Bill is not a fast runner and he doesn't have a chance of winning the marathon, but he will _____ the race even if he finishes last.

　　A. keep on    B. keep to    C. stick out    D. stick to

Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy．After all，you probably sing or whistle when you are happy．
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy．However，they sing most of the time for a very different reason．Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory
Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal，usually the male，claims(声称)as its own．Only he and his family are welcome there．No other families 0f the same species(物种)are welcome．Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome．If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you，you might shout．Probably this would be enough to frighten him away．
If so，you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him．A bird does the same thing。But he expects an outsider almost any time，especially at nesting(筑巢) season．So he is screaming all the time，whether he can see an outsider or not This screaming is what we call a bird’s song，and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away．
Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs．
You can see that birds have a language all their own．Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories．
【小题1】Some scientists believe that most of the time birds’ singing is actually．

Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to _____ until help came.

You Are Going Places

I work at a local restaurant in town as cashier, seater and waiter.

I went to work feeling     1.     . And to make things worse, I was busy that evening.

It’s the same thing over and over again.     2.     with customers who complain about their

food and where they are    3.   is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to  4.    

a lot of us     5.     but we manage to deal with it.

Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very   6.    

near where I keep the dirty      7.    in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables,

customers leaving and coming in and    8.   running all over the house, it was crazy.  9.   

these elderly women were watching   10.    I was working to make sure every table was clean

and ready for the next customers.

When they    11.    their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me

for a while about school, how I was doing, what  12.     I was in and what I planned to do in

the future.

    13.    they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a    14.   

and gentle voice, “You are going places. And that was it.” They left the    15.    and I had tears

in my eyes, because they gave me    16.    to believe in myself. They    17.    my spirit from

being down and gave me a    18.    to keep on working hard.

People used to tell me that I couldn’t have a career in   19.   until I had a degree. I’m now

a co-anchor(联合支持人)of a student-produced television     20.     . And the best thing is:

I’m only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.

21.               A．tired           B．excited         C．up   D．down

22.               A．Dealing         B．Helping         C．Talking    D．Meeting

23.               A．sat            B．seated         C．laid   D．seating

24.               A．attract         B．avoid          C．adjust D．annoy

25.               A．employees      B．customers      C．bosses    D．employers

26.               A．table          B．box            C．spot  D．kitchen

27.               A．dishes         B．rooms          C．clothes    D．chairs

28.               A．men           B．women         C．servers    D．people

29.               A．And           B．Or            C．But   D．So

30.               A．what           B．how           C．where D．why

31.               A．finished        B．completed      C．ordered   D．got

32.               A．place          B．grade          C．mark D．position

33.               A．Before         B．While          C．As   D．After

34.               A．confident       B．loud           C．low   D．pleasant

35.               A．kitchen         B．house          C．restaurant D．table

36.               A．ability          B．courage        C．imagination D．time

37.               A．put down       B．picked up       C．took over  D．pointed out

38.               A．cause          B．reason         C．present   D．permission

39.               A．television       B．government     C．school D．restaurant

40.               A．company       B．station         C．show D．advertisement

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）[来源:学#科#网]
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
In learning a foreign language, one should first pay attention to speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and writing. You’d better try your best to speak. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. But be careful not to let them keep you from improving the language. While you are doing this, a good exercise is to write – keep a diary, write notes, letters or articles, then if you can, ask someone to go through what you have written and tell you where is wrong . Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write. Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning a language.
If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry. One of the helpful ways is by reading, either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It can’t be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words if you can guess their meanings or if they have nothing important to do with the sentence. You can do that some other time.
46. From the passage we know the groundwork is ___ while you are learning a foreign language.
A. reading        B. writing         C. speaking      D. listening
47. To improve the language, one has to         .
A. pay attention to speaking only               
B. try not to make mistakes
C. correct mistakes only  
D. keep a diary and write notes, letters or articles
48. When you find some new words in reading, you shouldn’t ___
A. guess their meaning                B. go on reading
C. stop to look them up in the dictionary   D. keep on reading the important sentence
49. The best title of this passage might be       .
A. How to Learn a Foreign Language      B. How to Improve Reading
C. How to learn Writing                 D. More reading, .Less speaking