It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members __1__ the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of __2__. Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would show off all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be __3__ —so I thought. I waited backstage all dressed up in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies __4__ that my class was next.

My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the __5__. All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. It really was an __6__ move. I was concentrating so much __7__ the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look where I was going. I missed my partner’s box altogether and __8__. There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles (咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the __9__ rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not __10__.”I did my best to follow her __11__ as I continued with the routine.

When the curtain dropped, so did my __12__ for the evening. I __13__ bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could __14__ me down.

Recently I realized I had been a star that night. I was __15__, but I fought the urge to run off the stage. Instead, I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.

A. filled               B. visited               C. attended        D. decorated

A. pressure     B. impression            C. debate          D. attention

A. reasonable   B. suitable       C. obvious       D. perfect

A. suggested    B. explained       C. announced      D. predicted

A. music               B. audience             C. curtain         D. stage

A. easy                B. active                C. adventurous     D. extra

A. containing         B. hiding               C. sharing       D. keeping

A. wandered            B. slipped         C. waved        D. skipped

A. blood                    B. pleasure        C. pride         D. tear

A. leave                B. cheer         C. believe         D. notice

A. gesture              B. example              C. advice          D. plan

A. doubts              B. hopes          C. voice          D. patience

A. argued              B. shouted       C. begged             D. sobbed

A. turn                B. calm         C. let             D. put

A. satisfied            B. moved               C. embarrassed           D. confused

Here sister has become a lawyer, ____ she wanted to be.

A. who           B. that          C. what          D. which

——Why did you eat your words, Jack?

——Sorry, dear. But I really forget where I was______ to meet you.

   A. demanded     B. imagined    C. supposed    D. guessed

I like getting up very early in summer. The morning air is so good ______.

A. to be breathed           B. to breathe                      C. breathing               D. being breathed

Margaret, married with two small children, has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner, cleaning offices in a big building.

She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. “I would have liked to go back to it, but the shifts（工作班次）are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school.”

So she works as a cleaner instead, from 9 p.m. till 6 a.m. five nights a week for just ￡90, before tax and insurance. “It’s better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work ‘unsocial hours’ should get a bit extra.”

The hours she’s chosen to work mean that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her husband. However, she doesn’t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.

Her work isn’t physically very hard, but it’s not exactly pleasant, either. “I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it, perhaps they’d be a bit more careful.”

The fact that she’s working all night doesn’t worry Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. “Since I’ve got to be here, I try to enjoy myself—and I usually do, because of the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags.”

Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she does for a living. “They think you’re a cleaner because you don’t know how to read and write,” said Margaret. “I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I’d been doing, but I don’t think that way any more. I don’t dislike the work though I can’t say I’m mad about it.”

Margaret quit her job as a nurse because _______.

A. she wanted to earn more money to support her family

B. she had suffered a lot of mental pressure

C. she felt tired of taking care of patients

D. she needed the right time to look after her children

Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because _______.

A. they never clean their offices                        B. they look down upon cleaners

C. they always make a mess in their offices       D. they never do their work carefully                 

When at work, Margaret feels _______.

A. light-hearted because of her fellow workers    B. happy because the building is fully lit

C. tired because of the heavy workload          D. bored because time passes slowly

The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret’s parents would _______.

A. help care for her children                           B. regret what they had said

C. show sympathy for her                                  D. feel disappointed in her

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词正确的完全形式（每空限写一词）。

Generally speaking, when taken according to the d______, the drug has no side effect.

The smile on his face put us at e______ immediately.

There is c______ evidence of a link between exposure to sun(日光暴晒) and skin cancer.

I r______ to tell you that I am unable to accept your kind invitation.

The couple are always a______ with each other about money.

The game attracted over 500 competitors r______ 8 different countries.

The explorers were told to e______ themselves with everything they would need for the voyage.

When we visited my old family home, memory came c______ in.

It was w______ that he was caught stealing in a department store.

At the meeting they discussed three different a______ to the study of mathematics.

When you meet a new word in reading the English papers, you can guess its meaning but needn’t always ______ the dictionary.

   A. look up                 B. attach to               C. pay attention to    D. refer to

The flood this summer caused serious _______________ to the crops in Northeast China.

A. damage                           B. harm                  C. hurt                            D. injury

I’m afraid I’ve little time to spare these days．I’ve a pile of papers to        before the meeting．

       A．get through      B．put on      C．set up       D．send for

We have been providing performing arts information for over 14 years. Here you can search for plays, musicals, concerts and operas across the UK.

The main purpose of the text is to inform readers of____.

A. film posters                     

B. performance information 

C. the theatre’s advice                       

D. picture exhibitions

Which performance will be on show for the shortest period of time?

A. Bob the Builder—Spud’s Big Mess

B. The Lion King

C. Mother Courage and Her Children

D. Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

What can we learn from the text?

A. The first three shows are inspiring.

B. The shows are intended for children.

C. All of them have won many awards.

D. The characters in the shows are brave.