Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find 37 work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us 38 every couple of years.

　　Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the 39 when I was 40 to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks. 

When I 41 in the US and started 8th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n)  42  language I couldn’t understand. I  43  that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always  44  my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read 45 .

46  after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things.  47 just made my life worse. If I was going to 48   in this new concrete jungle, I had to 49 . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own  50  school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers 51  my improvement and moved me into a more  52  English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without 53 frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again, 54  I didn’t hear foreign talk. I 55 understand people.

1.                A．find           B．join            C．see  D．help

 

2.                A．good-looking    B．well-dressed     C．better-paying  D．highly-thought

 

3.                A．once           B．other          C．each D．only

 

4.                A．case           B．condition       C．situation  D．state

 

5.                A．packing         B．trying          C．managing D．arranging

 

6.                A．reached        B．entered        C．got  D．arrived

 

7.                A．strange         B．unusual         C．standard  D．foreign

 

8.                A．hoped         B．wished         C．expected D．demanded

 

9.                A．staring         B．looking         C．checking  D．watching

 

10.               A．texts           B．newspapers     C．English    D．poems

 

11.               A．Although       B．Even if         C．But   D．Since

 

12.               A．It             B．They           C．I D．Things

 

13.               A．live            B．study          C．survive    D．continue

 

14.               A．adapt          B．adopt          C．adore D．admire

 

15.               A．for            B．in             C．after  D．at

 

16.               A．made          B．noticed         C．concerned D．remember

 

17.               A．modern        B．advanced       C．difficult   D．convenient

 

18.               A．even          B．ever           C．some D．any

 

19.               A．if             B．though         C．ever  D．because

 

20.               A．could          B．should         C．would D．might

 

 

Welcome to Adventureland!

Everyone loves Adventureland! The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore（探索）, enjoy, and admire their wonders. Every visit will be an unforgettable experience. You will go away enriched, longing to come back. What are you going to do this time?

The Travel Pavilion

Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life.

Visit the Amazon jungle（丛林）village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives, and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing…

The Future Tower

This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator（模拟装置）for the Journey to Mars!

The Nature Park

This is not really one park but several.

In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales. And then there is still the Aviary to see…

The Pyramid

This is the center of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center. Come here for information and ideas too.

63．The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors           .

       A．realize the importance of traveling　　　B．become familiar with mountain countries

       C．learn how to make things such as fishing nets

       D．learn something about different places in the world

64．If you are interested in knowing about what people’s life will be, you may visit           .

       A．the Travel Pavilion　B．the Future Tower　C．the Safari Park　D．the Pyramid

65．If you want to get a toy lion to take home, where will you most likely go?

       A．The Pyramid.   B．The Nature Park.     C．The Future Tower. D．The Travel Pavilion.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分30分 ）

The car， running along the well-lit road， now sank in darkness. I broke the _____36_____ on purpose， ______37_____ that the driver was too tired to drive. ''When do you go back home in the evening？“9 o’clock after this _____38_____.”Then when do you come out in the morning？“I _____39______ another question.”9 o'clock， too——just as if I worked at an office.” His ____40____ surprised me， because every time I ride a taxi， what I _____41____ from the driver are only complaints that they have to work from morning till night， it's hard to earn money， they're often _____42____ by the police， or that their leaders are seated lazy， ____43____ the fruits. But this driver told me，”I find it ____44____ to be a section chief as I was before. I like driving just for _____45_____. Its fortunate that I hardly drive ____46____ a passenger. So I earn two or three thousand Yuan a month with ease. Yes， I never _____47_____ an empty taxi. If it goes southward， I go northward. If it goes along a _____48_____， I turn into a narrow street…”

　　His words showed his ______49_____ with his life and the pride he _____50_____ in his job. Such feelings are so rare among people nowadays as oxygen in high _____51_____. As an ancient saying goes，”Neither joy in material _____52_____ nor grieve over personal setbacks.” How many people nowadays can show high ideals by _____53_____ living and go far with a calm mind？ I couldn't help feeling _____54_____ when finding such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold _____55_____.

1. A. window      B. stillness     C. silence           D. quietness

2. A. on condition B. for fear    C. in belief         D. in order

3. A. night       B. trip          C. cycle             D. process

4.A. threw out    B. gave away     C. made up           D. led to

5.A. character    B. confidence    C. explanation       D. easiness

6.A. suffer       B. request       C. benefit           D. hear

7. A. detected    B. ordered       C. fined             D. seized

8. A. keeping     B. tasting       C. enjoying          D. choosing

9.A. exciting     B. disappointing C. tiring           D. amazing

10. A. freedom    B. pleasure      C. hobby             D. company

11.A. without     B. with          C. behind            D. beside

12. A. follow     B. admire        C. envy              D. meet

13. A. route      B. path          C. railway           D. highway

14. A. intelligence B. satisfaction C. competition     D. honesty

15. A. made       B. held          C. caught            D. took

16. A. buildings B. mountains     C. standard          D. heaven

17. A. gains      B. concerns      C. supports          D. loss

18. A. special    B. happy         C. simple            D. original

19. A. angry      B. content       C. dangerous         D. curious

20. A. morning    B. night         C. moment            D. season

 

 

Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water or mud. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked!

Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I had been struck four or five times. I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!

　　Having stopped laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain. For a second time, I took a step backwards while my attacker paused. I wasn't sure what to do. After all, it’s just not everyday that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. That's when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was dying.

　　Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack me for his mate’s sake, even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life. Should I have been careless enough to step on her? His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate’s safety seemed admirable. I couldn’t do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed.

　　Since then, I’ve used that butterfly’s courage as an inspiration and to remind myself that good things are worth fighting for.

1.The writer changed his direction while walking down a path because he wanted_______.

A. to get close to a butterfly

B. to escape a sudden attack

C. to look over the bad situation

D. to avoid getting his shoes dirty

2.From the passage we can learn that the attacker _________.

A. struck the author four or five times and made him badly hurt

B. paused until the author took a step backwards

C. thought it was the author who caused the death of his mate

D. attacked the author for his mate’s safety and to accompany her for the last moments of life

3.From this experience the man learned_____.

A. butterflies are brave insects

B. the small can defeat the large

C. how to deal with challenges in his life

D. people should try their best to fight for everything

4.Which of the following words can best describe the butterfly?

A. caring     B. ambitious     C. courageous       D. aggressive

 

_____ and out of breath, we reached the top of the mountain and stopped _____ the beautiful scenery.

　  　 A. Tiring; to admire               B. Being tired; admiring

　   　C. Tired; to admire                D. Tired; admiring