阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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 day a few years ago we had an uninvited guest—a sparrow.  36  the little bird had flown into our open garage. Then I  37  the bird before I saw it.

“What’s that?”I asked when I first heard the sound.

“It’s coming from the  38  .”my wife, Anita, said. “Maybe it’s one of the little  39  .”

I looked into the garage. No children at all. But there was that sound again, coming from right up there. And that’s  40   I saw the sparrow. It was flying  41  just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly  42  to get out, but couldn’t see the way out was not up, but  43  and and out through the garage door. So the bird continued flapping its wings and bumping its little head 44  the ceiling.

I tried to terrify it out, but only succeeded in driving it into the  45  open space between the door and the ceiling. Then I tried to show the bird how to fly down a few feet  46   it could get outside, but that only seemed to  47  it more.

“Why don’t we just leave for a few minutes,” Anita  48  .“I’m sure he’ll figure it out eventually.”

We went back into the house, where we  49  to hear the ongoing struggle between the sparrow and the ceiling. Then suddenly, it was  50  and our uninvited guest was gone.

I’ve  51  that little sparrow through the years, and I’ve decided that birds are not different much from people. We think we were  52  to fly ever upward, and we don’t even consider the  53  that something good might happen if we just fly down a little bit. Once we figure out that we can make  54  without banging（碰）our heads against ceilings, we can usually save ourselves much  55  .

36.A. Still              B. Somehow          C. Instead              D. Perhaps

【答案】B

【解析】不知怎么的，这只小鸟飞进了我们开着的车库。B.不知怎么的。

37.A. heard            B. caught               C. searched           D. observed

【答案】A

【解析】根据下文when I first heard the sound， 可知本句的意思是“未见其鸟，先闻其鸣”。

38.A. house           B. backyard           C. garage               D. basement

【答案】C

【解析】根据36题所在的句子可知， 小鸟进入了garage,所以声音应该从garage传来。

39.A. birds            B. guests               C. cats                  D. kids

【答案】D

【解析】根据下文no children at all.可知, 作者的妻子认为是期中一个孩子

40.A. when            B. how                  C. why                  D. whether

【答案】A

【解析】when引导表语从句。“就在那时我看到了那只麻雀。”

41.A. quickly         B. anxiously           C. cautiously          D. slowly

【答案】B

【解析】anxiously不安的，焦虑的。因为被困，所以很焦虑。

42. A. deciding       B. hesitating           C. trying                D. choosing

【答案】C

【解析】try to get out努力要出去。

43. A. up               B. backward          C. forward            D. down

【答案】D

【解析】但是它看不到出去的路不在上方，而在下方。

44. A. against         B. off                    C. along                D. into

【答案】A

【解析】bump its little head against the ceiling 小脑袋撞击天花板

45. A. free             B. small                 C. wide                 D. dark

【答案】B

【解析】门和天花板之间的空间很小。

46. A. in case         B. even if               C. as though          D. so that

【答案】D

【解析】so that 引导目的状语从句。

47. A. puzzle          B. confuse             C. frighten             D. disturb

【答案】C

【解析】但是这样似乎使它更害怕。Frighten sb使某人害怕， 吓唬某人

48. A. suggested     B. explained           C. insisted             D. demanded

【答案】A

【解析】why don’t sb do 是表示建议的用语。 所以选择A。

49. A. attempted     B. continued          C. refused             D. failed

【答案】B

【解析】continue to do sth继续干某事

50. A. fierce           B. empty               C. safe                  D. silent

【答案】D

【解析】根据下文our uninvited guest was gone， 所以没有声音了，很安静

51.A. looked after   B. worried about    C. thought about    D. brought up

【答案】C

【解析】Ａ．照看　Ｂ．担心 Ｃ．思考  Ｄ． 提出。下文题到“鸟和人没有什么不同”，所以作者是在思考。

52. A. forced         B. determined         C. born                 D. urged

【答案】C

【解析】be born to do 天生就是干某事的。 “我们认为我们天生就是往上飞的”

53. A. idea             B. possibility          C. challenge           D. problem

【答案】B

【解析】我们甚至没有考虑这种可能性，如果我们飞的低一些，好事也可能会发生。

54. A. progress      B. peace                C. decisions           D. efforts

【答案】A

【解析】make progress取得进步

55. A. panic           B. pressure            C. loss                  D. trouble

【答案】D

【解析】save some trouble 省去很多麻烦。

　

第一节（共5小题）

　　听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

　1. What does the woman mean by saying so？

　　　A. English is very useful in our life.

　　　B. English is hard to learn.

　　　C. Learning English costs much money.

　2. Why does the woman look tired？

　　　A. She has already written 15 letters.

　　　B. She has been reading letters.

　　　C. She is busy with writing letters.

　3. Where are the man and the lady？

　　　A. In a shop.　　　B. In a museum.　　　C. In a classroom.

　4. What are they talking about？

　　　A. An examination.　　B. An experiment.　　C. A driving test.

　5. How often does the woman go swimming？

　　　　A. Twice a month.　　　　B. 3 times a month.　　　　C. 4 times a month.

第二节（共15小题）

　　听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

　　听下面一段材料，回答6－8题。

　6. Where does the flight go？

　　　A. To London.　　　B. To Paris.　　　C. To Heathrow.

　7. How much is the one-way flight？

　　　A. ＄420.　　　B. ＄320.　　　C. ＄210.

　8. What time can the woman get the ticket？

　　　A. Tomorrow.　　　B. Anytime she likes to.　　　C. The day after tomorrow.

　　听下面一段材料，回答9－11题。

　9. What would the man like to have here？

　　　A. Something for his study.

　　　B. Something for his letters.

　　　C. Something for his show case.

　10. How many stamps does the man buy？

　　　A. Five.　　　B. Fifty.　　　C. Six.

　11. How much is the change？

　　　A. One dollar.　　　B. Sixty cents.　　　C. Forty cents.

　　听下面一段材料，回答12－14题。

　12. How often does the writer go to see his dentist？

　　　A. Half a month.　　　B. Two weeks.　　　C. Every six months.

　13. This time the writer’s teeth are ____.

　　　A. a little yellow　B. very powerful　　C. both good and white

　14. Why did Dr Williams laugh？

　　　A. Because he found the writer’s teeth are all right this time.

　　　B. Because he was always kind to his patients.

　　　C. Because he heard the writer’s words.

　　听下面一段材料，回答15－17题。

　15. In the beginning, Dorothy trained German dogs ____.

　　　A. to be movie stars

　　　B. to be the eyes for the blind

　　　C. to serve the public

　16. Morris first learned about the guiding dogs ____.

　　　A. from reading newspapers

　　　B. indirectly from Dorothy’s article

　　　C. by writing a letter to Dorothy

　17. Which of the following statement is true about Buddy？

　　　A. Buddy came from Germany.

　　　B. Buddy was trained by Morris.

　　　C. Buddy was frightened by the heavy traffic of New York.

　　听下面一段材料，回答18－20题。

　18. Dijon is the name of ____.

　　　A. a place in France　　　B. a place in America　　　C. the conductor

　19. The conductor didn’t wake Mark Twain up because ____.

　　　A. he didn’t know where Dijon was

　　　B. he mistook another American for Mark Twain

　　　C. he was afraid of Mark Twain

　20. Mark Twain was very angry because ____.

　　　A. another American was his friend

　　　B. he thought the conductor should have waken him up

　　　C. the conductor put him off the train

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

My friend Alice decided to be a nurse when she was four years old．She always wanted to play“doctors and nurses” with her playmates．When she left school last year，she still wanted to be a good nurse．One day she found an advertisement in the newspaper:

  DO YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE?

  STUDY NURSING

  SEND THIS FORM TO US

  FOR MORE INFORMATION

Alice filled the coupon(广告上的附单) with her name and address. She got it out and   1   it at once.

Last October she   2   her studies in a big hospital in New York. She had to work very hard. She went to    3   every day and studied late till night.  Then a really important day came: her first   4   in a ward（病房）.At last she was really helping the   5   people, not just sitting in classes or learning from   6  .

At first student nurses do lots of odd jobs（杂事）in the   7  . They help to   8   meals or wash the patients. They also keep the ward tidy and make the  9They can't give injections(注射) or help the 10  .

One of Alice's first jobs was in a ward of 11　　 people. She   12   to clean all the patients'   13    teeth. She collected all the teeth and took them to the bathroom.   14   cleaning each set of teeth one by one, she put all of them into one big   15 .

 “It'll be   16   this way,”she said to herself , “then I can give back everyone's teeth   17   a few minutes. ”

Give back everyone's teeth! Alice stood in the middle of the ward   18   a big bowl of teeth. She had no  19    which teeth belonged to   20   old man.

1 A. posted  　　　　   B. kept　　    C. threw　　　　　　  D. sold

2 A．finished　　　　   B．used　　   C．started　　　　    D．made

3. A．offices　　　　   B．work　　   C．hospital　　　　    D．classes

4. A．time　　　　　　 B．turn　　    C．patient　　　　    D．day

5. A．young　　　　    B．old　　　　 C．sick　　　　　　  D．good

6. A．teachers　　　　  B．books　　   C．doctors　　　　    D．radios

7. A．ward　　　　    B．classroom　　 C．hospital　　　　  D．school

8. A．cook　　　　　　 B．prepare　　  C．serve　　　　    D．had

9. A．money　　　　   B．room　　　　 C．beds　　　　   D．peace

10. A．teachers　　　　 B．patients　　   C．poor　　　　    D．doctors

11. A．old　　　　　　 B．young　　　　  C．ugly　　　　 D．kind

12.A．was ordered　　  B．was told　　   C．was forced　　 D．was reported

13. A．dirty　　　　　　 B．bad　　   C．good　　　　　　  D．false

14. A．Because of　　    B．Before　　   C．Instead of　　 &
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  D．When

15. A．bowl　　　　　　 B．bathroom　　  C．bag　　　　    D．box

16. A．faster　　　　    B．cleaner　　    C．quicker　　　　 D．easier

17. A．in　　　　　　   B．without　　   C．after　　　　    D．of

18. A．with　　　　　　 B．in　　　　  C．before　　　　    D．beside

19.  A．problem　　    B．idea　　   C．way　　　　    D．mind

20. A．what　　　　    B．that　　  C．whose　　　　   D．which<
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

My friend Alice decided to be a nurse when she was four years old．She always wanted to play“doctors and nurses” with her playmates．When she left school last year，she still wanted to be a good nurse．One day she found an advertisement in the newspaper:

  DO YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE?

  STUDY NURSING

  SEND THIS FORM TO US

  FOR MORE INFORMATION

Alice filled the coupon(广告上的附单) with her name and address. She got it out and   1   it at once.

Last October she   2   her studies in a big hospital in New York. She had to work very hard. She went to    3   every day and studied late till night.  Then a really important day came: her first   4   in a ward（病房）.At last she was really helping the   5   people, not just sitting in classes or learning from   6  .

At first student nurses do lots of odd jobs（杂事）in the   7  . They help to   8   meals or wash the patients. They also keep the ward tidy and make the  9They can't give injections(注射) or help the 10  .

One of Alice's first jobs was in a ward of 11　　 people. She   12   to clean all the patients'   13    teeth. She collected all the teeth and took them to the bathroom.   14   cleaning each set of teeth one by one, she put all of them into one big   15 .

 “It'll be   16   this way,”she said to herself , “then I can give back everyone's teeth   17   a few minutes. ”

Give back everyone's teeth! Alice stood in the middle of the ward   18   a big bowl of teeth. She had no  19    which teeth belonged to   20   old man.

1 A. posted  　　　　   B. kept　　    C. threw　　　　　　  D. sold

2 A．finished　　　　   B．used　　   C．started　　　　    D．made

3. A．offices　　　　   B．work　　   C．hospital　　　　    D．classes

4. A．time　　　　　　 B．turn　　    C．patient　　　　    D．day

5. A．young　　　　    B．old　　　　 C．sick　　　　　　  D．good

6. A．teachers　　　　  B．books　　   C．doctors　　　　    D．radios

7. A．ward　　　　    B．classroom　　 C．hospital　　　　  D．school

8. A．cook　　　　　　 B．prepare　　  C．serve　　　　    D．had

9. A．money　　　　   B．room　　　　 C．beds　　　　   D．peace

10. A．teachers　　　　 B．patients　　   C．poor　　　　    D．doctors

11. A．old　　　　　　 B．young　　　　  C．ugly　　　　 D．kind

12.A．was ordered　　  B．was told　　   C．was forced　　 D．was reported

13. A．dirty　　　　　　 B．bad　　   C．good　　　　　　  D．false

14. A．Because of　　    B．Before　　   C．Instead of　　    D．When

15. A．bowl　　　　　　 B．bathroom　　  C．bag　　　　    D．box

16. A．faster　　　　    B．cleaner　　    C．quicker　　　　 D．easier

17. A．in　　　　　　   B．without　　   C．after　　　　    D．of

18. A．with　　　　　　 B．in　　　　  C．before　　　　    D．beside

19.  A．problem　　    B．idea　　   C．way　　　　    D．mind

20. A．what　　　　    B．that　　  C．whose　　　　   D．which

 

Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine’s Day.One legend dates as far back as the days of the Roman Empire.According to the story,Claudius,the Emperor of Rome,wanted to increase the size of his army.He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to join.Therefore he made a rule that no young man could marry until he had served a certain number of years in the army.

A priest(牧师) named Valentine broke the rule and secretly married a great many young people.Finally,Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in prison,where he remained until his death on February 14.

After his death,Valentine was made a saint(圣人),and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine’s Day.It became the custom for lovers to send each other message on this day.Now Saint Valentine’s Day is a time for people to send one another greeting of many kinds.

February 14,Valentine’s Day,is sweethearts’ day,on which people in love with each other express their tender(温柔的) emotions.

People sometimes put their love message in a heartshaped box of chocolates,or a bunch of flowers tied with red ribbons(带子).Words of letters may be written on the flower covered card,or something else.Whatever the form may be,the message is almost the same：”Will you be my Valentine?”

1.Valentine was put in prison because 　　　.

A.he secretly got married　　　　　　　　 B.he didn’t serve in the army

C.he married many young people secretly　　 D.he broke the laws

2.According to the rule,　　 .

A.no young men could get married unless they were old enough

B.young men could marry if they served in the army for several years

C.no one could get married without the emperor’s permission

D.young men could marry only in the army

3.This passage mainly tells us about 　　　.

A.how Valentine died　　　　　　　　 B.the Emperor of Rome

C.how Valentine’s Day is celebrated　　　　 D.the origin Valentine’s Day

4.February 14 is chosen as Valentine’s Day because 　　　.

A.lovers express their tender emotions on this day

B.people want to remember Valentine

C.people send one another greetings of many kinds on this day

D.people want to fix a date for lovers to express their emotionse