— Look! How long _____ like this?

　  — Three weeks! It’s usual here that rain _____ without stopping these days of the year.

A．had it rained; pours                      B．has it been raining; pours

C．is it rained; is pouring                    D．does it rain; pours

Travelling west, you set your clock ______; travelling east, you set it ahead.

A．behind           B．forward           C．back             D．ahead

However, it only appears in the imagination and will never be ______.

A．realized           B．supported         C．understood        D．produced

The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see___________ the next year.

A．carry out          B．carrying out        C．carried out        D．to carry out

The old king decided to retire and         the heavy load of responsibility to his three daughters.

A．give out           B．hand over         C．take over          D．block out

— Have you played DotA before? We need one more team member.

— ________. But I like online games, so I believe it will be fun to learn DotA.

A. You must be crazy   B. Not really           C. Never mind         D. That’s cool

A man found the cocoon (茧) of a moth (蛾). He took it home so that he could   1  the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small   2  appeared. He sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to   3  the body through that little hole. Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had   4  as far as it could and it could go no further. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and   5  the remaining bit of the cocoon. The   6  then came out easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven (无用的) wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and   7  to be able to support the   8  , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life   9  around with a swollen body and shriven wings. It was   10   able to fly.

What the man in his kindness didn’t   11  was that the small cocoon and the   12  of the moth to get through the   13  opening was a way to push fluid (液体)   14  the body of moth    15  its wings so that it would be ready to fly   16  it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and   17  would come only after the struggle. By taking the struggle away, he also took away the moth’s health.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we were to   18  our lives without any difficulties, we would become disabled. We would not be as   19  as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance. Leave no room for    20  .

1.                A．help           B．protect         C．watch    D．see

2.                A．opening        B．line            C．moth D．butterfly

3.                A．pull            B．draw           C．make D．force

4.                A．got            B．done           C．tried D．climbed

5.                A．cut up          B．cut off          C．cut out   D．cut in

6.                A．moth          B．butterfly        C．cocoon   D．worm

7.                A．lessen          B．widen          C．expand   D．shorten

8.                A．standing        B．flight           C．wings D．body

9.                A．flying          B．crawling        C．walking   D．lying

10.               A．already         B．certainly        C．never D．ever

11.               A．do            B．think           C．want  D．understand

12.               A．crawling        B．struggle        C．fight  D．force

13.               A．tiny           B．beginning       C．right  D．above

14.               A．in             B．on            C．by   D．from

15.               A．into           B．to             C．in    D．onto

16.               A．after           B．once           C．before    D．until

17.               A．courage        B．happiness       C．flight D．survival

18.               A．stand by        B．get on          C．go through D．live in

19.               A．great          B．determined     C．brave D．strong

20.               A．regrets         B．death          C．failure D．wishes

Animation means making things which are lifeless come alive and move.

Since earliest times, people have always been astonished by movement. But not until this century have we managed to take control of movement, to record it, and in the case of animation, to retranslate it and recreate it. To do all this, we use a movie camera and a projector（放映机）.

In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters do exactly what you want them to do.

A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan in America in the early nineteen twenties. Felix was a wonderful cat. He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail, using it as a handle and then putting it back.

Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry. The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailor and his girl friend Olive Oyo were born at Max Ficischer in 1933.

But to be an animator, you don’t have to be a professional（专业人士）. It is possible for anyone to make a simple animated film without using a camera at all. All you have to do is to draw directly on to an empty film and then run the film through a projector.

1.What does the passage mainly discuss?

A．Animal world       B．Movie camera      C．Cartoon making     D．Movement

2.According to the passage, Felix the Cat ______ .

A．was created by the American cartoonist Felix

B．was designed by Pat Sullivan in the early twentieth century

C．was unable to do what natural cats could not do

D．was created in the United States in the nineteenth century

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ______.     

A．Walt Disney’s cartoon characters were born earlier that Pat Sullivan’s

B．only professionals can create cartoon characters

C．Popeye the Sailor and Olive Oyo were famous cartoonists

D．the animation industry started in the United States

4.Which of the following statements best describes the author’s attitude towards cartoon     making?

A．Cartoon making is not a difficult job. Anyone can do it.

B．Only trained people can be employed in cartoon making industry.

C．Anyone can make cartoons under the instructions of professionals.

D．Cartoon making is no easy job. You have to spend much time drawing onto the empty film.

Alexis was hot and tired. With rage in her voice she shouted, "Pull me up！I give up, I hate this. This is stupid!" It was at that moment when Jason, the adviser on the trip, looked at me and said, "Ed, I'm going to go down and talk with her." I then shouted down to Alexis, "Hold on! You can do this. We know you can!"

Jason grasped another rope, put his climbing harness(系带)on and began to repel down the cliff. Within moments Jason was beside Alexis. She had her cheek directly against the face of the rock with her feet barely resting on a small piece of the cliff that jetted outward. Jason said to Alexis, "I know that you have been on this cliff now for what seems like a long time. Your feet and fingers are cramping(痉挛)up and your forearms feel as though they are on fire. But , Alexis, you are strong, look how far up you are already. You have taken one of the more difficult paths up the cliff. Look Alexis, look at the path you have taken."

At that moment, Alexis moved her cheek away from the rock face and looked down. The bright white chalk she used on her hands to give her a better hold, showed the path where her tired hands had moved her upward on the cliff. Jason was right. Alexis had taken the hardest way up the cliff. Jason then looked straight into Alexis' eyes and in a calm voice he said, "You are not alone out here, there are people who care about you, who want to help you and see you succeed. We are going to do this together. Are you ready?" Slowly she shook her head yes and took a deep breath.

1.Jason went down the cliff because _________.

A．Alexis took a wrong path                  B．Alexis was trapped in rocks

C．Alexis didn't believe in herself              D．Alexis' forearms were badly hurt

2.We can infer from the passage that ________.

A．Alexis was finally pulled up by Ed

B．Alexis regretted having taken the wrong path up the cliff

C．Alexis was immediately sent to hospital after she was pulled up

D．Alexis successfully rock climbed

3.The underlined word "hot" in the story means _________.

A．disappointed       B．angry             C．uncomfortable      D．running a high body temperature

4.Alexis would probably become _________.

A．more strong-minded                     B．easier to give up

C．poorer in health                        D．less interested in rock climbing

Dear Kind-Trustee-Who-Sends-Orphans-to-College,

Here I am! I traveled yesterday for four hours in a train．It’s a funny feeling, isn’t it? I never rode in one before．

College is the biggest, most puzzling place—I get lost whenever I leave my room. I will write you a description later when I'm feeling less confused; also I will tell you about my lessons. Classes don't begin until Monday morning, and this is Saturday night. But I wanted to write a letter first just to get acquainted.

It seems strange to be writing letters to somebody you don't know. It seems strange for me to be writing letters at all—I've never written more than three or four in my life, so please overlook it if these are not a model kind.

Before leaving yesterday morning, Mrs. Lippett and I had a very serious talk. She told me how to behave all the rest of my life, and especially how to behave towards the kind gentleman who is doing so much for me. I must take care to be very respectful.

But how can one be very respectful to a person who wishes to be called John Smith? Why couldn't you have picked out a name with a little personality? I might as well write letters to Dear Flagpole or Dear Clothes-line.

I have been thinking about you a great deal this summer; having somebody take an interest in me after all these years makes me feel as though I had found a sort of family. It seems as though I belonged to somebody now, and it's a very comfortable feeling. I must say, however, that when I think about you, my imagination has very little to work upon. There are just three things that I know: I, You are tall. Ⅱ. You are rich. Ⅲ. You hate girls.

I suppose I might call you Dear Mr. Girl-Hater. Only that's rather rude to me. Or Dear Mr. Rich-Man, but that's rude to you, as though money were the only important thing about you. Besides, being rich is such a very external quality. Maybe you won't stay rich all your life; lots of very clever men get broke in Wall Street. But at least you will stay tall all your life! So I've decided to call you Dear Daddy-Long-Legs. I hope you won't mind. It's just a private pet name we won't tell Mrs. Lippett.

The ten o'clock bell is going to ring in two minutes. Our day is divided into sections by bells. We eat and sleep and study by bells. It's very lifeful. There it goes! Lights out. Good night.

Observe how precisely I obey rules--due to my training in the John Grier Home.

Yours most respectfully,

Jerusha Abbott

to Mr. Daddy-Long-Legs Smith

1.Jerusha felt “confused” because ______.

A．she had never written to the trustee before

B．she was not familiar with the college yet

C．she could never find the way to her home

D．she had never traveled on a train berore

2.Jerusha thought that she couldn’t be very respectful to “John Smith” because _______．

A．he was a total stranger to her

B．she was sure it was a false identity

C．the name was too common

D．nobody would like to be called that name

3.The fact that her day is “divided into sections by bells” makes Jerusha feel______.

A．busy             B．restricted by rules   C．pressed for time    D．full of energy

4.Jerusha decided to call the trustee Dear Daddy-Long-legs______.

A．in order to show her respect for him

B．because it was one of his inner quality

C．in older to make them feel closer to each other

D．because she had always wanted a father