I really don’t like art, I find his work impressive.

A．As             B．Since

C．If              D．While

 ---Where did you get to know her?

---It was on the farm          we worked.

A．that        B．there

C．which      D．where

 It is not socially          for parents to leave children unattended at that age.

A．accessible   B．adorable

C．adaptable    D．acceptable

 They          two free tickets to Canada, otherwise they’d  never have been able to afford to go.

A．had got     B．got     C．have got    D．get

 The country has already sent up three unmanned spacecraft, the most recent          at the end of last March.

A．has been launched     B．having been launched

C．being launched        D．to be launched

 In this seaside resort, you can          all the comfort and convenience of modern tourism.

A．enjoy               B．apply

C．receive              D．achieve

 The book was written in 1946,         the education system has witnessed great charges.

A．when               B．during which

C．since then           D．since when

阅读下面短文、掌握其大意、然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，

选出最佳选项、并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 1realize that those challenges to the very things than 2us and make us who we are ,it is the same with the challenges that come  with 3.

When we are fared with a challenge, we usually have two 4. we can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing 5the challenge isn’t worth the 6and call it quits. Although there are certainly 7when calling it quits it the right thing to do, in most 8all that is needed is 9and communicable.

When we are communed to something, it means that no matter how 10or how uncomfortable something is ,we will always choose to 11it trough instead of running away from it. Communication is making a 12for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. 13you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” 14“You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able solve the problem much faster.

In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for 15they me: small hurdles you need to jump or 16on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is 17to get over, and hurt only 18to make us stronger. It s all part of growing up, it 19to everyone, and some day you will 20all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it make me who I am today. And that a good thing.”

1.A．seem to        B．come to        C．hope to       D．try to

2.A．design         B．promote        C．direct        D．shape

3.A．confidence     B．pressure        C．friendship     D．difficulty

4.A．opportunities   B．expectations     C．choices       D．aspects

5.A．demanding     B．deserving       C．predicting     D．presenting

6.A．comment      B．loss            C．trouble       D．expense

7.A．spans         B．times           C．dates         D．ages

8.A．cases         B．fields           C．parts         D．occasions

9.A．assessment    B．commitment      C．encouragement D．adjustment

10.A．doubtful      B．shameful         C．harmful       D．painful

11.A．keep         B．control          C．face          D．catch

12.A．space         B．plan            C．topic         D．room

13.A．If            B．As             C．While         D．Unless

14.A．other than     B．rather than       C．or rather       D．or else

15.A．what         B．who            C．where         D．which

16.A．pass by       B．come across      C．get through    D．run over

17.A．unnecessary   B．necessary        C．impossible     D．possible

18.A．serves        B．means          C．aims          D．attempts

19.A．opens        B．appeals          C．goes          D．happens

20.A．lock down on  B．look back on     C．look forward to  D．look up to

A month after Hurricace Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, reduced to waist-high rains, smelly and dirty.

Before the trip, I’d had my car fixed. When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill, she noticed my Louisiana license plate. “You from New Orleans?” she asked. I said I was, “No charge.” She said, and firmly shock her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I went for a haircut, and the same thing happened.

As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage（抵押贷款）on our ruined house. We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory. We’d began to accept that we’d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kemmedy in California. He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for state, the online magazine and wanted to give us (“no conditions attached”) a new house across the lake from New Orleans.

It sounded a good to her return, but I replied, thinking him for his exceptional generosity, then we          to go back. Then the University of Florida offered to let him house to me. While he want to England on his one year, paid leave. The rent was rather reasonable. I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kemdedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months.

Throughout this painful experience , the kindness of strangers back my faith in humanity .It’s almost worth losing you wordy possessions to be reminded that people really when given had a channel.

1.The garage employee’s attitude toward the author was that of           

A．unconcern         B．sympathy

C．doubt             D．tolerance

2.What do we know about James Kemnedy?

A．He was a written of an online magazine.

B．He was a poet at the University of Florida

C．He offered the author a new house free of charge.

D．He learned about the author’s sufferings.

3.It can be inferred from the text that          

A．the author’s family was in financial difficulty

B．rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster

C．houses were difficult to find in the hurricane-stricken area

D．the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank

4.The author learned from his experience that           

A．worldly possessions can be given up when necessary

B．generosity should be encouraged in some cases

C．people benefit from their sad stories

D．human beings are kind after all.

If you look for a book as a present for a child. You will be spoiled for choice even in a year there is no new Harry Patten J.K Rowling’s wizard is not alone the past decade has been a harvest for good children’s books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of classics such as The lard of the Rings.

Yet despite that, reading is increasingly unpopular among children. According to statistics in 1997 23% said they didn’t like reading in all. In 2003, 35% did. And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.

Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computes games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Cordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class .In his pre-budget report , he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.

Reading Recovery is wined at six year olds, who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher. An evaluation either this year reported that children on the school made 20 months’ progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress, and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.

International research tends to find that when British children leave primacy school they read well, but read text often for fun than those elsewhere .Reading for fun matters because children who are been on reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success . According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage.

1.Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1?

A．Marry children’s books have been adapted from films.

B．Marry high-quality children’s books have been published.

C．The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films.

D．The sales of presents for children have increased.

2.Statistics suggested that           .

A．the number of top students increased with the use of computers

B．a decreasing number of  children showed interest in reading

C．a minority of primacy school children read properly

D．a huge percentage of children read regularly

3.What do we know about Reading Recovery?

A．An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year.

B．Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking.

C．It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.

D．Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading.

4.Reading for fun is important because book-loving children _________.

A．take greater advantage of the project

B．show the potential to enjoy a long life

C．are likely to succeed in their education.

D．would make excellent future researchers

5.The arm of this text would probably be _________.

A．to overcome primary school pupils reading difficulty.

B．to encourage the publication of more children’s books

C．to remind children of the importance of reading for fun

D．to introduce a way to improve early children reading