7．I stood at the window and watched the neighborhood children flying their kites on the hill behind ——青夏教育精英家教网—

7．I stood at the window and watched the neighborhood children flying their kites on the hill behind our house．Next to me，my four-year-old son，Michael，pressed his face against the glass．Then，looking up at me with pleading eyes，he again asked if he could have a kite．
Ever since he had first seen the children on the hill，Michael had been asking the same question，and had been given the same answer："Wait till you are a little older．"Michael hid his face in my skirt，something he always did when he was going to cry and didn't want me to see．
I felt like crying myself．Because of my health I simply didn't have the strength or energy to fly a kite with Michael，and Michael was too young to fly a kite all by himself．My husband worked long，irregular hours，and even so we kept going deeper in debt．As a result，a tension had grown between us．
Michael was the one spark of life left for me．As I put him into bed that evening，he said，"Mummy，may I pray to God to send me a yellow kite？"
"Yes，"I said．"We will leave it up to him．"I was tired of the whole thing and hoped that maybe this would make Michae stop talking about it．
The next morning I raised the shade in the kitchen，and stared at the sight that met my eyes-a string hanging down in front of the window．I ran out of the back door．There was a kite，a yellow one．
Michael clapped his hands and jumped up and down．"Mummy，I knew God would answer my prayer!"I didn't believed．We asked all over the neighborhood but we never found the kite's former owner．
My depression left me，and as my health improved，so did my relationship with my husband．All I needed was comfort； no matter what it is，the kindness always exists in my heart．

41．When the author's son was about to cry heB．
A．always went out to fly his kite with his friends
B．always hid his face in his mother's skirt
C．always pressed his face against the glass
D．was always angry and ignored his mother．
42．Why didn't the author buy her son a kite？C
A．She thought it was unsafe to fly a kite on the hill．
B．She was too busy to fly a kite with her son．
C．She didn't have enough energy and money．
D．She didn't want to spend the money．
43．Which of the following would be the reason for the author not giving herself up？A
A．Her son's birth and growing up．
B．Her husband's deep love for her．
C．Her dream of rich life．
D．Her belief in God who would help her．
44．What can we learn about the author's husband according to the passage？D
A．He bought the yellow kite for his son．
B．He had a very good job but earned a little．
C．He didn't love his wife and son any more．
D．He couldn't earn enough money to support his family．
45．From the text we can conclude thatB．
A．it's important to give a child what he wants
B．a kindness helps change a person and a family
C．there are many unhappy families in the world
D．sometimes good luck will come to anybody．

6．______ students are working hard，because ______ them intend to go to a famous university．（　　）

	A．	A great deal of； the majority of
	B．	A good many； majority of
	C．	A great many of； majority of
	D．	A good many； the majority of

5．The boss was not satisfied with ______ of the two projects and asked the young man to present ______to him．（　　）

	A．	both； the other		B．	either； another
	C．	all； the others		D．	neither； another

4．A Kindle is a product from Amazon which allows you to download books and read them anywhere，without having to carry around lots of heavy books．It is also really useful when you go on holiday if you read a lot and quickly．
I bought my Kindle two years ago after seeing my sister with one．Before，I didn't want one，as I love the satisfaction that comes from reading a book from cover to cover．However，one day，after using my sister's I fell in love with it．It is easy to download any book you can imagine from the website．One minute you see the book online，the next it is in your hands．And you can read a wide range of books-from classic books such as Pride and Prejudice and works by Shakespeare，to modern comedy books．
Another thing I love about the Kindle is the privacy．You can read absolutely anything on there and nobody will know!For example，if you want to read a book which might be advertised as a children's book，you can secretly read it and everyone will believe you are reading a deeply thoughtful novel!
Reading a Kindle gives you a chance to escape the real world．You can also do this with normal books，but the secrecy and excitement of downloading a new book onto your device adds to the magic．
This doesn't mean I have completely given up reading physical books．I still love them．I often go into old bookshops and find a well-known novel for￡1，or borrow old books from my grandfather's library．There is a worry that with all this new technology there will no longer be a place for physical books，which would be a crying shame．So，I definitely recommend getting yourself a Kindle，but please，don't forget about physical books，either!

66．According to the passage，people can use a Kindle toB．
A．download films and see them       B．download books and read them
C．download music and listen to it    D．download games and play them
67．When did the author begin to love the Kindle？A
A．After she used her sister's．     B．After she saw one in the shop．
C．Before her sister bought one．     D．When she saw its advertisement．
68．The meaning of the underlined word"privacy"in Paragraph 3is close to"B"．
A．agency     B．secret       C．policy     D．community
69．How should people who get a Kindle deal with physical books？C
A．They should forget them．          B．They should never buy them．
C．They should also read them．      D．They should throw them away．
70．What's the author's attitude towards using a Kindle？A
A．Supportive． B．Negative． C．Unconcerned． D．Unknown．

3．Writing articles about films for The Front Page was my first proper job．Before then I had done bits of reviewing-novels for other newspapers，films for a magazine and anything I was asked to do for the radio．That was how I met Tom Seaton，the first arts editor of The Front Page，who had also written for television．He hired me，but Tom was not primarily a journalist，or he would certainly have been more careful in choosing his staff．
At first，his idea was that a team of critics should take care of the art forms that didn't require specialized knowledge：books，TV，theatre，film and radio．There would be a weekly lunch at which we would make our choices from the artistic material that Tom had decided we should cover，though there would also be guests to make the atmosphere sociable．
It all felt like a bit of dream at that time：a new newspaper and I was one of the team．It seemed so unlikely that a paper could be introduced into a crowded market．It seemed just as likely that a millionaire wanted to help me personally，and was pretending to employ me．Such was my lack of self-confidence．
Tom's original scheme for a team of critics for the arts never took off．It was a good idea，but we didn't get together as planned and so everything was done by phone．It turned out，too，that the general public out there preferred to associate a reviewer with a single subject area，and so I chose film．Without Tom's initial push，though，we would hardly have come up with the present arrangement，by which I write an extended weekly piece，usually on one film．
The space I am given allows me to broaden my argument-or forces me，in an uninteresting week，to make something out of nothing．But what is my role in the public arena？I assume that people choose what films to go to on the basis of the stars，the publicity or the director．So if a film review isn't really a consumer guide，what is it？I certainly don't feel I have a responsibility to be‘right'about a movie．Nor do I think there should be a certain number of‘great'and‘bad'films each year．All I have to do is put forward an argument．I'm not a judge，and nor would I want to be．

63．What do we learn about Tom Seaton from the first paragraph？C
A．He encouraged the writer to become a writer．
B．He met the writer when working for television．
C．He had worked in various areas of the media．
D．He prefers to employ people that he knows．
64．The weekly lunches were planned in order toB．
A．help the writers get to know each other
B．distribute the work that had to be done
C．provide an informal information session
D．entertain important visitors from the arts
65．What does the author mean when he says that Tom's plan never took off in Paragraph 4？D
A．Tom's plan was unpopular．
B．Tom's plan wasted too much time．
C．Tom's plan wasn't planned properly．
D．Tom's plan wasn't put into practice．
66．Which of the following best describes what the writer says about his work？A
A．He can freely express his opinion．
B．He prefers to write about films he likes．
C．His success varies from year to year．
D．He writes according to accepted rules．

2．During the outbreak of 2009-2010 H1N1 or"swine flu"，the same virus that caused mild coughing and sneezing in some patients proved deadly for others．It highlighted a medical mystery：why are some people more fit to handle the flu than others？
British and American researchers think they have a clue．Reporting on Sunday in the journal Nature，researchers say they've found a gene that influences our ability to fight against flu illness．The gene，called IFITM3，is the"important first line of defense"against the flu，researcher Paul Kellam of Britain's Sanger Institute told Reuters．
The IFITM3 protein（蛋白） prevents flu viruses from reproducing in cells．So，if you have a high amount of IFITM3，you're in luck，since it weakens the spread of the virus； a low amount can lead to more rapid viral reproduction，causing severe flu symptoms，according to Kellam．
Scientists first found in gene studies that IFITM3played a role in resistance to flu and other viruses．In experiments in mice，they showed that when mice were raised to lack the IFITM3gene and then infected with influenza，the animals developed more severe lung infection from flu，compared with mice that had the gene．
To figure out the role of IFTTM3 in humans，researchers then studied the IFITM3genes of 53patients with the flu in 2009-2010．They found that these patients were more likely to have a variant of the IFITM3gene-which makes people more vulnerable to flu-compared with the general population．According to evidence from large genetic databases，about 1in 400people carries this IFITM3variant，the BBC reports．
"Our research is important for people who have this variant as we predict their immune defenses could be weakened to some virus infections，"said Kellam．
The Findings also suggest that a drug that functions as IFITM3could help increase resistance to flu and other viruses，including deadly ones like H5N1flu．

63．What does the underlined word'vulnerable'mean in the fifth paragraph？D
A．resistant B．accessible C．adjustable D．defenseless
64．You are less likely to get infected with H1N1ifD
A．a variant of EFIM3is produced
B．the immune system is weakened
C．protein doesn't function in your cells
D．you have a high amounts of IFITM3
65．Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage？A
A．Why Flu Hits Some People Harder
B．How We Protect Ourselves From Flu
C．How We Get Infected With Flu
D．Why Flu Breaks Out Among People．

1．Research shows that childhood friendships are important indicators of future success and social adjustment．Children's relationships with peers （同龄人） strongly influence their success in school，and children with fewer friends are more at risk of dropping out of school，becoming depressed and other problems．
Making and Keeping Friends Is More Than Child's Play
When 6-year-old Rachel returned to school on a recent Monday morning，her eyes immediately scanned the playground for her friend Abbie．Though they were only separated by a weekend，the girls"ran right into each other's arms and hugged，"recalls Rachel's mother Kathryn Willis of Gilbert．"It was like a scene from a movie．"
Most parents instinctively （本能地） know that having friends is good for their child．Experts agree that friendship is not simply child's play，but a powerful predictor of social adjustment throughout life．
A Skill for Life
"Childhood friendships serve as a very important training ground for adulthood，"says Dr．Robbie Adler-Tapia，psychologist with the Center for Children's Health & Life Development at the East Valley Family Resource Center．
Researcher William Hartup states，"Peer relations contribute significantly to both social and cognitive （认知的） development．"Hartup concludes that the single best childhood predictor of adult social adaptation is not school grades or classroom behavior，but rather，how well a child gets along with other children．
The work of Arizona State University professor of developmental psychology Gary Ladd proves that just as being able to make and keep friends is beneficial to kids，so is the lack of friends detrimental．
Good Friendships Don't Just Happen
Experts agree that it is essential for children to establish high-quality friendships．But，researchers warn，these friendships don't necessarily just happen．Often，a good friendship begins with involved parents．
Valley psychologist Dr．Lynne Kenney Markan believes kids should be taught social skills in much the same way they are taught math and reading．
Bad Company
Many parents worry about the quality as well as the quantity of their child's friendships．"When she was in 1st grade，her supposed'best friend'began calling her names and threatening to hurt her，"says Mindy Miller．"My daughter wasn't allowed to talk to or even look at other girls in her class．It really crushed （压跨） her spirit．I told my daughter she didn't need a'friend'like that．"
"I'll bend over backwards to help my son get together with a friend I think is good for him，"Adler-Tapia says．"I don't look at it as manipulation （操纵），just positive parental involvement．"

63．The example of Rachel and Abbie is used to illustrate thatA．
A．childhood friendship is of great significance to their growth
B．a positive friendship helps children solve emotional and physical problems
C．it is a proven fact that peer friendship is the most rewarding experience throughout life
D．Rachel missed her friend Abbie very much because of their separation of one weekend
64．The underlined word"detrimental"could be replaced byD．
A．aggressive B．disappointing C．ridiculous D．harmful
65．We can learn from the passage that high-quality friendship most probably results fromD
A．social skills and good study habits
B．school grades and classroom behaviors
C．academic success and social adaptation
D．positive parental involvement and social skills
66．From the last paragraph we can conclude that Dr．Robbie Adler-Tapia agrees thatB
A．parents should regard making friends as something that just happens
B．it's wise for parents to support and encourage healthy peer relationships
C．parents only need to help their children to cope with difficult social situations
D．parents are supposed to encourage their children to make as many friends as they can．

20．Did you ever look up at the moon and think you saw a man's face there？When the moon is round and full，the shadows of the moon mountains and the lines of the moon valleys sometimes seem to show a giant nose and mouth and eyes．At least，some people think so．
If there were a man on the moon-instead of mountains and valleys that just look like the face of a man-what would he be like？
He would not be like anyone you know．He would not be like anyone anybody knows．
If the man on the moon were bothered by too much heat or cold the way Earth people are，he could not stay on the moon．
The moon becomes very，very hot．It becomes as hot as boiling water．And the moon becomes very，very cold．It becomes colder than ice．
Whatever part of the moon the sun shines on is hot and bright．The rest of the moon is cold and dark．
If the man on the moon had to breathe to stay alive，he couldn't live on the moon because there's no air there．（He'd have to carry an oxygen tank，as astronauts do．）There's no food on the moon，either．Nothing grows-not even weeds．
If the man on the moon liked to climb mountains，he would be very happy．There are many high places there，such as the raised land around the holes，or craters，of the moon．Some of these rimsare as tall as Earth's highest mountains．
But if the man on the moon liked to swim，he would be unhappy．There is no water on the moon-just dust and rock．
When you think of what it's like on the moon，you may wonder why it interests our scientists．One reason is that the moon is Earth's nearest neighbor-it is the easiest place in space to get to．
Going back and forth between the moon and Earth，astronauts will get a lot of practice in space travel．Things learned on moon trips will be of great help to astronauts who later take long，long trips to some of the planets．
Scientists are also interested in the moon because it has no air．The air that surrounds Earth cuts down the view of the scientists who look at the stars through telescopes．A telescope on the moon would give them a clearer，closer view of the stars．

31．Which of the following is the best title of the passage？B
A．The Moon                B．The Man on the Moon
C．Research on the Moon     D．What Is It Like on the Moon？
32．What is the reason why our scientists are interested in the moon？D
A．The moon is beautiful．
B．The moon is different from the Earth．
C．The moon is Earth's nearest neighbor-it is the easiest place in space to get to．
D．The moon is the easiest place in space to get to and it has no air，unlike Earth．
33．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？C
A．The climate on the moon is quite different from that on the Earth．
B．Traveling between the moon and Earth will do much good to astronauts．
C．There is some food and weeds on the moon，even though there's no air．
D．If you want to drink hot water on the moon，it's not so hard to boil water．
34．The underlined word"rims"in Paragraph 8meansC．
A．ball     B．hill     C．round edge    D．height
35．What is the main idea of the passage？A
A．We can learn much from research on the moon．
B．There may be human beings on the moon．
C．If there were a man on the moon，there would be many similarities between the man on the moon and on the Earth．
D．A telescope on the moon would help scientists have a clearer，closer sight of the stars．

19．A strong wind was blowing hard，thunder was rumbling，and lightning flashed across the dark sky．Rain was （36）A down； it looked as if heaven had been broken open．
Gleams of light appeared from windows of （37）C houses，shining like jewels in all the dark．
A （38）C woman dressed in rags and trembling with cold was （39）C on a lonely road，while the merciless rain was（40）D her without pause．She knocked at the door，and a （41）Aanswered it．She begged him to let her stay a while （42）C．The boy then let her into the sitting room and （43）B her sitting by the fire．
The woman （44）Cold and tired under the bright electric light，（45）D she was only in her early thirties．She sat （46）D for a moment，and then her eyes began to look about the （47）A．When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of a young man，she （48）Bup，looking thunderstruck．Just then，the boy came with his （49）A．The man at once recognized the woman as his （50）A．They had （51）D touch with each other during the war，and he thought he had lost her forever．
（52）Cwords needed to be spoken，They embraced each other（53）B the boy stared at them，puzzled．
The storm was over and the sky cleared．Feeling very （54）C，the couple stood face to face with their child between them，watching the rain as it gradually （55）B．

36．A．pouring	B．falling	C．dropping	D．flooding
37．A．poor	B．black	C．faraway	D．nearby
38．A．rich	B．beautiful	C．poor	D．ugly
39．A．crying	B．wandering	C．struggling	D．wondering
40．A．striking	B．hitting	C．flowing	D．beating
41．A．boy	B．girl	C．woman	D．man
42．A．out	B．near	C．outside	D．inside
43．A．made	B．left	C．asked	D．told
44．A．became	B．showed	C．appeared	D．sounded
45．A．so	B．and	C．however	D．though
46．A．straight	B．thirsty	C．hungry	D．still
47．A．room	B．house	C．picture	D．fire
48．A．picked	B．stood	C．came	D．looked
49．A．father	B．mother	C．friend	D．brother
50．A．wife	B．sister	C．mother	D．girlfriend
51．A．kept	B．got	C．made	D．lost
52．A．Much	B．Many	C．No	D．Not
53．A．as	B．while	C．when	D．since
54．A．disappointed	B．sorry	C．happy	D．sad
55．A．began	B．stopped	C．ended	D．wanted

18．I'm a TV show host．One Sunday，I（36）Bmy 7-year-old daughter by the sea for lunch．On arriving at the beach，I saw JoJo，a （37）Cman in the hotel business．We sat down to chat in an open air cafe（38）AI watched my daughter enjoy herself on the swings in front of us．
Suddenly our conversation was（39）Bby a stranger，who politely asked（40）Dto speak to me．Often people want to tell me（41）Dabout my controversial TV show，when
I'm out on the（42）A．
He asked to speak to me（43）A，so we stood a bit away from my table．He said，
"I'm James，father of a 7-year-old girl，who's very sick．The doctors said that if she was treated in the UK，she would probably（44）C．But I'm poor，so can you please help me？"
Speechless，I stared in the man's eyes full of（45）Dand asked how l could help．After we talked for a while，I went to sit back．JoJo asked me，"What's wrong with you？Your
（46）Bchanged．"I told him and he was very sorry for this sick child．
All weekend I（47）CJames，his daughter and his family．I even considered doing a special TV show to（48）Amoney for this sick child．
On Monday morning I was at the office after I finished（49）Bmy show，when JoJo walked into my office．Actually JoJo is so（50）Cand I never imagined he had time to come and see me．
"Please，call the man（51）Dthe sick child and tell him that I'll（52）Aall expenses for his sick daughter's treatment．"JoJo said，with a（53）Bin his hand．"I've been married for 35 years，I wasn't lucky enough to（54）Da child．l want to help this child now．"I （55）Cthe phone to call James．

36．A．held	B．took	C．shipped	D．sent
37．A．serious	B．smart	C．wealthy	D．diligent
38．A．while	B．before	C．after	D．thongh
39．A．spread	B．interruptedn	C．heard	D．announced
40．A．question	B．advice	C．support	D．permission
41．A．everything	B．anything	C．nothing	D．something
42．A．streets	B．trips	C．spots	D．beaches
43．A．privately	B．loudly	C．quietly	D．secretly
44．A．escape	B．control	C．survive	D．deserve
45．A．doubts	B．scare	C．excitement	D．tears
46．A．temper	B．face	C．voice	D．style
47．A．looked after	B．cared for	C．thought about	D．asked about
48．A．raise	B．make	C．earn	D．save
49．A．discussing	B．presenting	C．writing	D．practising
50．A．proud	B．rich	C．busy	D．careful
51．A．on	B．for	C．up	D．with
52．A．pay	B．spend	C．share	D．gain
53．A．paper	B．check	C．pen	D．letter
54．A．help	B．adopt	C．attend	D．have
55．A．held on	B．got through	C．picked up	D．turned on

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