In May, 2010, I first visited Toronto when my granddaughter needed a serious operation(手术). She stayed at a hospital in the heart of the city because the hospital provide excellent medical treatment for us.  46  it was a beautiful city, my first impression of it was bad. My husband and I rented a room not far away from the            47  . Every day we walked from our apartment to the hospital. On the way we met many  48  things. Poor people asked for money. People walked around them as if they saw   49  . People there always walked quickly  50  smile. I kept smiling at them saying：“Excuse me” every time when I wanted to pass someone.
The city never  51  .. Bright lights and loud music were everywhere.
There were many firsts for me when I was in Toronto. It was the first time I saw the lack of humanity(人性的缺失) for our fellow man. The city felt crowd but __52   
Though I went to Toronto many times. I had no interest to   53   any wonderful  places. I felt uncomfortable when I was there.
When we were back home, I felt comfortable at home. Our neighbors    54  us back with friendly smiles. It is quiet, peaceful and safe. You don’t have to   55   the house or car doors. You can hear water gurgle(汩汩地流)。It’s the life.
【小题1】A. Though           B. When            C. If
【小题2】A. neighbor          B.garden            C. hospital
【小题3】A. unpleasant         B. interesting        C. wonderful
【小题4】A. something         B. anything          C. nothing
【小题5】A.without            B. besides           C. in
【小题6】A. walked           B. slept             C.drank
【小题7】A. quiet              B.lonely             C. noisy
【小题8】A.introduce           B. describe           C. visit
【小题9】A. sent               B. welcomed          C. paid
【小题10】A. repair              B.buy                C.close

I was not a confident girl before. I   36   spoke in fornt of the class because I was afraid of making mistakes. My family went to Mount Tai last summer holiday. Something important  37   there and it changed me greatly.

We  38   there early in the morning and began to climb. Soon all of us felt tired  39  the stairs were really steep(陡峭的). An hour later, we stopped to have a rest. While we were having a rest, my mother changed her  40  and decided not to climb any more. I couldn’t decide whether to stay there or go on  41  with my father.“No matter how hard it is, I am  42  you can get there.” Said my father. So again we  43  the hard journey. We were very tired,   44  we kept going on and on. Another hour later, we reached the top. It was really beautiful. My father and I were so excited that we couldn’t help  45  happily. What an interesting trip!

1..A. never             B. always          C. sometimes

2..A. left                  B. continued       C. happened

3..A. arrive                B. arrived         C. arrived at

4.A.because         B. because of      C. so

5..A. place             B. mind                 C. road

6..A. climb             B. to climb             C. climbing

7.A. sorry         B. afraid               C. sure

8..A. ended        B. stopped              C. started

9..A. and          B. but                  C. though

10..A. jumping up           B. jumping into         C. jump up

Stand over there, ______ you will get a better view of the whole city.

   A. or             B. and          C. but             D. though

1---Can Dave paint?

---Yes, he can, ________ he can’t paint very well.

A. and             B. or            C. but            D though

This is a true story . One evening a woman was   36    home when she saw a truck close behind her . She drove more quickly to be far away from the truck ,    37    when she sped up (加速），the truck did ，too. The   38   she drove , the faster the truck drove . The woman felt afraid , so she drove onto a main street , hoping to   39  the truck in a traffic . But the truck jumped a   40  light and went on running after her .

 Finally the woman drove her car into a service station ,and got out of her car ,shouting for    41  .  The truck driver didn' d leave , instead he went out of his car .  He   42    the back door , and pulled out a man hidden (藏）in the back seat . The woman was running from the wrong person .the woman was   43   at last .

 From the place where the woman stopped her car , the driver    44  a criminal (罪犯）in the woman' s car . The driver drove after her not to   45    her but to help her .

1.A. running         B. walking       C. driving.

2.A. but             B. though        C.  or.

3.A. bigger          B. faster         C. happier.

4.A. lose            B. look          C. come

5.A. black           B. red           C. green.

6.A. advice          B. suggestion     C. help

7.A. cleaned         B. opened        C. bought.

8.A. safe            B. healthy        C. free

9.A. forgot          B. found          C. put.

10.A. harm          B. visit.        C. save.