“Little lies” sometimes come to easily to us that we don’t even consider them to be lies. Read about these lies of everyday life:
1.  Lying about your age or your kid’s age to get a cheaper ticket.
2.  Telling the host of a dinner party that the terrible food he prepared is wonderful.
3.  Lying to your aunt about how much you love the gift she gave you---the one that you really hate.
4.  Telling a friend with a terrible haircut that she looks great.
5.  Lying to a friend about how much you want to see her again when you really don’t
6.Telling the salesperson who calls when you’re watching TV that you’re very busy.
Are these serious lies? Probably not, but if you would lie about your age to a stranger, what’s going to stop you from lying about something more serious later? If we tell a lie or act dishonestly and get what we want, that might make us feel good today. But what about tomorrow? The future results of our lies are uncertain.
Still, no one is saying that everyone can or should be completely honest all the time. More people lie, often for a good reason. Lies are told all the time and are part of our everyday social life. Many times people lie to protect the feelings of other people, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Honesty is usually the best policy, but like any other policy, you have to make exceptions. 
【小题1】The author tries to persuade the readers to accept his argument by___________.

To wash yourself, you take a bath(洗澡) or a shower. Animals need to keep clean, too. How do animals clean themselves?
Cats lick（舔）themselves to keep their fur clean. Have you ever watched a pet cat clean itself?
Elephants take baths much as you do. But instead of jumping into the tub（浴缸）, they walk into a river or lake.
Pigs also like to roll around in water. This keeps them clean and cool. If there is no clean water, they will roll in mud（泥）on a hot day. They do this to cool off. Pigs do not really like mud. They are happier in a nice, clean pond(水池).
Bats have a funny way to keep clean. They lick their thumbs to clean their ears!
Guess how polar bears clean themselves. They use snow, of course!
Some animals take baths in dust instead of water! The wombat(毛鼻袋熊) is an Australian animal with lots of fur. To get clean, it lies down. Then it covers itself with sand!
Birds clean themselves in many ways. Sometimes they wash in water. That’s why some people put birdbaths in their yard. At other times birds take dust baths, just like wombats. Birds also use their beaks（喙）to keep their feathers clean. They use their beaks the way you use a comb.
Sometimes a bird has itchy bugs（发痒的虫子）in its feathers. Birds may use ants to help them clean off the bugs. A bird will lie down on an ant nest. Then the ants will crawl on the bird. The ants make a kind of bug spray（喷雾）on the feathers;. Then the itchy bugs die!
Birds take baths in something else besides dust and ants! Some birds take “smoke baths” They sit on chimneys. They wave their wings in the smoke!
【小题1】This passage mainly tells us       .

完型填空（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，然后从下列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。

   The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good   36   in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I   37   to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be   38   ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was   39   . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to  40   that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But,  41   , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very   42   city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he   43    to tell me all about his friend.

   His friend’s main  44   in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player , and he  45   had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming  46   , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several   47   like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He     48   that maybe there were more private courts in the country, than he   49   but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me   50   my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 51  his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a   52  who had a tennis court in his backyard. I  said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had   53   the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.

   “Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He   54   and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my  55    to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.

1.．A. brother       B. teacher       C. neighbour                     D．friend

2.A. managed          B. happened      C. tried           D．wanted

3.A. expecting        B．lying         C．joking          D．talking

4.A．funny            B．serious       C．careful         D．disappointed

5.A．think            B．find          C．realize         D．see

6.A．indeed           B．actually      C．instead         D．exactly

7.A．famous           B．interesting                      C．noisy          D．big

8.A．began            B．stopped       C．refused         D．failed

9.A．problem          B．interest      C．choice          D．work

10.A．just            B．ever                             C．even           D．surely

11.A．suit            B．habit         C．pools           D．river

12.A．people          B．players       C．strangers                     D．friends

13.A．advised         B．argued        C．admitted        D．announced

14.A．recognized      B．realized      C．visited         D．found

15.A．how             B．whether       C．when            D．where

16.A．because         B．if            C．then            D．though

17.A．doctor          B．friend        C．neighbour       D．player

18.A．hired           B．visited       C．designed        D．sold

19.A．smiled          B．laughed       C．cried          D．nodded

20.A．chance        B．pleasure     C．time    D．turn

A doctor entered the hospital in a hurry after being called in for an urgent ? ? ? ．He answered the call as soon as possible, changed his clothes and went directly to the operation block．He found the boy's father ? ? ? in the hall waiting for the doctor． On seeing him, the dad ? ? ?? , "Why did you take all this ? ? ? to come? Don't you know that my son s life is in danger? Don't you have any sense of?? ? ? ?"

????????????? The doctor smiled and said, "I am sorry, I wasn't in the hospital and I ? ?? ? as fast as I could after receiving the call．．．And now, I wish you'd calm down work．"???? ? I can do my work.”

?? “Calm down? What if your son is in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son is?? ? ? now what will you do?” said the father ? ? ．

??? The doctor smiled again and replied," I will say what Job said in the Bible 'From dust we came and to dust we return, blessed by the name of God'．? ? ? cannot extend lives． Go and ? ? ? for your son．we will do our best by God's grace．"

????????????? "Giving advice when we re not ? ? ? is so easy．" murmured the father．The operation took some hours ? ? ? which the doctor went out happily．

??? "Thank goodness!? Your son is saved ! " And without waiting for the father's reply he carried on his?? ? ?? running． “If you have any question, ask the nurse!"

????????????? "Why is he so ? ? ? ? He couldn't wait some minutes so that I could ask about my son's ? ? ? ?" commented the father when seeing the nurse minutes after the doctor left． The nurse answered, ? ? ?? coming down her face, "His son died yesterday in a road accident．He was in the funeral when we called him for your son's operation．?? ? ? now that he saved your son's life, he left running to finish his son's funeral．"

????????????? Never? ? ? anyone．．．because you never know how their life is and what they're?? ? ? .

1.A． meeting????????????? B． career????????????? C． operation????????????? D． travel

2.A． calling????????????? B．running????????????? C． jumping????????????? D．pacing

3.A． admitted????????????? B．expressed????????????? C． whispered????????????? D．shouted

4.A． time????????????? B．cost????????????? C． love????????????? D．turn

5.A． humor????????????? B．responsibility????????????? C． pride????????????? D．honor

6.A． worked????????????? B．left????????????? C． came????????????? D．moved

7.A． in case????????????? B．so that????????????? C． until????????????? D．even if

8.A． dying????????????? B．lying????????????? C． missing????????????? D．dropping

9.A． sadly????????????? B．cheerfully????????????? C． hopefully????????????? D．angrily

10.A． God????????????? B．Teachers??????? ????????????? C． Friends???????? ????????????? D． Doctors

11.A． speak????????????? B．spell?????????? ????????????? C． pray?????????? ????????????? D． think

12.A． worried????????????? B．concerned????? ????????????? C． lost?????????? ????????????? D． tired

13.A． after????????????? B．for??????????? ????????????? C． before?? ????????????? D． with

14.A． way????????????? B．spirit????????? ????????????? C． trust????????? ????????????? D． dream

15.A． patient????????????? B．proud??????? ????????????? C． powerful? ????????????? D． absent

16.A． position????????????? B．medicine????? ????????????? C． state??? ????????????? D． life

17.A． sweats????????????? B．cold????????? ????????????? C． clouds??????? ????????????? D． tears

18.A． And????????????? B．But??????????? ????????????? C． Or????????? ????????????? D． While

19.A．ignore????????????? B．judge??????????? C． explain???????? ????????????? D． believe

20.A．doing????????????? B．loading???????? ????????????? C． experiencing??? ????????????? D． reducing

I was doing some last-minute Christmas shopping in a toy store. A nicely dressed little girl was  31  the teddy bears beside her father  32  she saw a little boy walk in and stop in front of the Pokémon toys. His jacket was obviously too small. He had money in his hand.  33 , it seemed to add up to five dollars at most. He was with his father as well, and kept  34  the Pokémon video games. Each time he showed one to his father, his father  35  his head, “No”.

Rather  36 , the boy gave up the video games and chose a picture book  37 . After they walked away, the little girl ran over to the Pokémon video games. She excitedly picked up one   38  on top of the others, and raced down toward the check-out. I picked up my purchases(购买物) and  39  the girl and her father.

Then much to her  40 , the little boy and his father got in line  41  her and me. After the video was paid for and bagged, the little girl  42  it back to the cashier(收银员) and said something secret to her. The cashier smiled and put the  43  under the counter(柜台). I was putting things in my bag when the little boy  44  the cashier. The cashier said, “Congratulations, you’re my hundredth customer today, and you win a(n)  45 !” and she handed the boy the Pokémon game. The boy could only stood there  46 . It was, he said,  47  what he had wanted! The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway, and I saw the biggest and sweetest smile on her face I have  48  seen in my life.

I suddenly understood that the world is not  49  into the strong who care and the weak who are  50 . We must each in turn care and be cared.

1.                A．looking through  B．getting through   C．dressing up    D．packing up

2.                A．once           B．while           C．after D．when

3.                A．Then           B．Therefore       C．However  D．Otherwise

4.                A．playing         B．electing         C．watching  D．selecting

5.                A．shook          B．nodded         C．moved   D．held

6.                A．anxious         B．upset          C．annoyed  D．concerned

7.                A．either          B．lastly           C．instead   D．indeed

8.                A．laying          B．lying           C．attaching  D．belonging

9.                A．led            B．chased         C．drove    D．followed

10.               A．satisfaction      B．surprise        C．interest   D．happiness

11.               A．between       B．before         C．behind    D．beyond

12.               A．put            B．handed         C．sent  D．carried

13.               A．basket         B．bag            C．bear  D．gift

14.               A．ran up to       B．ran away from   C．got away from  D．came up to

15.               A．award          B．reward         C．prize D．price

16.               A．in trouble       B．in silence       C．in relief   D．in doubt

17.               A．extremely      B．only           C．exactly    D．wonderfully

18.               A．seldom         B．frequently      C．ever  D．hardly

19.               A．divided         B．changed        C．included   D．cut

20.               A．cared for       B．devoted to      C．turned to  D．thought of