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。

    Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has   36   economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works   37   a maid. Although her mother works very hard, she can        38  __ support the family. Jane is very bright and gifted at   39   and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n)   40   for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.

Alice became friends with Jane and would   41   talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids   42   her. 

On her birthday last month, she   43   her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come.  Alice wanted her to be   44   so much that she   45   on her coming. Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any   46__ clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a   47   from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I   48   a skirt from you?”

Alice was happy that her friend would be   49   to come and hurried home to ask her Mum     50   she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very   51   and angrily said to her Mum, “   52   I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well   53   . 

Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s   54   .  Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her   55   with her. 

So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered to.

A. personal               B. extra                      C. limited                     D. adequate

A. for                    B. with                        C. like                       D. as

A. hopefully            B. obviously                 C. hardly                      D. temporarily

A. music                   B. drawing                   C. maths                       D. biology

A. bonus                   B. allowance                C. donation                   D. pension

A. secretly              B. happily                    C. quietly                            D. eagerly

A. pointing at            B. shouting at               C. laughing at               D. glaring at

A. took                     B. invited                            C. accompanied             D. sent

A. happy                    B. independent              C. confident            D. present

A. depended            B. insisted                    C. focused                    D. agreed

A. casual                  B. comfortable                     C. nice                         D. tight

A. shirt                   B. jeans                        C. handbag                   D. necklace

A. get                     B. copy                       C. order                       D. borrow

A. free                   B. able                      C. glad                              D. willing

A. how                   B. when                      C. why                        D. whether

A. stubborn             B. upset                      C. firm                      D. enthusiastic 

A. If                       B. When                     C. Unless                    D. Though

A. treated                B. controlled               C. educated                 D. behaved

A. cleverness           B. character                 C. circumstances           D. competences

A. study              B. friendship                C. sympathy                D. performance

Have you ever listened to young children talking in the playground? There are always boasting. They say things like, “My Dad’s car is bigger than your Dad’s” and “My mom is smarter than yours.” They __1__ like to boast about their families.

There were three little boys, Harry, Td and Gavin, who were always __2__. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always __3__ or the biggest or the most expensive. __4__ other others said, he could always go one better.

One day when they were walking to __5__ Harry said, “My father has a bath twice a week.” Ted spoke next. “That’s __6__,” he said. “Having a bath twice a week is __7__. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice a day.”

Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was his __8__. But what could he say? “This time I’m going to win.” Ted thought.

Gavin didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was __9__. He walked on his silence. Ted smiled at Harry, and Harry smiled back. They were sure that for once they had __10__ Gavin. They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing.

“We’ve won,” Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. Gavin said, “My Dad’s do clean that he doesn’t have to bathe at all.”

A. particularly     B. probably    C. seldom       D. never

A. fighting   B. boasting     C. arguing      D. playing

A. fascinating      B. interesting  C. graceful     D. the best

A. However B. What  C. Whatever   D. Like

A. the playground       B. their homes       C. bathroom   D. school

A. nice B. funny  C. easy    D. nothing

A. dirty       B. comfortable       C. enough       D. adequate

A. turn B. father  C. family D. speech

A. sufficient B. unique       C. silly    D. the case

A. stricken B. beaten C. hit      D. won

完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各小题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Life is not always smooth. There was a man who had    36    numerous failures in his life. But he said, "One success is    37    for me!"

    When he was five years old, his father died of illness without leaving him any    38    . Since then, his mother worked outside  39   he had to stay at home and take care of his siblings, He learnt cooking since then.

    When he was fourteen, he dropped  40   and began his life of roving.

    When he was eighteen, he married a girl, who,   41   , sold out all his properties and went back to her home several months after their marriage.

    When he was twenty, he    42   his job from electrician to ferry staff to railway worker. All his jobs were   43   for him.

    When he was thirty-five, misfortune again   44   on him. When he was driving across a huge bridge, the steel ropes along the edge of the bridge were broken and he fell into the river with his car. He suffered such severe injuries that he could no longer continue his   45  .

    When he was    46    , he opened a gas station in a town. However, he   47  dispute(争端)because he beat his competitors    48   the billboard hanging problems.

    When he was forty-seven, he   49  his second wife, which had    50    stricken his three children.

    When he was sixty-six, he made a living by   51   his chicken-frying techniques to various restaurants in different places.

    When he was seventy-five, he felt  52  to maintain his company, so he transferred his brand and patent to others. The new owner suggested giving him ten thousand stock shares as part of the purchasing price. But he   53   the suggestion. Later the price of the stocks of the company soared and he lost the chance of being a billionaire.

    When he was eighty-eight, he achieved great success and became well-known to the whole world.

    He was exactly the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Ha Lunde Sandoz. He often said, "People always complain about the bad  54   . Actually it is not bad at all. As long as you are   55  and confident all the time, you will have a good weather every day."

A. achieved         B. undergone                C. tried                        D. undertook

A. great                   B. important            C. valuable            D. enough

A. words           B. money              C. property            D. families

A. while              B. but                 C. when               D. so

A. in                        B. out                 C. down               D. up

A. meanwhile       B. moreover           C. however             D. therefore

A. started                   B. took                C. lost                 D. changed

A. fit              B. tough               C. unusual             D. adequate

A. fell               B. hit                  C. put                 D. rested

A. life            B. major                 C. job                 D. education

A. forty            B. thirty-five           C. fifty-three           D. seventy

. A. went through    B. came into            C. came about          D. went against

A. contributing to      B. judging from         C. owing to            D. leading to

A. changed           B. married             C. missed              D. divorced

A. deeply            B. highly              C. generally            D. thickly

A. learning          B. promoting           C. developing           D. teaching

A. powerless          B. depressed           C. disappointed         D. hopeless

. A. turned up        B. turned to            C. turned down         D. turned in

. A. difficulties      B. misfortune           C. life                D. weather

. A. hard-working    B. brave               C. cautious             D. optimistic

Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school．Jane has      economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works     a maid．Although her mother works very hard, she can      support the family．Jane is very bright and gifted at      and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a（n）      for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.

Alice became friends with Jane and would      talk to her at lunch．She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids      her．

On her birthday last month, she      so much that she      on her coming．Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any      clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a     from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I      a skirt from you?”

Alice was happy that her friend would be      to come and hurried home to ask her Mum      she could lend her friend one of her skirts．To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very      and angrily said to her Mum, “     I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well     ．

Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s    ． Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her     with her．

So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto．

A．personal      B．extra      C．limited     D．adequate

A．for        B．with        C．like       D．as

A．hopefully      B．obviously  C．hardly      D．temporarily

A．music    B．drawing    C．maths       D．biology

A．bonus    B．allowance        C．donation   D．pension

A．secretly        B．happily     C．quietly      D．eagerly

A．pointing at B．shouting at C．laughing at       D．glaring at

A．took      B．invited      C．accompanied    D．sent

A．happy    B．independent     C．confident        D．present

A．depended    B．insisted     C．focused     D．agreed

A．casual   B．comfortable     C．nice   D．tight

A．shirt    B．jeans C．handbag    D．necklace

A．get     B．copy       C．order       D．borrow

A．free    B．able   C．glad        D．willing

A．how  B．when      C．why D．whether

A．stubborn  B．upset         C．firm      D．enthusiastic 

A．If        B．When      C．Unless     D．Though

A．treated        B．controlled       C．educated         D．behaved

A．cleverness         B．character        C．circumstances D．competences

【小题20】A．study       B．friendship       C．sympathy       D．performance

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　If you have to miss one meal day（or if you want to do so），which meal will cause you fewest health problems if you don't eat it？ lf they have to make a decision of this type，most people（especially dieters or very busy people）will choose to skip breakfast．

　　However，many experts in the field of health consider breakfast（the meal which “breaks”your“fast”which started the night before）to be the most important meal of the day．If we eat a good breakfast，they say，we will have the energy and nutrients we need to begin our working day with vigor and hopefully with good humor．Nevertheless，many people skip breakfast or substitute a donut and a cup of coffee for a well-balanced meal．What hap-pens if we ignore the importance of breakfast？

　　One recent study conducted in the United States tested a large number of people．Participants included both males and females who ranged in age from 12 to 83．During the experiment，these people were given a variety of breakfasts，and sometimes，they had to skip breakfast completely．Special tests，including blood tests and endurance tests，were set up to analyze how well the participants'bodies functioned when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast．

　　The results showed that if a person eats an adequate breakfast，he or she will work more efficiently and more productively than if he or she skips breakfast or eats a very poor breakfast．This fact appears to be especially true if a person's work involves mental activity．The study showed that if schoolchildren eat fruit，eggs，bread，and milk before going to school，they will learn more quickly and will be able to concentrate on their lesson for a longer period of time than if their breakfast diet is inadequate．

　　The study also showed that，contrary to what many people believe，if you skip break-fast，you will not lose weight．This is because people become so hungry if they skip breakfast that they eat too much for lunch and end up gaining weight instead of losing．So remember，if you are on a diet，skipping breakfast will not help you．You will probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals．

1．According to the passage，if people must miss one meal a day，most of them would skip________．

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2．In many experts'eyes in the field of health，which of the following is the most important meal of the day？

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3．From the recent study，we can find________．

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A．if a person skips breakfast or eats a very poor breakfast，he or she will work more efficiently and more productively

B．if a person eats an adequate breakfast，he or she will gain weight

C．if a person's work involves mental activity eats a rich breakfast，he or she will work efficiently

D．if a child doesn't eat breakfast，he will learn more quickly

4．Which of the following is true？

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A．If you skip breakfast，you will work with energy

B．If you skip breakfast，you will lose weight

C．Breakfast is the most important meal of the day

D．If you are off on a diet，you can skip breakfast