A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train．After getting off the train, they walked without an 36 into the outer office of Harvard’s president．So they were stopped by his secretary and kept 37 ．For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 38 that the couple would finally become disappointed and 39 ．But they didn’t．The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 40 ．
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 41 face．The lady told him, “We had a son that 42 Harvard for one year．He loved Harvard．He was 43 here．But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed．My husband and I would like to 44 a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus．”
The president wasn’t moved ．Instead, he was 45 ．“Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died．If we did, this place would look like a 46 ,” “Oh, no,” the lady 47 quickly．“We don’t want to put up a statue．We would like to give a 48 to Harvard．” The president rolled his eyes and 49 at the couple and then exclaimed（喊道）, ” A building! Do you have any 50 how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard．” For a moment the lady was silent．The president was 51 , because he could get rid of them now．Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a 52 ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded． 53 their offer was turned down，Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University 54 after them , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 55 about．
A．appointment B．decision C．acquaintance D．choice
A．talking B．standing C．sitting D．waiting
A．hoping B．finding C．realizing D．imagining
A．cold B．funny C．pleasant D．sad
A．attended B．studied C．visited D．served
A．clever B．brave C．proud D．happy
A．set about B．set down C．set up D．set off
A．satisfied B．shocked C．excited D．ashamed
A．park B．cemetery C．garden D．museum
A．expressed B．explained C．refused D．admitted
A．building B．yard C．playground D．square
A．laughed B．shouted C．glanced D．called
A．suggestion B．thought C．idea D．opinion
A．bored B．astonished C．interested D．pleased
A．department B．club C．business D．university
A．Once B．While C．Since D．Though
A．followed B．looked C．taken D．named
A．cared B．knew C．heard D．talked
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her voice the judges were not sure whether she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now, the girl knew she had the word. But instead of lying, she told the truth that she had said the letter—so she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the , the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her . Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s honesty, even when it her the contest. But the fact is that she the biggest contest that day: the contest of her .
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is that we would do if we knew we would never get .This young girl could easily have and nobody would have known it but herself. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. It’s been said, “If you , you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own and character more than the prize from a spelling . Her respect for herself was more important than any others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the she made in that moment will have long-lasting influence.
It’s so true that the choices you make today what you are tomorrow. Our children will 38 our behavior much more than our advice. So if we want them to to be honest, we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember, our kids are what we do and how we live even when we don’t think they see or know.
A．high B．sweet C．tough D．soft
A．finally B．kindly C．secretly D．totally
A．forgotten B．mispronounced C．misspelled D．lost
A．correct B．wrong C．different D．same
A．stage B．studio C．test D．classroom
A．bravery B．honesty C．courage D．cleverness
A．cancelled B．cost C．offered D．wasted
A．achieved B．broke C．won D．defeated
A．reputation B．knowledge C．1ife D．character
A．paid B．awarded C．caught D．reported
A．escaped B．1ied C．changed D．answered
A．accept B．fight C．cheat D．insist
A．conscience B．feeling C．diligence D．modesty
A．contest B．champion C．judge D．expert
A．sense B．pride C．respect D．awareness
A．plan B．conclusion C．discovery D．choice
A．make B．change C．keep D．create
A．give B．take C．follow D．set
A．grow up B．bring up C．take up D．come up
A．recording B．inspecting C．correcting D．watching
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分, 满分20分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early of gardening may not have originated from my love for nature. It was to my parents.
At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, “something else to !” Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening, my father ever thought it a waste of time.
At that age, I always did something to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found , I would plant a garden!
I planted some lily（百合花）seeds in the yard. But they failed to . I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses. Wild joy, I found the first rose bloom（开花）. One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off. , I was touched by this land of wonder.
, my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even at me because he found it was to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother’s , I put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were simply weeds flowers.
Regardless of their , I kept on planting my garden and to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they to care and love.
It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to my parents. Today I become known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show which makes my parents feel very . And now I could say it is my affection for that makes me a real gardener.
A．memory B．dream C．intention D．design
A．please B．change C．help D．annoy
A．doubt B．appreciation C．surprise D．excitement
A．collect up B．care about C．clean up D．come in
A．equal B．similar C．superior D．opposite
A．painful B．valuable C．upsetting D．interesting
A．come up B．break out C．hold on D．get through
A．to B．with C．in D．by
A．Luckily B．Cheerfully C．Regularly D．Eventually
A．Instead B．However C．Therefore D．Besides
A．shouted B．laughed C．glanced D．jumped
A．convenient B．troublesome C．enjoyable D．dangerous
A．sadness B．displeasure C．delight D．relief
A．other than B．more than C．rather than D．less than
A．dislike B．encouragement C．threat D．suggestion
A．decided B．stopped C．continued D．struggled
A．devote B．turn C．respond D．lead
A．defeat B．satisfy C．respect D．challenge
A．proud B．comfortable C．strange D．disappointed
A．freedom B．life C．growth D．nature
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go into their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up in the morning and reach late in the evening.
One advantage of living outside London is houses are . Even a small flat in London 35 a garden quite a lot of money to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of own.
Then, in the country one can really get from the noise and hurry of busy working life. Even though one has to earlier and spends more time in trains or buses, one can sleep at night and during weekends and summer evenings, one can enjoy the , clean air of the country. If one gardens, one can spend one’s time digging, planting, watering and doing a hundred jobs which in the garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables , one has the reward of a person has the secrets of .
Some people, however, take in country things: for them, lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live outside London.
A．at 8 o’clock B．early C．earlier D．earliest
A．home B．family C．flat D．house
A．because B．that C．the D．all
A．cleaner B．nicer C．bigger D．cheaper
A．with B．without C．near D．opposite
A．spends B．costs C．took D．asks
A．it’s B．it C．one’s D．their
A．out B．far C．away D．absent
A．return home B．get up C．go to bed D．go to sleep
A．little B．less C．longer D．better
A．on B．for C．at D．by
A．cold B．warm C．fresh D．pleasant
A．pleases B．likes C．wants D．interests
A．day B．rest C．spare D．whole
A．need B．needed C．are needing D．are needed
A．come on B．come to C．come up D．come over
A．who B．whom C．whose D．which
A．mankind B．society C．science D．nature
A．no interest B．an interest C．much interest D．great interest
A．health B．happiness C．wealth D．future
完型填空 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
I sat in my seat as my new grade six classmates found theirs. At the front of the class our new math teacher stood ____ us. The bell rang.
“Welcome to a new school year. I’m Mr. Stevens and I’m sure I’ll learn all your names in no time.” He walked around the class____ math books. When he was done, he ____ to the front of the class and looked at us. “What are you waiting for? Get started?” he said.
We looked at him, ____. Wasn’t he going to teach us?
“Is there something wrong with your ____? You’re not all deaf, are you?”
A ____ boy at the back of the class asked what we all wanted to know. “Mr. Stevens, aren’t you going to teach us?”
Mr. Stevens____, “You’re smart kids. Open your books and get down to it. If you have any ____ or any questions, raise your hand, and I’ll help you.”
We opened our books. Mr. Stevens helped anyone ____ had questions. He would stop to teach all the students _____ when we all had the same question. It was a ____ method of teaching, but it was very useful.
It was a____ point in my life. Mr. Stevens made me____ I was good at math and also able to reach the____ of any class I attended. I studied with his help until I graduated from middle school.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a popular television show back then. The actors____ the best British humour (幽默) into our Canadian lives. Mr. Stevens would often act out one of their funny scenes (场景) in front of the class. Some thought he was strange, and I guess he was, ____ he knew how to make a math lesson interesting.
I’ve carried his ____ with me all my life. Whenever I am faced with a new ____, I think of my first day in grade six math. ____ sitting and staring at the challenge, I just get ____ . Before I know it, the challenge has been settled.
A．waiting B．watching C．looking D．revising
A．picking up B．picking out C．handing in D．handing out
A．returned B．waved C．exchanged D．jumped
A．frightened B．bored C．puzzled D．relaxed
A．ears B．hearts C．eyes D．body
A．clever B．exhausted C．lucky D．brave
A．doubted B．replied C．explained D．agreed
A．secret B．trouble C．promise D．event
A．which B．when C．where D．who
A．even B．still C．only D．since
A．popular B．strange C．disappointing D．scientific
A．turning B．similar C．moving D．embarrassing
A．decide B．realize C．wonder D．remember
A．top B．bottom C．strongest D．busiest
A．reported B．impressed C．brought D．admitted
A．but B．however C．so D．and
A．dream B．lesson C．interest D．discipline
A．chance B．challenge C．survey D．job
A．Besides B．in other words C．as a result of D．instead of
A．amazed B．encouraged C．started D．organised
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Mrs. Hammond was old and blind, but she was determined to do everything for herself. She even used to go for walks by herself once a day for , and found her way by things with her white stick. She learned where everything was, so she never lost her way.
One day, some men came and cut down some of the familiar trees at the side of one of the paths which she . When she reached that place that evening, she did not the trees with her stick, so she was in .
She for a while and listened, but did not any other people, so she went for a kilometer or two, and then she heard beneath her. “Am I ? I suppose so,” she said, “I must be on a , and there must be a river under me. I've been told that there's a river in this part of the country, but I don't know its exact . How am I going to get to my house from here?”
All at once she heard a man's friendly near her. “Excuse me, can I help you?”“How kind of you!” Mrs. Hammond answered. “Yes, please. Some of the trees which I follow have been today, and if I hadn't been enough to meet you, I don't know I'd have done. Can you please me to get home?”
“Certainly,” the man answered. “Where do you live?”
Mrs. Hammond told him, and the man took her to her house. She told the man how pleased she was that she had met him. But the man said. “I want to you.”
Mrs. Hammond asked, “Whatever for?”
“Well,” the man said quietly, “I was balanced (悬在) on the edge of that bridge for ages in the , because I was trying to make up my mind to myself into the river and drown myself. But I'm not going to do it now.”
A．health B．exercise C．sport D．training
A．seeing B．looking at C．hearing D．touching
A．followed B．led C．walked D．headed
A．know B．feel C．smell D．climb
A．need B．danger C．dark D．difficulty
A．waited B．rested C．stopped D．walked
A．see B．find C．meet D．hear
A．noise B．water C．boat D．train
A．lost B．all right C．wrong D．alone
A．boat B．plane C．bridge D．highway
A．size B．length C．position D．name
A．far B．near C．away D．back
A．touch B．voice C．sound D．noise
A．lost B．destroyed C．removed D．planted
A．lucky B．kind C．good D．foolish
A．how B．what C．why D．which
A．tell B．direct C．help D．lead
A．help B．know C．thank D．meet
A．worry B．sorry C．hurry D．dark
A．put B．throw C．jump D．take
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