【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ad a good marriage, but just before I, the youngest of four children, turned sixteen, my belief was painfully tested. My father, who used to share in the chores around the house, gradually started being downhearted. From the time he came home from his job to the time he went to bed, he hardly spoke a word to my mom or us kids. The strain on my mom and dad‘s relationship was very evident. However, I was not prepared for the day that Mom told us that Dad had decided to leave. All that I could think of was that I was going to bee a product of a divorced family. It was something I never thought possible, and it grieved me greatly. I kept telling myself that it wasn‘t going to happen, and I went totally numb when I knew my dad was really leaving. The night before he left, I stayed up in my room for a long time. I prayed and I cried and I wrote a long letter to my dad. I told him how much I loved him and how much I would miss him. I told him that I was praying for him and wanted him to know that, no matter what, Jesus and I loved him. I told him that I would always and forever be his Krissie...his Noodles. As I folded my note, I stuck in a picture of me with a saying I had always heard: ―Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a daddy.‖ Early the next morning, as my dad left our house, I sneaked out to the car and slipped my letter into one of his bags. Two weeks went by with hardly a word from my father. Then, one afternoon, I came home from school to find my mom sitting at the dining room table waiting to talk to me. I could see in her eyes that she had been crying. She told me that Dad had been there and that they had talked for a long time. They decided that there were things that the both of them could and would change and that their marriage was worth saving. Mom then turned her focus to my eyes. ―Kristi, Dad told me that you wrote him a letter. Can I ask what you wrote to him?‖ I found it hard to share with my mom what I had written from my heart to my dad. I mumbled a few words and shrugged. A few days later my dad was back. We never talked about the letter, my dad and I. I guess I always figured that it was something that was a secret between us. 32. What happened to the author‘s parents when she was sixteen? A. They left her alone. B. They got divorced. C. They shared in the chores together. D. They had a good marriage. 33. What is the meaning of the underlined word ―grieved‖ in ? A. made sb. angry B. made sb. delighted C. made sb. sad D. made sb. greedy 34. What can we learn from the passage? A. The author handed the letter directly to her father. B. Her father wrote back to the author when he finished reading the letter. C. The author‘s letter made a difference to her father. D. The author shared what she wrote with her mother. 35. What might be the best title for the passage? A. A Promise Kept B. A Letter C. A Broken Family D. A Great Daddy 第二節(jié)：（共 5 小題，每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分） The traditional American school year begins in late August or early ends in May or June, followed by summer vacation. 36___ Because long ago, young people had to help their families harvest summer crops, At least this is what people today may think. 37___ A recent report from an education policy center at Indiana University explored the historical roots of the traditional school calendar. In the early days of the United States, children were not required to attend school School calendars depended on local needs. 38____ They worked on family farms during the other months, City schools were often open much longer, some for eleven months of the year. After the Civil War, more and more people saw the need for a system of required education. __39_______Many city schools wanted a shorter year and a longer summer break, The schools were often crowded. There was no modern air conditioning. Hot days would make it difficult to learn. Many rural educators, however, pushed for a longer school year. They thought it would keep children safe from industrial dangers when there were few childlabor laws. So the traditional school calendar was a promise (折中 ). The average school year used to be one hundred and seventy days. Times have not changed much. 40____ But some experts think the traditional school calendar needs to change because the needs of the nation have changed. This thinking has led some schools to keep students in class longer. A. Why such a long break? B. Today the mon average is one hundred and eighty days. C. Americans think highly of their traditional school calendar. D. Most schools had similar school calendars. E. But the reason has more to it. F. Students in rural areas went to school for no more than six months of the year. G. But they had different ideas for the calendar. 第三部分 英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45 分） 第一節(jié) 完形填空（共 20小題；每小題 ，滿分 30 分） I was in desperate need of a break. The ―witching hour‖ was upon us once again, dinner was burning on the stove, and fights were 41 between my two children. The crying was never ending and I was 42 the end of my rope. But I was holding down the fort until way after bedtime. I 43 a friend who has four children the same ages as mine, and she was in a similar 44 . Our husbands were 45 the same meeting that night. I could hear the screaming in the 46 , interrupted by Jen‘s shouting. She kept 47 the phone to pick up the baby because he was crying. It seemed as if we were all