— I think my child’s behavior is _______ .

— No, he just has a lot of energy.

A．information        B．natural            C．normal           D．abnormal

_____, the car stopped all at once.

A．Seeing a boy lying on the ground

B．On seeing a boy sitting on the road

C．The driver saw a boy standing on the road

D．The minute the driver saw a boy seated on the road

You shouldn’t have quarreled with the customs official. _______ helping the situation, you just made it worse.

A．In spite of         B．Apart from         C．Far from          D．As a result of

At the meeting they discussed three different _______ to the study of radioactive waste.

A．means            B．methods          C．approaches        D．ways

_______ of danger in the street at night, she had to go home, with a friend ______ her.

A．Warning; following

B．Having warned; followed

C．Having been warned; following

D．Warned; followed

John opened the door. There _____ he had never seen before.

A．a girl did stand      B．a girl stood         C．did a girl stand      D．stood a girl

Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches (沟渠)along the highway. I travel daily to work. There is one particular    26    flower that has    27   caught my eyes. I’ve noticed it blooms only in the morning hours; the    28    sun is too warm for it. Every day for about two weeks. I see those beautiful    29   .

This spring I    30   a wildflower garden in our yard. “I can look out of the   31   window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought those lovely blue flowers from the   32  would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Everyday I    33  past the flowers thinking, I’ll stop on my way home and    34   them.” “gee (哎呀), I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty…” whatever the reason, I    35  stopped to dig them.

One day on my way home from work in my car, I was    36    to see the highway department had moved the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were    37  . I thought to myself, “You    38    too long. You should have done it when you first saw them  39   this spring. ”

A week ago, we were shocked and saddened to learn my older sister-in-law had a terminal brain tumor (肿块). She is 10 years    40   than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance. We haven’t been as    41   as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the   42     between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband’s    43  and us. I do believe god has given us some time left to    44  some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.

And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I’ll    45   and transplant them to my wildflower garden.

1.                A．red            B．yellow          C．blue D．white

2.                A．sometimes      B．never          C．seldom   D．always

3.                A．morning        B．afternoon       C．noon D．evening

4.                A．trees          B．flowers         C．woods    D．gardens

5.                A．started         B．cleared         C．built D．deserted

6.                A．bedroom       B．dinning-room    C．sitting-room   D．kitchen

7.                A．highway        B．garden         C．ditch D．park

8.                A．rode           B．walked         C．drove    D．ran

9.                A．pick           B．sell            C．water    D．dig

10.               A．always         B．often          C．never D．ever

11.               A．surprised       B．excited         C．delighted  D．saddened

12.               A．found          B．gone           C．discovered D．1eft

13.               A．waited         B．wanted         C．kept  D．protected

14.               A．growing        B．blooming       C．seeding   D．fading

15.               A．younger        B．older          C．earlier    D．former

16.               A．good          B．wealthy        C．close D．strong

17.               A．change         B．result          C．value D．connection

18.               A．sister          B．brother        C．mother    D．father

19.               A．slip            B．jog            C．refresh    D．collect

20.               A．buy           B．stop           C．mow  D．collect

An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon caught up with by a young motorcycle policeman. As he started to make out the ticket, the woman behind the wheel said proudly, “Before you go any further, young man, I think you should know that the mayor of this city is a good friend of mine.”The officer did not say a word, but kept writing. “I am also a friend of chief of police Barens,”continued the woman, getting more angrier each moment. Still he kept on writing. “Young man ,”she persisted, “I know Judge Lawson and State Senator (参议员) Patton.” Handing the ticket to the woman, the officer asked pleasantly, “Tell me, do you know Bill Bronson.”

“Why, no,”She answered. “Well, that is the man you should have known,”he said, heading back to his motorcycle, “I am Bill Bronson.”

1.The policeman stopped the car because_____

A．it was an expensive car

B．the driver was a proud lady

C．the driver was driving beyond the speed limit

D．the driver was going to make trouble for the police

2.The woman was getting more angry each moment because _____.

A．the policeman didn’t know her friends

B．the policeman didn’t accept her kindness

C．the policeman was going to punish her

D．she didn’t know the policeman’s name

3.The policeman was _______.

A．an honourable fellow                    B．a stupid fellow

C．an impolite man                        D．a shy man

4.The woman was _______.

A．kind-hearted

B．a person who depended on someone else to finish her work

C．trying to frighten the policeman on the strength of her friends’ powerful positions

D．introducing her good friends’ names to the young officer

5.The policeman_______.

A．had no sense of humor                   B．had s sense of humor

C．had no sense of duty                     D．was senseless

During the 19th century, scientists found that when certain parts of the brain of a person were hurt, he would lose the power of doing certain things. And so people thought that each part of the brain does a different job. But modern research has discovered that this is not so, for it is not easy to show exactly what each part of the brain does.

In the past fifty years there has been a great increase in the amount or research done on the brain. Scientists have found out that the way the brain works is not so simple as people in general may think. Chemists tell us that about 100,000 chemical changes take place in the brain every second. Some recent researches also suggest that we can remember everything that happened to us. We may not be able to think of the things we have heard and seen but it is kept there in the store-house of the human mind. Earlier scientists thought that the power of one’s brain got weaker and weaker as one grows older. But it is plenty of exercise, it keeps its power. It is now thought that is not true. As long as the brain is given plenty of exercise, it keeps its power. It has proved that an old person who has always been active in the mind has a quicker mind than a young person who has done physical work without using much of his brain.

1.In the last century, scientists found that a person would lose the power to do certain things _____.

A．when he got weaker in health

B．if certain parts of his brain were hurt

C．after he did a quite different job

D．when he grew older

2.Scientists today are still unable to show exactly ______.

A．what each part of the brain is doing

B．how many chemical changes take place in the brain each second

C．whether each part of the brain does the same job

D．which part of the brain is the most important

3.It has been found that one’s brain usually works ______.

A．faster when he is old

B．a little now and a little then

C．in a very simple way

D．without any rest all day long

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

A．Scientists are working hard at the researches on the brain.

B．As many as six million chemical changes take place in the brain every minute.

C．A young man doing physical labor is sure to have a much slower mind.

D．Even an old man has a quick mind only if his brain is given much exercise.

5.The more work we give our brains,___________.

A．the less result we will gain

B．the more work they are able to do

C．the weaker their power will get

D．the more tired they will feel

People in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June.

Mother’s Day was proclaimed a day for national observance by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915. Ann Jarvis from Grafton, West Virginia, had started the idea to have a day to honor mothers. She was the one who chose the second Sunday in May and also began the custom of wearing a carnation.

In 1909, Mrs. Dodd from Spokane, Washington, thought of the idea of a day to honor fathers. She wanted to honor her own father, William Smart. After her mother died, he had the responsibility of raising a family of five sons and a daughter. In 1910, the first Father’s Day was observed in Spokane. Senator Margaret Chase Smith helped to establish Father’s Day as a national commemorative day, in 1972.

These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care.

These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead．Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery. On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.

1.According to the passage, which of the following about the second Sunday in May is not true ?

A．It is a day to show love to mothers

B．It is a day to wear carnations

C．It is a day for people to visit the cemetery

D．It is a day for many people to attend religious services

2.Choose the right time order of the following events.

a. The first Father’s Day was observed

b. Mother’s Day was proclaimed a day for national observance

c. Father’s Day became a day for national observance.

d. The idea of honoring fathers was bought up

A．a b c d            B．d a b c            C．b a c d            D．d a c b

3.Who plays the most important role in Father’s Day becoming a national commemorative day?

A．Mrs. Do           B．Margaret Chase Smith                    C．Ann Jarvis  D．Woodrow Wilson

4.From the passage, we know in the U.S ________________.

A．one should wear a red carnation if one’s mother pass away

B．on Mother’s Day, families often go out to have barbecues

C．on Father’s Day, people often stay at home to celebrate the special day.

D．The purpose to have these two special days is to show love to parents

5.The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to __________

A．call on people to love and respect their parents.

B．introduce Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

C．tell the difference between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day

D．show how important fathers and mothers are