阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

It' s six o' clock on a cold Saturday morning．Liu Zifan reluctantly gets out of the warm bed．

"I wish I could sleep  36   more," says Liu．

The 12-year-old seventh grader from Beijing Guangqumen   37   School must take an - hour - ride to get to the school for the   38  curriculums that occupy her whole Saturday morning．  39 Sunday afternoon, she has music lessons from 3 p．m．to 7 p．m．．

During weekdays, Liu has to get up around five in the morning, and  40  home by six．

       " My teacher  41  us to eat an apple in the morning so that we won' t feel  42  " , she says．

In primary school, Liu  43 taking the New Concept English class every Saturday morning, and Chinese, English and Olympic maths classes in the afternoon．On Sunday morning, she had to do  44 at home．In the afternoon, she took Cambridge English class．

"I didn't have time to rest,   45  on Friday night," Liu recalls．

The family has a monthly  46  of about 1,700 yuan．Liu Zifan' s  47  classes cost 2, 000 yuan each term．

" I think it' s   48  the money," Liu' s father says．" We do everything we can to provide her with good education,   49   she will get a good job in the future．"

Chinese children face   50  pressures on study．Some parents make their children study 51    First graders start to take classes for second graders, and so on, therefore they can get an   52 in exams．Most Chinese   53  believe high academic credentials （成绩） mean a better school, a brighter future．So they   54   their children to extracurricular classes like music, English and maths to develop a special   55  , which later might be a stepping stone to a good school．  

36．A．any                B．some               C．even               D．far

37．A．Secondary          B．Training            C．Language  D．Primary

38．A．super              B．extra               C．huge               D．usual

39．A．In                 B．For                C．At                 D．On

40．A．get                B．stay                C．leave D．drive

41   A．orders              B．recommends         C．persuades      D．suggests

42．A．sleepy          B．tired      C．cold        D．thirsty

43．A．stopped    B．finished  C．enjoyed    D．started

44．A．housework      B．washing         C．homework           D．writing

45．A．besides         B．including        C．since           D．except

46．A．pay         B．cost   C．income     D． money                                  

47．A．weekend        B．Sunday          C．everyday   D．Saturday

48．A．wasteful       B．worth       C．valuable    D．worthy

49．A．so that      B．since    C．now that   D．while

50．A．challenging   B．increasing C．developing          D．changing

51．A．ahead           B．hard            C．late       D．away

52   A．average  B．achievement    C．advance       D．advantage

53．A．teachers   B．students         C．friends        D．parents

54．A．send          B．hope  C．take   D．wish

55．A．strength             B．interest    C．talent    D．skill

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16～35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Robeson was born in a very poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home, and then he sold   36   he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had  37  schooling, for being so poor, how could they   38  school fees?

When he was fifteen, he worked   39   a servant in a school. Looking at other children studying in the classroom, he felt   40    for himself. How he     41   to have the same chance! He decided to study by   42   . In the daytime, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he   43  stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he   44   during the day. He worked   45   hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep. The more he learned, the greater  46   he showed in his lessons. A maths teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and    47   him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he was the only one in the whole school   48   reached the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship   49   he had been a regular student of the school.

Robeson   50   rough six long years with his study of maths and wrote several articles which drew the  51  of some university professors. They admired his talent   52   his diligence. To give him a good chance, they hired him as a librarian and   53    him free guidance. Robeson felt  54  , for he was sure that before him there was a broad road   55   success.

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

A. many             B. few                          C. little                        D. much

A. buy                B. afford                   C. send                         D. read

A. as                  B. like                          C. for                           D. by

A. angry             B. worried                    C. proud                    D. sorry

A. hated              B. decided                    C. wished                     D. regretted

A. the teacher                                         B. himself                   

C. his parents                                          D. his schoolmates

A. could             B. ought to                   C. should                    D. would

A. had learned                                        B. has been taught        

C. has heard                                              D. had been written down

A. very             B. so                            C. too                          D. quite

A. joy               B. interest                     C. time                         D. taste

A. allowed        B. agreed                   C. let                           D. refused

A. whom           B. that                          C. which                   D. /

A. if                 B. whether                    C. because                    D. when

A. learned         B. listened                    C. mastered                  D. struggled

A. notice           B. influence                  C. eyes                         D. attention

A. except for     B. according to             C. as well as                 D. in spite of

A. taught           B. offered                     C. lent                          D. sent

A. sad               B. angry                       C. happy                   D. disappointed

A. leading to     B. coming from            C. made of                   D. covered with

In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally _1_them and the job they do—although there are certain people who do not believe that the police _2_have the power that they do.

What does a policeman actually do? It is not _3_job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in _4_.A policeman often has to control traffic, either _5_ foot in the centre of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time _6_up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop _7_motorists and help when there is an accident.?

A policeman has to help keep the _8_, too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we _9_ the police to come and restore order. And they often have to _10_ situation at great risk to their own _11_.

We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, _12_ he is not a detective(侦探),will often have to help_13_and arrest criminals.

And _14_ do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash,a_15_,a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. _16_a policeman has to be _17_to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the _18_ world.

The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it _19_ well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could _20_ do the job of a policeman.

1. A. dislike         B. join         C. appreciate      D. admire

2. A. should         B. would       C. could          D. must

3. A. a funny        B. a pleasant    C. an interesting    D. an easy

4. A. it             B. one         C. his             D. them

5A.on              B. by          C. under          D. with

6. A. walking        B. driving      C. wandering      D. searching

7. A. resting         B. tired        C. speeding        D. drunken

8. A. peace          B. silence      C. situation        D. condition

9. A. wait for        B. call         C. think of         D. expect

10. A. turn to        B. avoid       C. deal with        D. treat

11. A. safety         B. families     C. future          D. friends

12. A. although      B. as if         C. however        D. even if

13. A. get rid of      B. question     C. look for         D. sentence

14. A. how          B. where       C. what           D. who

15. A. power failure   B. fire         C. thunder storm   D. thief

16. A. Yet           B. Then        C. As            D. So

17. A. provided       B. promised    C. prepared       D. presented

18. A. future         B. modern      C. real           D. whole

19. A. extremely      B. specially     C. surprisingly    D. particularly

20. A. hardly        B. forever       C. ever          D. never

　　If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak. When you 1 using them again, they 2 become strong again. Everybody knows this and nobody would think of 3 this fact. 4 there are many people who do not 5 to know that memory works in the 6 way.

　　7 someone says that he has a good memory; he 8 means that he 9 his memory by practising exercising it. When someone 10 says that his memory is poor, he actually means that he 11 give it enough chances to become 12 .Have you ever 13 that people who cannot read or write usually have 14 memories than those who can? This is 15 those who 16 read or write 17 remember things. They have to remember dates, places, names, songs and stories. So their memory is the whole time 18 .So 19 you want to have a good memory, you should learn from those people, 20 by remembering what you see, hear, feel and write. If so, you must have a good memory.

　　1. A. begin       B. go on     C. stop        D. continue

　　2. A. quickly     B. slowly     C. soon       D. at once

　　3. A. doing      B. agreeing    C. questioning  D. answering

　　4. A. Yet        B. Still       C. So         D. Certainly

　　5. A. want       B. seem      C. get         D. hope

　　6. A. other       B. usual      C. same        D. opposite

　　7. A. As         B. What      C. While       D. When

　　8. A. real        B. actually    C. true         D. then

　　9. A. wants      B. builds up    C. makes      D. keeps

　　10.A.again      B. else         C. more       D. once

　　11.A.do not     B. is not        C. never       D. does not

　　12.A.poor       B. weak        C. strong      D. healthy

　　13.A.seen       B. heard of      C. noticed     D. thought of

　　14.A.worse      B. better       C. more        D. less

　　15.A.why        B. how       C. because      D. the reason

　　16.A.used to     B. cannot      C. try to        D. have to

　　17.A.will not     B. have to      C. refuse      D. cannot

　　18.A.ready       B. being used   C. busy       D. training

　　19.A.if          B. that        C. though      D. thus

    20.A.please      B. try          C. train       D. enjoy

完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各小题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Life is not always smooth. There was a man who had    36    numerous failures in his life. But he said, "One success is    37    for me!"

    When he was five years old, his father died of illness without leaving him any    38    . Since then, his mother worked outside  39   he had to stay at home and take care of his siblings, He learnt cooking since then.

    When he was fourteen, he dropped  40   and began his life of roving.

    When he was eighteen, he married a girl, who,   41   , sold out all his properties and went back to her home several months after their marriage.

    When he was twenty, he    42   his job from electrician to ferry staff to railway worker. All his jobs were   43   for him.

    When he was thirty-five, misfortune again   44   on him. When he was driving across a huge bridge, the steel ropes along the edge of the bridge were broken and he fell into the river with his car. He suffered such severe injuries that he could no longer continue his   45  .

    When he was    46    , he opened a gas station in a town. However, he   47  dispute(争端)because he beat his competitors    48   the billboard hanging problems.

    When he was forty-seven, he   49  his second wife, which had    50    stricken his three children.

    When he was sixty-six, he made a living by   51   his chicken-frying techniques to various restaurants in different places.

    When he was seventy-five, he felt  52  to maintain his company, so he transferred his brand and patent to others. The new owner suggested giving him ten thousand stock shares as part of the purchasing price. But he   53   the suggestion. Later the price of the stocks of the company soared and he lost the chance of being a billionaire.

    When he was eighty-eight, he achieved great success and became well-known to the whole world.

    He was exactly the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Ha Lunde Sandoz. He often said, "People always complain about the bad  54   . Actually it is not bad at all. As long as you are   55  and confident all the time, you will have a good weather every day."

A. achieved         B. undergone                C. tried                        D. undertook

A. great                   B. important            C. valuable            D. enough

A. words           B. money              C. property            D. families

A. while              B. but                 C. when               D. so

A. in                        B. out                 C. down               D. up

A. meanwhile       B. moreover           C. however             D. therefore

A. started                   B. took                C. lost                 D. changed

A. fit              B. tough               C. unusual             D. adequate

A. fell               B. hit                  C. put                 D. rested

A. life            B. major                 C. job                 D. education

A. forty            B. thirty-five           C. fifty-three           D. seventy

. A. went through    B. came into            C. came about          D. went against

A. contributing to      B. judging from         C. owing to            D. leading to

A. changed           B. married             C. missed              D. divorced

A. deeply            B. highly              C. generally            D. thickly

A. learning          B. promoting           C. developing           D. teaching

A. powerless          B. depressed           C. disappointed         D. hopeless

. A. turned up        B. turned to            C. turned down         D. turned in

. A. difficulties      B. misfortune           C. life                D. weather

. A. hard-working    B. brave               C. cautious             D. optimistic