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　　A strange woman comes to my door one day in early March．It’s a rich area so we often have people selling things 　　1　　－dusters, make-up, frozen foods－but she doesn’t look like 　　2　　 saleswoman．She hasn’t got the patter(喋喋不休)either．She 　　3　　 smiles shyly and puts a card in my hand：“Amy Turner．Pet Portraits Undertaken．”

　　I 　　4　　 my fingernail along the cheap gold edge of the card and look at her, waiting for 　　5　　．

　　“I’ll paint any animal in the 　　6　　 of your own home,” Amy Turner says．“Wouldn’t you like a nice picture of your loved one? I’ve had 　　7　　 of dogs, cats, parrots, prize bulls…”

　　“Prize bulls!” I can’t 　　8　　 looking up and down our street．The 　　9　　 of any of my neighbours 　　10　　 bulls in their back gardens makes me smile．

　　“I don’t have any animals,” I say as we look past each other．She must be 　　11　　 some little cat or dog would come running down the hall to give the game away 　　12　　 it is the first chance I’ve had to 　　13　　 the air outside．It is one of those spring mornings when you wake up and find winter’s gone．Even the camellia in the garden 　　14　　 has flowered over-night, pink blossoms which look shocking 　　15　　 the quiet greens and greys．

　　“Why are you still in your dressing gown?” Amy says, turning her 　　16　　 back to me．“It’s nearly lunchtime．Are you ill?”

　　“I’m fine,” I 　　17　　．I’m not going to tell a stranger I’ve just been sick in the toilet upstairs and would still be 　　18　　 my fingers down my throat if the doorbell hadn’t rung．But now I’m not sure what to do next．Amy is still standing there．She doesn’t seem to think that not having a pet is a good enough 　　19　　．

　　“I’m starving,” she says and I smile politely, nodding the 　　20　　 you do before you say goodbye．

(1)


[　　]
A．	side-by-side
B．	little-by-little
C．	back-and-forth
D．	door-to-door

(2)


[　　]
A．	an ordinary
B．	a professional
C．	a green
D．	a serious

(3)


[　　]
A．	even
B．	ever
C．	just
D．	simple

(4)


[　　]
A．	put
B．	touch
C．	place
D．	run

(5)


[　　]
A．	an excuse
B．	a deal
C．	an explanation
D．	an opinion

(6)


[　　]
A．	interest
B．	comfort
C．	hope
D．	honour

(7)


[　　]
A．	experience
B．	pictures
C．	feeling
D．	sense

(8)


[　　]
A．	avoid
B．	enjoy
C．	help
D．	appreciate

(9)


[　　]
A．	idea
B．	thought
C．	sight
D．	touch

(10)


[　　]
A．	keeping
B．	selling
C．	buying
D．	training

(11)


[　　]
A．	wishing
B．	thinking
C．	meaning
D．	supposing

(12)


[　　]
A．	when
B．	and
C．	as
D．	but

(13)


[　　]
A．	smell
B．	breathe
C．	feel
D．	take

(14)


[　　]
A．	besides
B．	near
C．	opposite
D．	father

(15)


[　　]
A．	at
B．	with
C．	for
D．	against

(16)


[　　]
A．	mind
B．	eye
C．	attention
D．	heart

(17)


[　　]
A．	refuse
B．	agree
C．	tell
D．	lie

(18)


[　　]
A．	sticking
B．	lifting
C．	leaving
D．	closing

(19)


[　　]
A．	cause
B．	result
C．	excuse
D．	fault

(20)


[　　]
A．	direction
B．	way
C．	head
D．	work

阅读理解

　　It was Saturday when the entire summer world was bright and fresh．Tom looked at the fence, which was long and high, feeling all enthusiasm leaving him．He dipped his brush into the whitewash before moving it along the top board of the fence．He knew other boys would arrive soon with all minds of interesting plans for this day．As walking past him, they would tease him for having to work on a beautiful Saturday－which burnt him like fire．

　　He, putting his hands into his pockets and taking out all he owned with the expectation of letting someone paint, found nothing that could buy half an hour of freedom．At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea occurred to him, pouring a great bright light into his mind．He took up his brush and continued to work pleasantly with calm and quietness．

　　Presently, Ben Rogers came in sight－munching an apple and making joyful noises like the sound of a riverboat as he walked along．Tom went on whitewashing, paying no attention to the steamboat．

　　“Hello!” Ben said, “I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”

　　No answer．Tom moved his brush gently along the fence and surveyed the result．Ben came nearer．Tom’s mouth watered for Ben’s apple while he kept painting the fence．

　　Ben said, “That’s a lot of work, isn’t it?”

　　Tom turned suddenly saying “Here you are! Ben! I didn’t notice you．”

　　“I’m going swimming,” Ben said．“Don’t you wish you could go? Or would you rather work?”

　　Tom said, “Work? What do you mean ‘work’?”

　　“Isn’t that work?”

　　Tom continued painting and answered carelessly, “Maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t．All I know is it suits Tom Sawyer．”

　　“Do you mean that you enjoy it?”

　　“I don’t see why I oughtn’t to enjoy it．”

　　“Does a boy have a chance to paint a fence frequently” said Tom．

　　Ben stopped munching his apple．

　　Tom moved his brush back and forth－stepped back to note the effect－added a little paint here and there．Ben watched every move, getting more and more interested, more and more absorbed1．After a short time, he said, “Tom, let me whitewash a little．”

　　Tom seemed to be thinking for a moment before he said, “No, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect．If it was the back fence, maybe you could do it．But this fence beside the street is where everybody can see it．It has to be done right．”

　　“Oh, come on, let me try．I’ll be careful．Listen, Tom．I’ll give you part of my apple if you let me paint．”

　　“No, Ben, I’m afraid－”

　　“I’ll give you all the apple!”

　　Tom handed the brush to Ben with unwillingness on his face but alacrity in his heart．While the riverboat worked and sweated in the hot sun, Tom, an artist sat in the shade close by, munching his apple, and planning how he could trick more of the boys．

　　Before long there were enough boys each of whom came along the street; stopped to laugh but soon begged to be allowed to paint．By the middle of the afternoon, Tom had got many treasures while the fence had had three layers of whitewash on it．If he hadn’t run out of whitewash, he would have owned everything belonging to the boys in the village．

　　Tom said to himself that the world was not so depressing after all．He had discovered a great law of human action：in order to make a man cover a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain．

(1)

By using “Tom continued painting and answered carelessly”, the author shows Tom ________ when he was talking to Ben．
[　　]
A．	made mistakes
B．	damaged things
C．	was natural
D．	wasn’t concentrating

(2)

The underlined word “alacrity” in the last but two paragraph most probable means “________”．
[　　]
A．	kindness
B．	discouragement
C．	sympathy
D．	eagerness

(3)

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? ________
[　　]
A．	Tom did not want to go swimming at all
B．	Tom was asked to help Aunt Polly paint the fence
C．	Tom did not get along well with his friends
D．	Tom was very busy that Saturday afternoon．

(4)

We can draw a conclusion from the last paragraph that ________．
[　　]
A．	forbidden fruit is sweet．
B．	a friend in need is a friend indeed．
C．	all good things must come to an end．
D．	a bad excuse is better than none．

A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink-Cola-Cola,” the sign said.

　　“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.

　　An old woman was standing at her door.

　　“You boy! Come here this minute!”

　　Slowly the boy 1onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she 2out her hand and wrapped（缠住）her 3old fingers around his arm.

　　“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me 4to my bed. What’s your name?”

　　“Joseph,” he said.

　　The old woman on the bed tried to 5up, raising herself on her elbow（肘）. Water 6from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 7.

　　“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a 8for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”

　　Joseph looked down at the 9, and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Cola-Cola.”

　　“I want my silver ring to 10to my daughter.”

　　Joseph bent his small body over the table and 11the pencil slowly across the paper.

　　“There’s my Bible（圣经）,” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a 12Christian burial（基督葬礼）with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last 13of a poor old woman.”

　　The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.

　　“Here. Bring it here so I can 14it.”

　　Joseph found the Bible, and, 15the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.

　　“ 16me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”

　　He ran out of the house.

　　A cold wind blew through the 17window, but the old woman on the bed 18nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 19on the paper were some childish letters. They 20the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”

1.A．rushed B．struggled C．hurried D．stepped

2.A．reached B．let C．pushed D．pointed

3.A．firm B．smooth C．dry D．fresh

4.A．back B．up C．away 　 D．ahead

5.A．sit B．get C．stand D．wake

6.A．fell B．burnt C．burst D．ran

7.A．ill B．sick C．unpleasant D．funny

8.A．letter B．note C．will D．message

9.A．table B．pen C．paper D．woman

10.A．send 　 B．go C．belong D．come

11.A．moved 　 B．drew C．used D．pulled

12.A．great B．merry 　 C．splendid D．real

13.A．hope 　 B．chance C．opinion D．wish

14.A．sign 　 B．read C．remember D．copy

15.A．setting B．hiding C．placing D．laying

16.A．Hold B．Leave C．Excuse D．Pardon

17.A．large B．open C．small D．pretty

18.A．did　 B．saw C．felt D．knew

19.A．Described B．Printed C．Recorded D．Written

20.A．formed B．spelled C．organized D．repeated

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink-Cola-Cola,” the sign said.

　　“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.

　　An old woman was standing at her door.

　　“You boy! Come here this minute!”

　　Slowly the boy 21 onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she 22 out her hand and wrapped（缠住）her 23 old fingers around his arm.

　　“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me 24 to my bed. What’s your name?”

　　“Joseph,” he said.

　　The old woman on the bed tried to 25 up, raising herself on her elbow（肘）. Water 26 from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 27 .

　　“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a 28 for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”

　　Joseph looked down at the 29 , and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Cola-Cola.”

　　“I want my silver ring to 30 to my daughter.”

　　Joseph bent his small body over the table and 31 the pencil slowly across the paper.

　　“There’s my Bible（圣经）,” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a 32 Christian burial（基督葬礼）with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last 33 of a poor old woman.”

　　The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.

　　“Here. Bring it here so I can 34 it.”

　　Joseph found the Bible, and, 35 the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.

　　“ 36 me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”

　　He ran out of the house.

　　A cold wind blew through the 37 window, but the old woman on the bed 38 nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 39 on the paper were some childish letters. They 40 the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”

　　21．A．rushed B．struggled C．hurried D．stepped

　　22．A．reached B．let C．pushed D．pointed

　　23．A．firm B．smooth C．dry D．fresh

　　24．A．back B．up C．away 　 D．ahead

　　25．A．sit B．get C．stand D．wake

　　26．A．fell B．burnt C．burst D．ran

　　27．A．ill B．sick C．unpleasant D．funny

　　28．A．letter B．note C．will D．message

　　29．A．table B．pen C．paper D．woman

　　30．A．send 　 B．go C．belong D．come

　　31．A．moved 　 B．drew C．used D．pulled

　　32．A．great B．merry 　 C．splendid D．real

　　33．A．hope 　 B．chance C．opinion D．wish

　　34．A．sign 　 B．read C．remember D．copy

　　35．A．setting B．hiding C．placing D．laying

　　36．A．Hold B．Leave C．Excuse D．Pardon

　　37．A．large B．open C．small D．pretty

　　38．A．did　 B．saw C．felt D．knew

　　39．A．Described B．Printed C．Recorded D．Written

40．A．formed B．spelled C．organized D．repeated

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