flew upward against the rain. We watched until it was swallowed by the clouds. Later I realized, like the balloon, that Dad had never let his sickness get him down. He was strong. No matter what he suffered, he'd keep on, fly up, and finally go beyond this cold world and his sick body. He rose into sky and became something beautiful. I watched until the balloon disappeared into the gray and white and I prayed that his strength was passed on. I prayed to be a balloon.
27．When the girl asked her mother if they could write to her father, her mother ______.
A. found it easy to lie
B. thought her a creative girl D. felt it hard to answer
C. believed it easy to do so
28．When the girl was told that she could send a letter to her father, she ______.
A. became excited
B. jumped with joy D. was worried that it
C. started writing immediately couldn't be delivered
29．In the eyes of the author, what was the rain like?
A. An incurable disease. memory.
B. An unforgettable
C. The failures her father experienced. D. The hard time her father had.
30．What would be the best title for the passage?
A. An unforgettable experience
B. A great father
C. Fly to heaven D. The strong red balloon
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The benefits of keeping a journal
If you want to grow, one important thing you should do is keeping a journal. It may seem simple, but it can make a big difference in your life. I have been keeping journals for years. Writing all the lessons I learn and all the ideas I get has become a habit for me. 31
Here are some benefits you will get by keeping a journal.
◆ It prevents you from losing an idea. Have you ever gotten an idea only to lose it later because you didn’t write it down? 32 But then I developed the habit of writing down every idea that came into my mind as soon as possible. If I’m away
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from my computer, I usually write it down on a piece of paper that I bring wherever I go. I will then copy the idea to the journal in my computer.
◆ It helps you review all the lessons you’ve learned. By reviewing your journal, you can quickly see the lessons you’ve learned and the ideas you’ve gotten. 33 You can use the ideas to encuorage yourself forward.
◆ 34 After keeping a journal for years, you can look back at it and see how far you’ve gone. Things that were big problems in the past might seem small today. The ideas you had in the past might have been realized today.
◆ It helps you enlarge your ideas. When you try to come up with a sentence to express an idea, you are thinking actively about it. 35 In the end, you will enlarge your ideas.
A. It allows you to see your progress over time. B. It trains you to express your thoughts. C. I often experienced that myself.
D. Then you can do whatever necessary to avoid repeating the same mistakes. E. And to be honest, I can’t imagine what my life would be like without it. F. Thinking actively helps you connect your idea to another idea. G. Just use whatever tool you feel comfortable with. 第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Friends and neighbors poured in to greet her. The phones ring endlessly and she answers them to accept ____36____ from all the wishers. She is ______37___ her golden day as she reaches 50 years of age.
Her mother welcomed her into this world with tears of ____38_____，for she was not the son her mother had wished. Her father felt blessed to have a sweet little daughter like her ____39___. As she grew up, she_____40____ joy to the whole family. Her grandparents made her life a princess, but her mother never showed any ____41_____ to her. She never really got a chance to_____42____a special mother-daughter bonding. ____43_____ ，she was always surrounded (包围)by her friends. But what she___44______ for was some gentle words of love from her mother.
As she grew up, she found her own ways to ____45_____ her sorrow of such mental hurt. At college, she found some close friends to _____46____ a lifelong friendship
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with. Her friends felt _____47____ of her and said how lucky she was to live like a princess. Later she married a young bachelor who ___48______ her a brighter future. There were several ups and downs in their ____49_____ but his love brought fresh ___50______ to her life. She shared a magical relationship with her daughter, and thus she ____51_____ as a baby when her daughter married and moved abroad. She said her daughter had helped her ___52____ the sorrow of her past. Our conversation was____53_____ interrupted by a call. It didn’t take long for me to __54_______ who the caller was. It must be her _____55____. 36．A. warnings
B. suggestions
opinions
37．A. expecting
B. celebrating
foreseeing
38．A. gratefulness B. excitement 39．A. yet
B. though
otherwise 40．A. brought B. shared
41．A. patience
B. comfort
terror
42．A. improve
B. welcome
43．A. Fortunately B. Regretfully
Normally 44．A. thanked B. prepared longed
45．A. predict B. overcome avoid
46．A. compare B. take 47．A. envy
B. tired
ashamed
48．A. answered B. informed promised 49．A. quarrels B. studies lives
50．A. disaster B. hope
D. agreement
C. greetings
D.
C. receiving
D.
C. surprise D. sorrow C. therefore
D.
C. fetched D. took
C. love
D.
C. increase
D. share C. Pitifully
D.
C. searched D.
C. insist D.
C. develop D. fight
C. afraid
D.
C. advised D.
C. relations D.
C. applause
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51．A. laughed 52．A. through 53．A. suddenly frequently 54．A. search 55．A. father brother
B. whispered B. with
C. cried
C. off
D. smiled D. in
D.
B. gradually C. usually
B. guess B. mother
C. imagine
D. bet D.
C. daughter
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 A man once had four sons 56 never stopped 57 (quarrel) with one another. He was always telling them how much easier life would be if they worked together, but they took
58 (absolute) no notice of him. One day he decided to show them what he 59 (mean).
He called all the sons together and put a tightly tied bundle of 60 (stick) on the floor in front of them. \his knee on the bundle but 61 he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the wood. The father asked each son 62 turn to try to break the bundle, but 63 of them could do it . Then he untied the string and scattered（散开） the sticks. \stand together, no one can hurt you .If you all 64 (agree) the whole time and insist on going your separate ways, you 65 ( destroy) by the first enemy you meet.” said the father.
第四部分： 写作 （共三节，满分45分）
第一节：单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式（每空一词） 66. He had never been abroad and spent his e________ life in China. 67. Open those heavy c________ and let some sunlight in.
68. She was very ________ (心烦的) to hear that the holiday had been cancelled. 69. The police are trying to discover the ________ (身份) of the killer. 70. The news is almost certainly true although it is not ________ (官方的). 71. By the age of two a child will have a v________ of about two hundred words. 72. I b________ down to lift the box off the floor before he came in. 73. The project will be completed several weeks behind ________ (进度表).
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74. This is one of the worst natural ________ (灾难) ever to hit the area. 75. We followed his t________ through the snow. 第二节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My uncle is the owner of a restaurant where I love .Though it is not very big , but the restaurant is popular in our area .It is always crowded with customers at meal times .Some people even had to wait outside. My uncle tells me that the key to his Success is honest. Every day he makes sure that fresh vegetables or high quality oil are using for cooking. My uncle says that he never dreams becoming rich in the short period of time. Instead, he hopes that our business will grow steady. 第三节：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是高一学生李华。 随着私家车拥有量的增加, 城市交通越来越拥挤。在学生上学或放学时, 校门口及附近拥挤问题更加严重。 存在的隐患，引起了人们的担忧。请你根据以下要点写一封英语信, 向《二十一世纪中学生英语》报投稿。 1. 写这封英语信理由。
2. 学校门口及附近交通拥挤的原因。 3. 提出二至三条建议。 注意：
1.词数100左右。
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯. Dear Editor,
I’m Li Hua , a student fromGrade1_____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
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