Great changes ______ in the town since 1988

A. have taken place

B. have been taken place

C. has been taken place

完形填空（共20小题；计25分。A篇每小题1.5分，计15分；B篇每小题1分，计10分）

A

A teenage girl couldn’t stand her family rules, so she left home.

She wanted to be a star and became famous. But she had a little education and years later, she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has been dead. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you. Come back home!”

One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. She was surprised and she couldn’t believe her________ “Is that me?” She moved and read the words, “I still love you.” She cried. She couldn’t wait back home. When she got home, it was early morning. She pushed the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She her mother up, “It’s me! Your daughter has come back home!” The mother and her daughter looked at each other in excitement, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “ ________ is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never locked ________ you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that you’ll come back some day.”

As everyone knows, parents love their children forever. Children should also understand their parents and share their happiness, sadness, even everything with their parents. ________ this way, both parents and children can be happy.

1.A. a little B. a few C. much

2.A. looking for B. looking after C. looking at

3.A. sets on B. puts up C. cuts up

4.A. eyes B. ears C. nose

5.A. further B. closer C. away

6.A. go B. to gone C. to go

7.A. wake B. wakes C. woke

8.A. Who B. When C. Why

9.A. since B. for C. before

10.A. With B. In C. By

When the bell rings, every student takes out an IPad. The light from the screens makes their young faces pretty and lively.

That’s what happens every day at my school in the US. We use IPad in class.

I felt surprised and excited when I got an IPad the first day I arrived at the school. But it was not free. I paid about $99 to rent it for three years.

Every IPad at my school has a special learning system called Focus. Teachers put their teaching materials like textbooks and PPTs on it. When we have classes, we enter the system and download the materials with our IPads.

It makes the classes interesting and efficient. For example, several weeks ago, we learned about former South African president Nelson Mandela. Our teacher prepared a video in which Mandela made an encouraging speech. We could not only watch the video, but also check the transcript (文字稿）at the same time. Because of the video, I know more about the great man.

We also do our homework with IPads. If the homework is made up of multiple choices(选择题），we can know our grades right away after we submit(提交)our homework. If it’s articles, teachers grade them online, without needing to look through so many papers.

However, there are still some bad points about learning with IPads. Some of my classmates play games or log on social networking websites (社交网站）in class.

I believe the key to use Ipads well is to have good self-control (自制力), isn’t it?

1.The writer paid about _____ dollars to rent an Ipad every year.

A.99 B. 612 C. 33

2. How is an IPad used in class?

A. We enter the system－Focus and download the materials with it.

B. We only turn it on.

C. We record what the teacher said in class with it.

3.The underlined word “efficient” means “______ in Chinese.

A. 有影响的 B.高效的 C. 有活力的

4.We can’t ______ with IPads

A. do our homework

B. play games

C. grade our essays

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. How to use an IPad

B. Have classes with an IPad

C. How to have good self-control

阅读下面短文，补全表格中所缺的信息。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）

Every weekend in Britain there’s a certain kind of shop that is always very busy, but it’s not one of the shops you might typically think of, but DIY (Do It Yourself) shops and garden centers. Each weekend huge numbers of people might not relax themselves, they spend their days doing improvements to their homes.

DIY projects are very popular in Britain and there are lots of TV programs which show people how they can improve their homes.

Some people enjoy simple decorations (装饰) － put up wallpaper and paint walls, but there is a whole range of different DIY projects that people decide to take on, from changing the new floor or setting a new shower.

Unluckily, some people bite off more than they can chew (自不量力), and try to take on jobs which end in DIY disasters (灾难). For example, often the shops will tell their customers that anything electrical should be done by an electrician (电工), but many people don’t care this warning and put themselves in danger.

— The song yesterday once more________the old days and the love of family.

— Sure. It’s my favorite song.

A. helps us out B. reminds us of

C. lets us down D. cheers us up

My watch doesn’t work. I must have it________ tomorrow.

A. repaired B. to repair C. repairing D. repair

I would rather________the chance than ________her.

A. miss; hurt B. missing ; hurting

C. missing ; to hurt D. to miss ; hurting

Do you know if he________tomorrow?

A. will come, B. comes C. came D.come

—Can I get you a cup of coffee, Mr Green?

—________.

A. Thank you for the tea B. It’s nice of you

C. With pleasure D. It’s my pleasure

I came to study in the USA a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I injured (伤害) in an accident, because after the accident I had to see a doctorand to court (法院).

After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and decided to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $ 200 for what he had done. I was very surprised. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible (负责) for my injury. I’d have to have a good lawyer (律师). And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.

But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another, yet he charged me $ 115 each time. The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $ 215.

My lawyer knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided not to ask for him again. And he made me pay him $ 770.

Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Because of my inexperience, I told the insurance company (保险公司)the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time, and I left without getting a cent.

My experiences taught me two things about America: firstly, in a country like America money is everything. It is more important than friendship or honor. Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America, we should see both its good and bad sides.

1.The writer’s roommate offered to help him because __________.

A. he thought it was a chance to make some money

B. he felt sorry for the writer

C. he knew the doctor was a very good one

D. he wanted the writer to have a good lawyer

2.A good doctor is necessary for the writer to __________.

A. be properly treated

B. talk with the person responsible for the accident

C. become healthy before he leaves America

D. finally get the responsible party to pay for his injury

3.The word “charge” in this passage means “__________”.

A. be responsible B. be careful

C. ask as a price D. get an answer

4.What can you get from the story?

A. Going to court is something very common in America.

B. Money is more important than other things in the USA.

C. There are more bad sides in America than good sides.

D. One must be very careful while driving a car.