For hundreds of years, Japan has been hit, from time to time, by tsunamis（海啸）, which are caused by earthquakes or underwater volcanoes. The story of the boy Yuuki is the story of such a disaster.

Yuuki lived with his family in a seaside village, below a small mountain. One day, as he played on top of the mountain, Yuuki felt a small earthquake but it was not strong enough to frighten anybody. Soon after, however, Yuuki noticed the sea darken and begin running away from the shore very fast, leaving behind wide areas of beach that had never been seen before.

Yuuki remembered reading that just before a terrible tsunami, the sea suddenly and quickly rolls backward. He ran to the beach, warning the villagers who had gathered to admire the new beach land.

But no one listened. They laughed at him and continued playing in the new sand.

Desperate, Yuuki could think of only one thing to do. He lit a tree branch, raced to the rice fields and began burning the harvested rice. Then he called out, “Fire! Fire! Everyone run to the mountain! Now!”

When everyone reached the mountain top, a villager cried out, “Yuuki is mad! I saw him set the fire.” Yuuki hung his head in shame, but said nothing as the villagers screamed at him.

Just then, someone shouted, “Look!”

In the distance a huge dark wave of water was speeding towards the shore. When it hit the shore, it destroyed everything.

On the mountain everyone stared at the village ruins in terror.

“I'm sorry I burned the fields,” said Yuuki, his voice trembling.

“Yuuki,” the village chief answered. “You saved us all.”

The villagers cheered and raised Yuuki into the air. “We were going to celebrate our rice harvest tonight,” said one, “but now we’ll celebrate that we’re all still alive!”

1. Where was Yuuki when the earthquake struck?

2.In what order did the following events take place?

a.Yuuki ran to the rice fields.

b.The villagers paid no attention to Yuuki’s word.

c.Yuuki went to warn the villagers.

d.The village was in ruins.

e.The people were screaming at Yuuki.

3.How did Yuuki save the villagers from the disaster?

4.What were the people planning to do before the tsunami struck their village?

The boy wrote a ____ article last week.

         A. two –thousand-words              B. two-thousands-word

         C. two- thousands-words         D. two-thousand-word

 —Well, I should say this meeting is ________success.

   —Just have _______with the organizer and you can learn a lot from him. 

   A. a; words              B. a; a word                C. /; words         D. /; a word

完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)

       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

We should learn to put love in motion every day．We should show our children that even the   36  act of kindness counts．

The chiming clock announced it was time to leave for church, but I was far from   37 ．Seeing this, my husband   38   to iron my clothes for me．Our 3-year-old daughter approached him．

“Are you ironing   39   shirt, Daddy? ” she asked．

“No, I’m ironing Mommy’s shirt．”

“Oh, did you think it was your shirt? ” A small giggle（咯咯笑）escaped her   40  ．“That’s silly．” k+s-5#u 

“No, I knew it was Mommy’s shirt．” he said．

A(n)   41   expression crossed my daughter’s face．“Then why are you doing that?”

“Because your Mommy is a special person, and I like to   42   her．” he answered．

“Oh,” she happily replied, and then skipped out of the room．“I’m going to help my brother．”

As our children’s   43   teachers, we know that little eyes watch our every move．They imitate not only our actions, but our 　44  ．For example, we often hear our children   45   their brothers, sisters or friends in a   46   we know they learned from   47  ．But on the positive side, the propensity (倾向性) to   48   can serve us well when we try to model, and   49  teach, an attitude of kindness and cheerful servanthood．

We all try to do nice things for our family．Think about the last time when you cooked a meal or folded laundry．  50   did you feel about   51   your family in this way? Were you glad to do it   52   did you feel resentful that you were stuck with this mundane (平凡的) chore?   53  , none of us has a cheerful servant’s heart every day．  54   if we want our children willingly to reach out to others and show kindness and compassion, it is essential that they see us doing the   55  ．

36．A．biggest    B．smallest  C．least            D．best

37．A．relaxed    B．satisfied         C．ready    D．happy

38．A．showed    B．provided C．supplied    D．offered

39．A．my        B．your            C．our             D．their

40．A．lips       B．nose            C．eyes     D．ears

41．A．upset      B．funny           C．puzzled  D．proud

42．A．offer      B．gain     C．give     D．help

43．A．last       B．first     C．closest   D．best

44．A．behavior B．attitudes   C．manners        D．thought

45．A．praise     B．point    C．appreciate       D．scold

46．A．tone       B．word    C．voice    D．accent

47．A．others      B．friends          C．us              D．teachers

48．A．imitate     B．give            C．obtain           D．learn

49．A．in charge      B．in detail       C．in return             D．in turn

50．A．What     B．How            C．That            D．Whether  

51．A．serving    B．caring         C．leaving          D．building

52．A．and         B．or     C．but        D．otherwise

53．A．Surprisingly     B．Naturally            C．Regularly            D．Patiently

54．A．Maybe     B．Still     C．Otherwise       D．But

55．A．good            B．job            C．example             D．same

The greatest source of inspiration for me has always been my father. Though he’s been gone for 17 years, his   21  still resonate（产生共鸣）. He taught me how to run my own race in life. But the most inspiring thing he taught me was to   22 .

One incident is   23  in my mind. It happened when I was a teenager. My sister and I weren’t very fond of a so-called friend of   24 . Dad was a very generous man, and as he’d done with so many people, he’d given this fellow great help. But when he asked for a favor   25 , the guy didn’t deliver.

Dad’s outlook（人生观）on most things was “Live and let live.” In this case, however, his calmness   26  Terre and me, and we let him know it.

“How can you be nice to that man?” we said to him. “You’ve been so kind to him, and he’s not being kind back. Why would you want to give him the time of day again?”

My father shrugged（耸肩）and said to us, “I do not bend my back with   27 . ”

I didn’t get it at first, but over the years I came to understand the   28 . Holding a grudge（怨恨）doesn’t   29  the person you’re angry with, but it changes you. It makes you heavier and gives you more weight to drag around.

After my father died in 1991, a (n)   30  came from a fellow I’d had a quarrel with years before to   31  his sympathy. He wrote: “I thought I’d tell you how sorry I am   32  the loss of your father. I know he   33  the world to you. I just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts. ”

Much moved, I wrote back. I thanked him for his   34 . And then, because he’d   35  

our disagreement, I recalled Dad’s inspiring words. “I am my father’s daughter,” I wrote. “And like him, I do not bend my back with yesterday.”