LeBron James has been considered as the greatest player of today. People call him “King James”, the “Chosen One” and compare him to his idol (偶像) Michael Jordan. Since he joined the NBA, James has broken many records. He has led his team to the NBA finals. He has celebrated two NBA All-Star game Most Valuable Players (MVP) titles. He has been named to the all NBA team twice. The 24-year-old has amazed everyone in the world.

The 2.03-meter player has both a perfect build and a great basketball brain. He is famous for his speed and power.

“He’s not scared by anyone. He has the confidence that only the great have,” said his coach, Paul Silas about LeBron.
    But LeBron’s most precious quality is that he is a team player. “My game just won’t let me be selfish (自私的),” LeBron said. “I love sharing the ball with my teammates.”
    Even his rivals（对手）agree that he is an outstanding basketball player. “They got a really good leader in LeBron,” Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey said. “When he is going and he has his other teammates going as well, it is really hard to beat them. They are a really good team.”

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This weekend I talked with a very interesting man named Arnold Connor. He’s a baker and he loves his work!    1    It just happened. He says: “I need a job. I could do it at night when I was not at school.    2 So I did.”

He made bread every night for two years while he finished high school.    3    He learned how to make all kinds of special cakes and pies and cookies. “I learned a lot,” says Mr. Connor.    4    He’s been running Connor’s Cakes for six years. “I love my work.    1  

Amy Kim, Photography

A. But this is a great show from a world-class photographer.

B. She really has something for everyone.

C. Amy Kim is a talented woman who is just 27 years old.

D. There are many great photos of people and of the countryside.

E. I see the same things every day and they don’t interest me as much

F. The few city photographs are less successful.

G. Be sure to see this exhibition at the Lido Gallery.

H. She is one of the best-known Chinese photographers in the world today.

I. And some of her best-loved photos are on display in this exhibition.

J. Whatever you do, don’t miss this exhibition.

将答案按编号依次填入下方空格中。（共10 小题，每小题1分；计10分）

Steven Jobs, the 　 1　 of Apple Computer, was not quite 　 2　 in his early years. At that time, he was not among the 　 3　 students at school, and from time to time he 　 4　 into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers. But he was full of new 　 5　 , which few people saw the value of. Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway (中途退学).

　　After he 　 6　 college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped 　 7　 the trip would give him some new ideas and a change in life for the better.

　　Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he 　 8　 from India. And then, in 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Woziak, he designed the Apple Computer in his garage (车库). He chose the name “Apple” just because it reminded him of a happy summer he once　　 　 9　 in an apple tree garden.

　 10　 Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.

一、             在对话的空格中填上适当的单词，使对话完整正确。一空一词。 把答案按编号依次填入下方空格内。A: Hello, what can I do for you?

B: Yes, I guess my TV’s    1   , I can’t get any pictures or sound. Do you think you can    2    it?

A: Let me see… Oh, sure.

B: Good. I don’t know what to do    3    TV, you know I love watching TV so much.

A: Don’t worry. I’ll    4    it work again by tomorrow. I have worked on this model many times. To be    5   , many of them have problems.

B: Really? Now, I’m not surprised it was the    6    one in the shop. It only    7    me 50 dollars.

A: Usually good price provides you with good quality.

B: I guess you’re right. Maybe I have to buy    8    one in a few months.

A: And I suggest you    9    buying a different brand which can offer you    10    quality and price as well.

B: I’m open to your suggestion. Thanks a lot.

Henry had studied in a university before he came back to his hometown. He thought he had lots of knowledge and he was supercilious (目中无人的).

At first, he was easily given a job in a bank. But he couldn’t get on well with his workmates and often made mistakes. And soon he was sent away. Then he found a job in a post office, but he still couldn’t be competent (适任) at it and before long he had to leave. After he had lost the work, his life got worse and worse and he was often worried about food and clothes. When he hardly asked for some food in the street, a friend of his aunt’s felt pity for him and asked him to work in his restaurant. Of course he didn’t like the work at all but it was much better than being hungry. He had to work there.

One day a young beautiful woman came into the restaurant. She wanted two eggs, some chicken and a glass of milk. Henry thought she wore beautiful clothes but didn’t have much knowledge. When he was taking the milk to her, he found there was a fly in the milk, but he still bring it to the woman. As soon as he left her table, he heard her crying behind.

“What’s in my milk, waiter?” the woman shouted at him.

“Haven’t you seen it’s a fly, madam?” asked Henry.

“It’s terrible!” the woman said angrily.

“Don’t be angry, madam,” Henry said quietly. “It’s too small. It can’t drink much of your milk!”

(　 ) 81. Why was Henry supercilious? Because _________.

A. he thought he knew much more than others

B. he could be competent at all the work

C. he came from a big family

(　 ) 82. Why was Henry sent away from the bank?　 Because _________.

A. he was careless in his work

B. he couldn’t get on well with his workmates

C. both A and B

(　 ) 83. Why did the man tell Henry to work in his restaurant? Because _________.

A. he liked the young man

B. he wanted to help the young man

C. he needed a learned man

(　 ) 84. Henry didn’t bring the woman for another glass of milk because _________.

A. he didn’t like the young woman

B. he hoped she went out

C. he hoped she could ask for another drink

(　 ) 85. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Henry wanted to find another piece of work.

B. Henry would soon be sent away again.

C. Henry would be given a piece of important work.

Where is Love? How can we find Love?

Once a little boy wanted to meet Love. He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked very hungry. The boy gave her a pizza. She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again, so he gave her a Coke. She smiled once again. The boy was very happy.

They sat there all the afternoon, eating and smiling, but they said nothing. When it grew dark, the boy decided to leave. But before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. The woman gave him her biggest smile ever.

When the boy opened the door of his house, his mother was surprised by the look of joy(快乐)on his face and asked what had made him so happy. “I had lunch with Love. She has got the most beautiful smile in the world.” At the same time, the old woman’s son was also surprised at his mother’s pleasure and asked why.

“I ate a pizza in the park with Love,” she said, “and he is much younger than I expected.”

If the world is full of love, we can enjoy a better life.

(    ) 76. When the little boy saw the old woman, she was _________.

A. looking for a seat in the park        B. looking at some birds         C. having a pizza

(    ) 77. The little boy gave the old woman a Coke because _________.

A. the old woman still felt hungry

B. the old woman paid him for it

C. he wanted to see the smile again

(    ) 78. The old woman gave the little boy the biggest smile _________.

A. after the little boy hugged her      B. before it grew dark     C. when she was drinking Coke

(    ) 79. The boy’s mother was surprised to see her son was very _________ when the door opened.

A. angry            B. pleased          C. unhappy

(    ) 80. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The little boy failed to find Love.

B. The old woman gave the little boy a hug to thank him.

C. Both the little boy and the old woman found what they wanted at last.

Computer technology has become an important part of people’s life. This technology has its own special words. One well-known computer word is Google. It’s the name of a popular “search engineer (引擎)” for the Internet. People use the search engineer to find information about almost any subject on the Internet. The people who started the company named it Google because in math Google is a very large number—one hundred zeros follow the number one. When you “Google” a subject, you can get a lot of information about it.

If you Google someone, you might find that person’s name on a blog (博客)．A blog is short for a Web log. It’s a personal Web page. Some people write blogs to express their opinions and ideas over the Internet. Some use them to share their lives with faraway friends or family. Others write blogs to help them deal with sickness, money problems or to choose movies to see or books to read. Some people add information to their blogs every day. People who have blogs are called bloggers.

(   ) 71. Google and Blog are two kinds of popular search engineer.

(   ) 72. One can use Google to search the Internet for all information he wants.

(   ) 73. People may use Google to share their opinions or help deal with some problems.

(   ) 74. Bloggers must add information to their blogs every day.

(   ) 75. From the passage we can infer (推断) that computer technology is changing people’s life.

In some countries in Europe, such as France, Spain and Britain, the countryside is changing.

   61    has become difficult for many villages, and some villages are even    62   . There are many reasons for this. Firstly, young people    63    villages come to live in big    64    and they don’t return. Secondly, people move to big cities to    65   , because there are very few jobs in the countryside. Some villages still    66    because people from big cities have bought a “second house” in the    67   , where they come and stay at weekends. The price of the houses in the villages    68    and the local people can’t afford to buy a house there. Another problem is that it’s more and more    69    for farmers to live in the countryside. So they sell their    70    and find another job.

(   ) 61. A. Life                   B. Weather                  C. Everything

(   ) 62. A. the same               B. richer                   C. disappearing

(   ) 63. A. around                 B. from                   C. to

(   ) 64. A. houses                 B. cities                   C. countries

(   ) 65. A. find jobs                B. spend holidays           C. relax themselves

(   ) 66. A. remain                  B. increase                 C. disappear

(   ) 67. A. towns                  B. cities                    C. villages

(   ) 68. A. goes up                 B. goes down              C. stops rising

(   ) 69. A. interesting               B. common                C. difficult

(   ) 70. A. products               B. land                    C. furniture

Ted worked in a factory in a bit town. He liked    51    very much, and was very good at it. Whenever he was free, he    52    to the small river behind the factory and tried to catch some fish,       53    there were very few there, because the river was    54   . Then one summer, he went to a town by the sea    55    his holidays and stayed at a small cheap    56   .

“I’ve never fished in the sea before,” he thought. He was    57    that it would be rather different from fishing in the rivers. So he asked the owner of the hotel to tell him    58    to fish in the sea.

On the first day, he caught a lot of fish and was very    59    . He went back to the hotel where he stayed. He    60    all the fish and asked all the guests (客人) to eat with him. The guests enjoyed it very much. Ted had a good time during his holidays.

(   ) 51. A. swimming                            B. boating                            C. fishing

(   ) 52. A. had to go                       B. would go                         C. didn’t go

(   ) 53. A. but                                B. and                                 C. so

(   ) 54. A. clean                             B. wide                               C. polluted

(   ) 55. A. before                           B. for                                  C. after

(   ) 56. A. hotel                             B. building                           C. restaurant

(   ) 57. A. happy                            B. satisfied                           C. afraid

(   ) 58. A. why                              B. how                                C. what

(   ) 59. A. sad                               B. angry                              C. happy

(   ) 60. A. sold                              B. bought                                C. cooked