I am sorry to hear that his father ________ three days ago.

A. carried away B. put away

C. took away D. passed away

I am not a brave girl, and even a little mouse scares me. ______ I've been crazy about bungee jumping(蹦极). One day, I found a good place for this exciting______in Thailand by surfing the Internet. I packed my bag and flew there. How?ever, I had no idea how to get to the address listed on the ______. I called them and took a taxi, but the taxi driver didn't know the way, either. He dropped me halfway.

Having bought some bread, I had to wait for the car that was supposed to pick me up. Just then a young man jumped out of a car and asked if I was Jenny. Then we ______ to the bungee jumping place. I was amazed by the sights along the road through the window of the car.

I quickly signed an agreement which said I might die, and______ a safety harness(安全带). The guide led me through a gate, asked me to sit in a special seat and tied my ______ and ankles(踝) well.

I was nervous but not scared. As soon as I stood up and felt my ankles ______ together, I got scared. I walked slowly to the edge(边) of the bridge and looked back. The workers looked at me and couldn't help laughing. At last it was time to go. So I jumped as ______ forward as I could. At that moment my memory seemed to stop. I felt ______ going up, like riding a fast lift, and then another drop and… Finally, I stopped in the air. I spread my arms wide, laughing loudly and ______. The workers pulled me up, smiling at me.

1.A. But B. Or C. So D. And

2.A. task B. sport C. subject D. course

3.A. magazine B. newspaper C. website D. book

4.A. walked B. ran C. drove D. jumped

5.A. put out B. put on C. put off D. put in

6.A. legs B. ears C. eyes D. hair

7.A. tied B. divided C. spread D. pushed

8.A. close B. far C. short D. long

9.A. themselves B. himself C. myself D. itself

10.A. sadly B. angrily C. proudly D. slowly

Ray Charles, a black singer and pianist of the U．S. He had won 12 Grammy Awards(格莱美奖) and performed at 10，000 concerts around the world. Many musicians called him simply “the Genius”(天才).

Ray Charles was born into a poor family, without a father. When he was 5 years old, his younger brother died, and around the same time, Charles started to lose his sight. By the age of 7 he was completely blind. He had already been learning the piano for a year, and when he went blind, his mother knew this would be the only way he would make any money in the future. All his life, Charles remembered her saying: “Do it right, or don't do it at all.”

Later he went to a school for blind and deaf children. There the teachers also encouraged him to study music. Sadly, while he was still at school, his mother died. He left school and in the early 1950s Charles organized a group of players. He sang, played the piano and wrote music. He made many classical CDs with famous artists such as Elton John and the Beatles.

In 2003 a film of his life Ray was made. The part of Charles was played by a younger actor and musician called Jamie Foxx. The film director brought Foxx to meet Charles. After they had been playing together for two hours, Charles, then aged 73, jumped up and said: “He's the one…he can do it.” A year later Charles died aged 74. The film of his life has been as popular as his songs and means that the memory of Charles' music will live on.

1.What can we learn from Ray's childhood story?

A. His father died when he was 5 years old.

B. He started to go blind at the age of 7.

C. He was born into a rich musician family.

D. He started to learn the piano at the age of 6.

2.Ray Charles' mother encouraged him to play music because ________.

A. his father was a musician as well

B. it would help him get used to being blind

C. it was a good way for a blind person to get money

D. his teacher thought he was a genius

3.Ray Charles went to a school for ________.

A. normal children

B. blind and deaf children

C. talented children only

D. children without parents

4.Ray Charles thought that Jamie Foxx ________.

A. was the right person to play him in the film

B. was a good film maker

C. was the wrong person to play him in the film

D. was a good director

5.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Becoming a musician.

B. Childhood story.

C. The film of Ray's life.

D. Master of many styles.

1.Yao Ming played basketball in ________ after 2002.

A. Germany B. Canada

C. America D. England

2.Red Sorghum is the name of a ________．

A. sport B. song

C. magazine D. novel

3.Liu Yang, Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang travelled in outer space for ________ days.

A. 11 B. 12 C. 14 D. 15

4.According to the passage, the ________ was born in 1979.

A. writer B. astronaut

C. basketball player D. singer

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Liu Yang is the first Chinese woman astronaut from Henan, China.

B. Jay Chou is from Taiwan, China.

C. Mo Yan is the second Chinese national writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

D. Yao Ming's parents were both basketball players.

Ma Yun became one of the richest men in China when his company Alibaba went on the stock(股票)market in 2014 with a value of around 140 billion pounds－the largest public offering in history. Here are some stories about him on the way to success.

Ma made his first trip to the U．S. in 1995 and used the Internet for the first time. After searching for “beer”， he saw that no results came up about China. Then he searched for “China” and still saw no results. He decided to set up a Chinese website—the seed for Alibaba was sown(播种)．

Ma said he was refused many times in his life. He failed the College Entrance Examination in China 3 times and few companies offered him jobs, including one at KFC. And he was refused by the famous Harvard University 10 times.

It was difficult to learn English when Ma was a teenager because of limited resources. However, he found that he could learn English well by giving tourists free guides around his hometown Hangzhou. And he kept it for 9 years. Ma said that tourists opened up a new world for him because everything they said and did was so different from what he had been taught at school and by his parents.

Ma's hero is Forrest Gump who never gives up. When he made a speech about his success at Davos(达沃斯论坛) in 2015, Ma said, “Life__is__like__a__box__of__chocolates__because__you__never__know__what__you__are__going__to__get.”

31题完成句子；32～33题简略回答问题；34题找出并写下本文的主题句；35题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

1.Ma Yun made his ________________ to the U．S. in 1995 and used the ________ for the first time.

2.How many times was Ma Yun refused by Harvard University?

________________________________________________________________________

3.How did Ma Yun learn English well when he was a teenager?

________________________________________________________________________

4.________________________________________________________________________

5.________________________________________________________________________

根据短文内容及所给提示，在文中的空白处填写一个正确的单词。

It was a very special day because Dylan Terry came to the West End Children's Home! Dylan Terry is my favourite 1.(sing). I like him because he sings 2.(wonderful), he's cute and he helps the kids a lot.

We were 3. (stand) near the door, waiting for him. Everyone was 4.(excite). Finally, he arrived 5. shook hands with us. He sang several songs for us. Some of us even started dancing w6. he was singing. We were having a great time!

7. our surprise, Dylan joined us for lunch. He brought us a big cake. Everyone ate some and 8. was delicious. While we were eating, Dylan told us many interesting 9.(story) about himself. I never10. (think) I could talk to my favourite pop star. It was just like a dream. I will remember this unforgetable experience forever.

书面表达

我们都知道美国登山运动员Aron Ralston, 他的故事令人感动， 激励人心。在我们身边， 一定也有那么一些人和事，鼓舞我们。

请以“The Person Encouraging Me” 为题， 写一篇不少于80词的英语短文。

—I can't stand swimming in cold rivers in winter.

—But it's ________ for your health. You know I often swim in rivers in different seasons.

A. helpful B. harmful C. painful

The lake is very big— it ________ three quarters of the area.

A. puts up B. sets up C. takes up

—How does your father go to work every day?

—He________ take a bus but now he ________ walking.

A. used to; is used to B. is used to; use to C. is used for; used to