根据短文内容，用方框中单词的恰当形式填空，每个词只能用一次。（10分）

That warm day was the only day of the week without rain. I opened the door, took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine. Suddenly, I noticed that the house near mine had been sold. An elderly lady was in front of the door, with some beautiful flowers beside her. I walked to her. She looked to be in her early eighties and had the prettiest white hair.

“ Hi! My name is Karmen,” I said smiling brightly at the old lady. She smiled back and said,” Hello, Karmen. I’m Kitty.” Her voice was very strong for someone at her age. Later, I learned that she was alone and had no family or relatives to help her. From that day on, I often visited her and helped her with her housework and sometimes she gave me some delicious food. A year passed, and I considered her to be one of my best friends.

One day, I walked over for my morning visit and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. I knocked again, and she didn’t still turn up. So I let myself in, using the key she had given me. I checked her living room and then her kitchen. I finally went into her bedroom, and she was lying peacefully on her bed. Beside her there were two notes. One was her will(遗嘱)， which said all that she had would be given to me. The other was a thank-you note. I went to her bedside and cried sadly.

Though several years has gone by, I still miss her deeply. Whenever I look at the beautiful flowers in front of her house, I remembered the wonderful friendship we had.

1.The writer came out of the house to________.

A．look at an old lady                       B．enjoy some flowers

C．enjoy the sunshine                      D．clean the house nearby

2.Through visiting the old lady, the writer learned that the old lady_______.

A．disliked all her relatives                  B．had no one to look after her

C．didn’t want to live with her family          D．was looking for someone to look after her

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A．The old lady was not kind.

B．The writer didn’t have any good friends.

C．The old lady didn’t know how to make food.

D．The writer got along very well with the old lady

4.What does “ turn up ” mean in Paragraph 3?

A．appear           B．leave             C．try               D．change

5.In order to thank the writer, the old lady decided to_______.

A．give the writer her favourite flowers

B．let the writer know she was her best friend

C．give the writer a key to her house

D．leave all that she had to the writer

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Dear Dad,

I’m writing to you because it’s not easy to talk about it. I still   1  clearly how my uncle died two years ago. In fact, I seriously want to ask you to stop smoking. I’ve looked up a lot of information about smoking and I found out something   2 .

You know that smoking is bad for your  3  and can cause cancer. I’ve learnt that it causes many other   4  too. Do you know that over ten thousand people die from smoking every year in Britain?

When mum asks you to smoke   5 , you think she’s angry. Well, it’s true that she doesn’t like the   6  of smoke in the house. When you smoke, it’s also   7  for mum and me. In other words, when we   8  in your smoke, it’s like we’re smoking ourselves.   9 , we can also get disease. Doctors are finding that more and more   10  are falling ill because of the others’ smoking.

I know that it’s very   11  to stop smoking, but you must give it up. Please see the doctor and ask him   12  help. We will do anything we can to help you. You must try to   13  your own life. We don’t want to   14  you because you are so important to us.   15  you, who can help me with my maths homework or mend my bike? Please don’t smoke!

Your daughter,

Meimei

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
Dear Helen,
Thanks for your last letter. Yes, I’m enjoying myself on my exchange program in France. It’s even better than I thought it would be. I was a bit nervous before I arrived here, but there was no reason to be. My host family are really nice. They go out of their way to make me feel at home. And you wouldn’t believe how quickly my French has improved! I’m very comfortable speaking French now. Although I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn’t make me worried as it used to. My biggest challenge (挑战) is learning how to behave (表现) at the dinner table. As you can imagine, things are really not the same as the way they are at home. For example, you shouldn’t put your bread on your plate. You should put it on the table! I thought that was very strange at first, but now I’m used to it. You shouldn’t eat anything with your hands except bread, not even fruit! (You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork.) Another thing is that it is very rude to say you’re full. If you don’t want any more food, you should just say, “It was delicious.” Also, it’s rude to put your hands in your lap. You should always keep your hands, but not your elbows (肘部), on the table. I have to say, I find it difficult to remember everything, but I’m gradually getting used to things and don’t find them so strange any more.
I’ll write soon and tell you more about life in France. Hope you’re having a good school year.
Yours,
Li Ying
【小题1】Where is Li Ying now?
【小题2】What does Li Ying think of her host family?
【小题3】How does Li Ying feel while she is speaking French now?
【小题4】When can Li Ying eat things with her hands there?
【小题5】Why do you want to go there if you have the chance to take part in an exchange program?
(请自拟一句话作答)

完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

Joe lost his arms in an accident that killed his father. Since then, he has had to depend on the     36    of his younger sister Ella. In order to take care of him, Ella became his shadow, never leaving him     37     for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life. 

As they grew up together, they had their share of     38    and they would often quarrel. Then one day, Ella wanted to separate from Joe, living    39     own life. So Joe was heart-broken and didn't know what to do.

A     40     misfortune (不幸) struck Rosa, too. One night her mother, who suffered(受苦) from mental illness,     41     . So her father went out looking for her mother. She tried to cook meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her hands away.

Though her elder sister Susan showed her willingness to take care of her, Rosa decided to be    42     independent. And most of all she learned to do things on her own. Once she wrote the following in her composition: “I’m lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still     43   .”

　　One day，Joe and Rosa were both invited to a television interview program. Joe told the TV host about his     44     future at being left on his own, while Rosa was full of hope for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. Joe wrote：My younger sister's arms are my arms;     45      Rosa wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.

They had both stood the same sufferings, but their different     46     determined(决定) the nature of their lives. It is true that life is unpredictable. How you deal with misfortune is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and run away from the suffering，it will always     47     you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

1.A. legs              B. arms          C. eyes           D. hands 

2.A. sad           B. afraid           C. worried        D. alone

3.A. questions    B. accidents       C. problems         D. business

4.A. his           B. her            C. my             D. their

5.A. serious           B. sudden            C. terrible       D. similar

6.A. returned          B. disappeared       C. moved          D. left

7. A. completely       B. directly          C. seriously        D. immediately

8.A. break         B. beat          C. fly            D. jump

9.A. unfair        B. uncertain     C. unsafe             D. undoubted

10.A. and           B. so           C. while           D. or

11. A. opinions        B. values            C. senses             D. attitudes

12.A. follow           B. catch         C. disturb            D. hurt