needs them. As a result, about 300 million children around the world go barefoot. Those children risk picking up diseases and parasites(寄生虫) from the soil.
An American man may have a solution for those barefoot kids—a shoe that grows with the child. Kenton Lee is the creator of The Shoe That Grows. He explains how the shoe works and how it is able to last so long.
“It grows in three places: the front; it can also grow on the side with Velcro; and on the back with our buckle. It can last up to five years. The bottom is compressed(压缩的) rubber like tire rubber. The top is just high-quality leather.” The shoe comes in two sizes: small that fits children aged 4 to 9 and large for children aged 9 to 14.
Lee says he got the idea for the shoe while working as a volunteer in an orphanage in Kenya.“...and there was a little girl in a white dress walking next to me. And I just remember looking down and seeing how small her shoes were. They were so small that she had to cut open the front of her shoes to let her toes stick out. And I just remember thinking, “Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a pair of shoes that could grow with her feet?”
However, Lee says it was not easy to turn his idea into a reality. “I kept writing down I should do this because of this or because of that.” Finally, in 2009 Lee founded a non-profit organization called Because International. In the office of Because International, Lee keeps a pair of his own shoes to help him remember his promise. “I told myself I would not get new shoes until the idea was done. So, those are the shoes that I wore for a little over five years.”
13. Which of the following is the characteristic of the newly invented shoes?
A. They are more expensive. B. They are not so comfortable. C. They can grow with a child. D. They come in different sizes.
14. Who is this kind of newly invented shoes intended for?
A. All the teenagers. B. Children aged 4 to 14.
C. Middle-aged women in Africa. D. Senior citizens with low income.
15. Why does Kenton Lee keep a pair of his own shoes in the office?
第二节(共5小题;每小题3分,满分15分)
根据短文内,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Everyone knows that fish is good for health. 16 But it seems that many people don’t cook fish at home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isn’t difficult. 17 This text is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way.
18 Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that you’re standing at the ocean’s edge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isn’t fresh. 19
A. To remind him of his promise. B. To copy the design of them. C. To get a change conveniently.
D. To use them as an example.
When you have bought a fish and arrive home, you’d better store the fish in the refrigerator if you don’t cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridge for only a day or two. Frozen fish isn’t as tasty as the fresh one.
There are many common methods used to cook fish. 20 First, clean it and season it with your choice of spices (调料) put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound.(A larger one will take more time.)Then, it’s ready to serve. A. Do not buy it.
B. The easiest is to steam it. C. This is how you can do it.
D. It just requires a little knowledge. E. The fish will go bad within hours.
F. When buying fish, you should first smell it.
G. The fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease 第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分55分） 第一节（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One year after Tom was born, his parents had a car accident. They never 21 . Tom's 85-year-old grandmother was too 22 to take care of him. As a result he was put up for adoption (领养).He was adopted by a middle-aged couple who had no 23 of their own. They were not rich and received little education, but they were 24 people.
As Tom was growing up: he 25 a lot of problems at school. He didn't learn 26 and had trouble in reading. His 27 sometimes laughed at him. What they said made Tom 28 .
As he couldn't 29 the other students at school, he dropped out of school and came back home. But he didn't stop learning. He had big dreams. Though he didn't learn fast he kept 30 himself at home.
After many years of learning at home, he 31 overcame (克服）his difficulties. Today he is a very 32 speaker and author. While he was growing up: his self-esteem(自尊) and 33 were low because of others' making fun of him. It took him many 34 to realize his dreams.
When listening to his videos and tapes, he shows confidence. He tells about his 35 and how he overcame the challenges in his life. He has a very 36 sentence: “You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present situations 37 you change.”
For those who have low self-confidence, I suggest you 38 reading about Tom's world. Many people have so much potential（潜能）to be discovered. If you have a dream, then start today to 39 yourself towards it. If someone like Tom who has 40 in learning can make such achievements, why can't you succeed?
21. A. returned B. called 22. A. busy
B. old B. kids
C. imagined C. poor
D. planned D. mean D. parents D. kind-hearted
23.A. friends 24.A. brave
C. students
B. famous C. confident
25.A. explored B. brought C. faced 26.A. willingly 27.A. sisters 28.A. sad
B. proudly
D. solved
D. quickly
C. carefully
B. classmates C. brothers B. bored
D. teaches
D. confused
C. tired
29.A. compete with B. get along with C. catch up with 30. A. proving B. cheering 31. A. strangely 32. A. honest
C. entertaining
D. agree with D. teaching
D. luckily
B. immediately C. finally
C. smart
B. successful
D. strong D. talent D. years
D. hobby
33. A. confidence B. mood 34. A. hours
C. grade
B. days
C. months C. story
35. A. family 36. A. long
B. habit
B. encouraging C. simple
B. when
C. since
D. interesting
D. although
37. A. unless 38. A. continue 39. A. force
B. keep
C. start D. enjoy D. move D. fun
B. discover B. gift
C. send C. dreams
40. A. difficulty
第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为41-50的相应位置上。
Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the 41 important thing in her life. To tell you the 42 (true), she took lessons for years and practised every day, 43 her voice didn't improve. 44 (honest), it didn’t get better, it just got louder.
Her teacher finally 45 （give）up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused 46 (quit)(停止), and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her former teacher to attend.
The teacher was very worried about 47 to say after the performance. She knew it would be terrible and it was. She didn't want to tell a lie, but she didn’t want to hurt Alice’s feelings 48 . Finally, she got an idea and went backstage(后台) to greet her former pupil. “Well”, said Alice, “what did you think of _49__ performance?”
“My dear,” said the teacher, “you’ll __50__ be better than you were tonight.”
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）文中共有10处语言错误，
I tried a new lifestyle. I gave up the Internet, but even didn’t watch TV. I thought I would feel very boring. However, I had very different day. I wrote two article that morning. In the past, I always want to write one, but I didn’t have time. While I was separated from the net and TV, I could devote myself to write. I once read an article, that said that every morning the writer spent two hours wrote without the net. At that time, I thought up she was too strict. After I tried the method myself, I found it real worthwhile.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华,你的美国笔友玛丽最近在中国学习。她写信向你述说了她的困扰：不适应新环境，想家，感到焦虑。请你根据以下要点提示给她写一封回信。
1.表示理解并给予安慰 2. 提出建议并说明理由。 注意：字数120左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总数.）
想家的，homesick Dear Mary,
I’m sorry to learn that you are having such a bad time.
