My father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. In that half-playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, "How would you like to go to Eton?"

"You bet," I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I understood my father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class, our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a remarkably low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100.

This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. Alas! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict（冲突） with his fear of drawing attention to himself.

It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world he thought he might just as well phone them. I remember my eyes stinging（刺痛） and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness.

"Oh, he doesn't want to go away," said my mother, "You shouldn't go on like this.” “It's up to him," said my father. "He can make up his own mind." Ks5

His father sold his Rolls-Royce because ________.

A. it made him feel uneasy           B. it was too old to work well

C. it was too expensive to possess      D. it was too cheap

The writer's father enjoyed being different as long as ________.

A. it drew attention to him          B. it didn't bring him in arguments

C. it was understood as a joke     D. there was no danger of his showing off K

What was the writer's reaction to the idea of going to Eton?

A. He was very unhappy.           B. He didn't believe it.

C. He was delighted.               D. He had mixed feelings.

We can know from the passage that ________.

A. Children who can go to Eton are very famous

B. Children can go to Eton if they will

C. It is very difficult for a child to get admitted by Eton

D. Children don't have the right to decide whether they will go to Eton

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Once upon a time there was an old general (将军)．He liked to drink wine better than anything else. He always __36__ several bottles of good wine in his house. He __37__ go out one day, but he was _38___ his servant would drink his wine. Then he thought of a way to __39_ him doing so.

"I'm going out for the day ." he __40__ his servant. "Please _41___ the house for me．There are some meat and two bottles of _42___ in the kitchen .There is also a hen there．But be careful not to _43___ it because it is poisonous.__44___ you drink it ,it will kill you."

But as soon as he left, his servant killed the hen and __45__ it for dinner. He then ate __46__ the hen and the meat, drank the two bottles of wine and went to bed. The general returned home late that evening．He was __47__ to find that the hen, the meat and the two bottles of wine were gone. He then saw his servant __48___ asleep in bed. There were two empty bottles beside him．He woke the servant up.

"What was happened?" he asked.

"I'm very sorry. "His servant replied." After you __49___,a cat jumped in _50___ the window and ate the meat. A dog took the hen away．I know you would be __51___ with me when you returned,__52___ I tried to _53____myself  by drinking the poison ．Please __54__ me." The general didn't believe __55__ he said but there was nothing he could do.

A．bought            B．stole               C．kept                D．carried

A．had to             B．had better           C．should              D．could

A．talking            B．writing             C．pleased              D．worried

A．stop               B．keep               C．notice               D．thank

A．ordered           B．told                C．asked              D．invited

A．take care of         B．leave               C．sell                 D．buy

A．wine              B．milk               C．water               D．ink

A．touch              B．kill                C．forget               D．drink

A．Before             B．If               C．Because          D．Since

A．hid              B．threw              C．washed              D．cooked

A．both             B．all                 C．some               D．either

A．sure             B．disappointed         C．surprised            D．sorry

A．dying            B．lying               C．singing              D．crying

A．left             B．returned           C．knew            D．drank

A．near             B．onto                    C．under                   D．through

A．thankful         B．angry               C．satisfied                 D．strict

A．but              B．so                 C．though                  D．that

A．fool             B．teach               C．kill                 D．wake

A．excuse           B．drink               C．help               D．kill

A．when            B．that                C．what                D．How

The train was__________ to arrive at 11:30,but was an hour late.

A. about            B. likely        C. certain    D. supposed

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The first day of college I met a little old lady. I was __36__. “Why are you here at such a young age?” I asked.

“To meet a rich husband, __37__, have children, and then retire and travel!” she replied __38__.

I laughed, but we became close friends. For the whole __39__ we would leave class together and __40__ nonstop. I was always listening as she __41__ her wisdom and experience.

At the end of the term Rose was invited to make a __42__. I’ll never forget her words. “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old __43__ because we stop playing. The only __44__ of staying young is being happy and achieving success. You have to find humor and __45__. You’ve got to have a(n) __46__. When you lose dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are __47__ and don’t even know it! Growing older doesn’t __48__ growing up. Anybody can grow older doing __49__. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. My idea is that one grows up by always finding __50__ in life. Have no regrets. The elderly don’t have regrets for what we did, __51__ for things we didn’t do. The only people who fear death are those with __52__.”

The college year ended. Rose got her __53__ but passed away one week after graduation. Many students attended the funeral (葬礼) of the __54__ woman who taught by __55__: never too late to be all you can possibly be.

A. happy                    B. sorry                        C. active                       D. curious

A. make money        B. get married               C. earn a degree            D. find work

A. briefly                   B. happily                    C. jokingly                   D. seriously

A. term                    B. month                      C. week                        D. day

A. talk                         B. work                        C. race                         D. smile

A. shared                 B. enjoyed                    C. admired                   D. imagined

A. decision               B. speech                      C. wish                        D. bet

A. slightly                B. possibly                   C. hardly                      D. simply

A. skill                    B. secret                       C. plan                         D. style

A. stop                     B. rest                          C. wonder                    D. laugh

A. try                      B. chance                            C. dream                      D. education

A. weak                   B. dead                        C. old                          D. ill

A. include                B. need                        C. mean                       D. escape

A. nothing                     B. anything                   C. something                D. everything

A. solutions              B. faults                       C. secrets                      D. opportunities

A. but rather           B. in turn                            C. and yet                     D. if not

A. talents                 B. abilities                    C. regrets                            D. dreams

A. respect               B. degree                      C. fame                        D. disease

A. attractive             B. funny                       C. easy-going                D. impressive

A. direction              B. promise                    C. example                   D. theory

对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确的形式，使对话通顺。

L = Lucy   J = Jim

L : Oh, I’ve just had a (76) t        day today.        76．     

J : What (77) h         ?                 77．     

L : Well, I overslept in the morning. I didn’t hear the       

   (78) a        clock.                    78．     

J : Oh, everyone does that once in a (79) w          79．     

L : I was late for class, so I drove a little (80) f       . Guess who saw me?

                            80．     

J : A policeman? You got a ticket?

L : Yeah. He didn’t care that I was late. Anyway, I got to class,

   (81) b        I had brought the wrong book. The teacher wasn’t     81．     

   (82) h         .                  82．     

J : That’s really had.

L : What’s (83) w        , I have a paper due tomorrow. It’s on a 83．     

Hard drive (硬盘). I went to the computer lab and I couldn’t

(84) f          my file. I forgot to save the information.       84．     

J : Oh, not!

L : And now I need to go home. And you know (85) w       ?       85．     

   My car keys are missing.