--- How did the prisoner escape?

   --- By climbing a fence and                   someone’s car. .

 A. steal        B. from stealing      C. to steal         D. stealing

                him before, she didn’t know he was her uncle.

A．Not having seen       B．Having not seen     C．Not seeing             D．Not being seen

Christopher Reeve was born in September,1952. He was in his first school play when he was eight and he started to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many 111 films and TV shows but he is most famous for his Superman films.

112 , disaster came in 1995 when he 113 from his horse and broke his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. However, he made amazing progress. At first, he couldn’t 114 on his own. He would never walk again but he started a new life with great courage.

The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back 115 .He made speeches all over the USA about his 116 .This not only 117 public attention to research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people 118 with all kinds of problems.

The Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It 119 the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations.

There are many stories about how the Lantern Festival started. In one story, lanterns were lit to 120 the power of light 121 darkness. In another story, a town was almost 122 but the light from many lanterns saved it. The story was about a god who wanted to burn 123 the town. He was fooled when he saw thousands of lanterns. He thought the town was already burning.

In the past, lanterns were usually lit by candles and 124 with pictures of birds, animals and flowers, etc. Nowadays, most lanterns are made with light bulbs and batteries, and they come in many shapes and sizes .In the north-eastern part of China, there are even ice-lanterns.

The special food for the Lantern Festival is the sweet dumpling. Sweet dumplings are boiled and 125 in hot water.

请把下列句子翻译成英语（括号中的提示词必须用，不用作零分记）。

  106. 这个故事让我想起我的一次亲身经历。(remind)

  107. 我终于理解父母为什么在学习方面对我如此严格。(come to, strict)

  108. 你要想保持健康，就要坚持锻炼并适当饮食。（stay）

  109. 我不能忍受和简在同一个办公室工作。她老是说话。(stand)

  110. 他的研究涉及很多不同的领域。(cover)

 第一节 选词填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

  根据句意，选择适当的词并用其恰当的形式填空，每空只填一个词。

  96. The color red is____ connected with happiness in China.

  97. This problem has____ us all, whether we like it or not.

  98. They are getting____ on New Year’s Day and all of us are attending their wedding ceremony.

  99. The policy is completely useless. It doesn’t make any____ to the traffic conditions.

  100. He has made a notable____ to public safely.

  101. Jean never seems to be satisfied with anything and is always____.

  102. How can you____ good marks if you don’t work hard?

  103. The policewoman____ that I hadn’t got my seat belt on and stopped me.

  104. I was____ if I could borrow your car.

  105. He worked hard and soon got____.

Six Ways to Improve Reading Comprehension

Help your child keep what he reads—a crucial skill, especially as he gets older and needs to gain important information from textbooks.

Have him read aloud. This forces him to go slower, which gives him more time to process hat he reads.  91 

Provide the right kinds of books. Make sure your child gets lots of practice reading books that aren’t too hard.  92  Stopping any more often than that to figure out a word makes it tough for him to focus on the overall meaning of the story.

  93  To gain meaning from text, your child needs to read quickly and smoothly—a skill known as fluency. Rereading familiar, simple books gives your child practice at decoding words quickly so he'll become more fluent.

Talk to the teacher. If your child is struggling hard with comprehension, he may need more help with his reading—for example, building his vocabulary or practicing phonics skills.

Supplement class reading. If his class is studying a particular theme, look for easy-to-read books or magazines on the topic. Some prior knowledge will make his way through tougher classroom texts.

Talk about what he's reading. This “verbal processing” helps him remember and think through the themes of the book.  94  For example:

●Before: “What interests you in this book? What doesn't?”

●During: “  95  Is it turning out the way you thought it would? ”

●After: “Can you summarize the book? What did you like about it?”

A. Reread to build fluency.

B. What's going on in the book?

C. Look up new words in the dictionary.

D. Do you know all the characters in the story?

E. Ask questions before, during, and after a reading session.

F. Plus, he's not only seeing the words, he's hearing them, too.

G. He should recognize at least 90 percent of the words without any help.

The repairman told me, “No charge. Professor Pan! We’re friends.” “I’d rather pay.” I replied. “If it’s free I can’t afford it!”

Chinese often refuse payment for professional services, insisting, “We’re friends now!” But then they show up later to ask me to tutor them in English, or get them into an American university, and I wish I’d have just paid the 30 yuan I owed them in the first place!

According to the Americans “There’s no free lunch,” meaning, there’s a price for everything, and I’m always looking around to figure out what this means.

Many of our neighbors have given us fruit or flowers or costly teas, never asking anything in return. For years, a bicycle repairman has repeatedly refused to let me pay him. “Wait until you have something major to fix!” he insists.

I mentioned to a peasant friend that I wished I had a stone mill(磨)to grind flour for bread. A month later he showed up with a beautiful mill that he’d had his uncle in the countryside carve from a solid block of granite.

Chinese generosity is a real education for Americans like me, who would rather avoid social entanglements(纠缠)and just hand over the money. But cash can’t compensate (补偿) for the greatest gift—friendship.

When an American saw some of my friends sitting on bamboo stools under the trees, drinking tea, he said, “They must have nothing better to do.” “Actually,” I said, “they are professors, with plenty to do. But probably you’re right in saying that, at this moment, they have nothing better to do. And neither do I!”

And I joined the group. We chatted about tea and Chinese cooking and how much my boys have grown since we arrived. One man said, “They were pocket-sized when you came here. Now they’re taller than you. How time flies!”

How life flies. And Chinese are smart enough to share what they know. They cannot keep. They freely give off their time, never too busy to help a friend. And they are teaching me, slowly, to both give and receive.

So the next time someone says, “No charge. We’re friends!” I will thank them heartily. But if they show up later asking me to tutor them in English. I’ll make sure they tutor my son in Chinese as well, because there’s still no free lunch.

86. Why did the author insist paying the repairman when he was offered free repairs?

A. Because he was an upright man.

B. Because he didn’t know the repairman.

C. Because he thought it natural to pay for other’s service.

D. Because he didn’t want to help others in return.

87. The underlined word “figure out” in Paragraph 3 probably means____.

A. calculate　 B. think of　 C. know about　 D. make it clear

88. Generally, the author thinks that____.

A. Chinese are generous and always ready to help their friends

B. Chinese are good at exchange of equal values

C. Chinese are free enough to drink tea and chat with their friends

D. Chinese are helpful but don’t treasure time

89. The best title of the article should be____.

A. Still no free lunch

B. A good lesson from the Chinese

C. True help or not

D. Learn to both give and receive

90. Which of the following is true?

A. Chinese seldom refuse payment for professional services.

B. When a peasant knew the author needed a mill, he made one for the author himself.

C. The author thinks that Chinese are wise enough to enjoy their life.

D. Finally, the author changed his mind and decided to do as the Chinese do.

It is reported that conservation(环保) groups in North America have been arguing about the benefits and dangers of wolves. Some groups believe wolves should be killed. Other people believe wolves must be protected so that they will not disappear from the wilderness(荒野).

　　　　　　　　　　　　　 For Killing Wolves

In Alaska, the wolf almost disappeared a few years ago, because hunters were killing hundreds of them for sport. However, laws were passed to protect the wolves from sportsmen and people who catch the animals for their fur. So the wolf population has greatly increased. Now there are so many wolves that they are destroying their own food supply.

A wolf naturally eats animals in the deer family. People in the wilderness also hunt deer for food. Many of the animals have been destroyed by the very cold winters recently and by changes in the wilderness plant life. When the deer can’t find enough food, they die.

If the wolves continue to kill large numbers of deer, their prey(猎物)will disappear some day. And the wolves will, too. So we must change the cycle of life in the wilderness to balance the ecology(生态).If we killed more wolves, we would save them and their prey from dying out. We’d also save some farm animals.

　 In another northern state, wolves attack cows and chickens for food. Farmers want the government to send biologists to study the problem. They believe it necessary to kill wolves in some areas and to protect them in places where there is a small wolf population.

　　　　　　　　　　　　 Against Killing Wolves

If you had lived long ago, you would have heard many different stories about the dangerous wolf. According to most stories, hungry wolves often kill people for food. Even today, the stories of the “big bad wolf'” will not disappear.

　 But the fact is wolves are afraid of people, and they seldom travel in areas where there is a human smell. When wolves eat other animals, they usually kill the very young, or the sick and injured. The strongest survive. No kind of animal would have survived through the centuries if the weak members had lived. And that has always been a law of nature.

Although some people say it is good sense to kill wolves, we say it is nonsense! Researchers have found wolves and their prey living in balance. The wolves keep the deer population from becoming too large, and that keeps a balance in the wilderness plant life.

The real problem is that the areas where wolves can live are being used by people. Even if wilderness land is not used directly for human needs, the wolves can’t always find enough food. So they travel to the nearest source, which is often a farm. Then there is danger. The “big bad wolf” has arrived! And everyone knows what happens next.

82. According to the passage, some people in North America favor killing wolves for all the following reasons EXCET that　 .

A. there are too many wolves

B. they kill large numbers deer

C. they attack cows and chickens for food

D. they destroy the wilderness plant life

83. Some people are against killing wolves because　 .

A. wolves help to keep the ecological balance in the wildness

B. there is too small a wolf population in the wilderness

C. there are too many deer in the wilderness

D. wolves are afraid of people and never attack people

84. According to those against killing wolves, when wolves eat other animals,　 .

A. they never eat strong and healthy ones

B. they always go against the law of nature

C. they might help this kind of animals survive in nature

D. they disturb the ecological balance in the wilderness

85. The last sentence" And everyone knows what happens next" implies that in such cases　 .

A. farm animals will be in danger and have to be moved away

B. wolves will kill people and people will in turn kill them

C. wolves will find enough food sources on farms

D. people will leave the areas where wolves can live

It was 3:21 A. M. when nine-year-old Glenn Kreamer awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the cracking(爆裂声)of flames somewhere below, there was not a sound in the two-storey house at Baldwin Long Island.

With his father away on night duty at a local factory, Glenn was worried about the safety of his mother, his sister Karen,14 and his 12-year-old brother Todd. He ran downstairs through the smoke-filled house to push and pull at Karen and Todd until they sat up. Then he helped each one through the house to the safety of the garden. There, his sister and brother, taking short and quick breaths and coughing, fell down onto the lawn.

The nine-year-old boy raced back into the house and upstairs to his mother’s room .He found it impossible to wake her up. Mrs. Kreamer, a victim of the smoke, was unconscious(昏厥的),and there was nobody to help Glenn carry her to the garden .But the boy remained calm and ,as a fireman said later, “acted with all the self-control of a trained adult.”

On the bedroom telephone, luckily still working, Glenn called his father and, leaving Mr. Kreamer to telephone the fire brigade and ambulance(救护车) service, got on with the task of saving his mother.

First he filled a bucket with water from the bathroom and threw water over his mother and her bed. Then, with a wet cloth around his head he went back to the garden.

He could hear the fire engine coming up, but how would the firemen find his mother in the smoke-filled house where flames had almost swallowed up the ground floor?

Grasping firmly a ball of string(线) from the garage, Glenn raced back into the house and dashed upstairs to his mother’s room. Tying one end of the string to her hand he ran back, laying out the string as he went, through the hall and back out into the garden.

Minutes later he was telling fire chief John Coughlan: “The string will lead you to mother.” Mrs. Kreamer was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through her bedroom floor.

79. Why did Glenn run downstairs first?

A. He wanted to find out what was happening.

B. He was worried about his mother’s safety.

C. He wanted to save his sister and brother.

D. He went to see if his father had come back from work.

80. Who called the fire brigade and ambulance service?

A. Glenn.

B. Glenn’s father.

C. Glenn’s sister.

D. Glenn’s neighbor.

81. Glenn saved his family because____.

A. his father had taught him to do so on the phone

B. he had learned something about first aid

C. he had dealt with the emergency(突发事件) calmly and wisely

D. he had followed his mother’s instructions

　 Read the advertisements, and then choose the right answer.

1

　 Driver Wanted

(1) Clean driving license.

(2) Must be of smart appearance.

(3) Aged over 25.

Apply to: Capes Taxi,17 Palace Road , Boston.

2

　 Air Hostesses for International Flights Wanted

　 (1)Applicants must be between 20 and 33 years old.

　 (2) Height 1.6m to 1.75m.

　 (3)Education to GCSE(General Certificate of Secondary Education)standard.

　 (4)Two languages. Must be able to swim.

　 Apply to: Recruitment office, Southern Airline, Heathrow Airport West.HR37KK.

3

Teachers Needed

For private language school. Teaching experience unnecessary.

Apply to: The Director of Studies. Instant Language Ltd,279 Canal street, Boston.

75. What prevents Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxis?

A. Fond of beer and wine.

B. Punished for speeding and wrong parking.

C. Unable to speak a foreign language.

D. Not having college education.

76. Ben, aged 22, fond of swimming and driving, has just graduated from a college. Which job might be given to him?

A. Driving for Capes Taxis.

B. Working for Southern Airlines.

C. Teaching at Instant Language Ltd.

D. None of the three.

77. What prevents Mary, aged 25, becoming an air hostess?

A. She once broke a traffic law and was fined.

B. She can’t speak Japanese very well.

C. She has never worked as an airhostess before.

D. She doesn’t feel like working long hours flying abroad.

78. Which of the following is not mentioned in the three advertisements?

A. Marriage.

B. Male or female.

C. Education.

D. Working experience.