完形填空。通读下面两篇短文。根据短文内容，从A B C三个选项中选出可填入空白处的正确答案。（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）

Last year Tom left school. He came to Taibei to  1  a job. He went from one company to  2 but  3 wanted him. Now he had little money.He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt 4 and tired. It was very late at night and  5 was full of people. They were waiting 6 tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was happy.

At that time, a woman with a crying a baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it  7 he did. After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn’t know  8  to go. Just then, an old man came and said，“Young man, I saw what happened just now. I have a big company. I need a good young man like 9 . Would you like to work 10 me?”

1.A.find                    B. see                 C. look

2.A.the other               B. other               C. another

3.A.everyone                B. no one              C. nothing

4.A.happy                   B. sad                 C. glad

5.A.the city                B. the company        C. the station

6.A.to buy                  B. to sell             C. to give

7.A.less than               B. more than           C. worse than

8.A.what                    B. why                 C. where

9.A.the woman                B. you                 C. her

10.A.with                   B. for                 C. to

 假如你是刘宏，你学校每年都在世界水日（World Water Day）开展丰富多彩的活动，宣传节约用水。你美国笔友Jim所在的学校也要开展类似活动，请你写信向他介绍你们的活动情况（活动内容见下表）。

要求：短文应包括表中所有要点，可适当发挥；

   文中不得出现真实的人名，校名等相关信息；

   文章长度：约100 词（不包括已给的词数）

参考词汇：take part in, put on short plays, speech competition, make posters, helpful, save, waste.

Dear Jim,

  Nice hearing from you. Let me tell you what we often do in World Water Day in our school.

                                                         Yours,

                                                        Liu Hong

假如在英语课上，老师请你们就“Lucky Money(压岁钱)”这个话题分组进行讨论，但你认为同学们对“Hobbies（爱好）”更感兴趣，建议老师更换话题。请你根据下面的提示和要求，写一份发言稿，谈一谈你的理由。
提示：(1) Why do you like talking about hobbies?
(2) What’s your reason for not talking about lucky money?
要求：（1）发言稿须包括所有提示内容，可适当发挥。
（2）发言稿中不得涉及真实的人名、校名和地名。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
（3）词数：60~80。
参考词汇: one’s own hobby, a proper topic(合适的话题), personal, unhappy
I think talking about hobbies is better than talking about lucky money. It is     

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。

It was another hot, dry day in the forest…

A little ant was thirsty. So he went to a river 1.______ (get) a drink. But the ant got too close to the river. He2.______ (carry) away by the flow (流动) of the river.

“Help! Help!” cried the little ant.

A dove (鸽子)3.______ (sit) on a tree nearby. She saw what happened to the ant. She pulled a leaf from the tree and held it in her mouth. Then she flew over to the little ant. She dropped the leaf into the water. The ant 4.______(climb) onto the leaf and got to safety.

“Thank you for saving me,” said the ant to the dove. “One day, I 5.______ (do) something to help you.”

“That is very kind,” said the dove. “But I 6.______ (not, think) a little ant like you could ever help me.”

A few days later, the ant saw a bird catcher 7.______ (stand) under a tree. He was waiting

to catch the dove with a net.

“Oh, no! My friend Dove 8.______ (sleep). She is in danger! I9.______ (help) her.”

So, he ran over to the bird catcher and stung (刺痛) him in the foot. The bird catcher cried and threw down his net in pain. The dove was able to fly away.

“Thank you, my dear friend. You10.______ (save) my life. Now I come to see I was wrong. I am sorry for what I said.” the dove said to the ant.

Write at least 60 words according to the given situation. (根据所给情景，写一篇不少于60词的短文，标点符号不占格。)

Situation: Nowadays many students go to school by bike, by car, by underground ... How do you go to school? What do you think of it? 眼下不少学生骑自行车、乘私家车、乘地铁等方式上学。你是怎么去学校的？你觉得你的方式如何？谈谈你的想法并简述其理由。

Words and patterns for reference（以下单词或词组可供选用）

choice, convenient, save time, stop ... from

（注意：文中不得出现任何姓名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。）