阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Once the King of India was ill and sent for his doctor. The doctor came,  36  him and said, “You will be well soon in a few days if you take bull’s milk.” The King was  37  , for he had never heard of a bull that gave milk. “How is it  38  ?” he asked.

“Order Gulbo to get it for you,” answered the doctor, “He can do anything.” Gulbo was a person with great knowledge and was  39  to the doctor. So the doctor thought this would be a way of making him  40  . When the King told Gulbo what the doctor said and  41  him to get bull’s milk, Gulbo  42  understood what the doctor was trying to do.

When he got home, he sat thinking how to get out of the  43 . His daughter, seeing him worried, asked what was the  44 . On hearing what the King had asked for, she said, “don’t  45  , Father, I will help you.”

The next day she took some old clothes, went to the bank of the river near the palace, and chose a place  46  the King’s bedroom window. In the middle of the night, she started to do her washing. She made so much noise  47  the King could not sleep. The King got very angry and sent a guard to  48  what was the matter. The soldier found the girl, and led her to the King. “Why do you wash your clothes here at night?” said the King.

The girl  49  to be afraid and said, “I had to wash clothes at night. This afternoon my father had a baby, I was  50  all day because of that. Then I found there were no clean  51  for the baby, so I had to come and wash them now.”

“What!” cried the King. “Are you trying to make a  52  of me? I have never heard of man having a baby.”

“Well, if the King himself orders someone to get bull’s milk for him,  53  can’t a man have a baby?”

The King smiled and said, “You must be Gulbo’s  54 . Go and tell your father that he may keep the bull’s milk for his  55.”

1.                A．checked        B．tested          C．judged   D．examined

2.                A．pleased        B．surprised       C．touched  D．moved

3.                A．possible        B．impossible       C．usual D．unusual

4.                A．a friend        B．an enemy       C．a neighbor D．a patient

5.                A．suffer          B．happy          C．angry D．laugh

6.                A．begged         B．ordered        C．decided  D．demanded

7.                A．suddenly       B．certainly        C．immediately   D．directly

8.                A．chance         B．situation        C．position  D．difficulty

9.                A．matter         B．wrong          C．thing D．problem

10.               A．frighten        B．worry          C．doubt D．fear

11.               A．above          B．on            C．below D．under

12.               A．but            B．when          C．as    D．that

13.               A．find out        B．get out         C．take out   D．bring out

14.               A．began          B．looked         C．became   D．pretended

15.               A．busy           B．free           C．surprised  D．anxious

16.               A．food           B．clothes         C．boxes D．something

17.               A．trick           B．joke           C．friend D．fool

18.               A．why           B．how           C．who  D．what

19.               A．girl            B．daughter       C．wife  D．friend

20.               A．daughter       B．son            C．girl   D．baby

It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night. The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful: blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently.
My father realized it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him. I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same. I’m so glad I did.
On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape. After all, it was protected by the arms of a bay that only one tiny channel to the sea. As we got on board, we noticed two big humps(脊背)in the distance.
On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. We couldn’t believe it—there aren’t any whale along the coast here. The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive.
The little baby whale actually as big as our boat was obviously stuck and could not move. The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools(漩涡)and waves. “She’s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side,” my father said. At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently. With several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water. Then it swam up right beside its mum. They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction. We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel. Slowly, they let us lead them, sometimes rising from the water right beside us to breathe and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance.
In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half. That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day. Nearly four decades later, I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea.
【小题1】The author says “I’m so glad I did.”(in Para.2)because_______.

Since the baby milk powder was found to be polluted, there has been universal doubt _____ other food products are safe to eat. 

A. whether             B. that                C. what             D. how

第一节 完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these   1   are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are   2   and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows   3   and pale and has changed so much that it is almost   4   to the parents. It was then   5   that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and   6   the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended   7  . However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been   8  . In those cases there was often a way to get the   9   baby back. You could   10 

the Changeling on the fire--then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.

A. babies                B. believers               C. fairies                     D. supermen

A. powerful    B. cruel                     C. frightened                D. extraordinary

A. sick             B. slim                      C. short                       D. small

A. uncomfortable      B. unbelievable          C. unacceptable            D. unrecognizable

A. feared                B. predicted               C. heard                             D. reported

A. covered              B. changed                C. replaced                  D. terrified

A. cases                  B. tools                     C. steps                        D. methods

A. missed                B. stolen                    C. found                      D. lost

A.1ittle            B. pale                      C. sad                          D. real

A. seize                 B. burn                     C. place                       D. hold

Like any good mother,when Karen found out that another baby was on the way,she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son,Michael,prepare for a new baby.Day after day,night after night,Michael sang to his mommy’s tummy(肚子).

Finally,Michael’s little sister was born.But she was in serious condition.With sirens (警报) howling in the night,the ambulance rushed the baby to St.Mary’s Hospital.The days inched by.The little girl became worse.The pediatric(儿科的) specialist told the parents to prepare for the worst.

Michael kept begging about singing to his sister,but kids are not allowed in pediatric department at St.Mary’s Hospital.Karen made up her mind to take Michael to see his sister.She dressed him in an oversized suit and marched him into the hospital.He looked like a walking laundry basket,but the head nurse recognized him as a child and shouted,“Get that kid out of here now!”Karen rose up strong,and the usually mild-mannered lady glared steel-eyed into the head nurse’s face.“He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!”

Karen towed （拖行）Michael to his sister’s bedside.He gazed at the tiny baby losing the battle to live.And he began to sing.In the pure-hearted voice of a 3-year-old,Michael sang,“You are my sunshine,my only sunshine.You make me happy when skies are grey.”At once  the baby girl responded.Her pulse(脉搏) rate became calm and steady.Her strained breathing became smoother.

“Keep on singing,Michael.”“The other night,dear,as I lay sleeping,I dreamed I help you in my arms…”Michael’s little sister relaxed as healing rest seemed to sweep over her.“Keep on singin,Michael.”Tears conquered the face of the nurse.“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.Please don’t take my sunshine away.”

The next day—the very next day—the little girl was well enough to go home!

1.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A.It’s Hard to Raise a Baby            B.The Miracle of a Brother’s Song

C.Mother’s Love                     D.An Unforgettable Day

2.From Karen’s action in the first paragraph we know that        .

A.mothers often pay much attention to their newly-born babies

B.mothers often tell their children how to look after their younger brothers or sisters

C.it is good for children to learn to sing songs to babies

D.it often takes some time for a child to accept his/her newly-born brother or sister

3.When did Michael’s sister go home?

A three days later      B.after two weeks       C.after  one year      D  the very next day

4.Which words can describe Michael?

A.Naughty and annoying.              B.Strong and brave.

C.Active and careless.                 D.Concerned and determined.