It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table, staring into space and playing with a piece of bread. He’s not even 16 . Is he ill? No, but he does have a problem. He has nothing to do because the Internet is down.
When he woke up this morning, Tony was feeling 17 . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend ahead. It would be a weekend like any other great weekend. But that was 18 he turned on his computer and 19 he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.
Every weekend, Tony will go online to email friends, read the news to
20 what’s happening in the world and play a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to kill time. The perfect weekend-online.
Just as Tony is 21 how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the 22 “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t think about the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no answer but sighs. “Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum 23 .
“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the corner. We can meet and play chess face to face for a 24 . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad.” Tony 25 , as he walks to the phone. There is life beyond the Internet after all (毕竟).
A．hungry B．tired C．busy D．thirsty
A．excited B．bored C．tired D．surprised
A．after B．before C．until D．when
A．thought B．guessed C．decided D．found
A．write B．draw C．listen D．get
A．improving B．wondering C．checking D．doing
A．bathroom B．bedroom C．kitchen D．study
A．requires B．answeres C．invites D．suggests
A．chat B．time C．lesson D．change
A．continues B．worries C．smiles D．reports
完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~45各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Kierman was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up near the sea. For more than 40 years, he raced in international sailing competitions.
In 1987, Kierman was competing in an around-the-world race when he began to the huge amount of rubbish in the world’s oceans. When he returned to Australia, he to do something about it.
He organized a community called “Clean Up Sydney Harbour.” On Sunday, January 8, 1989, more than 40,000 volunteers came out to away rubbish. The next year, Kierman made the clean-up a national event. It was a huge . Across Australia, about 300,000 people spent the day improving their local .
Since then, “Clean Up Australia” has got every year. In 2002, for example,800,000 people cleaned up almost 15,000 tons of rubbish from Australia’s beaches, parks and streets.
Kierman was with the success of his project. In 2003, he started an even bigger program. With the of the United Nations Environment Program, he introduced “Clean Up the World”, an international program that supports communities around the world in cleaning up and protecting the environment. “Clean Up the World” has grown and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.
A．save B．collect C．notice D．produce
A．refused B．decided C．pretended D．stopped
A．law B．party C．company D．event
A．clear B．send C．turn D．give
A．problem B．success C．surprise D．failure
A．culture B．project C．government D．environment
A．older B．smaller C．bigger D．faster
A．happy B．angry C．disappointed D．concerned
A．need B．help C．hope D．action
A．loudly B．gently C．rapidly D．busily
语法选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1~20各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once, a king loved music so much that he searched the world for the best instrument. One day, a magic man the king a harp(竖琴).
The king took it to the palace, but he played it, the harp sounded terrible. Many people tried it. They agreed that the harp was and the king had been fooled. The harp was thrown out as rubbish.
A poor little girl found the harp, and even though she didn’t know how it, she decided to have a try. She played and played, the whole day through, for months and years. The music she produced was never perfect, each time it sounded a little better.
Then one day, suddenly, the harp started to play the most beautiful music. It was in fact magic harp, and could only be played well by someone who would put in the necessary effort.
The king heard the music from his window, and called the girl to the palace. When the king saw that she was playing his old harp, he was filled joy. At that moment he made the girl his own private , giving her and her family many riches.
A．offer B．offers C．offered D．has offered
A．when B．before C．if D．because
A．another B．other C．others D．the other
A．used B．using C．useless D．uselessness
A．late B．lately C．latest D．later
A．played B．to play C．playing D．to playing
A．so B．and C．or D．but
A．a B．an C．the D．/
A．in B．of C．by D．with
A．music B．musical C．musician D．musically
The plane took off. A passenger needed a cup of water to take his medicine. An air hostess（空姐）told him that she would bring him the soon. But the air hostess was busy that she forgot to bring him the water. , the passenger couldn’t take his medicine on time. About half an hour later, she hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he it.
In the following hours, each time she the passenger, she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger paid notice to her.
When it was time to get off the , the passenger asked her to hand him the passengers’ booklet（留言簿）, she was very . She thought that he would bad words in it, but with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she opened the booklet and then . The passenger put it, “In the past few hours, you have asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your twelve faithful（真诚的）smiles?”
A．medicine B．water C．cup D．coffee
A．very B．too C．quite D．so
A．With her help B．As a result C．On the one hand D．To tell the truth
A．drank B．accepted C．refused D．received
A．looked at B．listened to C．talked about D．passed by
A．usually B．never C．sometimes D．often
A．plane B．train C．ship D．bus
A．interested B．happy C．excited D．sad
A．break down B．get down C．write down D．go down
A．smiled B．cried C．wondered D．worried
Sitienei, a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother, has become the world’s oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life as a midwife（接生婆）, helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn’t have a chance to go to school when she was . So she wants all the children in her village to .
The head teacher at the school said, “I’m proud her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with .” He also said, “She is doing well considering her . I can say I have seen a big difference in this school she came.”
Sitienei often said, “I want to tell children, girls in poor areas, that will be your wealth.” She added, “With education, you can be whatever you want to be --- a doctor, a teacher, a scientist, and so on.”
A．school B．village C．town D．city
A．reading B．writing C．playing D．working
A．young B．old C．famous D．free
A．study B．work C．leave D．listen
A．for B．with C．of D．in
A．her B．me C．him D．you
A．chance B．age C．skills D．ways
A．after B．when C．since D．before
A．naturally B．especially C．luckily D．certainly
A．friendship B．future C．competition D．education
Old George selected（挑选） his food in the supermarket more carefully than NASA chose its astronauts. When he left the cashier, he was ________ to think that he had saved 80 cents today.
At the exit, the cold wind made him ________ his gloves. He looked for them in his coat and pants ________ could not find them anywhere. He had bought the black gloves at a(an) ________ price, for just $35, years ago. They were ________ and very comfortable. He had taken great care looking ________them, so they were in good condition.
George, calm on the outside but mad on the inside, re-entered the ________. He followed the same route he had walked before. Several minutes of searching turned out to be in vain (徒劳). His _______ were gone. “People have changed,” he said to himself. “Years ago, if somebody picked up something lost, they would give it back. Not any more!”
He stared at anybody wearing black gloves to see if they looked like ________. On his way to the dairy section, he ________ a lady wearing a pair of black gloves. He sped up and in three seconds was in front of her. But _______ the surprised woman looked over, his eyes dropped, for her gloves were just far too small to be his. He went over to the cashier to ask if she had received any lost gloves, but she said no. He finally walked out ________ the street.
A few days later, poor George decided to buy another leather pair. ________ getting on the subway, he stepped into the supermarket again. He wanted to see if by any chance his gloves had been returned to the lost and found office. “What color are they?” the woman in the office asked. “Black,” he ________the same answer. She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of ________ leather gloves. “Are they?”
“Yes! Those are mine,” George exclaimed, his eyes full of joy.
A．sad B．sorry C．pleased D．worried
A．think of B．think about C．think over D．think for
A．when B．and C．but D．so
A．good B．high C．cheap D．expensive
A．hard B．soft C．new D．small
A．for B．after C．at D．over
A．exit B．condition C．store D．office
A．coats B．pants C．gloves D．cents
A．him B．his C．them D．theirs
A．caught B．knocked C．held D．noticed
A．although B．when C．unless D．until
A．of B．off C．on D．into
A．After B．When C．While D．Before
A．returned B．got C．gave D．took
A．kid’s B．men’s C．women’s D．lady’s
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