完形填空（1*20）

In the early 1800’s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children. Every day was  31  working and Christmas was the one day of the year  32  the children did not work and received a gift — an orange. The children  33  it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even  34 — smelling it,  35  it and loving it. Usually they tried to preserve it for so  36  that it often went bad before they ate it.

This year John knew he would soon be  37  enough to leave. He would save the orange until his birthday in July. If he preserved it  38 , he might be able to eat it on his birthday. 

Christmas day finally came. The children were so  39  as they entered the dining hall. In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big  40 . Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John's heart  41 . He turned and ran back to the  42  room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears. 

Then he heard the door open and the children entered. Little Elizabeth with a  43  on her face held out her small hands. “Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As John  44  his head, he saw a big juicy  45  all peeled and quartered … Each child had sacrificed(舍弃) their own orange by 46  a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him. 

John never forgot the sharing, love and personal  47  his friends had shown him that Christmas day.  48  that day, after he became rich, every year he  49  send oranges all over the world to children everywhere. His  50  was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit! 

A. forced     B. passed C. taken  D. spent

A. as    B. when  C. while  D. which

A. needed    B. wanted       C. valued D. liked

A. months    B. days    C. years   D. seasons

A. tasting     B. watching    C. pressing     D. touching

A. much      B. soon   C. long    D. far

A. old   B. strong C. tall     D. experienced

A. seriously  B. carefully    C. secretly      D. softly

A. nervous   B. excited       C. pleasant      D. eager

A. cry B. disappointment  C. surprise      D. noise

A. jumped  B. stopped      C. broke  D. settled

A. cold      B. small  C. old     D. lonely

A. look      B. tears   C. comfort      D. smile

A. shook    B. lifted  C. put     D. turned

A. gift       B. surprise      C. orange       D. wonder

A. sharing  B. breaking     C. eating D. taking

A. feelings B. affairs C. relation      D. sacrifice

A. In return forB. In case of     C. In memory of    D. In search of

A. must      B. would C. might  D. should

A. desire    B. idea    C. meaning     D. thinking

A proven method for effective textbook reading is the SQ3R method developed by Francis Robinson. The first is to survey (the S step) the chapter by reading the title, introduction, section headings, summary., and by studying any graphs, tables, illustrations or charts. The purpose of this step is to get an overview of the chapter so that you will know before you read what it will be about.  In the second step (the Q step), for each section you ask yourself questions such as "What do I already know about this topic?" and "What do I want to know?" In this step you also take the section heading and turn it into a question. This step gives you a purpose for reading the section. The third step (the first of the 3 R's) is to read to find the answers to your questions. Then at the end of each section, before going on to the next section, you recite ( the second of the 3 R's) the answers to the questions that formed in the question step. When you recite you should say the information you want to learn out loud in your own words. The fifth step is done after you have completed step 2, 3 and 4 for each section. You review (the last of the 3 R's) the entire chapter. The review is done much as the survey was in the first step. As you review, hold a mental conversation with yourself as you recite the information you selected as important to learn. The mental conversation could take the form of asking and answering the questions formed the headings or reading the summary, which lists the main ideas in the chapter, and trying to fill in the details for each main idea.

The passage implies that the SQ3R method           .

   A. needs to be prove                B. leaves much to be desired

   C. turns out to be practicable         D. cannot be used by every reader

The SQ3R method consists of steps           .

   A. three        B. four        C. five        D. seven

According to the passage, the first step helps the readers           .

   A. read the first several paragraphs     B. scan the whole chapter

   C. study the graphs                 D. get the theme of chapter

Which of the following statements is true?

   A. In the last step, you should remember all the information.

   B. When you finish the last step, you will get both the main idea and the details.

   C. The mental conversation involves answering the questions asked by the author.

   D. While you are holding a mental conversation you select the important information.

—What a fine day! Shall we go picnicking.

—          . But we need to be home before six o’clock for the football match.

A. Have a nice time        B. Pardon me

C. That’s great            D. You are right

 The traffic problems we are looking forward to seeing _____ should have attracted the government's attention.

A. solving            B. solve          C. to solve       D. solved

第二节  完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)  

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—50各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       I was interested to read a newspaper article about a new concept in old people’s homes in France. The idea is simple   41  revolutionary -- combining a residential （住宅的）home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building. The children and the residents eat lunch together and   42   activities such as music, painting, gardening, and   43   for the pets which the residents are encouraged to keep. In the afternoons, the residents enjoy reading or telling stories to the children, and   44   a child is feeling sad or tired, there is always somebody attending to (照顾) him. There are trips out and birthday parties, too.

       The   45   are enormous for everyone concerned. The children are happy because they get a lot more individual   46   and respond well because someone has time for them. They also learn that old people are not “different” or “frightening” in   47   way. And of course, they see illness and death and learn to   48   them. The residents are happy because they feel   49   and needed. They are more active and more interested in life when the children are around and they take more interest in their appearance, too. And the staff（全体职员） are happy because they see an improvement in the   50   and psychological health of the residents and have an army of assistants to help with the children.

41. A. or            B. so             C. nor                      D. but

42. A. share           B. examine        C. control                   D. engage

43. A. asking           B. sending         C. caring               D. looking

44. A. though          B. because         C. unless                D. if

45. A. advantages        B. actions          C. difficulties             D. comforts

46. A. though                B. attention         C. rest                  D. freedom

47. A. no             B. any                 C. another              D. the

48. A. value                 B. admit          C. accept               D. overcome

49. A. useful         B. faithful          C. powerful             D. skillful

50. A. normal                B. public          C. economic           D. physical

 While he was ______ about in the street, Mary came up to him.

       A. wandering         B. wondering         C. wondered          D. wandered

He is not such a man _______ would leave his work half done.

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

 The beggar has no money with which to buy food. However, no passers-by ______ him.

  A. have mercy on                                             B. are at the mercy of

  C. show mercy on                                         D. to be merciful to

第二节  读写任务（共1题，满分25分）

阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

  As I got into a taxi one afternoon, the driver was very angry about something that had happened to him earlier that day. Here’s how he told the story:

“One of my fares (旅客) left a wallet in my cab this morning. Nearly three hundred dollars in it. I spent more than an hour trying to trace the guy. Finally I found him at his hotel. He took the wallet without a word and glared at me as though I’d meant to steal it.”

“He didn’t give you a reward?” I asked.

“Not a cent. But it wasn’t the money I wanted,” he fumbled, then exploded, “If the guy had only said something…”

Why was the driver so upset? All he wanted was something simple, but even more valuable than money: to be thanked for his efforts. In short, what he wanted, what he needed but did not get, was a little bit of gratitude.

[写作内容]

1．概括故事的内容要点，以此引入话题，该部分的词数大约30；

2．以约120个词就“感激”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包含以下内容要点：

   1）什么是感激（gratitude）？

   2）感激的表现方式。

   3）表达感激最重要在于真诚（sincere）。

   4）故事的启示和你的结论。

[写作要求]

你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。

2.  作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]

     概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯

---- Which share is intended ________ me?

   ---- You can take ________ half. They are exactly the same.

      A. for; any                        B. to; any                         C. to; either               D. for; either