Freda Bright says, "Only in opera do people die of love." It's true. You really can't love somebody to death. I've known people to die from no love, but I've never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can't love one another enough.

A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt nervous and late in the afternoon she summoned the courage to approach her employer. To her delight, the boss agreed to a raise.                                                

The woman arrived home that evening to a beautiful table set with their best dishes. Candles were softly glowing. Her husband had come home early and prepared a festive meal. She wondered if someone from the office had tipped him off, or... did he just somehow know that she would not get turned down?

She found him in the kitchen and told him the good news. They embraced and kissed, then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman found a beautifully lettered note. It read: "Congratulations, darling! I knew you'd get the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you."

Following the supper, her husband went into the kitchen to clean up. She noticed that a second card had fallen from his pocket. Picking it off the floor, she read: "Don't worry about not getting the raise! You deserve it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you."

Someone has said that the measure of love is when you love without measure. What this man feels for his wife is total acceptance and love, whether she succeeds or fails. His love celebrates her victories and soothes her wounds. He stands with her, no matter what life throws in their direction.

Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said: "What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family." And love your friends. Love them without measure.

1.The sentence in the first paragraph “Only in opera do people die of love.” means _______.

A．no love in the world is believable

B．love is one thing, and life is another

C．love in operas is truly touching

D．love can survive forever, though people die at different ages

2.That the husband prepared her a second letter about her raise suggests that______.

A．he loves her because he believes that she is sure to receive a raise

B．he has a great way to promote his wife’s love towards him

C．he had a false love for people even if the person is his wife

D．he loves his family members truly, whether they are in good conditions or not

3.From the text, we might say the author_____.

A．refuses any spiritual emotions as embraced and kissed

B．criticize the attitude of suspicion (怀疑) of the love

C．doesn’t believe there is true love in the world

D．thinks the true love does not expect repayment

Two traveling angels (天使) stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied: “Things aren’t always what they seem.” ?

    The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable (好客的)farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field. ?

    The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “How could this happen?” “Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,” she accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you did not help.”

    “Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune, I asked God if I could seal (封口) the wall so he couldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”

Why did the older angel repair the hole for the rich family?

A. Because she didn’t like the greedy owner.

B. Because she wanted to save the gold for the poor.

C. Because she basement was too cold to stay in.

D. Because she believed that one should always be ready to offer help.?

In paragraph two, the pair refers to __________.

A. the poor couple                  B. the rich couple?

C. the guests                       D. the angels?

The younger angel was very angry because __________.

A. the older angel killed the farmer’s cow?

B. the older angel treated the two families unfairly?

C. the wealthy man gave them a bad place to live?

D. the angel of death took the cow away?

Why did the older angel let the farmer’s cow die?

A. Because God wanted the older angel to take the cow.

B. Because she wanted to teach the younger angel a lesson.

C. Because she wanted to save the farmer’s wife.?

D. Because she was sympathetic to the rich.

The story tries to tell the reader that __________.

A. angels are always ready to help the poor

B. sometimes things are not what they seem

C. angels are always ready to help the rich

D. the young should always learn from the old

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."

He found a taxi and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.

"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office.

1.Dick flew to New York because ________.

A. he went there for a holiday             B. he had work there

C. he went there for sightseeing (观光)      D. his home was there

2.Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

A. Because she didn’t know his address yet.

B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too.

C. Because she might send him another telegram.

D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York.

3.Where did Dick stay in New York?

A. In the center of the city.             B. In a hotel.

C. In a restaurant.                    D. At his friend's house.

4.Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

A. The manager (经理) of his hotel.      B. The police office.

C. The taxi driver.                    D. His wife.

5.Which of the following is not true?

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.

B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.

C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

Bowen was grown-up, and for his birthday that year his father gave him a     without any pictures in it!

Bowen’s father found he was not     about it, and told him, “Son, this isn’t just any     book; it’s a magic (有魔力的) book. But to discover its magic you’ll have to     it.”

Well, that was better. Bowen liked     to do with magic. He started reading it,     he wasn’t very willing to.

The next morning, his     asked him, “Have you found the magic     ?”

So… there was a key to find! Bowen flicked through (快速翻阅) the book, but there was no     of the key.

And then his father     him, “You won’t find it like that. You have to read the book. ”

Bowen didn’t have much patience (耐心) , thinking his father just told a     .A little later, his little sister, Rainer, asked him      the book. After several days, she     shouted, “I’ve found the key! ” And she wouldn’t stop     all the places she had visited using the magic key.

This made Bowen read the book again. At first it was a     ; there wasn’t even one single     in the book. But, gradually, Bowen became     the adventurous (冒险的) prince’s life. Then, suddenly, he was there.

The book     was the key!

It was true that every time he     it, he felt going to its valleys and seas, and he lived the adventures of the prince.

From then on, with every new book, Bowen never     being attracted by the letters and words inside.

1.A. diary       B. book           C. box             D. bag

2.A. sad        B. surprised      C. happy D. angry

3.A. ordinary  B. special        C. new     D. famous

4.A. keep     B. take          C. read    D. value

5.A. somebody  B. everything        C. nothing       D. anybody

6.A. though     B. so                C. and          D. or

7.A. uncle       B. father           C. mother               D. aunt

8.A. key        B. page              C. word        D. stick

9.A. mark       B. signal             C. sign          D. way

10.A. asked       B. praised        C. told        D. followed

11.A. will         B. story           C. joke         D. lie

12.A. for          B. of            C. to           D. back

13.A. badly        B. happily               C. slowly         D. quickly

14.A. working out  B. turning down          C. talking about         D. looking for

15.A. pity         B. pleasure              C. success      D. pain

16.A. note         B. picture              C. text          D. title

17.A. interested in  B. busy with   C. tired of      D. good at

18.A. it          B. yourself                C. itself         D. himself

19.A. put        B. opened                C. threw        D. covered

20.A. stopped    B. tried                   C. felt          D. began

第二节　短文改错（每小题1分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。如无错误，在答题卡相应的位置上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：
此行多一词：把多余的词写在答题卡相应的位置上，用斜线(\)划掉；
此行缺一词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该加的词，并附带前(后)词；
此行错一词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该错词和改正后的词。
It’s a story happened five years ago. Li Hua, who lived in the         ⒈________
city, came to visit her uncle in our village. She and me became  ⒉________
good friend. One day, I went to her uncle’s to do homework  ⒊________
with her. But she wasn’t in. I found beautiful clock on her bed.  ⒋________
I became very curiously and took it to have a look. Since I    ⒌________
have never seen a clock before, I touched it here and there.    ⒍________
But suddenly, I found the clock wasn’t working. I felt worrying ⒎________
and wanted to run away. But I didn’t. Later on that day, I told   ⒏________
Li Hua that I had broken her clock. She smiled at me, saying ⒐________
that her little cousin had dropped it onto the ground this morning     ⒑________
and it had stopped working since then.