Every object tells a story. Even the most ordinary objects can present to us powerful images. Sometimes it is the ordinary nature of these objects that actually makes them so extraordinary. Such is the case with an old leather shoe in a museum in Alaska. At first glance it does not look like much. It is a woman’s shoe of a style popular in the 1890s. But what is unique(獨特的) about this shoe is where it was found. It was discovered on the Checkout Pass, the famous trail used by the people seeking gold in Alaska. Who it belonged to or why it was left there is not known. Was it perhaps dropped by accident as the woman climbed up the 1500 stairs carved outface? Or did she throw away goods that she didn’t need in order to travel lighter?

Over 100, 000 people with “gold fever” made this trip hoping to become millionaires. Few of them understood that on their way they would have to cross a harsh wildness. Unprepared for such a dangerous journey, many died of starvation and exposure to the cold weather.

The Canadian government finally started requiring the gold seekers to bring one ton of supplies with them. This was thought to be enough for a person to survive for one year. They would carry their supplies in backpacks(背包) each weighing up to fifty pounds; it usually took at least 40 trips to get everything to the top and over the pass. Whoever dropped the shoe must have been a brave and determined woman. Perhaps she was successful and made it to Alaska. Perhaps she had to turn back in defeat. No one will ever know for sure, but what we do know is that she took part in one of the greatest adventures in the 19th century.

1. The ordinary woman’s leather shoe is considered unusual because _______. 

A. it was an important clue to life in the past B. it was found on a famous trail

C. it at one time belonged to a VIP             D. it was a fashionable shoe at that time

2. According to this passage, many people who went to Alaska _______. 

A. eventually became millionaires              B. brought with them many shoes

C. had conflicts with the Eskimos               D. were not properly equipped

3. The Canadian government made gold seekers bring one year’s supplies with them so that _______.

A. they would not die of hunger and cold

B. the army would have enough food for fighting a war

C. they would change these goods with the Eskimos

D. the supplies would make Alaska rich

4. No matter what happened to the woman who owned the shoe, _______. 

A. she must have lived a happy life

B. she certainly dropped the shoe on purpose

C. her adventurous spirit is definitely admired

D. her other shoes were equally fashionable

Once a farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a(n)____ advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his

yard.____he was driving the last nail into the post，he felt a sudden pull on his trousers.He____down into the eyes of a little boy.

“Mister，”he said，“I want to buy one of your puppies.”

“Well，”said the farmer，as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his___，“these puppies come from fine parents and____ a good deal of money.”

The boy____his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket，he pulled out a handful of____and held it up to the farmer. “I’ve got thirty­nine cents. Is that enough to take a look？”

“Sure，”said the farmer.

And with that he____a whistle，“Here，Dolly！”he called.

____from the doghouse and down the road ran Dolly____by four little balls of fur. As the dogs made their____to the fence，the little boy noticed something else moving inside the doghouse.____another little ball appeared，this one noticeably smaller. The little pup began walking unsteadily toward the others，doing its best to____.

“I want that one，”the little boy said，____at the runt (矮個子)．

The farmer knelt down at the boy’s side and said，“Son，you____want that puppy. He will never be able to____and play with you as other dogs would.”

With that the little boy____back from the fence，reached down，and began rolling up one leg of his____.In doing so he showed a steel brace(支柱) running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a____made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer，he said，“You see，sir，I don’t run too well myself，and he will need someone who understands.”  The____is full of people who need someone who understands.

1.A.sight             B．paper               C．information      D．sign

2.A.Then            B．Before                  C．As                                    D．After

3.A.put               B．looked                  C．knelt                      D．stared

4.A.nose            B．neck                      C．head                      D．face

5.A.spend          B．spare                     C．make                     D．cost

6.A.raised          B．lifted                     C．fell                         D．dropped

7.A.notes           B．change                  C．sugar                     D．goods

8.A.let out                   B．carried out C．put out                           D．left out

9.A.Up                B．Over                      C．Out                        D．In

10.A.came                  B．followed               C．went                      D．caught

11.A.step           B．way                        C．walk                       D．drive

12.A.Quickly     B．Slowly          C．Oddly           D．Sadly

13.A.get up                 B．stand up               C．catch up               D．move up

14.A.moving      B．pointing           C．calling           D．turning

15.A.mustn’t     B．don’t                     C．can’t                      D．needn’t

16.A.run            B．sit                           C．walk                       D．stand

17.A.stepped    B．talked          C．climbed                D．fell

18.A.clothes               B．dresses                 C．sweaters               D．trousers

19.A.simply                 B．specially               C．carefully               D．newly

20.A.farm          B．country                 C．city                        D．world

Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 1 in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street.Main Street was always in the heart of a town.This street was 2 on both sides with many 3 businesses.Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing,furniture,hardware,groceries. 4 ,some shops offered 5 .These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe?repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. 6 in the 1950s, a change began to 7 .Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street 8 too few parking places were 9 shoppers.Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces 10 the city limits.Open space is what their car?driving customers needed.And open space is what they got 11 the first shopping centre was built.Shopping centres, or rather malls, 12 as a collection of small new stores 13 crowded city centres. 14 by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from 15 areas to outlying malls.And the growing 16 of shopping centres led 17 to the building of bigger and better?stocked stores. 18 the late 1970s,many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves.In addition to providing the 19 of one?stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, 20 benches,fountains,and outdoor entertainment.

1.A.As early as B.Early C.Early as D.Earlier

2.A.built B.designed C.intented D.lined

3.A.varied B.various C.sorted D.mixed up

4.A.Apart from B.However C.In addition D.As well

5.A.medical care B.food C.cosmetics D.services

6.A.suddenly B.Abruptly C.Contrarily D.But

7.A.be taking place B.take placeC.be taken place D.have taken place

8.A.while B.yet C.though D.and then

9.A.available for B.available to C.used by D.ready for

10.A.over B.from C.out of D.outside

11.A.when B.while C.since D.then

12.A.started B.founded C.set up D.organized

13.A.out of B.away from C.next to D.near

14.A.Attracted B.Surprised C.Delighted D.Enjoyed

15.A.inner B.central C.shopping D.downtown

16.A.distinction B.fame C.popularity D.liking

17.A.on B.in turn C.by turns D.further

18.A.By B.During C.In D.Towards

19.A.cheapness B.readiness C.convenience D.handiness

20.A.because of B.and C.with D.provided

Sports shoes that work out whether their owner has done enough exercise to warrant time in front of the television have been devised in the UK.

The shoes — named Square Eyes — contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wireless transmitter(傳話器) passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the day’s efforts.

The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to London, UK. “We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,” she says. “And I wanted to tackle that with my design.”

Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.

Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television. So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals precisely one minute of TV time.

Existing pedometers （計步器） normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement. Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat. “It is possible, but it would be a lot of effort,” she says. “That was one of my main design considerations.”

According to Swan, the purpose of her design project is to ________.

A. keep a record of the steps of the wearer            

B. deal with overweight among teenagers

C. enable children to resist the temptation of TV

D. prevent children from being tricked by TV programs

Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes?

A. They regulate a child’s evening TV viewing time.   

B. They determine a child’s daily pocket money.

C. They have raised the hot issue of overweight.

D. They contain information of the receiver.

What is stressed（強調(diào)）by health experts in their suggestion?

A. The exact number of steps to be taken.

B. The precise number of hours spent on TV.

C. The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time.

D. The way of changing steps into TV watching time.

Compared with other similar products, the new design ________.

A. makes it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat

B. counts the wearer’s steps through shaking

C. records the sudden movement of the wearer

D. sends teenagers’ health data to the receiver

Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time       

B. Smart Shoes Guarantee More Exercise

C. Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise        

D. Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight

閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。
I was brought up in the countryside by my grandmother. She was very courageous and inspiring woman and was very beautiful, too. In comparison with her or some of my classmates, I always felt that I was not beautiful or pretty. In fact, when I was studying in middle school, I thought I was not as good as other students and just because of these negative feelings, I was not very confident. One day, I went to the shoe shop to buy a pair of new shoes. When I got there, I noticed a foreign lady talking to a salesgirl. But the salesgirl didn’t understand what the foreigner was saying. They both looked worried. I went up to help them. The lady is an Australian. She wanted to buy a pair of travelling shoes. So I told it to the salesgirl. The lady was very glad when she took them. She spoke high praise for my spoken English and said that I was a pretty girl. Both of them expressed their thanks to me.
As a matter of fact, no one had ever praised me like that before. It was so encouraging. Suddenly I felt confident and happy. It is true that those words turned my life around.
【寫作內(nèi)容】
1．以約30個詞概括短文的要點。
2．然后以約120個詞寫一篇記敘文，描寫表揚或稱贊給人帶來的愉快和鼓舞，并包括以下要點：
a）敘述你或你的朋友被老師或其他人表揚的一次真實或虛構(gòu)的經(jīng)歷；
b）被表揚后的感覺是怎么樣的；
c）這次稱贊、表揚帶來的影響。
【寫作要求】
1. 可以參照閱讀材料的篇章結(jié)構(gòu)，組織故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
2. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱。
3. 作文題目已在答題卷中給出。
[評分標(biāo)準]概括準確，語言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫。