A good friend of mine, Gabriel, had a tiny farm in a small town. He only had a cow and dreamed about
having a(n) 1 farm. He looked at the horizon (地平线) every sunset and once he told his father, "I"d like
to have that 2 over there?" His father 3 him to go and talk to the landowner to see 4 they could obtain
the land. Gabriel replied, "But we don"t have the 5 ." His father said, "Don"t worry, go and talk to him."
Several years have passed and now Gabriel not only 6 the land but a theme park that 7 several hundred
cows, a small zoo, horse ride cabalgatas (马队), four-wheel motors and much more fun of the whole family
8 .
A year ago, when the park was already 9 a huge number of tourists, Gabriel"s wife Sarah had a dream.
"I want to build the 10 cow in the world," she said.
They called a friend, Manuel Hernandez, for this 11 . In three days he had plans for the whole project. Then
they asked,"How much will it 12 ?" Manuel mentioned a big sum of money.
" 13 will loan (借贷) us that quantity of money to build a cow," they thought, but the manager of the bank
14 them and their dreams.
Last October, La Manuela, the biggest cow in the world was 15 to the public. It is 9 meters tall and 16
meters long. The cow 16 eats you...and you travel inside the cow learning how grass is changed into 17 .
Moral of the story. If you can dream about it and you put all your 18 and foremost desire to make it happen,
it will become a(n) 19 despite how difficult or 20 it may sound. |
( )1. A. tiny
( )2. A. cow
( )3. A. encouraged
( )4. A. why
( )5. A. message
( )6. A. plants
( )7. A. includes
( )8. A. education
( )9. A. requiring
( )10. A. strongest
( )11. A. experiment
( )12. A. cost
( )13. A. Everybody
( )14. A. employed
( )15. A. led
( )16. A. actually
( )17. A. tree
( )18. A. equipment
( )19. A. imagination
( )20. A. expensive | B. remote
B. land
B. allowed
B. what
B. chance
B. discovers
B. buys
B. enjoyment
B. organizing
B. cleverest
B. task
B. save
B. Anybody
B. interviewed
B. opened
B. nearly
B. milk
B. nutrition
B. effect
B. comfortable | C. old
C. factory
C. demanded
C. how
C. time
C. owns
C. feeds
C. work
C. attracting
C. bravest
C. risk
C. spare
C. Nobody
C. lent
C. delivered
C. especially
C. food
C. energy
C. result
C. foolish | D. large
D. family
D. reminded
D. when
D. money
D. rents
D. saves
D. rest
D. sending
D. biggest
D. test
D. pay
D. Somebody
D. trusted
D. passed
D. eventually
D. wood
D. information
D. reality
D. practical |
| 1-5 D B A C D 6-10 C A B C D 11-15 B A C D B 16-20 A B C D A |
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| 阅读理解。 | A father of 20 has been reunited with 11 of his estranged (分开的) children thanks to a photographer
he met after saving a Blaina stab (刺) victim"s life.
Mr. Holpin was enjoying a night out at Blaina Fair when he witnessed a young girl attacked by a man
with a knife. He bravely removed the weapon from the attacker, and saved the girl.
Betina Skovbro was sent to photograph Mr. Holpin for a newspaper covering the story, and they had
a pleasant conversation. Miss Skoybro said, "He mentioned he was a father to 20 children, 11 of whom
he had no contact with, and he showed me the tatto (纹身) on his back of a huge family tree covered with
all his children"s names, which I thought was amazing."
Betina was moved by his story and decided to help him, so they began looking for his missing children
and documented the process with photographs.
"It was strange at first being photographed, but I got used to it. We ended up spending a year together,
and Betina became like a member of the family-she even spent Christmas Day with us." With Benita"s help,
they searched for the missing children from four previous relationships.
One of the last photographs Belina took was published in National Geographic magazine. It was about
Mr. Holpin cradling (抱) his youngest child, while the baby"s name was added to the family tree on his back.
He said, "Each time I met one of my children, I had no idea what to say. I told them that the reason I
have my tattoo is because even though I had no way of getting in contact I was always thinking about them."
Mr Holpin"s children were just as shocked as he was to meet with their father-one daughter had even been
told that he was dead. A lot of his kids had been told bad things about him. He said, "I have had my troubles
in the past, but hopefully the story about the stabbing and Miss Skovbro"s photographs have helped prove that
I am not a bad guy after all, and I really love all my children."
Now, he is really close to his kids and they"re close to him. He expressed that he wouldn"t lose touch with
them again. | | 1. Betina met Mr. Holpin for the first time to _____. | A. take a photo for him for a newspaper
B. help him find his missing children
C. document the process with photographs
D. spend the Christmas Day with his family | | 2. Mr Holpin thought that he kept the tattoo on his back _____. | A. not to lose contact with his family
B. to search for the missing children
C. be reported by a newspaper
D. not to forget all his children all the time | | 3. What might most of Mr. Holpin"s missing children think of him? | |
A. He had died.
B. He was a bad father.
C. He must have some troubles.
D. He loved them very much. | | 4. Which would be the best title of the passage? | A. Father of 20 Finds Children
B. A Father and His 20 Children
C. A Father Saved a Girl Bravely
D. A Father and His Story | | 完形填空。 | Tired and exhausted, I come back home from work. I found the front door was 1 open and I felt a little
scared. Did I carelessly forget to lock it after I left? I looked around 2 to see what could be 3 . Why would
someone come into my home only to 4 with nothing? After searching every inch, I realized that everything
was 5 I had left it. No 6 cushions, broken lamps, or 7 emptied out on the carpet. Feeling much 8 , I
looked out my oversized window of my dinning room at Ms. Sullivan"s house. Jimmy, the little boy next door
was visiting her. Jimmy cared a lot about Ms. Sullivan and was very concerned with her health after she became
ill. She used to 9 Jimmy when he was just a baby.
Forgetting about the 10 with my front door, I decided to walk over to Ms. Sullivan"s house to see how she
was 11 . With a warm hello, she invited me into her home. I noticed twelve beautiful roses delicately presented
on the table next to her bed. They looked exactly like the 12 on my dinning room table in front of my oversized
window. With a pleasant smile, she told me Jimmy brought them to her as a "get-well gift". Suddenly Jimmy
13 out of his seat in an instant and said that he had to go home for a while to do some homework but he
promised to be back to 14 up on Ms. Sullivan.
Talking for a while, Ms. Sullivan began to get very tired so I gave her my phone number in case she 15
needed help, and left her home. I thought about how 16 it was for little Jimmy to be so concerned for Ms.
Sullivan. I got home, laughing at how 17 I was that morning about what had happened over 18 . I walked
passed the dinning room and noticed my roses 19 in the vase were missing. Without a second 20 , I glanced
out the window at Ms. Sullivan"s house and with a smile on my face I turned off the light in the room and went
to sleep.
The next morning my door bell rang. I opened the door and Jimmy was there... | ( )1.A. easily
( )2.A. tensely
( )3.A. burning
( )4.A. get
( )5.A. what
( )6.A. worn
( )7.A. lockers
( )8.A. eased
( )9.A. watch
( )10.A. accident
( )11.A. working
( )12.A. lamps
( )13.A. stood
( )14.A. look
( )15.A. ever
( )16.A. smart
( )17.A. strange
( )18.A. everything
( )19.A. growing
( )20.A. thought | B. slowly
B. patiently
B. losing
B. deal
B. where
B. changed
B. kettles
B. angry
B. guard
B. experience
B. doing
B. vases
B. ran
B. check
B. still
B. sensitive
B. nervous
B. something
B. sitting
B. intention | C. slightly
C. eagerly
C. lacking
C. steal
C. that
C. unwashed
C. drawers
C. surprised
C. follow
C. incident
C. sleeping
C. roses
C. stepped
C. pick
C. only
C. sweet
C. careless
C. anything
C. lying
C. expectation | D. silently
D. calmly
D. missing
D. leave
D. how
D. overturned
D. coats
D. curious
D. visit
D. condition
D. acting
D. gifts
D. jumped
D. can
D. just
D. thankful
D. wrong
D. nothing
D. arranging
D. delay | | 阅读理解。 | I had looked forward to this day for a long time. Finally I, Kirsty Stuart, would stand on the top of Mount
Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps. Although I climbed often in my native Scotland, this was my first trip
to the Alps. My companions-Jean-Pierre Barton, Maurice Gautier, and Mary Sargent-and I left our camp early
and planned to reach the top by late morning.
As we neared the top, large clouds gathered and it began to snow. We found shelter and decided to wait
for the snow to stop. After three hours, however, we decided to go back and try again the next day. We started
down the mountain in the thick snow. Jean-Pierre forgot his sunglasses and went back to look for them. As
he was returning to us, he started to fall. His fall started an avalanehe (雪崩) and it was falling towards us! I
was swept away by the heavy snow. Jean-Pierre hurried down to me. "Are you OK?" he asked.
"I think I broke my leg," I answered.
"I"d better radio for help!" he said."Where are the others?" We couldn"t see Maurice or Mary anywhere.
Jean-Pierre called the emergency radio number, and the police said they would send help right away. It
seemed like hours, but only minutes later we heard the welcome sound of a helicopter. The helicopter couldn"t
land on the mountainside, so they lowered two men, two dogs and a stretcher (担架). One man ran to me, but
I told him to search for the others. The dogs were trained for avalanche rescue and soon began to dig crazily
in the snow.
Bernardo, the lead dog, found Mary"s scarf and led the rescuers to her. Maurice was nearby. The men gave
us hot drinks and warm blankets and then prepared to lift us into the helicopter. Two men inside the helicopter
pulled us up with the ropes. I went first on the stretcher.
Once we were safely inside, the helicopter flew to the hospital in Chamonix Our poor rescuers and their
dogs had to climb all the way back down the mountain. Later we would find these brave men and thank them
for saving our lives. | | 1. What prevented the climbers from reaching the top? | A. The terrible weather.
B. The loss of the sunglasses.
C. The injury of the team members.
D. The unexpected height of the mountain. | | 2. How did the writer break his leg? | A. The road was covered with snow.
B. His companion knocked into him.
C. The heavy clouds blocked his view.
D. The avalanche caused a fall for him. | | 3. How did the writer feel while waiting for help? | A. Anxious.
B. Crazy.
C. Sorry.
D. Annoyed. | | 4. What do we learn from the passage? | A. Mary was the leader of the team.
B. The team was upset about their failure.
C. It was several hours before the rescue team arrived.
D. The writer was excited thinking of climbing Mount Blanc. | | 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 | When I walked into the house after school, the first thing I noticed was a box with items I recognized
from my dad"s office. When he told me that he was laid off, I thought he was joking. Then I noticed his
seriousness and realized he was telling the truth. My father has always been a hard worker. He has prided
himself on his career. 1_____ I guess I had taken his work for granted.
2_____ For starters, he was home all the time. It meant my bed had to be made, my room cleaned up,
and my homework done right after school. I would come home every day to find him at the computer
searching for jobs. 3_____ He seemed down, though he tried to be optimistic. He asked my brother and
me to spend less. I gave up my spending money, which wasn"t much. I also found a part-time job.
4_____ He explained that he never wanted to be laid off again, so he was going to start his own business.
Day by day, I watched him build it. One evening I asked if he needed help. "Only if it doesn"t affect school,"
he said. I showed up at his office the next afternoon, and most afternoons after that for two months.
5_____ The terrible experience for our family taught me how to deal with difficulties. Now I know that
through creative problem-solving, I can always find Plan B. I can ask for help and take risks. What I have
learned from my dad"s understanding of business and his work ethic (信条) are two of the most important
lessons I will ever learn. And they will be my principles for success. | A. Providing for our family has been his joy.
B. I made every effort to solve his problems.
C. I began to notice how losing his job had affected him.
D. My father"s unemployment created many changes in our lives.
E. After months of searching, my dad decided to go in a totally different direction.
F. His courage and determination helped him to become successful in his new career.
G. I always knew he was a hard worker, but watching him in action influenced me a lot. | | 完形填空。 | IF and WHEN often had lunch together. Their conversation always 1 on the things they hoped to
achieve and they loved to talk about them.
This particular Saturday when they met for lunch, WHEN 2 IF wasn"t in a great mood (心情). After
they sat at the usual table 3 for them, WHEN asked IF, "You don"t seem your usual 4 self?" IF replied,
"Yesterday I saw a course I wanted to take. If only I 5 the time."
WHEN knew exactly how IF felt and said, "I too saw a 6 and I" m going to register when I get 7
money." WHEN then questioned IF, "What about the new job you were going to apply for?" IF answered,
"I would have applied, but my 8 broke down. I couldn"t type my resume (简历)."
"Don"t worry. I"ve been thinking about looking for another job also, 9 I"ll wait and when the weather
gets 10 I will look then. I hate this awful weather."
The man sitting nearby heard them talking about when this and if that. When he couldn"t 11 it anymore,
he went to them and said, "I think I know 12 you could solve your problems."
IF smiled and thought that even if he knew the 13 they faced, there was no way he could help! 14 , IF
asked the man for advice. The man said, "Your conversation reminds me of an old 15 : IF and WHEN were
planted, and nothing 16 ."
IF and WHEN both looked surprised and began to feel 17 of living their life for the "ifs" and "whens".
Finally they came to a(n) 18 : next time they met, there would be no"ifs" or "whens"; they would 19 talk
about what they had 20 ! | ( )1. A. agreed
( )2. A. sensed
( )3. A. cleaned
( )4. A. sensitive
( )5. A. had
( )6. A. notice
( )7. A. lucky
( )8. A. computer
( )9. A. or
( )10. A. drier
( )11. A. take
( )12. A. when
( )13. A. changes
( )14. A. Anxiously
( )15. A. saying
( )16. A. rose
( )17. A. tired
( )18. A. ambition
( )19. A. even
( )10. A. discussed | B. centered
B. insisted
B. made
B. honest
B. spent
B. job
B. pocket
B. fridge
B. but
B. colder
B. decline
B. where
B. expenses
B. Curiously
B. story
B. grew
B. proud
B. conclusion
B. only
B. promised | C. relied
C. declared
C. ordered
C. cheerful
C. seized
C. course
C. enough
C. camera
C. for
C. wilder
C. support
C. why
C. challenges
C. Surprisingly
C. habit
C. removed
C. ashamed
C. description
C. still
C. arranged | D. took
D. guessed
D. reserved
D. clumsy
D. valued
D. chance
D. paper
D. recorder
D. so
D. nicer
D. watch
D. how
D. possibilities
D. Stubbornly
D. fiction
D. remained
D. aware
D. agreement
D. thus
D. accomplished |
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