阅读下面的短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项

A man came home from work late again, tired and annoyed, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.  "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"  "Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man. "Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"  "That's  1of your business. What makes you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.  "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"  "If you  2know, I make $20.00 an hour."  "Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed.  Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I  3$10.00 please?"  The father was angry. "If the only reason you wanted to know how much money I make is that you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense,  4you go straight to your room and  5. Think about why you're being so selfish. I work long, hard hours everyday and don't have time for such  6games."

The little boy  7went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even  8about the little boy's questioning. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money. After an hour or so, the man had  9down, and started to think he may have been a little  10on his son. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00 and  11, he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the  12of the little boy's room and opened it.

"Are you  13, son?" he asked.  "No, daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man.

"It's been a long day and I took my anger out on you. Here's that $10.00 you asked for."

The little boy sat straight up,  "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled (大声喊) .

Then, reaching under his pillow, he  14out some more crumpled up (皱的) bills. The man,15that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man. "Why did you want  16money if you already had some? " the father complained.

"Because I didn't have  17, but now I do," the little boy replied.

"Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I  18an hour of your time?"

19$20.00 worth of time with someone you love...just a short reminder to all of us working so hard for our living.  20, let us not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some quality time with those who really matter to us.

1.A. none       B. nothing  C. no   D. not

2.A. should B. can  C. must D. may

3.A. borrow B. ask  C. demand   D. take

4.A. and    B. but  C. so   D. then

5.A. go to school   B. go to bed    C. go to study  D. go to play

6.A. interesting    B. terrible C. childish D. puzzling

7.A. rapidly    B. quietly  C. noisily  D. happily

8.A. angrier    B. sadder   C. more tired   D. more worried

9.A. looked B. lay  C. sat  D. calmed

10.A. strict    B. hard C. rude D. cruel

11.A. after all B. above all    C. at all   D. in all

12.A. window    B. bed  C. wall D. door

13.A. OK    B. afraid   C. asleep   D. clear

14.A. moved B. carried  C. picked   D. pulled

15.A. seeing    B. watching C. realizing    D. thinking

16.A. another   B. little   C. more D. any

17.A. plenty    B. much C. enough   D. many

18.A. use   B. take C. spend    D. buy

19.A. Sell  B. Share    C. Cost D. Spare

20.A. Therefore B. However  C. Or else  D. Otherwise

阅读下面短文．从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

When my brother and l were growing up, we mowed(割)yards during the summer to earn pocket change．Dad traded our service to neighbors and? ? ? a price they could not refuse. We got $ 10 per yard．I later found out our friends ? ? $20 or more for the same amount of work.

One day we were? ? ? our next-door neighbor’s yard．She always waited until the grass was knee—high to call us over．? ? we had an old lawn mower．This particular hot afternoon, I was finishing up and was tired .I ? ?? the tall grass as a cold drink to cool down.

I was just about to cut off the lawn mower? ? ?? I saw Dad pointing to one lone piece. I thought about the ? ? change l was getting paid for cutting grass so high that it ? ?? broke the mower. I ignored him and kept walking. Dad called me out,“You ? ? a piece.” I frowned, hoping he would let me go home. He kept pointing .So ? , 1 went back to cut that piece of grass. I said to myseIf, “That one piece? doesn’t?? ? ? anyone .Why won’t he just let it? ? ?”

But when I reached adulthood，I understood his?? ? ? : When you’re? running? a business, the work you do ? ? ? much about you If you want to be seen as a businessman with? ? ? ，you? must deliver a quality product .That single piece of grass meant the job was not done.

The ? ? my father taught me stayed with me：if you say you are going to ? ? a job at a certain time，keep your ? ? ．Give your customers the kind of ? ? you would llke t0 receive. It shows how sincere you are and how much ? ? you take in your work.

1.A. kept????????????? ?????????? B. calculated????????????? ?????? C. lowered?? ??????? D.offered

2.A. charged????????????? ??????? B. paid??? ???????? C．afforded??? ????? D.spent

3.A. cleaning????????????? ??????? B. exploring??? ???? C .cutting? ????????? D.searching

4.A. To be honest? ?? B．Worse still??? ??? C．Believe or not??? D .Above? all

5.A .picmred??? ???? B. watered??? ?????? C. planted? ???????? D.enjoyed

6.A. after??? ??????? B．before??? ?????? C .when?? ????????? D.while

7.A .total??? ??????? B .exact??? ???? ??? C .loose???? ??????? D .poor

8.A. hardlv??? ?????? B．almost??? ????? C. never?? ????????? D. merely

9.A．lost??? ??????? B．1eft??? ??????? C．missed?? ??????? D.forgot

10.A. angry??? ????? B．happy??? ?????? C. astonished?? ????? D.stubborn

11.A .attract??? ????? B. hurt??? ???????? C. attack??? ???????? D.comfort

12.A．come??? ????? B. live??? ???????? C .go?? ??????????? D. pass

13.A. action??? ?????? B. instruction??? ?? C. feeling?? ???????? D. message

14.A. says??? ??????? B. expresses??? ??? C. explains?? ??????? D.knows

15.A.fortune?? ?????? B. pleasure?? ????? C. content?? ???????? D .honesty

16.A.lesson?? ??????? B．experience?? ?? C. skill?? ?????????? D. business

17.A. quit?? ????????? B .find?? ???????? C. create?? ? ??????? D．perform

18.A．word?? ??????? B. secret? ???????? C. mind?? ????????? D. watch

19.A. dignity? ???????? B．service? ????? C .reward?? ???????? D. praise

20.A．trouble? ??????? B.surprise? ?????? C．pride? ????????? D .responsibility

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A group of frogs was traveling through the woods and two of them fell into a pit(坑). All the other frogs gathered around it and watched as the two frogs tried to jump out. The pit was very deep and it looked as if there was no way      , so they started yelling at the two frogs to       . "The pit is too deep. You will die," they said together. When the       frogs kept trying, the crowd yelled      . After a while, one of the frogs believed what the others were saying, and fell down and      .

     But      , the second frog kept jumping hard       the negative remarks of those that kept yelling at her to accept the       and just die. Finally, with one big leap, she       it out of the pit! 

     In fact, the second frog was       and unable to hear what the others had been saying. She thought they had been       her on the entire time they were yelling! What she had       considered as encouragement       her to try harder and succeed. And that made all the      ! 

With a positive       and being deaf to others' opinions, the second frog reached her goals by using such       as encouragement, instead of being       by others like the first frog, who failed to develop her       to struggle for survival.      , when we overcome others' criticism or       comments, we can do anything we set our minds to, just as the second frog did.

1.A. away           B. out                                    C. on                                      D. over

2.A. give up           B. give out                    C. drop out                           D. drop in

3.A. lost                  B. missed                          C. trapped                    D. tired

4.A. higher            B. louder                          C. clearer                         D. bigger

5.A. died                B. stopped                    C. rested                         D. watched

6.A. obviously       B. disappointingly           C. undoubtedly           D. amazingly

7.A. besides          B. for                             C. despite                        D. except

8.A. problem         B. life                             C. chance                        D. fate

9.A. made          B. jumped                   C. took                                  D. saved

10.A. dumb                 B. deaf                                  C. lame                                  D. blind

11.A. calling          B. holding                     C. cheering                          D. pushing

12.A. mistakenly  B. Brightly                       C. roughly                   D. perfectly

13.A. let                 B. attracted                           C. inspired                            D. kept

14.A. result                 B. difference                       C. achievement                   D. progress

15.A. expression  B.Emotion                       C. soul                                   D. attitude

16.A. possibility         B. certainty                          C. cruelty                        D. negativity

17.A. influenced        B. threatened                 C. suspected                         D. advised

18.A. energy         B. spirit                                   C. potential                          D. mood

19.A. However B. Thus                                  C. Finally                      D. Actually

20.A. surprising         B. annoying                          C. discouraging          D. confusing

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more  1, waiting for the final school bell. Upon its  2everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.

David was a small boy in ragged (破旧的) clothes. I had often  3what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so  4for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David  5. I can still remember he was always  6a smile and willing to help. He always  7after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He  8just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly  9home.

Weeks passed and the  10over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of  11before the holiday break. I smiled in  12as the last of them hurried out of the door. Turning around I saw David  13standing by my desk.

“I have something for you,” he said and  14from behind his back a small box.  15it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my  16I saw nothing. I looked at David‘s smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s  17.”

“Oh no, it isn’t,” said David. “It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”

Tears filled my eyes  18I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given  19to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning  20the little empty box set on my desk.

1.A. anxious                   B. courageous                 serious               D. sceptical

2.A. warning                  B. ringing                       calling                D. yelling

3.A. scolded                   B. wondered                   realized              D. learned

4.A. irregularly                B. unnaturally                 untidily              D. improperly

5.A. patient                     B. upset                         special               D. funny

6.A. expressing               B. delivering                   wearing             D. sharing

7.A. practiced                 B. wandered                   studied               D. stayed

8.A. would                     B. should                        might                 D. could

9.A. aim at                     B. turn to                       put off               D. head for

10.A. argument               B. excitement                  movement          D. judgment

11.A. school                   B. year                           education           D. program

12.A. relief                     B. return                        vain                   D. control

13.A. weakly                  B. sadly                          quietly               D. helplessly

14.A. searched                B. found                         raised                D. pulled

15.A. Holding                 B. Handing                     Sending             D. Leaving

16.A. delight                   B. expectation                 appreciation        D. surprise

17.A. cheap                    B. empty                        useless               D. improper

18.A. as                         B. until                           because             D. though

19.A. advice                   B. support                      attention             D. command

20.A. from                     B. behind                        over                  D. towards

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Two teenagers who are lost at sea off the United States for six days were saved yesterday.

Driscoll, 15, and his best friend, 18-year-old Josh Long, were found on Saturday about 11 km 1Cape Fear in North Carolina. That was six days and more than 100 miles（161 km）from where they had  2from Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, on April 24.

The boys had  3a lot of water and were tired, but in pretty good  4. They set out 5on a 4.3-metre sailboat on a  6day when the National Weather Service had warned small boats to stay out of the water. They realized they were  7almost immediately and tried to swim back to  8,   9the boat along with them.

Within  10, they were far out at sea.

 “We  11our fishing equipment on the second day,” Driscoll said. “So we couldn’t catch any fish.”

The boys’ hopes faded  12each day. They stood on their boat  13they saw another boat,  14. One night they were woken up by  15coming into the boat. A large ship was very close to them.

 “  16was like some huge building in the water,” Driscoll said.

At one point, the boys thought they had gone across the Atlantic Ocean and were close to Africa. 17, they were 179km north of their starting point. A coast guard boat set out to  18them.

The boys got up and made some  19. This time, they were heard.

 “What we have experienced is a completely surprising story of  20. That’s going to be studied for years to come,” said Richard Goerling, Long’s uncle. “I think the boys have a book to write.”

1.A. at                 B. on               C. beside           D. off

2.A. arrived         B. set off            C. returned          D. finished

3.A. drunk          B. lost            C. saved            D. found

4.A. shape          B. health          C. spirit            D. energy

5.A. traveling          B. racing               C. fishing           D. swimming

6.A. fine               B. rainy                C. windy            D. snowy

7.A. in trouble         B. in safe              C. at sea            D. far away

8.A. shore              B. the sea              C. an island            D. harbor

9.A. driving            B. sailing              C. pushing          D. pulling

10.A. a week       B. hours                C. minutes           D. seconds

11.A. bought       B. found                C. lost             D. repaired

12.A. by           B. for                  C. on               D. with

13.A. every time        B. once                 C. one day            D. sometimes

14.A. jumping and singing                   B. waving and shouting

C. crying and speaking                 D. screaming and whistling

15.A. a shark           B. a mouse         C. water             D. some noise

16.A. He           B. This            C. That              D. It

17.A. Instead           B. Therefore            C. But                  D. So

18.A. search            B. look for             C. look into            D. defend

19.A. fire              B. noise                C. balloons             D. flags

20.A. voyage       B. struggle             C. survival             D. sailing