E

How do successful people think? What drives them? Interviews and investigations show that there are several keys to success that successful people share.

First of all, successful people never blame someone or something outside of themselves for their failure to go ahead. They realize that their future lies in their own hands. They understand that they cannot control things in life, such as nature, the past and other people. But in the meantime, they are well aware that they can control their own thoughts and actions. They take responsibility for their life and regard this as one of the most empowering things they can do. Perhaps what most separates successful people from others is that they live life “on purpose”—they are doing what they believe they are put here to do. In their opinion, having a purpose in their life is the most important fact that enables them to become fully functioning people. They hold that when they live their life on purpose, their main concern is to do the job right. They love what they do —and it shows people want to do business with them because of their devotion to their jobs. To live their life on purpose, successful people find a cause they believe in and create a business around it. Besides, they never easily give up. Once they have set up goals in their life, they are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Top achievers always keep in mind what they don’t have forever. Rather than seeing it negative or depressing, they use the knowledge to encourage themselves to move on and go after what they want energetically and passionately.

67. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. How do people make plans?                  B. How do people do business?

C. How do people live their life on purpose?      D. How can people be successful?

68. By living life “on purpose ”successful people can ________

A. concentrate on their jobs

B. do business with many people easily.  

C. do a lot of work without using more money.                                    

D. share what they have with every one unselfishly.

69.The pronoun “it” (Line 10.Para.2) refers to _____

A. the job that successful people do

B. the main concern of successful people             

C. the devotion with which successful people do their job       

D. the business that successful people do with other people.

70. According to the passage _______.

  A. successful people are always rich

  B. successful people have no weaknesses

  C. successful people are quite similar to average people

D. it seems successful people usually share the same strengths

It is ________ he said ________ is very important to us.

  A. what; that       B. all what; that              C. all that; which       D. which; which

第三部分  閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分40分）

第一節(jié)        （共15小題：每小題2分，滿(mǎn)分30分）

       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)答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

A

       My sister and I shared a typical sisterly relationship: we couldn’t stand each other．Or, to be honest, she couldn’t stand me．I took her as a hero．My clothes mysteriously looked like hers, and even my words tended to copy those I heard from her．Any sort of talk we had usually became a fighting, and try as I might, my sister had an extra six years worth of rude vocabulary．

       After a while, I stopped trying to impress her and learned to be totally indifferent（冷漠的）；we soon fell into a sad pattern — I avoided her, she paid no attention to me, and deep inside, it hurt．She was only a sister in name．I truly believed that we would forever be apart, two housemates without conversation, two strangers without warmth．

       I still remember the day I learned to ride a bike．I had received the bike that Christmas, which was great, until I realized I had no idea how to ride it．My mom had long since abandoned any attempt to teach me; I had proved to be a frustrating student．I had to learn by myself, a little bit each day, but unsuccessfully．On that day I was so disappointed that I threw my bike aside and began to cry, I guess that was what caused my sister to come outside．At first I was nervous, as I thought she would begin to laugh at me．She did not．She gently picked my bike up．That was the beginning．She fearlessly held my hand while the tears dried on my cheeks．She never once let me fall．And for three hours — three wonderful hours — we learned to ride my bike．No shouting．No fighting．No arguing．

       That day I learned that my sister was human — how else could she have been my teacher? It was a life-changing experience．We still occasionally have our quarrels, but since that day, it’s been easier to get along because we have an unspoken respect for each other．

56．From the first paragraph, we can infer that _____．

       A．the writer’s sister usually won the fighting

       B．the writer was not always honest with her sister

       C．the writer showed little respect for her sister

       D．the writer’s sister had a good memory

57．When the writer failed to impress her sister, she _____．

       A．felt hurt and treated her sister as a stranger

       B．decided to be indifferent to her sister

       C．didn’t talk with any member of the family

       D．kept apart from her sister for a long time

58．What caused the writer to cry when she learned to ride a bike?

       A．She fell off the bike and hurt herself seriously．

       B．Her mother refused to buy her a bike．

       C．She couldn’t learn how to ride a bike by herself．

       D．Her sister laughed at her old bike．

D

It is common to consider learning as something that takes place in school, but much of human learning occurs outside the classroom, even from birth and people continue to learn throughout their lives.

Even before they enter school, young children learn to walk, to talk, and to use their hands to use toys, food, and other objects. They use all of their senses to learn about the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells in their environments. They learn how to communicate with their parents, grandparents,    siblings, friends, and other people important to their world. When they enter school, children learn basic academic subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics. They also continue to learn a great deal outside the classroom. They learn which behaviors are likely to be rewarded and which are likely to be punished. They learn social skills for communicating with other children. After they finish school, people must learn to deal with many major changes that affect their lives, such as getting married, raising children, and finding and keeping a job.

Because learning continues throughout our lives and affects almost everything we do, the study of learning is important in many different fields. Teachers need to understand the best ways to educate children. Psychologists, social workers, criminologists, and other human?service workers need to understand how certain experiences change people's behaviors. Employers, politicians, and advertisers make use of the principles of learning to affect the behaviors of workers, voters, and consumers.

Learning is closely related to memory, which is the storage of information in the brain. Psychologists who study memory are interested in how the brain stores knowledge, where this storage takes place, and how the brain later outputs knowledge when we need it. In contrast, psychologists who study learning are more interested in behavior and how behavior changes as a result of a person's experiences. ?

68. The underlined "siblings" in the second paragraph probably means_______.

A. teachers     B. classmates     C. doctors     D. brothers or sisters

69.  Which period of children's life does they begin to know to behave well according to the passage?

A. After they go into society          B. Before they enter school

C. When they are at school           D. Before they are born

70.  Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A. As a matter of fact, learning begins with formal school education.

B. Teachers need to understand the best ways to educate their students.

C. People need to understand how certain experiences change their behaviors.

D. Employers should study the principles of learning to manage their workers well.

71.  The author mainly tries to tell us_______in the last paragraph.

A. learning is only related to memory and experiences

B. psychologists are interested in how the brain stores knowledge

C. psychologists are more interested in a person's behavior

D. how the relationship between learning, brain and behavior works

五、短文改錯(cuò)

Dear Worried,

    I have accepted your letter and I’m glad to give you some             61.______

suggestions. First in all, don’t be disappointed. Many students             62.______

find it difficulty to write well. In my opinion, if you want to               63.______

improve your writing, and you can do several things. First,                64. ______

do some study with phrases and sentence structures. Second,              65. ______

read as much as possible. There are many things can’t be                 66. ______

learnt. You must see it in books many times. Then you’ll                  67. ______

be able to use them correctly yourself. But, in order to write               68. ______

well, you must learn to read much. Finally, you’d better to                69. ______

recite some good passages. Good luck for you in your writing.             70. ______

---The boy looks ____.

  ---I know.He failed the exam, and now he is looking_____at his father.

   A.sad;sad   B. sad;sadly   C.sadly;sadly    D. sadly;sad

七.書(shū)面表達(dá)

學(xué)校里一些同學(xué)互相攀比，追求時(shí)髦和高檔消費(fèi)。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下表中所提供的信息，寫(xiě)一篇題為“My Attitude to Pursuit of Fashion in School”的英文演講稿。

Good afternoon, everyone!

The topic of my speech today is “My Attitude to Pursuit of Fashion in School”.

——————————————————————————————————————

———————————————————————————————————————

———————————————————————————————————————

Thank you for listening!

The Expo site should be ____ from anywhere in the city of Shanghai within 90 minutes by bus ,subways and special taxis.

     A. adoptable   B. acceptable   C. available     D. accessible

_______ I can see, there is only one possible way to keep away from the danger.

   A. As long as      B. As far as      C. Just as        D. Even if

Is it, in your opinion, possible_____ new measures will be taken to improve the terrible

traffic?

       A．whether    B．what  C．when D．that