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A boy selling magazines walked up to a house people seldom visited. The house was old and the owner  36  came out. When he did come out he wouldn’t say hello to anybody  37  simply stared at them.
The boy knocked on the door and  38 . as he was ready to  39  away, the door slowly opened. “What do you want? ” the old man said.
“Uh, sir, I’m selling these magazines and I was  40  if you’d like to buy one.” The old man  41  stared at the boy. The boy could see the inside of the house and  42  some dog figurines （小雕像）. “Do you  43  dogs?” the boy asked. “Yes, I do. They’re my family here and they’re all I have.” The boy felt sorry for the man, as he seemed to be very  44 . “I’ve a magazine here for collectors. It’s perfect for you. I also have one about dogs since you like dogs so much.” But the old man said, “I need  45  of the magazines, now goodbye.”
The boy was sad. He went home and then an idea 46  to him. He had a little dog figurine. He walked back to the old man’s house with the  47 . He knocked on the door again and this time the old man came right to the door. “Boy, I  48  I told you no magazines.”
“No, sir. I know that. I wanted to bring you a  49 . ” The boy handed him the figurine and the old man’s face  50 . “It’s a Golden Retriever. I have one at home. This one is  51  you. ” The old man was  52 ; no one had ever shown him so much  53 . “Boy , you have a big  54 . Thank you!” From that day on the old man   55 coming out of the house and talking with people.
36．A．regularly             B．never          C．hardly                  D．nearly
37．A．but                                 B．when          C．as                          D．so
38．A．hurried                          B．remained   C．waited                 D．left
39．A．drive                     B．run                        C．escape                 D．walk
40．A．wondering          B．saying                  C．doubting             D．hoping
41．A．ever                      B．yet                        C．still                       D．just
42．A．loved                    B．noticed                C．contacted  D．sensed
43．A．help                      B．raise           C．collect                  D．like
44．A．lonely                            B．cruel           C．old                        D．terrible
45．A．nothing                B．none           C．either                   D．some
46．A．happened           B．reached               C．brought               D．occurred
47．A．fear                      B．magazine  C．figurine                D．idea
48．A．imagined             B．thought               C．wished                 D．expected
49．A．friend                            B．dog                       C．gift                        D．book
50．A．went up               B．turned up  C．grew up               D．lit up
51．A．with                      B．for                         C．on                         D．in
52．A．surprised            B．calm            C．disappointed      D．encouraged
53．A．pity                       B．kindness              C．politeness D．happiness
54．A．hand                     B．eye                       C．heart          D．head
55．A．continued           B．started                C．avoided               D．risked

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、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

In February 2006, I flew into Beijing from Shanghai to watch a performance by Iceland’s Bjork and to interview her.

Some people find it difficult to   36   Bjork’s music.  Her sound is an acquired taste, but  37   you get into it, you’re hooked. After the   38   press conference, I was   39   to a room where we did a one-on-one   40   for radio. I was surprised at how intelligent and pleasant she was. And fun.

The   41   at Worker’s Stadium was unbelievably wonderful. Barefoot for most of the show, Bjork   42   the audience’s interest with her music and her spirit.

However, an incident gave me an impression that she was unusual and moody.

The next day I was invited to go to the Great Wall with a lot of   43   who were to take pictures of Bjork. She was with her son and did not seem to be in the   44   for the photographers. She stood and stared at the ground, not facing the   45  .

Then suddenly, she ran off to the   46  , out to her waiting bus, and sped back to Beijing. It was strange to see since she had been so   47   with the press a few days before.

After leaving Beijing, she went on to perform in Hong Kong and Thailand. In a story that   48   around the world, she jumped on and attacked a female reporter at the Bangkok airport who   49   said, “Welcome to Thailand!”

You may have seen her at the Academy Awards a few years ago when she   50   in that usual swan costume,   51   perhaps her performance of Oceania at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Greece Olympics. Bjork does demand attention.

She’s   52   a new album, Volta. She challenges us to enter her own world with every album, and this one is no   53   .

Working with a variety of producers, including Timbaland, she takes us into her music again with an artistic   54   . It is   55   to digest, but if you can appreciate her unusual efforts, you will have a lot to get into.

36. A. receive                      B. get                           C. hear                         D. accept

37. A. while                         B. after                        C. before               D. once

38. A. heated                B. attended                   C. appointed                 D. packed

39. A. led                            B. brought                    C. fetched                     D. carried

40. A. lecture                B. comment                  C. interview                  D. dialogue

41. A. game              B. party           C. performance         D. play

42. A. held                          B. acquired                   C. seized               D. focused

43. A. viewers               B. tourists                     C. reporters                  D. officials

44. A. state                          B. mood                       C. situation                   D. position

45. A. cameras                     B. audience                   C. films                        D. directors

46. A. exit                           B. entrance                   C. edge                        D. side

47. A. communicative    B. conservative             C. cooperative        D. aggressive

48. A. turned                       B. went                        C. came                        D. ran

49. A. already               B. hardly               C. simply                     D. seldom

50. A. appeared                    B. accompanied             C. presented            D. joined

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

52. A. showed             B. collected                  C. produced                  D. took

53. A. exception                   B. excuse               C. way                         D. comment

54. A. spirit                         B. ability               C. talent                D. understanding

55. A. easy                       B. simple          C. difficult         D. funny

Boiler rooms are often dirty and steamy, but this one is clean and cool. Fox Point is a very new 47-unit living building in South Bronx, one of the city’s poorest areas. Two-thirds of the people living there are formerly (以前) homeless people, whose rent is paid by the government. The rest are low-income families.  The boiler room has special equipment, which produces energy for electricity and heat. It reuses heat that would otherwise be lost to the air, reducing carbon emissions(碳排放)while also cutting costs.

Fox Point is operated by  Palladia, a group that specializes in providing housing and services to needy people. Palladia received support from Enterprise Community Partners (ECP), which helps build affordable housing by providing support to housing developers.

ECP has created national standards for healthy, environmentally (环境方面) clever and affordable homes which are called, the Green Communities Standards. These standards include water keeping, energy saving and the use of environmentally friendly building materials.  Meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs. Even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy.

Michael Bloomberg, New York's mayor, plans to create 165,000 affordable housing units for 500,000 New Yorkers. Almost 80% of New York City’s greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused by housing. So he recently announced that the city’s Department of Housing and Preservation and Development (DHPD) , whose duty is to develop and keep the city’s supply of affordable housing, will require all its new projects to follow ECP’s green standards.

Similar measures have been taken by other cities such as Cleveland and Denver, but New York’s DHPD is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country.

1.What is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first paragraph?

    A．To explain the measures the city takes to care for poor people. 

    B．To suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas.

    C．To show how the environment-friendly building works.

    D．To compare old and new boiler rooms.

2.What is an advantage of the buildings meeting the Green Communities Standards?

    A．Lower running costs.             B．Costing less in construction.   

    C．Less air to be lost in hot days                    D．Better prices for homeless people.

3.It can be learned from the text that_______________.           

    A．New York City is seriously polluted

    B．people’s daily life causes many carbon emissions in New York City

    C．a great number of people in New York City don't have houses to live in

  D．some other cities have developed more affordable housing than New York City

4.What is the main purpose of this text?

    A．To call on people to pay more attention to housing problems.

    B．To prove that some standards are needed for affordable housing.

    C．To ask society to help homeless people and low-income families.

    D．To introduce healthy, environmentally clever-and affordable housing.

Low-Cost Gifts for Mother's Day
Gift No. I
Offer to Be your mother's health friend. Promise to Be there for any and all doctor's visits
whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say "no need," another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The Best part ? This one is free.
Gift No. 2
Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. "Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother's life," Dr. Marie Savard said.
Gift No. 3
Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. "Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortaBle pillows to encourage Better sleep," Savard said. "We know that good sleep is very important to our health."
Gift No. 4
Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother's Day By picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构) Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful But inexpensive things -many of which are "green" - and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will Be told that she has helped the chosen charity.
【小题1】What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits?

根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并将答案书写在答题卷上相应的位置。注意：选项中有两项多余选项。

— Can I help you?

— Yes, I'd like to return this book, please．

—      1     

— No, I couldn't read it．I had a hard time reading a few pages, and then I decided to give up.

—      2     

— It wasn't the language．It was the words．They are too small for me.

—     3___ What can I do for you then?

— Well, I'd be glad if you could find me another book.

—      4     

— Yes, but one with bigger words.

—      5     

— Oh, Oliver Twist．This one is fine．And the words are much bigger．Thank you very much.

— You're welcome.

A．What about this one?

B．You can't keep the book for long.

C．Another English storybook?

D．Isn't it interesting?

E．Oh? But I know you are good at English.

F．Did you enjoy the book?

G．Yes, they are really small.