4、    We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class．

    “You could win prizes，”our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard．She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing，“The first prize is ten dollars．You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster．”

    We studied the board critically．Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard，rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs．Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought．We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us．I'm going to spend mine on candies，one hopeful would announce，while another practiced looking serious，wise and rich．

    Everyone in the class made a poster．Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper．Some of US used big designs，and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one comer of our poster and let the space draw the viewer's attention to it．Some of US would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness．It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always―    always--rewarding the same old winners．

    I believe I drew a sailboat，but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it．I admired it．I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen，and then I turned it in．

    Minutes passed．

    No one came along to give me the grand prize，and then someone distracted me，and I probably never would have thought about that poster again．

    I was still sitting at my desk，thinking. What poster? when the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me．

46．What was the teacher's requirement for the poster?

    A．It must appear in time．

    B．It must be done in class．

    C．It must be done on a construction sheet．

    D．It must include the words on the blackboard．

47．The underlined phrase in paragraph 3 most probably means _____________．

    A．formed an idea for

    B．made an outline for

    C．made some space for

    D．chose some colors for

48．After the teacher’s words，all the students in the class _________．

    A．looked very serious

    B．thought they would be rich

    C．began to think about their designs

    D．began to play games

49．After seeing the good students’ designs, some students _________．

    A．loved their own designs more

    B．thought they had a fair chance

    C．put their own designs in a comer

    D．thought they would not win the prize

50．We can infer from the passage that the author ______________．

    A．enjoyed grown―up tricks very much

    B．10ved poster competitions very much

    C．felt surprised to win the competition

    D．became wise and rich after the competition

3、    Lisa was running late．Lisa，25，had a lot to do at work，plus visitors on the way：her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown．But as she hurried down the subway stairs，she started to feel uncomfortably warm．By the time she got to the platform，Lisa felt weak and tired--maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before，she thought．She rested herself against a post close to the tracks．

    Several yards away，Frank，43，and his girlfriend，Jennifer，found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop．They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying．

    But when he heard the scream，followed by someone yelling，“Oh，my God，she fell in!”Frank didn’t hesitate．He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails．“No! Not you!”his girlfriend screamed after him．

    She was right to be alarmed．By the time Frank reached Lisa，he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming．The train was about 20 seconds from the station．

    It was hard to lift her．She was just out．But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arms and drag her away from the edge．That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness，felt herself being pulled along the ground，and saw someone else holding her purse．

    Lisa thought she’d been robbed．A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head．And she tried to talk but she couldn’t，and that was when she realized how much pain she was in．

    Police and fire officials soon arrived，and Frank told the story to an officer．Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40-minute train ride downtown---just as he had been seconds after the rescue，which made her think about her reaction at the time．“I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die，”she explained．

41．What was the most probable cause for Lisa’s weakness?

    A．She had run a long way．

    B．She felt hot in the subway．

    C．She had done a lot of work．

    D．She had donated blood the night before．

42．Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?

    A．Because they would miss their train．

    B．Because he didn’t see the train coming．

    C．Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift．

    D．Because she was afraid the train would kill him．

43．How did Frank save Lisa?

    A．By lifting her to the platform．

    B．By helping her rise to her feet．

    C．By pulling her along the ground．

    D．By dragging her away from the edge．

44．When did Lisa become conscious again?

    A．When the train was leaving．

    B．After she was back on the platform．

    C．After the police and fire officials came．

    D．When a man was cleaning the blood from her head．

45．The passage is intended to _____________

    A．warn us of the danger in the subway

    B．show US how to save people in the subway

    C．tell US about a subway rescue

    D．report a traffic accident

2、 语法填空

     Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult  31   was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy   32  (please) as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume.

     Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not  33   pleasant experience: people stepped on your feet or   34  (push) you with their elbows(肘部), burying ahead to get to a bargain.

     Jane paused in front of a counter   35  some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk,” the assistant tried to attract her. “Worth double the price.” But Jane knew from past experience that her   36   (choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

     Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes  37   sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please   38  .

     When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already  39   table having supper. Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane  40   (inform).

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    Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining，construction，and warfare as the inventor of dynamite(炸药)．On April 12，1888，Alfred's brother Ludwig died of heart attack．A major French newspaper _21_ his brother for him and carried an article  _22_ the death of Alfred Nobel．“The merchant of death is dead．”the article read．“Dr．Alfred Nobel，who became  _23_  by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before，died yesterday．”Nobel was _24_ to find out not that he had died，but that，when his time was up，he would be thought of only as one who profited from _25_ and destruction．

    To make sure that he was _26_ with love and respect．Nobel arranged in his _27_ to give the largest part of his money to _28_ the Nobel prizes，which would be awarded to people who made great _29_ to the causes of peace，literature，and the sciences．So _30_ ，Nobel had to die before he realized what his life was really about．

28、She’ll never forget her stay there ________ she found her son who had gone missing two years before. ks5u

A. that     B. which   C. where       D. when ks5u

27、She’ll never forget her stay there ________ she found her son who had gone missing two years before. ks5u

A. that     B. which   C. where       D. when ks5u

26、My uncle’s house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours , but it is twice _______ expensive . ks5u

A. as        B. so     C. too       D. very ks5u

25、

―You speak very good French! ks5u

―Thanks. I __________ French in Sichuan University for four years. ks5u

A. studied    B. study   C. was studying      D. had studied ks5u

24、The teacher together with the students ________ discussing Reading Skills that ________ newly published in America. ks5u

A. are; were      B. is; were    C. are; was        D. is; was ks5u

23、. Now that we’ve discussed our problem, are people happy with the decisions        ?

A. taking                           B. take                        C. taken                      D. to take