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

Hello, I’m Robert Croft. I don’t have many  1  at home. In my room, for example, I can do 2   I want to do. Mom thinks it’s OK. My favorite pop  3  is Take Four. I can play  4  music loudly, but sometimes Mom is not happy about this. I have a TV in my room.  5  Monday to Friday, I usually don’t watch TV. But if I  6  to watch TV, I have to do my homework first. “7  comes first.” On weekends, I can watch TV till 11 o’lock. On Sundays, I do some 8. I clean my room. It only takes me half an hour, so it’s not too  9 . But Mom often has a lot of housework to do, so I have to 10  her. When we have time, we go shopping.

从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。

My son lives in a big city in France. People there are very busy. There are many supermarkets and 1 on the streets. It is very easy to go 2 . You can buy a lot of nice things there. My son works in a restaurant. He 3 Chinese food there. There is a big cinema (电影院) near my son’s home  4 he often goes to the movies. Life in the city is colorful. There are a lot of 5 of interest to visit. Also, it is easy for them to take a bus to 6 other cities from theirs.

I like country (乡村) life best. That’s 7 I don’t like to live in the city with my son. Here, in the country, I can 8 the fields (田地) and plants. Sometimes some little animals 9 in my garden. I think it’s very 10 to be in this kind of quiet and fun place.

1.                A．hospitals        B．restaurants      C．shops    D．banks

2.                A．running        B．swimming       C．shopping  D．sleeping

3.                A．takes          B．sees           C．finds D．cooks

4.                A．or             B．and            C．because  D．but

5.                A．rooms          B．cities           C．places    D．countries

6.                A．get to          B．look for         C．wait for   D．talk about

7.                A．what           B．why            C．how D．when

8.                A．pass           B．sell            C．enjoy D．eat

9.                A．play           B．study           C．read D．sing

10.               A．boring         B．scary          C．exciting   D．relaxing

Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife   16  two teenage children did something we haven’t    17  for ages. It didn’t require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries… or anything else for that matter. But we all   18  it so much we’re thinking of doing it again sometime.

We had a conversation. The kind of real, live conversation that was   19  when I was growing up, but which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails but we seem to be losing the   20  of communicating face-to-face. We all know   21  young people are out on a date(约会）these days, they spend most of that time   22  their mobile phones. And teenagers nowadays seem to   23  communicating with their friends by sending text messages rather than actually   24  to them.

If we carry on like this，in the future, we’ll lose the use of our   25 . What do you think? E-mail me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!

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55. Who will talk about English writing?

  A. Dr. Bohemian               B. Dr. Easy.             C. Mrs. Lucy Green.

56. If you want to learn about Windows XP Use, you can go ______.

  A. on Monday                B. on Wednesday         C. on Friday