Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每个单词或词组只能填一次.:（共8分.

Everybody knows that it is dangerous to cross the street without looking both ways in China. However, I had a different experience in Berkeley, a beautiful city in California, US.

I didn’t know what to do when I had to cross the roads    1.    my first couple of days there: I wondered whether I should let the car go first or not? Based on my old experience back in China, I would certainly let the car go. “Who wants to be knocked down by a car?” I thought to    2.   .

One day, I was checking for cars while I was waiting to go to the other side of the road. An SUV came fast toward me, so I stopped and    3.  . However, to my great surprise, the car stopped right in front of me. To be honest, I was a little confused because in China drivers usually try hard to drive as    4.    as possible to cross the road before people step out. Not knowing what to do for a moment, I saw no sign the car was going to move, so I offered a “signal’ to let him go first.

Dear Andy

I’m in London now. It’s the c  86  of England. I enjoy everything here except the food. I dislike English food. I miss dumplings and noodles.  Of course I never  s  87   missing you.

Things here are quite d  88  from those in China. T  89 in England goes on the left of the road. And if you want to go the other side of a road, you can have many ways: a subway(地铁), a footbridge or a zebra c  90  . And in some places, you can see black and white poles(杆). There is a button（键）on each of them. You can press the button to tell the drivers you want to cross the road. They usually stop their cars to let you go.

Taxis in London are really e  91  , so if you come to London, you should have enough m  92   with you. Taxi drivers are usually friendly. They are always ready to help you. And they must take exams b  93  they become taxi drivers.

London a   94   has the biggest underground system(系统) in the world. It’s easy to go the w  95   way if you are not careful.

Yours

Li Bing

Name            Personal Information

Norman  Bethune   Born in 1890 in Canada.

A doctor

Came to China in 1938

Died in 1939 in China

Celine Dion        Born in Montreal, Canada

A singing star

In 1997, sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic

Thomas Edison     Born in 1847, Kentucky, USA

Made over 1,000 inventions

Died in 1931

Bill

Gates            Born in 1955 in the USA

Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought

Owns Microsoft Company

Mark   Twain       Born in 1835 in the USA

A writer

Wrote The Adventures of Tome Sawyer

Died in 1910

1.________  is  from  Canada.

A．Bill Gates          B．Mark Twain        C．Thomas Edison      D．Celine Dion

2.The _______ was born in 1835.

A．inventor          B．singer            C．doctor            D．writer

3.My Heart Will Go On is the name of a ______.

A．book             B．film              C．song             D．story

4.Dr. Bethune worked in China for about _______ years.  

A．4                B．8                C．2                D．6

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mark Twain wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought.

B．Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1955.

C．Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions.

D．Celine Dion stopped singing in 1997

Dear Andy
I’m in London now. It’s the c  86  of England. I enjoy everything here except the food. I dislike English food. I miss dumplings and noodles.  Of course I never  s  87   missing you.
Things here are quite d  88  from those in China. T  89 in England goes on the left of the road. And if you want to go the other side of a road, you can have many ways: a subway(地铁), a footbridge or a zebra c  90  . And in some places, you can see black and white poles(杆). There is a button（键）on each of them. You can press the button to tell the drivers you want to cross the road. They usually stop their cars to let you go.
Taxis in London are really e  91  , so if you come to London, you should have enough m  92   with you. Taxi drivers are usually friendly. They are always ready to help you. And they must take exams b  93  they become taxi drivers.
London a   94   has the biggest underground system(系统) in the world. It’s easy to go the w  95   way if you are not careful.
Yours
Li Bing

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

Norman Bethune is one of China’s most famous heroes, but he wasn’t Chinese—he was Canadian. He gave his life to helping the Chinese people.

Norman Bethune 46　 born in 1890. He became a 47　 in 1916, and he went to the front to look after injured soldiers in the First World War. He saw many soldiers die in the war. Later he invented new treatments to 48 soldiers, and medical tools to use outside hospital.

In 1938 he came to treat the Chinese soldiers in the mountains north of Yan’an. There were 49 doctors, so he had to work very hard. He opened hospitals to give treatment to local people and soldiers, and to train doctors and nurses. He also wrote books so that doctors could learn about new treatments.

Dr Bethune worked very hard without stopping to 50　 . Once, he preformed operations 　51 69 hours without stopping, and saved 112people. He 　52 working in spite of cutting his hand during an operation. In the end, he died because he did not take care of his 　53 .

Dr Bethune’s work with the Chinese soldiers made 54　 a hero in China. There are books and films about him, and he is 55　 remembered in both Canada and China.

46. A. is　　　 B. was　　 C. has been　 D. be

47. A. doctor　 B. nurse　 C. teacher　　 D. worker

48. A. understand B. believe C. help　　　 D. count

49. A. little　 B. few　　 C. much　　 D. many

50. A. rest　　 B. act　　 C. agree　　　 D. think

51. A. from　 B. since　　 C. with　　　 D. for

52. A. allowed B. continued C. forgot　　 D. stopped

53. A. face　　 B. leg　　　 C. foot　　　 D. hand

54. A. his　　 B. he　　　 C. him　　　 D. one

55. A. still　　 B. never　　 C. hardly　　 D. Regularly