There was a king who gave his daughter a beautiful diamond necklace. The necklace was stolen and his people in the kingdom searched everywhere but could not find it. So the king asked to search for it and put a reward for＄50,000 for anyone who found it.

One day, a clerk was walking home along a river when he saw something shinning in the river and when he looked, he saw the diamond necklace. He decided to try and catch it to get the ＄50,000 reward.

He put his hand in the river and tried to catch the necklace, but somehow missed it and didn’t catch it. He took his hand out and looked again and the necklace was still there. He tried again.

But strangely, he still missed the necklace! He came out and started walking away, feeling sad. Just then, an old man walking by saw him, and asked him what was the matter. The clerk didn’t want to share the secret with him, thinking he might take the necklace for himself, so he refused to tell him anything.

The old man could see this man was troubled. He again asked the clerk to tell him the problem and promised that he would not tell anyone about it. The clerk told him about the necklace and how he tried and tried to catch it, but kept failing.

The old man then told him that perhaps he should try looking upward, toward the branches of the tree, instead of in the river. The clerk looked up and true enough, the necklace was hanging on the branch of a tree. He had been trying to take a reflection of the real necklace all this time.

1.The clerk tried to get the diamond necklace to ________________.

2. Before the old man asked the clerk what was the matter, the clerk        .

3.Where did the clerk find the necklace at last?

4.What might be the best title for the passage?

One day a teacher was giving her young students a lesson on how the government works. She was trying to explain the principle of income tax (收入税).

“You see ,” she began , speaking slowly and carefully , “each person who works must pay part of his or her salary (薪水) to the government . If you make a high salary , your taxes are high . If you don’t make much money , your taxes are low .”

“Is that clear?” she asked. “Does everyone understand the meaning of income tax?” The students nodded.

Are there any questions?” she asked. The students shook their heads.

“Very good!” she said.” “Now, I would like you to take a piece of paper and write a short paragraph on the subject of income tax.”

Little Joey was a slow learner. He had lots of problems with spelling and grammar, but this time he at least seemed to understand the task. He took his pen and after a few minutes, he handed the teacher the following composition:

Once I had a dog. His name was Tax.

I opened the door and in come Tax.

The teacher was trying to explain        one day.

       A. the basic principles of the income tax

       B. how the government works

       C. everyone should pay income tax

       D. how much tax one should pay for his income

After the teacher’s explanation,       .

       A. all the students shook their heads

       B. many of the students were still puzzled

       C. Most students understood the meaning of income tax

       D. Some students didn’t understand their teacher

The students were asked       .

       A. to say something about income tax

       B. to answer some questions on income tax

       C. to write a composition on “income tax”

D. to explain the principle of income tax

Little Joey      .

       A. was clear about the subject          B. grasped what income tax meant

       C. wrote a paragraph about his dog      D. did as what he was told to do

AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.

We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my burden（负担）with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret. I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless. I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.

I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn’t want to call attention to AIDS. I do.

60．What does Kerrel tell us about her father?

A．He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.

B．He depended on the nurses in his final days.

C．He worked hard to pay for his medication.

D．He told no one about his disease.

61．What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

A．Kerrel couldn’t understand her teacher.

B．Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.

C．Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.

D．Kerrel was too tired to hear her teacher’s words.

62．Why did Kerrel keep her father’s disease a secret?

A．She was afraid of being looked down upon.

B．She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.

C．She found no one willing to listen to her.

D．She wanted to obey her mother.

63．Why did Kerrel write the passage?

A．To tell people about the sufferings of her father.

B．To show how little people knew about AIDS.

C．To draw people’s attention to AIDS.

D．To remember her father.

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

By midday the sun was very strong. Jim was so tired  1．      

to walk. There was no trees near the road, so he rested       2．      

under a big rock. After drinking some water, he took his    3．      

shirt, lying down on the ground and fell asleep at once.      4．      

He was very tired that he didn’t wake up until the evening. 5．      

He was just about to jump while he felt something moving       6．      

near his feet. He looked up and saw a long black snake.     7．      

Jim was so frightening that he didn’t dare to move. The    8．      

snake began to crawl(爬) across his legs. It crawled on and       9．      

on until it was disappeared under the rocks, Jim jumped    10．     

to his feet, picked up his shirt and ran down the road.