---What are you going to do with your old computer since you ______ a new one?

---I spent a lot on it, so I'll just keep it．

1. A.
   had got
2. B.
   got
3. C.
   have got
4. D.
   are getting

I was 14 when Mr. Ingram hired me as a farmhand. It was the first time I was actually      for work. One day Mr. Ingram found an old truck that was      in the soft,sandy soil of our field. It was full of melons that someone had tried to      from our farm before his truck got caught in the mud.

    Mr. Ingram explained that the truck’s owner would be       soon, and he wanted me to watch and learn. It wasn’t long       a local guy with a terrible reputation for fighting and stealing showed up with his two fully-grown sons. They looked really       .

    Calmly Mr. Ingram said, “Well, I see you want to       some watermelons from us.”

There was a long       before the man answered, “Yeah, I guess so. What are you       for them?”

“Twenty-five cents each.”

“Well, I suppose that would be       enough if you help me get my truck out of here,” the man said.

It turned out to be our biggest sale of the summer, and an awful, perhaps violent incident had been      . After they left, Mr. Ingram smiled and said to me, “Son, if you don’t forgive your     , you’re going to run out of friends.”

1.A．trusted          B．ready          C．paid          D．offered

2.A．stuck            B．broken         C．deserted       D．lost

3.A．remove           B．steal          C．sell           D．hide

4.A．purchasing       B．bargaining        C．returning       D．searching

5.A．till             B．before           C．that           D．since

6.A．astonished       B．anxious                  C．familiar       D．angry

7.A．borrow         B．buy             C．steal          D．carry

8.A．break          B．discussion        C．watching       D．silence

9.A．getting           B．offering          C．paying         D．finding

10.A．necessary         B．helpful           C．easy          D．fair

11.A．stopped           B．avoided          C．handled       D．taught

12.A．mistakes          B．neighbors        C．enemies        D．Melons

请根据首字母或括号内的提示用单词的正确形式填空 (共15题; 每小题1分, 满分15分)

1.Harry Potter, the a_______ of which is J.K. Rowling, has been one of the best-sellers for years.

2.WWF is d_______ (致力于) to protecting wild animals around the world and the places where these animals live.

3.If I’m late for the interview, I will be _______ (暴怒的) with myself！

4.We can a_______ (呼吁) to charities to help those less fortunate.

5.Can you a_______ for the series of failures in our experiment?

6.You must ask for _______ (permit) if you want to leave early.

7.“You always were the best-tempered man,” said Amanda, smiling g_______ (温柔地).

8.After his wife passed away, he s_______ (寻求) escape in the bottle from hard realities.

9.A g______ (真正的) friend will not desert you in time of trouble.

10.He wanted to be a _______ (物理学家) and devote himself to research.

11.Looking up, he found himself s_______ (包围) by many children in rags.

12.The house is more than twenty meters long and m_______ six meters in width.

13.Without mutual (相互的) respect, true love cannot possibly e_______.

14.Modern industry has been concentrated in a few u_______ (城市的) centers.

15.It is 2 weeks since the Art Festival, but the performances of all the students are still very _______ (令人印象深刻的).

I believe that my country, Poland, is a perfect example for a place where food is particularly important. When we were little children, we began to understand how much a loaf of bread meant to our parents—to some it might sound silly but for me the custom of kissing bread before you started cutting it was simply amazing. It's not so common nowadays to treat food that way, since you hardly ever bake your own bread. Besides, everyone would call you crazy if you tried to kiss every bread roll before you ate them! But though we no longer make our food from scratch (起点), some customs have been kept--that's why I feel so sorry every time I have to throw any food away—even though I no longer live with my parents and nobody would blame me for this anymore!

Many people of our nation are still working as farmers, eating what they grow and harvest and therefore enjoying everything more. It's widely known that you value more anything that needs your effort in the first place. In most homes in Poland, especially those of farmers, the whole family would try and have their meals together--extremely difficult now, but so rewarding (值得) ! You can share other members' troubles and successes, give your children some attention, or just sit down for a moment instead of rushing through life aimlessly. Furthermore, your body, and stomach in particular will be very grateful (感激) for such a time!

In Poland, a wedding, Christmas or even a birthday is celebrated with a great meal. Women in the house get together and cook, sometimes for a few days before the event, and the extremely good or unusual food will be remembered and widely talked about.

You cannot over-value the importance of food in the country. What's more, almost everyone in Poland will be as interested in the topic as I am.

When the writer was a child, he / she ________.

    A. found people were crazy about bread          B. began to realize the importance of food

C. thought that cutting bread was amazing       D. learned people hardly baked their own bread

The writer feels very sorry when he/she has to throw away any food because

    A. he/she makes food from scratch                B. his/her parents would blame him/her

    C. some customs still have effect on him/her     D. many people are still working hard as farmers

From the text, we can learn that, in Poland, ________.

    A. most meals can be interesting topics for a long time

    B. the whole family often have meals together nowadays

    C. it's common for women to get together to cook for a few days

D. family members can know more. about each other by having meals together