Last weekend, my kids along with a few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car．My 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of  1  other people’s cars as well．It was pretty   2   outside and I had no plans to   3   being in the bright sun．She   4   wanted to give lemonade（柠檬汽水）to passers-by for free．I had seen little kids  5   and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free．Although I felt   6 , I decided to help her．

7   she asked me, “What if we 8  this a smile car wash?” I couldn’t hold back my tears and   9   her and the other kids to go outside the house and           10  creative ideas．While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a（n）  11   with beautiful images of smiles．They had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the   12   of their exercise was “smile”．It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the   13    to do something for others．

All that seemed   14   and came right from their heart．Nothing seemed to   15  to them: their playtime, the heat outside—they just wanted to   16  others and do something nice in the community!

I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional   17  to help clean cars．Passers-by were   18  and one even shouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids…” One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they   19 ．A pretty heartwarming  scene !

I felt blessed by being surrounded by such wonderful and loving   20 ．

1.                A．drying          B．repairing        C．washing  D．decorating

2.                A．quiet          B．hot            C．different  D．dirty

3.                A．suggest         B．avoid           C．continue  D．practice

4.                A．also           B．therefore       C．already   D．hardly

5.                A．choose         B．enjoy          C．buy  D．serve

6.                A．worried        B．popular         C．puzzled   D．difficult

7.                A．Finally          B．Simply          C．Then D．Luckily

8.                A．show          B．leave           C．make D．order

9.                A．challenged      B．expected       C．invited   D．encouraged

10.                                A．come up with    B．put up with

C．get involved with                   D．get on with

11.               A．board          B．picture         C．idea  D．car

12.               A．purpose        B．trouble         C．secret D．theme

13.               A．need          B．duty           C．imagination D．sense

14.               A．important       B．disappointing    C．hopeful   D．natural

15.               A．matter         B．mean          C．belong    D．refer

16.               A．relax          B．try            C．help  D．smile

17.               A．food           B．cloths          C．money    D．fruit

18.               A．interested      B．amazed         C．bored D．frightened

19.               A．refused        B．reviewed       C．accepted  D．understood

20.               A．flesh           B．bodies         C．adults D．souls

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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SINGAPOREAN singer JJ Lam，29，admitted that this March couldn’t be better：He outshined Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou and bagged four awards at the China Original Music Pop Chart Award(中国原创音乐流行榜) ceremony，including the most coveted(最渴望得到的)best male singer title．
Yet the trophies(奖杯)were only part of an exciting month．Knowing that he has an O1ympic champion fan，Lam was so happy that he prepared his own gifts for Zhou Yang，the speed skating gold medalist：an autographed(签名的)CD and a Mickey Mouse doll．He even invited Zhou to his birthday party on March 26 after Zhou told him that it was a great pity she had had to miss Lam's Beijing concert last year．
Lam showed his love and talent for music as early as middle school，but it doesn't mean he easily got to where he is now．Like many young men his age，Lam was once hooked(沉迷)on video games．“One in particular，World of Warcraft，obsessed(迷住)me,” he said．“I made up my own stories and characters and once I even composed(编曲)a soundtrack for the game.”
But luckily Lam soon realized things would have to change．“There was no future in playing games and I had to think about the years ahead,” he said．
After finishing high school，Lam joined the army. On the small island where he was stationed，he wrote dozens of songs．Still，his ambition of one day being a pop singer seemed an unrealistic dream to others．“Later，when my former officers heard my songs being played on the radio, they couldn’t believe it.” he said．
Not that the road to success wasn't a rocky one．When Lam went to Taiwan to develop his career, he felt lonely at first．He started playing computer games again．“I indulged(沉溺) myself in games day and night," he said．“But I came to realize that I mustn’t 1et the games take over my 1ife．I had to go out，see people and meet life’s challenges head on．”
61．JJ Lam outshone Jay Chou by___________．
A．winning four awards at a ceremony
B．being the gold medalist Zhou Yang’s favorite singer
C．winning the award for best new artist
D．writing more popular original songs
62．Which of the following statements about JJ Lam is FALSE?
A．His parents guided him through success．
B．He was once obsessed with video games．
C．He wrote a song for the game WOW．
D．He understood that playing games would not give him a secure future．
63．The last paragraph tells us that___________ 
A．lam has a talent for different music styles
B．lam became famous overnight
C．playing video games helps Lam release pressure
D．lam went through hard times before he became successful
64．Which of the following elements has NOT contributed to Lam’s success，according to the article?
A．His passion for music．     B．His song-writing talent．
C．Support from fans．        D．The skills he learned in the army．

About once a month I have to go to Bedford for my work. One day I went into a   21  there to have something to   22  . The waiter took my coat and put it in a small room.

About an hour later I was   23  to go. The waiter   24  me my coat. Something fell out of the pocket onto the floor. It was a small white box. I took a   25  look at the   26  . “Oh, you’ve brought   27  coat,” I said to the waiter. “It looks very much like mine,  28  it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either.”

“Oh, then I   29  someone has taken your coat and left his,” said the waiter. “This kind of thing   30  sometimes.”

I opened the box. There was a beautiful gold   31  in it. The waiter and I   32  to go to the police station.

“Has anyone lost a ring?” I asked at the station.

“Yes,” said a policeman. “A young man who came in this morning lost a ring, he lost it in London.”

He   33  the young man. A few minutes later, the man arrived.

“Yes, this is my ring,” he said. “How can I   34  you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and   35  I lost it on the train!”

After I told him the   36  of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train. I haven’t been in the hotel, so how did my ring   37  in the coat?”

“Did anyone sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman.

“Yes,” said the young man. “But I don’t remember his face.”

“You may remember this   38  ,” said the policeman. “Was it like this one?”

“Yes, it was,” said the young man. “But my friend here isn’t the thief.”

The policeman laughed. “No,” he said. “The thief on the train stole your ring, and   39  our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food. Only he didn’t take the   40  coat away with him.”

"Everything happens for the best, "my mother said whenever I faced disappointment, "If you 1 on, something good will happen some day." Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had   2  myself for a sports announcer. So I went to Chicago to knock on the door of every station and was  3 every time. In one station, a kind lady told me that  4 stations wouldn't employ a person without   5   since I had just graduated. "Go out in the town and find a small station that might give you a chance, "she said.

I returned to Dixon, where I had finished my high school education and had   6  in the school football team. My father said that our town had built a store and wanted a man to manage its sports department. The job sounded just  7 for me but I wasn't hired.

My disappointment had  8 as if by design. "Everything happens for the best," Mum  9 me. Dad lent me his car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio Davenport. The program director told me they had already hired an announcer.  10 I left his office,! asked aloud,"  11 can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?" Suddenly, I heard the director  12  . "Do you know anything about football? " Then he asked me to  13 an imaginary game. It was easy, and I did it without difficulty. The director was  14 and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the   15   Saturday.

1.                A．put            B．take            C．move D．carry

2.                A．devoted        B．designed        C．found    D．enjoyed

3.                A．invited         B．promised       C．refused   D．accepted

4.                A．large           B．all             C．no   D．small

5.                A．experience      B．examination     C．agreement    D．college

6.                A．played         B．joined          C．taken    D．fought

7.                A．possible        B．successful       C．right     D．important

8.                A．shown         B．disappeared     C．resulted  D．turned

9.                A．woke          B．advised         C．demanded D．reminded

10.               A．While          B．After          C．Before    D．So

11.               A．What          B．How           C．Whenever D．Wherever

12.               A．calling          B．answering       C．broadcasting    D．announcing

13.               A．make          B．act            C．broadcast  D．play

14.               A．moved         B．sorry          C．thankful   D．satisfied

15.               A．future          B．coming         C．last   D．later

The day that I met my best friend for the first time, I was full of anxiety. I was trying to do some ______ for an important oral exam in the local library, but people kept ______ me. I was getting annoyed and of course, I wasn’t able to ______. Suddenly I heard someone singing behind me. I ______ and glared at the person who was singing. It was a tall girl about the same age as me.

She looked like a sensitive, friendly girl didn’t matter. If anything, it made me even angrier.” How could she be so selfish?” I thought ______.

I picked up my books, glared at her and whispered coldly, “Thanks to your ______, I’ve been unable to study. You’re so ______!”

I left the library in such a hurry, I left the most important textbook ______. when I got home two hours later, I found that textbook gone. I was so ______ that I almost cried. Just then, the phone rang. a gentle voice ______ the speaker as Jenny and asked if I was Jane. After ______ that I was, she said that she had noticed I’d left my book in the library and as my ______ was in it, she’d asked a librarian to get my phone number f. She said that she didn’t live far away and could bring it around for me if I needed it. 

I sighed with ______and agreed to meet her at the convenience store down the road. Of course you’ve ______ who Jenny was. She was the girl I had shouted at for singing in the library. When I recognized her in the convenience store, I was filled with ______ and apologized for my ruled behavior I felt so ______, but Jenny just laughed, saying she was glad to see that I’d also left my ______ in the library! I couldn’t help laughing at this and I invited her back to my apartment for a quick cup of tea. 

Ever since then we’ve been best friends and we got along really well. To be honest, I trust her more than any one else. I often think how ______ I am. If Jenny hadn’t been a kind person who was willing to ______ my shortcomings, I would ______ have experienced such true friendship.

1.A. research    B. revision         C. work     D. experiment

2.A. watching    B. asking   C. warning         D. disturbing

3.A. speak          B. improve         C. concentrate  D. follow

4.A.turned around    B. turned down          C. turned off     D. turned over

5.A. sadly  B. hopelessly     C. angrily  D. crazily

6.A. practice     B. noise     C. attitude          D. existence

7.A. selfish         B. active    C. sensitive        D. stupid

8.A. out     B. around C. aside     D. behind

9.A. nervous     B. careless         C. upset    D. forgetful

10.A. introduced       B. considered   C. took      D. remembered

11.A. deciding  B. conforming   C. realizing         D. thinking

12.A. address    B. class      C. writing  D. name

13.A. comfort   B. relief     C. confidence   D. satisfaction

14.A. recognized       B. found    C. guessed         D. heard

15.A. courage   B. energy  C. doubt    D. shame

16.A. worried   B. sorry     C. terrible D. excited

17.A. glare         B. expression    C. virtue    D. friendship

18.A. considerate      B. pleased          C. luck       D. grateful

19.A. overcome         B. share    C. hide      D. forgive

20.A. ever         B. never    C. seldom D. Fstill