Charles Dickens，one of the great English writers，  1  born in l812，in one of the small  2  of England．

    When Dickens was nine years old，the family  3 to London，the capital of England．There were several young children in the family．Their life was hard，so Dickens could not  4 to school．

    Only until his father was  5  of prison(监狱)could Charles go to school．At that time he was already twelve years old．But he did not finish school．Two years later be began  6．The future(未来)writer often went to the library  7  books．He read  8 ．Then Dickens wrote lots of novels(小说)all his life．Dickens  9  over a hundred years ago，but people are still reading his books  10  great interest．

1．A．is                          B．was                     C．were

2．A．town                     B．towns                  C．family

3．A．moves                   B．moved                 C．moving

4．A．go                         B．to go                    C．going

5．A．out                        B．at                        C．off

6．A．works                    B．worked                C．to work

7．A．read                      B．reading                C．to read

8．A．a lot                      B．a lot of                 C．very much

9．A．died                      B．die                       C．dying

10．A．to                        B．in                        C．with

I was walking down the road one day when my cell phone rang.   36   voice on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” I thought that it was a wrong number. A short while later, the call came once again, so I   37   rudely, “You’ve dialed the wrong number!” and then hung up.

During the    38    days, I often got the    39   call. But I didn’t care much about it.

    Then one day she kept calling me,    40    I didn’t answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a weak voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m in so much    41   ! Mom said you were too busy to take care of me. But, dad, please    42    me again, OK?” It was     43    to refuse the innocent(天真的, 无邪的) ask. I made a    44    kiss on the phone and heard the weak voice say, “Thank you…Dad, I am so…happy, so…happy…”

    Shortly after this, I became curious(好奇）about    45    had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to have    46    you. My daughter has had bone cancer since she was born. And her father…died in a car    47    two weeks ago. I didn’t want to tell her the news. Poor baby. When she couldn’t    48    the painful chemotherapy(化疗), she would cry for her dad because her dad always    49    her. I really don’t know what to do, so I gave her a random(随意的) phone number…”

    “How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to ask.

“She has died. You   50    have kissed her on the phone, because she died with a smile, tightly holding the cell phone…”   Tears full of my eyes….

36．A．A boy’s                   B．A child’s                 C．My daughter’s         D．My son’s

37．A．spoke                    B．told                       C．returned                D．replied

38．A．following               B．front                    C．other                 D．coming

39．A．different              B．same             C．wrong           D．funny

40．A．so that                   B．and                   C．as if                   D．though

41．A．danger                   B．trouble                    C．pain                 D．difficulty

42．A．look after               B．kiss                        C．help                  D．encourage

43．A．easy                     B．sad                      C．happy                 D．difficult

44．A．soft                      B．sweet                        C．low                    D．loud

45．A．that                     B．what                    C．who                   D．how

46．A．troubled                 B．asked                    C．stopped             D．reached

47．A．experiment              B．event                  C．accident               D．activity

48．A．receive                   B．fight                       C．stand                   D．face

49．A．encouraged            B．amused                   C．caught                    D．missed

50．A．must                      B．might               C．should                    D．need

It’s not easy _________ me__________ finish walking a 100-kilometer trail within 48 hours.

A. of; to        B. for; to             C. of; for              D. for; for

完形填空(每空1词，共10分)

    Of all the things we eat and drink，water is the  1  important. The human body can go  2   food for a long time，but two  3  three days without water could make people  4  .

A lot of people don’t understand how  5  water the human body needs  6  well and many people don’t drink enough，especially in  7  weather. Most people drink  8  they are thirsty but in fact they need more water，especially when they take  9  .

A man’s body is 65 to 75 percent of  10  . If we don’t have enough water. We fell tired and may become ill.

(   )1.A.more           B. most             C. less                 D. least

(   )2.A.with           B. on               C. without              D. by

(   )3.A.or                 B. and                  C. of               D. but

(   )4.A.died           B. to die           C. dies                 D. die

(   )5.A.many           B. little           C. few                  D. much

(   )6.A.work           B. working              C. to work              D. works

(   )7.A.hot            B. cold                 C. cool                 D. warm

(   )8.A.so                 B. that                 C. when             D. since

(   )9.A.fun            B. exercise             C. exercises            D. work

(   )10.A.blood             B. water            C. air                  D. food

完形填空（共15题，每小题1 分，计15分）
Miss Carter is a beautiful girl. Her father __1___ two years ago and her mother made a terrible mistake and was sent away. They began to live a    2   life. When she __3__ middle school, she couldn't go on studying. Her uncle found a __4__ for her. Mr. Baker, a rich shopkeeper, hired (雇) her. Her work was to clean the rooms and sweep the floors. She tried her 5  and worked hard. Mrs. Baker liked her and paid her  6  than the other servants (佣人).
It was Sunday. Mr. Baker was reading and Mrs. Baker was watching TV in the sitting room. The girl came in and said, “I'm ___7__, Mrs. Baker. I have to tell you I can't work for you any longer.”
It   8  Mr. and Mrs. Baker. The woman asked, “What makes you say that? Aren't we _9__ to you?”
“Yes, you are, Madam,” the girl said. "Have you found a piece of __10__work yet?" Mrs. Baker asked.
“No, I haven't,” Miss Carter said. “  11   I don't think you trust me.”
“You are __12__, Miss Carter,” said Mr. Baker. “I always think you are a  13  girl. And I often leave my keys in my study.” “It was 14  that you often left the keys in your study,” said the girl. “But I could use none of them to   15  the safe(保险箱).”
“Well,” said Mr. Baker. “You can go right now!”