One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk．She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods before she realized that she was lost．

Sitting on a rock and __41 what to do, she began crying．After a while, she__42__ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes．When it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house．She opened the door and __43__ stepped in．Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out of the door and back to the __44__．Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a __45_．

The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home．Laddy __46__ that his mistrees（女主人）was in danger．He jumped through a window, breaking the glass．He looked in the fields．But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere．However, from the ground came a __47__ scent (气味) as he lowered his head．He __48__ the scent and walked across the grassland．Barking loudly into the air, the dog _49__ through the woods until he found the __50_ ．But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods．Much to his __51__ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance．He jumped over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was __52__．

When she opened her eyes and   53    her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you 54   me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times．Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of  55 ．That night Laddy had a heror’s supper: a huge meal of steak

1.A．forgetting     B．wondering        C．remembering  D．regretting

2.A．preferred      B．expected        C．failed       D．decided

3.A．cautiously     B．carelessly      C．hopelessly   D．unwillingly

4.A．trees          B．bushes           C．woods        D．grasses

5.A．stream         B．rock             C．tree         D．house

6.A．found          B．heard            C．sensed      D．smelt

7.A．terrible      B．strange          C．pleasant    D．familiar

8.A．missed         B．discovered       C．followed     D．ignored

9.A．searched       B．wandered        C．looked       D．travelled

10.A．window            B．girl            C．house        D．hero

11.A．satisfaction  B．delight      C．disappointment D．embarrassment

12.A．awake             B．abandoned       C．available    D．asleep

13.A．spotted          B．watched         C．observed     D．saw

14.A．rescued           B．disturbed        C．comforted    D．scared

15.A．pain          B．shock           C． relief      D．sorrow  

Barditch High School decided to hold an All-School Reunion．Over 450 people came to the event．There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park．Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days．Ms．Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park．

Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans(嘟囔声)when Ms．Yates was about to speak．Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined．

Then Ms．Yates started to speak:

“I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be here．I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies．I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students．Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth of your children, in my imagination．”

Ms．Yates paused and started crying a bit．Then she continued:

“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me．Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path．”

“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work．You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart．”

There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping．The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊)．Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown．

1.What activity was organized for the school reunion?

   A．Telling stories about past events． 

B．A picnic on the school playground．

   C．Sightseeing in the park．        

D．Graduates’ reports in the old building．

2.What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?

   A．Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms．Yates’ speech．

   B．Some people got tired from the reunion activities．

   C．Many graduates disliked Ms．Yates’ ways of teaching．

   D．Most people had little interest in the reunion．

3.We can learn from Ms．Yates’ speech that she _____________．

   A．attended her students’ college graduations                      

   B．gave her students advice on their careers

   C．kept track of her students’ progress    

   D．went to her students’ wedding ceremonies

4.What was Ms．Yates’ belief in teaching teenagers?

   A．Hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed．

   B．Pressure on students from teachers should be reduced．

   C．Teachers’ knowledge is the key to students’achievements．

   D．Students’ respect is the best reward for teachers．

5.Which of the following can best describe Ms．Yates?__________．

   A．Reliable and devoted．              

B．Strict but caring．

   C．Proud but patient．                                              

D．Tough and generous．               

The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place．Now it is an ecological disaster area．Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes．

For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived in the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization．The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798．He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship．He called the island Pleasant Island．

However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first．The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol．These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island．A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900．

Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island．In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which was a very important fertilizer for farming．The company began mining the phosphate．

A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine．When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil．Then it takes away the material it wants．Strip mining totally destroys the land．Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon．

In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world．Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate．

Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars．In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses．Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out．Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing．By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined．Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island．This will probably never happen．

1.What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To seek help for Nauru’s problems．

B．To tell a heartbreaking story of a war．

C．To show the importance of money

D．To give a warning to other countries

2.What was Nauru like before the Europeans came?

A．Rich and powerful         B．Peaceful and attractive 

C．Modern and open               D．Greedy and aggressive

3.The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _______．

A．phosphate overmining      B soil pollution

C．farming activity              D．whale hunting

4.Which of the following was a cause of Nauru’s financial problem?

A．Its phosphate mining cost much money                                     

B．It spent too much repairing the island

C．Its leaders misused the money       

D．It lost millions of dollars in the civil war．

5.What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph?

A．The ecological damage is difficult to repair．

B．The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously．

C．The island was abandoned by the Nauruans

D．The phosphate mines were destroyed

A Book Review—The Snake-Stone by Berlie Doherty

The setting: Urban England (the cities), but also rural England (the countryside) including remote English villages．

The theme: The main theme is a teenage research of self-discovery, in this case the search for a mother from whom the hero was separated at an early age．Its other concerns are love, getting on with others, being persistent and courageous and trying to deal with doubts, troubles and worries．As the book moves to a close, James’ swimming coach says to him: “You are not like a kid obeying instructions any more．You are diving like a young man who knows where he is going．”

The characters: James is the hero of the story．He is a championship diver, and has a comfortable life with his foster parents (养父母)．Yet he also has the qualities to take him on a long journey to find his birth mother．The other characters in The Snake-Stone, James’ parents, his diving instructor, best friend, the villagers, people he meets on his journey, are pictured realistically．

The turning point: The turning point in the story comes while James’ foster parents are away in London, and he wonders about the identity of his birth mother．The only clue he has is a fossil, “the snake stone” which she left behind along with a note on which she had written: “Take good care of Sammie．It was written on a torn envelope with parts of an address still there．

The journey: Instead of going to London, James decides to find his birth mother．With help from his geography teacher, James sets out for the remote country village where his mother might be found．James has painful, challenging, but also humorous and happy travels．The mother he finally meets, Anne, has a minor yet powerful voice in the novel．He comes to understand why she left him at a stranger’s door fifteen years before．Although the meeting is not long, it leaves him with a feeling of completeness．As a journey of self-discovery The Snake-Stone also provides its readers with a happy ending．Its hero says, on returning to his foster parents, “I was home．”

1.What is the main theme of the novel?

    A．A journey of self-discovery．       

B．Life in the world of diving．       

C．Life with foster parents．          

D．A travel around the country．

2.What do the coach’s words in Paragraph 2 suggest?

    A．James is a successful diver．       

B．James is an independent young man．

    C．James is an outgoing young man．    

D．James is a hopeful swimmer．

3.The snake stone in the novel is        ．

    A．a stone with an address on it       

B．a gift from the swimming coach

    C．a clue left by the birth mother     

D．a fossil left by the foster parents

4.Which of the following is true about the novel?

    A．The story has a sad ending．        

B．The story takes place in the city of London．

    C．The characters are vividly described．                  

D．The turning point comes after the hero meets his birth mother．

5.It can be concluded that James’ journey is _________．

    A．disappointing      B．boring       C．comfortable      D．worthwhile

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下面文章中有5处（第71~75题）需要添加小标题，请从以下选项中选出符合各段意思的小标题，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑,选项中一项为多余选项．

A． Slow Down Your Life

B． Escape Now and Then

C． Separate Your Actions

D． Allow Yourself to Be Weak

E． Relieve Pressure by Firmly Saying “ No”

F． Stop Expecting Everything to Be Perfect

How to Simplify Your Life

Less is more．This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, relax instead of stressing, slow down instead of speeding up．Apply these principles in your everyday life in a conscious way．You will then find yourself well along on your journey to simplification．

1．___ _______．

When you concentrate on one task, you find you have energy that you didn't even know you had．Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards．If you keep grabbing one and then the other, it will take forever, because one of them will keep slipping out from under your arm and running off．But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your strength and make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back and get the other one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, then you can be sure of success．

2．__________．

The pressure at work is on the increase in all occupations．In the modern nuclear family, the expectations that formerly would have been shared among all the relatives are now concentrated on the individual partner．

If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day are not enough for all the things you need to do, then it’s not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities．A simple fact that overloaded people often tend to forget．The solution is equally simple: refuse to accept so many work assignments in your private life or your working life．

3． ______．

“I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement in the world of work．People who can handle stress are given more and more to cope with — until one day they break．

Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can cope with．These signals came from various areas of life．You become ill, or your work efficiency decreases．

If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress．Say quite openly, "I can't manage that．"

4． _____．

"If only I were slimmer, more beautiful, richer, cleverer, then I would be happier．" This is a dream that makes a lot of people ill, depressed, and unhappy．Life has its flaws, defects, comets, and edges．Only those who accept this reality can lead a really full life．

Of course there are activities in which errors are dangerous; driving a car, crossing the road．But life doesn't consist entirely of these things．In among them there is a lot of room for small and large mistakes．

5．___________．

Successful people all have their own places where they can withdraw in order to work．Find out which places improve your creativity．For me it's the train．When I know that I'm going to be traveling for four hours without phone calls and people knocking on my door, I find my mind is free and I can read or write complex articles．There can be problems working on the train, of course_: if the person sitting opposite you keeps talking away, or if train trips make you tired (some people fall asleep after a few miles)．

请根据句子逻辑, 从模块四课本所学的词汇中选用恰当的单词并且使用其正确的形式填空。 

1.He will r_______________ our class to take part in the meeting．

2.I won’t trust you until you give me the c__________ evidence to support what you say．

3.We are lucky that all our classrooms are very well e______________．We have computers, fans, air-conditioners etc．

4.This dictionary is for the a_______________ English learners while that one is for the beginners．

5.Jim is so c____________________ that he always gets everything ready for the teacher before each lesson．

6.We are sure to o____________ all difficulties on our way to success if we are mentally strong．

7.Only a m__________ of students are against this plan while most of them support it．

8.Jack and Ben had a quarrel yesterday．But now they have found that the quarrel happened because of a m________________ and they have forgiven(原谅) each other．

9.Your c_________ on him that he is not an honest person really hurts him．

10.What the hero has done will i______________ more people to follow him and offer help to others when necessary．

请根据中文句子含义，把对应的英语句子的空缺部分补充完整, 每空只能填写一个词。

1.这本书是专门给那些想戒掉自己坏习惯的人写的。

This book is intended for those who want to _______ themselves ______ their bad habits．

2.最普遍使用的面部表情当然是微笑---其作用是表示快乐和安人心静。

The most universal facial expression is, of course, the smile---its function _______    _________  ___________ __________ and put people at ease．

3.有这么多引人入胜的东西，难怪哪里有迪斯尼乐园，哪里的旅游业就会发展。

__________  ___________ _________  ___________, no wonder tourism is increasing wherever there is a Disneyland．

4.笑容如阳光，驱走人们脸上的冬天。

Laughter is the sun that _________ winter _________the human face．

5.我尽力让他先集中精神处理这件事情，但是没有成功。

I tried to help him focus on this issue first, but__________ __________．

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Is Failure a Bad Thing?

Failure is what often happens in our life．Students may fail in exams, scientists may fail in their research work, and athletes may fail in competitions．

     Although failure happens to everyone, attitudes towards failure are various．Some people don’t think their failure is a very important thing at all．So they pay no attention to it．As a result, they will have the same failure a period later．Some people think themselves are fools and lose their hearts in everything after they get a failure．Consequently, they spend their time and energy on useless things and they may really be fools as they have thought．

     Other people are quite different from the two kinds of people mentioned above．Instead of being distressed and lost, they draw a lesson from every failure and become more experienced．After hard work, they will be successful in the end．It is said that failure is the mother of success．Success will be gained after times of failures so long as we are good at drawing a lesson from our failures．

    In my opinion, failure is not a bad thing, the really bad thing is taking a failure as failure or even lose our heart after failure．

It had been a tiring day and I was looking forward to a quiet evening. My husband wouldn’t come back until late and I had   16    to sit down in a comfortable armchair in the living room and read a book. I   17   the children to bed early and   18    a cold supper and some coffee. Soon I was sitting comfortably with a plate   19    with food before me and a book at my side.

    I was just beginning to eat when the telephone rang. I put down my knife and fork and hurried to   20    it. By the time I got back to the living room, my coffee   21   cold. After I finished my   22    I began to drink my coffee with my book   23   at page one. Suddenly there was a   24    at the door. It gave me such a great surprise that I spilt the  25    and made an ugly stain（污迹）on my skirt. Some stranger had got   26    and wanted me to show him the way. It   27   ages to get rid of him. At last I   28   to sit down again and actually read a whole page without any more interruption until the baby woke up. He began crying loudly and I rushed upstairs. The baby was   29    awake at eleven o'clock when my husband came home. I should have cried myself when he asked me if I had a(n)  30   evening！

1.A. decided     B. started                C. come                 D. hurried

2.A. put       B. made                 C. threw                 D. allowed

3.A. boiled     B. heated               C. cooked                D. prepared

4.A. full    B. filled           C. filling                  D. to be filled

5.A. receive      B. accept           C. answer             D. reply

6.A. was getting    B. had got      C. would get             D. got

7.A. supper     B. drinking             C. reading                D. coffee

8.A. opening    B. opened         C. open                  D. being opened

9.A. stranger     B. knock          C. dog                   D. man

10.A. food         B. supper       C. coffee                 D. plate

11.A. lost      B. gone  C. missing                D. disappeared

12.A. cost    B. spent       C. paid                    D. took

13.A. tried         B. hoped    C. managed              D. decided

14.A. already       B. still   C. possibly               D. almost

15.A. pleasant     B. exciting       C. friendly                D. lonely