When Susan told me that she was terribly ill and probably would die. I cried. I didn’t understand why this happened to my best friend. Then Susan 35 me a red ribbon(丝带) without saying anything.
A month later, Susan was at a hospital about two hours away from where we lived. I asked my dad to take me to see her. I wanted to give my best friend a 36 . So I took out the ribbon and cut it into two pieces with scissors(剪刀). I put one in my pocket and the other in an envelope(信封), along with a letter explaining it to her. I told her to keep her 37 beside her bed, and I would keep mine near me, too. Then I went to the hospital one Friday afternoon, wondering (想知道) if the ribbon would 38 anything to her. I walked into the room and ran over to give her a big hug. Then I gave her a teddy bear and the envelope. We talked for a while and then she started looking 39 , so I asked her to get some rest and left the hospital. All the way home I 40 the ribbon close to me.
For the next four months, the ribbon was with me 41 I went: school, home, shopping, and at friends’ houses. Where I went, it went. It was something to remind(提醒)me that I had a friend who would 42 home very soon. Susan said that she wore her ribbon 43 her arm all the time and she always had it close to her when she was being tested and treated.
Finally, Susan came home! I was so happy. That night, I looked at the ribbon which was still with me. I had a feeling it would never 44 , that I would remember what had happened during the time she had been ill.
A．brought B．left C．showed D．handed
A．book B．gift C．flower D．photo
A．friend B．hope C．paper D．half
A．share B．reach C．mean D．send
A．tired B．nervous C．hungry D．worried
A．saved B．held C．caught D．found
A．somewhere B．anywhere C．everywhere D．nowhere
A．be B．see C．find D．lose
A．in B．at C．beside D．around
A．change B．pass C．leave D．finish
完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
In today’s busy world, it’s easy to put everyone else first. With the demands of work and family, it might feel that there’s not much time over for you. Perhaps you even feel sorry about taking time for yourself – , shouldn’t you that time with your kids, or your spouse(配偶), or your parents?
We all need time and recharge. If life feels busy that you believe you can’t manage to have a few hours for , then it’s especially important that you make some “me time”.
You Need to Take Care of Your Health
If you run yourself into the ground, you’re not going to be much help to the people around you. You need to yourself that your health is important. Good physical and mental health requires care of your body, mind and soul.
You Want Space to Breathe and Think
If your life is starting to a treadmill(跑步机), it’s time to stop. When you’re in the thick of things, it’s hard to get more ideas. Perhaps you’re struggling with a particular decision – like a of jobs, or the chance to take an important qualification(资格考试). It can be all too easy to put off decisions or make hurried choices if you don’t take the time and think.
You Are Important Too
Sometimes, we put other people first because we’re secretly convinced that they’re , or more needy than us. We don’t care about our own needs– help them.
Perhaps you’ve got a relative who’s ill, or a friend facing huge struggles in his life, but don’t forget that you are important too. No matter busy you are, you can find time for yourself – you have to start with just a few minutes each day, or an hour or two every weekend. What could you do this week to make more breathing space in your life?
A．leave B．keep C．left D．stay
A．after all B．above all C．at all D．first of all
A．cost B．take C．spend D．pay
A．resting B．rest C．rested D．to rest
A．such B．so C．too D．very
A．your B．herself C．yourself D．themselves
A．remind B．realize C．remember D．understand
A．smell like B．feel like C．sound like D．be like
A．choice B．decision C．plan D．choose
A．stop B．to play C．play D．to stop
A．important B．necessary C．more necessary D．more important.
A．in order B．in order that C．in order to D．so that
A．who’re B．who C．whose D．who’s
A．How B．What C．Who D．Where
A．unless B．even though C．as D．because
完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
I watched quietly as John, my little brother, was caught in the act. He sat in the corner of the living room, a pen in one hand and my father’s brand-new book in the other.
As my father walked into the room, my brother cowered (畏缩) slowly. He _______ that he had done something wrong. From a distance I could see that he had ________ my father’s new book and scribbled(乱画) in it. Now, looking at my father_________, he and I both waited for punishment.
My father picked up his prized book, looked at it carefully, and then sat down, ________saying a word. Books are precious to him. He was a clergyman(牧师) and for him books were knowledge. What he did next was________. Instead of punishing my brother, he sat down, took the pen from my brother’s hand, and then ________in the book himself, alongside the scribbles John had made: John’s work, 1959, age 2.
“Wow,” I thought. “This is punishment?”
The years and the books came and went. Our family experienced __________ all families go through and perhaps a little bit more: happiness and __________, laughter and tears. We always knew our parents loved us and that one of the proofs （证据）of their love was the ________. From time to time we would open it, look at the scribbles, read my father’s expression of ________, and feel proud.
A．pretended B．imagined C．realized D．suggested
A．dropped B．kept C．carried D．opened
A．fearfully B．carefully C．excitedly D．surprisingly
A．by B．without C．beyond D．before
A．unbelievable B．acceptable C．frightening D．exciting
A．searched B．read C．wrote D．put
A．how B．what C．that D．when
A．fun B．fears C．sadness D．difficulty
A．book B．pen C．room D．photo
A．wish B．warning C．success D．love
完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
One day, a boy and his sister were sitting by a lake near their house when a bear appeared. There was ____ place for them to get away. The children had to step back to the ____. They kept backing and the bear kept ______ at them. As the two children were wearing ____, the boy told his ___ to jump into the lake. But the bear _____ them into the lake and caught the girl by the life-jacket. The boy turned back and tried to pull his sister away from the bear.
But that didn’t work. Then the boy tried growling (嗥叫) _____ at the bear. ___ by this, the bear let the girl go. The children scrambled ashore (爬上岸) and ran up to the house with the bear ____ them.
The children tried to get ____ the house through the front door but it was locked. With the bear right behind them, they ran out of the house. Each time it got too close, the boy stopped and growled, and each time the bear stopped coming at them, allowing the children to escape . Finally they succeeded in entering by the back door. They phoned the police station. Two policemen came and drove the bear away.
A．no B．any C．some D．enough
A．house B．lake C．shore D．bear
A．climbing B．coming C．backing D．smiling
A．flowers B．hats C．life-jackets D．shoes
A．friend B．bear C．mother D．sister
A．took B．brought C．kicked D．followed
A．sadly B．happily C．loudly D．kindly
A．Encouraged B．Surprised C．Disappointed D．Relaxed
A．before B．beside C．over D．behind
A．into B．out of C．onto D．off
完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
Johnny Sylvester, eleven years old, was in hospital. Several days before, _____he was playing in a football game, he ______and his head hit the ground. The doctors believed that he might never get well.
“He seems to have __ hope. So medicine won’t help. Perhaps he needs something else,” said one of the doctors. “When I visit Johnny, all he ever says is that he would like to meet Babe Ruth.”
To meet Babe Ruth, of course, was not possible. Babe Ruth was as important a man in America as the president ____, and he was the most famous baseball player in the game.
The next day, Johnny’s father___ ___to tell Babe Ruth about the story of Johnny on the phone. Twenty-four hours _____that, in walked Babe Ruth. Young Johnny couldn’t believed it really was the Babe.
Babe Ruth sat down at Johnny’s bedside and said, “ Now listen, kid, you’ve got to get well. I’ve ____ you a new American League baseball. You must start throwing it.”
Johnny said_______, and his eyes were in admiration at the great man.
For Johnny this was the beginning of a new life, once he thought he would never see. To the surprise of his doctors, young Sylvester went out of the hospital on his own ______a few weeks later. He was also able to live a healthy life------- all because of the ______ of Babe Ruth.
A．while B．when C．before D．after
A．fell B．stopped C．ran D．jumped
A．waken up B．picked up C．put up D．given up
A．him B．himself C．he D．his
A．tried B．managed C．improved D．decided
A．though B．since C．after D．before
A．fetched B．caught C．taken D．brought
A．nothing B．anything C．everything D．something
A．shoes B．legs C．feet D．socks
A．reply B．present C．photo D．success
完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
Do you hate exams? If you do, you aren’t ____. Students in many other countries. hate them, too.
_____ for them, British students have less exam than Chinese students. They only have them once year. Every summer they have a test on each _____. Each test____about an hour.
These exam don’t count much. Even if a student does really____he still can progress to the next grade.
When the ____come out they are then placed in an end-of –year report. The report is sent to the student’s parents. It describes____the student performed and behaved through the year.
This report is private ,so ___the teacher, the student and his parents see it. This means that a student doesn’t know how other students scored in the text. Some students choose to tell each other, but others ___ .
Parents’ meeting are held____a year, at the end of the winter term and then at the end of the summer term. Children along with their parents to meet their teachers privates and discuss their performance at school.
A．lonely B．silent C．alone D．quietly
A．Luckily B．Luck C．Luckly D．Unluck
A．lesson B．lessons C．subjects D．subject
A．lasts B．spends C．pays D．shows
A．well B．bad C．badly D．fast
A．pictures B．results C．textbooks D．information
A．how B．when C．why D．whether
A．all B．any C．only D．none
A．tell their parents B．tell their teacher C．tell their friends D．tell nobody
A．once B．twice C．three times D．four times
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