Tom is so stubborn and careful a man, that it took five hours to_______ him of my good idea and to give up his.

  A. ask       B. convince       C. remind      D. inform

在第56至60题中，Susan, Mike, Jane, George和Tom正计划参加一个夏令营。阅读下面六个夏令营的介绍（选项A、B、C、D、E和F），选出符合各人需求的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。

56. Susan, a biology student, has a particular interest in wildlife. She is curious about how people and wildlife can co-exist peacefully in an area. She would like to study the environment and wild animals. With information she gathers in the camp she hopes to complete her project on wildlife.

57. Mike is eager to stay away from the busy city life for a while. He and his classmates have decided to join a summer camp where they can learn outdoor skills and learn to solve problems all by themselves.

58. Jane is longing for a break from school life. She wants to try something different and exciting. She is especially interested in mountain biking and water sports.

59. George is a born leader and is popular among his classmates. As a chairman of the Student Club, he often organizes activities and games. He’d like to attend wilderness courses which offer youth a chance to lead, lead and succeed.

60. Tom is a sports fan and a lover of the outdoors. Besides water sports, he enjoys horse-racing and hiking. He would like to go to a camp which offers a great variety of sports.

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单词拼写：（每小题1分，共10小题）

1.In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven_____(木制的) boxes.                                               

2.Li Yan, a___ ( 志愿者 ) for the 2008 Olympic Games, is interviewed by Pausanias.                                              

3.Tom is ___(有信心的) to succeed.                                           

4.Seeing this, many a ___(路人) came to help the old woman.                       

5.What do you think of the play ___(表演) by the little children?                   

6.__(如今), many young people spend at least 3 hours on the Internet.

7.He explained __(简要地) what we were to do next.                             

8.Theses ___(昆虫) can fly .                                                                             

9.They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more ___(熟悉的) with them.                                            

10.Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be ___(接纳) as competitors.

My best friend, Tom, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment in a lovely small town. Tom is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady .
Years ago, I __36__  when I retired I would get a dog to __37__  my golden years. From the very beginning, Tom has always been __38_ and I never have to tell him anything more than once. He is extremely __39___ and always puts back the toys where they were after __40__.He is a wonderful companion. We sometimes play a ___41___together. He does many amusing things that make me laugh. As a result, I enjoy his__42___.
One afternoon, Tom started acting ___43__. I was sitting on the floor playing with him, __44___he started sniffing at the right side of my chest. He had never done anything like this before, suddenly he threw his entire__45__at the right side of my chest, and I cried in___46___.
Soon after this, I felt a lump(肿块). After X-rays and tests, doctors told me I __47__cancer. When cancer started, for an unknown __48___, a wall of calcium(钙化壁) built. Then the lump or cancer _49__ itself to the wall. When Tom __50__on me, the force broke the lump away from the calcium wall, which made me ___ 51__the lump. Before that, I couldn’t see or feel it, so there was no way for me to know it was there.
I had a complete __ 52___ and the cancer did not spread. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone unfound even six more months, it would have been too late.
Was Tom ___53__ of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do
know is that I’ m glad I made a promise to_ 54 __my golden years with this wonderful creature---- for Tom not only shares his life with me; he has made sure that I will be ___55___to share my life with him.

阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项（A,B,C,D,E和F）中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。
_______ 1. Though Lola is a woman reporter, she is brave enough to go deep into the places at war. Next month, she will go to a place at war, she is confident to do her work well and give people the most brief and real reports.
_______ 2. Jane is a modern girl, who is a crazy fan of rock music and films. She has a romantic dream, that is, one day, she will go to a beautiful place to appreciate all the attractive music and films with a cup of coffee in her hand.
_______ 3. Tom is really depressed these days. Owing to his bad management, his company closed. He wants to go to a place to try his fortune so that he can start his business again in the near future.
_______ 4. Jenny, a European woman with her children, is visiting her relatives and friends. They want to relax themselves by enjoying the sunshine on the sandy beaches along the coast and have fun with dolphins.
_______5. Mike and Susan are from Brazil. They have been traveling in cities for a couple of days. This weekend, they would like to have a change and travel to the countryside to have some idea of grape farming and wine producing instead of making city tours around.