"Hi! John." Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face, saying, "I"m going to have a 1
performance tonight. I hope you"ll come. Here is the 2 ." She left in a hurry, disappearing in the crowds of
people
3 . "Is that true?" I asked myself. She was a quite 4 girl. I had never seen her making up or wearing
attractive clothes, for she did not know how to 5 indeed.
I arrived at the 6 with the ticket, and found my seat. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I
would 7 from a hard time before her turn, for I had no 8 of art, but her performance was 9 watching,
no matter how long I would wait. Time went slowly. I 10 with myself not to fall asleep.
"Let" s welcome the next exciting dance - Latin!" 11 filled the hall at once.
I opened my eyes as large as possible, 12 to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary
appeared on the stage. Dancing with a charming smile, she was fully 13 in the Latin music. At this moment,
she looked like a pretty butterfly 14 on the splendid stage.
After all the performance 15 , I waited for her at the gate.
"Hi!" She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and 16 as she
used to be, but the making-up still could be seen.
"How do you feel?" There was not a little bit tired 17 on her face. " 18 !" I answered.
"Thank you! I knew it would be." She could not 19 her excitement, laughing like a child. Looking at the
shining crystal high-heeled shoes in the wonderful starry night, I 20 that every girl has a pair of special shoes
which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella. |
( )1. A. instrument
( )2. A. address
( )3. A. quickly
( )4. A. lovely
( )5. A. cover up
( )6. A. hall
( )7. A. relieve
( )8. A. interest
( )9. A. proper
( )10. A. struggled
( )11. A. Appreciation
( )12. A. failing
( )13. A. absorbed
( )14. A. singing
( )15. A. stopped
( )16. A. talked
( )17. A. appearance
( )18. A. Sorry
( )19. A. hide
( )20. A. doubted | B. dance
B. number
B. completely
B. popular
B. turn off
B. party
B. escape
B. ability
B. worth
B. knocked
B. Attention
B. fearing
B. swallowed
B. flying
B. paused
B. dressed
B. excitement
B. Congratulations
B. prevent
B. realized | C. music
C. ticket
C. quietly
C. confident
C. dress up
C. theatre
C. relax
C. sense
C. good
C. supported
C. Expectation
C. forgetting
C. interested
C. skipping
C. ended
C. laughed
C. expression
C. Far from
C. remove
C. wondered | D. opera
D. invitation
D. excitedly
D. ordinary
D. take in
D. school
D. suffer
D. touch
D. happy
D. controlled
D. Applause
D. regretting
D. surrounded
D. staying
D. succeeded
D. looked
D. exhibition
D. Fantastic
D. abandon
D. suggested |
| 1-5: B C A D C 6-10: A D C B A 11-15: D B A B C 16-20: B C D A B |
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| 阅读理解。 | Elizabeth and I are 18 now, and about to graduate. I think about our elementary-school friendship, but
some memories have blurred (模糊).What happened that day in the fifth grade when Beth suddenly stopped
speaking to me? Does she know that I"ve been thinking about her for seven years? If only we could go back,
and discover what ended our relationship.
I have to speak with Beth. I see her sometimes, and find out school is"fine". It"s not the same. It never
will be. Someone says that she"s Liz now. What happened to Beth?
I can"t call her. Should I write? What if she doesn"t answer me?
How will I know what she"s thinking?
Yes, I"ll write her a letter. These things are easier to express in writing." Be-," no," Li-," no," Elizabeth,"
I begin. The words flow freely, as seven year old memories are reborn. I ask her all the questions that have
been left unanswered in my mind, and pray she will answer. I seal my thoughts in the perfect white envelope,
and imagine Beth looking into her mailbox. Will she know why I"m writing? Maybe she once thought of writing
the same letter.
As the mailman takes my envelope from me forever, I wonder if I"ve made the right decision. Do I have the
right to force myself into Beth"s life again? Am I simply part of the past? I have taken the first step. Beth has
control of the situation now.
One day has passed. Are my words lying on the bottom of the post office floor?
Two days are gone. I"m lost in thought and don"t even hear the phone ting.
"Hello? It"s Elizabeth." | | 1. What can we learn about Beth? | A. She had a quarrel with the author in the fifth grade.
B. She moved to another school in the fifth grade.
C. She is now called Liz instead of Beth.
D. She hasn"t seen the author for seven years. | | 2. Why does the author decide to write a letter instead of calling? | A. She is sure that Beth will not answer.
B. She"s afraid that they"ll quarrel on the phone.
C. She doesn"t know Beth"s telephone number.
D. It is easier to express her feelings in writing. | | 3. Which of the following the author might NOT mention in her letter? | A. Their elementary-school friendship.
B. Her future plan after graduation.
C. Her expectations for Beth"s reply.
D. The questions about the endings of their friendship. | | 4. What might happen at the end of the story? | A. Beth answers her letter two days later.
B. The letter doesn"t reach Beth at all.
C. They make up their friendship.
D. Beth refuses to make peace with her. | | 完形填空。 | When Pat Jones finished college, she decided to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as
she could 1 she was young. Pat wanted to visit Latin America first, so she got a job 2 an English teacher
in a school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, 3 she was able to communicate with her students even when
they didn"t 4 much English.
A sentence she had read somewhere was in her mind: if you dream 5 a foreign language, you have really mastered (掌握) it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and hoped that some day she would dream in
Spanish and they would dream in 6 .
One day, one of her 7 students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework.
He had gone to bed early and had slept 8 . "What does this have to do with your 9 ?" Pat asked.
"I dreamed all night, Miss Jones. And my dream was in English."
"In English?" Pat was very 10 , since he was such a bad student. She was 11 secretly jealous (嫉妒的).
Her dream was still not in Spanish. But she encouraged (鼓舞) her young student,"Well, 12 me about your
dream."
"All the people in my dream 13 English. All the newspapers and magazines and TV programs were in
English."
"But that"s 14 ,"said Pat. "What did all the people say to you?"
"I"m sorry, Miss Jones. That"s 15 I slept so badly. I didn"t understand a word they said. It was a
nightmare (噩梦)!" | ( )1. A. because
( )2. A. for
( )3. A. and
( )4. A. know
( )5. A. of
( )6. A. Spanish
( )7. A. worst
( )8. A. well
( )9. A. English
( )10. A. pleased
( )11. A. yet
( )12. A. answer
( )13. A. read
( )14. A. funny
( )15. A. how | B. if
B. as
B. yet
B. say
B. in
B. English
B. bright
B. soundly
B. language
B. surprised
B. also
B. write
B. spoke
B. terrible
B. when | C. since
C. of
C. but
C. read
C. about
C. Russian
C. best
C. heavily
C. homework
C. worried
C. still
C. ask
C. liked
C. wonderful
C. because | D. while
D. like
D. so
D. write
D. for
D. Spanish
D. excellent
D. badly
D. dream
D. excited
D. seldom
D. tell
D. learned
D. strange
D. why | | 阅读理解。 | For years I wanted a flower garden, but with five children I was too busy to have one. Money was limited,
and so was time. Often one of the children would want something that cost too much, and I would say, "Do
you see a money tree outside? Money doesn"t grow on trees, you know. "Finally, when all five had gotten
through high school and college, and had started having their own families, I started thinking again about having a garden. However, I knew gardens cost money.
Then, one spring morning on Mother"s Day, as I was working in my kitchen, I heard cars drive by and
looked out of the window to see a new tree planted in my yard. I couldn"t believe my eyes: it was a money
tree! Dollar bills were stuck all over that tree, and there was a note which read: "I owe you eight hours of
digging time. Love, Marvin."
Marvin, my first son, kept his promise. He dug up a nice ten-by-fifteen-foot bed (花坛,花圃) for me. My
other children bought me tools, a sunflower stepping stone (踏脚石) and gardening books. We built a garden
together.
That was three years ago. My garden is now very pretty, and just what I"d always wanted. When I go out
to weed or tend my flowers, I don"t seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels as if they were
right there with me. When I think about what my children have done for me, I get tears in my eyes every time. I"m still not sure whether money grows on trees. But I know love does! | | 1. Why had the author never had a flower garden before? | A. Because she had five children to take care of.
B. Because she didn"t have enough time and money.
C. Because her children wanted expensive things.
D. Because her children were going to high school and college. | | 2. Who helped the author build the garden at last? | A. Her neighbor.
B. Her first son.
C. Her husband.
D. Her five children. | | 3. Why doesn"t she miss her children as much as she once did? | A. Because she has a big money tree.
B. Because she has a very pretty garden.
C. Because she feels the love of her children in the garden.
D. Because she is busy weeding or tending her flowers. | | 4. Which of the flowing statements is correct, based on the passage? | A. Money grows on trees only if you plant them with love.
B. The author built a pretty garden after her children had graduated from school.
C. The author actually wanted to have money grow on trees.
D.The children loved their mother so much that they helped her realize her dream. | | 5. The purpose of this passage is to tell us_________. | A. how to grow you own money tree
B. the story of pretty garden
C. the story of a money tree
D. a story of the love between a mother and her children | | 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 projets 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.
"I 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. returned | 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. turned 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 | | 附加题（阅读理解）。 | Most young architects-particularly those in big cities-can only dream about working in a building of their
own. And making that dream come true often means finding a building no one else seems to want, which is
exactly what happened to David Yocum and his partner, Brain Bell. Their building is a former automobile
electrical-parts film in Atlanta. Form the outside, it looks too old, even something horrible, but open the door
and you are in a wide, open courtyard, lined on three sides with rusting (生锈的) walls.
In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city"s West End. Built in 1947, the structure had been
abandoned years earlier and the roof of the main building had fallen down. But the price was right, so Yocum
bought it. He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition (排除), pulling rubbish out through the roof,
because it was too dangerous to go inside the building. The demolition was hard work, but it gave him time to
think about what he wanted to do, and "to treasure what was there- the walls, the rust, and the light." Yocum
said. "Every season, more paint falls off the walls and more rust develops. It"s like an art installation (装置) in
there-a slow-motion show."
Since the back building had been constructed without windows, an all-glass front was added to the building
to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were installed in the roof. The back of the building is a working
area and a living room for Yocum and his wife. A sort of buffer (缓冲) zone between the front and the back
contains a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical room, and the walls that separate these zones have openings
that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard beyond.
Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from the
decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work. It has
also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less. | 1. According to the passage, it is _____ for most young architects in big cities to work in a building of their
own. | A. easy
B. unnecessary
C. unrealistic
D. common | | 2. Yocum bought the old building because _____. | A. it was a bargain to him
B. it was still in good condition
C. it was located in the city center
D. it looked attractive from the outside | | 3. Working on the old building, Yocum and Bell _____. | A. pulled rubbish out through the roof
B. removed the skylights from the bathroom
C. presentd a slow-motion show in an art gallery
D. built a kitchen at the back part of the old building | | 4. It can be inferred from the passage that Yocum and Bell _____. | A. benefited a lot from pulling down the roof
B. turned more old buildings into art galleries
C. got inspiration from decorating their old building
D. paid more attention to the outside of the art gallery | | 5. The main idea of the passage is that _____. | A. people can learn a lot from their failures
B. it is worthwhile to spend money on an old building
C. people should not judge things by their appearance
D. creative people can make the best of what they have |
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