Once in Japan there lived two frogs, one of whom made his home near the town of Osaka, while the other lived in Kyoto.  36 , they didn’t know each other. Bothof them liked to see a little of the world: the Kyoto frog wanted to visit Osaka, and the Osaka frog wished to go to Kyoto.

So one morning they  37. However, the journey was more  38  than they had expected, for they didn’t know much about traveling. Half-way between the two towns, at the top of a mountain, the two frogs  39  each other! Soon they fell into  40 .

“What a(n)  41  we are too small, ” said the Osaka frog. “Otherwise, we could see both towns from here, and  42  if it is worth our going on.”

“Oh, that is easily  43 ,” replied the Kyoto frog. “We have only got to stand up on our hind (后面的) legs, and hold on to each other  44  we won’t fall down, and then we can both look at the towns we are  45  to.”

This idea  46  the Osaka frog; he stood up and put his front paws on the  47 of the other frog, who had risen also. There they both stood, stretching themselves as  48  as they could. The Kyoto frog turned his nose towards Osaka, and the Osaka frog, towards Kyoto, but the  49  frogs forgot that when they stood up, their eyes were in the backs of their heads, and that  50  their noses pointed to their destinations, yet their eyes looked at the places  51  which they had come.

“Dear me!” cried the Osaka frog. “Kyoto is  52  like Osaka. It is certainly not worth such a long journey.”

“If I had known that Osaka was only a  53  of Kyoto I should never have traveled all this way,”  54  the frog from Kyoto. Then they started off for their  55  again.

1.                A．Surprisingly      B．However        C．Fortunately    D．Undoubtedly

 

2.                A．showed off      B．left out         C．turned away   D．set out

 

3.                A．wonderful      B．dangerous       C．exhausting D．exciting

 

4.                A．endangered     B．encouraged     C．encountered  D．embarrassed

 

5.                A．conversation    B．disagreement    C．competition   D．consideration

 

6.                A．shame          B．surprise        C．shortcoming   D．coincidence

 

7.                A．doubt          B．wonder         C．show     D．tell

 

8.                A．finished        B．managed        C．imagined  D．prepared

 

9.                A．as long as       B．in case         C．so that   D．unless

 

10.               A．turning         B．traveling        C．settling    D．adapting

 

11.               A．worried        B．disturbed       C．confused  D．pleased

 

12.               A．legs           B．shoulders       C．head D．nose

 

13.               A．high           B．wide           C．far   D．quickly

 

14.               A．adventurous     B．close          C．smart D．foolish

 

15.               A．because        B．though         C．since D．if

 

16.               A．from           B．to             C．around    D．in

 

17.               A．hardly         B．partly          C．mostly D．exactly

 

18.               A．corner         B．part           C．copy  D．spot

 

19.               A．exclaimed      B．announced      C．hesitated  D．thought

 

20.               A．destinations     B．dreams         C．homes    D．countries

 

 

My sister and I have been a headache for my mother, because my father was in the army, he was not around too often. __21__, my mother brought us up almost single-handedly and it must have __22__ real strength of mind to bring up such naughty and stubborn children who got out from one trouble only to get into another.

Bonus and I weren’t scholars either. __23__, we hated studying from the very beginning. We were __24__ to spend time with our schoolbooks---out of the fear of Mum’s scolding. I almost did not make it to 10th grade. That entire summer Mum __25__ that I read my schoolbooks from the very first chapter till the last.

I left __26__ college at 18. In my second year of college, while I was studying for my final exams, I got a phone call from Mum __27__ my sister had failed her 9th grade exams. Mum was heartbroken. My mother was an English teacher in a famous school in the city and it was a(n) __28__ for her.

Then started another __29__ for my Mum. There always seemed to be people who would come and talk about how well their children were doing __30__ my mother would be having a tough time making sure we stayed on the right path. Mum was __31__ that we would do well for ourselves. She never let my sister and me __32__ that we had lost out on something and always told us: “Let this be a lesson. We are going to work really really hard...__33__ will change.”

Things did change, but very slowly and __34__, one little step at a time. Last year I finished with law school and started working. My mother’s belief in me __35__. And just a few days ago I got a phone from Bonus. She had __36__ the exam with honors and was __37__ to the best university in the country. I was in tears. Later that night I __38__ Mum: “Mum, your two little failures didn’t do as badly as everybody thought.” Mum __39__ and said: “You are my daughters and I knew you the best. I always knew that you would succeed. It was just a __40__ of time.”

1.                A．However       B．Thus           C．Otherwise D．Besides

 

2.                A．devoted        B．spent          C．taken D．wasted

 

3.                A．In that case      B．In this way       C．On the other hand  D．On the contrary

 

4.                A．pleased        B．annoyed        C．forced   D．advised

 

5.                A．demanded      B．concluded       C．promised D．mentioned

 

6.                A．at             B．for            C．from D．after

 

7.                A．announcing     B．reading         C．knowing  D．saying

 

8.                A．shame         B．challenge       C．pride D．honor

 

9.                A．experiment     B．research        C．conflict   D．trial

 

10.               A．though         B．while          C．as    D．unless

 

11.               A．determined     B．astonished      C．satisfied   D．concerned

 

12.               A．predict         B．imagine        C．guess D．feel

 

13.               A．Environment    B．Society         C．Circumstances  D．Impressions

 

14.               A．quickly         B．extremely       C．smoothly  D．gradually

 

15.               A．made up        B．paid off         C．took on   D．burst out

 

16.               A．attended       B．received        C．passed    D．failed

 

17.               A．accepted       B．allowed        C．admitted  D．permitted

 

18.               A．questioned      B．convinced      C．persuaded D．called

 

19.               A．nodded        B．laughed        C．shouted   D．joked

 

20.               A．matter         B．period         C．waste D．length

 

 

第三部分 阅读 (共两节，满分40分)

第一节：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

Since weeks ago, China has been involved a worldwide A／H 1 N 1 flu that has already killed more than 80 people in the middle of May, 2009 in Mexico and has turned into a global pandemic．

The central government has asked people entering China from the virus-hit countries to report flu-like symptoms to the authorities. In an emergency notice issued on Saturday night，the country’s top quality watchdog ordered the Customs to check passengers’ temperature, too．

A Beijing airport official Li said Customs officers are on a high alert level.

“Three temperature detectors are now in operation. We’re ready with protection garments and equipment, too. Passengers flying in from Mexico and other A／H1N1 flu-hit countries are being monitored closely, ”he said．

The Ministry of Health, however, said yesterday there was no evidence to suggest that a person would contract the disease by eating pork．

Hong Kong, too, has raised its alert level against the flu to “serious”. Secretary for Food &Health，Mr.York Chow urged people to avoid visiting places from where A／H1N1 flu cases have been reported, and said the virus would be added to Hong Kong’s list of the diseases which have been noticed．

The terrible A／H1 N1 flu has been contracted by about 4000 people in Mexico, and most of the killed were aged between 25 and 45．

The virus has also infected about 5000 people in the US．The US Center for Disease Control said this kind of virus is spreading from human to human，raising fears of a global pandemic．

1．What is the passage mainly about?

A．A／H1N1 flu killed more than 80 people．

B．A／H1N1 flu is spreading from human to human．

 C．China has begun to take steps to prevent A／H1N1 flu．

 D．All the people are strongly affected by A／H1 N1 flu．

2．The underlined word “pandemic” in the first paragraph probably means        

 A．death                 B．panic            C．enemy            D．disease

3．Why does the flu cause global fears?

 A．Because most people in the world eat pork．

 B．Because it’s spreading from human to human．

 C．Because we still don’t know the cause of it．   

 D．Because it has infected about 5000 people．

4．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE?

A．People would contract the A／H1N1 flu if they often eat pork．

 B．The virus of the A／H1N1 flu has infected people all over the world．

C．People from A／H1N1 flu—hit countries are all forbidden to enter China．

D．People should avoid visiting places where A／H1N1 flu cases have been reported．

5. We can infer from the passage that         .

A. College students are most likely infected by A/H1N1 flu.

B. A person would be infected by the virus by eating pork.

C. Passengers from the United States are being monitored closely.

D. Mr. York Chow said that the virus had been added to Hong Kong’s list of   the diseases.