【正文】 ll 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...57．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.58．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 airport59．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 on60．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(xué)作品，主人公Jean認(rèn)為Jean這個名字給她帶來了很多不幸。57．B。細(xì)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(nèi)容可以看出選項(xiàng)B正確。58．C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章中可以看出Jean認(rèn)為她不好的運(yùn)氣在于以下幾點(diǎn)：她男性化的名字、出租車司機(jī)不替她取行李和沒有人去機(jī)場接她。59．A。詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章第二段可以看出因?yàn)闆]有人到機(jī)場接她，所以她懷疑他們是怕她的壞運(yùn)氣會影響他們。60．C。細(xì)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.補(bǔ)全對話(共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分)(2009北京市東城區(qū)第一學(xué)期目標(biāo)檢測)Susan: Do you have a moment, Mark?Mark: __61__Susan: I know this is short notice, but I wonder if you’ll be able to fly out and give a speech about this project this weekend.Mark: __62__Susan: Well, yes I was, but I am terribly busy at the moment.Mark: This weekend? __63__ He knows all about the probject.Susan: __64__ and he doesn’t know the city. Mark, I think you are the right person for the job.Mark: I get the message. __65__Susan: Thanks a lot, Mark. You are a great help to me.Mark: It’s my pleasure.A. Yeah, but he doesn’t know the people，B. Yeah, sure, Susan. Why?C. Couldn’t John go?D. But I thought you were going to do that.E. You should do it. Why me?F. I’ll try my best to do a good job.G. What do you want me to do?[答案]61—65 BDCAFⅥ.單詞拼寫(共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)(2009臨汾高三質(zhì)檢)66．German is a country ______(屬于) to Europe and we call it a European country.67．Plants and ______(動物) as well as we human beings need food and water.68．The library assistant told me that I could keep the book for only a ______(兩周)．69．She looks younger for her age because she never ______(擔(dān)心) about anything.70．My teacher never ______(表揚(yáng)) me unless I did better than normal girls.71．My uncle has caught a bad cold and now he has a high ______(發(fā)燒)．72．With only a few minutes to go, we’ll have to walk ______(快) so as not to be late.73．Training alone in gym is highly ______(危險), for you can get hurt sometimes.74．In Western countries a married woman usually has a ring on her ______(指頭)．75．The flat is equipped with some ______(現(xiàn)代的) electrical equipment.[答案]Ⅶ.短文改錯(共10小題；，滿分15分)(2009鄭州畢業(yè)班質(zhì)量檢測)[答案]76．hardly→hard。hardly“幾乎不”，語境為“雨下得很大”，故應(yīng)將hardly改為hard。77．big前加a。a big river“一條大河”。可數(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(yīng)把was改為were。79．√80．house→houses。any of后的名詞應(yīng)為復(fù)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(zhuǎn)折關(guān)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。Ⅷ.書面表達(dá)(滿分30分)(2009陜西)假定你是李華。在一個英文網(wǎng)絡(luò)論壇上，你看到一個名叫Grown－up的中學(xué)生發(fā)貼(post)尋求幫助，請根據(jù)貼子內(nèi)容、寫作要點(diǎn)和要求回貼。寫作要點(diǎn)：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(nèi)容充實(shí)，結(jié)構(gòu)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.