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 A pine tree in California was regarded (看作)the oldest tree in the world. People thought  1  was nearly 5,000 years old.  2    they could not be  3    . Then someone  4  the tree down  5    a chain saw (链式锯)。Kiling the  6    tree in the world was a  7    thing to do. But when the tree  8    down,  9    knew its  10    . It was 4,900  11    .

 How can you  12    the age of a tree? If you ever  13    a tree that has just  14    cut down, take a look at the cut  15    . You will see rings. There are little rings in the middle.  16    each ring is a larger one. The ring  17    the bark (树皮)is the biggest one of  18    .

 Count these rings. A tree grows one ring each  19    . A ten-year-old tree has ten rings. A sixty-year-old tree has sixty rings.  20    rings does a 4,900-year-old tree have?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

(1)   A.    it

B this

C that

D which

[  ]

(2)   A.    then

B so

C and

D but

[  ]

(3)   A.    there

B sure

C here

D silence

[  ]

(4)   A.    put

B lay

C cut

D cuts

[  ]

(5)   A.    on

B in

C with

D by

[  ]

(6)   A.    old

B oldest

C older

D ancient

[  ]

(7)   A.    silly

B poor

C common

D good

[  ]

(8)   A.    is cut

B has cut

C was cut

D had cut

[  ]

(9)   A.    none

Bnobody

C someone

D everyone

[  ]

(10)   A.    time

B age

C size

D weight

[  ]

(11)   A.    old

B long

C time

D age

[  ]

(12)   A.    speak

B say

C tell

D talk

[  ]

(13)   A.    look

B find

C see

D discover

[  ]

(14)   A.    being

B been

C to be

D had

[  ]

(15)   A.    part

B tree

C wood

D piece

[  ]

(16)   A.    On

B Around

C In

D Over

[  ]

(17)   A.    in

Boutside

Cnear

Don

[  ]

(18)   A.    rings

Btree

Cit

Dall

[  ]

(19)   A.    season

B year

C time

D period(时期)

[  ]

(20)   A.    How many

  

B. How large

  

C. How big

  

D. How much

  

[  ]

  

  It was almost 9:00 p. m. when Mia Jameson left her office to go home. It was 1 . She started her car and she  2  down the dark road that led to her house in the country. She  3  the radio and sang songs while she was driving. The heater (暖气机) wasn’t working, and singing helped to keep her 4 .

  The snow was heavy. Then Mia went across a small  5 . The bridge was covered with ice and the car went out of control (失去控制). Mia hit her head on the steering wheel and lost consciousness (知觉).

  When she  6 , her head was bleeding (流血), and she was shaking from the cold. She didn’t know  7  she was. Mia opened the car door and looked around. She was under the bridge, and her car was sitting on the  8  river! She felt very  9 . She knew the ice wouldn’t  10  her car for very long. She  11  to walk up the hill several times, but she kept falling in the snow. Mia tried  12  time. She fell again, but this time she couldn’t get up. She knew that  13  could see her car under the bridge. She was lying in the snow, and she couldn’t  14 . Mia closed her eyes and  15  die.

  Then she heard a voice. Mia opened her eyes. There was an old man standing over her. She stood up and walked up with the help of the old man. “That’s my truck,” said the old man. “Get in and I’ll take you home.”

(1)  A. raining       B. cool            C. snowing       D. late

(2)  A. ran          B. drove      C. walked       D. rode

(3)  A. turned on     B. turned over      C. turned off      D. turned down

(4)  A. happy           B. not alone      C. warm       D. not lonely

(5)  A. bridge       B. village       C. town       D. farm

(6)  A. got up       B. came back    C. looked up     D. woke up

(7)  A. how         B. what        C. why        D. where

(8)  A. deep           B. frozen          C. wide        D. cold

(9)  A. angry      B. sad           C. surprised     D. afraid

(10) A. keep         B. pull        C. take        D. hold

(11) A. tried          B. wanted      C. would like     D. seemed

(12) A. one          B. one more      C. other        D. the other

(13) A. someone        B. anyone       C. everyone      D. no one

(14) A. feel         B. hear        C. move            D. go

(15) A. waited to          B. had to       C. was able to         D. decided to

I looked carefully at the face of my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be   41 to France. He would be staying there for at least a year to learn another language and experience another style of  42 in a different country far from the USA.

It was a(n)  43 time in Daniel life, a step from college into the adult world. I wanted to 44 him some meaningful words. But  45  came from my lips(嘴边). I stood quietly, looking into the searching eyes of my son.

It was  46  to say something to my son. I knew this was not the first time I had let such a moment 47 . When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. I felt he was very  48 as the bus turned the corner. I saw his face turned red as the bus 49 . He looked at me-as he did now.

My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always regretted(后悔)never hearing him put his feelings into words and  50 having the memory of that moment. Why is it so hard to tell a   51 something from his heart? My mouth turned 52 , and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly.

“Daniel,” I said, “If I could have picked, I would have picked you.”

I wasn’t sure whether he understood  53 I meant. Then he came toward me and threw his 54 around me. For a moment, the world and all the people 55 , and there was just Daniel and me in our home by the sea.

(  )41. A. flying      B. shipping      C. riding       D. driving

(  )42. A. study     B. life          C. art         D. fashion

(  )43. A. easy        B. comfortable       C. boring       D. important

(  )44. A. record        B. leave       C. take        D. write

(  )45. A. something   B. everything    C. nothing     D. anything

(  )46. A. difficult     B. easy       C. surprised    D. rare

(  )47. A. remember   B. pass       C. forget      D. waste

(  )48. A. gentle        B. famous       C. happy      D. nervous

(  )49. A. stopped      B. opened     C. shook       D. drove

(  )50. A. always       B. seldom       C. usually      D. never

(  )51. A. father     B. mother           C. daughter     D. son

(  )52. A. wet         B. sour         C. dry         D. sweet

(  )53. A. what     B. which        C. where       D. that

(  )54. A. legs         B. hands        C. arms      D. feet

(  )55. A. cheered      B. disappeared    C. laughed    D. cried

 

Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing __21__ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her __22__. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons _23__ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she _24__ found work in a big shop. The __25__ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice 26__ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. But she __27__ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __28__ did anything at home. She didn’t love her __29_ but she lived a city life.

Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few _30__ pictures and asked her to appreciate(欣赏)them. She _31__ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were __32__the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all _33__. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”

The women looked at each other but they tried not to _34__. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp(游浪汉)”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a__35__ man had no money to have a portrait taken(请人画像)!”

( )21. A. him         B. himself           C. her             D. herself

( )22. A. lessons      B. English           C. maths           D. language

( )23. A. when        B. while            C. because          D. after

( )24.A. hardly       B. easily            C. no longer         D. happily

( )25. A. bookseller    B. shopkeeper        C. gatekeeper        D. policeman

( )26. A. agreed       B. hated            C. preferred         D. failed

( )27. A. sold        B. was sold          C. gave            D. was given

( )28. A. always      B. sometimes        C. never            D. often

( )29. A. husband     B. son             C. brother           D. uncle

( )30. A. cheap B. expensive C. terrible D. strange

( )31. A. liked        B. interested         C. watched          D. knew

( )32. A. looking up B. looking for C. talking about      D. hearing from

( )33. A. old         B. clean            C. dirty            D. thin

( )34. A. stop        B. smile            C. laugh            D. lie

( )35. A. busy        B. clever            C. rich             D. poor

  

A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the  41 in ten minutes.

Thirty minutes   42 , when the passenger's ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she  43 to bring him the water. As a result, the passenger was held up(延迟) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he   44  it.

In the following hours on the flight,   45  time the hostess passed by the passenger she would ask him with a smile   46  he needed help or not. But the passenger never   47 her words.

When he was going to get off the   48  , the passenger asked the stewardess to hand him the passengers' booklet(意见簿). She was very   49 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her   50 the job.   51  with a smile she handed it to him.

Off the plane, she   52  the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, "On the flight, you asked me if I need help for twelve times   53 . How can I refuse  54  twelve sincere smiles?"

That's right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched the passenger   55 and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!

41.A.milk              B.juice            C.coffee          D.water

42.A.late               B.later            C.ago            D.after

43.A.remembered         B.forgot           C.wanted          D.learned

44.A.accepted           B.took            C.refused          D.received

45.A.some              B.either           C.another          D.each

46.A.why                  B.when           C.whether         D.how

47.A.paid attention to      B.thought of C.heard of D.worried about

48.A.coach             B.bus             C.train            D.plane

49.A.happy             B.cheerful         C.sad             D.excited

50.A.lose               B.loses            C.losing           D.lost

51.A.And               B.So             C.Then           D.But

52.A.opened            B.closed           C.destroyed        D.hid

53.A.at all              B.in all            C.of all           D.all over

54.A.her               B.your            C.their            D.our

55.A.peacefully          B.comfortably      C.deeply          D.slowly

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