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

　　Marlin was a poor man． Once he was out of work and was trying to find a ____1_____. One day he read in the newspaper that a man was ____2_____to work in a zoo. He thought that it would be ____3____ to work in a zoo because he liked animals. He thought that ____4____ animals would be very interesting. So he was very glad and went to the ____5_____ of the zoo and asked for the job.

　　“You look ____6____ a smart boy, ” said the manager. “You can start work tomorrow.”

　　Marlin said OK and went home ____7____. The next day he went to the manager and asked ____8____ he was to do. The manager told him that their monkey had just died and it would ____9____ two months before they could get ____10____ one, so they wanted him to ____11____ the monkey's place.

　　On hearing this, Marlin got angry and shouted：“You want me to take the place of a monkey! Take his place yourself. You look ____12____ like a monkey than I do.”

　　“Don't take it like that, ”said the manager. “I know you don't look like monkey, but we'll ____13____ you up.”

　　Marlin thought about it for a while. _____14_____ he did not like the idea, he had to make ____15____ after all. So he took the job in the end.

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

　　Marlin was a poor man． Once he was out of work and was trying to find a ____1_____. One day he read in the newspaper that a man was ____2_____to work in a zoo. He thought that it would be ____3____ to work in a zoo because he liked animals. He thought that ____4____ animals would be very interesting. So he was very glad and went to the ____5_____ of the zoo and asked for the job.

　　“You look ____6____ a smart boy, ” said the manager. “You can start work tomorrow.”

　　Marlin said OK and went home ____7____. The next day he went to the manager and asked ____8____ he was to do. The manager told him that their monkey had just died and it would ____9____ two months before they could get ____10____ one, so they wanted him to ____11____ the monkey's place.

　　On hearing this, Marlin got angry and shouted：“You want me to take the place of a monkey! Take his place yourself. You look ____12____ like a monkey than I do.”

　　“Don't take it like that, ”said the manager. “I know you don't look like monkey, but we'll ____13____ you up.”

　　Marlin thought about it for a while. _____14_____ he did not like the idea, he had to make ____15____ after all. So he took the job in the end.

Jean is a bright young lady who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything is good. But the problem is that Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.

Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good looking young man with big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.

When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!

1.Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _________.

A．rich              B．young            C．lonely            D．talkative

2.The reason why they even forgot their time is that they _________.

A．talked in delight on QQ

B．hated study

C．fell in love with each other

D．had similar hobbies

3.Why did Jean leave her home for San Francisco?

A．To amaze David.

B．To be on a business trip.

C．To be invited to Jim's birthday party.

D．To send some gifts to Jim.

4.The following states are true about Jean EXCEPT that _________ according to the passage.

A．she is a university student

B．she was born in a wealthy family

C．she made a friend named Jim younger than her

D．she uses her family name on her QQ

5.We could believe that Jean was _________ when seeing Jim himself instead of David at his door.

A．delighted          B．disappointed       C．regretful          D．confused

It was an afternoon in the winter, some friends and I were talking at a restaurant. We talked and soon swimming became the   36  . Suddenly I hit upon an idea．“Wouldn’t it be _37_ if we went swimming? Others went swimming in winter, and _38_ couldn’t we? Besides, we could be _39_ if we did．” I told them about this and they all said it was a good idea indeed．

Early in the morning, three days _40_, we four were standing at the bus stop, with bags in our hands, _41_ for a bus to take us to the _42_． The sky was clear, the sun was shining, but all the same, it was very cold． _43_ our heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us _44_． We all felt that we should go back, but no one wanted to _45_．

We soon reached the sands． There was nobody there, but we were not to be discouraged． _46_ we were proud that we were the _47_ ones that dared to challenge(向……挑战) the weather． Besides, the sun could keep us warm． So we _48_ ourselves quickly．

But things were not going to be so nice as we thought． The sea wind was blowing, we felt _49_ cold and we shook from head to feet． At last, we decided to _50_ the sea water． We put our feet in first, only to take them back _51_．The water was unbelievably cold．The I   52  that we should all jump in at the same time． We all went back ten steps． I gave the order and we all rushed forward．We jumped．I shall never   53  the feeling I had when I was in the water. I got up and rushed against to the seaside. So _54_ my friends．We put on our clothes as quickly as possible and went home．

We four did not go to school the next three days, for we all _55_ a bad cold． We missed the lessons, but we got this unforgettable experience．

1.A． topic                   B． object           C． center               D． opinion

2.A． lucky   B． interesting     C． surprising                      D． happy

3.A． how    B． what         C． why         D． that

4.A． ill      B． worse        C． better                         D． stronger

5.A． past    B． later                          C． before         D． since

6.A． meeting  B． asking       C． looking                        D． waiting

7.A． sands   B． pool                               C． river             D． lake

8.A． Though B． Only                           C． Since          D． Even

9.A． warm   B． cold                         C． cool           D． hot

10.A． talk about B． speak out    C． think over                    D． shout at

11.A． Instead B． Therefore      C． Particularly                     D． Lately

12.A． lucky    B． only                       C． happy          D． younger

13.A． enjoyed  B． helped                     C． changed        D． dressed

14.A． a little   B． such                       C． a few          D． very

15.A． dive into B． put down                   C． take off           D． walk into

16.A． quickly  B． carefully                    C． finally         D． bravely

17.A． announced B． promised   C． suggested                    D． told

18.A． forget   B． remember                   C． tell            D． believe

19.A． do      B． did         C． had                          D． was

20.A． felt     B． became                     C． caught         D． turned