Bowen was grown-up, and for his birthday that year his father gave him a    without any pictures in it!
Bowen’s father found he was not    about it, and told him, “Son, this isn’t just any    book; it’s a magic (有魔力的) book. But to discover its magic you’ll have to    it.”
Well, that was better. Bowen liked    to do with magic. He started reading it,    he wasn’t very willing to.
The next morning, his    asked him, “Have you found the magic    ?”
So… there was a key to find! Bowen flicked through (快速翻阅) the book, but there was no     of the key.
And then his father    him, “You won’t find it like that. You have to read the book. ”
Bowen didn’t have much patience (耐心) , thinking his father just told a    .A little later, his little sister, Rainer, asked him     the book. After several days, she    shouted, “I’ve found the key! ” And she wouldn’t stop    all the places she had visited using the magic key.
This made Bowen read the book again. At first it was a    ; there wasn’t even one single     in the book. But, gradually, Bowen became    the adventurous (冒险的) prince’s life. Then, suddenly, he was there.
The book    was the key!
It was true that every time he    it, he felt going to its valleys and seas, and he lived the adventures of the prince.
From then on, with every new book, Bowen never    being attracted by the letters and words inside.

小题1:	A．diary B．book C．box D．bag

小题2:	A．sad B．surprised C．happy D．angry

小题3:	A．ordinary B．special C．new D．famous

小题4:	A．keep B．take C．read D．value

小题5:	A．somebody B．everything C．nothing D．anybody

小题6:	A．though B．so C．and D．or

小题7:	A．uncle B．father C．mother D．aunt

小题8:	A．key B．page C．word D．stick

小题9:	A．mark B．signal C．sign D．way

小题10:

A．asked B．praised C．told D．followed

小题11:

A．will B．story C．joke D．lie

小题12:

A．for B．of C．to D．back

小题13:

A．badly B．happily C．slowly D．quickly

小题14:

A．working out B．turning down C．talking about D．looking for

小题15:

A．pity B．pleasure C．success D．pain

小题16:

A．note B．picture C．text D．title

小题17:

A．interested in B．busy with C．tired of D．good at

小题18:

A．it B．yourself C．itself D．himself

小题19:

A．put B．opened C．threw D．covered

小题20:

A．stopped B．tried C．felt D．began

My day began on a definitely sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea（杜鹃花）bush. By the time I got outside, he’d broken it. “Can I take this to school today?” he asked. With a wave of my hand, I sent him off. I turned my back so he wouldn’t see the tears gathering in my eyes.
The washing machine had leaked on my brand-new linoleum. If only my husband had just taken the time to fix it the night before when I asked him instead of playing checkers with Jonathan.
It was days like this that made me want to quit. I just wanted to drive up to the mountains, hide in a cave, and never come out.
Somehow I spent most of the day washing and drying clothes and thinking how love had disappeared from my life. As I finished hanging up the last of my husband’s shirts, I looked at the clock. 2:30. I was late. Jonathan’s class let out at 2:15 and I hurriedly drove to the school.
I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the teacher’s door and peered through the glass. She rustled through the door and took me aside. “I want to talk to you about Jonathan,” she said.
I prepared myself for the worst. Nothing would have surprised me. “Did you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?” she asked. I nodded, thinking about my favorite bush and trying to hide the hurt in my eyes. “Let me tell you about yesterday,” the teacher insisted. “See that little girl?” I watched the bright-eyed child laugh and point to a colorful picture taped to the wall. I nodded.
“Well, yesterday she was almost hysterical. Her mother and father are going through a nasty divorce. She told me she didn’t want to live, she wished she could die. I watched that little girl bury her face in her hands and say loud enough for the class to hear, ‘Nobody loves me.’ I did all I could to comfort her, but it only seemed to make matters worse.” “I thought you wanted to talk to me about Jonathan,” I said.
“I do,” she said, touching the sleeve of my blouse. “Today your son walked straight over to that child. I watched him hand her some pretty pink flowers and whisper, ‘I love you.’“
I felt my heart swell with pride for what my son had done. I smiled at the teacher. “Thank you,” I said, reaching for Jonathan’s hand, “you’ve made my day.”
Later that evening, I began pulling weeds from around my azalea bush. As my mind wandered back to the love Jonathan showed the little girl, a biblical verse came to me: “...these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” While my son had put love into practice, I had only felt anger.
I heard the familiar squeak of my husband’s brakes as he pulled into the drive. I snapped a small limb bristling with hot pink azaleas off the bush. I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family beginning to bloom once again in me. My husband’s eyes widened in surprise as I handed him the flowers. “I love you,” I said.
小题1:Why did the woman cry when seeing her son had broken the azalea bush?

A．Because she could not tolerate the harm to it.

B．Because it made her bad mood even worse.

C．Because her son did not ask her for permission.

D．Because she wanted to hand it to her husband.

小题2:The writer wanted to hide in the mountain cave probably for the reason of         .

A．feeling fed up with her endless daily housework

B．her husband’s failing to fix the machine in time

C．boring daily routine with a feeling of lack of love

D．her hoping to seek happiness in a brand new place

小题3:We can infer from the passage that the writer expressed love to her husband in that         .

A．she was inspired by her son that love was supposed to be felt and practiced

B．she felt guilty that she misunderstood her husband and wanted to apologize

C．she felt it necessary to have a complete family for the happiness of herself

D．she wanted to prove her love and expected the same words from her husband

Last weekend  I was out walking with my dog. She loves wandering around and seeing          we meet, so it becomes a social walk rather than an exercise.
Then we     0ur neighbour who was preparing to sell her house.  She was busy getting ready for her open house（看房时间）that afternoon . After talking a little we went our separate ways .I could tell it was a(n)      day for her.
After I got home, I quickly      some of the wonderful  lavender（薰衣草) in my garden
Wonderful! They smelled good and  the purple            were so pretty. I wrapped some packing paper around the bunch and          it to my neighbor for her open house. I loved her expression          she saw me there with a bunch of lavender!  It            made me happy. It made her stop and take a deep      and maybe reduced her stress for a second
The next day I had a note in my mailbox from my neighbor thanking me for my        . She said everybody commented on how wonderful her house smelled She said the       0f kindness I showed helped          some of the stress she was feeling. Her note was like a big hug to me.
Never        that it's the gift from the heart that is the most       .I think sometimes we hesitate（犹豫) to do the        acts of kindness because we may think  they aren't anything but actually they are probably the  best gift

小题1:	A．dogs B．people C．scenes D．food

小题2:	A．came across B．came up C． came to D． came into

小题3:	A． exciting B．natural C． active D． difficult

小题4:	A．bought B．cut C．raised D．buried

小题5:	A．leaves B．grass C．flowers D．roots

小题6:	A．took B．posted C．placed D．moved

小题7:	A．because B．when C．until D．if

小题8:	A．hardly B．probably C．merely D．completely

小题9:	A．breath . B．sigh C．look D．step

小题10:

A．idea B．kindness C．activity D．matter

小题11:

A．form B．desire C．act D．service

小题12:

A．Lose B．realize C．warn D．remove

小题13:

A．forget B．consider C．change D．mention

小题14:

A．honest B．friendly C．valuable D．expensive

小题15:

A．total B．true C．easy D．simple

Vivi Mac, an amazing artist from France, can use nearly any kind of food to create detailed celebrity portraits（名人肖像）．Although she has yet to display her short-lived work of arts in a proper art gallery, Vivi Mac has already made a name for herself online.
We've seen some amazing food artists in the past, but none are quite like this one .Karen Eland is a master coffee painter, Elisabetta Rogai uses wine as her medium(媒介），Kelly McCollam uses food colouring(食用色素）to recreat classic paintings, but the self-taught Vivi Mac can take anything from chewing gum to milk and turn it into a fantastic portrait  When working with liquids, Mac uses a simple plastic straw and her hands to guide the unusual .mediums around a plastic plate which acts as a painting. Just how she manages to capture the finest facial features  is still a mistery  to me, and I've seen videos of her doing it many times，
Vivi Mac has never attended art school. She only used online resources like blogs and facebook to learn the basics of drawing and painting. She started out working with pens and paper, but soon realized drawing wasn't just creative enough for her. She got into speed  painting and body painting, posting videos of her works on You Tube, but it wasn't until she began experimenting with different kinds of foods that her art got serious coverage. Photos and videos of her eatable celebrity portraits, like Bruce Lee in milk  Ice Cube in crushed ice or Amy Winehouse in wine, became popular on the French inter-webs and changed Vivi Mac into an online celebrity.
小题1:What does the underlined word "display" in the first paragraph mean?

A．Exhibit.

B．Create.

C．Produce.

D．Store.

小题2:What is the difference between Vivi Mac and other food artists?

A．She Uses wine as her medium.

B．She is famous for her food website.

C．She turns any kind of food into a portrait

D．She uses spices to recreate classic paintings.

小题3:In which section of a website are we most likely to find the passage？

A．Food

B．Science

C．Art

D．Health

That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in     for seventeen years, I had no    about my ability to hold their attention and toimpress on them my    for the literature of my mother tongue.
As I entered the room, I was     when the monitor shouted: “Stand up!” The entire class rose, and I was somewhat    about how to get them to sit down again. Once that awkwardness was over, I quickly     my calmness and began what I thought was an informed lecture, sure to gain their respect — perhaps    their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.
I asked my students to keep     as homework. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually    by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today.    her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a     theme. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical    for all the works we’ll study in class,” I complained. “How    they say I didn’t teach them anything?”
It was a long term, and it    became clear that my ideas about     were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise    questions and provide enough background so that students could    their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide    information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
   , I benefited a lot, for my experience with my Chinese students has made me a    American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

小题1:	A．England B．America C．China D．Australia

小题2:	A．worry B．idea C．doubt D．skill

小题3:	A．profession B．admiration C．explanation D．expression

小题4:	A．attracted B．embarrassed C．amused D．shocked

小题5:	A．puzzled B．sure C．worried D．curious

小题6:	A．reminded B．returned C．regained D．recovered

小题7:	A．more B．even C．yet D．still

小题8:	A．discussions B．notes C．compositions D．diaries

小题9:	A．replaced B．frightened C．troubled D．moved

小题10:

A．Later B．Perhaps C．Somehow D．Indeed

小题11:

A．common B．strong C．similar D．strange

小题12:

A．happenings B．characters C．development D．background

小题13:

A．should B．need C．will D．must

小题14:

A．immediately B．certainly C．simply D．gradually

小题15:

A．admiration B．question C．education D．conclusion

小题16:

A．difficult B．interesting C．essential D．general

小题17:

A．draw B．find C．search D．offer

小题18:

A．special B．standard C．exact D．serious

小题19:

A．Therefore B．However C．Then D．Though

小题20:

A．richer B．happier C．friendlier D．better

A black car rushed around the busy street corner, towards the courthouse. The dark       window rolled down and a semi-automatic       stuck out.
Pauly Gillespie, a government protected witness (目击者), stood      , seeing death walking toward him. Pauly’s FBI bodyguards       themselves on top of him, but two     were fired and Pauly was hit       the shoulder.
The car       across two lanes (车道) of traffic. Then it turned left down a path and got __   behind a large truck. The two men in the car       out and raced away ---      into the arms of four policemen.
Special agent (特工) Brown was new to the police unit and was told to    __ the car out of the path so that the traffic could return to      . Brown changed the position of the rearview (后视) mirror     _ and drove it around to    __ his boss was questioning the two men.
Brown stood and watched. One of the men was tall and thin, and     _ was five inches shorter, about Brown’s      .
Agent Fordney asked the two men who had done the shooting. They    __ to tell him. Then Brown smiled and said, “I know who the shooter was.” His boss was surprised. How could Brown know that without getting any answer from the two men?
When Brown got into the car, he had to adjust the rearview mirror. That meant the previous driver had been of a       height. Since the shorter man was close to Brown’s height, he knew the taller man must have been the     _. Therefore, the shorter man had done the      .

小题1:	A．driver-side B．passenger-side C．right-hand side D．left-hand side

小题2:	A．hand B．camera C．handgun D．knife

小题3:	A．frozen B．calm C．quiet D．still

小题4:	A．put B．rushed C．jumped D．threw

小题5:	A．bullets B．shots C．guns D．shoots

小题6:	A．on B．at C．over D．in

小题7:	A．sped B．rolled C．moved D．went

小题8:	A．damaged B．destroyed C．stuck D．injured

小题9:	A．came B．hurried C．walked D．crawled

小题10:

A．suddenly B．right C．quickly D．immediately

小题11:

A．clear B．ride C．carry D．push

小题12:

A．common B．ordinary C．usual D．normal

小题13:

A．up B．down C．in D．out

小题14:

A．where B．there C．which D．what

小题15:

A．another B．other C．the other D．one

小题16:

A．size B．length C．age D．height

小题17:

A．decided B．refused C．had D．pretended

小题18:

A．same B．large C．different D．small

小题19:

A．murderer B．shooter C．driver D．killer

小题20:

A．killing B．shooting C．driving D．murdering

Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength．      the story of this boy for example．He decided to study judo(柔道)      he had lost his left      in a car accident．
The boy began lessons       an old Japanese judo master．The boy was doing well，     he couldn’t understand why，after three months of training，the master had     him only one move．
“Sensei，”the boy      said to his master，“shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”
“This is the only move you’11 ever     to know，”the sensei replied．
Not quite understanding，but believing in his teacher，the boy      training．
Several months later，the sensei       the boy to his first tournament．
To his     ,  the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more        ，but after some time，his opponent(对手)became impatient and charged；the boy skillfully      his one move to win the match．Still amazed by his      ，the boy was now in the finals．
This time，his opponent was bigger，stronger，and more      ．For a while，the boy appeared to be defeated．      that the boy might get      ，the referee called a timeout(暂停)．He was about to stop the match when the sensei      ，saying，“No，let him continue．”
Soon after the match began again，his opponent made a big      :he dropped his guard．The boy won the tournament．
When asked，“how did I win with only one move ? ”，the sensei answered, “First，you’ve  almost     one of the most difficult throws in all of judo．Second，the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grasp your left arm．”

小题1:	A．Take B．Give C．Tell D．Make

小题2:	A．because B．though C．before D．until

小题3:	A．1eg B．eye C．arm D．hand

小题4:	A．with B．as C．beneath D．1ike

小题5:	A．for B．since C．so D．or

小题6:	A．promised B．taught C．allowed D．delivered

小题7:	A．honestly B．finally C．impatiently D．rapidly

小题8:	A．need B．fail C．agree D．demand

小题9:	A．avoided B．stopped C．kept D．regretted

小题10:

A．applied B．kept C．carried D．took

小题11:

A．embarrassment B．encouragement C．disappointment D．astonishment

小题12:

A．difficult B．awkward C．frightening D．unique

小题13:

A．sacrificed B．suggested C．quitted D．used

小题14:

A．competitor B．master C．success D．challenge

小题15:

A．responsible B．experienced C．casual D．stressed

小题16:

A．Concerned B．Threatened C．Disappointed D．Delighted

小题17:

A．tired B．defeated C．hurt D．fined

小题18:

A．sighed B．added C．approved D．interrupted

小题19:

A．discovery B．difference C．mistake D．decision

小题20:

A．created B．mastered C．exposed D．watched

Since I was a child, I called my father my Kong, after King Kong. I believed that he was just as strong as the giant ape(猿猴). As he faced death, I did my best to help release him to the next life.
Two months after he passed away, my sister called to ask if I would like to go see Lisa Williams, a well-known witch（巫婆）. I was familiar with Lisa from her show on Lifetime, and since I was eager to get a sign from my father, I agreed to go.
I took my father’s gold watch and listened as Lisa helped audience members communicate with their loved ones. “I have a grandfather-like figure with me and he is speaking about his granddaughter Jilly,” she announced. The audience was quiet; no one raised a hand. I nudged（用肘轻推） my sister and whispered to her that this was Dad ,for my third child and my father had a deep bond(关系，纽带) and he called her Jilly.
Although I sensed his presence, I wasn’t confident enough to raise my hand. I needed something a bit more concrete, something undoubted.
“This man is letting me know he had cancer,” she continued. I nudged my sister harder and assured her this was our father. Lisa went on to say that this person died in June (my father had died June 8th). There was swelling of the legs.
“Important information,” she called out. My heart beat fast . I jumped up when she asked, “Who is holding his watch?” I waved the watch in the air.
“He wishes you congratulations.” My fourth child was born three weeks after my father died. I was in shock and could not believe I was getting a chance to hear from him, yet I knew our bond was strong enough that he could come to the world. She banged on her chest like an ape and apologized, saying, “I don’t know why but he wants me to do this like Tarzan.” It didn’t resonate（共鸣） with me until my sister called out “King Kong!” I was convinced. No way could this woman have ever known a detail unless Dad was communicating through her.
Each bit of information she gave us was just as meaningful. She ended our session by informing us that he would send us coins. The very next day I found six coins in various places; they seemed to have come out of nowhere. Even in death he is my Kong, and he remains important in my life.
小题1:What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Information from Lisa Williams

B．Miraculous Messages from Heaven

C．Strange Things in the Party.

D．Unforgettable memories

小题2:What’s the meaning of underlined sentence?

A．I tried my best to make my father feel relieved in another world .

B．I wanted to help my father live a better life in future.

C．I tried to set my father free next time.

D．I wanted to help my father in everything.

小题3:What do we know about Lisa Williams? 

A．She may be a learned teacher.

B．She may be a woman knowing witchcraft

C．She may be is a scientist researching Lifetime.

D．She may be a fairy.

小题4:From the passage we know that father _________________.

A．cared little about our life

B．withdrew from the society and lived alone

C．liked to live with giant ape

D．was still concerned about my family after his death .

小题5:What kind of writing style did the author use in the passage?

A．Narration

B．Illustration

C．Discussion

D．Description

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Each time I was feeling disappointed, my mother would say to me “ Tomorrow will be another day. If you can       on, some day something nice will happen. And you will come to know that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous         .”
What mother said was absolutely right, as I         after my graduation from college. I had made up my mind to try for a          in radio, then         my way up to sports announcer. I went to Springfield and knocked on the door of each station—and got       each time. In one studio, a warm-hearted woman told me that         stations couldn’t risk employing a(n)        person. “ Please go out to the faraway or lonely district and find a small station which will give you a         ,” she said. I came back home to St-Louis.
While there were no radio-announcing jobs in St-Louis, my father said Wards Holding Corporation had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its         department. Since St-Louis was where I had played high school football, I         . The job sounded just         for me. But I wasn’t employed. My disappointment must have         . “Tomorrow will be another day,” Mom         me. I tried WOC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The program director, Jack Green, told me they had already hired an         .
As I went away from his office, my frustration boiled over (爆发). I asked         , “How can a young man get to be a sports announcer if he cannot get a job in a radio station?” I was just patiently waiting for the elevator          I heard Jack Green calling, “What did you say about sports just now? You mean you know something about football?” Then he stood me         a microphone and told me to         an imaginary game.
On the way to my home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. From time to time I         what direction my life might have taken if I had had the job at Wards Holding Corporation

小题1:	A．take B．put C．move D．carry

小题2:	A．concern B．doubt C．disappointment D．amazement

小题3:	A．recovered B．discovered C．recognized D．developed

小题4:	A．job B．plan C．trip D．research

小题5:	A．come B．go C．push D．work

小题6:	A．put off B．broken away C．turned down D．fed up

小题7:	A．no B．big C．small D．famous

小题8:	A．selfish B．confident C．inexperienced D．independent

小题9:	A．tip B．reward C．challenge D．chance

小题10:

A．sports B．food C．clothes D．radio

小题11:

A．hesitated B．applied C．refused D．agreed

小题12:

A．right B．important C．boring D．funny

小题13:

A．disappeared B．hidden C．shown D．died

小题14:

A．warned B．reminded C．recognized D．demanded

小题15:

A．athlete B．actor C．announcer D．artist

小题16:

A．aloud B．secretly C．silently D．equally

小题17:

A．while B．where C．after D．when

小题18:

A．within B．before C．beyond D．beneath

小题19:

A．play B．perform C．broadcast D．present

小题20:

A．say B．wonder C．dream D．learn

I was fat kid who grew into an overweight adult. I was      laughed at for being heavier than the other kids,      me feeling shy. I tried several diets, but      worked, and I     gaining weight. Another factor        my weight gain was my love for cooking, especially rich, high-fat desserts, which I enjoyed preparing and, of course, eating. 　 
　When I finished high school at the age of 18, I weighed 215 pounds.       the self-confidence to go to a new, faraway school, I decided to stay close to home      going away to college. I continued with my unhealthful eating habits and felt more miserable as the weight came on, but I did nothing about it except buy larger plus-size clothes. 　 
My turning point came 10 years later at a friend's New Year's Eve party when I was at my all-time highest weight of 330 pounds. I caught my       in a mirror and the truth      me: I was overweight and unhealthy, and unless I did something about it now, I would only get bigger and       . 　 
After leaving the party, I thought about my past weight-loss     and realized they didn't work because they required me to abandon foods I loved. Then I would constantly think about food and binge,       the diet      my hunger and not feel deprived. 　 
　My biggest       was finding a way to fit my passion for cooking into my healthier lifestyle. At first, I tried to stay away from the kitchen to         myself thinking about food. The result: Food was all I thought about.       had to be some way to combine cooking with healthful eating. I found the     after reading several low-fat cookbooks. With some trial and error, I could modify my favorite foods and make them low in fat, yet delicious.　 
　The pounds started coming off, and when I started exercising (usually cardio and weight training five times a week), they seemed to melt away. I didn't feel deprived, and I felt free to give my body the care and attention it     .　 
I lost 165 pounds over the next two years. I had many ups and downs. I was determined to go on. Another challenge to me was not to beat myself up if I ate something that was unhealthy and to take it as a sign to abandon my healthful habits.      I vowed to start again and always keep my goal in mind.　 Thanks to losing weight and becoming fit I am         my body and myself. I have finally found myself. 　 

小题1:	A．hardly B．frequently C．immediately D．instantly

小题2:	A．left B．to leave C．leaving D．having left

小题3:	A．nothing B．no one C．none D．anything

小题4:	A．ended up B．ended over C．ended up with D．was ended up

小题5:	A．contributing to B．resulted in C．resulting from D．led to

小题6:	A．lacking of B．lack of C．lacking D．lacked in

小题7:	A．or rather B．instead of C．together with D．as well as

小题8:	A．reflection B．infection C．imagination D．attention

小题9:	A．laughed B．hit C．knocked D．beat

小题10:

A．unfamiliar B．unhappier C．unfriendly D．unfit

小题11:

A．efforts B．affords C．effects D．infects

小题12:

A．giving out B．giving in C．giving up D．giving away

小题13:

A．satisfy B．decrease C．increase D．fill

小题14:

A．challenge B．success C．energy D．work

小题15:

A．keep B．have C．prevent D．make

小题16:

A．It B．They C．There D．I

小题17:

A．solution B．secret C．answer D．road

小题18:

A．deserved B．focused C．caught D．paid

小题19:

A．Instead B．However C．Therefore D．So

小题20:

A．keep up with B．in line with C．put up with D．catch up with