John and Mary had a nice home and two lovely children，a boy and a girl. John had a good ____ and had just been asked to go on a business trip to another city and it was ____ that Mary needed an outing and would go along too. They ____ a reliable woman to care for the children and made the ____，returning home a little earlier than they had planned.
____ they drove into their hometown，they found a home in flames. Mary said，“Oh well，it isn't our fire；let's go home.”
____ John drove closer and exclaimed，“That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn't be ____ work yet. Maybe there is something we could do.”
John drove up and stopped and they were both ____ to see the whole house in flames. A woman on the lawn was in hysterics ____，“The children！Get the children！They are in the basement.”
____ Mary's protests，John grabbed the water hose and soaked（浸湿）his clothes，put his wet handkerchief on his head and ____ for the basement which was full of ____.He found two nearly suffocated（窒息的）children and after carrying them to safety，he asked how many more children were ____ there. They told him two more and Mary ____ his arm and screamed，“John！Don't go back！It's ____！That house will cave in any second！”
But he shook her off and went back by ____ his way down the smoke-filled hallway and into the room. It ____ a long time before he found both children and started back and at last when they came out into the ____ and fresh air，he found that he had just ____ his own children.
It turned out that the babysitter had ___ them at this home while she did some shopping.
A．job B．family C．wife D．boss
A．known B．believed C．decided D．hoped
A．asked B．hired C．intended D．reminded
A．preparations B．promise C．decision D．trip
A．Before B．As C．Once D．Since
A．And B．So C．Now D．But
A．off B．on C．out of D．at
A．heartbroken B．consciencestricken C．horrorstricken D．povertystricken
A．coughing B．screaming C．whispering D．laughing
A．Apart from B．In case of C．Instead of D．In spite of
A．reached B．searched C．dashed D．sent
A．smoke B．darkness C．children D．danger
A．up B．away C．out D．down
A．pulled B．took C．grabbed D．held
A．dangerous B．useless C．over D．stupid
A．pushing B．feeling C．jumping D．moving
A．meant B．spared C．spent D．seemed
A．shade B．sunlight C．shadow D．crowd
A．helped B．found C．recognized D．rescued
A．left B．charged C．removed D．forgotten
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Several factors make a good newspaper story. First， 1 ，it must be new. But since TV can react to events so quickly, this is often a problem for 2 . They usually respond 3 it in one of three ways.
One by providing 4 detail, comment or background information.
One by finding a new 5 on the day’s major stories.
One by printing completely different stories which 6 doesn’t broadcast.
What else? Well—it also has to be 7 . People don’t want to read about 8 , everyday life. Because of this, many stories 9 some kind of conflict or danger. This is one reason why so much news seems to be 10 news , “ Plane lands safely—no-one hurt ”doesn’t sell newspapers. “Plane 11 —200 feared dead !” does .
Next, there’s human interest. People are interested in other 12 —particularly in the rich, famous and powerful. Stories about the private lives of pop singers, actors, models, politicians, 13 , all appear regularly in certain newspapers .
Finally, for many editors, 14 is an important factor, too. They prefer stories about people, places and events which their readers know. That’s 15 the stories in Tokyo’s newspapers are often very different from the stories printed in Paris, Cairo, New York or Buenos Aires.
A．gradually B．extremely C．obviously D．precisely
A．newspapers B．publications C．reporters D．broadcasters
A．with B．on C．of D．to
A．extra B．available C．reliable D．memorable
A．direction B．look C．angle D．section
A．TV B．internet C．newspaper D．radio
A．conventional B．dramatic C．professional D．sensitive
A．common B．usual C．ordinary D．special
A．urge B．neglect C．increase D．involve
A．good B．bad C．exciting D．informative
A．crashes B．bumps C．strikes D．drops
A．places B．people C．things D．news
A．in addition B．in any case C．for example D．after all
A．personality B．similarity C．tolerance D．familiarity
A．that B．why C．because D．what
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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 the early 1800’s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children．Every day was 36 working and Christmas was the one day of the year 37 the children did not work and received a gift — an orange．The children 38 it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even 39 — smelling it, 40 it and loving it．Usually they tried to preserve it for so 41 that it often went bad before they ate it.
This year John knew he would soon be 42 enough to leave．He would save the orange until his birthday in July．If he preserved it 43 , he might be able to eat it on his birthday．
Christmas day finally came．The children were so 44 as they entered the dining hall．In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big 45 ．Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John's heart 46 ．He turned and ran back to the 47 room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears．
Then he heard the door open and the children entered．Little Elizabeth with a 48 on her face held out her small hands．“Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As John 49 his head, he saw a big juicy 50 all peeled and quartered … Each child had sacrificed(舍弃) their own orange by 51 a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him．
John never forgot the sharing, love and personal 52 his friends had shown him that Christmas day． 53 that day, after he became rich, every year he 54 send oranges all over the world to children everywhere．His 55 was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit!
A．forced B．wasted C．taken D．spent
A．that B．when C．while D．which
A．needed B．wanted C．valued D．liked
A．months B．days C．years D．seasons
A．tasting B．watching C．pressing D．touching
A．much B．soon C．long D．far
A．old B．strong C．tall D．experienced
A．seriously B．carefully C．secretly D．softly
A．nervous B．excited C．pleasant D．eager
A．cry B．disappointment C．surprise D．noise
A．jumped B．stopped C．broke D．settled
A．cold B．small C．old D．lonely
A．look B．tear C．surprise D．smile
A．shook B．lifted C．put D．turned
A．gift B．surprise C．orange D．wonder
A．sharing B．breaking C．eating D．taking
A．feelings B．affairs C．relation D．sacrifice
A．In return for B．In case of C．In memory of D．In search of
A．must B．would C．might D．should
A．desire B．idea C．care D．thought
A young British woman had shortly arrived in Hong Kong and had not yet 36 anything about the Chinese 37 . One day she went to the home of a Chinese friend and was 38 given a cup of Chinese tea. She was not 39 and she also found this type of tea rather 40 . However, since she had been given the tea , she felt she should drink it. Hoping to finish it 41 so that she would not feel about having to drink this tea which she did not 42 , she started to drink as much of it as she could. But as soon as her cup became half - full, the host 43 giving her more. Several times she told the host that she had had 44 , but it seemed to have no 45 . Her cup kept being 46 , and she kept on drinking. During the time of her 47 , she drank about twelve cups of tea. Later she found out that she should have just 48 the tea, and that this would have meant that she had had enough. Influenced by her 49 culture, she felt it too 50 to leave the tea and could not understand why the host took no notice of her protests(抗议) that she had had enough!
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15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。
If you find out that your best friend is developing feeling for you and the feelings are in no way mutual (共通的), the sooner you communicate this the better .
Sometimes having to be the person who does the rejecting is __1__ than being rejected, ___2___ the person you have to hurt is your dearest friend. The key is to be gentle, but not so gentle that he or she doesn’t get it. If you ___3__ it before he says anything , it is possible you can __4_ him some of the humiliation(羞辱). You can just happen to mention that you are so happy that you don’t have to___5__ the ups and downs of romance with him. “Aren’t we lucky to have such a close friendship without having to worry about?” If he brings it up to you, just remember ___6___ kind to his heart. So many things you could say have become a cliché(老生常谈), such as “ I don’t want to risk losing what we have now.” Of course, if that is how you feel then say it anyway. The most reassuring thing you can do for him is to__7__ not to let his admission hurt the friendship. Even though the first response will be to the “rejection” later, he or she will worry about the friendship __8___. If you want to show the ultimate respect, keep it ___9__ the two of you. Resist the temptation to tell others. Otherwise, this will only hurt your friend__10__.
__11__, if the feelings between the two of you are__12___, then this can be a very happy moment. Don’t let your fears ruin it. Yes, it is _13_ to venture into new territory with someone you have been close with as a friend. But the good news is you already know each other well and you like each other. There is always a risk of losing the friendship when and if you _14__, but if you both agree you aren’t going to let that happen, the risk factor _15__ .
A．better B．worse C．wiser D．nicer
A．even if B．especially if C．especially D．if
A．hear about B．heard C．listen to D．hear from
A．harmed B．share C．spare D．reduced
A．go away with B．go through C．go by D．go over
A．being B．to be C．be D．to have been
A．keep B．promise C．avoid D．permit
A．as well B．either C．finally D．ultimately
A．in B．among C．between D．away from
A．a little B．even better C．much less D．even more
A．Whatever B．Whenever C．At the same time D．However
A．active B．mutual C．affected D．sensible
A．scary B．enjoyable C．funny D．lucky
A．break down B．break up C． break out D．break off
A．increases B．decreases C．remains D．exists
When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was __1__ to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual(单语的) dictionary. __2__ it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one __3__, to be honest, I found it extremely __4__ to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and __5__ not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the __6__ bilingual(双语的) dictionaries, in which the words are __7__ both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt __8__ to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I understand that monolingual dictionaries are __9__ in learning a foreign language.
As I found out, there is __10__ often no perfect equivalence(对应)between two words in two languages. My aunt even goes so far as to tell that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the __11__ meaning of a word in English! __12__, she insisted that I read the definition of a word in a monolingual dictionary when I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. __13__, I have come to see what she meant.
Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n) __14__ number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am repeatedly exposed to（接触）the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. __15__ this, I can express myself more easily in English.
A．worried B．sad C．surprised D．nervous
A．Because B．Although C．Unless D．If
A．but B．so C．or D．and
A．difficult B．interesting C．ambiguous D．practical
A．thus B．even C．still D．again
A．new B．familiar C．earlier D．ordinary
A．explained B．expressed C．described D．created
A．offered B．agreed C．decided D．happened
A．natural B．better C．easier D．convenient
A．at best B．in fact C．at times D．in case
A．exact B．basic C．translated D．expected
A．Rather B．However C．Therefore D．Instead
A．Largely B．Generally C．Gradually D．Probably
A．extra B．average C．total D．limited
A．According to B．In relation to C．In addition to D．Because of
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