9. The flowers were so lovely that they ______ out in no time.

A. sold                  B. had sold            C. were sold          D. had been sold

27. In the absence ____ necessary exercise, he can get ill easily. So he is often absent ___ class.

A. for / in              B. of / for           C. of / from           D. with / from

任务型阅读: 五个人在讲述自己的故事。下面是他们讲述故事的后述部分，阅读下面五个选项（A、B、C、D、和E），选出符合各自故事前述部分的最佳选项，选项中有一项是多余选项。

67. What I read is mainly about the history of sports. I don’t have much time for anything else, except that I like dancing a lot. Some people say I’m not very good at it, though. I’m happy I’m active, doing things instead of watching people do.

68. I’m particularly interested in current affairs. So I often choose the TV news. And sometimes watch the sports. In some ways I think I learn more than I did at school.

69. Our joy is not only due to the appreciation of his diligence, but also of his strong will. Now I feel happy because something in this boy’s heart moved me and made me know that we mainly depended on our own feet to stand up, not just others’ help.

70. However, all things went contrary (相反的) to my wishes. I was wrong, extremely wrong! What the so-called developed and prosperous city is only the mirage (海市蜃楼).

A.    Jonny’s Story

   About month ago, I heard that Johnny, one of my cousins, had got a high score and he could successfully enter a famous university in Shanghai. All of us felt very pleased for him. As you know, he has been an orphan (孤儿) since he was 3 years old.

B.    Eve’s Story

   I haven’t much interest in studying. To be honest, I don’t like reading very much, except for magazines and that sort of things. Just do light reading to kill the time. But I do enjoy TV. Not that I watch everything. In fact, I choose my programs very carefully.

C.    Zhang’s Story

   Once, I brought with great ideas to come to this city to realize my dreams. Everything in my eyes seemed to be perfect at that time and I thought that there would be nothing imperfect that would come into my life.

D.    Ted’s Story

   I’m a very active sort of person --- I simply love doing things. That’s why I enjoy sports so much. Actually I mean playing. I hardly ever watch them on TV, but I read quite a bit about them.

Ben’s Story

When I left school five years ago, I said to myself, “That’s it. No more learning for me. Now I can enjoy myself in the evening.” But about a year ago my boss said, “We’re going to get a computer in the near future.” What did he mean? I simply didn’t know.

16. He made another wonderful discovery, __________ of great importance to science.

A. I think which is    B. which I think it is   C. which I think it  D. which I think is

D

Louie was my neighbor. He was a strong man with powerful hands. One day, when I saw him brush the dirt off a child’s injured knee, I was shocked by his kindness. Over time, I found that he was attractive. We both loved the same books, but when it came to music, we were from different planets. Most importantly, he loved my children as much as me. We fell in love. I was divorced (离婚) from an unlucky marriage, and I wondered if a new marriage would be the best thing for my daughters. I knew that Louie was wondering if his great love could help my daughters forget the damage caused by their father. One day my daughter Jenny told me that if I wanted to marry again, she would like me to marry some-one like Louie. Of course, Jenny gave Louie a speech about what she expected out of a father and what she would consider as proper behavior. I thought that Louie would run away, but he stayed on. Helen, my six-year-old daughter gave him advice, too. Finally, with tears in my eyes, I said, "Helen, I don’t know what’s inside some men’s hearts, but I know Louie’s heart. He loves you. He loves all of us, and if there is any-one who can be your 'real' Daddy, he can. I’m going to tell him 'yes', for all of us!" We had a celebration dinner that night. Louie, Helen, Jenny, Michelle and I drank to a new future, a new family, and a new hope, where children are always treasured (珍爱) and every Daddy is "real".

73. By saying "we were from different planets", the author meant _______.

A. they came from different countries

B. they liked different kinds of music

C. they were totally different from each other

D. they held different attitudes towards children

74. From the passage, we can know that _______.

A. Louie didn’t care about the children        B. Jenny disliked Louie

C. the mother had four children              D. Louie accepted what Jenny said

75. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. A Real Daddy   B. A Divorced Family   C. Be Kind to Children  D. How to Be a Mother

What he said ____ a big difference to the way of my thinking. ____, his words have a great effect on me.

A. makes, What is  B. does; That is  C. makes; That is     D. makes; Which is

Without proper lessons, you could _____ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.

A. give up     B. catch up    C. pick up    D. keep up 

_________ one has a child will one realize how great one’s parents are.

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

Every year, almost 2 million Americans are injured while they're  21  work every day, 240 are killed on the job. The   22   job is cutting down trees. Being a policeman is safer than many jobs, including driving a truck, collecting garbage and   23  airplanes. One of the safest jobs is being a librarian.

    The government inspects(检查) most factories and offices.  24  have to   25    fines(罚款) if their factories or offices are unsafe. In California, employers often go to prison if one of their workers is  26   because a factory didn't  27  safety measures. But President Bush cut down the number of government inspectors(检查员)  28  15 percent.   29  , many people say working is less safe now.

    For women workers, the greatest danger so far is murder. Forty--two percent of all  30  who died at work were killed. Many of them work  31  clerks in stores   32  they are alone at night. Experts say they can protect themselves by putting the cash desk in full   33   .

     The numbers of deaths and accidents at work don't take into  34  people who become sick from   35    that they are exposed to （暴露）at work. Doctors don't know   36  some chemicals cause illness.There are no government rules for many new chemicals.

     Inspectors say employers  37  their backs on safety problems because they don't want to pay the bill for fixing them. They also say some workers don't want to complain about dangers because they may  38  their jobs.

     The government should force business to improve safety. There's no   39  for workers dying or  40  in an accident that could have been prevented.

21. A. in           B. at              C. on               D. during

22. A. safest        B. most dangerous   C. easiest            D. most tiring

23. A. flying        B. making         C. doing             D. riding

24. A. Officers      B. Workers         C. Employers        D. Employees

25. A. give         B. offer            C. pay              D. buy

26. A. saved        B. hit             C. shot              D. killed

27. A. use          B.do              C. break            D. take

28. A. to           B. by              C. from             D. at

29. A. As a result    B. As              C. At last            D. Then

30. A. adults        B. youths          C. men              D. women

31. A. for          B. as              C. like               D. to

32. A. which        B. that             C. where            D. why

33. A. view         B. opinion         C. scene              D. scenery

34.A thought       B mind           C thinking            D consideration

35. A. machines     B. chemicals        C. air                D. work

36. A. because      B. when            C. whether            D. even if

37. A. do          B. turn             C. make              D. refuse

38. A. lose         B. miss             C. give up            D. save

39. A. need         B. reason           C. time              D. excuse

40. A. injuring      B. being injured      C. be injuring         D. be injured 

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

— Mary，do you want to see the pictures of my holiday in Italy?

—   61  .

— Ah，it was great! The food was great! The wine was great! But the traffic was terrible!

—   62   .

— Those Italians are crazy drivers! I don’t want to think about it!

— OK，OK.  63 

—Yes. so here’s a picture of the Tower of Pisa．

— How nice!

— It was raining that day，but it was still wonderful．We climbed to the top!

—   64 

—That’s a photo of the Arno River．That’s the ‘‘Ponte Veechio”，the old bridge.

—   65  .

— It was very interesting. There were beautiful old buildings in the city，and lots of wonderful museums．

—That’s nice．    ．

  A. And what’s this?

  B. Why was it so bad?

  C. Yes，it was wonderful．

  D. What was Florence like?

  E. Let’s return to the good parts．

  F. Sure，what was your holiday like?

  G. Well，did you like your hotel there?