King’s College Summer School
King’s College Summer School is an annual(每年的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King’s College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year’s summer school will be from July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows:

 
1. You can most probably read the text in ___________.
      A. a newspaper     B. a travel guide   C. a textbook     D. a telephone book
2. Which of the following is true about King’s College Summer School?
      A. Only top students can take part in the program.
      B. King’s College Summer School is run every other year.
      C. Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.
      D. Only the teachers of King’s College give courses.
3. If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school__________.
      A. $200     B. $400    C. $500   D. $900
4. What information can you get from the text?
      A. The program will last two months.
      B. You can write to Thompson only in English.
      C. As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2007.
      D. You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone.

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it. Mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be a most wonderful thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”

I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed in action. But as a young girl. I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.

They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional (易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface (表面)”.

As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.

My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace – it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

But the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside – a photo of my father and a one-paper letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter.

“In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.”

5．The writer began to love her mother’s desk________.

       A．after Mother died                B．before she became a writer

       C．when she was a child            D．when Mother gave it to her

6．The passage shows that_________.

       A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

       B．Mother was too serious about her daughter in words

       C．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words

       D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careless words

7．The underlined word “gulf” in the passage means_______.

       A．deep understanding between the old and the young

       B．different ideas between mother and daughter

       C．free talks between mother and daughter

       D．part of the sea going far in land

8．What’s best title of the passage?

       A．My letter to Mother             B．Mother and children

       C．My Mother’s Desk              D．Talks between Mother and me

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced   9   for a few days, I was   10   to wait tables on my own. All went   11   that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily   12   the tables not far from the kitchen.   13  , I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘).

      Before I knew it, the   14   was full of people. I moved slowly,   15   every step. I remember how    16   I was when I saw the tray stand (置物架) near the tables; it looked different from the one I was    17   on. It had nice handles，which made it   18    to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to   19   I was a natural at this job.

      Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved    20   you work. It seems your tray stand has been very   21   to you, but we are getting ready to   22   now, and my wife needs her   23   back.”

      At first his   24   did not get across. “What was he talking about?” Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was   25  . I wanted to get into a hole and   26  .

      Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just   27  . I have learned to be more   28   and not to be too sure of myself.

When I failed in the final exam, I almost lost heart. My teacher told me a quote, __61__ goes like this; “Your future depends on many things, __62__ mostly on you.” I can’t agree __63__ (much) with this view. It’s true that our future __64__ (determine) by many things, such as opportunities and help from others, but our own attitude, determination, __65__ hard work play a more important role. In __66__ words, we are the master of our own future.

Take Abraham Lincoln for example. He was born in a poor family, and only received a __67__ (limit) education in his childhood. Yet through his painstaking efforts, he changed not only his own fate but also the history of America. __68__ to this day, Lincoln __69__ (regard) as one of the most inspiring figures in the world. __70__, I firmly believe that our future is in our own hands.

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，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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。

I’d like to ask you to write article for our school’s English Newspaper.

The “Foreign Cultures” section on our newspaper is very popular with our students. It carried articles write by foreign friends about the cultures of their home countries. Would you please to write something about the culture in your part of the United States? And we would especially welcome articles about that Americans spend their holidays and festivals, but the life of American high school students. You can write anything relevantly so long as it’s interesting and informative. 400 words would be fine. Could we have your article before June 28?

I’m looking forward to hear from you.