One of the most well-known directors of our time is Stephen Spielberg. He was born in Cincinnati on 18 December 1946. His father was an electric engineer and his mother was a performing pianist. His sister, Anne Spielberg, became a screenwriter who wrote the stories for many famous films.

Stephen had always wanted to be a director ever since he was a young boy. When he was just 13 years old, he made a 40-minute film. It won a local competition. Three years later, he produced a film called Firelight, which made one hundred dollars’ profit at the cinema in his hometown. Many of the ideas from this film were later used for one of his most famous films called Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

When he was 18 years old, he wanted to go to film school so that he could improve his skills and become an even better director. Unluckily, he was unsuccessful in getting a place at this school so he went to a university in California to study English. Even though he had failed to get into the school he wanted to go to, he didn’t let this stop him following his dream to become a great director.

Stephen Spielberg has directed many films since his first major film in 1976. He now owns many different businesses, most of which are involved in the film industry.

One day, I was working alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my work, I discovered that I had about 500 pounds of bircks left over!   36  carry the bricks down by hand I decided to lower them by a pulley（滑车）, which fortunately was  _37  to the side of the building on the sixth floor.

Fastening the rope at the ground level, I went up to the roof and  _38  the bricks into a barrel (桶). Then I went back to the  _39  and untied the rope,   40  it tightly to insure a  __41__  fall of the 500 punds of bricks. You know, I only weighed 135 pounds. Due to my  __42 _ at being pulled off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and  _43   to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I went on at a rather  _44 _ rate up the building.

Near the third floor, I met the barrel __45  , which made my collarbone（锁骨）broken,  __46 _ only slightly, I didn’t stop. At approximately（大约）the same time, the barrel  _47__ the ground, and the bottom fell out of the barrel.   48  the bricks, the barrel now weighed about 50 pounds. I refer you again to my weight of 135 pounds.  _49   you might imagine, I began a rapid down.

Also near the  _50 _ floor, I met the barrel coming up, which made my legs broken. The encounter（相遇）with the _ 51 _ slowed me enough to reduce my  _52  when I fell onto the pile of bricks, and  53  , only three vertebrae（椎骨）were broken. However, as I __54__there on the bricks in pain, unable to move, and  _55   the barrel six stories above, I again lost my presence of mind. I let go of the rope!

1. A. Rather than           B. Other than           C. Better than          D. Instead of

2.A. connected          B. attached             C. added           D. joined

3. A. brought          B. carried              C. loaded               D. took

4. A. ceiling               B. floor            C. roof                 D. ground

5.A. grabbing           B. pulling          C. fastening            D. holding

6. A. sudden           B. quick                C. slow                 D. peaceful

7. A. carelessness          B. surprise             C. excitement           D. joy

8.A. forgot            B. had              C. took              D. began

9. A. slow             B. rapid                C. strange              D. special

10. A. coming down          B. going up         C. going down        D. coming up

11. A. Slowed               B. Calmed           C. Relaxed           D. Cooled

12.A. fell                  B. beat                 C. hit                  D. knocked

13. A. Besides              B. Without              C. With                 D. Beyond

14. A. As                   B. When             C. While                D. Which

15. A. first                B. ground           C. second            D. third

16. A. bricks               B. barrel               C. pulley               D. rope

17. A. pain                 B. weight               C. injuries             D. speed

18. A. unluckily           B. surely               C. undoubtedly          D. fortunately

19. A. sat                  B. lay              C. stood                D. bent

20. A. noticed             B. remembered        C. watched         D.saw                     

Yesterday I had a walk with a friend in the street.When we were passing by a house，I__1__a BlackBerry cellphone.I picked it up and it still__2__！I started checking the contact list and calling numbers.I wanted to see__3__I could get some information about the owner of the phone.__4__，only one person answered and she didn’t recognize the__5__that I was calling from.In the end，she said，“It is just so nice that you are trying to__6__whose phone it is.”

Since that lady didn’t know whose phone it was，my friend__7__me to go back to the street.I__8__.We went back to the street and to the house__9__which we had found the BlackBerry cellphone.I__10__the door.Two college students__11__and said they hadn’t lost their phones.But when I told them the story and__12__some names on the contact list，one of them said that he__13__had those names so it must be the phone of one of his__14__.

They said it was__15__that I took the time to find the__16__.I really didn’t have anything to say because in my mind I was just doing the__17__thing.I never considered__18__the phone—it wasn’t mine.I immediately tried to find the owner because that is exactly what I would want__19__to do if any of my family members__20__their phones.

[语篇解读]　作者捡到一部手机，她想尽办法找到机主，归还手机

1．A.bought                                                 B．dropped

C．repaired                                                  D．found

2．A.rang                                                    B．sang

C．worked                                                   D．shook

3．A.that                                                     B．if

C．what                                                      D．how

4．A.Probably                                              B．Interestingly

C．Finally                                                    D．Unluckily

5．A.number                                                B．street

C．man                                                       D．name

6．A.talk about                                             B．think of

C．find out                                                  D．care about

7．A.advised                                                B．pushed

C．helped                                                    D．showed

8．A.laughed                                                B．understood

C．argued                                                    D．agreed

9．A.at the back of                                       B．in front of

C．on the top of                                           D．far away from

10．A.turned to                                            B．looked for

C．knocked on                                             D．broke into

11．A.answered                                            B．shouted

C．ran                                                         D．passed

12．A.spelled                                               B．wrote

C．mentioned                                               D．remembered

13．A.sometimes                                          B．also

C．hardly                                                     D．always

14．A.kids                                                   B．parents

C．students                                                  D．friends

15．A.exciting                                              B．necessary

C．wonderful                                               D．impossible

16．A.phone                                                B．information

C．buyer                                                     D．owner

17．A.important                                           B．right

C．strange                                                   D．brave

18．A.giving                                                B．borrowing

C．mending                                                 D．keeping

19．A.them                                                  B．him

C．someone                                                 D．myself

20．A.lost                                                    B．described

C．needed                                                    D．lent

— Are you going to travel during this summer vacation?
— No, I’ll have to do some part-time job for my study. __________, there’s a disease spreading.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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I was on my school’s playground the other day. Suddenly, an ice cream truck  36  right in front of one of the main common areas of the school. I never  37  an ice cream man would come  38  us — overgrown kids. So I was quite  39  when the sweet man in the truck  40 , “ Free ice cream!” I  41  him to confirm(证实) what he said. I asked, “ I’m sorry, but what did you say?”
“Free ice cream. You have your  42  of these four frozen treats: the rocket pop, the chocolate e clair, the strawberry shortcake, or the drumstick.”
After I make sure that this guy was really  43  free ice cream, I talked with him for a while. He told me that his  44  had always been to travel around giving people free ice cream, and that was  45  what he now does. He maxed out all his credit cards, slept in his  46 , and lived with his parents  47  he could continue to follow his dream during hard times. Now, he has  48  from large companies such as Levi’s to support him to do what he  49  .
The ice cream man told me that he was  50  inspiring people to do exactly what their  51  tell them to do in life: I  52  asking him with respect, “So your dream was just to  53  around and give people free ice cream” It seemed like such a  54  goal.
“Yes, just meeting people and making them  55 ,” he replied.
36. A. followed             B. passed               C. broke                D. stopped
37. A. explained            B. doubted             C. thought             D. proved
38. A. with                  B. before               C. for                    D. after
39. A. surprised            B. angry                C. worried             D. sad
40. A. broke in             B. stopped by         C. showed off        D. called out
41. A. went up to          B. knocked into      C. laughed at         D. looked into
42. A. attention             B. choice               C. way                  D. answer
43. A. picking out               B. giving away       C. going through    D. talking about
44. A. dream                B. job                   C. fear                  D. experiment
45. A. commonly          B. possibly            C. unluckily           D. exactly
46. A. building             B. bag                   C. truck                 D. hotel
47. A. in case                B. now that            C. as if                  D. so that
48. A. desire                 B. invitation          C. help                  D. experience
49. A. promises             B. suggests            C. loves                 D. remembers
50. A. sorry for             B. worried about    C. careful with              D. interested in
51. A. companies          B. teachers             C. parents             D. hearts
52. A. forgot                B. regretted           C. kept                  D. stopped
53. A. fly                            B. cycle                 C. drive                 D. look
54. A. normal              B. dangerous          C. difficult            D. special
55. A. request               B. smile                C. prepare             D. understand