My parents have always loved everything about India, so a year ago we went on holiday there. It’s a wonderful    15  with beautiful scenes and interesting people . However, I didn’t enjoy Indian  16  very much.

On the second day we planned to see an old palace. At the  17  they said. “If you go by train, it’ll take you only two hours to get there.” However, the hot   18  took over four hours. I was very  19  when we got there , so we had some rice and vegetables with bread in a small restaurant. We were  20  to find it was quite nice. I wasn’t full up though and I saw a man nearby eating some little meatballs.

I said to my dad, “I’ve been eating rice all week. Can I have some meatballs please?”

Well, they looked delicious so I ate the first one very  21  . I was just putting the second one in my mouth when I felt myself  22 —my mouth was on fire! I started to cough（咳嗽）and there were tears (泪水)in my eyes. I couldn’t  23  how spicy (辛辣的) it was!

I drank about ten glasses of water but the worst thing was everyone was laughing at me. You couldn’t make me eat another Indian meatball for all the   24   in the world!

1.                A．town           B．city            C．country   D．restaurant

2.                A．food           B．scenes         C．people   D．costumes

3.                A．palace         B．hotel           C．airport   D．entrance

4.                A．sail            B．walk           C．drive D．ride

5.                A．hungry         B．curious         C．cheerful  D．nervous

6.                A．shocked        B．surprised       C．bored    D．tired

7.                A．quietly         B．easily          C．quickly   D．gently

8.                A．burning        B．watering        C．crying    D．smiling

9.                A．feel           B．believe         C．think D．know

10.               A．diet           B．luck           C．time  D．money

My dad was a fisherman. He worked hard and stayed out until he caught enough    36   to feed the family nearly every day. When the weather was bad he would    37   me to school. An old truck was used in his fishing business. When we got to the school, he would give me a big   38   on the face and tell me to be a good    39  . It was so embarrassing for me. I was 12 years old, and my dad would still kiss me goodbye!

I remember the day when I decided I was too    40   for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean (倾斜) toward me, but I put my hand up and   41  , “No, Dad.” It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way. He had a surprised look on his face for a long time, and his    42  started to be wet. He turned and looked out of the windshield (挡风玻璃). “You’re   43  ,” he said.“You are a big boy—a man. I won’t kiss you any more.”

It wasn’t long after that when my dad went out to   44   and never came back. It was a day when most of the fishermen stayed at home except Dad. He had a big family to feed

How I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would    45   have told my dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.

1.A. food       B. birds            C. animals      D. fish

2. A. ride          B. carry            C. drive            D. bring

3. A. kiss      B. laugh            C. look         D. hand

4. A. man           B. boy          C. teacher      D. fisherman

5. A. old           B. young            C. excited      D. moved

6. A. spoke     B. said         C. repeated     D. answered

7. A. hands     B. feet         C. eyes             D. face

8. A. kind          B. clever           C. wrong            D. right

9. A. school        B. sea          C. boat         D. river

10. A. still            B. ever         C. never            D. only

That was my grandmother's first Christmas without Grandfather. When my parents and I arrived at her little house ,we found she had waited up all night for us.
Grandfather had always said that the Christmas tree was the most important decoration (装饰物) of all. So first we took out the beautiful tree that was stored in the closet (贮藏室). But the star was missing. It was my grandmother's favorite part of the tree.
"Why? It must be somewhere in the closet," my grandmother said.
As we opened up boxes one by one and found no star, my grandmother's eyes were full of tears. Grandfather had given it to her some fifty years ago, on their first Christmas together. But on her first Christmas without him, the star was gone.
The next morning, my family sat down together to open the presents.
"The last gift is to Grandmother from Grandfather," Father said, in a strange voice.
"From whom?" There was surprise in my grandmother's voice.
"I found this gift in Grandfather's closet when we got the tree down," Mother explained.
My grandmother opened the box. There was a shinning (发亮的) golden star and a note in it:
Don't be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while putting away the decorations, and I couldn't bear to tell you. I hope it brings you as much happiness as the first one. Merry Christmas!
Love,                                                                                                                                         Bryant
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。（10分）
【小题1】 The family couldn't find the star on the Christmas tree because _____.

按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在标有题号的横线上。（本大题共6小题，每小题1.5分，共9分）

1.今年冯小刚执导的春晚将会像往常一样在除夕之夜现场直播。

This year’s Spring Gala directed by Feng Xiaogang _____________________________as usual on New Year’s Eve.

2.他问我会议开始多久了。

He　asked me_______________________________________

3.当事情超越我们的控制时，我们该向大人求助。

We should ask adults for help when things __________________________

4.如果我们每个人致力于自己的学习工作，我们的中国梦才会实现。

If we all _________________________________ our own study and work, our nation's dream will come true soon.

5.电视节目“爸爸去哪儿”给电视观众们提供了一个近距离观察明星和他们的孩子们的机会。

The TV program Where Are We Going, Dad? provides the viewers with ______________________________   some famous people and their children.

6.当我们知道了发生在他身上的事情，大家都沉默了。

When we got to know ______________________________________, all of us fell into silence.

Mr. Strong is a London taxi driver. The following talk is given by him.

“I have been a taxi driver     36     nearly ten years. It’s a nice job most of the time. You meet a lot of people. I always work at night,     37     there is too much traffic during the day. I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon, and I usually     38    between 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning.”

“Some     39     things happened late at night.     40     day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her     41      . So I waited in the car    42      she climbed in through the windows.”

    “I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out    43      was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to     44     in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief.”

    “Luckily the woman came downstairs. She     45     have gone to sleep and forgotten me and the dog!” 

1.A. in                 B. for                    C. before               D. after

2. A. if                 B. so                     C. though              D. because

3.A. go home        B. go shopping       C. do sports           D. do housework

4. A. sad              B. good                 C. strange              D. disappointing

5. A. The other  B. Another             C. The others        D. Other

6. A. money          B. bag                  C. box                   D. key

7.A. until              B. while                C. since                 D. as soon as

8. A. what             B. which               C. who                  D. that

9. A. drive            B. walk                 C. climb                D. run

10.A. will             B. can                   C. may                  D. must