阅读下面短文.从短文后各题所给的四个选项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小涂黑。

One day Reuben saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But he couldn’t        it at that moment.

However, he opened the shop’s door and went inside. Standing        and straight, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted and asked him to        it for some time. The shopkeeper      .

Reuben walked out into the sunlight and thought he would        the five dollars and not tell anybody. Hearing the sound of hammering (敲打), he had a (n)       . People built their own homes using nails (钉子) and       nail bags outside. He could sell them back to the nail factory for five cents a piece. That day he sold two bags and hid the       .

It was evening when Reuben got home. Dora was at the kitchen, ready to serve        as Reuben sat at the table. He looked at his        and smiled.

Every day after school, Reuben        the town, collecting nail bags. On the day the school closed for the summer holiday, Reuben was happier than anyone        he would have more time for his       . Finally, the time had come! He        the coins. It was five dollars in all. Then he headed for the shop. “I have the money,” he       told the owner. And he got his     .

Racing home, Reuben       as he ran to his mother, “Here, Mum! Here!” He      a small box in her big hand. She        it carefully and saw the golden word “Mother” inside the box. It was Mother’s Day. Dora had never received such a       . She smiled happily and held her son in her arms.

1.A. touch          B. send      C. use                   D. afford

2.A. shy     B. proud   C. upset           D. calm

3.A. get     B. hide      C. keep            D. share

4.A. agreed       B. ignored      C. refused                 D. received

5.A. spend         B. raise      C. borrow        D. steal

6.A. idea   B. wish      C. decision          D. secret

7.A. sold   B. needed          C. left                   D. made

8.A. nails   B. shoes    C. bags             D. coins

9.A. lunch         B. dinner  C. customers        D. tea

10.A. sister        B. friend   C. mother        D. neighbor

11.A. left  B. visited   C. cleaned                D. searched

12.A. or    B. but        C. because                D. though

13.A. plan B. duty      C. travel           D. result       

14.A. dropped  B. counted         C. showed                 D. collected

15.A. quietly     B. worriedly      C. cleverly                D. happily

16.A. job   B. reply    C. treasure               D. present

17.A. shouted   B. clapped         C. asked           D. fell

18.A. found       B. placed  C. threw           D. took

19.A. packed     B. checked        C. picked         D. opened

20.A. gift   B. letter    C. word            D. prize

I wonder why Mr Green looks worried today.

I'm not sure, but he ________ a small accident driving here.

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Having studied abroad for many years，the professor finally returned to        used to he a small town．

   A. Where           B. that                C. what               D. which

C
One day , Wilson was walking quietly along the road when someone hit him hard on the back of his neck. He looked behind him, and saw a young man whom he had never seen before.
“How dare you hit me like that?” shouted Wilson.
The young man said he had mistaken Wilson for a friend of his and that he thought Wilson was making a lot of noise about nothing.
This insult (侮辱) made Wilson even angrier, of course, and he at once decided to bring the young man before a judge.
Now, the judge, who heard the case was a friend of the young man's father's, and, although he pretended to be quite fair, he was thinking about what he could do to protect the young man from being punished while at the same time not to be appearing unfair.
Finally he said to Wilson, “I understand your feelings in this matter very well. Would you be satisfied if I let you hit the young man as he hit you?”
Wilson said he would not be. The young man had insulted him and should be properly punished.
“Well, then,” said the judge to the young man, “I order you to pay ten coins to Wilson.”
Ten coins was very little for such a crime, but the young man did not have it with him, so the judge allowed him to go and get it.
Wilson waited for him to return with the money. He waited an hour, and then two hours, while the judge took care of other business.
When it was nearly time for the court to close, Wilson chose a moment when the judge was especially busy, came up quietly and hit him hard on the back of the neck. Then he said to him, “I am sorry, but I can’t wait any longer. When the young man comes back, tell him that I have passed my right to the ten coins on to you.”
52. Why did the young man hit Wilson from behind?
A. Wilson had hit him before.      
B. He had mistaken Wilson for a friend of his.
C. Wilson was a stranger there.    
D. Wilson made a lot of noise when he was walking.
53. The judge thought about how to protect the young man because
A. he thought it a small matter 
B. as a judge, he should be fair
C. he thought the man too young to be punished
D. the young man was his friend’s son
54. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The young man was ordered to hit himself as hard as he had done on Wilson.
B Wilson was allowed to hit the young man as hard as he had done.
C. Wilson was allowed to do more insulting on the young man.
D. The young man was ordered to hand a lot of money to Wilson.
55. The best title for this passage is ________.
A. I’ve passed my right on to you    B. The judge and Wilson
C. Wilson and the young man             D. The young man was set free

第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题。每小题3分；满分60分）
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they do the results may range from the disastrous to the troubling. One such experiment took place in South America about fifty years ago. Whether its final consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains to be seen.
The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of increasing the productivity of that country's bees. He imported a very active type of African bee from Tanzania and mated it with the more easy-going native variety to produce a new kind of bees. The new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey. It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was the scientist's name, had a total success on his hands.
Then things began to go wrong. For some reason as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of something in their environment, the new bees began to develop extremely attacking personalities. They became bad-tempered and easy to be angry, attacked the native bees and drove them from their living places.
But worse was to follow. Having taken over the countryside, the new bees, with their dangerous stings (叮), began to attack its neighbours — cats, dogs, horses, chickens and finally man himself. A long period of terror began that has so far killed a great number of animals and about 150 human beings.
This would have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil. But now they are on the move, heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and North America, and moving at the alarming speed of 200 miles a year. The countries that lie in their path are naturally worried because it looks as if nothing can be done to stop them.
56. The results of the South American experiment_______.
A. have caused a serious trouble           B. have proved to be wrong
C. are not yet certain                                 D. are not important
57. The experiment mentioned in this passage was designed to_______.
A. increase the amount of honey in Brazil
B. make Brazilian bees more easy-going
C. increase the number of bees in Brazil
D. make African bees less active
58. Which of the following may be the cause of the new bees' attacking personalities?
A. Their production of honey.                     B. Their hard work.
C. Their living environment.               D. Their bad temper.
59. The last paragraph implies that _______.
A. the bees have been driven to Central and North America
B. the bees may bring about trouble in more countries
C. the bees must be stopped from moving north
D. the bees prefer to live in Brazil