Mike had been delivering (送) newspaper for a week, but he was still not quite sure   36   he was going to like his first job. Today he was to   37   the month's money from his customers (顾客). At the first house, Mike walked past the Pierces' barking dog,   38   was tied up in the front yard. When he    39    the door he got up enough   40    to ring the bell. He told the man what he   41   . Mr Pierce didn't smile or say anything , but he handed Mike a bill. Mike   42   counted out the man's change.

 43   the time he got to the   44   house, Mike felt a little more  at ease. Mr Simon was repairing his   45   . He, too, gave Mike a   46   . but he smiled and talked    47    Mike gave him his   48   .

As Mike walked to the third house, he   49   a bit uneasy, Mr Swenson was just    50     home from the store, and he stopped   51   he saw  Mike. Mr Swenson paid Mike the exact amount in change. They stood   52   in front of the house   53   . This wasn't   54   to be such a difficult job    55    , thought Mike as he continued on his way.

     Mike had been delivering (送) newspaper for a week, but he was still not quite sure    36    he was going to like his first job. Today he was to    37    the month's money from his customers (顾客). At the first house, Mike walked past the Pierces' barking dog,    38    was tied up in the front yard. When he    39    the door he got up enough    40    to ring the bell. He told the man what he    41    . Mr Pierce didn't smile or say anything , but he handed Mike a bill. Mike    42    counted out the man's change.

     43    the time he got to the    44    house, Mike felt a little more  at ease. Mr Simon was repairing his    45    . He, too, gave Mike a    46    . but he smiled and talked    47    Mike gave him his    48    .

    As Mike walked to the third house, he    49    a bit uneasy, Mr Swenson was just    50     home from the store, and he stopped    51    he saw  Mike. Mr Swenson paid Mike the exact amount in change. They stood    52    in front of the house    53    . This wasn't    54    to be such a difficult job     55     , thought Mike as he continued on his way.

A.what        B.why              C.whether              D.which

A.fetch        B.seize              C.collect               D.select

A.it           B.he                C.which                D.who

A.arrived      B.reached            C.went                 D.got

A.courage      B.money            C.newspaper            D.demand

A.liked        B.believed           C.wanted               D.had

A.hardly       B.lately              C.carefully             D.nearly

A.For         B.In                 C.By                  D.On                         

A.third        B.first               C.second                D.fourth

A.garden      B.dog               C.car                   D.job

A.money      B.pay               C.bill                   D.change

A.so          B.for               C.as                    D.because

A.newspaper   B.help              C.change                D.smile                      

A.hadn't      B.continue           C.wasn't                 D.went

A.at          B.in                C.coming                D.going

A.when       B.thus              C.where                 D.so

A.to talk      B.talking            C.back                  D.by

A.in no time   B.at once            C.for a while             D.by and by

A.true        B.happening         C.going                 D.that

A.by far      B.any longer         C.after all                D.at once

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中选出最佳选项。

　　The producer appeared behind the recording studio window and smiled and waved to me like an old friend. And after I had read out a little test piece, he said,“That's fine, wonderful, Your voice is perfect, lovely, wonderful.”Then I read a longer passage in English about the delights of touring in Britain, and another about the delights of visiting

　　London, and both were“excellent”and“just right”, and I began to consider a job in radio. To be honest, I was fairly sure of myself though I lacked experience. Across the room in the Hamburg News Agency where we both worked, a friend named Peter Turner called to me, “I say, Mike, a man on the phone here wants someone to do a recording in English, and I'm booked up. Would you read something to him in English as a sort of test?”I did, and they said,“Perfect, lovely, wonderful…”Would I cane round?

　　It was after reading their passage in English in the studio that they noticed my vowel pronunciations were not altogether King's English, or even Prince Philip's, there was a larger silence than usual, then the voice said,“Fine, lovely, but you said the word ‘castle’with a short ‘a’. Could we have the passage again, please? But this time say ‘carsele’.”

　　This was easy. But then he noticed other differences in my pronunciation.

　　“It's my northern English accent,”I said, angry, because I had to apologize for it.

　　“Oh, I see…but Mr. Jamieson, we'll have to get it right, I'm afraid. The recording is for teaching English to German schoolchildren, and it must be spoken in the way it is taught in German schools.”

　　I read the passage again and again. But of course you cannot change the pronunciation of a lifetime in an hour. The studio men were in the state of having lost hope and underlined the vowels which caused me to feel angry, so that I'd remember them. Few, really. But because I had to concentrate(集中) on them, I made a lot of mistakes in my reading. Everyone got somewhat angry, so we all went out for a beer.

1．Broadcasting did not make Mike nervous ________.

[　　]

A．although he had never done any before

B．because he worked in a news agency

C．although the passage was long

D．because he was used to talking on the phone

2．What happened after Mike had done the recording a second time?

[　　]

A．They said nothing.

B．They could not understand one of the words.

C．They began to discuss Prince Philip's English.

D．They made him repeat it.

3．They wanted Mike to change his pronunciation because ________.

[　　]

A．German schoolchildren didn't like a northern accent

B．German schoolchildren were taught through recordings

C．it was different from the English taught in German schools

D．it was different from the English spoken in Germany

4．Why did Mike's reading of the passage get worse?

[　　]

A．He could not learn so many new sounds.

B．He was trying hard to get certain sounds right.

C．He needed a drink to clear his throat.

D．He was trying to do the recording in an hour.

阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

Big storms, high waves, technical failures, loneliness, After battling hard times and danger for over nine months. British teenager Mike Perham made history last month as the youngest person to sail solo (单独) around the world.

     The 17-year-old made the record after he cleared the Panama Canal ( 巴拿马运河) and then sailed through the Caribbean and home across the Atlantic.

     Mike is only three months younger than Zac Sunderland. the 17-year-old American boy who had taken the crown as the youngest solo around-the-world sailor in July.

     The two youngsters met in Cape Town in South Africa as they crossed the globe in different directions. Mike insisted they were not rival (竞争对手). "No. It's two teenagers going out there, living their dream and having the adventure of a lifetime." he said.

     Mike may be young, but he is no stranger to sailing adventures. He picked up the hobby at age 6 when his father took him out in a small boat on a local lake. Father and son sailed separate boats across the Atlantic when Mike was 14, making him the youngest person to cross that ocean solo. That record gave him the taste for this even greater challenge.

     On the recent journey. the scariest moment for Mike came when his sailboat was hit by storms in the southem Indian Ocean.

     "We were picked up by what felt like a 60-foot wave and threw down on our side at 90 degrees," he said.

     "It felt like I was going right over. Stuff was flying around and I just thought 'Oh no'".

     At other times, he had to dive into the Pacific and fix problems. He tied himself to the boat, jumped into the water and went to work with a knife in 30-second dives undemeath (在......之下) the boat to cut a rope away.

     Mike said he felt proud that he made his dream come true. "You've got to have confidence in yourself that you will make it." he said.

1.What's the main idea of the passage?  (No more than 15 words)

2.Which canal did Mike Perham cross? (No more than 3 words)

3.What does the underlined word "taste" in the fifth paragraph mean? (1 word)

4.What did Mike believe in? (No more than lO words)

5.What do you think of Mike Perham? (No more than 10 words)

     Mike had been delivering (送) newspaper for a week, but he was still not quite sure    36    he was going to like his first job. Today he was to    37    the month's money from his customers (顾客). At the first house, Mike walked past the Pierces' barking dog,    38    was tied up in the front yard. When he    39    the door he got up enough    40    to ring the bell. He told the man what he    41    . Mr Pierce didn't smile or say anything , but he handed Mike a bill. Mike    42    counted out the man's change.

     43    the time he got to the    44    house, Mike felt a little more  at ease. Mr Simon was repairing his    45    . He, too, gave Mike a    46    . but he smiled and talked    47    Mike gave him his    48    .

    As Mike walked to the third house, he    49    a bit uneasy, Mr Swenson was just    50     home from the store, and he stopped    51    he saw  Mike. Mr Swenson paid Mike the exact amount in change. They stood    52    in front of the house    53    . This wasn't    54    to be such a difficult job     55     , thought Mike as he continued on his way.

A.what        B.why              C.whether              D.which

A.fetch        B.seize              C.collect               D.select

A.it           B.he                C.which                D.who

A.arrived      B.reached            C.went                 D.got

A.courage      B.money            C.newspaper            D.demand

A.liked        B.believed           C.wanted               D.had

A.hardly       B.lately              C.carefully             D.nearly

A.For         B.In                 C.By                  D.On                         

A.third        B.first               C.second                D.fourth

A.garden      B.dog               C.car                   D.job

A.money      B.pay               C.bill                   D.change

A.so          B.for               C.as                    D.because

A.newspaper   B.help              C.change                D.smile                      

A.hadn't      B.continue           C.wasn't                 D.went

A.at          B.in                C.coming                D.going

A.when       B.thus              C.where                 D.so

A.to talk      B.talking            C.back                  D.by

A.in no time   B.at once            C.for a while             D.by and by

A.true        B.happening         C.going                 D.that

A.by far      B.any longer         C.after all                D.at once