In the early 1800’s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children. Every day was  36  working and Christmas was the one day of the year  37  the children did not work and received a gift — an orange. The children  38  it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even  39 — smelling it,  40  it and loving it. Usually they tried to preserve(保护) it for so  41  that it often went bad before they ate it.

This year John knew he would soon be  42  enough to leave. He would save the orange until his birthday in July. If he preserved it  43 , he might be able to eat it on his birthday. 

Christmas day finally came. The children were so  44  as they entered the dining hall. In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big  45 . Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John's heart  46 . He turned and ran back to the  47  room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears. 

Then he heard the door open and the children entered. Little Elizabeth with a  48  on her face held out her small hands. “Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As John  49  his head, he saw a big juicy  50  all peeled and quartered … Each child had sacrificed(舍弃) their own orange by 51  a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him. 

John never forgot the sharing, love and personal  52  his friends had shown him that Christmas day.  53  that day, after he became rich, every year he  54  send oranges all over the world to children everywhere. His  55  was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit! 

A. forced          B. passed           C. taken            D. spent

A. as             B. when            C. while            D. which

A. needed        B. wanted           C. valued           D. liked

A. months        B. days             C. years           D. seasons

A. tasting         B. watching         C. pressing         D. touching

A. much          B. soon           C. long            D. far

A. old           B. strong         C. tall             D. experienced

A. seriously      B. carefully        C. secretly          D. softly

A. nervous       B. excited           C. pleasant          D. eager

A. cry            B. disappointment  C. surprise          D. noise

A. jumped        B. stopped          C. broke          D. settled

A. cold         B. small            C. old             D. lonely

A. look           B. tears             C. comfort          D. smile

A. shook          B. lifted          C. put             D. turned

A. gift          B. surprise          C. orange           D. wonder

A. sharing         B. breaking         C. eating            D. taking

A. feelings         B. affairs         C. relation          D. sacrifice

A. In return for   B. In case of       C. In memory of    D. In search of

A. must               B. would         C. might           D. should

A. desire          B. idea            C. meaning         D. thinking

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。      

Back in my country, when I was a child, I used to go to “market day” with my mother. One day each week, farmers used to   31   their fruit and vegetables into the city. They   32   one street to all cars, and the farmers set up tables for their   33  . This outdoor market was a great place to   34.   Everything was fresher than produce in grocery stores because the farmers brought it in   35   after the harvest. My mother and I always got there early in the morning to get the   36   produce.

The outdoor market was a wonderful adventure for a small child,   37   was like a festival – full of colors and   38  . There are red tomatoes, yellow lemons, green lettuce, peppers, grapes, and onions. The farmers did their own   39  . They all shouted loudly for   40   to buy their produce. “Come and buy my beautiful oranges! They’re juicy and delicious and full of vitamins to   41   your children healthy and strong!”

Everyone used to   42   with the farmers over the   43   of their produce. It was like a wonderful drama in a theatre; the buyers and sellers were the “  44  ” in this drama. My mother was an   45   at this. First, she picked the freshest, most attractive tomatoes, for example. Then she asked the price. The seller told her.

“What?” she said. She looked very surprised. “So   46  ?”

The seller looked terribly   47  . “My dear lady!” he replied. “I’m a poor,   48   farmer. These are the cheapest tomatoes on the market!”

They always argued for several minutes before agreeing   49   a price. My mother took her tomatoes and left. Both buyer and seller were   50  . The drama was over.

1.A. carry                   B. take                  C. bring                    D. fetch

2.A. opened                B. closed               C. started                  D. stopped

3.A. produce               B. goods                C. food                     D. product

4.A. buy                     B. sell                   C. bargain                 D. shop

5.A. hurriedlyB. immediately    C. hardly                               D. straightly

6.A. best                     B. finest                C. freshest                 D. cheapest

7.A. who                    B. that                   C. which                   D. what

8.A. voices                 B. noises               C. sounds                  D. accent

9.A. shoppingB. business                          C. shouting               D. advertising

10.A. customersB. producers    C. themselves                     D. sellers

11.A. leave                 B. let                    C. except                  D. make

12.A. argue                 B. talk                   C. discuss                  D. speak

13.A. order                 B. price                 C. quality                  D. form

14.A. viewersB. listeners                          C. actors                   D. directors

15.A. actress               B. inventor            C. advancer               D. expert

16.A. wonderfulB. exciting                      C. cheap                   D. expensive

17.A. injured              B. hurt                  C. damaged               D. wounded

18.A. excellentB. fair   C. honest               D. easy

19.A. with                  B. to                     C. in                         D. on

20.A.disappointed B. encouraged C. satisfied         D. tired

阅读下面短文，将标有A~F的段落或句子插入文章中题号为1~5的恰当位置，使全篇文章意义完整，结构连贯。注意：1)有一个选项是多余的；2)如选E请填涂AB；选F请填涂CD.

Freezing can keep food fresh and safe to eat. Freezing lowers the food temperature below zero degree Celsius. That is the point where water turns to ice.  1. , it is important to lower the temperature to between minus fifteen and minus twenty degrees Celsius as quickly as possible. The faster the freezing process is, the fresher the taste of the food.

Fruits and vegetables can be spread out inside the freezer. Once the food is frozen,   2. . Fruits are usually not cooked before they are frozen. This allows them to keep their fresh taste. The simplest way to prepare fruits is to cut them up and place them in a container inside the freeze before putting it in the container. This will keep it from sticking to the container. This is called the “dry pack” method.

 3. , The fruit is prepared along with some of its liquid or juice. You can ad some sugar to fruits that are naturally juicy. The sugar sweetens the fruit and brings out its natural juices.

 4. . Blanching means placing the vegetables in boiling water for a few minutes and then quickly placing them into very cold water. Blanching slows down the natural chemical aging process. All extra water should be removed before placing the vegetables into containers and freezing.   5. .

E. The second way is the “wet pack” method

F. Most foods can be stored frozen for up to one year

The Jordans had the best raspberries in the neighborhood, and that their bushes were always heavy with fruit.So, that summer Friday night, we snuck(潜行) into the Jordans’ backyard and  21  ourselves carefully around the bushes and started  22  their sweet, juicy berry. And we were enjoying every bite of ill-gotten berry  23  all of a sudden the Jordans’ backyard lights were turned on.

“What you boys doing out here?” Mr Jordan shouted. In all  24  ran off my friends, une aten raspberries  25  everywhere.

He made an attempt to grab one or two, but they were too quick. Speed was never my   26  . So I could just stand there and  27  whatever punishment from the Jordans and my parents. I took the scolding that Mr Jordan gave me until we reached my house, where my mother  28  . My friends said they could hear every  29  word from the darkness of our backyard, where they had gathered to celebrate their  30  .

They  31   me about it for days afterwards, while all I could do was complain about how   32   it was that I had to pay the full  33   for doing the exact same thing all of them had done without any  34   consequences. After about a week, I complained it to my father.

“You took raspberries without asking, and you got exactly the punishment you  35 ,”Dad said.

“But what about the other guys?” I asked.

“That’s not my  36  , nor should it be yours,” Dad said. “You can’t control what happens to other people. You can  37   deal with what happens to you.”

Back then I thought Dad just didn’t   38   it. But through the years I come to realize that,   39 , he knew what he was talking about. We didn’t come to earth with a(an)  40  that life would treat us fairly. The only thing we can actually deal with is what happens to us.

1..

A. allowed      B. protected            C. positioned      D. helped

2..

 A. harvesting      B. digging          C. throwing         D. hunting

3..

 A. and            B. when             C. before          D. as

4..

 A. senses          B. ways             C. directions           D. efforts

5..

 A. growing         B. running          C. flying               D. hiding

6..

 A. power           B. disadvantage     C. strength             D. attempt

7..

 A. accepted       B. rejected          C. risked              D. enjoyed

8..

 A. paid for       B. took over        C. turned away      D. picked out

9..

 A. encouraging    B. swear                C. cool            D. kind

10..

 A. stealing       B. experience           C. escape           D. behavior

11..

 A. explained       B. teased               C. scolded         D. praised

12..

 A. unfair          B. funny                C. strange          D. equal

13..

 A. number          B. accident             C. price            D. task

14..

 A. same            B. reliable             C. noticeable       D. safe

15..

A. deserted         B. received             C. refused          D. deserved

16..

  A. concern        B. purpose          C. request         D. answer

17..

 A. sometimes     B. only             C. mostly           D. almost

18..

  A. care           B. value             C. get             D. handle

19..

  A. as well        B. above all        C. as usual        D. or else

20..

A. promise       B. guarantee        C. situation       D. opinion

Passage Twelve (We Should All Grow Fat and Be Happy)
Here’s a familiar version of the boy-meets-girl situation. A young man has at last plucked up courage to invite a dazzling young lady out to dinner. She has accepted his invitation and he is overjoyed. He is determined to take her to the best restaurant in town, even if it means that he will have to live on memories and hopes during the month to come. When they get to the restaurant, he discovers that this ethereal creature is on a diet. She mustn’t eat this and she mustn’t that. Oh, but of course, she doesn’t want to spoil his enjoyment. Let him by all means eat as much fattening food as he wants: it’s the surest way to an early grave. They spend a truly memorable evening together and never see each other again.
What a miserable lot dieters are! You can always recognize them from the sour expression on their faces. They spend most of their time turning their noses up at food. They are forever consulting calorie charts; gazing at themselves in mirrors; and leaping on to weighing-machines in the bathroom. They spend a lifetime fighting a losing battle against spreading hips, protruding tummies and double chins. Some wage all-out war on FAT. Mere dieting is not enough. They exhaust themselves doing exercises, sweating in sauna baths, being pummeled and massaged by weird machines. The really wealthy diet-mongers pay vast sums for ‘health cures’. For two weeks they can enter a nature clinic and be starved to death for a hundred guineas a week. Don’t think it’s only the middle-aged who go in for these fads either. Many of these bright young things you see are suffering from chronic malnutrition: they are living on nothing but air, water and the goodwill of God.
Dieters undertake to starve themselves of their own free will; so why are they so miserable? Well, for one thing, they’re always hungry. You can’t be hungry and happy at the same time. All the horrible concoctions they eat instead of food leave them permanently dissatisfied. Wonderfood is a complete food, the advertisement says. ‘Just dissolve a teaspoonful in water…’. A complete food it may be, but not quite as complete as a juicy steak. And, of course, they’re always miserable because they feel so guilty. Hunger just proves too much for them and in the end they lash out and devour five huge guilt-inducing cream cakes at a sitting. And who can blame them? At least three times a day they are exposed to temptation. What utter torture it is always watching others tucking into piles of mouth-watering food while you munch a water biscuit and sip unsweetened lemon juice!
What’s all this self-inflicted torture for? Saintly people deprive themselves of food to attain a state of grace. Unsaintly people do so to attain a state of misery. It will be a great day when all the dieters in the world abandon their slimming courses; when they hold out their plates and demand second helpings!
1.The best title for this passage is
A.On Fat.
B.We Should All Grow Fat and Be Happy.
C.Many Diseases Are Connected with Fat.
D.Diet Deprives People of Normal Life.
2.Why do they never see each other again?
A.Because it is a memorable evening.
B.Because she lets him eat as much fattening food as he wants.
C.Because she does not eat this and drink that.
D.Because eating fattening food is the surest way to an early grave.
3.Which of the following ways is NOT mentioned for diet?
A.Doing exercises.
B.Not eating sugar.
C.Not eating fat.
D.Taking sauna baths.
4.What is the author’s attitude toward diet?
A.Persuasive.
B.Critical.
C.Indifferent.
D.Adversative.