After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children．As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 1  , and they went off their usual route to see what it was．They found a  2   in flames．Mary said, "Oh, well, it isn't our fire, let's go home．"

    But John 3 closer and screamed, "That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant． He wouldn't be  4   works yet, maybe there is something we could do．" "It has nothing to do with us," Mary  5 ．

     But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in  6 ．A woman on the lawn was screaming, "The children! Get the children!" John  7  her by the shoulder saying, "Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!  In the  8  ," cried the woman, "down the hall and to the left．"

     In spite of Mary's disagreement John  9  for the basement which was full of smoke and   10  hot．He found the door and two children．  11  he left he could hear some more sobbing．He  12  the two badly frightened children into  13  arms and started back asking how many more children were down there．They told him 14  more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, "John! Don't go back! It's  15 ! That house will fall down any second．"

     16 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children． As he climbed up the  17  stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely  18  about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the  19 and fresh air, he found that he had just  20  his own children．

     The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping．

1．A．direction                 B．mistake              C．danger              D．smoke

2．A．home                 B．plant               C．store               D．kitchen

3．A．ran                     B．walked              C．drove               D．rode

4．A．a(chǎn)t                        B．off                 C．to                  D．on

5．A．whispered            B．nodded             C．disagreed            D．required

6．A．ruins                 B．pieces                C．flames              D．silence

7．A．pushed               B．seized               C．greeted             D．stopped

8．A．basement              B．department           C．house              D．hall

10．A．heavily               B．slightly              C．partly                      D．terribly

11．A．If                  B．As                 C．Since               D．Unless

12．A．comforted         B．delivered             C．recognized          D．protected

13．A．cheering           B．freezing             C．waiting             D．suffering

14．A．many               B．several              C．three               D．two

15．A．dangerous           B．foolish              C． practical          D．painful

16．A．Therefore           B．So                 C．Instead             D．But

17．A．wide              B．endless             C．final               D．dirty

18．A．particular          B．interesting           C．familiar             D．fortunate

19．A．car                 B．sunlight             C．crowd             D．a(chǎn)rms

20．A．rescued          B．found               C．lost                D．missed

“It’ s over! Thank goodness!”

   School was over and I Was tired．I sat at the front of the school bus．

   Janie．the driver, always tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere（氣氛）by talking．I try to listen politely, but usually  I’m too busy thinking about my day．On this day, however, her talk was worth listening to．

  “My father’s ill，”she said to no one in particular（特別地）．I could see worry in her eyes．I had never seen her like this before．She always meets students with a smile．

     With a sudden chance of interest, I asked, "What's wrong with him?"

     With her eyes wet and her voice unusual, she answered, "Heart trouble．" Her eyes lowered as she continued, "I've already lost my mum, so I don't think I can stand losing him．" I couldn't answer．My heart ached for her．

     I sat on the seat thinking of the great pain my own mother was thrown into when her father died．

     I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her． I wouldn't want anyone to go through that．

 Suddenly I realized Janie wasn't only a bus driver, which was just her job． She had a whole world of family and cares too．

     I shouldn't have been so selfish． I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver．I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant．

     I shouldn't have been so selfish and self-centered．

     Understanding people is an art．

1．When the students get on the school bus, Janie usually．

      A．listens to music                                     B．talks about her own worry

      C．sits on her seat without words              D．meets them with a smile

2．After she learned Janie's story, the writer thought of

      A．her father's death                        B．her mother's pain

    C．the ache of her own heart                 D．the pain of Janie's parents

3．The writer felt herself selfish because she had

      A．thought of Janie as nothing but a driver  

     B．made only a few friends in the school

     C．hardly thought of herself

D．never listened to others

4．In this passage the writer tries to tell us that

      A．losing parents makes people sad and helpless

      B．understanding the people around us takes time

C．we should learn to understand the people around us

      D．it's not right to judge the people around us by their clothes

A thief who dropped a winning lottery ticket（彩票）at the scene of his crime has been given a lesson in honesty．His victim（受害者），who picked up the￡25，000 prize，managed to trace him，and handed over the cash．The robbery happened when maths professor Vinicio Sabbatucci，58，Was changing a tyre on an Italian motorway．Another motorist，who stopped “to help”，stole a suitcase from his car and drove off．The professor found the dropped ticket and put it in his pocket  before driving home to Ascoli in eastern Italy．

   Next day, he saw the lottery results on TV and，taking out the ticket，realized it Was a winner．He claimed the 60 million lire（里拉）prize．Then he began a battle with his conscience．Finally，he decided he could not keep the money despite having been robbed．He advertised in newspapers and on radio．saying：“I’m trying to find the man who robbed me．I have 60 million lire for him a lottery win．Please meet me．Anonymity（匿名）guaranteed．”（保證）

  Professor Sabbatucci received hundreds of calls from people hoping to trick him into handing them the cash．But there was one voice he recognized-and he arranged to meet the man in a park． The robber, a -35-year．old unemployed father of two children，gave back the suitcase and burst into tears．He could not believe what was happening．“Why didn’t you keep the money?” he asked．The Drofessor replied：“I couldn’t，because it’s not mine．”Then he walked off, spurning the thief’s  offer of a reward．

1．The sentence “Then he began al battle with his conscience．”in Paragraph 2 implies all the  following EXCEPT that_________·

      A．he knew what he should do as soon as he saw the lottery results   ，

    B．he hesitated（猶豫）about keeping the money for some time

    C．he thought for a moment of avenging（報仇）himself on，the robber

D．he came to realize that honesty is more。important than money．       

2．Hundreds of people phoned professor Sabbatucci because they _________

    A．wanted to make fun of him                        B．hoped to get the money

C．knew who the robber was                               D．lost the lottery ticket

3．The word “spurning” in the last sentence can be replaced by_________

A．a(chǎn)ccepting                                                 B．claiming（認(rèn)領(lǐng)）   

C．rejecting（拒絕）                                      D．canceling（刪除）

4．If the story appears in a newspaper, the best title might be_____·

    A．A Thief’s Lucky Day                               B．A popular Maths Professor

    C．A Magic Lottery                                         D．A Reward（獎賞）of Honesty．

Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public．Not only does he want “to say it well，but be wants it to be something，which has not been said before．He hopes the public will listen and understand he wants to teach them，and he wants them to learn from him．

   What visual（視覺的）artists，like painters，want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain，because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors，not words．They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors，out of the countless billions possible，is exceptionally interesting for them and worth Showing to us．Without their Work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors，or have felt the delight that they brought to the artist．

   Most artists take their Shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion（動作）and response；their choices indicate（說明）that these aspects（方面）of the world are worth looking at，that they contain beautiful sights Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern，and that there is nothing more in it．Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects．

   If one painter chooses to paint a broken leg and another a lake in moonlight，each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world．Each painter is telling us something，showing us something，emphasizing（強調(diào)）something-all of which means that，consciously（有意識地）or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us．

1．According to the passage，all artist is always trying to_______________

      A．show his talents to the public                    B．express something new to the public

      C．create something extremely beautiful            D．a(chǎn)ttract us with shapes and colors

2．It is implied that_________．

      A．we owe the artists a great deal

      B．we can never thank the artists enough for their works

      C．a(chǎn)rtists’ work should be praised world wide

      D．we should be grateful（感激的）to the artists for their work

3．From this passage we learn that_____________________

      A．paintings are more meaningful than novels’

      B．painters are expressive than writers

      C．we should be more interested in painting than in writing

      D．there is always something more in an artist’s work beyond shapes and colors

I always feel sorry for world leaders busy dealing with fights between nations．When my three children were young, most days it was hard keeping my house from becoming a battlefield．

    It got worse as they grew older．Three years ago, Zack, then 16,couldn't make it through a day without making his sisters, Alex 11 and Taryn 9, angry．

    My husband and I tried to be understanding the boy at such an age．We reasoned, punished, and left heartfelt notes on his bed about how he was hurting our family．His answer was "I' say it because it's true．"

     I even tried telling the girls to fight back． Bad idea, Now I had three children at war．Whatever I said to them, they paid no attention．When there was no way out, I told everything to my sister in an e-mail． She replied, "Don't e-mail me．E-mail him．"

    Our son was online every day, mailing and talking-with his friends．Maybe he would actually hear me this way．I didn't say anything different, but e-mail just took the tension away．There'd be no shouting or door banging．Zack wouldn't feel under attack．

    Zack didn't reply for days．When he finally did, his entire message was four small words． I smiled when I read them, "You're right．I'm sorry．"

    The children still fought, of course, but Zack changed．Best of all, I now have a better way to talk with not one but three of them, I like it that they don't tune me out as much as they used to．

     They like not having to listen to me shouting to them or as Alex says, "You're so much nicer online．"

    All I know is that the house is quiet．But we're talking．

1．What was the trouble before the online talk in the family?

     A．The writer failed to understand her daughters．

     B．The children couldn't get along peacefully．

     C．The family found it difficult to keep the house clean．

     D．The parents were not willing to talk with their children．

2．The writer once tried to deal with her son's problem by__________

      A．talking with him about his pain

      B．telling him about the truth of the family

      C．telling her daughters to keep away from him

      D．encouraging her daughters to fight against him

3．The writer e-mailed her sister______

      A．to tell her about the family problem          B．hoping she'd e-mail the boy

      C．a(chǎn)sking about child-raising                  D to reduce the tension

4．The underlined phrase "tune me out" in the passage probably means “________” ．

      A．quarrel with me                          B．get angry with me

      C．pay no attention to me                      D．keep me out of their rooms

根據(jù)每題中所給的中文提示，用正確形式完成該單詞。注意：每空只能填一個單詞。

1．The young man made a p_____ that he would t叫his best to earn his living．

2．The Chinese language d______ from many Western languages in that it uses characters which have meanings and Can stand alone as words．

3．This morning we went to a lecture about the city of Pompeii，which was f_____ in the 8^th century BC．

4．If anyone knows this, kind man，please contact me through the newspaper so I can thank him _________（親自，當(dāng)面）．

5．There appeared a great many_______（志愿者）during the Beijing Olympic Games．

6．Some characters have been_______（簡化）and others have been made more complex over time

7．He wondered what they were___________（耳語）．

根據(jù)上句句意，在下句的空格中填入最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧X，使兩句意思相同。注意：每空只能填一個單詞。

1．At the beginning, it was a bedroom, but later we turned it into a study．

_______ it was a bedroom, but we turned it into a study．

2．Tourism has taken the place of agriculture as the nation's main industry．

   Tourism has _______agriculture as the nation's main industry．

3．Wang Ying met her old friend yesterday by chance while she was walking in the street．

  It ______that Wang Ying met her old friend  yesterday  while she was walking in the street．

4．Most people are familiar with the idea that all matter is made up of atoms．

    Most people are familiar with the idea that all matter ________of atoms．

5．It is a pity that Polly didn't ask for the man's name．

    The_____ that Polly didn't ask for the man's name is a pity．

6．It is reported that a terrible snowstorm will attack the city．

  ________ to the weather report, a terrible snowstorm will attack the city．

7．Since he quarreled with me last time, he has always been keeping away from me．

    He has always been ______seeing me since he quarreled with me last time．

8．When he was awake, he found that he was lying in a warm bed．

   When he was awake, he found _____lying in a warm bed．

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    1．英語聽說能力較好；

    2．對英語國家文化很感興趣；

    3．性格開朗活潑，人際交往能力較強；

    4．愿意入住當(dāng)?shù)鼐用窦抑小?/p>

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Dear Sir or Madam，

I have learned from our school website that……___________________……I’m looking forward to your early reply．

                                                                                   Yours,

                                                                         Li Hua

--Do you know the 3G mobile phone has gone on market in our town?

--Really? It is said to be superior _____ any other model．I can’t wait to have_______

A．to；one       B．than；one             C．to；it        D．than；that

Although he is only 15，he is the kind of player who always manages to_____ cool in the competition，even under pressure．

A．make              B．stay            C．keep on              D．hold