完形填空。
     Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year's Day, when he was  1 , his father asked him  2  on
the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 37 with his father's idea. "That isn't my job. I have  3  
school work to do." Hearing this, his father said, "I promise to give you the best present if you  4  finish one
year's work." Tom thought for a while and  5 .
     Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked hard until evening, just like  6  farmer. Time
passed quickly. Tom's crops (庄稼) grew well.  7  the last day of the year, the father called his son to him.
"I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year," said the father."Now, tell me  8  you want."    
     The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread  9  his wheat. I've already got the best present:
No pain, no gain. I think this is what you wanted me to know." His father was  10  to hear that.
(     )1. A. works   
(     )2. A. happy   
(     )3. A. much too
(     )4. A. can     
(     )5. A. said    
(     )6. A. other   
(     )7. A. On      
(     )8. A. where   
(     )9. A. made by 
(     )10. A. pleased 		B. work      
B. excited   
B. too much  
B. need      
B. answered  
B. the others
B. At        
B. what      
B. made of   
B. unpleased  		C. to work   
C. exciting  
C. a lot     
C. must      
C. agreed    
C. any else  
C. In        
C. which     
C. made in   
C. unsatisfied		 D. working 
D. unhappy 
D. many    
D. should  
D. asked   
D. any other
D. From    
D. why     
D. made from          
D. sad     
阅读理解。
     A big company wanted a clerk, so John went there. In the interview the director asked him a question.
     "Who paid for your school?"
     "My mother paid for it by washing clothes."
     Hearing this, the director asked John to show his hands. John showed a pair of hands that were perfect.
The director said, "When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow
morning."
     When John went back, he happily asked his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell as
he cleaned his mother's hands. It was the first time he noticed that there were too many bruises (伤痕) in his
mother's hands. After finishing the cleaning of his mother's hands, John quietly washed all the remaining
clothes for his mother.
     Next morning, John went to the director's office. The director noticed the tears in John's eyes and asked,
"Please tell me your feeling."
     John said, "Number 1, I know now what appreciation is. I would not be successful if my mother didn't
do these things. Number 2,by helping my mother, now I realize how difficult it is to get something done."The
director said, "This is what I want to be my clerk. You can get the job."
1. John went to the big company to _____.
A. look for his mother
B. ask for a job
C. ask the director for help
2. John's mother was a (n) _____.
A. office clerk
B. director
C. clothes cleaner
3. From the underlined sentence, we learn _____.
A. John tried his best to wash clothes for his mother
B. John often helped his mother do the housework
C. John hardly helped his mother wash clothes
4. John felt _____ when he cleaned his mother's hands.

A. happy
B. sad 
C. angry

5. Why did the director hire (雇佣) John?
A. Because he thought John learned appreciation.
B. Because he thought John had a good education.
C. Because he thought John worked very hard.
根据短文内容和首字母的提示，把所缺单词填写在短文后面的横线上。
     You have probably never heard of Amy Winterbourne, but she is a most (1). u_____ woman. She lives in
a house that she built herself out (2).o_____ trash. Well, the stuff used to be called trash, but now it's called
"recycled"material. The windows and doors came from old buildings around the town that were being pulled
down. The walls are made from old glass bottles that are (3).g_____together. The roof is made from (4) d_____
tiles. And the fence is built out of used soda cans. Amy recently won an (5)a______ from the Help Save Our
Planet Society. The president Jackson Smith said, "Amy is an (6)i_____ to us all."
阅读理解。
     The crowd stopped their talks as the runners came to the starting line. At this moment, all eyes were
on two people. Mark, the favorite for the gold medal, and Jim, a new face to all.
     Mark had won a lot of competitions in 3000 meters and was thought to be the finest runner in the country.
Until a few months before, Jim was almost unknown outside his hometown. But he had won one competition
after another, which was a big surprise. Many people thought Jim would also do very well this time. It was
going to be an exciting race.
     Bang! The race started. For the first half, Jim ran with Mark in the leading group. At 1700 meters, Jim
was about one meter behind Mark. Suddenly, the crowd stopped cheering. Mark fell and lay on the grass. He
tried to get up, but his hand had been injured and was out of the race.
     The crowd believed that Jim had tripped (绊倒) Mark and they began to shout at him. Jim looked back
and slowed down. Then _____. But the race was over for Jim, too. He was far behind others now. Jim was
very unhappy because of what had happened.
     Later, after the judges (裁判) had studied the video of the race, they decided that Jim had done nothing
wrong. Jim went to see Mark and said,"I'm sorry for..." "It's not your fault. I got injured myself in the leg.
Such a thing never happens to me. I've got to see the doctor."
     The two went on to become good friends and were often seen training together.
1. Why was the race going to be exciting?
A. Because it was a 3000-meter race.
B. Because there were only two runners in the competition.
C. Because both Mark and Jim were very good runners.
D. Because a large crowd of people came to watch the competition.
2. The crowd stopped cheering suddenly because ________.
A. it began to rain heavily
B. Mark fell and lay on the grass
C. Jim was about one meter behind Mark
D. Jim ran with Mark in the leading group
3. Which of the following can be put in the blank (空白处) in Paragraph 4?
A. he went on with the race
B. the doctors came to help
C. The judges told him to stop
D. he didn't know what had happened
阅读理解。
     A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years.
     Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumour (脑癌) when she
was on holiday with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.
     Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is
already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.
     Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert
Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament
should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10." said Alexia's mother
Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her
dad Richard is English. "She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very
young age." added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.
     Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European
Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就
奖). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as
his guest. "It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter," said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me."
1. How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?
A. 4.
B. 6.
C. 10.
D. 14.
2. When did Alexia Sloane become blind?
A. When she was born.
B. After she had a brain tumour.
C. After she became an interpreter.
D. When she was on holiday with her parents.
3. Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter?
A. Richard.
B. Isabelle.
C. Melissa.
D. Robert Sturdy. 
4. What is right about Alexia Sloane?
A. She can speak five language fluently.
B. She is a talented language learner.
C. She is the only child in the family.
D. She went to France on holiday after she won the award.
5. What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me."?
A. Never give up.
B. Believe in yourself.
C. Nothing is impossible.
D. Failure is the mother of success.
阅读理解。

     Three people were walking along a street, first a big man, then a beautiful woman, and then an old
man. The first two went round a corner. Suddenly the old man saw a piece of paper on the ground. He
picked it up. The old man found it was five pounds. A few seconds (秒) later, the young woman came
back. She was crying. "I have dropped five pounds," she said. "Don't cry," said the old man, "Here it is."
The young woman thanked him and went away. After a few seconds, the big man came back. He was
looking for something. Suddenly a window opened and a small man looked out. "I saw five Pounds fall
 from your pocket," he said, "but that man gave it to a young woman." The big man was very angry.
The old man was very afraid and gave him another five pounds. When the old man had gone, the young
woman came back to get her one pound thirteen shillings (先令) and four pence (便士), and the small
man came out to get the same money.
     (one Pound = twenty shillings; one shilling = twelve pence)

1. Why did the old man pick up the paper? Because he _____.
[     ]

A. wanted to keep it for himself
B. needed money very much
C. knew it was not money
D. wanted to know what it was

2. The old man was _____ another five pounds to the big man.
[     ]
A. too afraid to give
B. good enough to give
C. so afraid that he had to give
D. such a kind man that he gave
3. Who knew each other?
[     ]

A. The young woman and the old man.
B. The old man and the small man.
C. The young woman and the big man.
D. The old man and the big man.

4. Which following is true?
[     ]
A. The small man lost the money.
B. The big man lost the money.
C. The old man threw the money.
D. Either the young woman or the big man threw the money.
5. How much did the small man get? He got ____.
[     ]
A. as much as the young woman
B. nothing at all
C. more than the young woman
D. less than the big man
阅读理解。
    Once upon a time there was a poor family in a small village. The family had a son called Jackson. He was
a kind boy. He always saved his pocket money to help pay for his sister's school fees.
    One day, they had no food to eat. Jackson's mother asked him to go fishing. So he went to the nearby river. He waited for a long time and caught a cod (鳕鱼) at last. The cod said to him, "If you don't eat me, I will give
you a pair of magic scissors (剪刀). And you can use the scissors to cut anything you want." Jackson believed
it and got the scissors. 
    When he got home, he told his parents and his sister about the magic scissors. They cut some food, and the
delicious food was on the table. Then they cut a house, and they had a new house. They were very happy, and
didn't worry about the food any more.
1. There could be ______ people in Jackson's family.
[     ]
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
2. Jackson saved his pocket money because ______.
[     ]
A. he wanted to buy a computer
B. his sister needed money to go to school
C. his mother told him to do so
D. he wanted to buy a pair of magic scissors
3. Jackson's mother asked him to go fishing because ______.
[     ]
A. he was good at fishing
B. he wanted to eat fish
C. he enjoyed fishing
D. his family had no food to eat
4. The underlined phrase "school fees" means "______" in Chinese.
[     ]
A. 学籍
B. 学分
C. 学科
D. 学费
5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
[     ]
A. Jackson's sister wasn't old enough to go to school.
B. The cod gave Jackson a pair of magic scissors.
C. Jackson put the cod back into the river at last.
D. Jackson's family had a new house after getting the scissors.
阅读理解。
    Yesterday morning when I opened my eyes, it was half past six already. I got up quickly and ran to the
bus stop without having breakfast. As soon as I got on the bus, it started raining. "I am sure I can get to
the school on time," I thought. Suddenly, the bus stopped. There was something wrong with the bus. The
driver asked us to wait for another one.
    "I can't wait. The school is not far. I can run to school," I thought. Then I began to run, but it began to
rain hard.
    I reached the classroom, but I was all wet. The Math teacher, Mr. Li, was in the classroom. We were
afraid of him and I didn't like his Math lessons. I said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Li. I'm late."
    "It's you again, Wang Bin. I told you not to be late, but you…" He suddenly stopped and looked at my
wet clothes. Then he took off his jacket and gave it to me. "Now, take off your wet coat and put this one
on," he said kindly.
    I went to my seat, wearing Mr. Li's jacket. It was too big but I felt very warm in it. I found, for the first
time, that Math was very interesting, so I learned a lot that day.
1. When did Wang Bin get up yesterday morning?
    _______________________________________________________________________
2. If there wasn't anything wrong with the bus, could Wang Bin get to school on time?
    _______________________________________________________________________
3. Why didn't Wang Bin like Math lessons?
    _______________________________________________________________________
4. What kind of teacher do you think of Mr. Li is?
    _______________________________________________________________________
5. Why did Wang Bin find Math interesting at last?
    _______________________________________________________________________
动词填空。阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空(必要时可加情态动词或助动词）。
     "Everything happens for the best," my grandmother said whenever things weren't going my way.
"Don't worry, one day your luck (1) _______ (change)."
     Grandmother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had decided to be sports
announcer (广播员) in a radio station, so I (2) _______ (go) to Shanghai and knocked on the door
of every station. But I got refused every time.
     In one station, a kind lady said my problem was short of experience." Get some work with a small
station and (3)_______ (work) your way up," she said.
     I couldn't get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a company and
needed someone (4)_______ (manage) the sports center. But again, I didn't get the job.
     I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Granny reminded me. I tried another radio station in
Beijing. But the owner, a nice man, told me he already had someone.
     As I left his office, I asked," How can someone be a sports announcer if he (5)_______ (not, get)
a job in a radio station?"
     I (6)_______ (wait) for the elevator when I heard the man call, "What was that you said about sports?
Do you know anything about football?" I (7)_______ (put) in front of a microphone and asked to imagine
I was commenting (评论) on a football game. "Now you (8)_______ (watch) the football game between
Lu Neng and Shen Hua..."
     On my way home, Granny's words came back to me, "One day your luck will change, boy. And when
it (9) _______ (happen), it'll feel twice as good because of all the disappointment (失望) you (10) _______
(have)." At that moment I knew just what she meant.
完形填空。
     It all started at the beginning of the ninth grade. Carmen found she couldn't see things  1  all the time.
She became very worried, but she hoped  2  would know that. When her mother asked her to see the eye
doctor, she didn't  3 . But her mother's mind was made up.
     Three days later. Carmen got new glasses and instructions  4 . her doctor."All of the kids will think I'm
silly." Carmen said. Her mother  5  and shook her head."You look just as beautiful as before, she said. But
Carmen didn't believe her.
     The next day. Carmen kept the  6  in her pocket (口袋) as she walked into the schoolyard. She stood
alone away from her friends, feeling  7  
     Suddenly, she heard her friend Theresa shout.
     Carmen ran over to the other girls."What's the  8 ?" she asked.
     "My ring is gone!" Theresa cried."My sister sent it to me from California. It's very  9  and I can 't lose
it."  
     Carmen and her friends began to  10  the ring in the grassy area of the playground.
     Carmen realized that she could do better  11  she could see better. She took the glasses out and put them
on. Everything looked so  12 ! So clear! She looked down at the ground and a bright light caught her  13 . It
was the ring. "Here it is," she shouted. She handed it to Theresa.
     "Thanks, Carmen," she said." I  14  thought we'd find it." She paused (停顿)."Hey, I didn't know you
wore glasses. They look great!" Carmen had  15  that she was wearing the new glasses. "Thanks," she replied.
"Maybe wearing glasses won't be so bad after all." Carmen thought.
(     )1. A. clearly  
(     )2. A. everybody
(     )3. A. explain 
(     )4. A. by      
(     )5. A. relaxed 
(     )6. A. ring   
(     )7. A. tired   
(     )8. A. matter  
(     )9. A. special  
(     )10.  A. ask for
(     )11.  A. though
(     )12.  A. natural
(     )13.  A. ears  
(     )14.  A. still  
(     )15.  A. heard  		 B. carefully
B. anybody  
B. care    
B. from    
B. cheered 
B. keys    
B. unhappy  
B. reason  
B. common  
B. wait for
B. if    
B. new    
B. feet   
B. ever   
B. forgotten		 C. freely  
C. somebody
C. agree   
C. like    
C. smiled  
C. book   
C. afraid  
C. question
C. cheap   
C. look for 
C. beca use
C. dirty   
C. eyes   
C. never  
C. found   		 D. quickly   
D. nobody    
D. understand
D. to        
D. jumped    
D. glasses   
D. serious   
D. secret    
D. heavy     
D. pay for   
D. as        
D. different 
D. hands     
D. often                           
D. imagined  
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