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  Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings.The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of   1   is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest.She had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much.Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the   2   of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his   3  .Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he   4   it.Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without   5  .When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld.When Demeter   6   what happened to Persephone, she became so   7   that she caused all plants to   8  .People were in   9   of starving.But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow   10   her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her.  11  , still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s   12  .She could go back to her mother if she had not   13   anything while she was in the underworld.Demeter   14   it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate(石榴)seeds in the underworld.When Zeus   15   this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her   16  , but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld.And so it   17   that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore   18   not let the crops grow.

  That is   19   we have winter when plants do not grow.When Persephone returns, Demeter is   20  , it is spring, and plants begin to grow again.

(1)

[  ]

A.

periods

B.

seasons

C.

time

D.

age

(2)

[  ]

A.

winner

B.

ruler

C.

advisor

D.

fighter

(3)

[  ]

A.

wife

B.

lover

C.

partner

D.

daughter

(4)

[  ]

A.

forbid

B.

forgive

C.

admit

D.

accept

(5)

[  ]

A.

arrangement

B.

warning

C.

reason

D.

permission

(6)

[  ]

A.

let out

B.

worked out

C.

thought out

D.

found out

(7)

[  ]

A.

excited

B.

tired

C.

angry

D.

serious

(8)

[  ]

A.

grow fast

B.

start growing

C.

stop growing

D.

grow slowly

(9)

[  ]

A.

danger

B.

hope

C.

turn

D.

case

(10)

[  ]

A.

since

B.

until

C.

after

D.

when

(11)

[  ]

A.

Persephone

B.

Zeus

C.

Demeter

D.

Hades

(12)

[  ]

A.

return

B.

change

C.

marriage

D.

journey

(13)

[  ]

A.

stolen

B.

found

C.

eaten

D.

heard

(14)

[  ]

A.

understood

B.

refused

C.

doubted

D.

accepted

(15)

[  ]

A.

discovered

B.

studied

C.

forgot

D.

prepared

(16)

[  ]

A.

daughter

B.

mother

C.

god

D.

ruler

(17)

[  ]

A.

works

B.

remains

C.

happens

D.

starts

(18)

[  ]

A.

should

B.

can

C.

dare

D.

will

(19)

[  ]

A.

where

B.

because

C.

why

D.

how

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[  ]

A.

nice

B.

friendly

C.

fresh

D.

happy

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。

There is a beautiful story about a child playing with a vase his mother had left on the table for a few moments. When the mother turned   16   the sound of her son’s crying she saw that his   17   was in the vase and was apparently stuck. She   18   to help him and pulled and pulled until the child cried out   19 . But the hand was stuck fast(牢固地). How would they get it out? The father suggested   20   the vase but it was quite valuable and the child’s hand might be cut in the   21 _. Yet he knew that if all else   22   there would be no other alternative.

So he said to the boy, “Now, let’s make one more   23  . Open your hand and stretch your   24   out straight, as I’m doing, and then pull!” “  25   Dad,” said the boy, “if I do that I’ll   26   my penny!”

The boy had had a coin in his hand   27   and was holding it   28  in his tight little fist. And he wasn’t   29   to open his hand and lose it. But  30   he opened his hand it came out of the vase easily.

The father said to the boy, “What are you holding onto so tightly as to hinder (阻碍) your walk with God? That vase can be  31   to the entrance to the Kingdom of God. It is narrow yet quite   32   to pass in, but first you must open your hand to God and   33   earthly(世俗的)things to fall. If we keep our fists   34   and hold fast to what we have and keep it for ourselves, we will be unable to   35   hold of the hand of God. Open your hand to the hand of God and you will see great things take place.”

A. in                        B. at                            C. from                D. on

A. foot                      B. hair                  C. hand                D. head

A. tried                     B. refused            C. completed         D. separated

A. in fun                 B. in general          C. with fear          D. in pain

A. abandoning         B. selling              C. burning            D. breaking

A. time                   B. state                 C. process             D. record

A. failed                   B. lost                  C. impressed         D. tried

A. chance                B. choice              C. try                   D. force

A. lip                      B. fingers             C. nails                 D. thumb

A. But                   B. And                 C. Though            D. When

A. touch                  B. hit                   C. employ             D. lose

A. all the time               B. in time             C. at one time       D. for some time

A. apparently           B. securely            C. stupidly            D. normally

A. hesitated            B. accepted           C. excited             D. prepared   

A. yet                     B. since                C. once                 D. although

A. seemed              B. compared         C. looked              D. related

A. difficult              B. safe                  C. easy                 D. quiet

A. allow                  B. admit                      C. forbid              D. make

A. open                   B. urgent              C. closed              D. intended

A. bring                  B. take                 C. have                 D. come

This is a dangerous world we live in. The number of murders goes up every year, people are dying of cancer, more people contract HIV, more teens are using drugs, ect. You know this because you’ve heard all the statistics on the news and in the paper. But do you really have an accurate idea what they mean? The numbers are going up, but how do they compare to the growth in population? Are more cases of these diseases being reported because of better testing techniques, or are the diseases more common? The fact is that without knowing the background statistics mean very little.

This growing trend of reporting only part of the information is becoming dangerous. For example, several years ago a high school student reported the dangers of the chemical known as dihydrogen monoxide. This chemical, found in most cancerous tumors, is often found in the blood of people drunk on alcohol, and causes complete physical and mental dependence for those who take the chemical even once. After reading his report, more than 75% of his Advanced Placement Chemistry class voted to forbid this dangerous chemical! Every one of the above statement is true, yet this chemical is necessary to all life on earth. The students made a mistake because they voted knowing only a few statements and statistics, rather than the chemical’s full background.

The point of this article is that one should be aware of what is and is not being said. When one finds a new fact or number, one should try to consider other important information before forming an opinion with only half-truths. Always remember that the author is trying to convince you of his or her own view, and will leave our information that is different from his view. For example, look again at the statistics that suggest skiing is safe. Only 32 people die each year when skiing, while 897 die from lightening strikes, but which is really more dangerous? If you think more about it, you will realize far fewer people go skiing each year than the number of people in danger of a lightning strike. When you think about it again, skiing is more dangerous than you might at first think when looking at the statistics. If we teenagers are to be left in this world, we had better be able to think critically, and form our own views, rather than be easily persuaded by another’s. To be warned is just to be prepared.

What’s the author’s attitude towards the growing trend of reporting only part of the      

  information?

Disapproving   B. Positive       C. Indifferent     D. Dangerous

In the first paragraph, what does the writer suggest?

A. We are now living in a dangerous world.

B. We get a lot of false statistics from the media.

C. There are around us more and more murders diseases, ect.

D. Statistics alone without full background don’t give us an accurate picture of things.

What’s the purpose of the writer’s using the two examples in the second paragraph?

A. To argue that high school students are easily persuaded.

B. To prove what is necessary to us might be dangerous.

C. To show the danger of reporting only part of the information.

D. To warn us of the harmful substance around us.

Relative information is often left out because ___________________. 

A. it is not important

B. the author is trying to show what he or she says is true

C. readers will consider other important information

D. readers are able to form an opinion with half-truths

What can we learn from the passage?

A. Some measures must be taken to protect our dangerous world.

B. The growing trend of reporting only half-truths is getting out of control.

C. Teenagers ought to improve their ability of telling right from wrong.

D. We should learn to think critically and look at problems from all sides.

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

I have never learned as much math in my life as I did last year, It was because of Ms. Pam  21    I truly understood what I was learning. It might not seem  22     a big deal to some,but to me it is. I have never met a woman so caring and so determined to teach her  23  .

I never really wanted to work for good   24   in math class. I never knew how to study math and never understood some of the concepts. I can remember trying to sneak (偷偷溜出) the classroom    25    Ms. Pam caught me and yelled across the   26   ," Lauren, are you coming to extra help during lunch?" It was a nightmare… She would always  27  me with one foot out of the door; it never   28  . Even then I just thought of it as a thing I had to do. It was funny to see how everyone would be in her room during lunch and then again after school. She would  29  everyone to come every day,just so we could do our homework in  30  .

Many of the students thought of her as a bit of nag (唠叨),but  31  they knew that she was right and   32   for it. Many of her tests were hard at first,but as the year progressed,many students felt them easier,so did I. I knew that it was because of her.

Even outside class,she was  33  as ever. She always wanted to know what was going on in my(and everyone else’s)life,and she was always looking out for everyone’s best interest.

    Ms. Pam is a sweet woman with a sense of   34   that you just have to laugh at. When regents were approaching,she was more concerned than ever about everyone doing well. Many of her precious students   35  high,and so she  36  the same from us. Day after day there were students in the classroom   37   problems. When it was time for our big test,I knew I was ready. I walked out of that test with my head  38 . I knew that I was a  39  and Ms. Pam had made me that way, I appreciated all the hard work that she put into helping me and my fellow students. I knew that I would  40  her.

21. A. how                     B. what                   C. that                        D. why

22. A. like                           B. as                        C. so                           D. as if

23. A. students               B. children         C. classmates            D. family

24. A. life                         B. salary                C grades             D. subjects

25. A. while                              B. unless                  C. before                         D. until

26. A. seat                  B. classroom         C. yard                 D. kitchen

27. A. see                                 B. catch                  C. help                              D. beat

28. A. succeeded               B. stopped              C. worked             D. failed

29. A. encourage            B. let                         C. forbid                   D. hope

30. A. confusion                      B. peace                             C. surprise                      D. home

31. A. inside                             B. outside              C. almost                       D. hardly

32. A. praised              B. scolded               C. respected                   D. blamed

33. A. frightened            B. caring                  C. hard                 D. right

34. A. duty                  B. time                  C. foolishness              D. humour

35. A. jumped                          B. scored            C. grew                           D. drank

36. A. hoped                      B. received              C. wished                    D. expected

37. A. previewing                 B. making                 C. learning                      D. reviewing

38. A. low                                    B. hanging         C. high                        D. down

39. A. failure                            B. student              C. success                       D. hero

40. A. hate                           B. miss                C. forget                         D. marry

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
There is a beautiful story about a child playing with a vase his mother had left on the table for a few moments. When the mother turned   16  the sound of her son’s crying she saw that his  17   was in the vase and was apparently stuck. She   18  to help him and pulled and pulled until the child cried out   19 . But the hand was stuck fast(牢固地). How would they get it out? The father suggested   20  the vase but it was quite valuable and the child’s hand might be cut in the   21 _. Yet he knew that if all else   22  there would be no other alternative.
So he said to the boy, “Now, let’s make one more   23 . Open your hand and stretch your   24  out straight, as I’m doing, and then pull!” “  25  Dad,” said the boy, “if I do that I’ll   26  my penny!”
The boy had had a coin in his hand   27  and was holding it   28 in his tight little fist. And he wasn’t   29  to open his hand and lose it. But  30  he opened his hand it came out of the vase easily.
The father said to the boy, “What are you holding onto so tightly as to hinder (阻碍) your walk with God? That vase can be  31  to the entrance to the Kingdom of God. It is narrow yet quite  32   to pass in, but first you must open your hand to God and   33  earthly(世俗的)things to fall. If we keep our fists   34  and hold fast to what we have and keep it for ourselves, we will be unable to   35  hold of the hand of God. Open your hand to the hand of God and you will see great things take place.”

【小题1】
A.inB.atC.from D.on
【小题2】
A.foot B.hair C.hand D.head
【小题3】
A.tried B.refusedC.completed D.separated
【小题4】
A.in fun B.in generalC.with fear D.in pain
【小题5】
A.abandoning B.selling C.burning D.breaking
【小题6】
A.time B.state C.process D.record
【小题7】
A.failed B.lost C.impressed D.tried
【小题8】
A.chance B.choice C.try D.force
【小题9】
A.lip B.fingers C.nails D.thumb
【小题10】
A.But B.And C.Though D.When
【小题11】
A.touch B.hit C.employ D.lose
【小题12】
A.all the time B.in time C.at one time D.for some time
【小题13】
A.apparently B.securely C.stupidly D.normally
【小题14】
A.hesitated B.accepted C.excited D.prepared
【小题15】
A.yet B.since C.once D.although
【小题16】
A.seemed B.compared C.looked D.related
【小题17】
A.difficult B.safe C.easy D.quiet
【小题18】
A.allow B.admit C.forbid D.make
【小题19】
A.open B.urgent C.closed D.intended
【小题20】
A.bring B.take C.have D.come

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