One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a   1  man with a big suitcase. He was called William Warbler and he looked very   2  indeed. But what made him most unusual was the fact that whenever he needed to   3  , he did so by singing opera. Even if someone said “good day” to him, he would clear his throat and   4  : “Goood dayyy to youuuuuu..... toooooo!”
Almost everyone considered William unusual, since no one could get a normal   5   word out of him. As no one knew how he made his living — he lived quite   6  , always wearing the same old second-hand suit — they often had no ___7__for him and sometimes even made fun of him.
William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when one day a rumor (谣言) spread that William had received a role in a very important   8  in the nation’s capital, that there had been posters everywhere advertising the event, and that it had been a great   9 . And to everyone’s surprise, when William was being interviewed by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking with good   10 , and with a clear and pleasant voice.
From that day on, William gave up   11  at all hours. Now he sang only during his stage appearances. People wouldn’t have thought him   12  if they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large   13 , with a hand-carved message on it.
The message said, “Practice every second, for you never know when your   14   will come.” Little did people realize that he only got the role in the opera because the   15   had heard William singing while out buying a newspaper.
1. A. tall       B. sensitive    C. handsome    D. strange
2. A. common     B. concerned   C. wealthy     D. confident
3. A. appear     B. practice     C. communicate D. debate
4. A. whisper   B. respond      C. repeat     D. tease
5. A. advised   B. printed      C. written     D. spoken
6. A. simply     B. naturally    C. calmly      D. fortunately
7. A. mercy     B.  respect     C. trust       D. money
8. A. concert    B. documentary  C. opera      D. film
9. A. experience B. benefit      C. discovery   D. success 
10. A. movements B. manners     C. efforts    D. signs
11. A. pretendingB. recording   C. singing    D. wandering
12. A. mad       B. skillful    C. artificial  D. desperate
13. A. knife     B. stone        C. medal       D. diamond
14. A. solution  B. inspiration  C. performance D. chance
15. A. neighbor  B. visitor     C. director    D. Teacher

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When left college, Daisy got a good job in a company. But after she had  been worked there for some years, she decided to change. So she put notice in  several newspapers and said what experience she had and the kind of job she  would like to have. One of the answer she accepted was from a man waslooking for a job, too. This man wrote to her,“ madam, when you get a new job, be kind enough to give your name and address to your present boss as I have been trying to find a position as yours for a long time.” After she read the letter, she suddenly realized that which she had done was real foolish.

Crime is a serious problem in Britain. One sort of crime which particularly worries people is juvenile crime—that is, crimes committed by young people. For some years, juvenile crime has been increasing. There are two main sorts of juvenile crime：stealing and violence. Most people do not understand why young people commit these crimes. There are, I think, a large number of different reasons.

These crimes are not usually committed by people who are poor or in need. Young people often dislike and hate the adult world. They will do things to show that they are rebels. Also in Britain today it is easier for young people to commit crimes because they have more freedom to go where they like and more money to do what they like.

There are two other possible causes which are worth mentioning. More and more people in Britain live in large towns. In a large town no one knows who anyone else is or where they live. But in the village I come from crimes are rare because everyone knows everybody else.

Although it is difficult to explain, I think the last cause is very important. Perhaps there is something wrong with our society which encourages violence and crime. It is a fact that all the crime children are exposed to films and reports about crime and violence. Many people don’t agree that this influences young people, but I think that young people are very much influenced by the society they grow up in. I feel that the fault may be as much with our whole society as with these young people.

How many causes of juvenile crime are mentioned in the text? 

A. two.     B. three      C. four      D. five

According to the passage which young group from Britain is least likely to commit crimes?

A. adults in big cities

B. adults who are in great need of help

C. young people in big cities

D. young people in the countryside

In the last paragraph, the underlined part “our society which encourages violence and crime” means ___.

A. people don’t care much about violence and crime

B. the people who commit crimes are not punished severely

C. some criminals escaped being punished

D. social environment has a bad effect on young people

What’s the main meaning of this passage? 

A. Different kinds of juvenile crime.

B. The causes of juvenile crime.

C. Increasing crime rate in Britain

D. Stealing and violence in Brotain

Two sons worked for their father on the family farm. For some years, the 16 brother had been given more 17 to do than the older one. The older brother couldn’t 18 why, so one day he asked his father the 19 why he always trusted (信任) his younger brother to do more work.

The father said, "Go to the Kelly’s 20 nearby and see if they have any 21 to sell."

The older brother soon 22 with the answer, "Yes, they have five ducks they can 23 to us."

That father then said, "Good, now please ask them the 24 for the ducks."

The son returned, "The ducks are ￡10 each."

The father asked, "25 can they deliver (交付) the ducks?"

The son returned, "They can deliver the ducks tomorrow."

The father asked the older brother to 26 and watch. He then said to the younger brother, "Go to the Davidson’s Farm and see if they have any ducks for sale."

The younger brother soon returned with the 27 , "Yes, they have 28 ducks for ￡10 each, 29 ten ducks for ￡8 each; and they can 30 them tomorrow —I asked them to deliver the five ducks 31 I told them not to in the next hour. We agreed that if I wanted the 32 five ducks I could buy them at ￡6 each."

The father 33 the older son, who nodded his head. He now 34 why his brother was given more work. His younger brother was actually 35 at it than he was.

单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
【小题1】He c_________ that we should come back before 9 o’clock.
【小题2】 An e___________ is a kind of machine for raising and lowering something.
【小题3】If you want to read quickly and well, you should enlarge your v__________.
【小题4】People aged from 13 to 19 are called t__________.
【小题5】 His friend has _________(遭受) from lung cancer for some years.
【小题6】They carried out a s_________ of experiments to test the new drug.
【小题7】The mother________(使平静) the little boy by telling him a story.
【小题8】I’m rather _________(挂念的) about your health.
【小题9】He made a long j_________ from Beijing to London.
【小题10】 The doctor p___________ him to give up smoking finally.