（根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案，使短文完整、正确

Young people and other people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in a program in New York, adults and teenagers live together in peace.

Each summer 200  1  and 50 adults live together for 8 weeks as members of a work group. Everyone works several hours each day. The aim is not just to keep busy. It is to find meaning in work. Some teenagers work on the   2   near the village. Some learn to build a house. The adults   3  them. There are several free hours each day. Weekends are 4 , too. Each teenager has his own way to 5 his free time.

When people live together, rules are always   6 . In this program the teenagers and adults make the rules together. If someone 7 a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They ask, “Why did it happen?  8 do we have to do about it?”

One of the teenagers has this to say about the program, “Stop thinking   9about yourself, learn   10   to think about the group.”

1 A. workers      B. teenagers  C. farmers            D. teachers

2A. lake     B. river      C. sea                 D. farm

3A. give   B. agree           C. thank          D. teach

4A. free           B. busy      C. wonderful      D. terrible

5A. make     B. take       C. spend               D. find

6A.need        B. needed  C. being need   D. needs        

7A. uses    B. find     C. breaks   D. helps

8 A. What     B. Why      C. Who         D. Where

9A. even       B. only          C. never             D. seldom

10 A. which  B. where     C. how      D. whether

Wang Lin is a middle school student. He likes English very ___1__. He _____2__ gets up at six in the morning. It’s so early. Then he ____3____ morning exercises. He reads English ___4___ half past six to ten past seven. He can recite(背诵) all the drills(句型) and the texts. In class, he _5 the teacher carefully. And he always answers the __6__ questions. After class he likes __7__ with his classmates in English. Sometimes he helps some of his classmates __8_ their English.

   In the evening, he often __9_ newspapers. They give him more help. He often says, “I must _10__ hard at English.”

1 A. much                    B. good                C. well                 D. friendly

2 A. usual                    B. often           C. only              D. also

3 A. do                     B. is doing       C. does               D. doing

4 A. from                         B. at                    C. on                    D. to

5 A. sees                         B. listens to          C. reads               D. hears

6A. teachers             B. teacher’s         C. students’          D. others’

7 A. speak                   B. talk                  C. talking              D. saying

8 A. in                  B. for                C. with                D. at

9 A. watches               B. reads               C. looks               D. looks at

10 A. study               B. to study           C. studying           D. studies

Lions have been called the kings of the animal world. They can be _1_ in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can go without water for about one month. Lions are also one of the most _2_ animals in the zoo. Almost every zoo around the world has a few lions.

It is very easy for people to tell male（雄性的）and female lions from each other. A male lion has mane（鬃毛）and a large collar of hair around its __3. Females do not have mane. Male lions are also __4__ than females. A male lion usually _5_ about 200 kilograms. Both male and female lions have very strong mouths. They can break the backs of other animals 6_ one bite（一口）. One lion usually kills between ten and twenty large animals each year for food.

    It’s usually for lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions killed and ate over one hundred people in Kenya __7__ they were shot by a British man named P.J. Patterson. This _8_ became the subject of a 1996 Hollywood movie _9__ The Ghost and the Darkness. Now the Indian lions are _10_. It’s really necessary to educate the public to care for the animals, or we won’t see them again.

1A. used                           B. found                     C. told                        D. led

2 A. popular                     B. funny               C. confident                D. suitable

3A. mouth                  B. ears                       C. face                       D. nose

4A. larger                   B. smaller                   C. thinner                   D. shorter

5A. walks                   B. wears                     C. weighs                   D. shows

6A. about                          B. on                          C. with                       D. from

7A. before                  B. because                 C. after                       D. while

8A. newspapers         B. magic                     C. story                      D. job

9A. understood          B. called                     C. regarded                D. discussed

10 A. enormous                B. aggressive        C. active               D. endangered

Children like to copy what they hear. They copy their parents, their friends and even the TV. This teaches them how to _1__ the language. Copying is also a good  way for students to learn a second language. When you __2__ foreigners speak English, repeat what they say as well as you can.

Children don't practice grammar,, but use the language to __3 things that they are interested in. They don't _4__ their vocabulary or poor grammar. They find ways to express themselves, and they do  it successfully.

Students of English schools also pay attention to communication (交流). Look for __5_ to talk with people in English. If you can't find a _6__ to talk to, talk with other students in English _7_.  Start an English discussion group and talk about music, movies or anything that __8_ you.

Don't worry about _9__, what you want is to learn how to communicate easily. Remember that you can communicate successfully even with _10__small vocabulary.

1A.tell     　　　　B.read             C.write               D.speak

2A.listen to         B.listen            C.hear of               D.hear

3A.take exams       B.talk with          C.talk about           D.tell to

4A.look like           B.worry about        C.take care of           D.look after

5A.places              B.questions         C.chances             D.changes

6A.video         B.foreigner         C.film                D.people

7A.again         B.instead           C.only                D.instead of     

8A.interests           B.improves         C.allows                D.troubles

9A.exams           B.looking on          C.making mistakes    D.books

10A.an               B.the                 C./          D.a

 

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四

个选项中，选择最佳选项。

About ten years ago when I was a student at college, I spent my summer holidays  1 a museum.  2  was hard for me then. Dad had lost his job and Mum was ill in bed. I was  3  if I would be able to go on with my study the next term.

   One day while I was working, I saw an old man come in with a little girl 4a wheelchair. As I looked 5 at this girl, I found that she had no arms 6 legs. She was wearing a little white dress and she  7 had a hat on.

   As the old man pushed the wheelchair up to me, I was busy with my work. I 8 my head toward the girl and gave her a wink ( 眨眼). When I took the money from her grandfather, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the prettiest, largest smile I have  9  seen. Suddenly her handicap(生理缺陷) was 10  and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile almost gave me a better understanding of what life is all about. She brought me into her 11 of smiles, love and warmth.

   I'm now a successful businessman and  12  I get down and think about the trouble of the world, I think about that little girl and the unforgettable lesson about life that she taught me.

1 A. visiting                  B. cleaning               C. painting               D. working at

2 A. Work              B. Life             C. Business             D. School

3 A. wondering        B. guessing               C. hoping                 D. checking

4 A. at                     B. for                     C. in                         D. with

5A. longer               B. nearer                 C. further                D. closer

6A. or                     B. and                      C. then                     D. so

7 A. too                   B. either                   C. also                  D. as well

8 A. held                       B. turned                C. lifted                    D. gave

9 A. even                  B. never                 C. ever                  D. almost

10 A. driven                    B. lost                      C. gone                     D. covered

11 A. place                     B. mind                 C. head                 D. heart

12 A. whatever       B. whenever    C. whoever              D. however