短文填空根据短文内容，在A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

　　One day, John’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire(退休)after working for forty years．John said 　　1　　．“I’m only nine, so it means Grandpa has been working…er a really long time．”

　　His parents said,“Yes．That’s 　　2　　 we are going to have a surprise party for him．”

　　John loved his grandpa and wanted to do 　　3　　 for him．He remembered the business card his grandpa had given him two years before．He knew that his grandpa would no longer have the position(职位)on that card, so he decided 　　4　　 a new one for his grandpa．

　　When the big day came, John was ready．But he 　　5　　 want to put his gift together with the others’．He carried it around with him the whole evening．

　　When all the other people had left, John took his grandpa’s hand and brought him over to a chair and gave 　　6　　 the gift．

　　His grandpa smiled,“Well, it must 　　7　　 a nice gift．May I open it now?”

　　“Sure!”John said excitedly．

　　As Grandpa opened it, tears(眼泪)came into his eyes．John gave him the 　　8　　 gift he had ever had!It was a business card with his new position：FULL-TIME GRANDPA!John said,“Now your full-time job is being my grandpa!”

　　“Well．　　9　　 do I get paid?”his grandpa asked with a smile．

　　“As many hugs(拥抱)as you want!”With 　　10　　 words, John gave his grandpa a hug．

　　“Well, I guess that I’m the richest man in the world!”said Grandpa．

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Reading comprehension(阅读理解)：

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)：

All about Britain’s Teenagers

　　School

　　British teenagers can leave school at sixteen after taking their GCSE exams．They study for exams in as many as ten subjects, 　　1　　 they have to work pretty hard!Today’s teens spend more time doing their homework than any teenagers in the past, studying for 2.5－3 hours every evening．

　　Free Time

　　It’s not all work, of course．What do British teenagers do to have 　　2　　?They love watching TV, going out, meeting friends in Internet cafés and listening to music．

　　In addition to the Internet, teenagers in Britain use their computers to play games and do their homework．They 　　3　　 love their mobile phones, and spend hours texting(发短信)their friends and chatting．Today, phones are getting smaller and lighter and you can do a lot more 　　4　　 them than just talk．Text messaging has become the coolest and most popular way to communicate．More than 90％of 12-to 16-year-olds have a mobile, and experts say that this stops 　　5　　 from spending their money on sweets and cigarettes．

　　Fashion(服饰)

　　At school, almost all British teenagers have to wear a school uniform．However, in their free

　　　　6　　 they can wear whatever they like, and what they like is designer names such as Nike, Diesel and Paul Smith．In fact, 40％ of British teens say that they think it is important to have the latest fashion．Looking good doesn’t come 　　7　　, but many teenagers think it usual or easy to spend more than ￡100 on one item of clothing．

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　　Smiles and tears are part of life．But do you find enough time for 　　1　　?I’m not asking if you experience lots of good times．Of course, we should laugh during the happy times．But do you 　　2　　 laugh during the difficult times?

　　Erma Bombeck is known for her funny books．But she wrote 　　3　　 about a more serious subject－cancer(癌症)in children．The book is titled, I WANT TO GROW 　　4　　，I WANT TO GROW UP．Erma talks with many children who 　　5　　 cancer and learns important lessons from them．She learns, for example, that cancer survivors(幸存者)now how they should smile at life, though they are receiving chemotherapy(化疗)．

　　She tells about the experience of 　　6　　 Jessica．Jessica’s leg was cut off at the knee because of cancer．She was learning to wear a prosthesis(假肢)．Jessica told about playing soccer．She hit the ball hard 　　7　　 her foot．The ball flew off in one direction(方向)　　8　　 her man－made leg flew another way．Then the brave girl lay on the floor, laughing happily．

　　As the saying goes, “There’s a time to cry and a time to laugh．” Do you find 　　9　　 time to laugh?

　　You can…, if you find reasons to laugh during the difficult times．Survivors know 　　10　　．if you can laugh even when you’re in trouble, you will make it．Remember, laugh and the whole world laugh with you．Cry and you cry alone!

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Tom finished school last year．He went to a big city to 　　1　　 a job．He went from one company(公司)to another but 　　2　　 wanted him．He had to go back to his small town．When he came to the train station, he felt 　　3　　 and tired．It was late at night, and the 　　4　　 was full of people．Many were waiting to 　　5　　 train tickets．When he bought the last ticket, he saw a woman 　　6　　 a crying baby．He gave them his ticket．He thought they needed it more than he did．After 　　7　　 left, he sat on the bench(长椅)and didn’t know 　　8　　 to go．Just then, an old man came to him, “Young man, I 　　9　　 what you did for the woman．I need your help．I have a company and I need a good young man like 　　10　　．Would you like to come to my company?”

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　　An old friend telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived．I was still in the office at that time but I had got 　　1　　 ready for him to stay with me．I 　　2　　 him where my house was．I also told him that I had left the key under the doormat(门垫)．As I was going 　　3　　 late, I asked him to go into the kitchen 　　4　　 get something to eat and drink．

　　Two hours 　　5　　 my friend telephoned me from the house．At the moment, he said, he was 　　6　　 the music．He said he helped 　　7　　 to some cold chicken from the fridge and he was now drinking a glass of orange．I asked 　　8　　 he had reached the house without any difficulty．He answered he had not been able to find the 　　9　　 under the doormat, but luckily the living-room window by the apple tree was open and he climbed in．I was very 　　10　　 to hear all of this．There is no apple tree in front of my living-room, but there is one in front of my neighbour's．

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择能填入空白处的正确答案

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根据短文内容选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

　　No air means death．Though we 　　1　　 see it, air is around us．　　2　　 air is everywhere and it gives life to every living thing．Without it we can not live．Bad air makes people 　　3　　．We must have fresh 　　4　　 to keep us in good health．

　　In the city there are a lot of people and there are too many 　　5　　 running on the road．The gas which the car sends out(排放)is bad．Every day we breathe it in and 　　6　　．This makes us 　　7　　 sick．So people should 　　8　　 the door as much as they can to get fresh air．There are many factories, too．The chimneys of these factories send out dark smoke．This kind of smoke is dangerous 　　9　　 our health．So in order to(为了)keep us 　　10　　, we have to go to the countryside to breathe more fresh air or we can go up hills to get more fresh air．

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根据短文内容选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

　　Pollution means contaminating the Earth's environment with materials that harm people's 　　1　　 and lower their quality of life．Pollution can also harm animals and plants．　　2　　 many different forms of pollution．The three major groups are air pollution, land pollution and water pollution．

　　Air pollution comes from different sources－not 　　3　　 of them are man-made．For example, dust storms in deserts and the smoke from forest fires are natural sources of air pollution．In urban areas, dirty air is more noticeable 　　4　　 the fumes from traffic and the waste from factories．Air pollution can affect humans by causing sore eyes and respiratory 　　5　　, especially in children and the elderly．Land pollution is caused by the deposit of soil waste that 　　6　　 be broken down quickly or at all．Land pollution can affect the lives of animals and plans, and it makes the environment look very 　　7　　 Recycling and reusing materials can help reduce the amount of land pollution．Other methods include landfill-using the rubbish to make new land and burning the rubbish, but these two methods can pollute the water and air．

　　Water pollution results when substances that are released into lakes, rivers, oceans, etc．stay in the water or 　　8　　 at the bottom．This form of pollution may also begin in the air if the air is polluted and causes acid rain．When it 　　9　　, the rain will then pollute the water in lakes, rivers, oceans, etc．Soil erosion is one example of natural water pollution and can cause problems 　　10　　 the soil blocks the flow and leads to flooding．Pollution from human sources includes chemicals, waste from factories and human sewage．

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根据短文内容选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

　　Disneyland is famous 　　1　　 park in the U．S．A．There are also Disneyland Parks in Japan and France．Disneyland Park 　　2　　 by Walt Disney, who is famous 　　3　　 his cartoon characters：Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Snow White and many other．

　　Walt was born in the USA．After 　　4　　 school and studying art at night, he sold newspapers and delivered mail．　　5　　 he got a job that he really liked－　　6　　 cartoons 　　7　　 films．

　　Walt's 　　8　　 famous cartoon character, Mickey Mouse, was a real mouse．It sometimes sat on Walt's desk 　　9　　 he was working．Walt drew the mouse and 　　10　　 it in a cartoon．Soon Mickey became a star and Walt became rich and famous．

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根据短文内容选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

　　Malls(商业区)are popular places for Americans．Some people spend much time at malls and they are 　　1　　“mall rats”．

　　Why do people like malls? In fact, there are many 　　2　　．People feel safe because malls have police station of private security guards(保安)．It's easy to 　　3　　 cars there and the air is 　　4　　 in the malls．The newest malls have good 　　5　　 for rest with waterfalls and large green trees．

　　The 　　6　　 mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota．It covers 4.2 million square feet．It has 350 stores, eight night clubs and a park of seven acre．There are parking spaces for 12,750 cars．About 750,000 people shop there every week．

　　The first indoor mall in America was 　　7　　 in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota．People love doing all their shopping in one place．More malls are built around the country．Now people do shopping, eat food and see films at cinemas there．Some people even get their daily exercise by doing the new 　　8　　 for“mall walking”．

　　In China, some malls 　　9　　 those in America appear(出现)．For example, in Peace Plaza of Dalian, there is Hymall．Shopping is 　　10　　 there and people can eat some food in it when they are hungry．There are performances sometimes and people can also see films in Ownar Cinema．

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根据短文内容选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

There are 56students in our class．56％of our classmates are boys and 44％are girls．Most of us 　　1　　 born in the 　　2　　 year．The oldest student in our class is 16 years old and the 　　3　　 is 13 years old．The 　　4　　 age of our classmates is 15．The tallest student in our class is 189 cm and the 　　5　　 is 152 cm．The average 　　6　　 of our classmates is 164 cm．The 　　7　　 student in our class is 73 kg and the lightest is 42 　　8　　．The average 　　9　　 of our classmates is 52 kg．Twenty-five of 　　10　　 go to school by bus and forty go to school on foot．Many of us like football, some like basketball and some like volleyball．

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