阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

An old man who lived in a small back street of my hometown had to tolerate the nuisance of boys playing football and making a lot of noise outside his house at night

      One evening when the boys were particularly  36  ．he went out to talk to them．He explained that he had just retired and was  37  when he could see or hear boys playing his  38

game，football．He would  39  give them 25 dollars each week to play in the street at night．The boys got  40  , for they could hardly believe  41  they were being paid to do something they                

  42  ．

      The first two weeks had passed；the boys came to the old man’s house, and went away  43

with their 25 dollars．The third week when they came back,   44  ，the old man said he hadn’t much money  45  himself and sent them away with only 15 dollars．The fourth week, the man said he hadn’t yet received his  46  from the govertnment and gave them only 10 dollars．The boys were disappointed，but there was  47  much that they could do about it．

      At the  48  of the fifth week, the boys came back and  49  at the old man’s doon, waiting for their  50  ．Slowly, the door opened and the old man appeared．He  51  that he could not afford to pay them 25 dollars  52  he had promised, but said he would give them five dollars each week without  53 

      This was really too much for the boys．“You expect us to play seven days a week for merely five dollars!”they yelled．“  54  !”

      They  55  away and never played on the street again．

A．hot                   B．noisy                   C．troublesome         D．naughty

A．happiest            B．tired                    C．encouraged          D．bored

A．interesting         B．amusing               C．acceptable              D．favorite

A．ever                  B．therefore              C．willingly                D．forever

A．shouted             B．cried                   C．thrilled                  D．smiled

A．how                  B．when                   C．that                       D．what

A．expected           B．enjoyed               C．admired               D．respected

A．happily             B．thankfully            C．gratefully             D．tearfully

A．but                   B．in addition                  C．however              D．besides

A．earned             B．saved                   C．remained             D．1cft

A．food ticket       B．insurance             C．paycheck             D．bill

A．not                 B．no                       C．so                       D．very

A．final               B．end                     C．start                    D．beginning

A．kicked             B．hit                       C．beat                     D．knocked

A．rewards           B．awards                 C．checks                 D．wages

A．expressed        B．apologized           C．stated                         D．expected

A．though            B．1ike                    C．when                   D．as

A．joke                B．hesitation             C．fail                      D．question

A．No way           B．No possible          C．No problem         D．No play

A．walked            B．backed                 C．broke                         D．stormed

The problem of the global warming is serious, ________,the sea levels have risen a little.

A. as result         B. on the contrary    C. in consequence       D. in other words

Although the working mother is very busy, she still ______ a lot of time to her children.

A. devotes      B. spends          C. offers        D. provides

Calvin Coolidge (1872 – 1933) was the thirtieth president of the United States. He looked down on a person as being unworthy of respect who was too fond of talking about the details of others people’s actions and private lives because he had no time for small talks. The following two incidents clearly show how Collidge treasured silence.

When he was vice president, Coolidge had plenty of opportunities to participate (参加) in Washington’s social life, especially the many dinner parties. As be ignored the art of conversation, he couldn’t exactly make himself dear to his hostesses. One lady felt she could solve this problem. She placed him next to Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of the former President Roosevelt. Mrs. Longworth, a very brilliant conversationalist (谈话者), began to talk in her usual charming manner, but all attempts to a wake the interest on the part of the vice president were unproductive. Finally, being shamed into anger, she said, “I’m sure that going to as many dinners as you do, you must get terribly bored.”

Without lifting his eyes from his plate, Coolidge said not very clearly, “Well, a man has to eat somewhere.”

Later, when he was president and once again at a dinner party, Collidge was seated next to an outstanding society woman, one of those busybodies, who seemed to take delight in trying to change the lives of everyone they met. “Oh, Mr. President,” she spoke with too much enthusiasm, “you are always so quiet. I made a bet (打赌) today that I could get more than two words out of you.”

President Collidge considered those people as being unworthy of respect          .

       A．who liked to talk about the affairs of others

       B．who never talked about anything serious

       C．who often spoke insincerely

       D．who talked much but did little

The hostesses thought Collidge was unfriendly because        in her eyes.

       A．he treated women coldly and rudely

       B．he paid no attention to conversational skills

       C．he was too serious to please any women

       D．he was pretty easy and quick to get angry

Mrs. Longworth got shamed and angry because         .

       A．the vice president took part in too many dinner parties

       B．the vice president didn’t lift his eyes from his plate

       C．the vice president didn’t speak exactly and clearly

       D．the vice president didn’t react to all her efforts

The underlined sentence “Well, a man has to eat somewhere” probably means        .

      A．Mr. Coolidge didn’t want to talk with Mrs. Longworth at all

       B．Mr. Coolidge had really got tired of so many social dinners

       C．Mr. Coolidge was unhappy with the dinner he was eating that day

       D．Mr. Coolidge was really hungry and had to find something to eat

课文填空某些空需填两个单词

The kite 1) ________ high in the sky, but nothing happened. I was beginning to think that the experiment would not 2)________. Just then, I saw some of the hairs on the string 3)___________. The string was getting 4)________. I brought my finger close to the key and felt a light but very clear 5)_______________.The experiment proves that 6)____________ and electricity are the same.

I had travelled only two hours one day 7)______ the winds increased so much that I had to put my tent up 8)_______ the winds became too strong. Within a few minutes the winds increased 9)______ a howling storm that 10)__________ to blow me and my tent away, but 11)_______ of that happened.

Mrs. Black doesn’t believe her son is able to design a digital camera, _____?

      A．is he  B．does she    C．doesn’t she       D．does he

______alone in a dark room, the little girl was so ______ at the _____ sound.

A. Left; frightening; frightening      B. Left; frightened; frightening

C. Leaving; frightened; frightening    D. Leaving; frightening; frightened

In most cases, customers can't help ______ to buy things they actually do not need.           

A . to persuade         B. being persuaded         C. persuading          D. to be persuaded 

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Dear Patti,

I’m writing to you for some advice on my studies. As you know, football is a very popular sport in the world and I am attracted to it and I have fallen in love with it, which makes me feel so crazy. I have spending lots of time doing many things related to it, like watching football matches, reading newspapers and magazines, and searching the Web for more information about football. As a result, it has certainly disturbed my normal study. Though I know to be a football fan is my hobby and my major adjective is to learn more knowledge in school, I can’t concentrate on my lessons and gradually I am tired of them. I am still a senior two middle school student, and I’ll have my own business even when I grow up, so I am not likely to do a job in the field of football. But now I can’t stop myself from getting involved further with football. So I feel very depressed and want to know how to deal with the contradiction (矛盾. between my studies and boobies.)

Sincerely yours,

Li Ming

【写作内容】

假设你是李明的笔友Patti，请根据他信中所诉说的苦恼回信。以下是回信的内容（信的开头和结尾已经为你写好）

以约30个词概括李明的苦恼；

以约120个词发表你的看法，并包括如下要点：

（1）你认为李明应该如何处理好他的学习和业余爱好的关系，并说明你的理由。

（2）表达你对他的希望。

【写作要求】

1．可以使用实例或其他论述的方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．信中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

Dear Li Ming,

Thank you for your letter. From your letter, I’ve known something about your situation.                                                                                

Yours

Patti

She was late again . She tried to enter the classroom without being noticed by Cherry , but luck           him.

       A．went for B．went with        C．went along       D．went against