Driving to a friend"s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city people? Myself included? Usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest-house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires(篝火) outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.
Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have televisions, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.
Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought: before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon.
小题1:The best title for the passage would be______.| A．Touched by the moon | | B．The pleasures of modern life | | C．A bottomless well of silence | | D．Break away from modern life |
小题2: The writer felt sorry for himself because________.| A．there was too much pollution | | B．he seldom enjoyed the fullest moon outsides | | C．he didn’t adapt to modern inventions | | D．there were too many accidents on the road |
小题3:What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India?| A．No modern equipment | B．Complete silence. | | C．The nice moonlight | D．The high mountains |
小题4: Modern things (Paragraph 4) are mentioned mainly to______.| A．show that the writer likes city life very much | | B．tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life | | C．explain that people have fewer chances to enjoy nature | D．show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them |
小题5: The author wrote the passage to_______. | A．express the feeling of returning to nature | | B．show the love for the moonlight | | C．advise modern people to learn to live | | D．want to share the idea of longing for modern life |
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It had been a tiring day and I was looking forward to a quiet evening. My __36__ would not be back until late and I had __37__ to sit comfortably in a chair in the _38___ room and read a good book. I put the children to bed _39__ and prepared a cup of coffee for myself. Soon I was seated comfortably with my__40___ in front of me and the sandwich and the cup of coffee on a small table beside me.
I was just beginning to __41__ the food when the telephone rang. I put down my book and hurried to __42___ it. By the time I got back to the living room, my coffee was__43__. I ate the sandwich and begin__44___ cold coffee with the book _45___ open to the front page. _46___ there was a loud knock at the front_47___. It surprised me so much that I spilled (洒)some coffee on my skirt. The man at the door was looking __48___ a certain address and __49___ me to give him some information. It _50___ me a long time to explain something to him. After that , I sat down again and __51__ to read a whole page without further interruption(打扰) --- until the baby woke up. He started __52__ at the top of his voice, __53__ I run upstairs quickly. He was still awake at 11 o’clock when my husband came back. I really wanted to throw something __54____ him when he asked me if I had spent a ___55____ evening.
| 小题1: | | A．mother | B．husband | C．children | D．sister |
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| 小题2: | | A．said | B．told | C．decided | D．considered |
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| 小题3: | | A．living | B．bed | C．reading | D．waiting |
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| 小题4: | | A．late | B．early | C．quickly | D．slowly |
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| 小题6: | | A．watch | B．see | C．eat | D．listen |
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| 小题7: | | A．receive | B．take | C．hold | D．answer |
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| 小题8: | | A．cold | B．hot | C．gone | D．missing |
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| 小题9: | | A．finding | B．drinking | C．changing | D．throwing |
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| 小题10: | | A．yet | B．already | C．still | D．was |
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| 小题11: | | A．Heavily | B．Angrily | C．Certainly | D．Suddenly |
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| 小题12: | | A．door | B．window | C．street | D．room |
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| 小题14: | | A．wanted | B．liked | C．suggested | D．hoped |
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| 小题15: | | A．spent | B．cost | C．took | D．used |
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| 小题16: | | A．finished | B．allowed | C．began | D．managed |
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| 小题17: | | A．crying | B．shouting | C．singing | D．talking |
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| 小题20: | | A．troubling | B．busy | C．sad | D．happy |
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I still remember the days when l was a youthful student in an engineering school．I lived a casual life，without caring about the future．I smoked，drank with friends and made girl friends．Little did I realize that casualness would certainly lead to loss．
Two years had passed and l was staring down a report card that highlighted FAII in more than half the subjects．I didn’t care，at least not till my dad found out about it．You see．I studied in India and unlike the United States where the students are expected to finance their own education，my dad financed me．
Then came the day when my dad found out my habit of smoking．He lost his temper but he just told me，“Son，your allowance is cut in half from this moment on”．It hit me like a roundhouse kick（回旋踢） from Bruce Lee．I was jolted（震摇）out of my bones！I couldn’t comprehend how to pay off the debts that I had accumulated in college．I owed everybody money：the grocery store，the bars．the restaurants，my friends，etc．I was living a life filled with credit．
When I went back to college，I knew that if I don’t change the way I live my life I won’t be able to pay everybody off．So I decided to make some changes．drastic changes．I quit smoking，cut off from my friends who led me down the wrong road，starting hanging out in libraries and reading my engineering books．
One year later，I went from a miserable failure to a magna curn laude（优等成绩）．Life was never the same again．This incident made me know that anything is possible if you take action and do something about it，however small or large．Even today it still motivates me when I feel that l’m about to lose or give up．It reminds me that I can do it！
小题1:The author wrote this text with the purpose of ．| A．introducing his university life to the teenage readers | | B．showing you can overcome any difficulty if you take action | | C．calling on the readers not to develop bad habits in college | | D．introducing his university life to the teenage readers |
小题2:The author didn’t care about his study until ．| A．he was in heavy debt he couldn’t bear | B．he decided to give up smoking | | C．his allowance was cut in half | D．he entered th e engineering school |
小题3:The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that the author ．| A．removed his bad habits and didn’t lead a casual life | | B．never hung out with his friends but studied all day | | C．began to live a happy life due to his good grades | | D．paid off his debt and life wasn’t hard for him any more |
小题4:Which of the following statements is TRUE？| A．The author did well in making good friends in the school． | | B．The author made great progress with the help of his friends． | | C．Students were encouraged to do part-time jobs in Indian schools． | | D．Students tended to earn money for college expenses in America． |
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I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call. My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA Company. Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets. It had rained in  the night and water was dripping from the bare trees that lined the street. I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat.
There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask. I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his rounds, but the town was completely dead. The only living thing I saw was a thin frightened cat outside a small restaurant.
Then suddenly I found what I was looking for. There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street. Next to it was the town’s only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint. I hurried forward, but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside. He was  fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat. I could not see his face and he didn’t raise his head at the sound of my footsteps.
Carefully, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait for my turn. It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the box call door
小题1: At what time was the story set?| A．An early winter morning | B．A cold winter afternoon | | C．An early summer morning | D．A windy summer afternoon |
小题2: Which of the following words best describe the writer’s impression of the town?| A．cold and frightening | B．dirty and crowded | C．empty and dead | D．unusual and unpleasant |
小题3: The underlined word “ trickling” in the last paragraph means_______________| A．rushing out suddenly | B．shining brightly | | C．flowing slowly in drops | D．appearing slowly |
小题4: Why didn’t the man raise his head when the writer came near?| A．He was annoyed at being seen by the writer. | | B．He was angry at being disturbed by the writer. | | C．He was probably fast asleep. | | D．He was probably murdered. |
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完形填空（15小题，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
More good things come from small things
About a year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any 36 from the children, but the parents were always shouting at the kids.
We 37 often in the hallways when we were coming or going. I 38 spoke, but the only 39 I ever got was a hello from the four – year – old girl.
I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I 40 they were just coming from their apartment and the little girl was holding the door 41 for the others. I 42 in the car doing unnecessary things because I didn’t like to be snubbed（冷落）. The parents were 43 her to hurry and get in the car, I looked up and saw the little girl was 44 holding the door open, 45 for me.
I hurried as much as I could and 46 her. She was smiling from ear to ear. That afternoon I saw a white toy bear, I 47 the little girl and said to myself, “I 48 she would like that” so I bou ght it. I wrote a note 49 how much her act of kindness had touched a soft spot in an old man’s 50 .
The next day there  was a 51 on the door and 52 was the little girl and her father. She was so proud of her bear and thanked me. Then I 53 her mother and the other children were there in the hall too. The mother and father both thanked me.
Now when we meet in the hall we all speak, and in a 54 manner, I might add. 55 time passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. In fact, hardly at all.
| 小题1: | | A．sound | | B．noise | | C．conversation | | D．crying |
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| | 小题2: | | A．met | | B．saw | | C．visited | | D．gathered |
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| | 小题3: | | A．never | | B．sometimes | | C．seldom | | D．always |
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| | 小题4: | | A．reward | | B．action | | C．answer | | D．prize |
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| | 小题5: | | A．moved | | B．returned | | C．started | | D．drove |
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| | 小题6: | | A．open | | B．closed | | C．fit | | D．active |
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| | 小题7: | | A．stopped | | B．kept | | C．worked | | D．remained |
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| | 小题8: | | A．suggesting | | B．telling | | C．forcing | | D．making |
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| | | 小题10: | | A．waiting | | B．calling | | C．leaving | | D．asking21 |
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| | 小题11: | | A．replaced | | B．encouraged | | C．ignored | | D．thanked |
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| | 小题13: | | A．decide | | B．am lucky | | C．am sure | | D．doubt |
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| | 小题14: | | A．saying | | B．stating | | C．reporting | | D．writting |
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| | 小题15: | | A．mind | | B．body | | C．thought | | D．heart |
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| | | | 小题18: | | A．noticed | | B．watched | | C．recognized | | D．felt |
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| | 小题19: | | A．kindly | | B．politely | | C．coldly | | D．friendly |
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完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good 36 in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I 37 to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be 38 ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was 39 . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to 40 that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, 41 , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very 42 city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he 43 to tell me all about his friend.
His friend’s main 44 in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player , and he 45 had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming 46 , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several 47 like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He 48 that maybe there were more private courts in the country, than he 49 but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me 50 my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 51 his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a 52 who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had 53 the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He 54 and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my 55 to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.
小题1:．| A．brother | B．teacher | C．neighbour | D．friend |
| 小题2: | | A．managed | B．happened | C．tried | D．wanted |
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| 小题3: | | A．expecting | B．lying | C．joking | D．talking |
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| 小题4: | | A．funny | B．serious | C．careful | D．disappointed |
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| 小题5: | | A．think | B．find | C．realize | D．see |
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| 小题6: | | A．indeed | B．actually | C．instead | D．exactly |
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| 小题7: | | A．famous | B．interesting | C．noisy | D．big |
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| 小题8: | | A．began | B．stopped | C．refused | D．failed |
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| 小题9: | | A．problem | B．interest | C．choice | D．work |
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| 小题10: | | A．just | B．ever | C．even | D．surely |
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| 小题11: | | A．suit | B．habit | C．pools | D．river |
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| 小题12: | | A．people | B．players | C．strangers | D．friends |
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| 小题13: | | A．advised | B．argued | C．admitted | D．announced |
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| 小题14: | | A．recognized | B．realized | C．visited | D．found |
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| 小题15: | | A．how | B．whether | C．when | D．where |
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| 小题16: | | A．because | B．if | C．then | D．though |
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| 小题17: | | A．doctor | B．friend | C．neighbour | D．player |
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| 小题18: | | A．hired | B．visited | C．designed | D．sold |
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| 小题19: | | A．smiled | B．laughed | C．cried | D．nodded |
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| 小题20: | | A．chance | B．pleasure | C．time | D．turn |
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