【题目】完形填空。

Many years ago, my dad was facing a serious heart condition. He was ____ to do a(n) steady (稳定的) job. Sometimes he fell suddenly ill and had to be _____ to the hospital.

He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he ____ to volunteer at the local children’s hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect _____ for him. He ended up working with the ___ children. He would talk, play, and do arts with them.

One of his ____ was a girl with a _____ that paralyzed (使瘫痪) her from the neck down. She couldn’t do anything, and she was very _____. My dad decided to try to ____ her. He started visiting her in her room, ____ paints, brushes and paper. He __1__ the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to ____. He didn’t use his hands at all. All the while, he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your ____ to.”

At the end of the day, she began to paint using her ____, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was sent ____ because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also ___ the children’s hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later, after my dad had ___ and returned to work, the little girl who had been paralyzed came in, but this time she was ____. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave him a ____ she had done using her hands. At the bottom it ____, “Thank you for helping me walk.”

My dad said sometimes love is more powerful than the doctor.

【1】A. likely B. unable C. easy D. greedy

【2】A. admitted B. connected C. attended D. allowed

【3】A. decided B. promised C. forced D. agreed

【4】A. experience B. lesson C. task D. job

【5】A. happy B. lonely C. sick D. normal

【6】A. kids B. students C. doctors D. lawyers

【7】A. wound B. pain C. gift D. disease

【8】A. excited B. depressed C. interested D. confused

【9】A. astonish B. greet C. help D. remind

【10】A. buying B. borrowing C. asking D. bringing

【11】A. turned B. pulled C. stuck D. stood

【12】A. paintB. bite C. beat D. write

【13】A. goal B. mind C. spirit D. action

【14】A. handsB. mouth C. legs D. toes

【15】A. hospitalB. school C. home D. abroad

【16】A. visited B. enjoyed C. served D. left

【17】A. receivedB. realized C. refused D. recovered

【18】A. smiling B. walking C. waving D. crying

【19】A. card B. flower C. picture D. book

【20】A. read B. showed C. warned D. explained

【题目】

Don't the boy's words too seriously.

A. keep

B. make

C. take

D. think

【题目】

Mr. Black, our headmaster, Mary to teach the boy a good lesson,and so he did.

A. agreed

B. permitted

C. persuaded

D. promised

【题目】单词拼写。

结合语境，根据汉语或首字母提示用单词的适当形式填空。

【1】My shoes were covered with __________ (泥) because of the rainy day.

【2】Because of some activities of human beings, vast areas of land have become__________ (荒漠).

【3】Production of this new model, which is in great need, must be_________ (加速) up.

【4】It was a 17-day journey and I learnt to speak English from the _________ (女乘务员).

【5】Children often _________ (忍受) fevers quite well, although high temperatures may cause parents a great deal of concern.

【6】The worker c__________ the pipe to the cooker and then turned on the gas.

【7】The monkey is very smart and always i__________ what people do.

【8】“I had been hoping for an o__________ of talking to you, ” he said.

【9】My holiday plans are u__________ because I don’ t know how much money I shall have.

【10】Just p__________ the button, and you’ll start the teaching equipment.

【题目】单句语法填空。

在空白处填入适当内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

【1】The hotel provides a free breakfast ________ guests who live in it.

【2】Suddenly he caught sight ________a snake and he was frightened ________it.

【3】I saw her bend ________ and pick up a piece of paper.

【4】We can pick ________ Tom in the crowd easily, for he stands out dressed in red.

【5】Please connect me ________ the person in charge.

【6】I was demand to practice ________(play) the piano every day.

【7】Both of you had better take turns ________ (test) the machine.

【8】My grandfather’s heart often _________ (speed) up while he is making his way up the steps.

【9】Sorry, I can’t lend you the computer. It _________ (use) by me now.

【10】_________ (compare) to her sister, she was indeed very fortunate and happy.

【题目】-I have told Jane that I’ll help her.

-______ are better than words. You mustn’t disappoint her again.

A. Activities

B. Performances

C. Deeds

D. Movements

【题目】单句改错。

下列各句中均有一处错误，找出并改正。

【1】At the sight of to his mother, the baby burst out crying.

________________________________________________________________________

【2】After graduation, he took up teach in a middle school.

________________________________________________________________________

【3】Because of the lack for enough food, some people were dying in the disaster.

________________________________________________________________________

【4】Soon I was back on my foot from being absent-minded.

________________________________________________________________________

【5】The people in the village took down weapons to fight against the Japanese bravely at that time.

________________________________________________________________________

【题目】七选五。

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出最能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项是多余的。

In many countries, people do what is called house sitting. When owners of the house are going away, they want someone to look after their home while they are away.

After people retire (退休), they might travel all over the country.【1】So, house sitters are needed.

House sitters might have to care for pets or clean swimming pools if there are any.【2】I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, get to meet new people, and go sightseeing in a new area.

【3】___ There are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and by replying to the advertisement, you can get the job.

There are some requirements to be a house sitter. You must be a trusted person, so that the home owner knows you will not steal anything. You must have lots of free time so that you can go when the home owner need you. __【4】_________ You need to be good with pets, able to care for them.

____【5】________ Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there. One of the important things to get are references (推荐信) from the home owners, which say that you are reliable and have looked after their home well.

A. I have done house sitting many times.

B. Thousands of people do this all the time.

C. It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries.

D. Generally you have many opportunities to get a house sitting job.

E. You must take a little care over what your description says about you.

F. This is an international house sitting service for all city and country areas.

G. You must have a good car, so you can travel to different parts of the country.

【题目】阅读理解。

阅读短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

On a stormy day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.

Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed (划船) out a boat to search for a football. Once they’d rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The boys were worried and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.

Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.

Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. “At one point, I considered turning back,” he says. “I wondered if I was putting my life at risk. ” After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to call to the boys, “Take down the umbrella! Let’s aim for the pier(码头),” Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. “Can you guys swim?” he cried. “A little bit,” the boys said.

Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys’ faces. “Are we almost there?” they asked again and again. “Yes,” Tim told them each time. After 30 minutes, they reached the pier.

【1】Why did the two boys go to the sea?

A. To go boat rowing.

B. To get back their football.

C. To swim in the open water.

D. To test the umbrella as a sail.

【2】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. The wind.

B. The water.

C. The boat.

D. The beach.

【3】Why did Tim raise his head regularly?

A. To take in enough fresh air.

B. To consider turning back or not.

C. To check his distance from the boys.

D. To ask the boys to take down the umbrella.

【4】How can the two boys finally reach the pier?

A. They were dragged to the pier by Tim.

B. They swam to the pier all by themselves.

C. They were washed to the pier by the waves.

D. They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back.

【题目】A firm handshake could be a sign of a longer life expectancy (预期寿命), according to British researchers. Scientists at the Medical Research Council found that elderly people who could still give a firm handshake and walk at a quick pace were likely to outlive their slower peers.

They found simple measures of physical capability like shaking hands, walking, getting up from a chair and balancing on one leg were related to the life expectancy, even after accounting for age, sex and body size. The study is the first to provide a comprehensive (综合的) view of the existing data from 33 studies. “These measures have been used in population-based research for quite a long time,” said Rachel Cooper of the Medical Research Council’s Unit for Lifelong Health and Aging. “They may be useful indicators for subsequent health.”

Cooper, whose study appears in the British Medical Journal, said more studies are needed to clarify whether the measures would be helpful to doctors as a screening tool. “I wouldn’t suggest that we roll them out into clinical practice tomorrow, but it is possible that they could be used in the future,” she told the media.

The researchers examined 33 studies involving tens of thousands of people, most of whom were aged over 60 but living in the community rather than in hospital or care homes. The researchers found that those with the strongest hand grasps tended to live longer than those with weak grips. The death rate over the period of the studies for people with weak handshakes was 67 percent higher than for people with a firm grip.

The slowest walkers were nearly three times more likely to die during the study period than swifter walkers. The people who were slowest to get up from a chair had about double the death rate compared to the quick risers.

“Those people in the general population who have higher physical capability levels are likely to live longer,” Cooper said.

【1】 Which of the following are measures of physical capability according to the passage?

a. shaking hands b. balancing c. getting up

d. weight lifting e. walking

A. a, b, c, e

B. a, c, d, e

C. b, c, d, e

D. a, b, d, e

【2】 What does Cooper think about the measures of physical capability?

A. They are of little help to doctors.

B. They can’t be used as a screening tool.

C. They can be applied to medical practice.

D. They are potentially beneficial to people.

【3】 What can be inferred from the passage?

A. People who walk quickly and shake hands firmly have a lower death rate.

B. People with the strongest hand grasp are more outgoing.

C. Most of the people who received the study live in the community.

D. People who always sit are more likely to die than those who stand.

【4】 In which part of a newspaper would you most probably find this passage?

A. Sports.

B. Health.

C. Economics.

D. Culture.