Mike Hayes proved he was smart in his first year at college. In 2007,    1    he was a student at the University of Illinois, he came up with an idea to    2    his tuition fee（学费）and college costs problem. Hayes  3    everyone could afford to give him a penny.

He wrote to Chicago Tribune writer Bob Greene. Hayes wanted each of the newspaper’s    4    to send him a penny. Greene thought the idea sounded    5    and agreed to do it.

“Just one penny,” Hayes said. “A penny doesn’t    6    anything to anyone. If everyone    7    is reading your paper looks around the room right now, there will be a    8    under a seat, or on the corner of the desk, or on the floor. That’s all I’m    9   . A penny from each of your readers.”

In less than a month, the Many Pennies for Mike Fund（基金） had around 2.3 million pennies. Not everyone sent    10    a penny, many even sent dollars. Money was    11   from every state in the United States. So, Hayes    12    his $28,000 target（目标） and went on to get    13    for his degree in food science from the University of Illinois.

Perhaps the last    14    is best left to his father, Bill Hayes: “When Mike first told me about his 15   , I just laughed and said that I thought it was foolish-which shows you that he’s smarter than I am.”

1．A．before               B．because             C．while               D．if

2．A．solve                B．make               C．spend              D．cause

3．A．thought              B．heard               C．agreed               D．wondered

4．A．editors               B．readers              C．managers             D．writers

5．A．bad                 B．true                 C．relaxing               D．fun

6．A．buy                 B．mean               C．show               D．pass

7．A．whose              B．which              C．who                D．whom

8．A．newspaper             B．book               C．dollar               D．penny

9．A．asking                 B．writing              C．saying              D．doing

10．A．only         B．almost              C．also                  D．over

11．A．taken               B．borrowed           C．searched            D．received

12．A．found               B．remembered           C．reached             D．missed

13．A．time                B．reasons              C．money              D．lessons

14．A．news               B．word               C．gift                 D．money

15．A．dream              B．idea                C．problem                    D．study

In learning English，one should first pay attention to listening and speaking．It is the groundwork of reading and writing．You’d better  31  your best to speak while you do much listening．Don’t be  32  of making mistakes．But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your  33 ．While you are doing this，a good  34  is to write-keep a diary，write notes or letters．Then if you can，ask some others to go through  35  you have written and tell you where it is wrong．Many mistakes in your speaking will be  36  found when you write．Through correcting mistakes，you can do better in learning English．

If you are slow in speaking，don’t  37  about it．One of the helpful ways is reading，either aloud or to yourself．The important thing is to choose  38  interesting to read． It mustn’t be too difficult for you．When you are reading  39  this way，don’t stop to  40  the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing to do with the sentences．You can do that some other time．

1.A．have                 B．send         C．make          D．try

2.A．sure                 B．afraid       C．proud         D．tired

3.A．English              B．Chinese      C．Japanese      D．French

4.A．start                B．idea         C．way           D．manner

5.A．how                  B．when         C．why           D．what

6.A．happily              B．easily       C．really        D．slowly

7.A．talk                 B．fear         C．worry         D．hurry

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

9.A．by                   B．on           C．at            D．in

10.A．look at             B．look for     C．look up       D．look over

完形填空。 （ 共20 分 ）（10 分， 每题 1 分）
The best way of _1_ a language is always using it. The best way of learning spoken English is reading in English as __2_ as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up and people will not _3_ you. Sometimes people will _4___ things too quickly and you can’t understand them. But 5_ you keep your sense of humor ( 幽默感 ), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you 6_. Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing _7__ your mistakes. It’s _8_  for people to laugh at your mistakes than be angry with you, __9__ they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is: Don’t be _10__ of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.
【小题1】A. Learnt   B. learn      C. Learning 
【小题2】A. much     B. many       C. a lot
【小题3】A. like     B. know       C. understand
【小题4】A. say      B. tell        C. speak
【小题5】A. if       B. since       C. although
【小题6】A.. have    B. make        C. produce
【小题7】A. at       B. on         C. for
【小题8】A.good      B. better      C. well
【小题9】A. unless   B. because    C. as long as
【小题10】A. worry   B. unhappy    C. afraid

In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking. It is the groundwork (基础) of reading and writing. You’d better     your best to speak while you do much listening. Don’t be       of making mistakes. But be careful not to let them stop (阻止) you from improving your       . While you are doing this, a good        is to write or keep a diary, write notes or letters. Then if you can, ask some others to go through (浏览)        you have written and tell you where it is wrong. Many mistakes in your speaking will be         found when you write. Through correcting mistakes, you can do better in learning English.

If you are slow in speaking, don’t        about it. One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose       interesting to read. It mustn’t be too difficult for you. When you are reading        this way, don’t stop to        the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing to do with the sentences. You can do that some other time.

1.A. have          B. send         C. make           D. try

2.A. sure          B. proud        C. afraid           D. tired

3.A. English       B. Chinese       C. Japanese        D. French

4.A. start          B. idea          C. time           D. way

5.A. how          B. when         C. what           D. why

6.A. happily       B. easily         C. really          D. slowly

7.A. talk          B. fear          C. worry          D. hurry

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

9.A. by           B. on           C. at              D. in

10.A. look        B. look for       C. look up         D. look over