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walk up to a microphone to sing |
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take part in different competitions |
（2）According to the passage， which sentence is RIGHT？
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Xiao Hong missed her brother but had no hopes for his future． |
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The heart of the writers' can be touched by reading letters． |
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Letters Alive is not popular enough to audiences． |
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Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems． |
（3）How many cultural TV shows are there in the passage？
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One． |
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Two． |
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Three． |
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Four． |
（4）Chinese audiences these cultural TV shows．
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like |
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dislike |
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show no interest in |
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doubt about |
（5）Which is the best title for the passage？
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Phones Have Taken the Place of Letters |
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Welcome to Our Cultural TV Shows |
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Letters Make Us Communicate |
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Cultural TV Shows Are Becoming Popular |
Jellyfish and Crocrodiles（水母和鳄鱼）
Hi，my name's Ben．My family，that's Mum，Dad and me，live in Broome in Western Australia．Western Australia is about 80times larger than Italy，but only 1.5million people live there．（46） It has a population of about 12，000．It's right on the coast and is known for its famous Cable Beach，which is 20km long．
We live in the town in a house with a large garden．（47） We drive to Cable Beach and look for a quiet place to swim or to fish．We don't go swimming from October to March because there may be box jellyfish in the water．The box jellyfish is one of the most dangerous jellyfish．（48） If you are attacked by one，the best thing to do is to pour vinegar（醋）over the area of your body where you are hurt．That's why we always take a bottle of vinegar with us．
（49） A year ago I went camping in the bush with my friend Bill and his dad．We wanted to do some fishing and set up camp about 20metres from a river．（50） Bill's father told us to get up and we quickly got out of the tent adn ran to the car，which was only 10metres away．
Bill's dad started the car and turned on the headlights．In the light，we could see a big crocodile pulling the tent into the river!
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In Australia，they kill up to 65people a year． |
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Broome is a town in the north of Western Australia． |
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Another dangerous animal in Western Australia is the saltwater crocodile． |
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At weekends I often go fishing or swimmming with my friends or my parents． |
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Suddenly，at 3o'clock in the morning，we felt something pulling on our tent． |
完形填空,阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Subway Hero
It was 7:15am on 15th April, 2010. Forty-year-old Earl Brown was waiting for the train at the subway station in New York City. His two sons, aged five and eight, were with him at the time.
Suddenly, a sick young man fell down on the platform(站台). The man, 24-year-old James Wilson, got up, but then ________ again—this time, onto the track(轨道) between the two rails. A train was coming into the station. It was a ________ moment, and an accident seemed to be about to happen. The young man’s life was going to be in danger if the train did not stop. Everybody on the platform was very worried about the young man as his life could be gone in a few ________ .
But Mr. Brown stayed calm. He looked at the man, and looked at the space that the man was in. It was about half a meter ________ . He thought to himself, “The train is going to travel over the man. If he tries to get up, the train will definitely kill him. However, the young man will be OK if he lies on the ground and doesn’t move.”At this time, Mr. Brown knew he had to make a tough ________ , and it would be very important for this young man.
Without further hesitation(犹豫), Mr. Brown jumped onto the track. He ________ on top of Mr. Wilson, and kept him down on the ground inside the subway track. The train driver saw both of them. He was terrified, but there was no way for him to ________ in time. The train travelled over the two men before it was finally stopped.
The people on the platform were shocked to see what had happened. When Mr. Brown heard them shouting, he shouted, "We’re fine, but tell my sons I’m OK." People on the platform clapped(鼓掌) and cheered their ________ —they were amazed at Mr. Brown’s courage and bravery. Subway staffs helped the two men walk out of the track safely. An ambulance(救护车) arrived and took Mr. Wilson to the nearest hospital. Luckily, there was nothing serious with him.
In a radio interview, Mr. Brown was asked why he was so brave when the accident happened. He ________ said, "My coat got dirty but that’s it." He added, "I’m not a brave man and I was terribly afraid of it too. I just saw someone who needed help at that time. It was the ________ thingto do, so I did it."
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Road signs for your future
Sometimes, the choices you have made prove to be wrong. Don’t worry – it’s not the end of the world! In traffic, what you do in this situation is just turn around and find a________way. That’s exactly what you should also do in real life. In your life you will find many dead ends but you will always find your way out of them.
Life is not always a walk in the park. There will be uphill as well as downhill, bumps（凸块）and smooth rides. If you are not careful, a bump can make you ________ . However, riding your along just straight roads with no bumps can become ________ . So, a bump can be a nice experience ________ .
Right or left? In your life there will be times when you have to make a ________ . You may want to focus on your studies, so you choose to stop a hobby that you’ve had for years. ________ ! ________ putting away the guitar or stopping your dance lessons, you should think ________ you could divide your time between studying and hobbies. Basically, it’s just a question of how to your time.
Whatever you do in life, remember to take it easy. You don’t have to run everywhere. Sometimes running makes life less enjoyable. It’s often better to think before taking action. So, think first and then act! There’s really no rush! You don’t have to experience everything before you’re 20!
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A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor. Soon they began to ________ the stress in work and life.
The professor went to the kitchen and returned ________a pot（壶） of coffee and all kinds of cups — crystal (水晶的), glass, plastic; some nice looking, some common looking; some________ , some cheap. And he told them to help ________ to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “I’ve noticed that all the nice looking expensive cups were ________ , leaving behind the common and cheap ones. While it is________for you to take only the best for yourselves, that is the root(根源) of your ________ and stress.
You know that the cup itself adds no quality (质量) to the coffee, ________ you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, _______ you consciously went for the best cups.
Now consider this: Life is the coffee. The jobs, ________ and position in society are the cups. They are just ________ to hold life, and the type of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, by only paying attention ________ the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has ________ us. God offers us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make ________ of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak ________ . And leave the rest to God.
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从A、B、C、D中选出最佳答案，并用2B铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
A few days ago I took a taxi to a hotel. When we were ________ for the traffic light to turn green, I saw a poor ________. He took out a piece of bread from his pocket and took a bite.
As he was about to take his next bite, a lost dog wagged(摇摆) his tail looking at him. Without hesitation（犹豫）, he sat down and put the _______ on the road for the dog to eat. The dog sniffed the bread and walked away. The boy waited ________ he was sure the dog was gone. Then he ________ the bread and ate it!
My heart cried and wanted to walk up to the boy, but before I could open the door the light turned ________ and our car drove away. I kept thinking of walking up to the boy but I didn’t. I could have ________ the car and walked up to him but again I didn’t.
All I did was “ ________ ”, and this poor little boy who had only one piece of bread shared it with the dog without any hesitation, though he himself seemed to be very ________ .I learned one of the biggest lessons in my life that the boy taught me _______ a conversation. He taught me to share with love and happiness. I am so grateful to have learned this beautiful lesson from my little unknown teacher.
A. looking B. working C. waiting
A. boy B. dog C. girl
A. apple B. bread C. money
A. while B. until C. because
A. turned on B. picked up C. handed in
A. green B. red C. yellow
A. driven B. made C. stopped
A. think B. do C. walk
A. angry B. hungry C. tired
A. off B. in C. without
Traffic rules help to keep order on the road. They also help to keep people ________ .The pedestrian(行人) has as many rules to ________ as the driver of a car. You should walk on the sidewalk(人行道) or at the side of the road. Always look ________ before you walk across the street. If you like riding a bike, don’t ride in middle of the road or run________red traffic lights. When you ride a bike with a friend, don’t look around or talk .If you drive a car, you should ________at the traffic lights. You must always ________a seat belt (安全带).Without belts________ the driver and the passengers may be badly hurt in a sudden accident.
You may not need to take a bus, but________if you have to travel in one. Get on or get off a bus only when it comes to a ________ .When it is full, don’t try to get inside ________ you may fall off.
Traffic rules are also called Road Safety rules.
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It’s Tony’s birthday now. He usually has a party and he________ a party now. His mother always ________ a birthday cake. It ______a chocolate cake—his favorite. All Tony’s friends come to say “Happy birthday day” to him. They are ________ the party. They are talking and smiling to each other. They are giving him presents ______ he is opening them. Can you guess the presents? They usually give him CDs _______books. They _______ eat healthy food but they aren’t eating healthy food at the party! They are eating candy and________ cola. Tony is enjoying _______ birthday party. He and his friends ________ a good time!
A. is having B. having C. has
A. make B. makes C. making
A. are B. am C. is
A. at B. with C. in
A. or B. but C. and
A. but B. or C. and
A. sometimes B. never C. usually
A. drinks B. drinking C. is drinking
A. his B. their C. your
A. is having B. are having C. has
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Life is not easy, so I’d like to say, “when anything happens, believe in yourself.”
When I was a young boy, I was _________ shy to talk to anyone. My classmates often laughed at me. I was sad but could do ________ . Later, something happened and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest (比赛). My English teacher asked me to ________ it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak ________ all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on, boy. Believe in ________ . You are sure to win.” Then my teacher and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. ________ my teacher’s great love, I did ________ in the contest. I could hardly believe my ________ when the news came that I had won the first place. I ________ the cheers from the teachers and classmates.
Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try ________ myself to be sure that I will make it.
A. too B. to C. very
A. something B. anything C. nothing
A. take part in B. join C. leave for
A. behind B. at the back of C. in front of
A. myself B. yourself C. himself
A. With B. Under C. About
A. good B. well C. interested
A. ears B. eyes C. arms
A. listened B. heard C. sounded
A. telling B. to telling C. to tell
完形填空
Look at the photo! The girl’s is Wang Yu. She is from China. Cecilia is her English name. She is 12 years old. She has good eating . She thinks fruit is very . And she always has apples breakfast. Her favorite color is purple. Look at all of ________ photos. She is always in purple clothes. Her shoes are purple, too. her nickname is Purple Girl.
Kelsey is Cecilia’s good ________ . She is an American girl. Now Kelsey is in China. She________ Cecilia is very nice and fun. Kelsey’s English is very good, but her Chinese is poor. So they ________ study together（一起）. Kelsey helps Cecilia with her English, and Cecilia________ Kelsey with her Chinese. They thank each other for the help.
A. game B. name C. color
A. time B. place C. habits
A. interesting B. bad C. healthy
A. for B. on C. from
A. our B. her C. their
A. Then B. So C. But
A. friend B. sister C. aunt
A. meets B. have C. thinks
A. never B. always C. really
A. helps B. gets C. finishes
完形填空
阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案 。
Friends play an important role in our life. Most people ________ friendship to last forever. ________, even the best friendships can come to an end.
As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) ________ in personality or way of life. Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over ________ I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former(以前的) friend.”
Peter explained, “We ________ seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over.” Sometimes friendships ________ suddenly following a disagreement or move to another place.
Alice said, “Friendship slowly loses importance. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we ________ made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship got lost.”
Jack said, “ When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always having difficulty ________ new jobs, so we didn’t keep in touch with each other. Our friendship was so ________that I didn’t call him even if I went home.”
It’s true that the biggest ________ to a friendship is change. Generally, friends will accept each other if they both ________ what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in ________ ways, the friendship will probably be lost.
There is always ________ pain of loss in a broken friendship. When ________ can be done to keep the friendship, it is important to ______ the pain and move on to build new friendships.
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请先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I noticed an old couple as they walked into the second-hand store. Just before that I had dropped off a bag of clothes and a few other things I no longer needed.
The couple moved ________ around me in search of things they had on a list.
“Can I help you ________ something?” I asked curiously.
They stopped, looked at me and said, “We’re looking for ________ things that look new.”
“Every year in the past, we tried to ________ the year with new things. It was a goal (目标) to have new things around us so that we had a new ________ , new hopes and dreams for the new year,” said the old man. “But nowadays we also believe that even though something is old, it 41 be new to someone who has never seen it before.”
“So, at the end of each year we search for things that are ________ to no one but new to us,” the old woman added.
“What have you found so far?” I asked.
The man showed two things: a small frame made of sticks and one baby boot.
“We still need one more thing,” he said.
“Got it!” I heard a loud ________ .
“What did you find?” the old man shouted, too.
The old woman walked slowly towards us ________ something in her hand. “Look! It’s a flower vase. Well, it looks ________ , but it’s new to us!”
They then headed for the checkout without saying another word.
Everything that you see for the first time is new.
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完形填空。
The first stamp was born in England in 1840.
Today almost_____country has its own stamps. We can_______that most stamps are very beautiful . There are all kinds of wonderful_______on them. It may be a great leader(领袖) or a famous man. It may____be a nice bird ，a fish or an interesting place. Each picture on a stamp has_______meaning .It sometimes_____us a story . Stamps collecting may be the best way to learn ______a country.
Today more and more people are _____of collecting stamps .They think of it as a____. In some countries ,because many children like collecting stamps ,there are even______on stamp collecting at school.
A. any B. each C.every
A.hear B. find C. hope
A.people B. animals C.pictures
A. too B.also C.either
A.its B.his C.their
A. talks B. tells C.speaks
A.in B.for C.about
A.fond B.ready C.afraid
A.job B.game C.hobby
A.ideas B.courses C.students
完形填空
A new term has begun. Teachers are worried about the fact that new students are not easy to deal with. They like to bring cell phones and MP3 players to school. What is_____, some students even use cell phones_____out-of-class matters in class, or sometimes just for fun. Some_____students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interest in.
Are these new students really that____? “Yes.” says Delaney Kirk, a professor at Drake University. ____she adds it’s not their fault. _____, the teachers should be blamed(责备). Mrs Kirk first began thinking about students’ manners six years ago. “I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that learning well or had nothing to do with them.” she says. “At first, I got worried about this.” But then I said to myself, “You’re giving lessons, and you need to manage this kind of situation. These students need to know more about manners. It’s time to help them develop some good______. They shouldn’t waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later, they may regret the time they____.”
Mrs Kirk also____a list of suggestions to help teachers better manage their classes. The following are among her suggestions:
●On the first day of class, tell students how they will benefit(受益) by taking the class and the importance of listening carefully in class.
●Do not allow them to bring cell phones or MP3 players to the class at all.
● Tell them how to use cell phones or MP3 players _____.
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完形填空,阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
I went into a supermarket to pick some vegetables, when a young man asked me, “Can you tell me where the milk counter (柜台) is? ”
“Well, the milk is in the lower right corner,” I replied.
Picking up my things, I finally came to the milk counter where I met the same man ________ almost 10 bottles of milk.
I asked, “Do you need a basket or a trolley？”
“Sure，thank you.” He answered.
I was ________ he was still picking more bottles and after a few minutes his trolley had 24 bottles of milk.
I laughed and asked, “Why so many bottles?”
He smiled and said, “These are for my street dogs. Today, I want to be a Sant________ them.”
I said, “Well, it’s too ________ for you to be a Santa. It is still June and Christmas comes in December.”
He ________ at me and walked a few steps, as if he wanted to say something but he left the counter without saying anything.
________ , we met again at the bread counter.
“So these bread and cakes are also for the street dogs, Mr. Santa.”
He smiled and said, “Yes, these are also for the dogs and I love to be Mr. Santa in the month of June, Santa is a representation (象征) of surprises and ________ . Santa comes in December as we ________ him around Christmas. But in real life there is a Santa in each one of us that shines through our personality at some point of time, no matter which month it is. Maybe when you offered help to me by getting me a trolley, there was a hidden Santa in you. When we offer food to a poor man or a(n) ________ to someone who is caught in the rain, we are being Santa there. So when you offer help to others or get help from others, just think that Santa has come all the way for you.”
He left and I was happy that I had met him. It was right to understand that Santa can come before Christmas. We just need to realize that he is around us by ________ happiness and unconditional love.
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