11． "What's the matter, mum?"
As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is(1)        . It's unusual ﹣she usually(2)        the door and welcomes me with a smile!
"She's dying, " mum says sadly. I (3)        what she says. The tulip (郁金香), mother's(4)        is dying.
A month ago, we moved (5)        our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. (6)        she was free, she would sit (7)        her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful color (8)        inviting smell.
She treated it like a baby and looked after it (9)        . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to (10)        to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she (11)        every morning was (12)        the tulip, Mum also fertilized(施肥)it many times.
She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and(13)        . But the tulip was dying (14)        too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It's true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love (15)        be harmful(有害的). Love can sometimes kill what you love.

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13． Mr. and Mrs. White had two sons and three daughters. One Sunday, Mrs. White said to her husband, "The children don't have any lessons today, and you're free too. There's a new funfair (游乐场) in the park. Let's all go there to play.
Her husband said, "1want to finish some work today." oh, forget it. Go there and make our children happy. That's the most important work" Mrs. White said.
So Mr. and Mrs. White took their children to the funfair. Mr. White was forty-five years old. But he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets. One of the children said to her mother, "Dad is just like a small child, isn't he, Mom?" Mrs. White didn't want to follow her husband around any more at that time and answered, He is even worse than a small child, Mary, because he might spend more money than a small child.

14． There was little rain in some place for two years and a lot of people died of hunger. So a man reported a famine (饥荒) to an official (官员). The official asked, "How much wheat (小麦) have you harvested (收获)?"
"Thirty percent of the normal yield (正常产量的30%), "the man replied.
"How much cotton?" "Twenty percent."
"How much rice?" "Twenty percent."
The official got mad, "You've already had seventy percent of the harvest, how dare you trump up (谎报) famine then?"
The man said, "I've never seen such a terrible famine in my life of a hundred and several scores of years"
"How could you have lived so long?" asked the official.
"Look, I'm over seventy years old. My eldest son is over forty and my second son is over thirty. The total (总数) is a hundred and several scores of years." All the people hearing this had a good laugh over that.

15． People at home keep asking me, "Is it hard to learn Chinese? Why have you learned it so well?" Well, there's one thing that makes Chinese easy to learn: there are so many people to talk to. You've probably heard that it's the most spoken language. Today it's also one of the most written languages online. And with so many Chinese people interested in learning English, it couldn't be easier to find a friend for language learning. You just have to know where to look for them.
The really good place to look for them is QQ. QQ has the same status (地位) in China as AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) does in the US. It is reported that at any moment, up to 9, 000, 000people are using QQ. They're at work, or in a web café (网吧), or at home, and the information of the users can be found. If you sign on with your address set to "abroad", you'll soon find that many thousands of them are interested in speaking to youThis is a great way for you to learn Chinese, and for them to learn English. I think that it's a very interesting way of cultural contact (文化交流), too, for ordinary people from around the world to be able to have one-on-one contact.

16． Is there anything worse than that? You bravely raise your hand to answer a question, but your teacher just point out that you're wrong. What a shame! What could the teacher make you suffer(忍受) this?
Relax. (1)        . Your teacher isn't calling you out to humiliate(使丢脸) you, but rather out of concern for you and your education.
Having all your classmates come to know your weak points can be pretty hard, so how can you get past the shame and recognize class participation as a learning opportunity?
Get out of your comfort zone. Terrill Schunmaker, a teacher, explains that "the more you speak out, the more you learn how to grow and build confidence. (2)       . "
Realize it's not a big deal (3)        . People aren't going to care all that much. "If I'm wrong or make a stupid point, then people laugh at me, but life moves on. "Says Grade 12 Kristen Wesenberg. Besides, everybody makes mistakes, and you can't be perfect all the time. (4)       . Of course it takes courage, but as Wesenberg says, "what's the point of living in fear?"You won't learn anything if you are not brave enough.
Use the experience as a learning tool. Wesenberg advises asking teachers why you're wrong so they can explain and you can learn. (5)        . If you're wrong now, at least you won't be wrong in your next test!

22．阅读短文, 从方框中选择恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空, 每空一词.

Dear Joyce,
You must be very busy these days. I called you several times, (1)       no one answered. Are you still busy (2)        on the report?
I called you because I am having problems with mom and my friends these days. You know, I am a shy person. That's (3)        I have few friends. Last month, some of my classmates (4)       me to the Internet café after school. It was a lot of fun (5)        we could play the latest online games there, and it was the first time that I felt I was not alone anymore. However, my grades were getting (6)       than ever before, and mom found out the reason. She got really angry with (7)        ! She wouldn't even let me go out with my friends again, so I had to (8)        them that I couldn't go out with them any more. My friends laughed at me and even called me a coward(胆小鬼). I couldn't stand (9)       , so I went to the Internet café (10)        them like before. Mom is really disappointed with me now. I didn't want to make her sad, but I still want to have my own friends. What should I do?
Last, mom and I miss you a lot. We hope to hear from you soon.
Your brother,
Ben

23．下面短文中的划线部分可能是错误的, 如果错误请改正, 如果正确请打 V, 如果是多余的用"删除或去掉", 如果需要添加写"词前或词后加XX". (不得改变原句的意思)
Mary is my best friend. We're all        from Henan, but now I live in Beijing when        she lives in Guangzhou. We don't to        see each other very often, but we're keep        in touch all the time. I often write to Mary and telling        her about the things that is        happening at my company, and she often writes to me about her work. We talk on phone        once a week. Sometime        I call her on her car phone, or we send e-mail to        each other. We're really luck        . There are so many ways we can keep in touch with each other.

24．英语是世界上使用最广泛的语言, 许多国家都把它作为一门重要的外语教学. 但要学好它不容易. 请根据以下提示, 以"My English study"为题, 写一篇80词左右的短文, 可适当发挥. 提示:
(1)英语是我最喜欢的科目, 我对它非常感兴趣;
(2)过去学英语时感到困难, 有时想放弃;
(3)英语老师鼓励我, 给了我很大的帮助;
(4)我通过XX方法学习英语, 取得了好成绩;
(5)我现在是全班英语最好的学生.