One day a policeman was taking a thief to the city．On the way they saw a shop．The thief said，“Let me go into the shop to buy some bread, We can eat it in the train．”

The policeman agreed．The thief went into the shop and ran out of the back door．When the policeman knew that，he began to look for the thief everywhere．At last the policeman caught the thief again．They went on to the city．On the way they came to the same shop．The thief wanted to buy some bread again．“Oh，no，”said the policeman．“You did that before，and you ran away．This time I’ll　 go into the shop and buy bread．You must wait here for me．”

( )46.What was the policeman doing one day?

　 A.catching a thief with others．B.doing nothing．

　 C.taking a thief to the city．　 D.walking to the city by himself．

( )47.On the way the thief asked to ________．

　 A.buy some food to eat　　　　　　　 B.let him free

　 C.take a rest　　　　　　　　　　　 D.walk slowly

( )48.When the thief went into the shop，he ran out of ______．

　 A.the back door　　　　　　　　　 B.the back window

　 C.the front door　　 　　　　　　 D.the front window

( )49.Which of the following is right?

　 A.At last the policeman caught the thief again、

　 B.The policeman looked for the thief,but he didn’t find him．

　 C.The thief was caught again by other policemen．

　 D.The policeman went back with the thief

( )50.From the last three sentences we know that the policeman was very _________．

　　 A.brave(勇敢的) B.careful C.clever D.foolish(愚蠢)

 One afternoon after school,Jim and Kate were walking along the street.  46  they heard a loud noise.

  “Come on!”shouted Jim.“That sounds like an accident.Let’s    47  what has happened.”

   They ran to the place where the noise came ＿48＿．Ａs soon as they got there ,they

could see what had happened.A small car had knocked into the side of a truck.The accident

happened in a quiet street.Jim and Kate were the first ones to get to the accident.

49  else came.They found that both the car driver and the truck driver were hurt.Jane said,“We must be the only ones who saw the accident.Jim ,you run back down the road to Mrs Brown’s house quickly.Ask her to    50    the policeman and the ambulance.I’ll stay here.”

  Jim went off  51   he could.

  Kate could do nothing but wait.She knew that when people were hurt in an accident,they

shouldn’t be  52   .

   Soon the police car and the ambulance 53   .The policemen got the car door open and they carried the car driver out.Then they got the truck driver out.The men weren’t seriously hurt,but they were both taken to hospital.The policemen  54 Jim and Kate ,“You were very good children to act so quickly 55   you saw the accident.Thank you

for your help.”And then Jim and Kate went home happily.

(   )46.A.Finally   B.Suddenly   C.Luckily   D.Carefully

(   )47.A.know      B.hear       C.think     D.see

(   )48.A.from      B.to         C.at        D.around

(   )49.A.Everyone  B.Somebody   C.Nobody    D.Anybody

(   )50.A.see       B.call       C.find      D.wait

(   )51.as far as   B.as fast as C.as long as D.as soon as

(   )52.A.moved     B.carried    C.changed   D.saved

(   )53.A.found     B.got        C.went      D.arrived

(   )54.A.liked     B.thanked    C.called    D. helped

(   )55.A.when     B.before     C.that      D.while

Tao Lihua, 14, is a middle school student in Shenzhen．She plays Erhu on the street after school to help her family．Many years ago, her father lost his arms in an accident, and her stepmother （继母） is now ill in hospital．

The father makes money by selling radios and drawing pictures by mouth with a brush．But they have no money for the mother's illness．

Every week, Tao plays Erhu in Lianhua Hill Park in Futian District in her school uniform．Early in 2006, CCTV reported the girl's story and more and more people began to know her．But the father refused the help from many people, and the daughter still went out to play Erhu on the street．

“I like Erhu and my dream is to be a musician．I'm going to study hard at a university for that．My father always tells mc to make a living through hard work and not to rely on （依靠） other people, “Tao said．

46．How does Tao Lihua help her family?

A．By doing chores． 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．By selling radios．

C．By drawing pictures． 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．By playing Erhu．

47．Why does the father draw pictures by his mouth?

　 A．Because he is good at doing that．

　 B．Because he has no hands．

　 C．Because people like watching him do so．

　 D．Because there is something wrong with his arms．

48．What does the underlined phrase “make a living” mean in Chinese?

　　 A．保持纪录 　　　　　 B．创建处所 　　　　　　 C．谋生 　　　　　　　　　　 D．创造生机

49．When did Tao Lihua become well-known?

　　 A．After CCTV reported her story．　

B．After she first played Erhu in a park．

　 C．After she became a musician．　　

D．After her father refused people's help．

50．Which is NOT true according to the passage?

　 A．Tao's family couldn't afford（承担得起）her stepmother's illness．

　 B．Many people wanted to help Tao Lihua and her family．

　 C．Tao Lihua doesn't go to school now because she has to make money．

　 D．Tao Lihua wants to take Erhu lessons at a university in the future．

I stepped out of the rain into the small，warm house. I__46__ the delicious fish and potatoes. I walked down the __47__ hall and into the kitchen where my grandma sat picking out buttons for a special project.

She __48__ me and told me to sit down. I looked at her button pot and started going through the colorful buttons. A couple of interesting buttons caught my __49__. My grandma said they were Italian buttons. Back in Italy，people used to put them on pillow cases(枕头套). Six on each case，she told me. She had brought them to Canada almost fifty years ago as a young bride(新娘)．

She started telling me the __50__ of some of her other buttons: the buttons she had __51__ from old coats given to her by a neighbor，and __52__ she had always made most of the clothes for six children，including my mom.

As I listened to her stories，I saw a woman whose body was now harmed by bone cancer __53__ whose spirit was undaunted(无畏的) even by that.

Her __54__ has been able a full one，filled with pain，love，sadness and happiness. __55__ her button pot，I have been able to see the courage of life.

46. A. tasted  B. smelled  C. saw

47. A. small  B. large  C. wide

48. A. discovered  B. visited  C. greeted

49. A. eye  B. ear  C. arm

50. A. advantages  B. instructions  C. stories

51. A. borrowed  B. collected  C. made

52. A. when  B. how  C. whether

53. A. or  B. and  C. but

54. A. study  B. life  C. job

55. A. Through  B. With  C. For

Claude Monet(莫奈) was born in 1840 in Paris, France. When he was five, his family moved to a place on the coast where he spent a lot of time on the beaches. It was here that he started to understand novels(小说)．

As a boy he __21__friends and family by drawing caricatures(漫画)．They were all pleased with his paintings. But at 18 his way of painting changed when he  __22__friends with Eugene Boudin who encouraged him to paint pictures out of doors. This is when his life as a(n)  __23__began. His family was  __24__ that he refused to go to art school. Instead Monet worked with other artists in their workrooms in Paris. In 1862 he became part of a group of impressionist(印象主义的) painters. During the 1860s he sold almost  __25__paintings but this didn’t stop him painting even though he always had problems with money.

Monet married his first wife in 1870 and had two sons. His second wife Alice, who had six children with her, lived with Monet and Monet’s children. After __26__houses several times, Monet found a house to rent(租) for his large family in a small village called Giverny in 1883, about 84 kilometers from Paris. He fell in love  __27__the place and it became his home for the rest of his life.

At last Monet began to  __28__his paintings and in 1890 he bought the house at Giverny. Monet was a loving gardener and created beautiful gardens there. His gardens inspired over 500 of his greatest paintings. Monet’s large paintings of the water lilies in his water garden, painted between 1916 and 1926, are some of his most famous. Monet gave these paintings to the people of  __29__. You can see them in Paris.

Towards the end of his life, Monet started to lose his __30__. This was the worst thing that could happen to a painter. It happened slowly over 16 years and by 1923 he was nearly blind. When Monet was very old and had bad health, he kept painting until a few months before his death in December 1926. 

(　　)46.A. had    B. loved    C. kept  D. pleased

(　　)47.A. met    B. made    C. fought  D. found

(　　)48.A. writer  B. painter  C. actor  D. teacher

(　　)49.A. glad    B. helpful  C. angry  D. satisfied

(　　)50.A. no      B. all     C. little  D. any

(　　)51.A. buying  B. building  C. moving  D. repairing

(　　)52.A. with    B. in      C. around  D. at

(　　)53.A. draw    B. sell    C. watch  D. collect

(　　)54.A. France  B. Britain  C. America  D. Australia

(　　)55.A. taste  B. weight  C. money  D. eyesight