I know where you think I’m going with this, and I also know you’ve heard it all before: seize the day, make the most of it, live life to its fullest, and so on. But that’s the problem. You’ve heard it all before. These ideas have their impact and have become a cliché. Luckily, that’s not my thing.

The real answers wake something up inside you. They make you think. That’s what I want to give you today, the story of Bobby Darin, which wakes you up to the truth.

If you haven’t heard of the man, I know you’ve heard his songs. Among his many hits are Mack the Knife, Beyond the Sea, Dream Lover, and Splish Splash.

If seven years, Darin had several top ten hit songs, was nominated(提名) for four Grammy Awards (winning two), nominated for four Golden Globes (winning one), and even nominated for an Oscar.

So what was his secret?

All his life, Darin had a heart condition that developed from a childhood illness. The doctors at the time said he would be lucky to live to 16. In other words, his time was limited. And this was secret. He knew the truth. He knew that we all have such a hard time accepting: Life is short. You can’t just say it; you can’t just hear it. You have to know it, believe it, and feel it. Because Darin knew his time was limited, he packed as much life as he could into the time he had. But he had an unfair advantage. He knew, without a doubt, his time was limited.

There was no fooling himself, no putting it off. It was now or never.

【1】Why do we all have the habit of delaying doing things?

A. Because we think we have time to count our thumb.

B. Because we want to live our life to its fullest.

C. Because we think time and tide wait for no man.

D. Because it takes time to build castle.

【2】The underlined word “cliché” in the second paragraph probably means .

A. motto

B. legend

C. often-made remark

D. long-lost verse

【3】What can we know about Bobby Darin from the passage?

A. He was nominated and won the Oscar Reward.

B. He committed suicide at home at last.

C. He got involved I not only music field but directing.

D. He took a positive attitude towards his illness.

【4】What is the secret to Bobby Darin’s success?

A. He knew his life expectancy was short.

B. He was too eager to become famous.

C. He was so devoted to music.

D. He was talented.

【題目】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
C
As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remembering less? If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.
In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. The second group understood that the computer would not save it. Later, the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.
In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the computer. The information was in a specific computer folder (文件夾). Surprisingly, people later remember the folder location (位置) better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, they remember how to find it. This is called "transactive memory (交互記憶)"
According to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access(獲取) it at a later date. This doesn't mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.
（1）The passage begins with two questions to ______.
A.introduce the main topic
B.show the author's altitude
C.describe how to use the Interne.
D.explain how to store information
（2）What can we learn about the first experiment?
A.Sparrow's team typed the information into a computer.
B.The two groups remembered the information equally well.
C.The first group did not try to remember the formation.
D.The second group did not understand the information.
（3）In transactive memory, people ______.
A.keep the information in mind
B.change the quantity of information
C.remember how to find the information
D.organize information like a computer
（4）What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrow's research?
A.We are becoming more intelligent.
B.We are using memory differently.
C.We have poorer memories than before.
D.We need a better way to get information.

【題目】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
B
Kids Wall Art
Large wall posters for kids. Your kids will love these cool posters by artist Carla Daly. Your kids will enjoy decorating their bedroom walls with these posters and their friends will think they are the coolest!

（1）Jane, who would like to buy a poster with the size of 45×75cm, will probably buy ________.
A.ABC Wall Art
B.Kids World Map
C.Skateboard Park
D.City Slickers
（2）David plans to buy two posters. He should at least take ________ with him.
A.$ 15.3.
B.$ 14.
C.$ 12.
D.$ 13.3.
（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Kids can find two cool giraffes on Skateboard Park.
B.Kids can just learn some English letters on ABC Wall Art.
C.Kids can enjoy fun zebra children's wall art on City Slickers.
D.Kids can get some geography knowledge on Kids World Map.

【題目】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
A
I'm a TV show host. One Sunday, I took my 7-year-old daughter by the sea for lunch. On arriving at the beach, I saw JoJo, a wealthy man in the hotel business. We sat down to chat in an open air cafe while I watched my daughter enjoy herself on the swings in front of us. Our conversation varied from business to entertainment to the economy.
Suddenly our conversation was interrupted by a stranger, who politely asked permission to speak to me. Often people want to tell me something about my controversial TV show, when I'm out on the streets.
He asked to speak to me privately, so we stood a bit away from my table. He said, “I'm James, 35 years old, father of a 7-year-old girl, who's very sick. She needs treatment abroad. The doctors said that if she was treated in the UK, she would probably survive. But I'm poor, so can you please help me?”
Speechless, I stared in the man's eyes full of tears and asked how I could help. After we talked for a while, I went to sit back at the table. JoJo asked me, “What's wrong with you? Your face changed.” I told him and he was very sorry for this family and said I had the means through the media to help him. Later we headed off to our destinations(目的地).
All weekend I thought about James, his daughter and his family. I even considered doing a special TV show to raise money for this sick child.
On Monday morning I was at the office after I finished presenting my show, when my secretary said a man needed to speak to me. It was JoJo. He walked into my office. Actually JoJo is so busy with his hotel business that I never imagined he had time to come and see me at the studios.
“Please, call the man with the sick child and tell him that I'll pay all expenses for his sick daughter's treatment.” JoJo said, with a check in his hand. “I've been married for 35 years. I wasn't lucky enough to have a child. I want to help this child now.” I picked up the phone to call James.
Now James' daughter is well and living a normal life, so James and his wife are the happiest couple on earth. JoJo often visits her. I'm so happy that there are so many good people on this earth.
（1）The writer went to the beach to ______________.
A.meet JoJo on purpose
B.make a TV show
C.have lunch with his daughter
D.help James
（2）James asked to speak privately to the writer rather than JoJo probably because __________.
A.He didn't know that JoJo was wealthy
B.He thought a TV show host could help him through the media
C.He believed that rich people were seldom willing to help others
D.He knew that the writer was a warm-hearted TV show host
（3）The writer was ________ when he heard that JoJo came to his office to see him.
A.excited
B.disappointed
C.surprised
D.annoyed
（4）Which is True according to the story?
A.The writer was cold-hearted and refused to give help.
B.It was very impolite of James to ask the writer for help.
C.Both James and the writer were bad-tempered.
D.JoJo was full of love and was willing to help the James.

My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound 【3】（coin） I have given him have found 【4】（they）way there. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it. Instead he 【5】 (buy) himself fifty pence worth of trouble.

On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it disappeared down a drain.

George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm 【6】 the drain cover. He could not find his fifty pence piece 【7】 (where), and what is more, he could not get his arm out. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but George was 【8】 (firm) stuck.

The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George 【9】 (use) a special type of grease. George was not too upset by his experience 【10】 the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with large box of chocolates.

1.你如何理解這句格言；

2 .舉例說明你的觀點(diǎn)。

注意：詞數(shù)100左右。

Dear Editor,

I'm Li Hua, a Senior 3 student. I feel it a great honor to get involved in such a meaningful activity.

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

【題目】閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從下列各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
A man wanted to become wealthy. He was told a story one day that there was a 1 pebble (鵝卵石）among the pebbles on the beach of the Black Sea. It could turn everything it touched into 2. This pebble could be 3 only by touching it: unlike the other pebbles it was 4 when touched. The man rushed to the beach of the Black Sea and began to 5 the pebble.
6 he picked up a pebble that felt cold, he threw it into the sea. He 7 this practice day after day. Each pebble that felt cold was 8 thrown into the sea.
One morning, he 9 to take hold of a pebble that felt warm, unlike the other 10. The man threw the pebble into the sea. He hadn't 11 to, but he had formed a habit. Habits can be hard to 12.
In fact, if we repeat any behaviour 13 enough, it becomes a habit. But some habits can work in our favour, such as 14 attitudes and healthy ways of life. Our habitual attitudes and behaviour can either 15 us or hinder(阻礙) us.
Is there behaviour or an attitude you would like to make into a 16? Then reinforce (強(qiáng)化) it by 17 it at every opportunity.
When it comes to habits, 18 may not make perfect. But practice will certainly form 19 behaviour. Your habits will form who you are. So form the habits that are 20to you and let them mold (塑造) you into the person you want to be.
（1）A.carved B.large C.magical D.heavy
（2）A.gold B.water C.sand D.stone
（3）A.created B.saved C.changed D.recognized
（4）A.warm B.shining C.smooth D.hard
（5）A.look into B.search for C.make D.study
（6）A.Unless B.Although C.When D.Until
（7）A.tested B.developed C.continued D.analysed
（8）A.luckily B.carelessly C.suddenly D.immediately
（9）A.attempted B.happened C.decided D.began
（10）A.hands B.trees C.pebbles D.balls
（11）A.asked B.remembered C.meant D.offered
（12）A.ignore B.break C.learn D.forget
（13）A.often B.carefully C.fast D.calmly
（14）A.related B.public C.positive D.conservative
（15）A.trouble B.help C.expose D.defeat
（16）A.custom B.plan C.rule D.habit
（17）A.repeating B.retelling C.changing D.considering
（18）A.attitude B.attempt C.guidance D.practice
（19）A.violent B.bored C.permanent D.strange
（20）A.devoted B.beneficial C.familiar D.true

【題目】按要求完成句子
（1） (像往常一樣)，I slept late that Saturday morning.
（2）Rose likes singing，but her sister Mary (喜歡)drawing.
（3）After supper he went to sleep quickly but I (清醒).
（4）A new theater will be (建造) where there used to be a temple.
（5）我迫不及待地想畢業(yè)，這樣我就可以找份工作賺些錢了。
I ， so I can get a job and earn some money.
（6）當(dāng)他醒過來時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己躺在醫(yī)院的床上。
When he woke up，he on the bed in hospital.

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)(∧)，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

Insurance companies are normally willing to insure anything, but it must be unique to insure a dish. It was a unusual pie dish, for it was eighteen feet in long and six feet in width. They had been purchased by a local authority so that an enormous pie could baked for an annual fair. The pie committee decided that the best way to transport would be by a canal, so they insured it for the trip. Short after it was launched, the pie committee went to the local inn to celebrate. In the same time, a number of teenager climbed on to the dish and held a little party of their own. Dancing proved to be more than the dish could bear, but during the party it capsized (傾覆) and sink in seven feet of water.

【題目】根據(jù)句意及首字母或漢語提示完成單詞。
（1）The mother put her baby on a soft p ， and then the baby slept soundly.
（2）From the top you can get a wonderful v of the city.
（3）Do you like my new wcoat?
（4）They found the body buried b a pile of leaves.
（5）Can you tell us something about the history of the(寺廟)?
（6）We are looking for someone who is(可信賴的)and hardworking.