Mr Ling lives in China. He worked in a factory and last year he retired. His wife died five years ago and his son works in Japan. He always has sports and he is in good health.

One day his son called him and asked him to have a journey to Tokyo. He was very happy. He was afraid to travel by plane and took the ship.

On the first morning on the ship Mr Ling met an Englishman at table. The man said to him, “Good morning!” He thought the Englishman told his name to him. So he stood up and said, “Ling Bing!” And it was repeated a few mornings and Mr Ling told a teacher about it. Hearing him, the teacher began to laugh and said, “He says hello to you in the morning.”

The next morning, when Mr Ling met the Englishman, he said, “Good morning!” And the Englishman stood up and said, “Ling Bing, sir.”

Mr Ling stays at home ______________.

  A. with his wife   B. with his son   C. with his daughter  D. by himself

Mr Ling went to Japan by ship because ______________.

  A. he thought it was safer 

  B. he wanted to have sports on the ship

  C. he had little money to take a plane

  D. he had enough time to do so

The old man told his name to the Englishman because ________.

  A. he hoped to make friends with him.

  B. he wanted to say hello to him, too.

  C. he wanted him to teach him English

  D. he thought “Good morning” was his name

Which of the following is right?

  A. Mr Ling began to study English on the ship.

  B. The Englishman thought “Ling Bing” meant “Good morning” in Chinese

  C. The Englishman learned much Chinese on the ship.

  D. The old woman began to teach Mr Ling English.

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
This was the morning, when Jeremy, l4 years old, was to begin his duck shooting. He had   31  the whole idea ever since his father had bought him  32  and had promised him a __33__to this island. But he loved his father and wanted to  34  him.
They came to the beach. To ease the sense of fear, he took a  35   of his father, then he put the camera aside and picked up the gun. His father said happily, “I’ve been  36  a long time for this day. I’ll let you  37 .” He leaned (屈身) forward, eyes narrowed. “There is a small flight(一群) now. Keep your head down; I’ll give you the  38  .”
Jeremy’s heart was beating  39  . “No, don’t let them come, please!” But they came, closer, closer... “Now, take them!” cried his father. Jeremy felt his body  40  . He stood up, leaned into the gun the  41  his father taught him. In the same distance, the ducks saw the gunners and flared (突然飞去) wildly. For a second he hung there balanced between life and death. There was no sound. Jeremy stood  42  , seizing the gun.
“What happened?  43   didn’t you shoot?” his father said in a controlled voice. The boy didn’t answer. His lips were trembling.
“Because they were so  44  ,” he said and burst into tears. He sat down, face buried in his hands and wept. All  45  of pleasing his father was gone. He had his chance and he failed  .
For a moment his father was  46  . And then he said, “Let’s try again.” Jeremy didn’t lower his hands. “It’s no use, I can’t.”
“Hurry, you’ll miss them. Here!” Gold metal touched Jeremy. He  47  up, unbelieving . His father was handing the camera to him, and said softly, “Quick!,” Jeremy stood up and pressed his shutter release(快门) button in a flash. “I got them!” His face was bright.
Jeremy saw that there was no disappointment in his father’s eyes,  48  pride and love. “I’ll always love shooting. But that doesn’t mean you  49  . Sometimes it takes as much   50  not to do a thing as to do it.”  He paused. “I think you could teach me how to operate that camera .”
31. A. hated                   B. loved                C. hoped                  D. known
32. A. toy                     B. a camera             C. a bike                  D. a gun
33.A. game             B. prize                 C. trip                   D. holiday
34. A. join              B. praise                C. help                   D. please
35. A. rest              B. breath                C. picture                D. care
36. A. lasting                  B. waiting              C. looking               D. asking
37. A. go               B. shoot                C. catch                 D. play
38. A. word             B. gun                  C. chance                D. fact
39. A. wildly            B. widely               C. tightly                D. nervously
40. A. warm             B. excite                C. delay                 D. obey
41. A. rule              B. road                 C. way                  D. path
42. A. surprisedly       B. quietly               C. still                   D. hard
43. A. How              B. Where               C. Why                 D. What
44. A. lovely             B. sad                  C. frightening            D. friendly
45. A. hope             B. means                C. decision               D. practice
46. A. silent                   B. cheerful              C. calm                  D. worried
47. A. sat               B. looked                     C. stood                  D. put
48. A. almost            B. mostly                     C. even                  D. only
49. A. need              B. might                C. dare to                D. have to
50. A. energy            B. work                C. courage               D. mind

Our three-year-old daughter Becky wanted a dog. But we were too busy to buy one. One day, Becky ran in, shouting, “Mom! Come to see my dog!” Her face was red with   36 .

　　I followed her to the bush and found a   37 ! He was hurt. Seeing me, he stood up   38 ! I could see his teeth! God! My mouth felt dry. “Don’t be afraid. That’s Mom. She  39 you, too.” Becky said. Then he became friendly. It was  40 !

　　I   41  to find my husband and told him about the wolf. We should have  42  the wolf, but Becky loved him. Besides, he was gentle(温柔的) to Becky. So we called the vet finally.

　　Becky named the wolf (狼) Ralph ,  43  she carried food to him every day. Later, Ralph got well. They played together in the daytime. At night, Ralph would return to the mountains. Sometimes he   44  but came back several days later.

　　On Becky’s first day of school, we could see Ralph’s   45 . After the school bus left, Ralph lay by the side of the road and   46  . When Becky returned, he got happy again. This    47  throughout Becky’s school years.

　　Twelve   48  passed.

　　One day we heard that a she-wolf was killed. The other wolf was hurt and ran away. We were   49  about Ralph. That night, Ralph returned with a wound (伤). Fifteen-year-old Becky held his head and   50  him. We hope he could come through. However, he   51 .

　　Becky cried. I noticed something strange in the bush — two little yellow eyes! Ralph’s  52 ! Before he died, Ralph   53  his child to us! He knew he would be  54  here, as he had been. Ralph, Ralph... I was   55 .

　　“Don’t be afraid, little ... Ralphie. That’s Mom. She loves you, too.”

1.                A．encouragement  B．entertainment    C．agreement    D．excitement

2.                A．dog            B．fox            C．wolf D．tiger

3.                A．lovely          B．finally          C．suddenly  D．patiently

4.                A．hurts          B．loves           C．kills  D．hates

5.                A．wonderful      B．unhappy        C．unbelievable   D．normal

6.                A．prepared       B．rushed         C．pretended D．wanted

7.                A．loved          B．found          C．damaged  D．killed

8.                A．and            B．but            C．so   D．or

9.                A．disappeared     B．turned         C．passed   D．came

10.               A．sadness        B．dream         C．understanding  D．anger

11.               A．slept           B．left            C．sang  D．waited

12.               A．stopped        B．joined          C．lived  D．continued

13.               A．days           B．weeks          C．months    D．years

14.               A．surprised       B．puzzled         C．worried   D．careful

15.               A．comforted      B．beat           C．washed   D．amused

16.               A．succeeded      B．died           C．cried D．woke

17.               A．mother         B．father          C．wife  D．child

18.               A．posted         B．brought        C．sold  D．threw

19.               A．safe           B．happy          C．warm D．friendly

20.               A．confused       B．disappointed    C．moved    D．frightened

One Saturday afternoon in February, 1943, a farmer in Mexico stopped working for a moment and looked across his fields of corn. Suddenly he saw a thin line of white smoke curling up out of his field, about 200 feet from where he stood. As he went toward the smoke to see what it was, he heard a strange noise. The line of smoke became bigger. It looked as if some great force were pushing it up into the sky.

The farmer rushed home to get his wife. While he was urging his wife to hurry from the house, the earth shook violently. When he stood up after the earth stopped shaking, he looked across the field and saw that great flames were rising from his cornfield. A volcano was being born!

They hurried across the shaking earth to the village of Particutin, which was toward their farm. They found the village was seriously destroyed and the road from the village was filled with frightened people hurrying to safety.

Particutin did not become dark that night. The volcano lighted up the sky for miles around. Flames rushed out of the ground. The volcano threw hot stones a thousand feet through the air. Great explosion shook the earth and heavy black ashes fell from the sky, covering the roofs in Mexico city, 180 miles away.

But that was not all. On the third evening a float of lava（火山岩）began to boil up from the centre of the volcano. It came over the edge in a heavy flow, 2,000 feet wide, and travelled slowly across the valley, bringing certain death to everything that could not move from its path.

1..

. From the passage we can conclude EXCEPT that         .

A. the volcano threw out a lot of ashes and hot stones  

B. the volcano lasted several days 

C. many people had to escape from the village  

D. it caused many deaths and great loss 

2..

. You can find the passage in a         .

A. newspaper                             B. government report

C. leaflet for travellers                       D. handbook 

3..

. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. At the beginning the farmer heard a strange cry. 

B. The farmer was working in the field when the disaster happened.  

C. The farmer’s wife was working in the field at that moment. 

D. The village was badly damaged. 

4..

 What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. The damage of a volcano.         B. A terrible volcano.

C. An unforgettable memory.          D. A farmer’s experience.

Richard Gray was a famous explorer (勘察者)．He was also a millionaire.He had visited every country in the world.He had crossed Antarctica，flown across the Atlantic by balloon，and climbed Mount Everest.Last year he decided to walk across Death Valley，the hottest place on earth.He walked for days over the hot desert sand.One night he found the camp where he had been the night before.Gray had walked in a circle.He was lost.

Two days later he had drunk all his water.He couldn’t walk.He crawled to the top of a sand dune (沙丘)，and there he saw a man.The man was wearing smart，clean trousers，a white shirt and a tie.Gray crawled over to him.

“Water，...water，...” he said.

“I’m terribly sorry，old boy，” replied the man，“but I haven’t got any water with me.”

“Help me！” shouted Gray，“I’m a rich man...a millionaire...I’ll give you anything.”

“That’s very nice of you，old boy，” said the man.“Look，I can’t give you any water，but would you like to buy my tie？”

“A tie？Of course not！” screamed Gray，and crawled away.He crawled slowly up the next sand dune.His mouth was full of sand.His lips were cracked and dry.He couldn’t breathe.He reached the top of the dune and there he saw a huge good hotel.Girls were swimming in the large swimming pool.Beautiful fountains were all around the hotel.

“Is it a mirage (幻景)？” he thought.“Am I dying？” He stood up and staggered (蹒跚) down the dune.

A waiter in shining white uniform came out of the door.

“Water...water...a bath！Food！” screamed Gray.

“I’m sorry，you can’t come into this hotel.” said the waiter.

“Why not？I’ve got plenty of money...I’m a millionaire.”

“Ah，” replied the waiter，“but you aren’t wearing a tie！”

36．The famous explorer________.

A．had crossed Antarctica and the Atlantic by balloon

B．had travelled all over the world

C．had walked across Death Valley

D．had ever been a millionaire

37．Death Valley is________.

A．a valley where people may die from loss of water

B．a dead place where people dare not go

C．a terribly hot valley where people may die of heat

D．a place’s name

38．Two days later Richard Gray________.

A．was lost in a circle

B．was drunk

C．began to search for water in the desert

D．crawled to the top of a dune to see a man

39．Gray saw________from the top of the next dune.

A．a large good hotel                           B．many swimming girls

C．a lot of drinking water                     D．a beautiful mirage

40．At last Richard Gray________.

A．got some water to drink                    B．was not permitted to enter the hotel

C．was very sorry for the waiter            D．was dying