It was black in the evening．Jason, a 12-year-old boy didn’t want to go outside．But his mother, Branda, was worried about his father and   1  he go.

That evening the man had to 2  his car, a Buick outside their house in the driveway.

3  enough, the wife hadn’t heard a single  4  for at least one hour. “Go and find him,” she told Jason.

The kid stepped outside in the darkness and called into the shadows “Dad?”

       “Jason?”  5  was his father, but his voice sounded 6  ．He spoke slowly, in a strange way.

       That evening, when the man had to get   7  the car to fix it, he used a forklift to lift the car． 8 , the man didn’t place the blocks in front of the car’ s front tires to keep it from  9 forward off the forks, which was exactly  10  it did afterwards．

Little Jason saw his dad’s feet  11  out from beneath the car． 12   to take a full breath, Old Jason sank into a sleepy, half-alive  13 ．

    “Calm down．It will be OK.” The boy  14  his mother．Now he couldn’t afford to be scared.

       He climbed on and started up, the Buick started to come off the ground and 15  in the air.

       Minutes later, 911 policemen arrived．Old Jason 16  beneath the car, still breathing.

       It wasn’t  17 his dad was loaded into an ambulance that the little boy 18  and sobbed.

       Little Jason says one happy change has come out of the 19  : he gets to spend more time with his dad．Old Jason, who hasn’t touched a car  20   the Buick fell on him often spends evenings with his son playing.

1．A．claimed                 B．demanded            C．declared              D．announced

2．A．clean                    B．buy                     C．fix                      D．sell

3．A．Strangely              B．Interestingly         C．Fortunately          D．Dangerously

4．A．word                    B．sentence              C．noise                   D．sound

5．A．He                        B．This                    C．There                  D．It

6．A．usual                    B．different              C．calm                   D．unhappy

7．A．into                      B．onto                    C．beneath               D．above

8．A．Somehow             B．Anyhow              C．Somewhat           D．Anyway

9．A．sinking                 B．rolling                 C．driving                D．running

10．A．what                   B．how                    C．why                    D．when

11．A．bringing               B．moving                C．sticking               D．taking

12．A．Unable                B．Unlikely               C．Likely                 D．Able

13．A．environment        B．circumstance       C．state                   D．position

14．A．inspired               B．comforted           C．required              D．persuaded

15．A．moved                B．drove                  C．bent                    D．suspended

16．A．slept                   B．sat                      C．stood                  D．lay

17．A．until                    B．unless                 C．when                  D．while

18．A．broke out            B．broke down         C．broke up             D．broke off

19．A．matter                 B．affair                   C．accident              D．event

20．A．after                   B．till                       C．when                  D．since

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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

Stephanie McRae was used to driving in bad weather. Although  16  still beat the windshield of her SUV（运动越野车）, the worst of the day's storm seemed to have passed as she  17  her 11-year-old daughter, Maddie, home at 8:30 pm.

Maddie  18   in front, while two young kids sat strapped into their SUV  19  in back. Driving along the mad by a river, McRae, 39,  20  a terrifying sight: The road just ahead had been craved in and  21  . She stepped heavily on the brake. The SUV  22  into a flooded hole some 6 metres below, and was washed into the   23  , which the storm had turned into a   24  river 30 metres wide. Rocks and fallen tree  25  knocked into her SUV, making it upside down. The pressure blew out the window.

No one was hurt,   26  there was no way to escape either, The SUV was being  27  towards the middle of the river, about 400 metres away. McRae  28  helplessly and prayed aloud with Maddie: “Please, God, please, help us!” The SUV, submerged and   29   with water, came to a stop when it parked at an angle in a logjam（浮木阻塞）. 

It was Maddie who took control. Pushing her way out of the   30  back window, the slight but athletic Maddie  31  onto the top of the SUV, which had righted itself, and yelled to her mother to hoist up the younger children. Soon the  32  were crowded on the top of the SUV’s roof.   33  to hold on as the water swept over them. McRae caught hold of the two-year-old kid to her chest while holding the three-year-old on her leg. Both children were so   34  that MeRac wondered if they were all right. With her mother’s permission, the 11-year-old girl-Meddie got over lots of problems to ask for help in a   35  village and fortunately they were saved.

1.A．rain B．snow   C．wind   D．mud

2.A．walked     B．drove C．ran      D．rushed

3.A．stood        B．lay       C．cried   D．sat

4.A．belts         B．backs  C．seats   D．toys

5.A．worried   B．thought       C．saw     D．feard

6.A．washed away   B．taken away        C．gone away  D．moved away

7.A．changed  B．fell      C．jumped        D．knocked

8.A．sea  B．bank   C．take    D．river

9.A．rising        B．leaving         C．singing         D．falling

10.A．leaves    B．branches     C．skins   D．flowers

11.A．and         B．or        C．but      D．so

12.A．carried  B．set       C．turned         D．swept

13.A．begged  B．screamed    C．asked  D．applied

14.A．filling      B．burdening   C．fightening   D．talking

15.A．hidden   B．closed          C．broken        D．covered

16.A．climbed B．slept   C．rolled D．tied

17.A．two         B．three  C．four    D．five

18.A．losing     B．trying  C．finding         D．getting

19.A．noisy      B．happy C．excited        D．quiet

20.A．remote  B．close   C．crowded     D．unknown

 

Unconditional Love

       A story is told about a soldier who finally came home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from   1    “Mom and Dad, I   2   home, but I’ve a favor to ask .I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me.” “  3   ,” they replied, “We’d love to meet him.” “There’s something you should know,” the son continued, “he was  4   in the fighting. He  5  on a land bomb and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to   6  us.” “I’m sorry to hear that ,son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live.” “No, Mom and Dad ,I want him to live with us.” “Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you’re asking. Someone with such    7   would be   8  on us. We have our own lives to live ,and we can’t let something like this    9   with our lives. I think you should just come home and    10   about this guy . He’ll find a way to live    11   his own.

       At that point, the son   12    the phone. The parents heard  13   more from him. A few days later,   14  ,they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building .The police believed it was a   15  .They grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco to   16  the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had   17  .

       The parents in this story are like many of us .We find it  18   to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don’t like people who are   19  to us or make us feel uncomfortable. Thankfully, there’s someone who loves us with an   20   love that welcomes us into the forever family.

1．A．Chicago                B．Boston                C．San Francisco      D．London

2．A．am coming            B．am leaving           C．was coming         D．was leaving

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3．A．Sorry                    B．Sure                    C．No way               D．possible

4．A．very healthy          B．very well             C．hurt badly            D．fairly good

5．A．stepped                 B．sat                      C．lay                      D．slept

6．A．play with               B．work with           C．live with              D．keep with

7．A．disadvantages        B．advantages           C．shortcomings       D．disabilities

8．A．a terrible burden     B．a happy family     C．pleasant company D．deadly disease

9．A．stop                      B．interfere              C．strengthen           D．improve

10．A．forget                 B．bring                   C．remember            D．forgive

11．A．of                       B．on                       C．at                       D．in

12．A．hold on               B．hung on               C．hung up              D．hung out

13．A．something           B．anything              C．everything           D．nothing

14．A．besides                B．however              C．and                     D．otherwise

15．A．accident              B．coincidence         C．murder                D．suicide

16．A．take                    B．bring                   C．identify               D．fetch

17．A．no arm and no leg                                                               B．two arms and one leg

       C．only one arm and one leg                      D．one arm and two legs

18．A．difficult               B．difference            C．easy                    D．simple

19．A．smart                  B．friendly               C．familiar               D．inconvenient

20．A．valuable               B．unconditional       C．precious              D．unique

 (西安交大附中2007—2008学年度下学期高三第四次模拟考试)

Unconditional Love

       A story is told about a soldier who finally came home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from   21    “Mom and Dad, I   22   home ,but I’ve a favor to ask .I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me.” “   23  ,” they replied, “We’d love to meet him.” “There’s something you should know,” the son continued , “he was  24   in the fighting. He  25  on a land bomb and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go ,and I want him to   26  us.” “I’m sorry to hear that ,son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live.” “No, Mom and Dad ,I want him to live with us.” “Son,” said the father , “you don’t know what you’re asking. Someone with such    27   would be   28  on us. We have our own lives to live ,and we can’t let something like this    29   with our lives. I think you should just come home and 30      about this guy . He’ll find a way to live    31   his own.

       At that point, the son   32    the phone. The parents heard   33  more from him. A few days later ,   34   ,they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building .The police believed it was a   35  .They grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco to   36  the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had   37  .

       The parents in this story are like many of us .We find it  38   to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around ,but we don’t like people who are   39  to us or make us feel uncomfortable. Thankfully ,there’s someone who loves us with an   40   love that welcomes us into the forever family.

21．A．Chicago              B．Boston                C．San Francisco      D．London

22．A．am coming          B．am leaving           C．was coming         D．was leaving

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23．A．Sorry                  B．Sure                    C．No way               D．possible

24．A．very healthy         B．very well             C．hurt badly            D．fairly good

25．A．stepped               B．sat                      C．lay                      D．slept

26．A．play with             B．work with           C．live with              D．keep with

27．A．disadvantages      B．advantages           C．shortcomings       D．disabilities

28．A．a terrible burden   B．a happy family     C．pleasant company D．deadly disease

29．A．stop                    B．interfere              C．strengthen           D．improve

30．A．forget                 B．bring                   C．remember            D．forgive

31．A．of                       B．on                       C．at                       D．in

32．A．hold on               B．hung on               C．hung up              D．hung out

33．A．something           B．anything              C．everything           D．nothing

34．A．besides                B．however              C．and                     D．otherwise

35．A．accident              B．coincidence         C．murder                D．suicide

36．A．take                    B．bring                   C．identify               D．fetch

37．A．no arm and no leg                                                               B．two arms and one leg

       C．only one arm and one leg                      D．one arm and two legs

38．A．difficult               B．difference            C．easy                    D．simple

39．A．smart                  B．friendly               C．familiar               D．inconvenient

40．A．valuable               B．unconditional       C．precious              D．unique