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One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场） house in a large valley. 36

seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 37 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 38 ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 39 Raul. The thunder（雷声） was so loud that he buried his 40 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoof beats（蹄声）.He 41 .There before him stood a tall, white 42 . An old man stared down at him from its back.

“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered 43 .“Come with me.”

Raul followed on his horse. A 44 feeling came over him. All 45 them the rain was pouring down, 46 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 47 back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found 48 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 49 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 50 .

Raul’s father ran out across the yard to 51 him. “we have been 52 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the 53 .”

“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”

“Can’t say I … wait. I 54 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was 55 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”

36. A. Something	B. Everything	C. Anything	D. Nothing
37.A.dropped	B. fell	C. rolled	D. covered
38.A.Suddenly	B. Strongly	C. Quickly	D. Hardly
39.A.beating	B. blinding	C. burning	D. touching
40.A.nose	B. hair	C. neck	D. head
41.A.looked up	B. woke up	C. lay down	D. sat down
42.A.tiger	B. horse	C. lion	D. elephant
43.A.lazily	B. angrily	C. coldly	D. slowly
44.A.natural	B. common	C. strange	D. bad
45.A.around	B. beside	C. through	D. above
46.A.yet	B. for	C. so	D. or
47.A.walking	B. leading	C. heading	D. returning
48.A.them	B. themselves	C. him	D. himself
49.A.shook	B. waved	C. held	D. took
50.A.gone	B. left	C. followed	D. lost
51.A.see	B. meet	C. beat	D. ask
52.A.waited	B. thought	C. worried	D. excited
53.A.yard	B. wind	C. grass	D. rain
54.A.believe	B. consider	C. doubt	D. forget
55.A.defeated	B. caught	C. damaged	D. struck

One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场） house in a large valley. 36

seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 37 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 38 ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 39 Raul. The thunder（雷声） was so loud that he buried his 40 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoof beats（蹄声）.He 41 .There before him stood a tall, white 42 . An old man stared down at him from its back.

“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered 43 .“Come with me.”

Raul followed on his horse. A 44 feeling came over him. All 45 them the rain was pouring down, 46 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 47 back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found 48 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 49 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 50 .

Raul’s father ran out across the yard to 51 him. “we have been 52 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the 53 .”

“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”

“Can’t say I … wait. I 54 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was 55 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”

36. A. Something B. Everything C. Anything D. Nothing

37.A.dropped B. fell C. rolled D. covered

38.A.Suddenly B. Strongly C. Quickly D. Hardly

39.A.beating B. blinding C. burning D. touching

40.A.nose B. hair C. neck D. head

41.A.looked up B. woke up C. lay down D. sat down

42.A.tiger B. horse C. lion D. elephant

43.A.lazily B. angrily C. coldly D. slowly

44.A.natural B. common C. strange D. bad

45.A.around B. beside C. through D. above

46.A.yet B. for C. so D. or

47.A.walking B. leading C. heading D. returning

48.A.them B. themselves C. him D. himself

49.A.shook B. waved C. held D. took

50.A.gone B. left C. followed D. lost

51.A.see B. meet C. beat D. ask

52.A.waited B. thought C. worried D. excited

53.A.yard B. wind C. grass D. rain

54.A.believe B. consider C. doubt D. forget

55.A.defeated B. caught C. damaged D. struck

第II卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

W: Hi, Ben, Where have you been?

M: I’ve been to the library and (76)b some English books. Why do you ask?

W: I thought you’d been to the post office. Did you find the money I left on the desk?

M: Yes, 10 dollars (77)a . But I don’t know what it is for.

W: Didn’t you see the note I left to you with the money?

M: Note? Why note? I don’t see any note.

W: (78)R ? It’s very strange. I left the money with a note (79)s______ I wanted you to go to the post office and get some (80)e______ and stamps for me. I also put the ink bottle on them in case they might not draw your attention.

M: I see now. Why cant’ you go and get them (81)y______? The post office is only about 30 (82)m walk from here. We often go for a walk there after having (83)s .

W: Of course I know how far it is from our school. I can’t go there myself because I’m very (84)b_______ doing some chemical

experiments in the lab. And what’s more, I have to prepare for my English exam. You know I failed the last one. If I can’t pass this time , a hard time will be (85)w for me.

(76)_________

(77)_________

(78)_________

(79)_________

(80)_________

(81)_________

(82)_________

(83)_________

(84)_________

(85)_________

I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps (快照), maybe occasionally for magazines. Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand. So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list. And it was on special offer. Oh joy. I pointed at it and asked an assistant, “Can I have one of those?”? He looked perturbed (不安). “Do you want to try it first?” he said. It didn’t quite sound like a question. “Do I need to?” I replied ,“There is nothing wrong with it？” This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad. “No, no. But you should try it,” he said encouragingly. “Compare it with the others. ”

I looked across at the others: shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts, with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to take Z and possibly H into account at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with: first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.

But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice, the clever choice, the wise choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The assistant seemed a sincere man. So I let him take out of my chosen camera from cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers… and when he started to introduce the special features, I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.

Why do we think that new options still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine.

1.The shop assistant insisted that the writer should________.

A. try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it.

B. compare the camera he had chosen with the others.

C. get more information about different companies.

D. trust him and stop asking questions.

2.What does the writer mean by “it would be worth half what I paid for it ”(paragraph 2)

A. He should get a 50% discount.

B. The price of the camera was unreasonably high.

C. The quality of the camera was not good.

D. The camera would soon fall in value.

3. The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he________.

A. knew very little about it.

B. didn’t trust the shop assistant

C. wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best.

D. had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion__________.

A. people waste too much money on cameras

B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life

C. we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product

D. famous companies care more about profit than quality

I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps (快照), maybe occasionally for magazines. Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand. So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list. And it was on special offer. Oh joy. I pointed at it and asked an assistant, “Can I have one of those?” He looked perturbed (不安).“Do you want to try it first?" he said. It didn't quite sound like a question. "Do I need to?" I replied. "There's nothing wrong with it?" This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad. "No, no. But you should try it," he said encouragingly." Compare it with the others. "

I looked across at the others: shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts, with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to take Z and possibly H into account at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with: first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.

But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice, the clever choice, the wise choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The assistant seemed a sincere man. So I let him take out my chosen camera from the cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers... and when he started to introduce the special features, I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.

Why do we think that new options (选择) still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine.

1. The shop assistant insisted that the writer should __ .

A. try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it

B. compare the camera he had chosen with the others

C. get more information about different companies

D. trust him and stop asking questions

2. What does the writer mean by "it would be worth half what I paid for it" (Paragraph 2) ?

A. He should get a 50% discount.

B. The price of the camera was unreasonably high.

C. The quality of the camera was not good.

D. The camera would soon fall in value.

3. The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he __ .

A. knew very little about it

B. didn't trust the shop assistant

C. wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best

D. had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers

4. It can be inferred from the passage that in the writer's opinion, __

A. people waste too much money on cameras

B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life

C. we don't actually need so many choices when buying a product

D. famous companies care more about profit than quality

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