完形填空。     Shirley Yeats is certainly a very brave woman! At the age of sixty-seven, she  1  to take a trip round the
coast (海岸) of Malaysia. Everything was fine  2  one day, as she was going back to her room on the  3 , she
saw smoke coming out of another room. She  4  the captain from her room at once and told him about the fire.
Then she went up on deck (甲板) to see  5  she could do to help. The fire spread (蔓延) very quickly and soon 
 6  was completely out of control. The captain decided to get all the passengers out as  7  as possible.
     Many of the other passengers were  8 , but Shirley remained calm (镇静的). She even helped the other
passengers to  9  the lifeboats.
     All 1,000 passengers were in the lifeboats and not one passenger  10  in the fire. Shirley was one of the
last people to leave. Later, she told reporters," I was very afraid,  11  I always knew what I had to do. I  12  
all my years as a teacher helped----all that time telling people what to do!"

(     )1. A. stopped  (     )2. A. since    (     )3. A. way      (     )4. A. phoned   (     )5. A. if       (     )6. A. she      (     )7. A. quickly  (     )8. A. sleepy   (     )9. A. get into (     )10. A. lost    (     )11. A. and     (     )12. A. need	B. used       B. after      B. ship       B. told       B. how        B. he         B. much       B. terrified  B. get back to B. killed     B. but        B. like	C. had      C. until    C. land     C. asked    C. what     C. that     C. well     C. tired    C. get off  C. hurt     C. so       C. think	D. decided    D. before     D. road       D. ordered    D. where      D. it         D. usually    D. lazy       D. get up to                D. died       D. or         D. hate
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In January 1998 two pigs escaped from west of London. The pigs were going to be killed for meat. For almost a week, they hid in the woods around the town of Malmesbury.        When the local police began to look for the pigs, newspaper reporters from all over the country joined them. Soon people everywhere were reading about the adventures (历险记) of Butch and Sundance with great interest. The owner of the pigs said that if they were found, he would sell them to anyone who would give them a home. A number of newspapers tried to buy the pigs, and finally The daily Mail paid a lot of money for them.      One rainy night, six days after the escape, a reporter from The Daily Mail and some people from the town found Butch in the woods. They caught her and put her in a cage. The next day, Sundance was caught, too.      The pigs were sent to a zoo. They were no longer free, but they were alive!
1. Why did the two pigs escape?     ____________________________________________________ 2. Where did the two pigs hide for almost a week?     ____________________________________________________ 3. Who joined the local police in looking for the pigs?     ____________________________________________________ 4. What"s the name of the two pigs?    ____________________________________________________ 5. What do you know The Daily Mail is?     ____________________________________________________
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Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived in a house near London. They had only one child and he was very young. Mr. Brown often came back home from work very late when his wife and child were asleep. He usually opened the front door with his key and came into the room quietly.      One night he forgot to bring his key. He had to ring the doorbell (门铃), but his wife didn"t wake up. He rang it again. Again nothing happened. Then Mr. Brown knocked at the bedroom window and even shouted loudly. Still his wife didn"t wake up. He thought for a moment. At last he had an idea. Then he began to speak like a small child. "Mom!" he said, "I want to drink some water." His wife woke up right now and opened the door for him.
1. How many children did Mr. and Mrs. Brown have?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. None.
2. Mr. Brown couldn"t open the door one night because _____.
A. he came back late B. his wife and child were not at home C. he spoke like a small child D. he forgot to bring his key with him
3. Mr. Brown didn"t _____ to wake up his wife.
A. sing a song B. knock at the window C. ring the doorbell D. shout
4. _____ opened the door at last.
A. Mr. Brown B. Nobody C. Mrs. Brown D. The child
5. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived far from London. B. Mr. Brown opened the back door with his key. C. Mrs. Brown often opened the door for Mr. Brown. D. Mr. Brown rang the doorbell twice that night.
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Last summer, 15-year-old Bob had a problem. Like a lot of children. Bob was interested in doing many things. He liked dancing most and wanted to join the girls" group. And he made it.     Bob thought his problem was over after he had been one of the dancers in the dancing group. But a bigger problem was just beginning. The school didn"t allow Bob to stay in the girls" group. "If we let Bob stay in the group," the school said, "other boys will want to join. Soon, there won"t be any girls in the group." They took Bob off the group.     Bob was very angry about it, so he went to a judge (法官). The judge said it was not a right decision (决定) and told the school to let Bob go back to the dancing group.
1. Bob"s favorite was ______.
[     ]
A. singing B. dancing C. drawing D. driving
2. It was difficult for Bob to join the school dancing group because ______.
[     ]
A. the school only had a girls" dancing group B. the school didn"t allow boys to dance C. the group had enough dancers already D. he was not a good dancer
3. The school worried that ______ if Bob stayed in the group.
[     ]
A. nobody would watch their dance B. other boys would join and the girls might leave C. other schools might laugh at them D. the parents would be angry about it
4. The judge thought the school"s decision was ______.
[     ]
A. useful B. necessary C. right D. wrong
5. We can infer (推断) that Bob felt ______ when he went back to the group.
[     ]
A. hungry B. sad C. happy D. sure
阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空（必要时加助动词或情态动词）。
She has never learned any new words by heart but has a vocabulary of more than 10,000 words. She (1)______(begin) to learn English when she was five and a half. And the most surprising thing is that she (2)______ (pass) CET-4 (英语四级考试) before she graduated from her primary school. Her name is Liu Yinong, a 13-year-old Junior One student in the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China (人大附中).     Liu (3)______ (ask) to learn English by her mother at the very beginning. Her big success results from her good learning habits. Since long ago, Liu (4)______(have)the habit of practicing her English listening in the morning and evening. She usually (5)______(listen) to VAO, BBC, and New Concept English (新概念英语). As fro her spoken English, she keeps on (6)______(practice)it every Friday at the English Corner. Liu said, "It"s important (7)______(carry) on practicing while learning a foreign language." Now you can understand why she is so good at English.     Now, little Yinong (8)______(get) ready for entering Harvard University (哈佛大学). She plans to learn French and German during her middle school. Then she (9)______(choose) to study another language (10)______(speak) by smaller group of people. She decides to master (掌握) five languages before studying in Harvard University.      "My final goal is to be the Secretary-General of the UN (联合国秘书长). I will make a good preparation for entering the UN," she said.
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One day a very rich family went on a trip to the countryside. The father wanted to show his son how poor people lived, so they spent a day and a night on the farm of a very poor family.      When they got back from their trip, the father asked his son,"My dear son, how was the trip?""Very good, dad!""Did you see how poor people lived?" the father asked."Yeah!" "And what did you learn?" The son answered,"We have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that is in the middle of the garden and they have a river that has no end. We have very expensive lamps in the garden and they have the stars."      When the little boy finished, his father was speechless.
1. How long was their trip to the countryside?
A. About 12 hours. B. About 24 hours. C. Less than 12 hours. D. About 48 hours.
2. The father wanted to show his son _______.
A. how rich their family was B. how poor their family was C. how the poor people lived D. where the poor lived
3. The word "speechless" means _______.
A. 毫无兴趣的 B. 寡言少语的 C. 胸无点墨的 D. 无话可说的