【正文】 ad ever happened to me. It wasn’t even the worst thing that had happened to me that day.According to my mom, most brownstones in New York City were originally single－family homes when they were built way back in the 1800s. But now they’ve been divided up into apartments, so that there’s one—or sometimes even two or more families—per floor.Not Mom’s sister Evelyn’s brownstone, though. Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted Gardiner own all four floors of their brownstone. That’s practically one floor per person, since Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted only have three kids, my cousins Tory, Teddy, and Alice.Back home, we just have two floors, but there are seven people living on them. And only one bathroom. Not that I’m plaining. Still, ever since my sister Courtney discovered blow－outs, it’s been pretty frightful at home.But as tall as my aunt and uncle’s house was, it was really narrow—just three windows across. Still, it was a very pretty townhouse, painted gray. The door was a bright, cheerful yellow. There were yellow flower boxes along the base of each window. These flowers were obviously newly planted, since it was only the middle of April, and not quite warm enough for them.It was nice to know that, even in a sophisticated(世故的) city like New York, people still realized how homey and weling a box of flowers could be. The sight of those flowers cheered me up a little.Like maybe Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted just forgot I was arriving today, and hadn’t deliberately failed to meet me at the airport because they’d changed their minds about letting me e to stay.Like everything was going to be all right, after all.Yeah. With my luck, probably not.I started the steps to the front door of 326 East Sixty－Ninth Street, and then realized I couldn’t make it with both bags and my violin. Leaving one bag on the sidewalk, I dragged the other up the steps with me. Maybe I took the steps a little too fast, since I nearly tripped and fell flat on my face on the sidewalk. I managed to catch myself at the last moment by grabbing some of the fence the gardeners had put up...72．Why did the author go to New York?A. She intended to go sightseeing there.B. She meant to stay with her aunt’s family.C. She was homeless and adopted by her aunt.D. She wanted to try her luck and find a job there. 73．According to the author, some facts account for her bad luck EXCEPT that ______.A. she was given a boy’s name in FrenchB. the cab driver didn’t help her with her bagsC. her sister Courtney discovered blowoutsD. nobody had e to meet her at the airport74．The underlined phrase “rub off on” in Paragraph 2 probably means “______”．A. have an effect on B. play tricks onC. put pressure on D. throw doubt on75．From the passage, we can know that ______.A. the author left home without informing her motherB. the author arrived in New York in a very warm seasonC. her aunt’s family lived a much better life than her ownD. her aunt and uncle were likely to forget about her arrival[答案]本文是一篇文學作品，主人公Jean認為Jean這個名字給她帶來了很多不幸。72．B。細節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段第三句中的“...asking where my aunt and unce were. Did they not want me after all？”與第九段的內容可以看出選項B正確。73．C。細節(jié)理解題。從文章中可以看出Jean認為她不好的運氣在于以下幾點：她男性化的名字、出租車司機不替她取行李和沒有人去機場接她。74．A。詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章第二段可以看出因為沒有人到機場接她，所以她懷疑他們是怕她的壞運氣會影響他們。75．C。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段和第六段可以看出Jean家居住條件擁擠，不如her aunt’s family的條件好。Ⅴ.短文改錯(共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)(2009鄭州畢業(yè)班質量檢測) [答案]76．hardly→hard。hardly“幾乎不”，語境為“雨下得很大”，故應將hardly改為hard。77．big前加a。a big river“一條大河”?？蓴?shù)名詞前通常帶冠詞，這里表泛指，用a。78．was→were。前面的主語為fields，依照主謂一致原則應把was改為were。79．√80．house→houses。any of后的名詞應為復數(shù)，因此把house改為houses。81．that→which。句中的逗號表明后面為非限制性定語從句，因此把that改為which。82．去掉of。介詞of多余，因此去掉of。83．have→had。主句謂語部分were very sorry to lose為過去時，而擁有木橋是之前持續(xù)的狀態(tài)，因此把have改為had。84．so→but。前后句為轉折關系，因此把so改為but。85．than→as?！拔覀儭睂π聵驔]有像老板那樣熟悉了，句中使用了not so...as...句式，因此把than改為as。Ⅵ.書面表達(滿分25分)(2009陜西)假定你是李華。在一個英文網絡論壇上，你看到一個名叫Grown－up的中學生發(fā)貼(post)尋求幫助，請根據(jù)貼子內容、寫作要點和要求回貼。寫作要點：1．告訴Grown－up要理解母親；2．給Grown－up提出解決問題的具體建議。要求：1．短文詞數(shù)不少于80(不含已寫好的部分)；2．內容充實，結構完整，語意連貫；3．書寫須清晰、工整。Hi, Grown－up，________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________[參考答案]Hi,_Grown－up，As_a_student_of_your_age,_I_understand_your_situation. The problem you are facing is mon among our teenagers. However, it should be wise not to do that may hurt her feelings. Here are a few suggestions.First, it’s advisable to talk more with your mom. Heart－to－h(huán)eart talks help you understand each other better. They are also opportunities to let her know your ideas of and attitudes toward many things.Second, you should learn to do your own things well, proving to your mom that you are already a “grown－up”. It’s even better if you could share more of the housework, such as cleaning, washing and cooking.Hope my ideas will work.