“Tom!”

    There was no answer.

    “Tom!”

    Still no answer.

    “Where’s that boy gone? Tom!”

    The old lady looked all around the room. She looked under the bed, but found only the cat.

    “If I catch that boy, …” she murmured to herself.

    She opened the door and looked out into the garden.

    “Tom!” she shouted.

    Then she heard a slight noise behind her. She turned round just in time to catch the boy as he came out of a cupboard.

    “And what have you been doing in there?”

    “Nothing,” said the boy.

    “Nothing! Look at your hands and your mouth! What is that stuff?”

    “I don’t know, Aunt.”

“Well, I know. It’s a jam. I’ve told you forty times that if you touched that jam, I’d skin you.

Give me that stick.”

    “Look out, Aunt! Look behind you!”

    The old lady turned round and Tom was out of the door in a flash, over the garden fence and away.

    “Damn that boy! Will I never learn? He’s always playing tricks on me. And he seems to know just now how far he can go, too. But I can’t take a stick to him. I really can’t. After all, he’s my dead sister’s boy. Ah well, he’ll play truant today and I’ll have to make him work tomorrow.”

At supper Aunt Polly tried to trick Tom into admitting that he hadn’t gone to school.

    “It was rather hot today, wasn’t it, Tom?”

    “Yes,” answered Tom.

    “You didn’t have to open your shirt collar where I sewed（缝） it, then.”

    Tom was confident, now. He opened his jacket. His collar was securely sewed.

    “Oh Tom,” said Aunt Polly. “You’re a good boy really.”

    She was sorry that she had been wrong about him.

    “But Aunt,” came a voice. It was Sidney, Tom’s younger brother. “Didn’ t you sew Tom’s collar with white cotton? Look! Now it’s black.

    Tom was already running out of the door.

                                     ---The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

1.The underlined word “skin” probably mean in the passage?

A. praise             B. cheat                            C. touch                    D. beat   

2.Which of the following words can be best used to describe Tom?

A. stupid             B. clever                       C. naughty           D. brave

3.What can be inferred from Sidney’s words in the passage?

A. Tom made his jacket dirty on purpose.

B. Tom didn’t go to school that day.

C. Tom was a dirty boy.

D. Sidney hated Tom so he wanted to punish him.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Tom’s mother passed away.                            

B. Tom’s aunt was a good sewer.

C. Tom was good at sports.

D. Aunt Polly felt sorry for his misunderstanding to Tom.

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。

注意：每空格1个单词。

People say teenagers are no good. They make too much noise in shopping malls; they drive recklessly up and down America’s main streets; they carry chips on their shoulders as big as the Sears Tower. And at least some of the time those things are true. But we shouldn’t forget that there are hard moments in the life of a teenager too.

　　I watched such a moment not long ago at a woman’s funeral. I didn’t expect the event to affect me. Through much of the ceremony, in fact, I remained unmoved.

　　Then her teenage grandson stepped forward. With his very first deep breath, every heart in that church was achingly reminded of something we had all forgotten. Softly he began: “I want to share a few values that Nana taught me. She never failed to see light in any situation. When our family dog would literally attract her, what would Nana say? ‘Oh, what beautiful markings that dog has.’ That was Nana.

　　“She was a strong woman who often lived in the shadow of my grandpa, who was a successful businessman in this city. But she was the one behind the scenes who provided the strength and support for Grandpa’s career,” he said, with a voice now trembling. “That was Nana’s way.”

　　Through a muffled sob, he continued. “Whenever she did anything worth recognition, you’d have to hear about it from a different source, because she was never one to brag.”

　　Finally, in a voice breaking free of sorrow, he looked up and said, “Nana taught me courage. She put up an incredible fight to the end, when she died peacefully, which is how she lived her life. That was Nana’s way, and I hope I can carry on in the same manner.”

　　There are no hearts as sensitive as those of teenagers, because everything is happening to them for the first time. The trouble with teenagers is that they haven’t learned to be controlled.

　　When that boy rose to speak about the woman who surely had been his truest ally and dearest friend, his honest voice dragged each of us out into the open where we could no longer hide in the calm ritual. He exposed us to the truth about this very real woman who believed in a boy who probably tried the patience of many adults. He reminded us that his grandmother was more than another dot on the chart of life and death.

　　All over again we felt those powerful losses crisscrossing our own hearts, and we knew that when you say good-bye to a beloved grandparent, you say good-bye to something happy, something young in yourself. And that something never really returns, and the pain never really goes away.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
My wife was shouting at Sindu again．I threw the paper away and rushed to the scene．Mydaughter Sindu looked 36__．Her eyes were wet with tears．In front of her was a bowl 37___with bitter melon．Sindu particularly hated bitter melon, but my wife believed      38__ in the “cooling effects" of bitter melon. I tried to 39__ Sindu to take a fewmouthfuls．She   40__ down a bit and wiped her tears．Then she said she would eat the 41__bowl of bitter melon on condition that I gave her whatever she asked for．I agreed．Slowly and 42__ , she finished the whole bowl．After that, Sindu came to me with her eyeswide with 43__. To our surprise, she wanted to have her head   44__. "Impossible!"shouted my wife．However, I knew that if I   45__ on my promise, Sindu would neverlearn to  46  her own．So I decided to keep my promise．
On Monday morning, I 47__ her off at school．Just then，a boy shouted, "Sindu,wait for me!" What struck me was  48  hairless head．I was about to leave when a ladycame to me and said, "Sir, your   49__is great indeed!" I didn't 50__.She continued,“That boy is my son．He is   51__from Leukemia（白血病）．He lost all his hair_ 52__the side effects of the chemotherapy（化疗）? He   53__to come back to school because hewas afraid that the kids at school would make fun of him．Sindu visited him last week andpromised to help him, but I   54__imagined that she would sacrifice her lovely hair for thesake of my son! Sir, you and your wife are blessed to have such a（n） 55__ soul for achild．”
I didn't know what to say．It was then that I knew what love really was．
【小题1】         

下面短文中共有10个错误, 请找出并按要求在文中标记并改正在短文下的横线上。

如多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（／）划掉, 在短文下边横线上写出该词, 并也用斜线划掉。

如缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）, 在短文下边横线上写出该加的词。

如错一个词：在错的词下划一横线, 在短文下边横线上写出改正后的词。

My grandfather was a teacher. He was the head teacher of a school for boys at the ages of thirteen and eighteen. I know that he was a kind man, because when I am young, he gave me presents, and set me on his knees, and told me stories. And the boys at his school were afraid of him. At school, when he walked into a room full of noise boys, there was silence at once. When he looked at a boy with a certain look in his eye, that boy went red in the face, and looked down his shoes. If a boy brought to him careless work, my grandfather picked up a boy's book and threw it across the room, shouting，“Do it all again, and take it back in the morning！” If the boy was later, or if he forgot to take the work, he had to do it again.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

My wife was shouting at Sindu again．I threw the paper away and rushed to the scene．Mydaughter Sindu looked  36__．Her eyes were wet with tears．In front of her was a bowl  37___with bitter melon．Sindu particularly hated bitter melon, but my wife believed  38__ in the “cooling effects" of bitter melon. I tried to  39__ Sindu to take a fewmouthfuls．She   40__ down a bit and wiped her tears．Then she said she would eat the  41__bowl of bitter melon on condition that I gave her whatever she asked for．I agreed．Slowly and  42__ , she finished the whole bowl．After that, Sindu came to me with her eyeswide with  43__. To our surprise, she wanted to have her head   44__. "Impossible!"shouted my wife．However, I knew that if I   45__ on my promise, Sindu would neverlearn to   46   her own．So I decided to keep my promise．

    On Monday morning, I  47__ her off at school．Just then，a boy shouted, "Sindu,wait for me!" What struck me was   48   hairless head．I was about to leave when a ladycame to me and said, "Sir, your   49__is great indeed!" I didn't  50__.She continued, “That boy is my son．He is   51__ from Leukemia （白血病）．He lost all his hair_  52__the side effects of the chemotherapy （化疗）?? He   53__ to come back to school because he was afraid that the kids at school would make fun of him．Sindu visited him last week andpromised to help him, but I   54__ imagined that she would sacrifice her lovely hair for thesake of my son! Sir, you and your wife are blessed to have such a（n）  55__ soul for a child．”

    I didn't know what to say．It was then that I knew what love really was．

   A．excited        B．frightened     C．moved           D．  disappointed

   A．provided     B．covered      C．filled       D． equipped

   A．firmly       B．angrily      C．heavily      D． happily

   A．permit       B．forbid       C．persuade D． order

   A．went     B．calmed       C．came     D． fought

   A．sweet        B．entire   C．bitter       D． little

   A．angrily      B．worriedly        C．painfully        D． sadly

   A．expectation      B．happiness        C．satisfaction D． pride

   A．nodded       B．cut      C．washed       D． shaved

   A．got off      B．went back        C．looked back  D． gave off

   A．honor        B．remind       C．share        D． take

   A．dropped      B．sent     C．took     D． picked

   A．its      B．her      C．his      D． my

   A．wife     B．daughter     C．view     D． life

A．insist      B．request      C．move     D． understand

   A．dying        B．escaping     C．suffering        D． recovering

   A．according to     B．instead of       C．thanks to        D． because of

   A．tended       B．promised     C．refused      D．determined

   A．nearly       B．never        C．ever     D． seldom

   A．abstract     B．simple       C．noble        D． horrible