It’s said that Lucy’s mother took up a fruit-picking job for two years in a foreign county and it is a            work.

Most of the people think they should             of the hotel’s facilities when they are in hotel.

 He left the phone             so that he wouldn’t be disturbed.

Lily             her husband the moment she met him, but lily’s friends don’t believe that at all.

We got home to find the whole house        upset down . Thieves obviously           .

You can’t camp            you like these days. Many natural areas are now under protection.

Mary didn’t want             of the two kinds and asked the shop assistant to show her           .

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The winter skies are grey and it’s cold outside. The nights come early and we spend a lot more time  16   and alone. Many people   17   winter: so cold, so dark, so boring. But I like winter because I have more time to read.

For many students reading means school; it means   18  . Reading is something your teacher assigns and it’s something you’re   19  . Reading is something you have to do, not something you want to do. But for me and many other people, reading is the most   20   thing we can imagine. Getting lost in a good book can   21   a cold winter evening disappear. Dull grey skies are no   22  for the fantastic adventures of Frodo in The Lord of the Rings《指环王》，or for romantic trouble-making of Jane Austen’s Emma《爱玛》, or for the youthful problems of Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye《麦田守望者》.

All of those books are studied in North American high schools. They are interesting and well written books that   23   young people.   24  , even there, many high school students don’t enjoy reading the books because they are   25   their school work: “Oh, my God! Two hundred pages! I’ll never be able to read   26   much.” But sometimes a funny thing happens. They begin to read and they begin to follow the   27  . Suddenly, the world inside the book becomes more exciting and more wonderful than the world they   28  . At the moment the thought   29   reading is work disappears and reading becomes   30  .

Reading anything is   31   but reading good books is a terrific way to improve your English. Good writers write English very well and   32   you with good examples to follow. And good books will tell you more about English   33  : what people think, how they talk, how they interact with each other. But don’t let me  34   it by telling you that reading is good for you. Just think of it as a good way to   35   on a cold winter evening.

16. A. indoors                   B. indoor                            C. outdoors              D. outside

17. A. like                           B. prefer                                      C. hate                      D. love

18. A. job                            B. worry                                       C. try                          D. work

19. A. tested                     B. tested on                      C. examined             D. examined on

20. A. enjoyable            B. reasonable                             C. comfortable      D. considerable

21. A. want                        B. cause                                       C. make                     D. force

22. A. contest                   B. challenge                      C. competition        D. match

23. A. appeal to                B. respond to                             C. react to                D. reply to

24. A. Fortunately B. Luckily                            C. Unfortunately      D. Accidentally

25. A. free from                B. part of                            C. in place of            D. far from

26. A. not                           B. very                                C. those                    D. that

27. A. story                        B. subject                           C. instruction            D. theme

28. A. leave for                 B. care about                             C. flee from              D. live in

29. A. what                        B. that                                C. this                        D. which

30. A. a comfort               B. a failure                         C. a success             D. a pleasure

31. A. bad                          B. mean                              C. great                     D. grand

32. A. provide                   B. offer                               C. give                       D. award

33 A. custom                     B. language                       C. culture                  D. art

34. A. break                       B. spoil                                C. make                     D. develop

35. A. keep warm            B. stand still                      C. stay calm             D. stay cool

How old was I? I can’t recall. Maybe I was only 10, about to turn 11, making it the first Christmas after my father left, and left me to fill that sad, shattered place in my mother’s heart. Whenever it was, it was the Christmas the magic changed: the year I stopped being a wide-eyed child and tried eagerly to play Father Christmas myself. It was the Christmas of the coat.

Mom first saw the coat at Tobias, one of the nicer women’s stores in our town’s little mall. It was a deep forest green. A long, heavy, wool dress coat with side pockets. Mom pulled it out from the rack（架） and held it up. “Long enough,”she murmured and slipped it on.

“I need a new coat,” Mom smiled before the three-way mirror. She made any clothing look good, and this coat hugged her just right. She glanced at the price tag, then hung the coat back on the rack, pausing once more to feel the smooth brush of wool.

Eighty-seven dollars. But I didn’t think twice. As we moved on through the mall, I found some excuse to come back and ask one of the Tobias ladies to hold the coat.

At last I had the coat. The store ladies wrapped it in their biggest box with bright blue paper and a thick silver ribbon. I don’t remember how I got it home, but I can still feel the bursting excitement and pride that filled me each time I glimpsed at the beautifully wrapped gift hiding under my sweater. I would occasionally dig it out just to hold the box, to imagine the big space it would take up under our tree. Here it was ─ joy, peace, and love ─ all wrapped up, waiting for Mom’s loving gratitude.

36. That the writer’s mother felt the coat before they left the store showed that ____.

A. the coat was of good quality                 B. the coat was too expensive

C. she liked the coat very much                D. she’d get it in the end

37. The writer tried to act as Father Christmas in order to ____.

A. show he grew up                                               B. show he missed his father

C. bring his mother a surprise                            D. enjoy himself

38. The writer hid the coat under his sweater in order to ____.

A. imagine the space taken up under the Christmas tree

B. feel the strong feeling to his mother on Christmas

C. give his mother a big surprise on Christmas Day

D. keep the new coat tidy and orderly in the box

39. What can be the best title of this passage?

A. A Merry Christmas                                  B. Christmas of the Coat

C. A Deep Green Coat                                 D. Mother’s Merry Christmas

In 1891, a man named James Naismith was teaching physical education at a school in Springfield. One long, cold winter, he had to create a game for 18 young men to play indoors. So the Canadian-born Naismith wrote some rules.

Rule number one: “The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.” Two: “The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands (never with the fist).”

In all, there were 13 rules— the original rules of basketball. James Naismith is recognized as the inventor of basketball.

The National Association of Basketball Coaches established the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States in 1949. It opened in 1968 at Springfield College. A new, larger building opened in 1985. And, four years ago, the Hall of Fame moved into a newer building, just south of its former home. The new building increased the size by almost one hundred percent. 

Honors ring in Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Basketball Hall of Fame is a museum and entertainment center. It combines history with technology. And it tries to capture the energy and excitement of the game. In the Center Court area, for example, visitors can play interactive games of basketball and take part in skill competitions.

The Hall of Fame explores basketball at every level of the game. Visitors learn about professional basketball in the United States and other countries. They learn about women’s teams and how the game is played at the college level. They also learn about basketball for disabled people.

The Hall of Fame honors the best players, teams, coaches and officials in basketball. Earlier this month, six more honorees joined the more than 250 people in the Hall of Fame. The six new members are Geno Auriemma, Charles Barkley, Joe Dumars, Sandro Gamba, David Gavitt and Dominique Wilkins.

40. James Naismith is considered to be the forerunner of basketball mainly because ____.

A. he discovered the first basketball                

B. he created the earliest basketball games

C. he set up the Basketball Hall of Fame

D. he organized the earliest basketball games

41. From the passage, we can infer that ____.

A. the Hall of Fame only honors the best basketball players

B. James Naismith was employed as a coach in the Hall of Fame

C. visitors can compete with the professional players in the hall

D. a variety of basketball games are developed by the Hall of Fame

42. James Naismith made some rules in order to ____.

A. organize an indoor basketball game  

B. improve physical education at school

C. train his students for the Hall of Fame

D. invent the game of basketball for the young

43. The passage talks mainly about ____.

A. the Basketball Hall of Fame         B. the first basketball games

C. the original 13 basketball rules   D. the players in the Hall of Fame