Randy couldn’t wait to get to school. It was Mrs. Anderson’s birthday, and she promised the class a special treat to help her celebrate. Randy knew that Mrs. Anderson was a great baker. She always made the most delicious cakes and cookies for the school bake sales. Randy’s mouth __27__ as he walked into the room and took his seat.
Mrs. Anderson had a long covered box on her desk, and the room smelled wonderful from whatever Mrs. Anderson had made. Everyone sniffed the air and smiled in anticipation. __28__ the class was quiet, Mrs. Anderson said, “As promised I have a special treat for you today.”
Randy’s stomach growled.
“Wait, Mrs. Anderson,” Olivia said. “We have to sing happy birthday first.”
Randy sighed. He really wanted to see what Mrs. Anderson had made. But the class always sang on someone’s birthday. So Randy sang __29__, imagining cakes and cookies the whole time.
Finally it was time to eat. Randy sat forward in his seat to get a good view of the box. Mrs. Anderson said, “I decided to do something a little __30__today. I wanted to share something really special with you, so I made my grandmother’s famous blueberry muffins.” With a big smile, she uncovered the box.
Randy sat back in his seat. Blueberry? Randy didn’t like blueberries. Mrs. Anderson walked around the room, giving out the muffins. When she got to Randy’s desk, he politely said, “No, thank you. I don’t like blueberries.”
“Are you sure you don’t want to at least __31__ one?” Mrs. Anderson asked. “You could pick the blueberries out if you’d like.”
“No, thank you.” Randy lowered his head. He’d skipped breakfast, and now he was really hungry. He watched his classmates eat the muffins and comment on how delicious they were.
Finally Randy couldn’t __32__ it. He was so hungry he didn’t care if the muffins had blueberries. Just as he was about to raise his hand, Mrs. Anderson put a muffin on his desk. “As a birthday present to me, do you think you could at least try one?”
sniff: 嗅 anticipation: 期待 stomach: 肠胃 growl: 吼叫
sigh: 叹息 muffin: 麦芬蛋糕 comment: 评论
27. A. dried B. opened C. closed D. watered
28. A. Once B. Before C. Because D. Then
29. A. alone B. along C. loudly D. carefully
30. A. different B. difficult C. surprising D. interesting
31. A. buy B. smell C. try D. borrow
32. A. have B. love C. hate D. take
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Have you ever noticed that your fingertips are winked when you’ve just finished swimming or washing dishes? It seems as if your hands have aged 30 years i a second. But is this an accident? Or is it something that nature has built into our bodies?
If your finger’s wrinkling up had no use at all, “ it wouldn’t need to.” Professor Tom Smulders from Newcastle University, UK, told BBC News. By studying wet fingers closely, Smulders and his partners found that the wrinkles looked a bit like the patterns on the car tire or o the bottom of the running shoes. So they made a guess that wrinkles on fingers might be able to help the hand hold things more tightly.
To test this, researchers asked 20 people to pick up marbles from water with their hands. But before they started, some of the people had to keep their hands in water for half an hour.
The researchers found that the people with wrinkled fingers completed the task the task faster than those with dry hands. But when they were asked to move dry marbles, all the people performed equally well, no matter they had the wrinkled fingers or not.
Our ancestors might not have played with marbles, but wrinkled fingers could have made it easier for them to
climb around in the wet forests and catch fish from rivers, researchers say.
Similarly, our toes also get wrinkled in water. This may have developed from our ancestor’s need to run on wet ground.
But the question is, if wrinkled fingers are so helpful, why don’t our hands just stay that way all the time? Researchers explained that wrinkling has its disadvantage: wet fingertips are far less sensitive than smooth ones, reducing our sense of touch.
26, What does the underlined world “this ” in the third paragraph refer to?
A. Wether fingers have wrinkles after they are put in water.
B. Wether wrinkled fingers can hold things more tightly.
C. Why keeping things in water makes them wrinkled.
D. Why wrinkles help hands hold things more tightly.
27, The test shows that ________.
A. winkled hands hold dry things more tightly than dry hands do.
B. dry hands hold dry things more tightly than wrinkled hands do.
C. winkled hands hold wet things more tightly than dry hands do.
D. dry hands hold wet things more tightly than wrinkled hands do.
28. What might be the disadvantage of wrinkled fingers?
A. They are too sensitive to be touched.
B. They might be more likely to get hurt.
C. They cannot hold things tightly enough.
D. They are not so sensitive as dry fingers.
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_________ fifty years’ time, the world will be very different.
A. Before B. On C. In D. At
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Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or only there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find a shelter from a sudden rain. Whatever the reason, you can soon totally unaware of your surroundings. You soon become interested in some books or others, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent too much time there and have to rush off to keep some forgotten appointment.
This chance to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can walk around such a place as much as you wish. If it is a good shop, no assistant will come up to you with the greeting “Can I help you?” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished reading. Then, and only then, are his services necessary.
Once, a medical student had to read a textbook which was far too expensive for him to buy. He couldn't borrow it from the library and the only copy he could find was in a certain bookshop. Every afternoon, therefore, he would go along to the shop and read a little of the book at a time. One day, however, he was disappointed to find the book missing from his usual place. He was about to leave, when he noticed the owner of the shop beckoning to him. Expecting to be told off, he went towards him. To his surprise, the owner pointed to the book which was tucked (folded beautifully) away in a corner. “I put it there in case anyone tries to buy it,” he said, and left the delighted student to continue his reading.
shelter: 遮蔽 unaware: 未意识到 attraction: 吸引 beckon: 示意
45. According to the passage, the main attraction of a bookshop is that________.
A. people can learn something from books
B. it can be a shelter from a sudden rain
C. the surroundings are all about new knowledge
D. it offers a chance to get free from the realities
46. The writer thinks that the assistant in a good bookshop should ________.
A. always greet customers pleasantly and warmly
B. help the readers to find what they want to read
C. not talk while the customers are reading
D. not stand beside the bookshelf all the time
47. The purpose of the writer in writing the last paragraph is to ________.
A. tell us a story that happened in a bookshop
B. tell us what a good bookshop assistant is like
C. teach us how to read in a shop without buying books
D. advise us to hide books if we need them
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My little sister _________ born in Hebei Province.
A. is B. be C. will be D. was
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The following is a mark table (分数表) about the English competition. Find some useful information to the questions below. (读下面的英语竞赛成绩单，回答后面的问题。)
| Items | Group1 | Group2 | Grou | Group4 |
| 1.answer correctly | 66 | 72 | 75 | 77 |
| 2.answer quickly | 74 | 79 | 78 | 63 |
| 3.answer humorously (幽默地) | 68 | 69 | 80 | 78 |
| 4.speak clearly | 87 | 85 | 82 | 87 |
| 5.speak loudly | 90 | 92 | 90 | 91 |
| 6.speak freely | 80 | 82 | 83 | 84 |
| 7.have a good manner | 78 | 75 | 74 | 78 |
| 8.co-operate (合作) well | 81 | 64 | 87 | 84 |
| Average (平均分) | 78 | 77 | 81 | 80 |
( ) 1. _______ co-operate best of all the groups.
A. The students in Group 1 B. The students in Group 2
C. The students in Group 3 D. The students i
n Group 4
( ) 2. Group 1 is thought to have spoken as _________ as Group 3.
A. clearly B. loudly C. freely D. quickly
( ) 3. Group 4 did worst in “________”.
A. answer humorously B. speak freely
C. have a good manner D. answer quickly
( ) 4. In “answer correctly”, Group 1 was _____ marks lower than Group 4.
A. 6 B. 9 C. 11 D. 10
( ) 5. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Group 1 did as well as Group 4 in “have a good manner”.
B. All the groups of Group 3 is 3 marks more than Group 1.
C. The average of Group 3 is 3 marks more than Group 1.
D. Group 3 is the winner of the competition.
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-- Is this new book, Shirley?
-- No, it isn't. Maybe it's .
A. your; his B. your; him
C. yours; his D. yours; him
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When Mark first arrived in Thailand, he saw an old man sell
ing something cheap in the street of Chiang Mai. The old man was one of the poor people in Chiang Mai and there was no difference from beggars (乞丐). Most of them were some lonely old people. Their life had no support.
Mark was a kind man, so he gave some changes to him without thinking. The old man told him to pick something he liked. Mark didn't choose anything and left.
But the old man followed him closely. At first, Mark didn't think a lot, just supposing he wanted to go home. But when he went out very far and saw the old man still following him, he was a bit tired, thinking the old man must feel he was kind and wanted to beg more money from him.
Mark turned back and told him not to follow him because he hadn't much money. But the old man seemed not to understand what he meant, still following him. The bag on his back made him sweat (流汗) all over.
Mark happened to meet his Thai colleague (同事) in the street and his colleague heard this. The colleague turned to ask why the old man was following his friend.
The old man said out of breath, "My son, you gave me money, but didn't want my things, so I have to give you something. I see you are a foreigner, likely not to be familiar with here. I just want to follow you and show you the way. All I can do for you is this. "
Mark was shocked. He said he didn't know why, when he felt the old man was just like his father.
38. What did Mark do when he first found the old man following him?
A. He didn't think a lot and went on walking.
B. He asked the old man why he was following him.
C. He was shocked and asked his colleague to come.
D. He gave him more money without thinking.
39. The old man followed Mark closely .
A. because he wanted to go back home
B. because he wanted to sell more things to Mark
C. because he wanted to beg more money
D. because he wanted to show Mark the way
40. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Mark didn't like this old man at all.
B. The old man was Mark's father.
C. The old man sold something cheap to make a living.
D. Mark didn't give the old man anything at the beginning.
41. How did Mark feel about the old man at last?
A. He felt the old man was kind and warm.
B. He felt pity for the old man.
C. He felt angry with the old man.
D. He felt doubt if the old man was a thief.
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-----Whose guitar is this?
-----Susan plays the guitar. It must _______.
A. belong to her B. belong her C. belong to hers D. belong hers
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