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Mary had her own special kind of joy. and she knew exactly how to spread it around. She lifted children from  1 into laughter，love，and belonging.

 Each time she found a new  2  for a child，she gave the family one of her little homemade paper roses. It had become a  3  for her,and the families didn’t’ever forget it．

    One evening，Mary was 4  a meeting for adoptive parents．0ne of the  5  fathers stood up to introduce himself. But before he spoke,he reached into his coat pocket and held up a 6 ，red paper rose.

    “Twenty years ago today, I felt alone and  7 .I didn’t know the talents inside me or what was possible for me.

    Then Mary 8  two wonderful people into my life. They taught me what it was like to feel  9  .They not only loved me  10.They opened a world of  11 that I didn’t know existed．My new parents told me，‘Reach for your dreams!’

    I did, and today I’m  12 to be giving that chance to a child who  13  just like me. My mother gave me this little rose. By now，all of you  14  where she got it so long ago.

    Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday. And my new rose 15  a new spring，a beautiful new  1 6  for my own little girl. It  1 7  me to show her what unconditional love is，and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams.

    Thank you, Mary，for the special little things like roses that  18  our lives together. And thank you for all you’ve done for me and so many families over the years!”

    One brief event can send our spirits soaring or  19  us in

 quiet to ponder a new beginning.  20   it is also the very small

 things，like Mary’s roses，that tie together the meaningful things.

   1．A．poverty    B．10neliness  C．misery D．suffering   

2．A．home    B．place   C．school D．1ife   

3．A．glory    B．favor  C．habit D．tradition   

4．A. organizing    B. planning  C. hosting  D. attending   

5．A．new    B．grateful  C．kind D．a(chǎn)ctive   

6．A．broken    B．faded  C．treasured D．dried   

7．A．tasteless    B．powerless C．priceless D．worthless   

8．A．directed    B．introduced  C．brought D．a(chǎn)ccepted

9．A．10ved    B．protected  C．cared D．cheered   

1 0．A. silently B. continuously

C．unintentionally D．unconditionally   

1 1．A．necessities   B.possibilities  C. beauties D．riches   

1 2．A．eager    B．willing  C．proud    D．1ucky    

13．A．started out    B．came up C．turned out D．grew up   

1 4．A．understand    B．guess C．tell D．know   

1 5．A．replaces    B．symbolizes C．equals D．creates   

1 6．A．chance    B．mystery C．challenge D．beginning   

1 7．A．reminds    B．helps  C．a(chǎn)ccompanies D．drives   

18．A．fix    B．close  C．tie D．gather   

19．A．cause    B．push  C．put D．1cave   

20．A．Yet    B．Besides C．Otherwise D．Therefore   

In Chinese,_______ date 2013--1--4 has a similar pronunciation to "love you for a lifetime", making it _______ most lucky and romantic day．

A. a; the                     B. 不填; a                 C. the; a                               D. 不填; the

Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably sing when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims (聲稱) as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species are welcome. Your house is your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so, you have actually frightened the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting (筑巢) season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away

1. 1.

   Some scientists believe that most of the time bird’s singing is actually ________

   1. A.
      an expression of happiness
   2. B.
      a way of warning
   3. C.
      an expression of anger
   4. D.
      a way of greeting
2. 2.

   What is a bird’s “territory”?

   1. A.
      A place where families of other species are not accepted
   2. B.
      A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice
   3. C.
      An area for which birds fight against each other
   4. D.
      An area which a bird considers to be its own
3. 3.

   Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season?

   1. A.
      Because they want to invite more friends
   2. B.
      Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away
   3. C.
      Because they want to find outsiders around
   4. D.
      Because their singing helps get rid of their fears
4. 4.

   How does the writer explain birds’ singing?

   1. A.
      By comparing birds with human beings
   2. B.
      By reporting experiment results
   3. C.
      By describing birds’ daily life
   4. D.
      By telling a bird’s story
5. 5.

   What does the underline word “screaming” in paragraph 4 mean?

   1. A.
      哭喊聲
   2. B.
      令人驚愕的
   3. C.
      尖叫聲
   4. D.
      尖叫的

第五部分 書面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

目前浪費(fèi)現(xiàn)象比較普遍，近日你校圍繞該主題在學(xué)生中展開討論。請你根據(jù)以下要點(diǎn)，用英語寫一篇短文，給某一英文報的“Campus Trends”（校園熱點(diǎn)）欄目投稿，希望大家減少浪費(fèi)，建設(shè)節(jié)約型社會。

要點(diǎn)如下：

1．生活中的各種浪費(fèi)：到處可見被丟棄的紙、瓶、罐；食品及衣物的浪費(fèi)

2．自然資源的浪費(fèi)：不節(jié)約用水、用電，濫砍濫伐樹木……

3．最嚴(yán)重的浪費(fèi)：時間的浪費(fèi)

4．為阻止浪費(fèi)我們應(yīng)該如何做：（至少2點(diǎn)）

注意：

1．對所給要點(diǎn)，逐一陳述，適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，不要簡單翻譯。

2．詞數(shù)150左右。開頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)寫好，不計(jì)入總數(shù)。

Our government is aiming to build a ‘conservation-oriented society’. I think it’s every citizen’s duty to achieve this goal. However,

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Let’s start right now, and spare no effort to do every little bit from every detail!