Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers in the village. Plants grow in Tom’s garden all through the __1__ and they are much __2__.
Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting room table, eats some fruits and vegetables, but he __3__ most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruit and flowers are so __4__ and beautiful that they sold much more __5__ in the market than those of other villagers.
How does Tom grow these beautiful things? He is so __6__ that he just sits under his orange tree with his radio.
He __7__ the music all day.
That is quite true. Tom __8__ things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And everything __9__. It is the music that does the work. Tom knows more clearly that music makes the biggest vegetables and the most beautiful flowers. Plants love __10__ as much as people.

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。

Jane: Oh, that’s Mr Taylor. He is so boring.

Mother :What do you mean?

Jane:  6  And he’s so tempered, Mum.

Mother :  7  Are you sure, daring?

Jane: Yes, he gets angry very quickly.

Mother:  8

Jane: And do you know , he spends all his time looking at his reflection in the window , admiring himself?

Mother : Really?   9

Jane: Because he is in vain, that’s  why ! And conceited (自负的).He thinks he knows everything.

Mother: Oh, Jane. Be reasonable. I’m sure you are exaggerating

(夸张). Mr Taylor seems such a nice and kind man.

Jane:  10 He’s mean and cruel.

Mother: Cruel? Now how can a history teacher be cruel?

Jane: Because he only gave me two out of ten marks in my history test .

Mother: Oh , now I understand, Jane. I think you’d better get on with your homework.

A.       Well, he isn’t.

B.       And why does he do it?

C.       His lessons send me to sleep.

D.       That doesn’t sound like Mr Taylor at all.

E.        Quick tempered? Mr Taylor?

F.        Yes, he does.

G .He doesn’t like me.

单词填空（根据首字母或汉语写单词的正确形式，每小题1分，共10分）
【小题1】The sea is c________ again after the terrible storm.
【小题2】She looked calm, but _________(实际上) she was very nervous.
【小题3】We are not satisfied with her ___________(态度) to the poor.
【小题4】The professor has s_________ from cancer for almost one year.
【小题5】The firemen r_______（营救）three women from the burning house yesterday. .
【小题6】The whole city was d___________ in the earthquake.
【小题7】He is so stubborn that no one can p_________ him to change his mind.
【小题8】A great person has many good q________ ——kindness, determination, wisdom and so on.
【小题9】Let’s divide it into five ___________(相等的) parts.
【小题10】Mandela was s___________ to five years in prison in 1962.

II. 完形填空（共15题，每小题2分，共30分）

My best friend is Cocoa, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment. Cocoa is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady, so you can see we both qualify as   11  citizens.

He is a   12  companion. He does many amusing things that make me  13  , and when that happens, he is so delighted  14  he just keeps it up.

But one afternoon, Cocoa started acting strangely. I was sitting on the floor playing with him,  15  he started pawing and smelling at the right side of my  16  . He had never done anything like this ever before, and I told him, “No.” To Cocoa, one “no” is usually  17 , but not that day. He stopped briefly, and then  18   ran toward me, throwing his entire weight at the right side of my chest. He crashed into me and I cried in   19  , falling down to the floor. Soon after this, I felt a lump (肿块). I went to my doctors, and after X-rays  20   and lab work were done, they told me I had cancer.

When cancer starts, a  21   of calcium (钙) builds. Then the lump or cancer attaches itself to this wall. When Cocoa jumped on me, the force of the impact broke the lump away from the wall. This made it possible for me to  22   the lump.

I had a complete mastectomy (乳房切除术) and the cancer has not   23  to any other part of my body. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone undetected even six more months, it would have been too  24  .

Was Cocoa  25   of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do know is that Cocoa not only shares his life with me, he has also made sure that I will be around to share my life with him!

11    A.    good       B.    standard  C.    senior      D.    great

12    A.    wonderful       B.    tiring      C.    hungry    D.    bad

13    A.    leave       B.    cry   C.    laugh      D.    jump

14    A.    as    B.    when      C.    and  D.    that

15    A.    when       B.    then C.    though    D.    as

16    A.    chest       B.    body       C.    shoulder  D.    arm

17    A.    right       B.    good       C.    enough    D.    unexpected

18    A.    hurriedly B.    rudely     C.    slowly     D.    suddenly

19    A.    pain B.    surprise   C.    trouble    D.    danger

20    A.    experiments    B.    researches       C.    tests       D.    papers

21    A.    wall B.    cancer     C.    body       D.    number

22    A.    watch      B.    have C.    get   D.    notice

23    A.    ran   B.    kept C.    entered    D.    spread

24    A.    common  B.    late  C.    much      D.    early

25    A.    ashamed  B.    aware      C.    afraid      D.    tired

He is so strong that I _____ fight against him.