完形填空（共 15小题，每小题 1 分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
A well-dressed man came into a famous jewellery （首饰）shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠）for his wife’s birthday and that the  16  did not matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examin;ing a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that _17_ $5000. He paid for that pearl , shook hands with the jeweler and left.
A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked that pearl _18_ that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the _19_ size and quality as she wanted a pair of earrings made. “Can you give me any advice on _20_ to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler replied , “I would say it’s _21_ to find an exact one like that pearl.”
The rich man _22_ the jeweler to advertise in the newspaper, and offered $25.000 for that matching pearl. Many people answered that ad, _23_ nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had _24__  hope, an old lady came in. To his _25_ , she took a wonderful pearl from her handbag. “I don’t like to sell it, ” she said _26_. “I inherited (继承)it from my mother, and my mother inherited from _27_, but now I really need money.”
The jeweler was quick to pay her _28_ she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell the good _29_ to him. The rich man, however, was _30_ to be found. He had fled with the old woman a few more minutes before.
【小题1】 A. size               B. shape             C. price
【小题2】A. spent               B. cost              C. took
【小题3】 A. a little              B. so much           C. at all
【小题4】 A. same               B. different           C. common
【小题5】A. what               B. why              C. how
【小题6】 A. possible            B. easy               C. impossible
【小题7】 A. let                 B. make              C. asked
【小题8】 A. so                 B. but                C. and
【小题9】 A. found out           B. given up            C. come up with
【小题10】 A. disappointment      B. surprise             C. fear
【小题11】A. happily             B. loudly             C. sadly
【小题12】A. mine               B.his                 C. hers
【小题13】 A. when               B. before             C. after
【小题14】 A. news               B. advice             C. way
【小题15】 A. somewhere          B. anywhere           C. nowhere

完形填空（每题1分，共10分）
Elena Desserich was a little girl. She loved to ___1___ and write. Elena dreamed of becoming an artist when she grew up—but sadly, she ___2___ had the chance to be an adult. When elena was 5 years old, the ___3___ said that she had brain cancer(癌症) and only had 135 days to ___4___.
Elena ___5___ the long days in hospital working on her painting, which were full of hearts and smiling families. ___6___ of her painting was shown in a gallery(画廊), right next to a Picasso’s painting. Soon she lost the use of her ___7___, and she began to “talk” with her family by writing notes.
When Elena died, her parents were very sad, ___8___ they knew the day would come. When they were tidying up her things, they began to find notes. All through her final days, Elena was writing love notes to her family and hiding(藏) ___9___ in secret places in the house.
Her parents started to collect them and all the ___10___ would say “I love you Mum, Dad and Grace.” They kept finding them—the amazing gift from Elena.
1. A. sing          B. play           C. paint                 D. read
2. A. never         B. sometimes       C. always               D. usually
3. A. father         B. teacher               C. mother                D. doctor
4. A. die            B. live                  C. work                  D. paint
5. A. took           B. paid                  C. spent                 D. cost
6. A. All             B. One                  C. Both                 D. Neither
7. A. voice          B. eyes                 C. ears                  D. nose
8. A. ever since     B. even                 C. even though            D. however
9. A. it            B. her                  C. that                   D. them
10. A. notes         B. paintings             C. books                 D. places

Look at the girl. She is   51  good friend. She is   52 English girl.   53  name is Kate.  54  twelve. My  55  is Fangfang.   56  a Chinese girl. I’m eleven.
Kate  57  a small sports collection. She has   58   tennis racket, three basketballs, and five baseballs, but I only  59  a soccer ball. Kate and I both    60  sports every day.

John is a famous writer now. Bob said he was not a good student ___1_____ he was young. He was often late for____2___ and didn’t like doing his homework. Sometimes, he ______3____ in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn’t understand much, ____4____but he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher ___5___ the students a question, “When Jack was ten years old, _____6____ brother Ben was twenty. Jack is fifteen now and _____7___ is his brother Ben? John said, “That’s easy. Ben is twice as old as Jack, so he is thirty now.”
Another time, the ____8_____ in a science class asked, “When it thunders(打雷), __9___ do we always see the light before we hear the sound?”
“But, Miss,” said John quickly, “don’t you ___10_____ our eyes are in front of our ears?”

My name is Jenny. I   1  a sister. Her name is Katty.
It is  2   November5th.it’s her birthday .She is thirteen,   3  she likes cakes (蛋糕) very much, my father and mother   4  her a big cake. Look! The cake is   5  the table of her room. It’s her nice cake. You can see her   6  on it. There are   7  things for her birthday.
  8  are apples, oranges, bananas and some CDs. I   9  her a new book. Her good   10  Kelsey, Jane and Sally are coming (要来) . She likes to eat the birthday cake with (和) her friends.

Mrs. Green is a nurse. She lives in England. Her husband(丈夫) Mr. Green is a Japanese  56  at a high school. They have   57  kids: one is a son   58  his name is John. They also have two   59 : Lucy and Lily. This year they have another(另一个) baby. Mr. and Mrs. Green love her very much. But they have their work, so a woman looks   60  the young baby. She is new here. 
A neighbour（邻居）  61  the baby. She likes her very much.
“Look at the baby,” she says. “She looks very cute! I think she   62  Mr. Green. They
  63  have big eyes. But what’s her name?”
“  64 ,” the woman says. “She is only five months(月) old. You know, she can’t   65 . ”
【小题1】A. student                       B. teacher               C. doctor
【小题2】A. two                   B. three                 C. four
【小题3】A. and                     B. but                  C. so
【小题4】A. sons                          B. daughters            C. brothers
【小题5】A. at                            B. for                C. after 
【小题6】A. finds                    B. studies                C. sees
【小题7】A. looks like                       B. thinks about           C. comes from
【小题8】A. all                        B. both               C. some
【小题9】A. I don’t know      B. That’s all right          C. I think you are right
【小题10】A. tell                         B. speak               C. say 

Two friends are having a picnic together.  36  names are Jack and Tim. Tim is very lazy (懒的) .  37  the first evening of their holiday, Jack says to Tim, “Here’s some money. Go and buy some meat.”
“I’m too tired,”  38  Tim, “You go.”
So Jack goes to the market and pays＄10  39  the meat.
40 he comes back,he says to Tim, “Here’s the meat now, please cook it.”
But Tim answers, “No, I’m not good at  41  , you do it,” So Jack cooks it,  42 he says to Tim, “Go and   43  some water.”
“No, I don’t want to get my clothes dirty,” Tim answers.
44  Jack says, “The meal is ready, come and eat it.”
“Yes, I’ll do that,” answers Tim, “I don’t like   45  ‘No’ all the time.”

In front of my daughter Sindu was a bowl filled with cabbage. She hated cabbage. She only sat there in silence with tears in her   16 .
“Sindu, darling, why don’t you   17  a little? Your Mom will shout at me.”
Sindu wiped(擦) her   18  with the back of her hand.
“OK, Dad. I’ll eat, just a little.” Then Sindu said, “Dad, if I eat it all, will you give me   19  I want?”
“Yes, of course.”
  20  she began to eat. It took her almost half an hour to finish the   21 . Then she came up to me and said, “Dad, I want to have my head shaved(刮、剃)! ”
“Sindu, why don’t you   22  something else? If we see you with a clean-shaven head, we will be   23 , I said.”
“But, Dad, you promised! Now, you are going back on your words.”
I had to   24  my promise, Sindu had all her hair cut off. She looked beautiful.
On Monday morning, I took her to school. Just when we   25 , a boy got out of a car, and shouted, “Sindu, please wait for me!”
Guess what? The boy had   26  hair either.
“Sir, your daughter is   27 !” a man got out of the car and said, “That boy is my son Harish. He has cancer(癌症). He lost his hair   28  he got ill. Sindu cut hers off so Harish felt less   29 . She is a special girl.”
I stood for a while. “My little girl, you   30  me how selfless(无私的) real love is!

  My friend Bill is fourteen years old．He really likes  1 very much，In his bedroom there  2  many movie posters(海报)on the wall．His 3  actor is Jackie Chan．He likes Chinese action movies．He thinks they are  4 ．He also likes  5 ．He thinks they are scary，but they are
  6 ．  7 interesting thing：He is American，but he likes  8 ．He often goes to see Beijing opera  9  his father
on weekends． 10 father iikes it,too!   
【小题1】A  movies         B  sports       C  music
【小题2】A  is             B  are         C  am   
【小题3】A  good          B  favorite       C  nice
【小题4】A funny           B  boring        C difficult   
【小题5】A thrillers         B comedies        C action movies   
【小题6】A sad             B great           C boring
【小题7】A One            B Two             C Three   
【小题8】A documentaties    B comedies        C Beijing Operas 
【小题9】A with            B for             C from
【小题10】A Your            B Her            C His

I have a good friend.   1  name is Peter. We study in Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. We are in the same class. He sits in front of   2 . He likes Music lesson best. He   3  many CDs. He likes   4  music very much. He likes playing football, too. After school we often play football in the   5 . He is very helpful. We often help each    6 .
Peter is not a Chinese. He is from   7 . He comes to Beijing    8  his family. His father is a doctor and his mother is a nurse. They work from Monday   9  Friday. At weekends, his mother likes shopping and his father likes fishing. Sometimes they go to the park. They all like Chinese food. They   10  very happy.