It was an afternoon in the winter, some friends and I were talking at a restaurant. We talked and soon swimming became the   36  . Suddenly I hit upon an idea．“Wouldn’t it be _37_ if we went swimming? Others went swimming in winter, and _38_ couldn’t we? Besides, we could be _39_ if we did．” I told them about this and they all said it was a good idea indeed．

Early in the morning, three days _40_, we four were standing at the bus stop, with bags in our hands, _41_ for a bus to take us to the _42_． The sky was clear, the sun was shining, but all the same, it was very cold． _43_ our heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us _44_． We all felt that we should go back, but no one wanted to _45_．

We soon reached the sands． There was nobody there, but we were not to be discouraged． _46_ we were proud that we were the _47_ ones that dared to challenge(向……挑戰(zhàn)) the weather． Besides, the sun could keep us warm． So we _48_ ourselves quickly．

But things were not going to be so nice as we thought． The sea wind was blowing, we felt _49_ cold and we shook from head to feet． At last, we decided to _50_ the sea water． We put our feet in first, only to take them back _51_．The water was unbelievably cold．The I   52  that we should all jump in at the same time． We all went back ten steps． I gave the order and we all rushed forward．We jumped．I shall never   53  the feeling I had when I was in the water. I got up and rushed against to the seaside. So _54_ my friends．We put on our clothes as quickly as possible and went home．

We four did not go to school the next three days, for we all _55_ a bad cold． We missed the lessons, but we got this unforgettable experience．

1.A． topic                   B． object           C． center               D． opinion

2.A． lucky   B． interesting     C． surprising                      D． happy

3.A． how    B． what         C． why         D． that

4.A． ill      B． worse        C． better                         D． stronger

5.A． past    B． later                          C． before         D． since

6.A． meeting  B． asking       C． looking                        D． waiting

7.A． sands   B． pool                               C． river             D． lake

8.A． Though B． Only                           C． Since          D． Even

9.A． warm   B． cold                         C． cool           D． hot

10.A． talk about B． speak out    C． think over                    D． shout at

11.A． Instead B． Therefore      C． Particularly                     D． Lately

12.A． lucky    B． only                       C． happy          D． younger

13.A． enjoyed  B． helped                     C． changed        D． dressed

14.A． a little   B． such                       C． a few          D． very

15.A． dive into B． put down                   C． take off           D． walk into

16.A． quickly  B． carefully                    C． finally         D． bravely

17.A． announced B． promised   C． suggested                    D． told

18.A． forget   B． remember                   C． tell            D． believe

19.A． do      B． did         C． had                          D． was

20.A． felt     B． became                     C． caught         D． turned

It was an afternoon in the winter, some friends and I were talking at a restaurant. We talked and soon swimming became the   36 . Suddenly I hit upon an idea．“Wouldn’t it be _37_ if we went swimming? Others went swimming in winter, and _38_ couldn’t we? Besides, we could be _39_ if we did．” I told them about this and they all said it was a good idea indeed．
Early in the morning, three days _40_, we four were standing at the bus stop, with bags in our hands, _41_ for a bus to take us to the _42_． The sky was clear, the sun was shining, but all the same, it was very cold．_43_ our heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us _44_． We all felt that we should go back, but no one wanted to _45_．
We soon reached the sands． There was nobody there, but we were not to be discouraged． _46_ we were proud that we were the _47_ ones that dared to challenge(向……挑戰(zhàn)) the weather． Besides, the sun could keep us warm． So we _48_ ourselves quickly．
But things were not going to be so nice as we thought． The sea wind was blowing, we felt _49_ cold and we shook from head to feet． At last, we decided to _50_ the sea water． We put our feet in first, only to take them back _51_．The water was unbelievably cold．The I   52 that we should all jump in at the same time． We all went back ten steps． I gave the order and we all rushed forward．We jumped．I shall never   53 the feeling I had when I was in the water. I got up and rushed against to the seaside. So _54_ my friends．We put on our clothes as quickly as possible and went home．
We four did not go to school the next three days, for we all _55_ a bad cold． We missed the lessons, but we got this unforgettable experience．

【小題9】

A．warm B．cold C．cool D．hot

 “I couldn’t survive without music，” says fifteen­year­old Steve.In the morning，Steve wakes up__36__his favorite radio station.He listens to rock on the radio while he eats__37__.He puts on his personal stereo before he leaves the house and listens to cassettes on the bus to__38__.

“Last week I put my head­phones on in the maths__39__，” admits Steve.“The teacher was really__40__.She took my head­phones away and I couldn’t use them for a week.It was__41__.”At home Steve does his homework to music—loud music.

“My mother__42__shouts‘Turn it down！’” says Steve.“She can’t__43__how I can work__44__music on，but music__45__me to concentrate.”Steve would like to make music himself.“I’m learning to play the guitar.__46__，it doesn’t sound too good at the__47__.But I’m going to keep practising！”

For__48__like Steve，music is a very important part of__49__.Music is social；it brings people together at discos，parties and concerts.Fast，__50__music is full of energy；it helps people to__51__their problems and have__52__.Music talks about love，freedom and imagination.There are always new songs and new styles.

__53__Steve’s mother agrees that music brings some problems.“Steve is a sensible boy，” she says.“I don’t think he would ever take drugs hearing rock.But I__54__worry about his hearing with all that loud music.And it__55__me crazy！”

36．A.from                                             B．for

C．with                                                   D．to

37．A.breakfast                                       B．lunch

C．supper                                               D．dinner

38．A.work                                             B．office

C．school                                                D．party

39．A.workshop                                        B．class

C．dormitory                                           D．schoolroom

40．A.excited                                          B．worried

C．a(chǎn)ngry                                                 D．tired

41．A.terrible                                           B．hopeless

C．poor                                                  D．surprising

42．A.usually                                           B．seldom

C．frequently                                           D．a(chǎn)lways

43．A.expect                                           B．bear

C．understand                                         D．believe

44．A.while                                             B．a(chǎn)t

C．for                                                     D．with

45．A.helps                                             B．leads

C．causes                                               D．forces

46．A.Unluckily                                       B．Actually

C．Disappointingly                                   D．Necessarily

47．A.first                                               B．last

C．moment                                             D．time

48．A.boys                                              B．girls

C．friends                                               D．teenagers

49．A.study                                             B．life

C．family                                                D．school

50．A.sound                                            B．noisy

C．light                                                   D．loud

51．A.forget                                            B．settle

C．remove                                              D．leave

52．A.smiles                                            B．future

C．fun                                                    D．sense

53．A.And                                               B．However

C．Meanwhile                                          D．But

54．A.can                                               B．do

C．will                                                    D．should

55．A.causes                                           B．results

C．drives                                                D．leaves

Last summer I was a volunteer（志愿者）at a shelter for the homeless, a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn’t working that summer and was  21   only two classes in summer school, so I had some  22  time.

Three nights a week, I  23 in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and  24 for 10 people hot meals  25  vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit. The homeless people  26  this good food because many of them usually didn’t eat well.

I  27  this volunteer work, making  28  with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife, one a movie actor, another a young teacher, and the other a college student,   29 me.

I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories  30  me with sympathy（同情）. Some of them had  31 with alcohol（酒）or drugs while others only had bad  32  . One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and  33  she lost her job. She looked for a  34  job, but couldn’t find one, for she was too  35  . She could do nothing but sell her furniture ― sofas, chairs, and tables  36  she could pay for her food. The woman  37  on job hunting, but she 38   couldn’t find one. She had no money for her  39  and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone,   40  , and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.

第二節(jié) 完型填空（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)

Some of you must have complained why there are so many English words that you have to memorize every day.   36  , do you know how many words the English language has exactly? Maybe ten thousand, one hundred thousand, or   37   one million!

Every 98 minutes, there is a new English word being   38  . Last time when words were being   39   to the language at this rate was during the   40   of William Shakespeare. The   41   popularity of English has   42   the most fertile (豐富的) period of word creation. About 1.53 billion people speak English as a   43  , a second or a business language. The Global Language Monitor,   44   in the state of Texas in the US, has been recording English word creation since 2003. Now, there are almost one million English words.

Words that are predicted to be the one millionth   45   “defollow”, “defriend”, “noob”, and “greenwashing”. “Defollow” and “defriend” are Internet words,   46   what users do with a person they do not wish to   47   in touch with on the Internet. “Noob” is an offending name for someone new   48   a particular task or community. The word “greenwashing”   49   what companies do to appear   50   friendly. And “chiconomics” means a difficult time in fashion. Of course, there is a   51   that the one millionth word will be a sixth choice. The Global Language Monitor once   52   that the millionth English word would be “imminent” in 2006, but the organization has   53  that expected date  54  once. Other experts have   55   doubts about its methods because they don’t think that there is an agreement about how to classify a word.

36．A．However  B．Besides     C．Moreover  D．Therefore

37．A．ever  B．never C．even  D．sometimes

38．A．commented      B．created     C．memorized       D．motivated

39．A．a(chǎn)dded       B．a(chǎn)cquired   C．a(chǎn)dopted    D．devoted

40．A．years B．days  C．months     D．hours

41．A．a(chǎn)ppropriate      B．widespread       C．fundamental     D．a(chǎn)wful

42．A．taken B．led    C．found       D．brought

43．A．physical    B．social       C．primary    D．typical

44．A．lay    B．located     C．built  D．found

45．A．conclude   B．include     C．have  D．set

46．A．saying      B．writing     C．describing D．a(chǎn)ccounting

47．A．lose   B．pay   C．have  D．stay

48．A．with  B．of     C．to      D．a(chǎn)t

49．A．refers to   B．prefers to  C．comes to   D．sticks to

50．A．constantly B．eventually C．environmentally      D．finally

51．A．fact   B．possibility C．result D．bond

52．A．published  B．declared    C．expected   D．claimed

53．A．put up      B．put off      C．put down  D．put out

54．A．more than B．other than C．rather than       D．less than

55．A．expressed  B．instructed  C．a(chǎn)ssociated D．consulted