Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman．There was a big box in the businessman’s living room．The businessman pointed at the box and said，“There’s only one thing you  1   do．Don’t open the box．”After  2    this，he left the living room．
The woman said to her husband，“There must be  3   in the box．Let’s open it，shall we?” Her husband said ___4___ to her．
But the woman didn’t give up her idea．One day，she decided to ___5___ what was      __6   it．Her husband didn’t stop her this time．She opened the box and looked inside．She found nothing in the box and then tried hard to close it,    7   she failed．
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was   8  ．He was very __9___ and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．
“But there is nothing in the box，”the woman said．“We   10    anything at all．”The businessman shouted at them，“The box is not important．I cannot believe you．That’s important!”
【小题1】A．needn’t     B．wouldn’t   C．mustn’t       D don’t have to
【小题2】A．saying     B．said        C．says         D to say
【小题3】A．expensive something
B．something expensive
C．nothing expensive
D expensive anything
【小题4】A．yes        B．nothing     C．no           D hello
【小题5】A．look for    B．clean up    C．find out     D get over
【小题6】A．near       B．under       C．in           D on
【小题7】A．though     B．or         C．unless       D but
【小题8】A．closed     B．empty       C．open         D full
【小题9】A．happy      B．angry       C．stressed out  D worried
【小题10】A．didn’t take  B．won’t take  C．haven’t taken  D aren’t taking

完形填空 （20分）
The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. one of his _21_ important inventions was the train. He _22_his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the _23_ engine on the train, he met with _24_ from the government, newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would _25_ cows, horses and sheep, that the _26_ would hurtle(炸飞) or that the hot coals from it would _27_their houses. At that time, _28_ people believed what they said.
George Stephenson _29_ the people that the train could go on small _30_, could pull carriages _31_goods and passengers and there was _32_ to them. It was a very _33_ matter for him to _34_ them believe. However, after _35_, he was able to do it; and the first train that _36_ by Stephenson himself _37_ what he had said.
The first day _38_ the people along the way _39_ the noises of the train _40_ and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius. They did not dare to come out until it had passed.

【小题1】

A．very B．a lot C．most D．much

【小题2】made   B. bought   C. introduced   D. did

【小题3】

A．electrical B．atomic C．steam D．beautiful

【小题4】

A．success B．troubles C．people D．pleasure

【小题5】

A．kill B．buy C．interest D．take away

【小题6】

A．smoke B．noise C．driver D．engine

【小题7】

A．pull down B．blow away C．set fire to D．pass

【小题8】

A．most B．few C．only a few D．the rich

【小题9】

A．said B．spoke C．told D．warned

【小题10】 A.reads    B. rivers    C. steam    D rails

【小题11】

A．short of B．full of C．empty of D．without

【小题12】

A．no great danger B．dangerous C．a lot of danger D．few danger

【小题13】

A．easy B．difficult C．pleasant D．light

【小题14】

A．get B．cause C．make D．force

【小题15】

A．sometimes B．some time C．a few times D．sometime

【小题16】

A．was sold B．were driven C．was pulled D．was driven

【小题17】

A．believed B．seemed C．sensed D．proved

【小题18】

A．of B．when C．while D．for

【小题19】

A．caught sight of B．listened to C．heard D．thought

【小题20】

A．nearby B．in the distance C．on the far D．from the distance

短文填词
Dear Ralph,
I’m a middle school student. I’m writing to tell you my problem _______ has troubled me for a long time. It is the_______ (关系) between my mother and me. My mother is a university professor, _______ works very hard. She is strict with me, but she is so _______ with her work that she finds little to t_______ to me. I love her and I do well in my studies, but I still feel a little a_______ of her because she loses her temper _______(容易地). I don’t know how to communicate with her. Maybe we should _______(交换) our feelings and t_______ in a right way. I wish we knew more about each other and _______ each other better. What can I do?
Best wishes!
Yours,
Tom

Dr Asim Syed, 32, has performed more than 100 operations at London’s Hammersmith Hospital in the country’s busiest transplant unit, but never imagined that he would one day become a donor himself.
He stepped forward when was told his 64-year-old mother might be dead within months unless she got a new kidney (肾). The worried surgeon brought her to London to be cared for at his hospital. However, it was not all plain sailing. Tests showed Dr Syed was the wrong blood group, so the only way was to go through a special blood-washing process. He consulted colleagues about that, but they didn’t agree, because the risk of rejection is still too high. Dr Syed and his mother were then advised to consider a new way of donating and receiving, called an organ-paired. That is, Dr Syed donated his kidney to an unknown person and another donor in the chain was a successful match for his mother. The chain of three transplants took place at the same time on July 31 with Dr Syed’s kidney going to a recipient in the Midlands and Mrs. Syed receiving her kidney from a person in the south of England.
Just hours after donating his own kidney, Dr Syed found himself recovering in bed next to his mother. Mrs Syed said, “When I came round from my operation Asim was in the next bed and the first thing he said was, ‘Mum now all your worries are over.’ Tears fell down.”
Now mother and son are recovering well with Dr Syed already back at work. Mrs. Syed is staying with him for several months while the hospital monitors her progress.
He said, “I did what anyone would do when they see a relative suffering disease. Although I wasn’t able to help mum directly, by agreeing to be part of a chain, I was also very happy.”
【小题1】 Why isn’t it a plain sailing?

A．No one can treat his mother well.

B．Dr Syed was the wrong blood group.

C．They didn’t have money to be in hospital.

D．Mrs. Syed was unwilling to receive the operation.

【小题2】Why didn’t his colleagues agree to the method of blood-washing?

A．It is very dangerous.	B．It costs too much.
C．They didn’t know how to do it at all.	D．They didn’t have the relative equipment.

【小题3】 What can we learn about Mrs. Syed?

A．She was touched by his son’s deed.

B．She has already recovered completely.

C．After operation, she went her own home.

D．She was in hospital in London for many years.

【小题4】What can be inferred from the text?

A．The hospital still needs improving.

B．Dr Syed has love and devotion to his parents.

C．The expense in the hospital is too high to afford.

D．Dr Syed donated his kidney to his mother directly.

Dr Asim Syed, 32, has performed more than 100 operations at London’s Hammersmith Hospital in the country’s busiest transplant unit, but never imagined that he would one day become a donor himself.
He stepped forward when was told his 64-year-old mother might be dead within months unless she got a new kidney (肾). The worried surgeon brought her to London to be cared for at his hospital. However, it was not all plain sailing. Tests showed Dr Syed was the wrong blood group, so the only way was to go through a special blood-washing process. He consulted colleagues about that, but they didn’t agree, because the risk of rejection is still too high. Dr Syed and his mother were then advised to consider a new way of donating and receiving, called an organ-paired. That is, Dr Syed donated his kidney to an unknown person and another donor in the chain was a successful match for his mother. The chain of three transplants took place at the same time on July 31 with Dr Syed’s kidney going to a recipient in the Midlands and Mrs. Syed receiving her kidney from a person in the south of England.
Just hours after donating his own kidney, Dr Syed found himself recovering in bed next to his mother. Mrs Syed said, “When I came round from my operation Asim was in the next bed and the first thing he said was, ‘Mum now all your worries are over.’ Tears fell down.”
Now mother and son are recovering well with Dr Syed already back at work. Mrs. Syed is staying with him for several months while the hospital monitors her progress.
He said, “I did what anyone would do when they see a relative suffering disease. Although I wasn’t able to help mum directly, by agreeing to be part of a chain, I was also very happy.”
【小题1】 Why isn’t it a plain sailing?

A．No one can treat his mother well.

B．Dr Syed was the wrong blood group.

C．They didn’t have money to be in hospital.

D．Mrs. Syed was unwilling to receive the operation.

【小题2】Why didn’t his colleagues agree to the method of blood-washing?

A．It is very dangerous.	B．It costs too much.
C．They didn’t know how to do it at all.	D．They didn’t have the relative equipment.

【小题3】 What can we learn about Mrs. Syed?

A．She was touched by his son’s deed.

B．She has already recovered completely.

C．After operation, she went her own home.

D．She was in hospital in London for many years.

【小题4】What can be inferred from the text?

A．The hospital still needs improving.

B．Dr Syed has love and devotion to his parents.

C．The expense in the hospital is too high to afford.

D．Dr Syed donated his kidney to his mother directly.