Even though it was only October，my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more____ waiting for the final school bell. Upon its____  everyone would run for their coats and go home，everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often____ what kind of home life David had，and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so____for the cold winter months without a coat，boots，or gloves. But something made David____.I can still remember he was always____a smile and willing to help. He always____ after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much.He____ just simply smile and ask what else he could do，then thank me for letting him stay and slowly____ home.
Weeks passed and the____ over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of____ before the holiday break. I smiled in____ as the last of them hurried out of the door. Turning around I saw David____ standing by my desk.
“I have something for you，”he said and____from behind his back a small box.__ __  it to me，he said anxiously，“Open it.” I took the box from him，thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my____ I saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said，“The box is nice，David，but it’s____.”
“Oh，no. It isn’t.” said David.” It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes_____  I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given____ to. After that Christmas，David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning____the little empty box set on my desk..

小题1:	A．cautious B．courageous C．serious D．anxious

小题2:	A．warning B．calling C．ringing D．yelling

小题3:	A．scolded B．wondered C．realized D．learned

小题4:	A．modestly B．naturally C．inaccurately D．inappropriately

小题5:	A．special B．upset C．popular D．funny

小题6:	A．wearing B．delivering C．expressing D．sharing

小题7:	A．practised B．wandered C．studied D．stayed

小题8:	A．might B．should C．would D．could

小题9:	A．aim at B．head for C．put off D．turn to

小题10:

A．argument B．judgment C．movement D．excitement

小题11:

A．education B．year C．school D．program

小题12:

A．relief B．return C．vain D．control

小题13:

A．weakly B．quietly C．sadly D．helplessly

小题14:

A．searched B．found C．raised D．pulled

小题15:

A．Holding B．Handing C．Sending D．Leaving

小题16:

A．appreciation B．expectation C．delight D．surprise

小题17:

A．empty B．cheap C．useless D．improper

小题18:

A．as B．until C．because D．though

小题19:

A．advice B．support C．attention D．command

小题20:

A．from B．towards C．over D．behind

Artie Shaw was born in New York City in 1910. His name was Arthur Arshawsky. His parents were poor immigrants who had come to the United States from Eastern Europe. His family later moved to New Haven, Connecticut.
At the age of fourteen, he began to play the saxophone and then the clarinet. From a very young age, Artie Shaw wanted to play his clarinet better than anyone. He wanted his sound and music to be perfect. He worked at this task much of his life.
He began working as a professional musician when he was fifteen. He left home and began playing in bands across the United States.
In 1928, young Artie Shaw traveled to Chicago, Illinois to hear the great trumpet player, Louis Armstrong. He immediately understood that Armstrong's great jazz sound was the beginning of something new and exciting. Artie left Chicago with a growing interest in jazz music. Soon after, he moved to New York City.
He got work playing the clarinet for the Columbia Broadcast System radio network. In 1936, he was given a chance to form a small group and play at New York's famous Imperial Theater on Broadway. His group was not the top band in the show. But the crowd loved his music. This proved to be a major step in his career.
Artie Shaw was always trying something new, something different. He heard a young black woman sing and hired her for his band. This was the first time that a black woman sang with white musicians. Racial separation was the rule in many states. Artie Shaw did not care.
Artie Shaw wrote several books in his later years. He wrote stories for magazines. He spoke about music at colleges and universities. But he had very little to do with the world of recording or music. During those years however, he received many awards and honors for his music. These included a Hall of Fame award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
小题1:When he was very young, Artie Shaw was ________.

A．born to a wealthy family

B．a famous singer

C．a man with a great dream

D．was in love with music when he was a baby

小题2:To achieve his music dream, Artie Shaw ________.

A．first began to play the clarinet

B．wanted to be the most famous musician around the world

C．began playing in bands across the United States

D．became a famous musician when he was fifteen

小题3:When Artie Shaw became an adult, ________.

A．he showed a growing interest in jazz music

B．he worked for Columbia Broadcast System radio network as a singer

C．he formed a small band when he was twenty three

D．he thought that racial separation should be the rule of the society

小题4: In his later years, Artie Shaw ________.

A．almost stopped playing music

B．worked for a magazine as an professional writer

C．he made many speeches about his life at colleges

D．he received many awards and honors for his books

小题5:Which one can be the title of the passage?

A．Artie Shaw’s Life Stories	B．Artie Shaw — A Crazy Musician
C．Artie Shaw — A Great Writer	D．Artie Shaw’s Music Life

One young person, who was well educated, went for a job as a manager in a big company. The president did the final    . He discovered the youth was    and felt satisfied. Then the president asked who paid for his school fees. The youth answered, “My mother did it. She worked as a clothes   .” The president requested the youth to    his hands. So the youth did. They were smooth. Then he asked, “Have you ever      your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to     .”“Go and clean your mother’s      when you go back today, and then      me tomorrow morning,” the president said     .The youth felt his chance of getting the job was high, so when he went back, he    requested his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell    he cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. It was the first time he had      that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (布满皱纹的). After that, the youth didn’t say a word and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother    . That night, Mother and Son    for a very long time, longer than any talk before.
The next    , the youth went to the president’s office. The president noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes and asked: “Please tell me how you    about helping your mother.” The youth said, “Number One, I know now what    is. Without my mother, I wouldn’t be successful today. Number Two, by helping my mother, I realize how    it is to get something done. Number Three, I’ve come to realize the    of family relationship.” The president said, “You are     . This is what I’m looking for to be my manager.”

小题1:	A．election B．test C．interview D．competition

小题2:	A．strong B．excellent C．humorous D．cute

小题3:	A．maker B．cleaner C．mender D．seller

小题4:	A．wash B．hide C．show D．dry

小题5:	A．found B．let C．helped D．watched

小题6:	A．study B．ignore C．work D．rest

小题7:	A．clothes B．hands C．feet D．shoes

小题8:	A．see B．move C．recognize D．answer

小题9:	A．on purpose B．in patience C．by chance D．at last

小题10:

A．carefully B．nervously C．happily D．shyly

小题11:

A．after B．until C．because D．as

小题12:

A．believed B．sensed C．noticed D．expected

小题13:

A．quietly B．sadly C．excitedly D．angrily

小题14:

A．thought B．slept C．sat D．talked

小题15:

A．morning B．noon C．afternoon D．evening

小题16:

A．worried B．felt C．brought D．spoke

小题17:

A．courage B．appreciation C．success D．family

小题18:

A．important B．difficult C．different D．impossible

小题19:

A．value B．secret C．type D．change

小题20:

A．educated B．respected C．trusted D．hired

My Garden
-----by Nelson Mandela
In early 1977, the authorities (当局) announced the physical labour and arranged some kind of work for us to do in the courtyard. The free time also allowed me to hunt what became two of my favorite hobbies in Robben Island---gardening and tennis.
To survive in prison, one must develop ways to take satisfaction in one's daily life. One can feel fulfilled (充实) by washing one's clothes so that they are particularly clean. Just as one takes pride in important tasks outside of prison, one can find the same pride in doing small things inside prison. Almost from the beginning of my sentence on Robben Island, I asked the authorities for permission to start a garden in the courtyard. For years, they refused without offering a reason. But finally they gave in, and we were able to cut out a small garden in the prison.
The soil in the courtyard was dry and rocky. In order to start my garden, I had to remove a great many rocks to allow the plant room to grow.
The authorities supplied me with seeds. At first, I planned tomatoes and onions, because these plants did not require rich earth or constant care. The early harvests were poor, but they soon improved.
I began to order books on gardening. I studied different gardening techniques and types of fertilizers (肥料). For a time, I tried to grow peanuts, and used different soils and fertilizers, but finally I gave up. It was one of my few failures.
A garden was one of the few things in prison that one could control. The processes of planting a seed, watching it grow, taking care of it and then harvesting it offered a simple but long-lasting satisfaction. The sense of being the owner of the small patch of earth offered a small taste of freedom.
小题1:Mandela's hobbies on Robben Island were ____.

A．hunting and physical labour

B．gardening and tennis

C．washing his clothes

D．gardening techniques and types of fertilizers

小题2:When did Mandela ask the prison authorities for the permission to start a small garden?

A．Soon after 1997.

B．Some time in early 1977.

C．Almost as soon as he went to prison there.

D．Long after he went to prison there.

小题3:Why did Mandela wash his clothes especially clean although he was in prison?

A．To show he could do it as well as others.

B．To get some sense of pride and satisfaction from it.

C．To show others that he preferred to be clean.

D．To gain the authorities' permission to start a garden.

小题4:Hard as he tried, he failed ____ at last.

A．to get a sense of satisfaction and freedom

B．to grow tomatoes and onions

C．to grow peanuts

D．to get the same pride inside prison.

Twenty years ago, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker. The sad news, so unexpected, shook the unusually      and unhurried politician off her balance. Though she did her best to    as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self-assured prime minister who always had everything under    . Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to     from her shock.
One day when she was to    at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the     of her missing son again. She was    mentally unprepared for the question and lost her self-control. Tears were    her cheeks    she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him. She said that all the countries concerned had    to do their best to help her find her son. With that she    down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while. Gradually she calmed down and started to speak as    . It was a very    scene which exposed a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s    the public do not usually see. People began to talk about the Iron Woman’s     love, a    that is common to all human race.
Later Mark returned    to his mother’s side, good-humored and all smiles as usual   nothing unusual had ever happened. The Iron Woman,      , broke down again and was     sobbing for a second time.

小题1:	A．outstanding B．busy C．calm D．considerate

小题2:	A．seem B．talk C．do D．pretend

小题3:	A．construction B．control C．discussion D．pressure

小题4:	A．respond B．relieve C．reduce D．recover

小题5:	A．arrive B．eat C．speak D．read

小题6:	A．subject B．object C．theme D．message

小题7:	A．hardly B．totally C．partly D．mostly

小题8:	A．putting down B．taking off C．getting off D．rolling down

小题9:	A．because B．though C．if D．as

小题10:

A．permitted B．admitted C．promised D．managed

小题11:

A．fell B．went C．broke D．brought

小题12:

A．agreed B．planned C．announced D．explained

小题13:

A．moving B．shocking C．interesting D．serious

小题14:

A．quality B．action C．position D．character

小题15:

A．lively B．likely C．lovely D．motherly

小题16:

A．habit B．hobby C．feeling D．thought

小题17:

A．hungry and tired B．safe and funny C．safe and sound D．tired and sleepy

小题18:

A．as if B．even if C．so that D．if only

小题19:

A．therefore B．however C．besides D．thus

小题20:

A．made B．heard C．felt D．seen

Suzie goes to her art class on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. She always looks forward to those days when she can do    things all afternoon. What Suzie likes best is the good feeling she gets when she has finished working on a piece of    . And then when she takes it home to    her parents, she feels so proud of what she has made.
On Wednesday afternoons Suzie writes articles for the      newspaper. When she first moved to her new school, she wrote an article about how it feels to be a      student in a new school. Her second    article in the newspaper was about a(n)    from her school who had just finished writing a book. Suzie    the teacher what it feels like to be a published author. And then she     what she found out with the rest of the school.
Another time she wrote an article about why she thought the school should have two short      a day instead of a long one. Lots of her friends thought that this would be a good idea too. Many teachers also     with Suzie’s suggestion.
Would you believe the principal (校长) of the school asked everyone to have a     about Suzie’s suggestion? The principal always thinks that students should help decide how the school should be      .
During the vote, each person in the school voted. At last, the school      that two short breaks would be better than one long break. And all of that happened because of Suzie’s suggestion in the school newspaper.
On the day the newspaper      out each month, the first thing Suzie does is to        where her article is in the newspaper. And each time at the beginning of her article are the words: By Suzie Jefferson.

小题1:	A．sensitive B．creative C．positive D．instructive

小题2:	A．cloth B．art C．article D．picture

小题3:	A．show B．explain C．introduce D．reward

小题4:	A．national B．local C．school D．educational

小题5:	A．accustomed B．fresh C．strange D．regular

小题6:	A．author B．artist C．student D．teacher

小题7:	A．told B．asked C．examined D．obeyed

小题8:	A．described B．recorded C．shared D．forgot

小题9:	A．classes B．breaks C．activities D．sports

小题10:

A．discussed B．argued C．disagreed D．agreed

小题11:

A．vote B．choice C．question D．decision

小题12:

A．performed B．run C．achieved D．established

小题13:

A．imagined B．expected C．decided D．requested

小题14:

A．puts B．takes C．gives D．comes

小题15:

A．consider B．check C．read D．place

Louis Pasteur, the famous French chemist and bacteriologist(微生物学家), invented “pasteurization”. In 1854 Pasteur was made head of the department of science at the University of Lille, and it was there that he made one of his most famous discoveries. Lille was a major center for wine and beer-making, and some of the local wine-makers asked Pasteur if he could help solve the problem of keeping wine fresh. At that time, it was believed that food and drinks go “bad” due to a purely chemical process. But during a series of experiments Pasteur proved that tiny living organisms(微生物)caused food and drinks to go bad. In the case of wine and beer the organisms are already present in the form of the various yeasts (酵母) that caused the fermentation(发酵) process. Pasteur discovered that heating the wine gently for a few minutes after it had fermented would kill off the yeast that was left in the wine, with the result that the wine would remain fresh for much longer. He also proved that food and drinks could be turned bad by other organisms that were present in the air, and that they too would keep fresh much longer if they were kept in airtight containers.
The heating process was so successful that it made Pasteur famous. It was named “pasteurization” in his honour, and by about 1900 it had been widely used for processing and bottling cows’ milk. The result was a huge drop in the number of bottle-fed babies dying from infant diarrhea(婴儿腹泻)and from that time on it has been a standard treatment for milk and many other food products. This simple process has saved thousands, possibly millions, of lives worldwide.
小题1:Pasteur became ___________ in 1854.

A．the chairperson of the science department at the University of Lille

B．the director of a chemical laboratory at the University of Lille

C．the general manager of a large beer-making company

D．the president of the University of Lille

小题2:According to the passage, Lille was a major center for ___________ in the mid-19th century.

A．growing grain crops	B．making beer and wine
C．doing chemical research	D．producing various kinds of yeasts

小题3:In the last sentence of Paragraph 1, the underlined word “they” refers to ___________.

A．wine and beer

B．food and drinks

C．the various yeasts

D．other organisms

小题4:We can infer from the passage that Pasteur’s discovery __________.

A．is no longer widely used for treating milk and other food products

B．did not bring much profit to the wine makers in Lille

C．has done a lot of good to children in the world

D．has greatly reduced the number of wars in the world

小题5:According to the passage, we know it is        that causes food and drinks to go bad.

A．a purely chemical process.	B．tiny living organisms(微生物)
C．keeping them in airtight containers.	D．the heating process

The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff（东西） they call “books”.
I was going to have my examination the next day.  “When can I go to bed？” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. In fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. “Oh，dear！” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed！” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate（绝望的） now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed， “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards，Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
小题1:When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were  ________ .

A．asleep

B．outside

C．working in bed

D．quietly laughing at him

小题2:He underlined word “wretched” in Paragraph 3 probably means _______ .

A．very happy

B．disappointed

C．very unhappy

D．hopeful

小题3:Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because     .

A．it was too late at night

B．he was very tired

C．his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open

D．he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

小题4:What do you suppose happened to the author later？

A．He went to a church to pray again

B．He passed the exam by sheer luck

C．He failed in the exam

D．He was punished by his teacher

小题5:The best title for the passage would be __________ .

A．The Night Before the Examination

B．Working Far into the Night

C．A Slow Student

D．Going Over My Lessons

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Most of us lose life’s tough battles by starting an unexpected attack—when a touch of humor might well enable us to win.   the case of a young friend of mine, who was     in a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving a warning about being late for the job.     there was a good reason for Sam’s being late—serious illness at home—he    that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn’t     any longer. His boss was probably already pacing     preparing a speech to fire him.
Yes, the boss was. Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place was as     as a locker room;     was hard at work. Sam’s boss came up to him angrily. Suddenly, Sam    and stretched out his hand. “How do you do!” he said. “I’m Sam Maynard. I’m applying for a    , which, I understand, became    just 35 minutes ago. Does the     bird get the worm?”
The room exploded in laughter. The boss     a smile and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard had    his job—with the only    that could win-–a laugh.    is a most effective, yet frequently neglected ,means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for making up differences, apologizing, criticizing and     the other fellow to do what you want     his losing face. For some jobs, it’s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so   that serious dialogue may start a quarrel.   , many believe that comedians(喜剧演员) on television are doing more today for racial and religious problems than people in any other field.

小题1:	A．Think B．Imagine C．Suppose D．Consider

小题2:	A．dug B．trapped C．erupted D．aimed

小题3:	A．If B．Because C．Unless D．Although

小题4:	A．decided B．said C．talked D．urged

小题5:	A．work B．use C．count D．make

小题6:	A．here and there B．in and out C．up and down D．now and then

小题7:	A．silent B．clean C．noisy D．quiet

小题8:	A．somebody B．everybody C．nobody D．anybody

小题9:	A．cried B．shouted C．stared D．smiled

小题10:

A．prize B．patent C．punishment D．job

小题11:

A．available B．fragrant C．possible D．reasonable

小题12:

A．lazy B．late C．diligent D．early

小题13:

A．sent B．hid C．force D．had

小题14:

A．protected B．saved C．hold D．took

小题15:

A．tool B．technique C．measure D．instrument

小题16:

A．Understanding B．Apology C．Humor D．Communication

小题17:

A．making B．having C．letting D．getting

小题18:

A．without B．for C．to D．with

小题19:

A．constant B．easy C．sensitive D．heated

小题20:

A．After all B．For example C．At length D．Even so

One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods from door to door found that he had only one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
However, he became nervous when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal, he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”
“You don’t owe me anything,” she replied, “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Haward Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.
Years later, the young woman became seriously ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists could be called in to study her rare disease. Dr. Haward Kelly, now famous was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.
Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day, he gave special attention to her case.
After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words,
“Paid in full with one glass of milk.”
(Signed) Dr. Haward Kelly
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently, “Thank You, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”
小题1:After finishing the milk, the boy ______________.

A．felt angry because what he was really hungry

B．regretted that he didn’t ask for any food

C．felt more hungry than ever before

D．had a stronger faith in God and the human race

小题2:The underlined word “baffled” in Para. 4 probably means_______.  

A．puzzled

B．excited

C．amazed

D．encouraged

小题3:What did the local doctors finally do when the young woman became seriously ill?

A．They looked on indifferently.

B．They asked for Dr. Howard Kelly’s help.

C．They sent her to a hospital with specialists.

D．They believed that his faith in God would cure her.

小题4:Which of the following statement is RIGHT according to the passage?

A．The young woman knew that Dr. Howard Kelly would help her and save her life.

B．The doctor walked away the moment he heard the name of the town she came from.

C．The doctor saved the woman’s life and paid off the bill.

D．We shouldn’t ask for help because one day we will pay a lot for it.