Mr Green had a little boy. Every day had work he came home and played with his son.
One night ,while Mr Green was at work, he __41__ that he had extra work to do for the evening ,and that he wouldn’t be able to play with his son._____42____ he wanted to give the boy something to keep him  __43__. So , looking around his office , he saw a   44  with a large map of the world on the cover(封面). He got an ___45 ____ He removed the map , tore(撕) it up into small pieces and put all the pieces in his coat pocket.
When he got home , the little boy came running to him and was ready to play. Mr Green ___46___that he had extra work to do and couldn’t play at the moment . Then he   ___47__  all the pieces of the map and put them on the table . He said to the  boy,”_48__” was a map of the world, and  ___49___th time you put it back together, my extra work will be finished, and we can ___50___”. Surely, this would keep the child busy for   ___51___  , he thought.
About half an hour later the boy came to Mr Green and said,” Okay, it’s  ___52___ . Can we play now?”
Mr Green said ,“That’s amazing!_____54  did you do that?” The boy said, “It was    55 . On the back of the page was a picture of a man . When I put the man together the whole world fell into place.”

Denny Crook was a famous photographer(摄影师). He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.
“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is
   41  .”
And he told the     42  .He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.
He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always    43  . “I’ll travel for my work, not for    44  ,” he told her. “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have    45  to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to     46  ,and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good     47   or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”
“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t     48   . “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”
Denny did not say anything, but he     49   about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife,” You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild   50  there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”
His wife was very     51  ,and at first she had a very enjoyable time.
Then Denny went off to     52  some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated(分开).She walked down one path while he walked down the other.
Suddenly, Denny heard her     53   .He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.
Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and     54   it at his wife and the lion.
Then he shouted, “    55  ,woman !I can’t get you both in the picture!”

A young man was about to finish school. For a long time he had   26  to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well   27  it, so he  told him that a sports car was all he wanted.
Then on the morning of his graduation（毕业）,he was called to his father’s room. His father told him how   28  he was to have such a fine son, and told him how   29  he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box.  30 , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible（圣经）with his name on it. Angrily, he raised his   31  to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible? ” He then   32  out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very   33  in business, and had a beautiful home and a wonderful family.  34  that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him   35  that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a   36  telling him that his father had died. He had to go home immediately and take   37  of the things that his father left him.
When he began to search through his father’s important
papers, he saw the still new Bible,   38     as he had left
it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to      39 
the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag（标牌）
dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the 
  40     of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN
FULL”. Sadness and regret（悔恨）filled his heart.
          

Dear friends,
My name is Helen. I’m 12 years old. I   36  from Taxas, America. I’m really   37  in Chinese geography. It’s fun! And I hope you can tell me more. I like hamburgers best,   38  I try to eat them twice a week   39  it’s a kind of   40  food. And I like to drink lemon   41  . As for sports, I often go swimming with my parents on weekends.
I   42  in Cobb Street School. My   43  subjects in school are ME and art. They are really fun! After school, I like to go to the   44  with my family or friends. I like action movies and cartoons. They’re   45  How about you? Do you often go to the cinema with your family or friends?
Yours,
Helen

Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.
“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is (41).”
And he told the (42). He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.
He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always (43).”I’ll travel for my work, not for (44),” he told her . “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have (45) to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to (46), and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good (47) or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”
“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t (48). “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”
Denny did not say anything, but he (49) about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild (50) there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”
His wife was very (51), and at first she had a very enjoyable time.
Then Denny went to off to (52) some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.
Suddenly, Denny heard her (53). He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.
Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and (54) it at his wife and the lion.
Then he shouted, “(55), woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

Mr White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his    41   and now he has near sight (近视). But he wouldn’t want   42  to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often   43   him some trouble.
One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business. He    44   a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn’t smooth(平坦). He fell over some times and it     45   his clothes dirty.    46    he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow and it got colder. He was looking for the school while his    47   was blown off. He began to run after it but he couldn’t get it. He couldn’t understand why his hat ran into a house as if(似乎) it had    48  . And he ran into the house，   49  .
A woman stopped him and shouted angrily, “   50    are you running after my hen for？”

请先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的选项中选出最佳选项。
Jack is a boy of fifteen. His parents died 3 years ago. One day when he was walking in the street, he   56  a wallet. He returned it to the owner, Mr. Baker. He gave his    57   to the boy. As the boy had no job, Mr. Baker made him work for him in his    58  . Jack worked so hard that Mr. and Mrs. Baker were    59   with him.
Mr. Baker loved planting    60 . The week before last, he brought a few trees home, planted them in the    61  himself and watered them every day. Several days    62  , he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Jack, “Take good care of these trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them.” “ Don’t     63   about them, sir.” answered Jack," I’ll try my best to watch them."  Six days passed, and Mr. Baker came back. He asked, “   64   anyone ever stolen the  trees?” “No, sir.” said Jack. “To stop someone from stealing the trees, I    65   them up six days ago. I have hidden them for almost a week.”
【小题1】A. bought                     B. found                             C. carried
【小题2】A. wallet                        B. pity                                C. thanks 
【小题3】A. office                          B. factory                          C. home
【小题4】 A. pleased                           B. angry                             C. sad
【小题5】A.  trees                      B. flowers                         C. vegetables
【小题6】 A. garden                    B. office                             C. room
【小题7】A. ago                             B. later                              C. after
【小题8】A. think                           B. talk                                   C. worry
【小题9】A. Did                              B. Does                              C. Has
【小题10】A. sent                            B. pulled                            C. put

先通读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Li Hua is thirteen years old. He’s a   【小题1】 . He’s the only child in the family. He doesn’t   【小题2】 his things.
One morning when the students of Class Two are   【小题3】 an English class, Li Hua goes to the door and says, “   【小题4】  I come in, Mr. Wang ?”
“Oh, you are  【小题5】 again,” says the teacher, “Can you tell me why you are late ?”
“My grandma  【小题6】 some apples, bananas and bread in my schoolbag this morning. I take the schoolbag with me after I have【小题7】. But   【小题8】 my way to school, I find there are no  【小题9】 in my schoolbag. I have to  【小题10】 and take them.”

Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl，Sarah．
 41  Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She   42  a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was   43  $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah  44  Iive on her salary and stilI saved $5，000 in a year．How was that  45  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living  46  starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that  47 housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was  48 ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants． 49  she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then   50 the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often  51  a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐)．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking  52  in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．”  Did Sarah feel poor  53  cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands， 54 to Portland．
“Don’t think of saving money as something  55 ．It’s a kind of game，”said Sarah．

Jenny was my grandmother’s sister and she was an amazing woman. She was born in 1901 and  【小题1】  in 2000. It was a pity that she didn’t live to celebrate（庆祝）her 100th birthday,  【小题2】  she had a good,long life.
She had already been a professional   【小题3】  before many women had jobs.She taught in Africa for many years. Then she moved to Malaysia and taught English there for a few years. At that time,people didn’t tralvel  【小题4】  a plane, so she had to travel there by ship. It took her three months  【小题5】  from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947,she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling  【小题6】 easier and quicker. She continued to teach around the world until she was 75 years old.
Jenny really loved teaching and she was also good at telling stories. I always loved to hear her   【小题7】  her stories. They were  【小题8】  interesting that I would like to listen to her when I was free. It was  【小题9】  that she could remember everything even though she was so old. I think it was because she never stopped  【小题10】 .My grandmother’s sister was really an amazing woman.
【小题11】A.death             B.die                 C.died
【小题12】A.but               B.and                 C.or
【小题13】A.singer            B.teacher             C.manager
【小题14】A.on                B.at                  C.by
【小题15】A.to sail            B.sailing              C.to fly
【小题16】A.too               B.much               C.more
【小题17】A.talk to            B.talk with            C.talk about
【小题18】A.so                B.such                C.very
【小题19】A.boring            B.relaxing             C.amazing
【小题20】A.work and think     B.working and thinking   C.to work and think