Anna lived on the side of a valley. One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses?? ? ?? Anna's were washed away. Anna's house was high enough to escape the flood, so when the water had disappeared and the other houses were? ? ?? there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud(泥) , her house was?? ? ?? quite all right.

Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children ,? ? ?? Anna took in one of the families that had lost ?? ? ? in the flood and she?? ? ?? her home with them until it was?? ? ?? for them to rebuild their houses.

Anna's friends were puzzled （迷惑的）when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give??? ?? so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to support .

"Well," Anna?? ? ?? her friends, "at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I later lived found herself very poor, because her husband?? ? ??? in the war and she had a lot of children,??? ? ?? I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for??? ? ??? this year, so I’m going to ?? ? ?? only one present for all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back??? ? ??? a girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our present, ’ she said to her children. The children were happy to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister.??? ? ??? was that Christmas present.”

1.A.down below ????????????? ????????????? B．just around ????????????? ????????????? C．next to ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．above

2.A．rising ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．appearing ????????????? ????????????? C．falling ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．standing

3.A．just ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．already????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．yet ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．still

4.A．so????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．but ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．for ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．since

5.A．nothing ????????????? ????????????? B．everything????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．anything????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．something

6.A．made ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．found ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．shared ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．built

7.A．possible ????????????? ????????????? B．necessary ????????????? ????????????? C．important ????????????? ????????????? D．valuable

8.A．them ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．herself ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．them all ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．her

9.A．explained to????????????? ????????????? B．asked for ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．talked with ????????????? ????????????? D．spoke as

10.A．had killed ????????????? ????????????? B．might be killed ????????????? C．had been killed ????????????? D．killed

11.A．for ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．as ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．like????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．that

12.A．you ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．your birthday????????????? ????????????? C．Christmas????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．us?????????????

13.A．get ????????????? ????????????? ??? B．send ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．buy ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．make

14.A．for ????????????? ??? ????????????? B．from????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．like ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．with

15.A．It ????????????? ??? ????????????? B．She ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C．Such ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．I

Long long ago，there was a man and his wife who worked for an old man．One day，the old man pointed to a big box in his living room and said，“There’s only one thing you mustn’t do：Don’t open this 46　 ．”After saying this，he 　 47　 home．

The woman said to her husband，“There must be 　 48　 expensive in the box．Let’s open it，shall we?” Her husband didn’t want to do that，　 49　 the woman didn’t give up．

A few days later，the woman made a 　 50　 to find out what was in the box．Before her husband could stop her，she opened the box and looked into it．To her 　 51　 ，there was nothing in it．She tried hard to 　 52　 the box，but she failed．

That evening，the old man came home and found that the box was open．He was very 　 53　 and he asked the woman and her husband to leave his home at once．

“But there was nothing in the box，” the woman said，“We haven’t 　 54　 anything at all．”

The old man shouted，“The box is not important．Now I know that I can’t trust（信任）you．That’s what’s 　 55　 !”

46．A．bag　 　　　　 B．case　　　 　　 C．box　　　 　　 D．backpack

47．A．left　　　 　　 B．went　　　 　　 C．came　　 　　　 D．arrived

48．A．everything　 　　　 B．nothing　　 　　 C．something　 　 D．anything

49．A．so　　 　　　　 B．and　　　 　　　 C．or　　　 　　　 D．but

50．A．suggestion　　 B．decision　　　　 　 C．mistake　　　　 D．living

51．A．joy　 　　　　 B．fun　　　 　　 C．surprise　　 　　　 D．pleasure

52．A．close　　 　　　 B．open　　　　 　 C．throw　　　 　　 D．carry

53．A．afraid　　 　　 B．angry　　　　 　 C．excited　　　 D．tired

54．A．lent　　 　　　 B．broken　　　 　 C．sold　　　　 　　　 D．taken

55．A．important　　　 B．expensive　　　 　 C．useful　　 　　 D．lucky

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能正确填入相应空格的最佳答案。

Rosa likes making up(编造) stories. At first she thought it was   41 . But now she didn’t think so.

Rosa’s parents were divorced(离婚). Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer    42 , she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.

The farm was great!  rode horses and    43  with some farm work. Her father, however, was so busy that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would meet her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went  44 the city, he would always buy her a present.

   45  summer came to a close, Rosa returned to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a family trip to talk   46  .

Not long after school began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting   47 , like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was   48 . Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to   49  .

When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to  50  them all the things she could remember about her trip to England!

Martin is a fifteen-year-old boy. He used to be a“problem child”, but a recent 46  with his mother changed his life. He didn’t use to give his mother many problems. 47, after his father’s death a few years ago, Martin’s life became 48 more difficult. His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her child’s education. To do this, she 49 work, and so was often not at home.

His mother looked after him as 50 as she could. Unfortunately, Martin still caused problems. He was not 51 in studying and he often got in to trouble. Luckily, his mother was very 52 and didn’t give up trying to help him. In the end, she 53 a difficult decision:to send him to a boys’boarding school. Martin hated it and used to cause a lot of trouble.

One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. The teacher said it was necessary for Martin to 54 with his mother. Martin called his mother, but to his 55, this phone call changed his life. “It was exactly 56 Ineeded, ”he said. “My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that even though my father was no longer with us, he was 57 me and would always take pride in every thing good I do. That’s when I decided to change. I realize that 58 my father died, I have been afraid of being alone, and have tried to make my mother pay more attention to me. ”

　　 Now Martin has 59 changed. He has been working hard and is now one of the best students in his class. How was he able to change?His mother’s 60 helped him to feel good about himself.

1.                A．conversation    B．report          C．survey   D．speech

2.                A．So             B．But            C．Therefore D．However

3.                A．very           B．many           C．much D．too

4.                A．could          B．had to          C．should   D．would

5.                A．soon           B．quickly         C．well D．good

6.                A．pleased        B．tired           C．bored    D．interested

7.                A．worried        B．patient         C．careful   D．serious

8.                A．made          B．took           C．got  D．thought

9.                A．argue          B．say            C．discuss   D．talk

10.               A．surprised       B．surprising       C．surprise   D．surprises

11.               A．which          B．what           C．that  D．how

12.               A．seeing         B．noticing        C．helping    D．watching

13.               A．since          B．before         C．after  D．when

14.               A．always         B．hardly          C．really D．just

15.               A．advice         B．love           C．idea  D．decision

完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was ___1___ in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him ___2__.
Children in our neighborhood always ran around ___3___ their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play, __4___. We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be ___5___ to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.
In __6___ grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, __7__ only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the __8___. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.
He ran four to five mile every day—even when he had a fever. I was __9___, so I went to ___10___ him after school. I found him running ___11___. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept ___12___.
Two weeks later, the names of the team ___13___ were out. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had ___14___ the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just ___15___ it.