My husband Ollie had retired from teaching and we were making plans to travel together to Florida. Then he was terribly ill and became very weak, hardly able to speak. Weeks passed and it became clear that Ollie was near death, but I prayed day and night that he could get better.
One of us was always in Ollie’s hospital room—either me, or our grown children, Bruce and Karen. One day, in his broken and weak speech, Ollie told Bruce, “Go home. You should be with Gwen.” Gwen was Bruce’s wife. They had been married for six years and lived hundreds of miles away. Gwen was about to have a baby. We felt an extra sadness, knowing Ollie would never see his first grandchild.
“I don’t want to leave you, Dad,” Bruce said. Ollie repeated, “You should be with Gwen.” Reluctantly, Bruce left. “When the baby comes,” he promised Ollie, “you will be the first to know.” A few days later, around 2 p.m., Ollie awoke from a sleep. He turned and looked at me. I sat close to hear his weak words. “The baby is coming now. It’s a boy,” he said. For a moment his eyes were filled with tears. Then he went back to sleep again. Not long after that, Karen ran into the room. “Bruce called,” she said, a smile lighting her face. “Gwen gave birth to a healthy baby boy around two o’ clock.”
Ollie smiled; he had been the first to know. That night, Ollie died in his sleep.
【小题1】Ollie didn’t travel to Florida because________.

A.he was too weak to travel
B.he could hardly be able to speak
C.he could not afford the trip
D.he was waiting for his grandchild to be born
【小题2】Why did Ollie want Bruce to be with Gwen?
A.Ollie thought it was too much trouble for Bruce to stay at hospital.
B.Ollie wanted Bruce to bring the baby along as soon as it was born.
C.Ollie didn’t want his son to be absent when his baby was born.
D.Ollie couldn’t bear his son seeing him dying with a broken heart.
【小题3】The underlined word in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______.
A.DisappointedlyB.UnwillinglyC.ExcitedlyD.Immediately
【小题4】What can we learn from the passage ?
A.Ollie and his wife had planned to settle in Florida.
B.Ollie cared for his son more than his daughter.
C.Ollie was sad about not being able to see his first grandchild.
D.Ollie died happy and in peace.


At Harton College-an English boarding school(寄宿制学校)for boys-there are many rules.Fifteen-year-old Bob Sanders often breaks them.
The boys can go into the town in the afternoon after class. But they must return to the school at six o’clock. One afternoon Bob walked to the town. He looked at the shops and then went to the cinema. After the film, he looked at his watch. It was after eight o’clock. He was a little worried . He walked back to Harton College as fast as possible.
When he arrived, he ran quickly to the main entrance(主要入口).It was locked. He went round the school buiding to another door. That one was locked too. He looked up at the window of his dormitory(宿舍).It was on the third floor. The window was open. But it was quite dark and he could not climb up the wall easily. Then he saw another open window on the ground floor. It was the window of the headmaster’s study(书房).
He looked into the room-no one was there. Bob quickly climbed on to the window and jumped into the room. Just then he heard a noise. Then someone turned on a light in the corridor(走郎).Bob looked around and then hid under the sofa. One minute later, Mr Mannering the headmaster, came in. He turned on the light on his desk, and sat down on the sofa(沙发).Then he opened a book and began to read.
Bob lay under the sofa as quietly as possible. He couldn’t move. The floor was cold and uncomfortable. He looked at the headmaster’s shoes and socks for an hour.
“Why doesn’t he get up and go to bed?”Bob thought.
Mr. Mannering read his book for another hour.Finally, the headmaster closed his book and stood up. He put the book on a shelf and walked towards the door.
“Thank God he didn’t find me under the sofa,”thought Bob.
Then Mr. Mannering stopped and spoke towards the sofa.
“Would you turn off the light when you leave?”
He said, and left the study.
57.Bob returned to the school more than two hours late because_______.
A.he enjoyed himself too much  B.he did not catch the bus
C.he hated the rules     D.he ran into an old friend
58.The main entrance was_______.
A.too high   B.open  C.shut   D.slightly open
59.Bob didn’t go to his dormitory because_______.
A.the gate was locked  B.the window was shut
C.it was quite dark      D.the wall was too high for him to climb up
60.Bob actually went into the headmaster’s_______.
A.dormitory        B.private(私人的)office
C.kitchen            D.bedroom

短句翻译(共26空,满分13分)

1.___________  __________ .The people all over the country will help you rebuild  your homes.

振作起来,全国人民都会帮助你们重建家园的。

2.They are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere , which  ________ heat  ______  ________from the earth into space.

他们把过多的二氧化碳释放到大气层中,这阻止了地球上的热量释放到太空去。

3.You should never  _________  ________ when driving a car.

开车时绝对不应冒险。

4.He could not __________   ___________ his absence from school.

他不能对他没去上学作出解释。

5.It doesn’t seem ugly to me; _______   ________  _______ , I think it’s rather  beautiful.

对我来说,这一点都不丑。正相反,我认为相当美。

6.She did not look happy but ________  __________  him .

她瞪着他,看上去很不高兴。

7.Harry has been out of work for six months, so he has difficulty in _________  _______   ___________. 

Harry 失业6个月了,因此他已经生活很困难了,难以谋生了。

8.I had been waiting for you in the cold wind for 3 hours, but you didn’t_________  _______ .

我在寒风中等了你3个小时,但是你还没出现。

9.I  ________  ________for the company earlier in order to avoid the heavy traffic.

为了避开拥挤的交通,我早早动身去公司了。

10.She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would _________  _______  __________.

她说她会7点钟到那儿,而且他认为她会遵守诺言的。

11.I don’t want them to  _________ me  _______ her .

我不想因为它们而想起她来。

 

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