Indeed, many failures are experienced in our lives and the effect could be extremely unpleasant. I do have a share of my experience and you might have yours too. As the sayings goes, “Experience is the best teacher.” Many people believe it’s the other way around. Experience, in fact, can be the worst teacher since it takes the first before you learn the lesson.

Often, when people around us try to comfort us that we shouldn’t be too hard on ourselves, we say “sure”, yet we are doing otherwise. We are becoming too hard on ourselves because failure is something that wouldn’t leave your mind quickly. Failure is something that can make you regret spending money, time, and effort but all go down the drain. But it is common everywhere and it usually leads us to success.

“There were once two prison men sitting behind the bars. One saw mud while the other saw stars.” In this story, those two prison men were paying the costs of their actions. However, as they faced their situation, one prisoner was completely defeated by his depression. But the other prisoner held his head up with his hopes and dreams. As you may well notice, failure happens, but people deal with it quite differently.

However, true failure comes in when you react negatively to the situation. True failure is about giving up completely. It is about being unable to recognize that if you look at the midnight skies, the stars are still shinning. See, no matter how disheartening and discouraging your fall was true failure is about not getting up and not moving on. You must accept failure as a great opportunity for you to learn. You will also be able to learn from the failures of other people. But it’s your own failure that will help you meaningfully.

1.The saying “Experience is the best teacher.” in Paragraph 1 means_____.

A. experience is really good at teaching

B. the best teacher usually experiences a lot

C. something valuable can be learned from failure

D. the worst teacher can teach you how to be successful

2.The writer tells us people’s attitudes toward failure by_____.

A. listing some true facts

B. mentioning a story

C. showing some figures

D. blaming the two prison men

3.Which of the following is TRUE about the failure according to the text?

A. We can’t live without failure

B. It is easy to get rid of failure

C. People should try to avoid failure

D. People should treat failure properly

4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. Failure opens the door to learning

B. Experience is interesting and pleasant

C. Success is not easy for us to achieve

D. Everything comes from failure

Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the USA or Australia. They also want their children to take extra courses or activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. 1.

So parents will spend unreasonable a mount of money on education. 2. .

However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give to their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children’s skills vary. Some children are skilled in some areas while poor in others. 3. .

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but not teaching them the most important skills; they need to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.

Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. 4. . It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. The result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of confidence.

Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. 5. . And that is more important.

A. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is

B.These activities are teaching a child not only to read a book but also to think, to use his mind

C.What most parents fail to realize, though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence

D.Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter

E.The more cost in education, the better the result will be

F.Cooking demands patience and time

G.They made a lot of money by doing business

I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13.My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to El Capitan, a rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (鐘愛) ever since— the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my .

About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of ,like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s me why visitors started respecting the place and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

I tried trash (垃圾) myself, but the job was too big. I would an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so it that I decided something had to change.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew about organizing any big event. But in 2004,together with some climbers, I set a date for a .On that day, more than 300 people .Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to .I couldn’t believe the we made—the park looked clean!

Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone,2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and 132 miles of roadway.

I often hear people about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by rather than complaining. We need to teach by .You can’t blame others you start with yourself.

1.A. distant B. huge C. narrow D. loose

2.A. immediately B. finally C. gradually D. recently

3.A.imagining B. painting C. describing D. climbing

4.A. garden B. home C. lab D. palace

5.A .material B. resources C. waste D. goods

6.A. beyond B. against C. over D. within

7.A. more B. most C. less D. least

8.A. throwing away B. picking up C. breaking down D. digging out

9.A. kill B. save C. wait D. spend

10.A. satisfied with B. delighted in C. tired of D. used to

11.A.something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

12.A. cleanup B. party C. picnic D. concert

13.A. dropped out B. showed up C. looked around D. called back

14.A. demand B. receive C. accomplish D. overcome

15.A .plan B. visit C. contact D. difference

16.A. crossed B. measured C. covered D. designed

17.A.talk B. complain C. argue D. quarrel

18.A. doing B. thinking C. questioning D. watching

19.A.method B. explanation C. example D. research

20.A. although B. if C. when D. unless

One day a rich man took his son on a trip to the country. He wanted to show his son how the poor lived, so he could be thankful1. his wealth.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of 2. would be considered a very poor family.

On their return the father asked his son3. (explain) what he had learned. The boy, who had remained silent and deep in thought on the journey home, 4. (reply) in a way that shocked his father.

The boy said he wanted to become a farmer. He envied the farmers who had the beautiful night stars to give them light5. his family had only expensive lanterns(臺燈). His wish was to have a farm 6. he could go swimming in an endless river instead of the garden pool in their home. Finally he asked his father, “ what makes us7. (safe), large walls around our house or friends that will protect us?”

The boy finished by saying, “8. the trip T thought we were rich but today I learned who is truly rich.” with this the boy got up and walked away, 9. (leave) his father sitting on their comfortable sofa, totally10. (speech).

短文改錯 (共10分,每小題1分,滿分10分)

英語課上,老師要求同桌同學(xué)相互修改作文。假設(shè)以下小作文為你同桌所寫，請你對其進行修改。文中共有10處錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號（∧），并在此符號下寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下面劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2. 只允許修改10處，多者從11處起不計分。

My father and I stayed at the South Lake Hotel for a week when we visit Beijing last month. It is in the downtown area, but it is easy to go to anywhere from the hotel by public transport. We lived in a comfortably double-room with a big bath. What I liked best were the free high-speed Internet connection in the room. I checked my email messages every day. I also shared for my friends many photos taking in Beijing. The food was wonderful with reasonable prices, and we enjoyed several local dish. It is such great hotel that I would recommend it to any friend of me who is going to Beijing.

假如你是李華，是高三某班班長。為了豐富同學(xué)們的課外生活，班級準(zhǔn)備成立一個自行車俱樂部(cycling club)。請你根據(jù)下面的提示，用英語寫一則口頭通知。通知如下：

1.每周訓(xùn)練一次，由體育老師輔導(dǎo)，安排在每周三下午第三節(jié)的課外活動時間；

2.注意事項：器材自備；活動免費。

3. 到班長那里報名。

注意：1. 可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)以使行文連貫；

2. 詞數(shù)100 左右。

Attention, please, everyone. Ever since we entered Senior 3, we’ve burdened ourselves with a lot of work.

By the time he was twelve, Edison __________ to make a living by himself.

A. would begin B. has begun

C. had begun D. was begun

Mr. Green __________ for more than ten years.

A. died B. has died

C. is dying D. has been dead

They asked me to have a drink with them. I said that it was at least ten years since I __________ a good drink

A. had enjoyed B. was enjoying

C. enjoyed D. had been enjoying

Tom __________ into the house when no one __________.

A. slipped; was looking C. slipped; had looked

B. had slipped; looked D. was slipping; looked