请认真阅读下列短文，按要求填出符合短文意思的正确英语单词，注意：其中有的所缺单词已给出首字母，有的已给出中文意思，有的要求考生按上下文的意思填出完整、正确形式的单词。所填单词要求拼写正确和形式符合英语写作要求，使短文通顺、流畅，并将正确答案写在试题右边的相对应的横线中。
February 14 is a day for people who have fallen in love.
【小题1】On this day, these men and women often send c    to each other
【小题2】for Valentine’s Day. This day has been popular      people in love
【小题3】for a long time. At first, this holiday was called Lupercalia. T    the
【小题4】name of the day was changed       Saint Valentine’s Day. The man
【小题5】    (命名) Saint Valentine was killed on February 14, 270 AD, because
【小题6】he was a Christian.    Saint Valentine was killed, February 14 was
【小题7】the old Roman holiday, Lupercalia. The church w    people to think
【小题8】of       Christian holiday on this day, so the church changed the
【小题9】the name of the holiday. This change did not s      people in love
【小题10】from giving gifts to each other, like       （手套）, handkerchiefs
or underwear.

补全对话（每空1分，满分10分）

M: Lily, let’s go on a vacation!

W: How can we? Vacations (76)c____ money, and this month we don’t have much left after (77) p___ the rent.

M: Well, we can visit different places in the state in our van (客货车). We won’t take a plane or (78) s___ at a hotel this time. Trust me, it won’t cost much.

W: Where will we sleep, then?

M: In the van.

W: What about other (79) e____?

M: Let’s see. Gas, food, recreation, we won’t spend much. Come on. Don’t hesitate. We need to get out of the house once in a (80) w____. We have been (81) w____ hard, haven’t we? It’s time to have a rest.

W: Maybe you’re right. When do you (82) p____ to go?

M: The (83) s____, the better! I can’t wait!

W: Oh. Have you decided where to go yet?

M: As long as we’re going, you can decide where to go. I trust your judgment. I know you miss Chinese food, so we can eat at a Chinese (84) r____ this time.

W: Let’s go to Chicago. We can have lunch in Chinatown. (85)T____ we can go to a ball game at Wrigley Field!

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示，2)首字母提示，3)语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

My sister found a bird by the roadside. We named him

Jack and k____ him for about three years. He would greet us       1._________

in a tree outside our bedroom, calling “Hello” as we ___（躺）in    2._________

bed in the morning. He also passed ‘Hello” to the cats w_____     3._________

they came into the room. We often played a trick _____ him.       4.________

We’d throw a coin as far as p____. Jack would fly away           5.________

and bring _____ back for us to throw again. He would also catch   6.________

the food thrown to him from the o_____ side of the room and      7.________

sing ______ (高兴地). But the most wonderful thing about Jack    8._________

was his musical _____（能力）. Leaving him at home all day, we   9._________

would return at night to hear _____ he’d picked up from the radio   10.________

in the day.

单词拼写

1.Usually we can read some a（逸事）_____of famous people in the magazines.

2.He was the only w________（目击者）to that accident.

3.Because of the war, his family had to f_______（逃离） to another country.

4.The river looks very deep. Do you know the d___________ of it.

5.The company will have its a______________ celebration this Saturday.

6.Without t_______（舌头）, we can’t speak, nor can we taste.

7.He was a_______（抛弃） by his cruel parents when born because of his disability

8.The mountains are r____（反射，倒影）in the clear water, forming a pleasant     picture.

9.Whenever I go to the West Lake, I’m always stricken by its b__________.

10.A baby is too young to be a________（意识到） of the dangers around it.

  This brief book is aimed at high school shjeents , but speaks to anyone learning at any stage of life.

  Its formal ,serious style closely matches its content ,a school-masterly bonnk on schooling .The author , W .H . Armstrong ,starts with the basics : reading and writing . In his opinion , reading doesn’t just mean recognizing each word on the page ; it means taking a sandwich and makes it a part of himself .The goal is to bring the information back to life , not just to treat it as dead facts on paper from dead trees . Reading and writing cannot be completely separated from each other ; in fact ,the aim of reading is to express the information you have got from the text .I’ve seen it again and again ：some-one who can’t express an idea after reading a text is just as ineffective as someone who hasn’t read it at all.

Only a  thied of the bonk remains after that discussion ,which Armstrong devotes to specific tips for studying languages ,math , science and history . He generally handles these topics thoroughly(透彻地) and equally ,except for some weakness in the science and math sections and a bit too much passion(激情) regarding history to his students , that was a  hundred times more than my history teachers ever got across .to my disappointment , in this part of the book he ignores the arts .As a matter of fact ,they demand all the concentration and study that math and science do,though the study differs slightly in kind .Although it’s commonly believed that the arts can only be naturally acquired ,actually ,learning the arts is no more natural than learning French or mathematics.

My other comment is that the text aged. The first edition apparently dates to the 1960s---none of the references(参考文献)seem newer than the late 1950s. As a  result, the discussion misses the entire computer age.

These are small points, though, and don’t affect the main discussion. I recommend it to any student and any teacher, including the self-taught student.

63. According to Armstrong, the goal of reading is to________.

  A. gain knowledge and expand one’s view

  B. understand the meaning between the lines

  C. experts ideas based on what one has read

  D. get information and keep it alive in memory

64. The author of the passage insists that learning the arts_________.

    A. requires great efforts

    B. demands real passion

    C. is less natural than learning maths

    D. is as natural as learning a language

65.  What is a shortcoming of Armstrong’s work according to the author?

   A. Some ideas are slightly contradictory.

   B. There is too much discussion on studying science.

   C. The style is too serious.

   D. It lacks new information.

66. This passage can be classified as________.

  A. an advertisement

  B. a book review

  C. a feature story

  D. A news report