The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good     in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I    to know him. For a moment, I thought he might be   , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was     . I felt that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to      that I could possibly have ever met with his friend out of millions of people in Chicago. But,     , I just smiled and reminded（提醒） him that Chicago was a very      city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be glad to drop the topic and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he       to tell me all about his friend.
His friend’s main       in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player, and he      had his own tennis court（网球场）. There were a lot of people with swimming     , yet there were only two people with private (私人的）tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several   like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He       that maybe there were more private courts in the country than he     but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me    my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence (巧合)    _ his Chicago friend also spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a      who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had     __ the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He      and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my       to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.

小题1:	A．friend B．teacher C．neighbour D．brother

小题2:	A．managed B．tried C．happened D．wanted

小题3:	A．expecting B．joking C．lying D．talking

小题4:	A．funny B．careful C．serious(认真） D．disappointed

小题5:	A．see B．find C．realize D．think

小题6:	A．indeed B．instead C．actually D．exactly

小题7:	A．big B．interesting C．noisy D．famous

小题8:	A．failed B．stopped C．refused D．began

小题9:	A．problem B．choice C．interest D．work

小题10:

A．just B．even C．ever D．surely

小题11:

A．suit B．pools C．habit D．river

小题12:

A．friends B．players C．strangers D．people

小题13:

A．advised B．admitted 承认) C．argued(争论) D．announced（宣布）

小题14:

A．recognized B．visited C．knew D．found

小题15:

A．where B．whether C．when D．how

小题16:

A．though B．if C．then D．because

小题17:

A．player B．friend C．neighbour D．doctor

小题18:

A． sold B．visited C．designed D．rent

小题19:

A．smiled B．cried C．laughed D．nodded

小题20:

A．turn B．pleasure C．time D．chance

Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease（疾病） called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure.
At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (细菌) caused beri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate — refined white rice (精炼米). When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery — that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins (维生素). The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person’s food.
Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills.
小题1:The underlined word “cure” in Paragraph 1 probably means ______.

A．a kind of rice	B．a kind of vitamin
C．a kind of germ	D．a medical treatment

小题2: Christian Eijkman went to the island of Java to ______.

A．help the Javanese with their illness

B．find ways to grow better crops

C．do some research about the island

D．spend his holiday

小题3:Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens?

A．To eat them.

B．To give the Javanese a surprise.

C．To carry out his experiments.

D．To make money by selling them.

小题4:If a person doesn’t get enough vitamins in his diet, he’d better ______.

A．eat vitamin pills	B．eat more meat
C．eat some chicken	D．eat more rice

小题5:We can learn from the passage that ______.

A．beri-beri was caused by chickens

B．Christian Eijkman’s experiment was successful

C．the Javanese didn’t like vitamins

D．the Javanese’s disease was caused by a kind of germ

Two weeks before Christmas a nine-year-old girl was walking with her friend down the street, sliding on the ice. They were talking about what they hoped to    at Christmas.
They stopped to talk to an old man named Harry, who was       his knees pulling weeds from around a large tree. His fingers were       with cold.
As Harry responded to the girls, he told them he was getting the yard      as a Christmas present to his mother, who had died several years before. His eyes filled with tears as he       the tree and said, “ My mother was all I had. She loved her     and her trees, so I do this for her at Christmas.” His words     the girls and soon they were on their knees helping him to       around the trees. It took the three of them the rest of the day to complete the      . When they finished, Harry pressed a quarter into each of their hands. “I wish I could      you more, but it’s all I’ve got right now,” he said.
As they walked they remembered that the house was      , with no flowers, no Christmas tree or other decorations. Just the      figure of Harry sitting by his curtainless window. The next day they agreed to put their       in a jar marked “Harry’s Christmas Present” and then they began to seek for small jobs to       more. Every nickel, dime, and quarter they earned went into the      .
Two days before Christmas, they had enough money to buy new       and a Christmas card. On Christmas Eve they came to Harry’s       singing carols. When he opened the door, they       him with the gloves wrapped in pretty paper, the card and a pumpkin pie still      from the oven. With trembling hands, he     the paper from the gloves, and then to their astonishment, he held them up to his face and wept.

小题1:	A．prepare B．seek C．get D．arrange

小题2:	A．off B．at C．with D．on

小题3:	A．black B．blue C．yellow D．white

小题4:	A．in shape B．in store C．in style D．in practice

小题5:	A．patted B．cut C．dug D．climbed

小题6:	A．family B．yard C．job D．pet

小题7:	A．confused B．shocked C．touched D．reminded

小题8:	A．gather B．fertilize C．water D．weed

小题9:	A．task B．plan C．goal D．harvest

小题10:

A．love B．pay C．praise D．donate

小题11:

A．ordinary B．comfortable C．clean D．shabby

小题12:

A．lovely B．friendly C．lonely D．cowardly

小题13:

A．quarters B．wishes C．letters D．secrets

小题14:

A．collect B．earn C．raise D．save

小题15:

A．jar B．box C．wallet D．drawer

小题16:

A．shoes B．clothes C．gloves D．socks

小题17:

A．kitchen B．hall C．garden D．doorstep

小题18:

A．gave B．presented C．shared D．offered

小题19:

A．warm B．sweet C．soft D．big

小题20:

A．touched B．folded C．tore D．pasted

Michael was a farmer in Texas. His parents moved to the USA from Ireland in the 1940’s, and they became very rich. Michael decided to go back to Ireland to meet his old grandfather, who was still living on the same farm．
Michael booked his ticket，flew to Shannon airport，hired a car and drove to the small village where his parents had been born. He asked for directions to the Ohagan farm, and in the end he drove up a bumpy path. He was shocked by what he saw: a small field, and in the middle of it was an old house, which looked as if it was falling down. Animals were wandering in and out of the front door, and on the porch an old man was smoking a pipe.
“Are you Mr Ohagan?” asked Michael.
“Yes，”replied the old man．
“I'm your grandson，Michael,” said Michael．
“A—ha,” replied the old man．
“Is this your farm?” asked Michael．“Yes，all the way to the wall over there,” said the old man．
Michael was astonished. “Grandfather,” he said，“I have a farm in Texas．I can get into my car and drive all day and I still haven’t reached the end of the farm.”
“Yes,” said his grandfather. “I used to have a car like that.”
小题1:Michael’s parents _______．

A．still lived in Ireland alone

B．owned a small farm in Texas

C．returned to their birthplace

D．were Irish immigrants（移民）in America

小题2:Which of the following shocked Michael?

A．The farm was small

B．The old house looked like his own．

C．Living conditions were poor in the fields．

D．Animals were free in the fields．

小题3:The old man _______．

A．owned a small farm，which extended only to the wall not far away

B．had so large a farm that he couldn’t cover it in a day

C．hadn’t his modern car any longer

D．used to have as good a car as his grandson’s

小题4:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Michael owned a large farm in Ireland.

B．Michael’s car was in such poor condition that it couldn’t reach the end of the farm within a day．

C．Michael’s farm was too large for a car to reach its end in a day．

D．Michael didn’t know what to say to his grandfather

小题5:From “I used to have a car like that”, we can see that________．

A．the old man really had a car like that

B．the old mall knew his son’s farm in the US was quite large

C．the old mall misunderstood what Michael said

D．the old man wanted to buy a car like that

My mother always says that I’m born to dance ballet. But that September when I was in a ballet class and went to do a turn, something just happened. I heard it and I surely      it. I went right to a doctor and got an X-ray examination, which      a lot of damage to my knee — a(n)      injury for a dancer. I had to have a(n)     .Everything had been going so well and now I had this huge injury. Dance was my life, but   , I wasn’t going to be able to do it for a year or      never again.
My dad was really a big inspiration for me. He was      a battle against cancer at that time. He showed me how to make it through a      situation. I thought that if he could do that, I could handle this, too.      my operation, I had great difficulty walking, but I knew that if I really worked hard, my injury would heal.
Several months later, I definitely wasn’t at my strongest, but I could      a class. The dancing I did was      at first — moves that my knee could handle.
Once we started practicing in the fall, I was beginning to feel like myself     . One day, I    the schedule and my name was next to Eliot Feld. I thought it must be a(n)    because he is very famous in the ballet world. But it wasn’t. He      me and taught me a lot of things. At l8, I had a solo performance! It was a big     . I was so excited and felt like a real ballerina. After the     , Eliot said, “You know, you have a(n)      — and you are also made of steel.” That, coming from him, was the      compliment (赞美) I have ever received. I’d like to think that      my injury made me strong.

小题1:	A．touched B．accepted C．broke D．felt

小题2:	A．pointed B．said C．read D．showed

小题3:	A．necessary B．deadly C．practical D．important

小题4:	A．holiday B．cry C．operation D．test

小题5:	A．in time B．all of a sudden C．at present D．once in a while

小题6:	A．possibly B．luckily C．surprisingly D．hardly

小题7:	A．leading B．fighting C．losing D．inventing

小题8:	A．wonderful B．difficult C．positive D．heavy

小题9:	A．After B．During C．At D．Over

小题10:

A．set out B．take up C．break into D．get through

小题11:

A．basic B．quick C．formal D．hard

小题12:

A．before B．then C．again D．too

小题13:

A．stole B．borrowed C．faced D．checked

小题14:

A．mistake B．opportunity C．problem D．task

小题15:

A．held B．obeyed C．encouraged D．received

小题16:

A．surprise B．secret C．success D．position

小题17:

A．speech B．performance C．competition D．match

小题18:

A．gift B．chance C．luck D．exercise

小题19:

A．simplest B．deepest C．greatest D．smartest

小题20:

A．dealing with B．letting out C．setting up D．turning to

Galaxy saw a man and a woman who communicated with the sign language at the train station when she was on the way home one evening. She noticed that the woman asked the man for the direction. He told her that he did not know. Galaxy decided to help them. She had learned the sign language when she served as a volunteer in the deaf and mute (聋哑) school. Then she showed the woman the direction and left her email address to them in case they needed her help later.
She received an email from that man the next day. Kazrim was his name. Galaxy replied his mail sincerely. They both started chatting online soon after and began seeing each other. Although they only communicated with the sign language, it never bothered her. 
Galaxy was fond of him gradually. Obviously, Kazrim was the same too. He presented Galaxy with a bunch of sunflowers and asked her sincerely. “Are you willing to be my girlfriend?”
Galaxy was pleasantly surprised. She requested him to give her some time to persuade her parents.
As she had expected, her parents were very angry after they had learned of their love story.
Galaxy explained, “Kazrim is an excellent and a very optimistic person. He has a very positive attitude towards life and work. He cares for others always. He is 100% better than the normal. Moreover, the mute is still a human. He should possess a perfect and wonderful love.”
Her parents asked to see him, then. The very worried Galaxy took Kazrim home a few days later. When they were on the train, Kazrim told her, “I’m going to tell your parents that I’ll be looking after you well with all my life!” Galaxy was deeply moved.
As soon as they had entered the house, Galaxy introduced him to her parents. She said, “This is Kazrim.” Just right after her speech, an unbelievable thing happened. Kazrim threw the gift away and held her in his arms tightly.
He said, “YOU CAN TALK?” It was the same question that Galaxy wanted to ask, too.
The four people were shocked all of a sudden. As a matter of fact, Kazrim always believed that Galaxy was a mute and he still fell in love with her deeply.
小题1:How did Galaxy and Kazrim get to know each other?

A．They met each other by chance.

B．They were introduced to each other.

C．They once studied at the same university.

D．They both served in a deaf and mute school.

小题2: How did Galaxy probably communicate with Kazrim before she took him home?

A．Writing words on paper.

B．Using the sign language.

C．Judging from his expression.

D．Speaking her native language.

小题3: What did Galaxy expect her parents to do?

A．To have a talk with Kazrim.

B．To prepare for her marriage.

C．To treat Kazrim as a normal man.

D．To accept Kazrim as her boyfriend.

小题4:What can we learn about the two young people from the passage?

A．They fell in love at the first sight.

B．They cheated each other to win love.

C．They mistook each other for being mutes.

D．They ignored the anger of Galaxy’s parents.

I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us      chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell   . I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I     the countryside for some place I could rent for the     possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road    the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was       , full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner ,rented it, and      a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me,      slowly, they started teaching me the      of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began     to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a       American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of        .
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were        for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place.          on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my        with my neighbors.
Four years later, I moved back into       . I saw many people were having a really hard time,         their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to        a handful of people .There are four of us now in the house, but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We’d all be in         if we hadn’t banded together.（团结起来）
The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about       we can all get by together.

小题1:	A．equally B．separately C．violently D．naturally

小题2:	A．off B． over C．apart D．out

小题3:	A．searched B．left C．toured D．crossed

小题4:	A．cheapest B．largest C．fairest D．fullest

小题5:	A．at B．through C．over D．round

小题6:	A．occupied B．abandoned C．emptied D．robbed

小题7:	A．turned B．approached C．cut D．cleared

小题8:	A．but B．although C．otherwise D．for

小题9:	A．benefit B．lesson C．nature D．art

小题10:

A．looking B．staying C．swinging D．turning

小题11:

A．wild B．real C．different D．remote

小题12:

A．neighborliness B．happiness C．friendliness D．kindness

小题13:

A．unique B．expensive C．rare D．necessary

小题14:

A．Down B．Up C．Deep D．Along

小题15:

A．cooperation B．relationships C．satisfaction D．appointments

小题16:

A．reality B．society C．town D．life

小题17:

A．creating B．losing C．quitting D．offering

小题18:

A．put in B．turn in C．take in D．get in

小题19:

A．yards B．shelters C．camps D．cottages

小题20:

A．when B．what C．whether D．how

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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods   she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and   what to do, she began crying. After a while，She   to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes.     it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and   stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the   . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a   .
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy   that his mistress(女主人) was in danger. He jumped   a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a   scent(气味) as he lowered his head. He   the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking   into the air, the dog   through the woods until he found the   . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his   , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He   over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was   .
When she opened her eyes and   her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you   me, Laddy.” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of   . That night Laddy had a hero’s supper, a huge meal of steak.

小题1:	A．before B．since C．while D．as

小题2:	A．wondering B．forgetting C．remembering D．regretting

小题3:	A．preferred B．expected C．failed D．decided

小题4:	A．When B．Until C．If D．Because

小题5:	A．carelessly B．cautiously C．hopelessly D．unwillingly

小题6:	A．trees B．bushes C．woods D．grasses

小题7:	A．stream B．rock C．tree D．house

小题8:	A．found B．sensed C．heard D．smelt

小题9:	A．at B．through C．in D．onto

小题10:

A．terrible B．Strange C．pleasant D．familiar

小题11:

A．missed B．discovered C．followed D．ignored

小题12:

A．calmly B．loudly C．merrily D．gently

小题13:

A．searched B．wandered C．looked D．travelled

小题14:

A．window B．girl C．house D．hero

小题15:

A．satisfaction B．disappointment C．embarrassment D．delight

小题16:

A．jumped B．climbed C．walked D．flew

小题17:

A．awake B．abandoned C．available D．asleep

小题18:

A．spotted B．watched C．observed D．saw

小题19:

A．disturbed B．comforted C．rescued D．scared

小题20:

A．pain B．shock C．sorrow D．relief

On the first day of college our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.
I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being. She said, “Hi, handsome! My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you can!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked. She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel.”
“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age. “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We instantly became friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk non-stop.
I was always mesmerized(催眠) listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon(偶像) and she easily made friends wherever she went.
At the year end, Rose finished the degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral to pay their respects to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possible be.
小题1:Why did Rose go to college at her age?

A．She wanted to marry a rich husband.

B．It was her dream to receive college education.

C．She wanted to change her present situation.

D．She wanted to get a Bachelor Degree.

小题2:Which of the following can best describe Rose?

A．Serious, helpful and hard-working.

B．Outgoing, humorous and determined.

C．Brave, warm-hearted and optimistic.

D．Rich, sensitive and graceful.

小题3:It can be inferred from the passage that              .

A．Rose didn’t have any relatives when she died

B．Rose had lived a very hard life

C．the author was unwilling to understand Rose

D．the author learned a lot from his old friend Rose

小题4:By writing the passage the author intends to              .

A．encourage old people to receive a good education

B．describe the author’s college life

C．introduce an admirable old college student

D．teach young people to value their school life

Some years ago the captain of a ship was very interested   medicine.He always   medical books to sea and liked to talk about different diseases.One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended   ill.He lay on his bunk (铺位) and groaned (呻吟) as if he     very sick.The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to   .He told the man to rest for a few days and   the other sailors do his work. Three days later   sailor pretended that he had   with his chest.   the captain looked in his medical books and told the "sick" man    .
The other sailors were very   because they had   work to do.The patients had the best food and laughed at their friends when the captain was not   .   the mate (大副) decided to punish the sick men and mixed up some soap,soot,glue and other unpleasant things.Then he got   from the captain to give his new medicine to the "sick" men.When they tasted the medicine,they really did feel ill.It was    horrible that one of the patients jumped out of his bunk,ran up on deck (甲板) and climbed the    mast (桅杆) on the ship. The captain   that the men had tried   him.So he got them   very hard for the rest of the ship on the sea.

小题1:	A．on B．for C．at D．in

小题2:	A．fetched B．took C．had D．got

小题3:	A．be B．was C．to be D．being

小题4:	A．will be B．were C．is D．should be

小题5:	A．look for B．look in C．look back D．look after

小题6:	A．got B．took C．sent D．made

小题7:	A．other B．the other C．another D．other's

小题8:	A．something wrong B．wrong something C．anything wrong D．wrong anything

小题9:	A．Before long B．Once more C．Suddenly D．Certainly

小题10:

A．to drink some water B．to eat something C．to have a rest D．to do more work

小题11:

A．pleased B．sorry C．angry D．surprised

小题12:

A．more B．much C．lots of D．little

小题13:

A．out B．at home C．present D．appear

小题14:

A．At first B．At the beginning C．At last D．At the end

小题15:

A．agreement B．permission C．permit D．promise

小题16:

A．very B．much C．so D．quite

小题17:

A．highest B．high C．higher D．very high

小题18:

A．heard B．heard of C．realized D．guessed

小题19:

A．cheating B．cheat C．cheated D．to cheat

小题20:

A．worked B．to work C．work D．works