Sometimes, people are required to fill in personal information when they register online, which may lead to some unexpected trouble. Recently, the BBC is reporting that a 17-year-old girl in Australia posted a(n) of her grandmother at home counting a large sum of cash that she hidden in the house. Just eight hours later, two armed men the girl’s house. They demanded to speak to her to find out where the grandmother’s house was, they could get the money they had seen. , the girl was not home at the time, so the robbers a small amount of cash from the mother and left.
Because the is still under investigation(调查), local police aren’t saying else about it. It’s not known yet whether the girl had used privacy setting on the Facebook profile page, and even whether the robbers the girl in the past.
Two other were at home then, a 58-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy, the girl’s father and brother. Luckily, no one was . The robbers left peacefully after that the girl was not home and that no one else there knew anything about the that had appeared in the photo.
Police in both Britain and Australia are using the case to citizens of the dangers of posting personal information on social networks and to suggest users of websites doing so. The police say it is that the girl posted a comment in the past that gave clues to the address, that the robbers knew the girl in another way. , they suggest, a posting by a friend on their site could have such information. To find it, the robbers would only have had to search for those posting on other pages that the girl’s name.
A．picture B．story C．blog D．video
A．kept B．made C．let D．got
A．knocked at B．looked at C．broke into D．ran into
A．even if B．so that C．as soon as D．in case
A．Usually B．Suddenly C．Fortunately D．Finally
A．spent B．left C．asked D．took
A．robber B．family C．case D．girl
A．few B．many C．little D．much
A．ignored B．knew C．remembered D．followed
A．members B．adults C．characters D．neighbors
A．escaped B．harmed C．killed D．buried
A．showing B．realizing C．discovering D．recognizing
A．cash B．grandmother C．house D．website
A．inform B．accuse C．rob D．warn
A．enjoy B．stop C．keep D．consider
A．possible B．important C．necessary D．strange
A．so B．or C．and D．but
A．Besides B．However C．Therefore D．Instead
A．taken up B．set up C．put away D．given away
A．included B．drew C．contained D．attracted
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项（Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often __36__ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so __37__ with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily __38__ up their new home, the light suddenly __39__. Terry was regretful to have forgotten to bring along __40__ and had to wait __41__ in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant __42__ on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the __43__ night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Terry was a __44__ to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be __45__, so he went to the door and opened it __46__. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor. ” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door __47__. “What a nuisance!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to __48__ things.”
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. __49__ this time she was __50__ two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She __51__ me here to give you these.” Terry was very __52__ by what he saw.
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his __53__ in life. It was his __54__ and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was __55__ nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.
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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，并填写在答题卡上。
After years of searching，a truth seeker was told to go to a cave，in which he would find a well．“Ask the well what is 36 ”，he was advised．‘'and the well will reveal it to you’． Having found the well，the seeker asked that most basic and important 37 ．And from the depths came the answer：“Go to the village crossroad，and there you shall find what you are seeking．”
Full of 38 the man ran to the crossroad to find only three rather _____39____ shops．One shop was selling pieces of metal，another sold 40 ，and thin wires were for sale in the third．Nothing and no one there seemed to 41 much to do with the revelation of truth．
Disappointed，the seeker returned to the well to demand an 42 ，but he was told only：“You will 43 in the future．”
As years went by, the 44 of his experience at the well gradually 45 until one night，while he was walking，the sound of sitar(一种弦乐器)music 46 his attention．It was wonderful and it was 47 with great skill and inspiration．
Deeply 48 ，the truth seeker felt drawn towards the 49 ．He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings．And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful 51 ：the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like 51 he had once seen in the three stores．
At last he understood the 52 of the well：we have already been given everything we
need：our 53 is to assemble and use them in the proper way．Nothing is 54 so long as we recognize only fragments(碎片)．But as soon as the pieces arc put together, something new appears．whose nature we could not have 55 by considering the fragments alone．
A．truth B．hope C．future D．music
A．fact B．reason C．question D．well
A．energy B．hope C．mystery D．surprise
A．interesting B．small C．uninteresting D．family-run
A．instruments B．clothing C．food D．wood
A．connect B．have C．prepare D．offer
A．explanation B．advice C．excuse D．opportunity
A．succeed B．discover C．pay D．understand
A．bitterness B．failure C．memory D．secret
A．doubled B．forgot C．faded D．recovered
A．paid B．lost C．split D．caught
A．played B．broadcast C．enjoyed D．conducted
A．annoyed B．moved C．confused D．frightened
A．adviser B．director C．composer D．player
A．admiration B．distinction C．recognition D．imagination
A．what B．that C．it D．which
A．secret B．message C．theory D．benefit
A．target B．difficulty C．task D．shortcoming
A．interesting B．meaningful C．accessible D．successful
A．foreseen B．decided C．judged D．formed
完形填空（共15题，每小题2分，共30分）
My best friend is Cocoa, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment. Cocoa is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady, so you can see we both qualify as 11 citizens.
He is a 12 companion. He does many amusing things that make me 13 , and when that happens, he is so delighted 14 he just keeps it up.
But one afternoon, Cocoa started acting strangely. I was sitting on the floor playing with him, 15 he started pawing and smelling at the right side of my 16 . He had never done anything like this ever before, and I told him, “No.” To Cocoa, one “no” is usually 17 , but not that day. He stopped briefly, and then 18 ran toward me, throwing his entire weight at the right side of my chest. He crashed into me and I cried in 19 , falling down to the floor. Soon after this, I felt a lump (肿块). I went to my doctors, and after X-rays 20 and lab work were done, they told me I had cancer.
When cancer starts, a 21 of calcium (钙) builds. Then the lump or cancer attaches itself to this wall. When Cocoa jumped on me, the force of the impact broke the lump away from the wall. This made it possible for me to 22 the lump.
I had a complete mastectomy (乳房切除术) and the cancer has not 23 to any other part of my body. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone undetected even six more months, it would have been too 24 .
Was Cocoa 25 of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do know is that Cocoa not only shares his life with me, he has also made sure that I will be around to share my life with him!
11 A. good B. standard C. senior D. great
12 A. wonderful B. tiring C. hungry D. bad
13 A. leave B. cry C. laugh D. jump
14 A. as B. when C. and D. that
15 A. when B. then C. though D. as
16 A. chest B. body C. shoulder D. arm
17 A. right B. good C. enough D. unexpected
18 A. hurriedly B. rudely C. slowly D. suddenly
19 A. pain B. surprise C. trouble D. danger
20 A. experiments B. researches C. tests D. papers
21 A. wall B. cancer C. body D. number
22 A. watch B. have C. get D. notice
23 A. ran B. kept C. entered D. spread
24 A. common B. late C. much D. early
25 A. ashamed B. aware C. afraid D. tired
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，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3l-40的相应位置上。
Traditional Chinese culture places much emphasis（重视）on food. Considered to be an important part of each day, __31 __(eat) is far beyond simply meeting a need. However, people are living in fast-paced society now, so they hardly have time to enjoy their food. They need fast food. That is _32_ China’s fast-food market expands.
A foreign fast-food restaurant __33__（call）KFC arrived in China first, quickly followed by _34_ such as Pizza Hut and McDonald’s. __35__ the development of China, foreign fast-food chains are realizing high-speed __36__ (grow) in China. However, these “junk foods” have long been criticized by health experts because __37__ can’t provide balanced nutrition(营养). The experts also show that some foreign fast food contains a food colouring, Sudan I , __38___can cause cancer.
In fact, China has many of its own traditional fast-food dishes. Among them, dumplings, soybean milk and noodles are __39__ most popular. Compared with foreign fast food, those traditional ones are healthier. __40__ many Chinese still enjoy the special taste and the good environment in the foreign fast-food chains even though there exist some potential（潜在的）risks.
完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30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。
When I was a kid, I got interested in astronomy（天文学）. I used to __21__ how big the universe might be and what are “ __22__ ” the stars. But as I grew up, I hardly had any time to __23 __ my hobby because of too much work. In 2007 I found an astronomy magazine and got attracted to astronomy again. However, I didn’t have much time for my __24__ . Many times I would like to observe an object in the night sky, but I was either too __25__ or busy working, or I had to look after my kids. So I __26 _ them to observe the stars together with me and I even read kids’ astronomy books to them. By having a common hobby we spent time together and we all found it __27__ .
While reading astronomy books, I figure out how many interesting things there are outside of this planet. I __28__ that the information opens a door to a huge world of interesting things.
I enjoy astronomy as a hobby and I recommend it to everyone. Just __29 _you and your family sitting together watching the stars and talking in the __30__ on a summer night! How cool it will be!
21. A. teach B. wonder C. discuss D. find
22. A. near B. over C. below D. behind
23. A. develop B. meet C. tell D. stop
24. A. exams B. magazines C. hobby D. music
25. A. tired B. excited C. curious D. puzzled
26. A. ordered B. advised C. begged D. encouraged
27. A. necessary B. interesting C. boring D. useful
28. A. realize B. remember C. admit D. expect
29. A. consider B. remind C. imagine D. support
30. A. library B. cafe C. playground D. yard
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