I couldn’t ________ to her. The line was busy.

There are other matters which I don’t propose to ______ at the moment.

There is a small village named Bugu in the mountains of Shanglin County, Guangxi. The place is so small that it can’t be found in the map of the county of Shanglin. However, the place has strongly interested experts(专家) both at home and abroad.

There are altogether 81 families in the village with more than 540 people. Among them as many as 156 villagers have a university education. Take this year’s college entrance examination for example. Six out of nine students from the village who took the examination were taken into universities.

Going to school has been a great thing for the whole village. To encourage children to study hard and become useful people, the village has set up a special group made up of four old villagers. Every day, the four villagers go round the village. If they find any child who is not going to school, the child’s parents will be punished（惩罚）.

When university students come back to the village for the Spring Festival,the old villagers of the special group always ask them to make up test papers and let the children take the special “Village Test”. Those who are taken into university can receive money from the village’s education fund. The whole village also helps the poor families send their children to school.

1.The main idea of the news story is __________.

A. how Bugu villagers get education.

B. how Bugu villagers pay attention to education.   

C. how many students go to university in Bugu village.    

D. how Bugu villagers encourage children to study hard..

2.The four old villagers’ job is________.

    A. to collect the children together in the village.

    B. to go around the village to keep it safe.

    C. to take care of children’s education.

    D. to solve family problems in the village.

3.If a child who is not going to school is found by the four villagers,________.

A. his parents are punished        

B. the child is punished

C. the four old villagers are punished        

D. the child’s whole family members are punished.

4.We can infer from the last paragraph that _______.

A. The villagers respect those with knowledge   

B. The villagers are rich enough in this village.

    C. All the children prefer to go to university         

    D. Poor families are supported by the other villagers.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a water puddle （水坑） ahead on the path. I changed my direction to __21__ it on the part of the path that wasn’t covered by water and mud.__22__ I reached the puddle, I was suddenly attacked! But I was __23__. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!

I took a step forward. My attacker __24__ me again. He pushed and struck me __25__ with his head and body, striking me over and over again with all his might. For a second time, I moved back a step __26__ my attacker gave up his attack. Yet again, I tried moving __27__, my attacker charged me again. I was struck heavily in the chest over and over again. I wasn’t sure what to do __28__ to walk back a third time. This time, though, I stepped back several paces to __29__ the situation. My attacker moved back as well to land on the ground. That’s when I discovered __30__ my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was dying. She was __31__ the puddle where he landed.

Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his __32__ as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his __33__ for his mate. He had bravely attacked me for his mate’s __34__, even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life, I __35__ careless enough to step on her. Now I knew why and what he was fighting for. There was really only one choice __36__ for me. I carefully __37__ my way around the puddle to the other side of the path, though it was only inches wide and extremely __38__. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed.

Since then, I’ve always tried to remember the __39__ of that butterfly whenever I see huge obstacles facing me. I use that butterfly’s courage as an inspiration to __40__ myself that good things are worth fighting for.

A．walk past  B．go around       C．run down              D．jump off

A．Because   B．Once           C．Though          D．As

A．injured B．wounded C．unhurt     D．harmed 

A．rushed   B．caught     C．dragged   D．snatched

A．by the arm    B．on the head     C．in the face       D．in the chest

A．but       B．and   C．as     D．since

A．backward     B．toward     C．forward   D．downward

A．other than     B．rather than      C．more than       D．further than

A．look into      B．look over        C．look on    D．look after

A．that     B．how C．where      D．why

A．besides      B．beyond    C．beside      D．beneath

A．wings B．mouth      C．legs D．eyes

A．search        B．concern    C．praise      D．eagerness

A．advantageB．profit   C．interest    D．sake

A．should have beenB.must have beenC.should be      D．couldn’t have been

A．left     B．leaving    C．remained D．remaining

A．took    B．lost   C．made       D．fought

A．smooth       B．muddy     C．clean       D．flat

A．determination B．enthusiasm   C．courage        D．unselfishness

A．remind       B．blame      C．inform     D．argue

　　Something interesting happened during the last Christmas shopping hour in London. A poor man, through no fault of his own, found himself locked in a big store late on Christmas Eve. No doubt the store was crowded with people buying presents and the assistants were dead beat and wanted to go home. It seemed that all the necessary checks were made before the store was locked, and the assistants went home to enjoy the three-day holiday.

　　However that may be, the man was still in the store. When he realized that, he decided to made the best of it. In the store, of course, there was plenty of food, drink and bedding. There must have been radios and television sets, which no one could tell whether the man had ever used; When the store reopened, the man was discovered in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him. He seemed to have been very happy. Everyone else was enjoying Christmas, so he saw no reason why he should not do the same. Happily enough, he let the police take him away. Perhaps he had a better Christmas than usual. It was reported that the man would have to stay in prison for seven days. It seemed, however, the judge was not going to do anything for the store, as he said that the store had become better known through the story in the newspapers and on television.

(1) The poor man went into the big store in order to ________.

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A．buy some drinks for Christmas

B．go around the store and take a look

C．spend the Christmas Eve

D．help the assistants sell goods

(2) According to the context, the underlined part “dead beat”in the passage means ________.

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A．very careless

B．not happy

C．too hungry

D．very much tired

(3) When the man found he was locked in the store, he ________.

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A．became very frightened

B．managed to find the way out

C．decided to enjoy his stay in the store

D．started to do something good for the store

(4) At last people found out ________.

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A．the man's story made the store known to many people

B．the man had destroyed some of the TV sets and radios

C．it was not necessary to put the man into prison

D．it was not right for the judge not to do anything for the store