My crippled（瘸腿的）grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway, looking at her beautiful movements, completely . Do you know she'd had her accident. I had read that in an old newspaper article．
‘‘So．．．Your leg? I mean, did your leg heal(治愈)?"
“To tell you the truth my legs have been well all my life,” she said．
“But I don't understand!” I said, “Your dancing career．．．You all these years?”
‘‘Very much so, and for a very good .”
She thought for a while and then continued. “Your grandfather and I were talking about engagement（订婚） he had to go to war. I was so afraid of losing him that the only way I could stay normal was to dance. I put all my heart practicing and I became very good. The public loved me, but all I could feel worried about not knowing whether the love of my life would return. One day a letter came, There were only three sentences: “I have lost my leg. I am no longer a man and now give you back your freedom. It is best you forget about me.”
“I made my decision there and then. I traveled away from the city. When I returned I had bought a stick. I told everyone I had been in a car crash and that my leg would never completely heal again. No one doubted the story l had learned to limp（一瘸一拐地走）. And I made sure the first person to hear of my accident was a I knew well. Then I went to the hospital. The nurses pushed your grandfather outside in his ．I took a deep breath, leaned on my stick and limped to him.”
I showed him newspaper articles of my accident. “There is a whole life waiting for us out there! But I am not going to you. You are going to walk yourself.”
I limped a few steps toward him and showed him what I'd taken out of my pocket. “Now show me you are a man.” I said．He bent to take his stick from the ground and struggled(挣扎) out of that wheelchair．He managed it on his own and walked to me and never sat in a wheelchair in his life.”
“What did you show him?” I had to know. Grandma looked at me and smiled. “Two engagement rings, of course. I had bought them the day he left for the war and I was not going to waste them on any other man.”
A．dropped B．defeated C．shocked D．pleased
A．How B．What C．Why D．Who
A．predicted B．pretended C．prepaired D．preferred
A．reason B．excuse C．effect D．result
A．where B．while C．when D．since
A．with B．into C．for D．from
A．just B．almost C．ever D．even
A．sad B．half C．rich D．whole
A．myself B．himself C．ourselves D．youself
A．doctor B．reporter C．visitor D．leader
A．way B．sunglass C．car D．wheelchair
A．take B．fetch C．carry D．bring
A．hardly B．still C．also D．never
A．again B．about C．above D．along
A．though B．unless C．until D．after
完型填空 （共10分，每小题1分）
Mr Green is a teacher .His son Bill is a _____.He is twelve .The child likes to ____kites and play some other games .
One Monday afternoon ， Bill flies kites with his friends after school .But Bill’s kite is in the tree and he can’t ____it .Bill and his friends don’t know ____they should do .They worry about it very much and Bill comes to his father ____help .His father wants to get the kite ____， but he can’t ， so Bill asks him to make a new ____for him . Mr Green makes a new kite .When the boy gets the new kite ， he is very ____.He ___his father for the kite and goes out ____with his friends .The kite flies high in the sky .
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完形填空 Hello! I’m Jack. I’m ________ Beijing, China. Dale is my friend. ________last name is Brown. He is in China, ________. I’m in No. 2 Middle School. My student (学生) ________ is 130934. Dale is in Beijing No. 5 Middle School. He ________ in my school. We can________in the evening. Jenny and Cindy are Dale’s ________sisters. Jenny’s cup and pen are________. Blue is her favorite (最喜欢的) ________. Cindy is two. She can say “________are you?” now. The girls are nice.
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完形填空（15分,每题1.5分）
Mark lived in a village far away. One day he became very ill and everyone thought he would _____ soon. They sent for a doctor. Two days _____ the doctor came and looked over the sick man. ______ asked for a pen and some paper to write down the name of the medicine. But there was no pen ______ paper in the village, because no one could write.
The doctor _____ up a piece of burnt wood from the fire and wrote the name of the medicine on the ______ of the house. “ Get this medicine for him, and he will get ______ soon. ” he said. Mark’s family and friends did not know_______ to do. They could not read the strange words. Then a young man _______an idea. He took off the door of the house, put it on his carriage(马车) and drove to the nearest ______. He bought the medicine there, and Mark was soon well again.
A. wake B.cry C.die
A. late B.later C.ago
A. The sick man B.Mark C.The doctor
A.and B.or C.then
A.picked B.held C.made
A. ground B.window C.door
A.well B.worse C.bad
A.when B.what C.where
A.thought B.hit C.caught
A.shop B.farm C.hospital
完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
Once there was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists . The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose them.
One picture was of a lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. All that saw this picture it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had , too. But these were rugged (崎岖的) and bare (光秃的). Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall. This did not look peaceful . But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a bush in the crack (裂缝) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest (鸟窝). She sat on her nest, watching the running water.
After the king compared the two pictures , he chose the second picture explained, “Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means when facing unhappy situations, you can still be calm in your . That is the real meaning of peace.”
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完形填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分,满分15分）
I was so excited after I had found the holiday in the guidebook. It said, “Enjoy a week of sightseeing in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities staying at one of its best hotels.” Now I wasn’t so sure. I waited fifteen minutes at reception (前台) after I and now the shower in my room wasn’t working. I hotel reception.
“Hello. This is Room 308. There isn’t any in my bathroom. ”
“Are you sure?”
“Of course I’m sure!”
“I’ll our hotel engineer at once. ”
An hour later, the engineer came to look at the . He hit the pipes (水管) a few times and looked . “Sorry, but I cannot fix it today. Maybe, tomorrow.” Then he his hand. I couldn’t believe it! He wanted a tip (小费) for doing ! I was very angry. But suddenly, I had a better idea. , I gave the engineer a few coins. He hadn’t fixed my shower but he had taught me something staying in his country. Two minutes later I was at the reception desk. I explained the to the receptionist (接待员) and he replied, “Sorry. This is a ________ situation, but what can we do?” I knew exactly to do. I gave the hotel manager a very large tip. Fifteen minutes later I into Room 405. It was twice the size of Room 308, it had a wonderful view (景色) of the city, a comfortable bed and, most importantly, there was water in the bathroom.
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