Write at least 60 words about the topic“Love around me”．(以“我身边的爱”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。)

(注意：短文中不得出现考生的姓名，校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。)

Use the following points as a guide．(短文须包含下列要点)

●Is there any love around you?  (Give one or two examples．)

●How do you feel when you get love from him/ her／them?

●What are you going to do to show your love?

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with propel words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：

    Some people might choose to live in a sleepy village beside woods and lakes，but others enjoy the bright lights and fast pace of the big city．Stephen and Marianna have got different stories.

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)：

    When I was fifteen I went to a summer camp．There were lots of great   1  but there was one thing I was really scared(害怕)about：climbing the wall．

    The wall is a kind of rock that people use to learn how to climb．It is very tall．We were all supposed to chimb the wall，but I knew I couldn’t get to the top because I am  2    heights．I was ashamed and I didn’t want anyone to know that I was scared．I thought they would all laugh at me．I practiced my excuse：“I’m not scared，you know．I suffer from vertigo(患眩晕症)．”

    The day came．It was time to climb the wall．The sun was shining but everyone was very quiet that morning．I took photographs at the bottom of the wall and tried to 3  ．Everyone in the group went up．Then the moment came．It was my turn．I was so scared that all I could think about was my excuse．Someone said．“Shall I take your camera？”and I answered．“I’m not scared，you know．I suffer from vertigo.”The  4  was that I was more than scared , I was terrified(吓坏了)．The camp leader said，“Don’t worry，you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do．”I was surprised．Everyone was understanding．No one  5  ．

    The next day，the leader asked me if I wanted to try the wall on my own．6  the others watching．Although I was still very nervous，I agreed and climbed slowly to the top with his help．I was still shaking when I came 7 ，but I was really happy and relieved too．For me，climbing the wall was a real achievement．

  1．A．activities       B．operations       C．accidents            D．exams

  2．A．poor at         B．good at        C．afraid of       D．fond of

  3．A．go           B．hide           C．appear         D．run

  4．A．truth           B．situation         C．story           D．reason

  5．A．jumped         B．cheered         C．smiled          D．1aughed

  6．A．with           B．without      C．among         D．behind

  7．A．in            B．out            C．up               D．down

True or False(判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示)：    Michelle was flying from Houston to London，and during the flight，she began talking to John，the man in the seat next to her．She found out that he was president of a famous jeans company based in Texas；in fact，she was wearing a pair of blue jeans from his company !But that wasn’t the most surprising thing．He had lived in San Francisco when he was in high school，and it turned out that he knew Michelle’s best friend，who also grew up in San Francisco! They continued talking．And by the end of the flight，they felt that they had known each other for much longer than eight hours．

    But back in Houston，Michelle almost forgot about the attractive man she had met on the plane．One evening，she was walking with her dog when a much larger dog came running toward them，growling．The owner was running after it，shouting．He managed to catch the dog just as it was going to attack Michelle’s dog．Michelle was very angry．“Why don’t you keep your dog on a leash(拴狗带)?”she shouted．Then suddenly，she looked at him and stopped shouting．“John?”“Michelle?”they said at the same time．Michelle said，“Do you live around here? I live on the next street．” “I don’t believe it．”John said．“In a city of two millon people，you live three blocks from me!”And in the end，as had to happen，Michelle and John began going out together-all because of seats on an airplane and their dogs．

1．Michelle and John were on the same flight from Houston to London one day．

2．Michelle was wearing a pair of blue jeans made by John’s company．

3．During their talk，they found they used to be schoolmates in San Francisco．

4．Michelle’s dog attacked John’s when the two owners happened to see each other．

5．From the story we know that Michelle and John met again in San Francisco．

6．In the end，Michelle and John decided they would never see each other again．

Story 1

  In America in 1940，the twin boys went to live with two different families almost as soon as they were born．The two brothers never saw each other again until1979，when they met by chance at a party．When they started talking to each other，they discovered some amazing similarities(相似处)．First，they found out that they both enjoyed making things out of wood．Later on，they discovered that they had both married women called Linda，and that they both had one son whose first and middle names were James and Alan．Besides，both brothers had called their dogs by the same name-Toy．As if that wasn’t enough，they also found out that they both took their family holiday at the same place every year．

Story 2

    In 1996，a Filipino woman called Mrs. Jimena told other people that her three children could breathe underwater like fish．Mrs. Jimena said that her children had three small holes on the sides of their necks below each ear，and that these were like the gills(鱼鳃)on fish．Mrs. Jimena said that she didn’t know how to swim and that her children were just starting to learn. Her family lives in a mountain village far from the sea． According to Mrs. Jimena，the holes in her children’s necks become larger when they are underwater, allowing them to stay underwater for up to six minutes．

Story 3

    On 11th October，1994，a 10-year-old English girl called Vicky Willmore told her mother that she had a headache．Soon afterwards，Vicky began writing in mirror image(镜像)．She wrote letters and numbers either upsidedown or back-to-front．Although she could read what she wrote，no one else could．She was examined by different doctors，but none of them could find out what was wrong with her．Vicky became very upset，and soon stopped reading and writing altogether．Instead she started watching TV all the time．On 27th ，September 1995，Vicky was watching her favourite football team，Manchester United，play on television．When the team scored a goal，she became so excited that she jumped out of her seat and fell backwards，hitting her head on a coffee table．The next day，Vicky could read and write properly again．

1．The twin brothers didn’t meet each other until _________．

  A．1940            B．1979             C．1994               D．1996

2．The twin brothers_______．

  A．grew up in two different families

  B．didn’t have any similarities at all

  C．had two sons named James and Alan

  D．didn’t like making things out of wood

3．Mrs Jimena’s children could stay underwater for up to 6 minutes because ________．

  A．their mother was the best swimmer

  B．their village was close to the sea

  C．they had holes like gills below ears

  D．they bad gills like fish in their necks

4．The 10-year-old English girl changed her proper writing habit _______．

  A．soon after she had a headache one clay

  B．while she was watching a football match

  C．when she hit her head on a coffee table

  D．as soon as she stopped reading and writing

5．From the third story we know that ___________．

  A．Vicky wrote backwards for nearly three years

  B．doctors didn’t know what was wrong with Vicky

  C．hitting one’s head can make him write backwards

  D．watching football on television can cause trouble

6．This passage consists of three __________stories．

  A．traditional    B．historical         C．frightening             D．amazing