Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. I __1__ a newspaper and some chocolate and __2__ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to __3__ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, __4__ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the coffee, There was someone __5__ in the next seat. __6__ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and his hair was __7__ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!

Naturally, I was rather uneasy（不自在的）about him, but I didn’t want to have any __8__. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in __9__.Then he took a __10__ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.

The boy gave me a strange look, then __11__ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something __12__ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, __13__ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had __14__ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to __15__. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

1. A. stole              B. bought       C. sold             D. wrote

2. A. went           B. sat           C. seated         D. looked

3. A. sit             B. seat          C. lie              D. laugh

4. A. pushed          B. took         C. put          D. pulled

5. A. jumping         B. playing     C. sitting       D. sleeping

6. A. He            B. It          C. Who       D. What

7. A. cut           B. washed    C. covered    D. colored

8. A. coffee           B. trouble   C. chocolate       D. matter

9. A. carelessness B. anger      C. surprise        D. happiness

10. A. first             B. second     C. very           D. last

11. A. stood          B. took       C. cried       D. looked

12. A. strange        B. wrong      C. OK      D. funny

13. A. and             B. but          C. so              D. while

14. A. spelt           B. corrected  C. made          D. found

15. A. finish          B. leave     C. jump          D. shop

第三部分阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
第一节{共15小题；每小题2分．满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳
项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。   
Benjamin Banneker was a farmer，inventor，astronomer writer and antislavery supporter．He created the first American—built striking clock．
That fall，as usual，Benjamin rode to the nearby town for supplies．He couldn’t wait to get to the end of the road and buy the things his mother wanted．Then he could have a good talk with the folks in town．The truth was，as much as Benjamin loved his mother and father and three sisters，what he really enjoyed was talking about books or math problems or what was happening in other parts of the colonies(殖民地)．
It was about l0 o’clock by the sun when Benjamin arrived at a store．He ordered a bolt(一卷)of white cloth for his mother and looked around for someone to taik to．Benjamin’s heart jumped like a rabbit when he saw a friend holding a gold watch．Benjamin had always wanted to figure out how clocks and watches worked．The friend saw Benjamin and let him sit down for a good talk．
Late that afternoon，Benjamin rode home，slowly．He didn’t want to harm the watch that his friend had let him borrow．That nigh after supper，Benjamin carefully laid the watch on the table and pulled the candle closer．“This is a watch，”he said．“A man in fown lent it to me，and now I’m going to take it apart and draw the pieces．Then 1’11 put it back together again．Benjamin held his breath and gently took the back off the watch．
Every evening for a week，Benjamin sat at the table with the watch．He copied eaeh tiny
wheel and pin．When the week was up，he put the pieces back togelher and returned the watch to its owner．Then Benjamin got a good night’s sleep．
The next day when the farm work was done，Benjamin went into the woods to 1ook for just the right pieces of wood．Not too old，not too dry，not too green，not too soft．
For two years，Benjamin farmed all day and worked on his wood pieces at night．In1753，two years after he had borrowed the watch，Benjamin put all the pieces together．Benjamin had made his own clock．
1．The most likely reason the author wrote the passage was to__________．
A．show the influence Benjamin Banneker’s family had on him
B．present reasons for Benjamin Banneker’s fascination with clocks
C．explain Benjamin Banneker’s reason for becoming an inventor
D．give an example of Benjamin Banneker’s strong will and intelligence
2.Benjamin especially looked forward to going to the store to __________.
A．avoid work on the farm    B．purchase white cloth
C．meet interesring people    D．show his new clock to others
3．Why did Benjamin most likely hold his breath when he took the back off the watch?
A．He feared his friend might want to get the watch back．
B．He was very nervous about taking apart a precious object.
C．He wanted to time how long it would take to finish the job．
D．He was afraid that broken watch parts would fly into his face．

The town of Pressure and the town Pleasure were neighbor but had   1   in common. Residents built walls to   2  influence from the   3   town.

In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very best. When women   4   birth, they would compete to have the baby with the   5   cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because   6   was the index(指数) of success, people were always   7   making money, with no time for relaxation.

  8  , over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People   9   without pressure and could do   10   they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t care   11   students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office   12   sipping coffee and doing nothing.   13   the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. No one had the slightest thought of moving   14  , either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were   15   models from Pressure.

Some of the young were addicted to   16   because of the emptiness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is life   17  ?” But, just before life in the two towns completely failed. There came a saint－Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, 18

with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They   19   walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The town people   20   to realize the truth－There is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if people don’t go to extremes.

1．A．anything                B．nothing              C．everything             D．something

2．A．keep out                B．look out             C．work out              D．give out

4．A．gave                      B．took                  C．offered                 D．brought

5．A．loud                      B．louder                C．loudest                 D．loudly

6．A．health                    B．healthy               C．wealth                  D．wealthy

7．A．busy                     B．lazy                   C．easy                     D．hard

8．A．Meanwhile             B．At that time        C．At one time           D．Once in a while

9．A．got up                   B．grew up             C．set up                   D．brought up

10．A．nothing                B．something          C．anything               D．everything

11．A．what                    B．who                  C．where                   D．whether

12．A．all way                B．all night              C．all way long          D．all day long

13．A．Thanks to            B．Because            C．Owe to                 D．According to

14．A．backward            B．forward             C．upward                 D．downward

15．A．new                    B．old                    C．right                     D．advanced

16．A．work                   B．money               C．drugs                   D．books

17．A．for                      B．at                      C．in                         D．to

18．A．talked                  B．to talk                C．talks                     D．talking

19．A．pulled down         B．put down           C．went down           D．wrote down

20．A．went                 B．returned                     C．happened           D．came

When my grandfather died, my 83-year-old grandmother, once so full of life, slowly began to fade. No longer able to manage a home of her own, she moved in with my mother, where she was visited often by other members of her large, loving family. Although she still had her good days, it was often hard to arouse her interest.
But one chilly December afternoon three years ago, my daughter Meagan, then eight, and I were visiting her, when she noticed that Meagan was carrying her favorite doll.
“I, too, had a special doll when I was a little girl,” she told a wide-eyed Meagan. “I got it one Christmas when I was about your age. I lived in an old farmhouse in Maine, with Mom, Dad and my four sisters, and the very first gift I opened that Christmas was the most beautiful doll you’d ever want to see.”
“She had an elegant, hand-painted face, and her long brown hair was pulled back with a big pink bow. Her eyes were blue, and they opened and closed. I remember she had a body of kidskin, and her arms and legs bent at the joints.”
GG’s voice dropped low, taking on an almost respectful tone. “My doll was dressed in a pretty pink gown, decorated with fine lace. … Getting such a fine doll was like a miracle for a little farm girl like me — my parents must have had to sacrifice so much to afford it. But how happy I was that morning!”
GG’s eyes filled and her voice shook with emotion as she recalled that Christmas of long ago. “I played with my doll all morning long. And then it happened. My mother called us to the dining room for Christmas dinner and I laid my new doll down gently on the hall table. But as I went to join the family at the table, I heard a loud crash.”
“I hardly had to turn around — I knew it was my precious doll. And it was. Her lace skirt had hung down from the table just enough for my baby sister to reach up and pull on it. When I ran in, there lay my beautiful doll on the floor, her face smashed into a dozen pieces. She was gone forever.”
A few years later, GG’s baby sister was also gone, she told Meagan, a victim of pneumonia(肺炎). Now the tears in her eyes spilled over — tears, I knew, not only for a lost doll and a lost sister, but for a lost time.
Silent for the rest of the visit, Meagan was no sooner in the car going home than she exclaimed, “Mom, I have a great idea! Let’s get GG a new doll for Christmas. Then she won’t cry when she thinks about it.”
My heart filled with pride as I listened to my sympathetic little daughter. But where would we find a doll to match GG’s fond memories?
Where there’s a will, as they say, there’s a way. When I told my best friends, Liz and Chris, about my problem, Liz put me in touch with a local doll-make. From a doll supply house I ordered a long brown hair and a kidskin body to copy the outfit GG had so lovingly described. Liz volunteered to put the doll together, and Chris helped me make the doll’s outfit. Meagan wrote the story of the lost doll by giving examples.
Finally our creation was finished. To our eyes it was perfect. But there was no way it could be exactly like the doll GG had loved so much and lost. Would she think it looked anything like it?
On Christmas Eve, Meagan and I carried our happily packed gift to GG, where she sat surrounded by children, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins. “It’s for you,” Meagan said, “but first you have to read the story that goes with it.”
GG no sooner got through the first page than her voice cracked and she was unable to go on, but Meagan took over where she left off. Then it was time to open her present.
I’ll never forget the look on GG’s face as she lifted the doll and held it to her chest. Once again her tears fell, but this time they were tears of joy. Holding the doll in her frail arms, she repeated over and over again, “She’s exactly like my old doll, exactly like her.” 
And perhaps she wasn’t saying that just to be kind. Perhaps however impossible it seemed, we had managed to produce a close copy of the doll she remembered. But as I watched my eight-year-old daughter and her great-grandmother examining the doll together, I thought of a likelier explanation. What GG really recognized, perhaps, was the love that inspired the gift. And love, wherever it comes from, always looks the same.
【小题1】GG moved in with her daughter because____.