It was Tom’s first visit to England, and he was looking forward to his first journey, on London’s Underground Railway. And against his friends’ 1_____, he was determined to travel 2 _____.

 He entered the station shortly after five o’clock in the afternoon. This is a 3_____ time to travel in London, 4_____ crowds of people go home from work at this hour. He 5 _____ to join a long line of people waiting for tickets. When at last his 6 _____ came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by t, , he ticket seller. 7____, he got the right ticket in the end and by asking people the 8 _____, he also found the right platform. It was 9 _____ tight with people. He did not 10_____ to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the platform so as to be in a better 11_____ to get on the next one. When this train came in, Tom was 12 _____ forward onto the train by the 13______ of people from behind. The doors closed and the train moved off. He was unable to see the 14 _____ of the stations where the train 15 _____, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth 16 ______ along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling 17 _____ that his journey  had been so easy. But he suddenly realized that he had come to a station he had never 18 _____. He explained his 19_____ to a man who was standing on the platform. With a 20_____ on his face, he told Tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite direction.

A.thought       B. advice        C. relation         D. favor

A.alone         B. abroad        C. along          D. away

A.short          B. certain        C. possible        D. bad

A.for           B. and          C. so             D. but

A.planned       B. had          C. happened       D. hoped

A.luck          B. time         C. chance         D. turn

A.Thus         B. Instead        C. Therefore       D. However

A.question      B. way           C. place           D. condition

A.packed        B. caught        C. covered         D. seized

A.manage       B. try           C. agree          D. expect

A.situation      B. state         C. position         D. seat

A.fought        B. swept        C. drawn          D. brought

A.speed         B. support       C. strike         D. push

A.signs         B. points        C. names         D. numbers

A.left           B. topped        C. started         D. moved

A.part          B. pause         C. stop           D. arrived

A.glad          B. sick          C. sorry          D. tired

A.heard of       B. talked about    C. thought of     D. arrived at

A.result         B. mistake        C. difficulty       D. ticket

A.joke          B. smile          C. surprise        D. pity

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请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
Michael O’her lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. The father believed in encouragement.
Though Michael was the    36   of the class when he entered high school, his    37   continued to encourage him, but also made it very clear that he did not have to play    38   if he didn’t want to.
However, Michael loved football and was    39   to try his best at every practice. All through high school, he never    40   a practice or a game, but remained a bench warmer(替补队员) all four years. His    41   father was always in the stands, with words of    42   for him.
It was the end of the football season, and as Michael ran slowly onto the practice field shortly    43   the big final game, the coach met him with a telegram. Michael    44   the telegram and became deathly silent—his father died that morning, and the sad man left for    45   immediately.
In the third quarter, when the team was ten points    46  , a silent young man eagerly    47   onto the sidelines. The coach and his players were shocked to see their team-mate back so    48  .
“Coach, please let me    49  . I have to play today,” said Michael. Feeling sorry for him, the coach    50  . Before long, nobody could believe their eyes. This small bench warmer played like a(n)    51  . He helped his team win finally.
When the team was cheering for their    52  , Michael was sitting in the corner all alone. The coach came to him and said, “You were fantastic! Tell me    53   you did it?”
Tears in eyes, Michael said, “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know he was blind?” He    54   a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could    55   me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!”

He only finished fourth in this year's Super Boy talent show. But it didn't stop him capturing (俘获) the hearts of thousands of fans. He can hit high notes with ease. And he is very modest. Zhang Jie,25,shed(流) sweat and tears all the way through the competition, but he never gave up.
“No matter how life treats him, he always fights back bravely ,”said Wu Chunyan, a Senior 2 student in Hubei.“He has never lost his dream of being a singer.”The road to fame is always rocky, and Zhang is no exception. As a college student he was majoring in tourism. He was considering becoming a tourist guide after graduation until he entered a singing competition.
His life changed after he competed in My Show. He won first place and signed with a record company.“I was very excited and regarded it as a way to take me closer to my dream,” he said. But the company gave him little money to make music and slowly began to ignore him. Zhang even borrowed money to buy costumes.“Life has its ups and downs. But the tough (艰难的) reality only makes me stronger,” he said.
He forgot he was once a champion of a talent show and joined Super Boy. His decision got support from his family who worked hard to make ends meet. His mother sold rice noodles on a street in his hometown, but she said she would “support him forever.”
“I have the dream to buy a large house for my parents, where my mom can get a large window sill (窗台) to grow flowers,” said Zhang.
【小题1】Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．An easy way to success	B．A rocky path to success
C．A clever boy	D．A successful boy [来源:学科网ZXXK]

A．he once won the first place in Super Boy talent show.

B．he finished fourth in My Show.

C．he is an exception on his way to fame.

D．after signing with a record company, he didn’t get much money.

He only finished fourth in this year's Super Boy talent show. But it didn't stop him capturing the hearts of thousands of fans. He can hit high notes with ease. And he is very modest. Zhang Jie,25,shed(流) sweat and tears all the way through the competition, but he never gave up.

“No matter how life treats him, he always fights back bravely ,”said Wu Chunyan, a Senior 2 student in Hubei. “He has never lost his dream of being a singer.” The road to fame is always rocky, and Zhang is no exception. As a college student he was majoring in tourism. He was considering becoming a tourist guide after graduation until he entered a singing competition.

His life changed after he competed in My Show. He won first place and signed with a record company. “I was very excited and regarded it as a way to take me closer to my dream,” he said. But the company gave him little money to make music and slowly began to ignore him. Zhang even borrowed money to buy costumes. “Life has its ups and downs. But the tough reality only makes me stronger,” he said.

He forgot he was once a champion of a talent show and joined Super Boy. His decision got support from his family who worked hard to make ends meet. His mother sold rice noodles on a street in his hometown, but she said she would “support him forever.”

“I have the dream to buy a large house for my parents, where my mom can get a large window sill to grow flowers,” said Zhang.

Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

   A. An easy way to success            B. A rocky path to success

   C. A clever boy                     D. A successful boy  

From the passage, we can know that _________.

   A. he once won the first place in Super Boy talent show.

   B. he finished fourth in My Show.

   C. he is an exception on his way to fame.

   D. after signing with a record company, he didn’t get much money.

When he met with difficulty in a record company, he decided to _______.

   A. join Super Boy                  B. tell the others he was a champion  

   C. give up on his way to success       D. quarrel with the boss

Before he joined in a singing competition, his dream was to become________.

   A. a great scientist                  B. a good college student 

   C. a famous singer                  D. a tourist guide

Wall Street is the banking center of New York City. But how did the street get its unusual name? To find out, we must go back to the early years of exploration in North America.
New York City was first called New Amsterdam by the explorer Henry Hudson. He was working for a Dutch trading company when he entered what is now the lower Hudson River area in the year 1609. There he found an island that was a perfect trading harbor. The Manhattan Indians lived there.
Dutch traders built a town on the end of Manhattan Island. It became a rich trading center. But the British questioned the right of the Dutch to control the area. The two nations went to war in 1652.
The governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant, worried that British settlers in New England would attack his town. He ordered that a protective wall be built at the north edge of Manhattan. The wall was more than 2,290 feet long. It extended from the Hudson River to the East River.
The British never attacked New Amsterdam. So the wall was never tested in war. But the path beside it became known as Wall Street. Later, Wall Street became a street of banks and business.
Dealing in stocks and shares in the stock markets began in the 17th Century. An informal market developed around the coffee houses in the City of London gradually. In 1773 “New Jonathan’s” Coffee House became the informal Stock Exchange, and it was formally established till 1802. at that time London was the largest share market, and the growth of the Industrial Revolution helped the establishment of local share markets in other parts of the country --- more than 330 of them when there were most. These markets first began moves towards combination in 1890, when the Council of Associated Stock Exchanges was formed. By 1967 all the “Country” Exchanges had got together themselves into six regional exchanges, and in 1973 all seven exchanges in the British Isles came together to form The Stock Exchanges of Great Britain and Ireland, and its member firms spread from Aberdeen to the Channel Islands and from Lancaster to Limerick.
1.    Manhattan was named after _____­­­­_____.
A. a Dutch explorer
B. a British colonist
C. an Indian tribe
D. the Dutch governor
2.    The British and the Dutch went to war in 1652 because __________.
A. they both liked the rich island
B. they both wanted to have Wall Street
C. they both wanted to control the rich area
D. they had questions in some aspects unsolved
3.    The wall _________.
A. was used in the war
B. was never used in the war
C. was destroyed later
D. was so weak that the British never tested it
4.    In 1773 “New Jonathan’s” Coffee House became _________.
A. the place the merchants had their ventures
B. an informal stock exchanges
C. a formal stock exchanges
D. the biggest market in Britain