通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
The Vietnam (越南) War broke out. The young husband the army and died in the war. His wife and son began to have a life after that. Even though their life was very hard and sometimes they didn’t have enough food to eat, the still decided to raise her son by herself.
Several years later her son immigrated (移民) to America finally became an engineer. He often sent letters to his mother with much money. However, with many excuses, the son to come back home to visit his mother.
his mother died, the son returned. But he didn’t cry. His mother left a box behind. During the funeral (葬礼), the son opened the box and cried and shouted, “Mom! Mom!” looked at each other and then looked at the box. It was full of $100 bills and a piece of paper.
It read, “Son, I don’t spend too much money. I miss you a lot. Every time I heard a motorcycle , I ran out of the door but it wasn’t you. I saved money for you in case (以防) you get sick.”
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Math is one of the most boring classes for many students. But recently, at the University of California in the US, a class got 400 students interested. There were even another 35 from behind windows.
could make a boring subject so interesting? Terence Tao, the 31-year-old university teacher, is known as “the Mozart of Math”. Tao, born in Hong Kong, spent his childhood in Australia. He showed his great in math when he was very young. At the age of two, he could read. At nine, he went to college math classes. At twenty, he got his doctor’s degree(博士学位). Last summer, Tao a Fields Medal which is known as the “Noble Prize of Math”. he was talented, Terence Tao didn’t go to college until he was fourteen. “In my opinion, it’s not to go to college too young. ” said Tao. He added, “ , studying is like building a large tower. It must have a strong base(基础). Then it can be built higher. ”
People don’t think Tao is the rest of us. He wears a T-shirt and an old pair of sports shoes. He reads Japanese comic books, too. But he loves math. “In many ways, my work is my hobby. ” he said. A. math B. music C. Japanese
A. passing B. watching C. shouting
A. What B. Which C. Who
A. talent B. importance C. need
A. made B. won C. found
A. If B. Although C. Because
A. necessary B. convenient C. difficult
A. So far B. At times C. In fact
A. the same as B. different from C. similar to
A. even B. also C. still
The best gift I’ve received was from two young boys. At that time, I didn’t have a lot of money or a huge home. As a single mom with three young children of my own, life is so .
They were boys with dirty faces a bit older than my children, but they always my yard. I must feed my children who were thirsty and hungry, so I a lot of time baking so many healthy muffins（松饼）.These two boys almost grew up in our yard, and they were glad to pray with us before they would have a with my family.
We would also food, laughter, books and games with them. And a while later, they . I didn’t know where they had gone and I often wondered what had in their lives, and meanwhile I hoped for the best.
During one of the darkest times in my personal life, no one came to visit me. I felt really lonely these days. I even wondered if God had me. On Mother’s Day, my children home from school. We were sitting together talking when I heard a on the door.
I went to answer it, and there stood two clean-faced, tall, smiling boys holding two bundles of beautiful flowers I had ever seen. They said to me “Do you us? You used to feed us muffins! They were so . We wanted to come back and thank you and say Happy Mother’s Day you were really like a to us!” I was so moved that I couldn’t help crying, and thankedthem again and again.
A．boring B．exciting C．interesting D．hard
A．visited B．repaired C．cleaned D．destroyed
A．always B．never C．seldom D．hardly
A．spared B．saved C．spent D．wasted
A．meal B．rest C．drink D．bath
A．buy B．share C．collect D．pack
A．changed B．agreed C．refused D．disappeared
A．happened B．lost C．gone D．changed
A．punished B．forgotten C．blamed D．doubted
A．drove B．flew C．called D．arrived
A．shock B．voice C．noise D．knock
A．affect B．remember C．influence D．greet
A．bad B．expensive C．delicious D．salty
A．before B．if C．though D．because
A．teacher B．mom C．friend D．sister
完形填空。阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was a busy morning about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 9:30. The nurse had him take a in the waiting area, him it would be at least 40 minutes someone would be able to see him. I saw him his watch and decided, since I was busy ---my patient didn’t 6 at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his . He told me she had been for a while and she had a special disease. I asked if she would be if he was a bit late. He replied that she knew who he was, and that she had not been able to him for five years. I was , and asked him, “And you go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back as he left.
Now I that in marriages, true love is of all that is. The happiest people don’t have the best of everything; They just the best use of everything they have. isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
A．breath B．test C．seat D．break
A．persuading B．promising C．understanding D．telling
A．if B．before C．since D．after
A．taking off B．fixing C．looking at D．winding
A．very B．also C．seldom D．not
A．turn up B．show off C．come on D．go away
A．needed B．forgot C．agreed D．happened
A．daughter B．wife C．mother D．sister
A．late B．well C．around D．there
A．lonely B．worried C．doubtful D．glad
A．so far B．neither C．no longer D．already
A．recognize B．answer C．believe D．expect
A．moving B．disappointed C．surprised D．satisfied
A．only B．then C．thus D．still
A．curiosity B．tears C．words D．judgment
A．realise B．suggest C．hope D．prove
A．agreement B．expression C．acceptance D．exhibition
A．necessarily B．completely C．naturally D．frequently
A．learn B．make C．favour D．try
A．Adventure B．Beauty C．Trust D．Life
完形填空
An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his flowers all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥) them.
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, thinking how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was blind. He was very _______ about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers. Why are you busy taking care of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you four _____. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, ______ I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can ______ the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s_____.”
“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody ______. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and ______ our hearts, which also made his life ______. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t ______ his wonderful music, but his music has ______millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?
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When you hear about a super star, what do you think he or she is like? Good-looking? Beautiful? Smart? Well, as soon as you see Susan Boyle, you may find that you were completely .
Susan Boyle was born in a little town in Scotland in 1961. In April, 2009, 48-year-old Susan took part in Britain’s Got Talent（达人秀）, a TV like Super Girl in China. At first when she was on the stage, almost everyone at her. Because she looked so far from a singer or a star —— just like any old you might see in a market!
everyone changed when Susan began to sing the song I Dreamed a Dream. People couldn’t believe their . Susan took the second place in the competition at last. Her talent over everyone and she became a super star overnight. Millions of people all over the world saw the video on the Internet and became her fans.
about her talent, Susan said, “I was kind of at school. I was not clever and I was not good at learning. So keeping singing was a good way of gaining confidence.”
A. angry B. wrong C. right
A. program B. advertisement C. culture
A. singing B. dancing C. appearing
A. looked B. laughed C. smiled
A. lady B. volunteer C. leader
A. If B. And C. But
A. ears B. eyes C. nose
A. went B. won C. took
A. Talking B. Asking C. Thinking
A. wild B. smart C. slow
“Never give up!” It is my law(法则) of life. It has brought me success. I learned the law from my father's famous story.
My father was in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu，in China. When he was a young boy，he went to school in the morning，then in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework during midnight. Life was hard，because they had no ！
At the age of 14，my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold，the land where people can become rich.
“ don't I go to America？” he thought to himself，full of hope.
So，my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to collect money in America，” he told me. “But when I arrived there，I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire(雇佣) me because I spoke English. Later，I worked in a small restaurant，cleaning up tables， dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was for the first few years. I worked from 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. I wanted to go to school to learn English，but it was impossible. I couldn't the schooling(学费). ”
My father working hard，and reached his goal.
“Alan，” he often says to me. “If you want something，you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come really in life. ” That is what I learned from my father.
A．born B．lucky C．rich D．famil
A．taught B．worked C．studied D．slept
A．experience B．energy C．time D．money
A．kind B．poor C．strong D．lazy
A．What B．How C．Why D．When
A．little B．good C．much D．excellent
A．giving B．running C．washing D．receiving
A．comfortable B．cheerful C．nice D．hard
A．borrow B．need C．afford D．pay
A．kept B．finished C．minded D．stopped
完形填空。（每小题1.5分，共15分）
One day a wise young man was walking along the beach when he saw a young man far away picking up something and very gently throwing it into the sea. As he got ______, he called out to the young man, “Good morning! What are you doing?”
The young man _________, looked up and replied, “Throwing starfishes into the sea.”
“Why are you throwing starfishes into the sea?”
The sun is up and the _________ is going away. And if I don’t throw them in, they will ________.
“But, young man, don’t you ______ that there are miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t ______ make a difference!”
The young man ________politely. Then he picked another starfish and threw it into the sea and said, “It made the difference for that ________.”
There is something very ________ in each and every one of us. We have all been given the ability to make a difference to shape the future. We must each find our own starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the _______ will be better.A. better B. farther C. closer
A. continued B. stopped C. watched
A. water B. wind C. boat
A. leave B. die C. run
A. believe B. realize C. expect
A. possibly B. hardly C. especially
A. replied B. argued C. listened
A. one B. time C. place
A. special B. brave C. strange
A. family B. country C. world
完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分；共计15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When I was a naughty boy, maybe because of the influence of the film "Xiao Bing Zhang Ga", my dream was to be a just like Zhang Ga. I thought if I was a soldier, I should be able to swim, dive and climb trees he did. It seemed to be very . So I began to learn swimming, diving and climbing trees. I practiced every day and finally I do them well. But when I entered junior high school and had the military training(军训), I suddenly found that a soldier was very difficult and I wasn't strong enough to stand it. I had to my dream.
But I wasn't , and I had a new aim, which was to be a postman, or rather to be a newspaper boy. As a newspaper boy, I could along streets on a bike and throw newspapers onto every porch. That's also very cool. So I started learning to ride a bicycle. After the everyday , I could go very fast by bicycle. But my disappointment, the job which I wanted only existed in western countries not in China, because there was no porch in China. And Chinese postmen had to put very thick newspapers into very small mailboxes from very narrow entrances. The job was far from I had expected. So once again my dream fell through.
Perhaps you have had the same experience as I and most of your dreams haven't come true . But I think it doesn't matter, because if you have a dream, you'll make many efforts to realize it. This course is really important. I hadn’t dreamt of being a soldier or a newspaper boy, I wouldn't have learned to swim, to dive, to climb trees or to ride a bicycle. Even if we can't our dream, we'll learn much from the efforts we have made. So what I want to tell us is that dream helps us grow up and teaches us how our lives. It is dream that gives us power and makes our lives colorful.
A．teacher B．soldier C．postman D．writer
A．as B．like C．such as D．for example
A．wonderful B．bad C．wonderfully D．badly
A．can B．could C．be able to D．should
A．be B．to be C．being D．/
A．give in B．give out C．give back D．give up
A．discouraged B．pleased C．angry D．nervous
A．speed B．ride C．take D．run
A．ride B．train C．practice D．coach
A．in B．on C．to D．at
A．how B．what C．that D．where
A．too B．yet C．either D．also
A．If B．Because C．Unless D．Though
A．achieve B．realize C．come true D．come out
A．control B．controls C．to control D．controlling
Look at the boy .He is good friend .He is American boy. name is Tom . 12. My is Wang Lei. a Chinese boy . I’m 13.Tom a small sports collection (收藏）。He has tennis bat, three basketballs and four soccer balls,but I only have baseball .Tom and I sports every Sunday。
A．I B．You C．me D．my
A．a B．an C．the D．/
A．His B．She C．Her D．She’s
A．She B．She’s C．He’s D．His
A．Name B．Book C．friend D．Bag
A．I B．I’m C．She D．She’s
A．have B．has C．doesn’t have D．doesn’t has
A．one B．two C．three D．four
A．a B．two C．three D．four
A．plays B．play C．playing D．to play
完形填空（所给的选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑）（本题15分）
I was walking down the road one day when my mobile phone rang. A strange on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” I sensed that it was a number. A little while later, the call came once again, so I rudely answered, “You’ve had the wrong number!” and then .
During the following days, I got the same number now and then. But I didn’t care much it.
Then one day she kept calling me I didn't answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a weak voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m in so much pain! Mom said you were too busy to take of me. But, dad, please me again, OK?” The innocent(天真) was difficult to refuse. I made a kiss on the phone and heard the weak voice say, “Thank you．．．Dad, I am so…happy, so…happy…”
Shortly after this, I fell about who had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to have troubled you. My daughter has had cancer(癌症) since she was born. And her father… died in an accident a short while ago. I dare not tell her this sad . Poor baby．When she couldn’t bear (忍受) the painful chemotherapy (化疗), she would cry for her dad, who had always her. I really couldn't bear it, but I could do for her so I gave her your phone number…”
“How is your daughter now?” I couldn't to ask.
“She’s . You must have kissed her on the phone, because she passed away with a smile, tightly holding the mobile phone…”
My eyes watered and I was so sad to hear that.
A．sound B．noise C．voice D．shout
A．bad B．different C．unlucky D．wrong
A．hung off B．put off C．got off D．took off
A．with B．about C．at D．from
A．as if B．so that C．in order that D．even though
A．care B．control C．attention D．interest
A．support B．kiss C．treat D．encourage
A．speech B．suggestion C．request D．advice
A．soft B．sweet C．low D．loud
A．greeting B．wondering C．dividing D．creating
A．experience B．reason C．story D．news
A．encouraged B．supported C．satisfied D．praised
A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．help B．wait C．expect D．want
A．failed B．passed C．gone D．escaped
完形填空(10分)
Yesterday afternoon I went to the hospital ____ my mother. She had been sent there the day before. I was going into the hospital ____ I suddenly met an old friend of ____ , Mr Black. I was very happy to see him. We had not seen each other ____ we left school five years ago. He looked worried. I asked him ____ he was worried about. He told me that he had just had a tooth taken out. I thought that there was____ serious about it and I said so. But he said, “I’m worried because the doctor has taken out a____ when the doctor finished. I couldn’t tell him what had happened to me because my mouth was filled ____ cotton. Ten minutes later, after the cotton was pulled out, I was able to tell the doctor that the bad tooth was ___ there.” He said that he was _____ to hear that . “I will have another operation.”
A．saw B． to see C．seen D．seeing
A．while B． when C．after D．as
A．I B． me C．my D．mine
A．since B． for C．as D．when
A．why B． how C．whom D．what
A．something B． anything C．nothing D．everything
A．had one B．wrong one C．bad tooth D．one tooth
A．by B．with C．of D．almost
A．already B．also C．yet D．still
A．glad B．happy C．sorry D．angry
Dad lost his job after arguing with the boss, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money________. On Christmas Eve, Dad took me out into the park. I had a blanket wrapped around me, so I________to share it with Dad, but he said no thanks. We________at the sky. Those shining stars were one of the________treats for people like us who lived out in the wildness. Rich city people, he’d say, live in________flats, but their air was so polluted that they________not even see the stars.
“________your favorite star.” Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeping. He said it was my Christmas________. “You can’t give me a star,” I said, “________owns the stars.”
“That’s right,” Dad said, “But you can suppose it is yours. And when you do that, it is yours.”
I________ my head, looked at the stars, and tried to figure out which was the best one. Then, I found one.
“I want that one.” I said.
Dad smiled. “That’s Venus（金星）,” he said, “Venus was only a planet. She looked bigger and brighter because she was much________ than the stars. Poor old Venus didn’t even make her________ light. She shone only from reflected（反射）light.”
“I like it anyway,” I said, “I had loved Venus even________that Christmas. You could see it in the early evening, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared.”
Dad said, “Ok, it’s Christmas. I________ your decision. You can have it if you want.” And he gave me Venus.
We all laughed about the kids who believed in the Santa myth（圣诞传说）and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. “Many years later, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,” Dad said, “you will________ have your star.
A．at first B．at once C．at all D．at least
A．asked B．provided C．required D．offered
A．looked up B．looked for C．look out D．look after
A．strange B．special C．important D．impossible
A．fantastic B．ugly C．old D．poor
A．needed B．could C．should D．had better
A．pick up B．take out C．put out D．pick out
A．dinner B．card C．party D．present
A．Everybody B．Somebody C．Anybody D．Nobody
A．lowed B．put C．raised D．rose
A．slower B．farther C．closer D．higher
A．alone B．lonely C．strong D．own
A．when B．before C．after D．until
A．dislike B．refuse C．accept D．consider
A．even B．never C．already D．Still
完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”
At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can fill the basket.” man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at so foolish.” He his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying . At last the well was almost .
As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You so well in this little thing,” he said, “ now I know I can believe you with many things.”
A．finished B．did C．began D．had
A．ever B．never C．easily D．no
A．The other B．Another C．One D．A second
A．anything B．something C．nothing D．everything
A．picked up B．put away C．took away D．threw away
A．water B．basket C．well D．work
A．full B．empty C．filled D．clean
A．While B．As soon as C．Before D．Since
A．have done B．will do C．do D．are doing
A．what B．why C．when D．that
完形填空(10分)
Dick lived in England. One day in January, he said to his wife: “I’m going to fly to New York next week I’ve got some work there.” “Where are you going to there?” his wife asked. “I don’t know yet,” Dick answered. “Please send me your New York in a telegram (电报),” his wife said. “OK,” Dick answered.
He flew to New York and a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a . He put the address of his hotel in it. In the evening he didn’t have work, so he went to a movie. He came out at nine o’clock and to go back to the hotel.
He found a taxi and the driver said: “Where do you want to go?” But Dick couldn’t the name and address of his hotel. “Which hotel are my things in? And what am I going to do tonight?” he asked. But the driver didn’t know . So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife telegram, and in it he wrote: “Please send my address to this post office.”
A．if B．when C．so D．because
A．work B．visit C．stay D．eat
A．number B．address C．street D．photo
A．found B．opened C．saw D．called
A．letter B．telegram C．call D．gift
A．some B．no C．none D．any
A．asked B．refused C．decided D．waited
A．remember B．forget C．know D．see
A．too B．even C．ever D．either
A．one B．another C．other D．the other
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