Long ago, near the village of Hedley, there lived a strange and playful trickster（骗子）, known as the Hedley Kow. Sometimes it looked like an ordinary object. Sometimes it looked like a donkey or a goat.

One evening, as an old woman went along the path, she saw an old iron pot lying in the ditch. “Fancy that.”she said. “Nobody seems to want this old pot. I will take it home and plant pretty flowers in it.”

When she tried to lift it, she saw that it was full of gold pieces. “Well, now, if that doesn’t beat all,” she said. “I’m rich! I can buy a fine house and fancy cloths.”

The pot was heavy, so she tied her shawl around it and began to drag it home. After a while, she stopped to rest. When she looked in the pot, she was amazed to see that it was full of silver pieces!

“Oh, my!” she said. “Aren’t I the lucky one! If it were gold, thieves would have been after me. My friends might have been jealous. But I can hide these silver pieces, take out a few at a time, and live like a queen.”

On she went, pulling the pot after her. She was nearing home now. At her gate, she looked into the pot. What a surprise! The silver had changed into a lump（块）of iron. “Iron,” she said. “Well, now! No one will be jealous or want to steal this from me. I can use this iron to prop open my door and let in fresh air and sunlight. Lucky me!”

As soon as she said that, the pot began to grow and later it became a goat. Then it jumped up and ran off down the road laughing.

“Fancy that!” said the old woman. “I believe I have seen the Hedley kow! Not many folks can say that, and that’s a fact. I’ll just sit up by my fire tonight thinking about how lucky. I was to see it for myself. I truly must be the luckiest person in the world!”

73．Which of the following sayings can best describe this story？

A．All good things come to an end.      B．The early bird catches the worm.

C．Content is better than riches.          D．All bad luck goes away.

74．What does “seeing the Hedley kow for herself” stand for in the eyes of the old woman?

A．Glory               B．Honor              C．Misfortune          D．Luck

75．Readers may sense the old woman is _________.

A．optimistic         B．pessimistic        C．strange               D．mindless

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With drink and food _____, the prison had to walk out of the cave where he was hiding.

   A. running out      B. using up   C. to use up        D. run out

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 ---I' m sorry, but I didn’t mean__________ out your secret.

---But you know, letting out one's secret means________ one' s feelings.

A. to let; to hurt       B. letting; hurting       C. to let; hurting       D. letting; to hurt 

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— His mother was ill and he had to look after her in hospital.

   — That’s _________ he was absent from the meeting.

  A. because           B. what          C. why           D. which

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The fresh water in Canada has one-third of the world’s total, much of ____ is in the Great Lakes.

   A. it                  B. which             C. that             D. what       

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It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious (明显的) to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech — “I Have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles (结巴) his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.

People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech–making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication (交流). They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely. 

70. The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ______.

A. be smarter than you               B. notice your mistakes

C. do better than you                       D. know what you are talking about

71. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

A. giving a speech is like giving a performance

B. one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

C. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D. the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

72. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. How to Be a Perfect Speaker

B. How to Make a Perfect Speech

C. Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech

D. Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech

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---Do you like it?

---Yes, nothing ___.

A . better              B. much               C. more               D. the best

— I have learned that it is not easy to get on well with the new boss.

—______? I think that I only need to do my own job well.

A. So what    B. what for          C. what if        D. how come

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The forest guards often find campfires that have not been _________ completely.

      A. put away             B. put out                C. put up                        D. put off

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第二部分:阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

第一节　阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A car needs gas to run and your body also needs food to work for you. Eating the right kind of food is very important. It can help your body grow strong to take care of what you eat.

   There are four main food groups altogether. The dairy group has food like milk, cheese and sour milk. The other three groups are the meat and fish group, the fruit and vegetable group, and the bread and rice group. Each meal should have at least one food from all four main groups. With all these food together, you will be given enough energy during the day.

   It is easy to get into bad eating habits. You may eat your breakfast in a hurry to get to school on time. Or you may not have time for a good lunch. It may seem easy to finish your supper with fish and chips all the time. But you will find yourself tired in these days and you can not think quickly.

   Watching what you eat will help keep your body healthy and strong. It is also good to take some exercise. It will help you eat more if you take a walk or play games in the open air. Having a good eating habit with some exercise is the key to your health.

41. Which of the following diets do you think is the best one?

Eggs, tomatoes and chicken.  

B. Milk, bread, cabbages and beef.

Corn, fish, cream and pork.   

D. Rice, beancurd（豆腐）, apples, fish and chicken.

42. Which of the following is a good eating-habit?

A. Going to school without any breakfast

B. Eating fish and chips for supper all the time..

C. Having at least one food from all four groups each meal.

D. Having different food from all four food groups.

43. In this passage the writer mainly tells us that _____.

A. every person needs food to grow well

       B taking exercise can keep your body strong

       C. the right kind of food with exercise will keep you healthy

       D. enough energy helps people think more quickly

44. The best title for this passage is _____.

      A. The Four Food Groups             B. A Healthy Diet

      C. Your Body And Food                 D. Food And Your Health