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Some years ago, I went to Australia for a meeting with my friend, Chris. We decided to drive across the country to Brisbane after the meeting ended. The drive was going to take four days and most of it was across the desert, so we had to take food, water, and extra gas(汽油) w  1   us.

The first day was a lot of fun as we were excited and laughing at each other’s jokes. By the third day of driving in the seemingly endless desert, we began to get b  2  . We had been quiet for a few hours when Chris found some kangaroos in the distance. We were b  3   excited and decided to get a closer look. Chris speeded up to

c  4   up with the kangaroos. We got closer and closer, and Chris was doing 110 kilometers per hour. We were very close to the kangaroos—too close—when we heard a loud BANG!

Chris s  5   the car and we got out. Behind the car was a larger kangaroo l  6   completely quiet on the ground. Chris went over to the kangaroo and put his baseball cap on its h  7  . He took off his sunglasses and put them on the kangaroo and did the same with his jacket. Then he put his arm a  8   the kangaroo and told me to take a photo of them together. I was still surprised, but I took out my c___9___. While I was ready to take photos, I saw the kangaroo move. It suddenly woke up, looked at Chris, and jumped away into the distance before we could do anything.

I started laughing but Chris looked very serious. He said his wallet and passport were in the jacket. I started laughing even harder. I stopped laughing, h  10  , when he said that our car keys were also in the jacket!

 

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Dear Laura,
I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You don’t know whether it is true that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you   36 .
I wanted to do something very   37  for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He worked all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it   38  it looked almost new. I was so proud of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet(头盔)and a riding outfit(全套装备）.
I could   39  wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I couldn’t sleep the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to   40  the coffee, tea, and morning dishes. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a   41 :” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”
I was so surprised. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could   42  lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s   promise.
I stood there shocked(震惊的), crying a river, asking myself how my son could  43  this expensive gift.
Of course, the house awoke, and my son was very pleased with my reaction（反应）. Many kisses were exchanged, and I immediately wanted him to   44  my gift.
As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not exactly what I was expecting. Then I   45  that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.
Of course I was the proudest mother ever on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.
So I wanted you to know, that kind of love is   46  present and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!
I thought you’d love to   47  this story.
Yours,
Hilary

【小题1】

A．hope B．advice C．spirit D．courage

【小题2】  

A．strange

B．similar

C．special

D．private

【小题3】  

A．after

B．before

C．unless

D．until

【小题4】

A．perhaps B．really C．almost D．hardly

【小题5】  

A．start

B．cook

C．set

D．serve

【小题6】  

A．sign

B．notice

C．word

D．note

【小题7】

A．give B．take C．draw D．teach

【小题8】

A．present B．find C．afford D．order

【小题9】

A．tear B．open C．check D．receive

【小题10】

A．realized B．remembered C．imagined D．supposed

【小题11】  

A．only

B．still

C．ever

D．even

【小题12】  

A．send

B．publish

C．share

D．write

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that  happy  healthy  fun  exercise  fly  hard  swim  listen  many
The summer vacation is over. It’s true that time always   【小题1】 fast. During the vacation, the weather was hot and I could not do much work, but I lived   【小题2】.
As the afternoon was hot. I did my work in the morning. I used to get up at 6:30 and take a walk in the garden for half an hour. After breakfast, I began reading English and Chinese and did some   【小题3】 in math,  【小题4】 took me three hours or   【小题5】 . I worked quite   【小题6】 and made good progress.
I spent the afternoon outside. I went to swim and it was  【小题7】. I would not go home until it was about five or six o’clock. Sometimes a friend of mine would come to see me and we would spend some hours  【小题8】to music.
In this way I spent my vacation slowly. And I not only studied well but also became a good  【小题9】 . now I am in good【小题10】and high spirits

Old John went to see a doctor. The doctor examined and said, “ Medicine can’t help you. You must have a good rest. Go to a quiet place for a month, go to bed early, drink some milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar (雪茄) a day.”
“Thank you very much,” said old John, “ I will do everything you say.”
A month later old John came to the doctor again. “ Well, I’m glad to see you. You look much younger.” Said the doctor.
“Oh , doctor,” said old John, “I feel quite well now. I had a good rest. I went to bed early, I drank a lot of milk, and I walks a lot. Your advice certainly helped me. But you asked me to smoke one cigar a day, and the one cigar a day nearly killed (杀) me at first. It’s no joke to start smoking at my age.
【小题1】The doctor _________________________________.

A．asked him to take some medicine

B．asked him not to take any medicine

C．didn’t say any word about medicine

D．gave him some medicine

【小题2】Old John __________________ after a month.

A．didn’t get well	B．got well
C．was old	D．got bad

【小题3】Which one is true?

A．Old John smoked before

B．Old John smoked less than(比) before

C．Old John didn’t smoke before

D．Old John didn’t smoke a cigar a day

【小题4】When Old John was ill, he looked______________.

A．young

B．old

C．younger

D．older

【小题5】The best title(题目) of this passage should be____________.

A．Old John	B．Old John is ill
C．The Doctor’s Advice	D．The Doctor