I was a single parent of four small children,working at a minimum-wage job. Money was always
1 . I never 2 any in the bank. It was Christmas time, and although there wasn"t money for a lot
of gifts,we planned to decorate our home and celebrate with friends.
But the big 3 for the kids was the fun of Christmas shopping at the mall. They talked and 4 for
weeks ahead of time,asking each other and their grandparents what they wanted for Christmas. I
dreaded it. I had 5 $100 for presents to be shared by all five of us.
The _6 day arrived and we started out early. I 7 the money equally among us and reminded
them to 8 gifts about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered for shopping.
Back in the car driving home, everyone was 9 high Christmas spirits, but my younger daughter,
Ginger,was unusually 10 .I could 11 through the plastic bag that she had bought candybars-fifty-cent
candy bars! I was so angry. For what did you swap the twenty dollars you 12 from me? I wanted to
yell at her,but I didn"t say anything 13 we got home.I 14 her into my bedroom and closed the door,
ready to be _ 15 again when I asked her what she had done with the money.
"I was looking around,thinking of what to buy, and I stopped to . 16 the little cards on one of the
Salvation Army"s Giving Trees. One of the cards was for a little girl, four years old, and all she wanted
for Christmas was a 17 with clothes and a hairbrush. So I 18 the card off the tree and bought the
doll and hairbrush for her and took it to the Salvation Army booth. "
"I only had 19 money left to buy candy bars for us," Ginger continued, " but we have so much and
she doesn"t have anything. "
I never felt so 20 as I did that day. |
( )1. A. tight
( )2. A. withdrew
( )3. A. day
( )4. A. asked
( )5. A.included
( )6. A. fine
( )7. A. allocated
( )8. A. look up
( )9. A. in
( )10. A. happy
( )11. A. tell
( )12. A. cheated
( )13. A. unless
( )14. A. found
( )15. A. angry
( )16. A. watch
( )17. A. card
( )18. A.took
( )19. A.little
( )20. A. glad | B. plenty
B. put aside
B. excitement
B. searched
B. borrowed
B. fair
B. contributed
B. look for
B. at
B. upset
B. think
B. grasped
B. until
B. forced
B. curious
B. read
B. toy
B.kept
B. no
B. poor | C. much
C. stored
C. time
C. planned
C. saved
C. funny
C. assigned
C. look through
C. for
C. noisy
C. believe
C. attained
C. as
C. seized
C. excited
C. enjoy
C. gift
C.tumed
C. enough
C. rich | D. enough
D. hid
D. wish
D. waited
D. charged
D. big
D. advocated
D. look into
D. of
D. quiet
D. consider
D. stole
D. since
D. called
D. surprised
D. buy
D. doll
D.left
D. many
D. great |
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| 完型填空 | One Starry Night
I will never forget that night: Sept 26, 1996. I pulled into my driveway after a busy day of school and
baby-sitting. I still 1 to write a big chemistry paper. There were many things on my mind. At that
time was having many problems with my family and friends,and 2 I was in a very bad mood. And I
was unhappy with 3 and the way that my life was going. A major 4 I was struggling with was drug
use. For two years I had been smoking marijuana(大麻)and 5 it, but could not stop. I did not let drugs 6 my grades or personality, but it made a(n) 7 in how I thought about myself. I had always been a
good kid and still tried to be,but drugs brought me 8 . I frequently thought about how drugs were
not something I wanted as part of my life. I wanted to 9 but I was scared to make the transition(改
变).
I looked up at the sky as I got out of my 10 . The moon was covered by the earth"s shadow in a
lunar eclipse(月食). The outer circle of the moon was exposed and gave off tiny beams of light,gleanung
in all directions. The sky was a dark,ink-black color 11 with millions of stars. I stood outside in the
cool fall air for what seemed a long time of heaven (极乐) and 12 . The joy that I had not 13 for
ages came upon me. I closed my eyes to decide if this dream could be 14 . I slowly opened my eyes
and caught a shooting star fly over tree tops. Tears fell from my eyes and streamed down my cheeks. I
had 15 the true beauty of nature and God. Those few 16 helped me find the 17 to change.
It was not easy to make the decision to stop using drugs. It was even harder to 18 stop. Quitting has
given me hope and a reason to be 19 myself. It has helped me grow 20 and more nature(成熟). | ( )1. A. wanted
( )2. A. therefore
( )3. A. my family
( )4. A. problem
( )5. A. liked
( )6. A. damage
( )7. A. difference
( )8. A. down
( )9. A. live
( )10. A. house
( )11. A. covered
( )12. A. sorrow
( )13. A. received
( )14. A. real
( )15. A. caught
( )16. A. minutes
( )17. A. way
( )18. A. actually
( )19. A. crazy about
( )20. A. wiser | B. had
B. however
B. my job
B. subject
B. got used to
B. harm
B. change
B. out
B. change
B. office
B. dotted
B. sadness
B. tasted
B. practical
B. seen
B. stars
B. courage
B. simply
B. pleased with
B. happier | C. intended
C. then
C. my friends
C. topic
C. hated
C. lower
C. sense
C. up
C. escape
C. school
C. crowded
C. happiness
C. known
C. useful
C. guessed
C. thoughts
C. chance
C. gradually
C. proud of
C. healthier | D. meant
D. yet
D. myself
D. challenge
D. needed
D. affect
D. impression
D. back
D. behave
D. car
D. surrounded
D. regret
D. felt
D. helpful
D. imagined
D. nights
D. solution
D. quickly
D. confident in
D. stronger | | 阅读理解。 | A German dog in Alaska has been given a hero"s award for saving his owner"s house from
a fire.Buddy guided a team of firefighters through winding roads to the house in an isolated
(偏远的) area.
That day,his owner Ben Heinrichs was working on his truck inside his garage when a spark
ignited some fuel and caught fire.
Ben managed to run outside,closed the door to stop the fire from spreading and rolled in
the snow to put out the flames on his clothes.But he suddenly remembered the dog was still
in the workshop and ran back to fetch him.While Buddy escaped uninjured,his owner suffered
burns to his face and seconddegree burns to his left hand.
The dog ran off after his master said he needed help.On the road he came across the
Alaskan firemen who had been called about the fire.But they had got lost and were about to
turn down the wrong road.When they caught sight of Buddy who made eye contact with
them and raced ahead down the right road,the firemen immediately followed him and he
often turned round to make sure they were behindhim.The dog"s quick reaction saved the
family.
" Buddy recognized how serious the situation was and acted bravely in getting help for
his family," said Officer Holloway at a ceremony to honor the dog.Buddy,whose good deed
was shown on a police car"s video,was given a smart dog bowl as a reward,and a big bone.
Ben said that he knew Buddy was clever and added that Buddy was brave too,having
twice driven bears away when he was fishing. | | 1．From the passage we learn that________. | A．Ben was a German
B．Buddy called the police
C．Ben"s house is hard to find
D．Buddy is cleverer than Ben thought | | 2．What does the underlined word "ignited" in Paragraph 2 mean? | A．To make a mistake.
B．To make something more serious.
C．To stop something from happening.
D．To cause something to burn. | | 3．Ben ran back into the garage because________. | A．he wanted to save his whole family
B．he wanted to put out the fire himself
C．he wanted to save his dog Buddy
D．he heard someone calling "help" | | 4．What can we infer from the passage? | A．The dog has never been so brave before.
B．The dog has saved his owner"s life before.
C．The firemen didn"t believe a dog would know the way.
D．The firemen didn"t know what the dog was trying to tell them at first. | | 5．What"s the purpose of the ceremony? | A．To honor the dog Buddy.
B．To honor the firemen.
C．To honor Ben.
D．To encourage people to keep dogs. | | 完形填空 | "This Friday we"ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge," said our science teacher,Mr Baker. "You
can work alone or with a partner. "
My friend,Cassie,and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projects 1 .
The 2 of the challenge was simple-to build a protective container to keep an egg from breaking
when 3 the stadium wall.
I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie. 4 the butter-cream gave me an
idea.
"1 have a brilliant design for our 5 container!"I said when Cassie arrived. "We can 6 the
egg with some butter-cream. "
"Why not pit the egg in a basket with a parachute(降落伞) 7 ," Cassie rolled her eyes. "The
parachute is better than that stupid idea. "
I couldn"t believe it. Of course we"d had our little 8 in the past,but she"d never called any of my
ideas " 9 " before.
"Then I"ll build mine and you build yours ! "
10 words had been out,our friendship was challenged.
When Friday finally arrived,I had to 11 Cassie"s Egg Force One looked pretty good. 12 ,
my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn"t look quite scientific. We kids carried our containers up three stadium
steps and dropped them over the side wall. Those whose eggs broke were out;those whose eggs survived 13 three more steps and dropped them again. This would go on till the last egg broke.
After four rounds,only Cassie and I were 14 . I let go of my box. I heard someone say "ew" after
seconds.Had my egg broken? I raced down the 15 . The side walk was dotted with egg shells(蛋壳)
from those 16 drops. Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream.
"That looks like egg drop soup,Laura," Cassie said. She was holding her Egg Force One. My 17
raced.Had she won? I looked at her basket. 18 .
"My egg bounced 19 ,"she explained,pointing to a broken shell.
" A tie (平局 ) , " Mr Baker said.
Cassie looked at me,and her glare 20 . I laughed. She smiled… | ( )1. A. patiently
( )2. A. function
( )3. A. rolled down
( )4. A. Spreading
( )5. A. butter
( )6. A. protect
( )7. A. followed
( )8. A. ideas
( )9. A. wrong
( )10. A. Since
( )11. A. explain
( )12. A. Therefore
( )13. A. paced down
( )14. A. left
( )15. A. steps
( )16. A. intended
( )17. A. eyes
( )18. A. Lost
( )19. A. around
( )20. A. retumed | B. silently
B. goal
B. pushed against
B. Boiling
B. sandwich
B. replace
B. covered
B. fights
B. stupid
B. While
B. deny
B. Anyway
B. tumed around
B. wanted
B. way
B. unexpected
B. hands
B. Dirty
B. out
B. remained | C. together
C. reason
C. thrown at
C. Baking
C. cream
C. carry
C. attached
C. worries
C. brilliant
C. But
C. admit
C. Otherwise
C. walked up
C. chosen
C. wall
C. failed
C. feet
C. Broken
C. in
C. increased | D. alone
D. result
D. dropped over
D. Holding
D. egg
D. mix
D. supported
D. challenges
D. scientific
D. And
D. prove
D. Besides
D. went back
D. discovered
D. sidewalk
D. desired
D. heart
D. Empty
D. down
D. softened | | 完形填空. | As my train was delayed for two hours, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some
newspapers to read on the journey, I made my way to the__1__office to collcct my heavy
suitcase I had __2__there three days before. Thcrc were only a few people__3__, ancl 1
took out my wallct to find the receipt for my case. The receipt didn"t seem to bc where I
had left it.__4__the contents, and railway tickets, money, scraps of paper and photos fell
out of it; but no matter how__5__Isearched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.
When my turn came, I__6__the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked
at me__7__as if to say that he had__9__this kind of story many times and asked me to
__10__the case.I told him that it was an old, brown looking__11__no different from the
many cases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me__12__and told me to
__13__of the chief contents of the case. If they were__14__, he said, I could take the
case away. I tried to _15__all the articles I had __16__packed into the case and wrote
them down as they
came to me.
After I had done this, I went to__17__among theshelves. There were hundreds of cases
there. For one dreadful moment, it__18__to me that if someone had 33the receipt up he
could have easily claimed(认领) the case already. This hadn"t happened__19__" for after
a time I found the case lying in a corner. After examining the
articles inside, the assistant was__20__and told me I could take the case away.
| ( )1.A. posting
( )2.A. left
( )3.A. standing
( )4.A. threw
( )5.A. often
( )6.A. said
( )7.A. now and then
( )8.A. knew
( )9.A. describe
( )10.A. object
( )11.A. a paper
( )12.A. sign names
( )13.A. everything
( )14.A. draw
( )15.A. carelessly
( )16.A. see
( )17.A. happened
( )18.A. picked
( )19.A. fortunately
( )20.A. disappointed
| B. working
B. forgotten
B. crowding
B. put
B. much
B. searched
B. up and down
B. realized
B. draw
B. matter
B. a note
B. make a list
B. wrong
B. remember
B. suddenly
B. watch
B. occurred
B. collected
B. unluckily
B. surprised
| C. 1uggage
C. found
C. talking
C.looked
C. hard
C. spoke
C. here and there
C. heard
C. take out
C. subject
C. a message
C. write down
C. correct
C. read
C. hurriedly
C. find
C. appeared
C. taken
C. by chance
C. satisfied
| D. manager".s
D. bought
D. waiting
D. explained
D. soon
D. explained
D. back and forth
D. seen
D. show
D. wallet
D. a form
D. draw a picture
D. ready
D. remind
D. immediately
D.look
D. seemed
D. stolen
D. presently
D. worried
| | 阅读理解 |  That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was walking home
at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was
still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at
night at the same time.
As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become
too much for me. As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began
running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still
out except a few sad-looking homeless peopl e under blankets.
About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to
see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the
noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and
unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn"t cold or tired any more. I ran out of the door and back to where I"d heard the
noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck pull up to the sidewalk next to
me. When a voice called from the inside , "Alisa Camacho?" I thought I was dreaming. How could this
man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look
in his eyes. "Is this what you"re looking for?" he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn"t get much sleep that night, but I had got my
wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn"t be a bad
place as long as people were willing to help each other. | | 1.How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work? | A. Cold and sick
B. Lucky and hopeful
C. Satisfied and cheerful
D. Disappointed and helpless | | 2.From the first paragraph, we learn that the writer was busy _____. | A. solving her problem at the bank
B. getting used to the city life
C. learning acting in an evening school
D. preparing for the first night show | | 3.On her way home the writer______. | A. lost her wallet unknowingly
B. talked a lot with a garbage truck driver
C. was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife
D. found some homeless people following her | | 4.From the text, we can infer that the writer_____. | A. would stop working at night
B. would stay on in San Francisco
C. would make friends with cleaners.
D. would give up her job at the bank |
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