I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was   21 , for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of   22 . He stood right before me with his head down and said   23 , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and   24 . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes aways so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.
  25 , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his   26  and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s   27  I picked it. Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must   28  it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I   29 .” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not   30  —he was blind.
Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I   31  him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome.” he smiled, and then ran off to   32 . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain (痛苦).
Through the eyes of a blind child,   33  I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been   34 . I decided to see the beauty in life, and   35  every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.

Cars are very popular in America．When the kids are fourteen years old．They dream of having their own  16 ．Many students work after school to  17 a car．In most places  18 people learn to drive in high school．They have to take a  19 test to get a licence．Learning to drive and getting a driver’s  20 may be one of the most exciting things in their lives．For many，that piece of paper is an important symbol（象征）that they are now grown-ups．
Americans seem to love their cars almost more than anything else．People almost never go to see a doctor when they are  21 ．But they will take  22 cars to a “hospital” at the smallest sign of a problem．At weekends，people  23 most of the time in washing and waxing（打蜡）their cars．For some families it is not enough to have  24 car．They often have two or even three．Husbands need a car to go to work．Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or  25 
activities．

完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选
项中，选择最佳选项。
Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl, Sarah. After Sarah left university, 36  began to live in New York City on her own. She  37  a job in a publishing house, but the salary was less than $30，000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah could live on her _38 and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that 39  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people, that means housing. So Sarah chose to 40__ a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was 41 . When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. 42 she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then 43_ the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often  44  a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐). But Sarah said, “I enjoy walking 45 in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.”  Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She   46 managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, the other to Portland.
“Don’t think of saving money as something 47 . It’s a kind of game,” said Sarah.

完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Dear Laura,
I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You don’t know whether it is true that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you   36 .
I wanted to do something very   37  for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He worked all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it   38  it looked almost new. I was so proud of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet(头盔)and a riding outfit(全套装备）.
I could   39  wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I couldn’t sleep the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to   40  the coffee, tea, and morning dishes. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a   41 :” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”
I was so surprised. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could   42  lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s   promise.
I stood there shocked(震惊的), crying a river, asking myself how my son could  43  this expensive gift.
Of course, the house awoke, and my son was very pleased with my reaction（反应）. Many kisses were exchanged, and I immediately wanted him to   44  my gift.
As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not exactly what I was expecting. Then I   45  that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.
Of course I was the proudest mother ever on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.
So I wanted you to know, that kind of love is   46  present and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!
I thought you’d love to   47  this story.
Yours,
Hilary

完形填空。(每小题 2分，共 20分)
根据短文内容，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案 标号涂黑。
Do you often communicate with your parents? Some parents are always comparing their 41 with themselves when they were young or with other people when they were children.
"When I was your age," a father said to his sixteen-year-old son one day, "I was at the top of my class every year. And I 42  what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals (目标). You are always at the bottom (最后) of your class  43 you have no goals."
The man’s son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father many times. "And when your mother was your age, " the young man’s father 44  , " she had a good job and she 45  lots of money. You don’t even have a part-time job .You earn nothing. " The man’s son still said nothing. He had heard this before, too. "
And when your 46  brother was your age, "the young man’s father said, "he studied hard. But you just waste your time."
And the man’s son still said nothing.
Finally, the young man’s father said, "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he worked all day and studied at night."
This time the son  47  stay silent. "
And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father," he said, "He was the President of 48  United States. 49  are you?"
His father had no answer 50  this.
Are your parents always comparing you with others? And what’s your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?

完型填空。（每小题0.5，计5分）
Perhaps you ride a bicycle to school. Riding a bicycle can be great fun. Do you know how to ride a bicycle    41  ?
Careful boys and girls learn to ride their bicycle well    42   they go out on the road. How can you tell    43   you are a good rider or not?
If you can ride a bicycle in a straight line, you can ride well. If you can’t, you should practice riding    44   a safe place. To be safe on a bicycle, you    45   
to use both hands and both feet.    46   your feet on the pedals (脚踏) and your hands on the handle bars (把手) at all times.
Do you have a basket on your bicycle? If so, put your books and other things in the    47 .
You know that your bicycle is built for one person. It is not safe to carry anyone
   48   you.   49 is this so? Keep   50 safe by safety rules when you ride on a bicycle.

As we know, animals are our friends. Please read the following descriptions and try to find out what kinds of animals they are.
Hi! I am Molly. I am twelve years old. I   46 from Africa. I like to play with my friends and eat grass.
This is Ling Ling. She is five years old. She comes from China. She is very beautiful, but she is very  47 , please be quiet.
Hello! This is Bill. Isn’t he cute? He is from Australia. He   48  during the day, but   49  he gets up and eats leaves.
Molly is a tiger. Is Ling Ling a  50 ?  What about Bill? Koala? How clever you are!

完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
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。
“Keep your eye on your paper” is one of the rules that Mrs Archer has taught us. It’s a simple rule,   16  it’s not a rule everybody chooses to follow.
This morning, I felt   17  was watching me too closely during an English exam. I turned my head quickly and saw James, who sat   18  me. My eyes caught his and he   19 , “Let me see your answers!”
I gave him a   20 , not sure if he was joking or not, and returned to my test. This time I moved a little more   21  towards my paper. “I can’t see!” James said in a low voice.
“What am I going to do?” I   22 . Cheating was wrong. I’d studied hard for the test, but James   23 . I put my arm around my paper so that he couldn’t see the   24 . I knew I did what I felt was right. Maybe it made James   25 .
When the exam ended, I stood there for a moment, wondering   26  to say. But I felt it necessary to let him know cheating was wrong. My   27  searched for the right words.
“Sorry, James, but you know me   28  to understand how I feel about cheating,” I said slowly and gently. “But maybe I can help you study before the   29  test.” “OK, Brian,” he smiled slightly, “You are right. I should study hard.”
I stood there for a moment, finally able to breathe again. I was happy that my friendship with James   30 .

完形填空(每空1词，共10分)
Of all the things we eat and drink，water is the  1 important. The human body can go 2  food for a long time，but two  3 three days without water could make people  4 .
A lot of people don’t understand how  5 water the human body needs  6 well and many people don’t drink enough，especially in  7 weather. Most people drink  8 they are thirsty but in fact they need more water，especially when they take  9 .
A man’s body is 65 to 75 percent of  10 . If we don’t have enough water. We fell tired and may become ill.
(   )1.A.more          B. most            C. less                D. least
(   )2.A.with          B. on              C. without             D. by
(   )3.A.or                B. and             C. of              D. but
(   )4.A.died          B. to die          C. dies                D. die
(   )5.A.many          B. little          C. few                 D. much
(   )6.A.work          B. working         C. to work             D. works
(   )7.A.hot           B. cold                C. cool            D. warm
(   )8.A.so                B. that            C. when            D. since
(   )9.A.fun           B. exercise            C. exercises       D. work
(   )10.A.blood            B. water           C. air             D. food

完形填空（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
Do you like to visit the zoo in our city? Zoo is a good place ___(16)____. There is a zoo ____(17)___a river and a small mountain. It’s very big and there are a lot of tall trees in it. We can see a lot of golden fish(金鱼) in it, they have all kinds of ____(18)_____ . Some are red, some are yellow, some are white and some are black. They are swimming in the water. And they are very _____(19)_____.
We can see a hill. About twenty ____(20)____ are playing on it. Some are asking people for ____(21)_____. The little monkeys are in their mothers’ arms. They are very interesting and children_____(22)_____ them very much. We can also see the elephants. They are very strong(强壮的). The ____(23)_____are very tall. The pandas’ house is next to the monkey hill. There are ____(24)___ pandas ---one is sitting in the trees and the other is sleeping on the grass. They look very shy and cute. What ___（25）___ animals do you like？
【小题1】 A has fun     B. have fun     C. have a fun      D. to have fun