第一节：单项填空(共10小题；每小题1分，共10分)

　　 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并涂在答题卡的相应位置。

21. At _____ dawn, we got in touch with my cousin, who lives _____ downtown in a small flat.

A. the; a　　 　　B. The; /　　 　　C. /; the　　 　　D. /; /

3.　 What is the main idea of the story?

　 A. Everybody can find his or her own way to success.

B. Everybody has his or her own value in the world.

C. Everybody should learn to play different roles

D. Everybody has some unforgettable memory.

休闲时光

名作欣赏

警察和赞美诗

　　　　　　　　　 The　 Cop　 And　 The　 Anthem

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　By O. Henry

Winter was coming, and Soapy, one of the many thousands of New York pickpockets, felt uneasy. He knew that the time had come for him to look for shelter. Soapy’ s desires were not great. Three months in prison was what he wanted. There he was sure of a little food and a bed, safe from the winter wind and the cold.

For years　 prison had been his shelter during the winter. Now the time had come again.

Having decided to go to prison, Soapy at once set about realizing his desire. There were many ways of doing this. The pleasantest was to get a good meal at some expensive restaurant, and then, after saying that he could not pay, be quietly arrested by a policeman and sent to prison by the judge.

Soapy walked along Broadway looking at the expensive goods in the fashionable shops. He stopped at the window of a brightly-lit café. Soapy was freshly shaven(刮脸), and his coat and tie were neat. But his boots and trousers were worn. “If I can reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected(不怀疑),” he thought, “everything will be all right. The upper part of me that will show above the table will cause no suspicion in the waiter’s mind. A roast duck, a bottle of wine, a cup of coffee and a cigar will make me happy on the journey to my winter quarters.” But just as Soapy entered the restaurant, the head waiter’s eye fell on his shabby trousers and boots. Strong hands turned him round and pushed him on to the sidewalk.

Soapy turned off Broadway. He had to think of another way of getting into prison. At a corner of Sixth Street he saw a brightly-lit shop window. Soapy picked up a cobble-stone and dashed it through the glass. Soapy stood still with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at the sight of brass buttons(黄铜纽扣-指警察).

“Where is the man who did that?” shouted the policeman.

“Don’t you think I did it?” said Soapy in a friendly way.

The policeman did not understand Soapy’ s hint(暗示). Men who break windows do not usually remain to speak to a policeman. They run away. Just then the policeman saw a man hurrying to catch a bus. Club(棒)in hand, he rushed after that man. Soapy had failed again.

On the opposite side of the street was a small cheap restaurant. Soapy entered it, sat down at a table and ate a beefsteak and an big apple-pie.

“Now call a cop, I cannot pay. I have no money,” said Soapy, “And don’t keep a gentleman waiting.”

“No cop for you,” said the waiter, and seizing Soapy by the collar(领子) he threw him out of the restaurant. Soapy picked himself up and beat the dust from his clothes. Arrest seemed but a rosy dream. Prison seemed very far away. A policeman who stood before a drugstore two doors away laughed and walked down the street.

He was just passing a cigar store, when he saw a well-dressed man go in, leaving his silk umbrella at the entrance. Soapy stepped in, took the umbrella, and slowly continued his way. The man saw him. He turned and followed quickly.

“My umbrella!” he said seriously.

“Oh, is it?” said Soapy. “Well why don’t you call a policeman? I took it. Your umbrella!” Why don’t you call a cop? There is one standing at the corner.”

The owner of the umbrella slowed his steps. Soapy did the same. The policeman looked at the two curiously.

“Of course, ”said the umbrella-man-“that is-well, you know how these mistakes occur-I – if it’s your umbrella I hope you’ll excuse me-I picked it up this morning in a restaurant-if you recognize it as yours, why-I hope you’ll-”

The man moved back. Soapy walked on, saying bad remarks against policemen who would not arrest him.

At last he reached a street where there was little traffic and few passers-by. At a quiet corner he suddenly stopped. There was an old church in front of him. Through the windows a soft light shone, and the sweet music of the Sabbath anthem(安息日颂歌)made him approach the iron fence.

The moon was above, cold and beautiful, and the music reminded Soapy of those days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and clean thoughts and collars. Soapy listened to the music, looked at the moon and said to himself: “There is time yet. I will reform(改过自新). I will become an honest man. I will get out of the mire(泥潭).” I will-”

Soapy felt a hand laid on his arm. He looked quickly round into the broad face of a policeman.

“What are you doing here?” said the policeman.

“Nothing,” said Soapy.

“Then come along,” said the policeman. “Thinking of robbing the church, eh?”

“Three months’imprisonment,” said the judge in the police court the next morning.

演练10

练一练　 1--5　 ACBDA　 6-10ADBBD　 11-15CCBDB　 16-20CDAAC

填一 填　　 1. BACAC　　 6. DACBA　　 11. BDBCA

猜一猜　 Three!　 A fish!　 Racecar!　 Chase parked cars!　 Dry!　 Electricity!

读一读　　 1. ACB

2.　 Why did the mother suggest a walk in the garden?

　 A. To remove the dandelions　　　　　　 B. To enjoy the garden scene

C. To have a talk with her daughter.　　　 D. To help the daughter with the play

1.　　　 The girl did not play the role of the princess mainly because ___.

A. she felt nervous on the stage.　　　　　

B. she lost her interest in that role.

C. she preferred the role of the narrator.　　

D. she had difficulty memorizing her words.

15. 　A. as　　　　　 B. so　　　　　　 C. very　　　　　 D. how

Riddles

There were two ducks in front of a duck and two ducks behind a duck, and one duck in the middle. How many ducks were there in total? What do you call a fish without an eye? What vehicle is spelled the same backwards and forwards? What do lazy dogs do for fun? 　What kind of stones are never found in the ocean? 　What city has no people?　　

读一读

　 When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess(公主)in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines, but once onstage, every word disappeared from my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrator’s(解说者) part for the play, and asked me to change roles. Though I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day, she sensed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.

　 It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions(蒲公英) popping through the grass in bunches, as if a painter had touched our landscape with bits of gold. I watched my mother　 carelessly bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I am going to dig up all these weeds,” she said. “Form now on, we’ll have only roses in this garden.”

　 “But I like dandelions,” I protested. “All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions!”

My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. “And that is true of people, too,” she added.

When I realized that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth.

“But you will be a beautiful narrator,” she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her.

Over the next few weeks, with her continuous encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me. “Your mother asked me to give this to you,” she said, handing me a dandelion. After the play, I took home the flower, laughing that I was perhaps the only person who would keep such a weed.

14.　 A. looked　　　 B. liked　　 　　　　C. looked like　　　 D. sounded like

13. 　A. more　　　　 B. exactly　　　　 C. very　　　　　 D. much

12.　 A. hands　　　　 B. feeling　　　　　 C. words　　　　 D. senses