My sister Daisy worked at Standard Bank in Malawi. When she        

got m      , we were all excited. She invited me to her house to           1.___________

help her open the gifts and s        some thank-you notes to all         2.___________

the _________(亲戚）and friends that came to the wedding party.            3____________

While_________ (仔细地) going through the gifts, we came across this        4.___________

nice vase. Inside ______was a note that read, “You might not know me.     5.__________

My name is Bill. I often v      Standard Bank for business. In the         6. __________

past years you have helped me a lot when I was _______ trouble.        7.__________

I will never forget __________ you did. God bless you.”                   8.___________

It was impossible for us to w__________ a thank-you note back to        9.___________

this person for there was no name or _________( 地址) so we decided to     10.____________

单词拼写：根据所提供的首字母，写出符合句意的单词。一个空只能填一个单词。（共10小题；每小题0.5分，共5分）

1. The Big House of Qiao Family (乔家大院) is a perfectly p__________________ old house.

2. It suddenly o_____________ to her that she had once seen the man somewhere before.

3. Bank cards are p________________ useful when travelling and there are often insurance benefits if you pay for your travel with them.

4. The police want those who have w____________ the accident to call them and provide them with enough evidence.

5. More often than not, it is difficult to c______________ the exact meaning of a Tang poem in English.

6. She wrote several letters to the government about the air pollution, but got no r_____________.

7. Today, the boss announced that smoking was f__________________ during office hour.

8. Akitt was u_______________ about the time of the recovery so he looked very depressed.

9. Though rich, she lives a simple life. She r____________ wears expensive jewellery.

10. I was very d_________________ by the failure, but I still hoped we could find a solution.

单词拼写：

1.It is just a __________(提示) to him that he is very important to me. 

2.Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century n____________. 

3.I can't afford a new car just now. I'm no___________(百万富翁), you know. 

4.Health is the most important w_________.

5.Mum and Dad didn't seem to approve much of my new c____________(同伴).

6.She never agreed to the public e__________ of her sculptures while she was still alive.

7.In some parts of the city, teachers have to deal with _________(暴行)in the classroom.

8.She won a __________(文学的) prize for her popular novel.

9.She tore open the_________ and anxiously read the letter.

10.He erected a __________(纪念碑) on the spot where his daughter was killed.

Jenny was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw a circle of white pearls（珍珠） in a box. “Oh please, Mommy .Can I have them? Please, mommy, please!”
Quickly the mother checked the back of the little box and said ,” That’s almost $2.00. If you really like them, I’ll think of some extra chores for you and in no time you can save enough money to buy them for yourself.”
Then Jenny began doing more chores at home and did housework for neighbors. On her birthday, Grandma gave her another new dollar bill and she had enough money to buy the necklace.
Jenny loved her pearls. She wore them everywhere, even to bed.
Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when she was ready for bed, he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a story. One night when he finished the story, he asked Jenny, “Do you love me?”
“Oh yes, Daddy. You know that I love you.”
“Then give me your pearls.”
“Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have my Princess.”
“That’s okay, Honey. Daddy loves you. Good night. ”And he brushed her cheek with a kiss.  
About a week later, after the story time, Jenny’s daddy asked for the pearls again. And Jenny refused him again.
A few nights later when her daddy came in, Jenny was sitting on her bed with her legs crossed. As he came close, he noticed one silent tear rolling down her cheek.
“What is it, Jenny? What’s the matter?”
Jenny didn’t say anything but lifted her little hand up to her daddy. And when she opened it, there was her little necklace. She finally said, “Here, Daddy. It’s for you.”
With tears gathering in his own eyes, Jenny’s kind daddy reached out with one hand to take the dime-store necklace, and with the other hand to reach into his pocket and pull out a blue case with real pearls and gave them to Jenny. He had had them all the time. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so he could give her the real treasure.
40. What does the underlined word “Princess” mean?
A. It may be the daughter of the king .
B. It may be one of her toy girls.
C. It may mean Jenny`s teacher.
D. It may mean another necklace.
41. Why did tears come down when Jenny offered her necklace to her father?
A. Jenny felt sorry because she would lose her favorite.
B. Jenny felt excited because her father would give her a new necklace.
C. Jenny felt sad because the necklace she had bought was expensive.
D. Jenny `s father spent too much money on the necklace.
42. What’s the best title? W
A. The Necklace     B. Father     C. Mother     D. Daughter

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. We were on “evacuation alert (疏散警报)”. If we got the  36  to evacuate, we would have to leave immediately.

We  37 suitcases with some clothes and set them by the door. We didn’t 38  these things were valuable, but time was. We moved the computers, with which I wrote for newspapers and made a  39 . We took family pictures off the  40  and packed them in boxes. w_w w. k#s5_u.c o*m

Then we took a hard look at all that  41 . There was a lamp that belonged to my great grandmother. It was a  42  to my family. And there was the piano my wife Bev  43  to play when she was a little girl. Not of great  44  in itself, but another family connection.

The thought of  45  something passed down from our families saddened me deeply, 46  I’d never been much attached to things. It’s about what they  47  －family and love. They each had a(n)  48  to tell, and some of them spoke in the  49  of our parents and grandparents. w_w w. k#s5_u.c o*m

The fire  50  reached our home. We were lucky. And though I felt grateful that all was 51 , I also realized just how fortunate I had been  52  . I saw just how rich my life had been. Someone  53  said, “There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money.” And now I  54 . I was indeed rich. I was rich in family, rich in memories, rich in everything that really  55 .

I wonder if there is any other kind of wealth worth seeking.

A．answer        B．call       C．chance          D．task

A．sold           B．bought    C．searched         D．packed w

A．worry   B．care        C．think       D．doubt

A．mark    B．living      C．sign        D．plan

A．walls    B．ceilings  C．windows        D．albums

A．left      B．burnt      C．remained        D．unmoved

A．present        B．connection     C．symbol          D．treasure

A．learned       B．agreed   C．forgot     D．refused

A．quality        B．taste        C．value      D．sense

A．knocking out      B．picking out     C．giving away    D．leaving behind w 5 m

A．but     B．unless     C．even though          D．or

A．contained         B．included   C．represented   D．gathered

A．idea         B．lie          C．right       D．story

A．sounds    B．voices   C．speeds   D．feelings

A．never        B．once       C．seldom          D．finally

A．returned   B．spared     C．stopped         D．found

A．in another way         B．in return         C．at last      D．at most

A．curiously  B．accidentally          C．wisely     D．coldly

A．promised          B．knew      C．announced     D．thanked w

A．affects       B．desires    C．helps       D．counts