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【小题1】O_____________, you would be in a difficult position there now .
【小题2】C______________ work with pleasure , you will find you live a happy life.
【小题3】Five m__________ （乘） by four is twenty.
【小题4】Patience is one of her many s____________.
【小题5】--I hear you are enjoying your new job.
---On the c____________, I find it rather dull.
【小题6】It’s ______________(难以置信的) how many cats she has .
【小题7】This one’s s_____________ (稍微) better than that, but not much.
【小题8】Is this a _____________(真的) Ming vase ?
【小题9】She was sitting on the floor s______________(围绕) by books.
【小题10】You can’t work here without a work p___________.(许可证).

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1.O_____________, you would be in a difficult position there now .

2.C______________ work with pleasure , you will find you live a happy life.

3.Five m__________ （乘） by four is twenty.

4.Patience is one of her many s____________.

5.--I hear you are enjoying your new job.

---On the c____________, I find it rather dull.

6.It’s ______________(难以置信的) how many cats she has .

7.This one’s s_____________ (稍微) better than that, but not much.

8.Is this a _____________(真的) Ming vase ?

9.She was sitting on the floor s______________(围绕) by books.

10.You can’t work here without a work p___________.(许可证).

Jenny was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw a circle of white pearls（珍珠） in a box. “Oh please, Mommy .Can I have them? Please, mommy, please!”

Quickly the mother checked the back of the little box and said ,” That’s almost $2.00. If you really like them, I’ll think of some extra chores for you and in no time you can save enough money to buy them for yourself.”

Then Jenny began doing more chores at home and did housework for neighbors. On her birthday, Grandma gave her another new dollar bill and she had enough money to buy the necklace.

Jenny loved her pearls. She wore them everywhere, even to bed.

Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when she was ready for bed, he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a story. One night when he finished the story, he asked Jenny, “Do you love me?”

“Oh yes, Daddy. You know that I love you.”

“Then give me your pearls.”

“Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have my Princess.”

“That’s okay, Honey. Daddy loves you. Good night. ”And he brushed her cheek with a kiss.

About a week later, after the story time, Jenny’s daddy asked for the pearls again. And Jenny refused him again.

A few nights later when her daddy came in, Jenny was sitting on her bed with her legs crossed. As he came close, he noticed one silent tear rolling down her cheek.

“What is it, Jenny? What’s the matter?”

Jenny didn’t say anything but lifted her little hand up to her daddy. And when she opened it, there was her little necklace. She finally said, “Here, Daddy. It’s for you.”

With tears gathering in his own eyes, Jenny’s kind daddy reached out with one hand to take the dime-store necklace, and with the other hand to reach into his pocket and pull out a blue case with real pearls and gave them to Jenny. He had had them all the time. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so he could give her the real treasure.

What does the underlined word “Princess” mean?

A. It may be the daughter of the king .

B. It may be one of her toy girls.

C. It may mean Jenny`s teacher.

D. It may mean another necklace.

Why did tears come down when Jenny offered her necklace to her father?

A. Jenny felt sorry because she would lose her favorite.

B. Jenny felt excited because her father would give her a new necklace.

C. Jenny felt sad because the necklace she had bought was expensive.

D. Jenny `s father spent too much money on the necklace.

What’s the best title?

A. The Necklace      B. Father      C. Mother      D. Daughter

Proverbs(谚语) are quite common in spoken English. We do not normally put them in a composition or letter. Sometimes it is helpful if you know what common proverbs mean. Here are a few examples:

Once bitten, twice shy. If a dog bites me, I shall be twice as careful in future when I see it. This proverb is also used to apply to many things and not only to dogs. If you have been cheated at a shop, you will not go to the same shop again. 

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. If I am a hunter, trying to catch birds, it is better to catch one bird than to see two birds in a bush but not be able to catch them. Thus this means that what you have already got is better than the chance of being able to get something bigger in the future.   

Too many cooks spoil the broth(soup). When too many people do something together, they get in each other’s way and cannot do a good job.

To pour oil on troubled waters Is to try to calm things down. Oil is lighter than water. If a ship is in trouble at sea, another ship may come to help it. The second ship can send small boats to rescue people. However, it may first pour oil on the sea to make the sea less rough.

Don't be a dog in a manger(马槽). Means “ Don’t be selfish.” In a stable(马厩), the manger is the place where the horse’s food is put. Sometimes a dog will sleep in the manger and bard when a horse comes to get its food. The dog does not want to eat the hay in the manger but it will not let the horse eat it.

He’s sitting on the fence. Means that somebody will not say whether he is in favour of a plan or against it. He is sitting on a fence between two opposing sides, perhaps waiting to see which side will win.

He who pays the piper calls the tune. A piper is a musician . The man who employs or pays a musician can say what tunes the man will play. Thus this means that if a man provides the money for a plan, he can say how it will be carried out.

You can’t get blood out of a stone means that you can’t get something out of a person who has not got any of the things you want. For example, you cannot get a million dollars from a poor man.

Peter had a bicycle which was much too small for him but he did not want to let his younger brother ride on it. His mother was angry and said to him : “______”.

   A. You cannot get blood out of a stone         B. Don’t be a dog in a manger

   C. The early bird gets the worm              D. Don’t be a horse in the manger

Mr Wang paid for a new school. Some people did not like the design of the school but they did not argue with Mr Wang because ________.

   A. he was sitting on the fence                 B. once bitten, twice shy

   C. he who pays the piper calls the tune          D. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Mrs Chen wanted to buy a new dress. Her husband suggested that she buy it from a shop near their home. Mrs Chen disagreed because she had been cheated by that shop. Then she said: “ I won’t go there again because___.”

   A. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush     B. I am sitting on the fence

   C. Once bitten, twice shy                     D. too man cooks spoil the broth

Mr brown had quite a good job in Hong Kong but he thought that if he went to Singapore he might get a much better job with more money and a large house. His wife did not want him to leave his job in Hong Kong and she warned him that _____.

   A. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush       B. too many cooks spoil the broth

   C.you cannot get blood out of a stone             D.he who pays the piper calls the tune     

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I remember my dad teaching me the power of language at a very young age.

One fairly interesting event happened when I was eight. As a kid, I was always climbing trees, poles, and __31__ around upside down from the rafters (房梁) of our house. So, it __32__ to no surprise for my dad to __33__ me at the top of a 30-foot tree swinging back and forth. Without realizing the tree could break or I could get __34__, I just thought it was__35__ to be up so high.

    My cousin, Tammy, was in the same tree. She was hanging on the first big __36__ about ten feet below me. Tammy’s mother also __37__ us at the exact time my dad did. About that time a huge gust of wind came over the tree and I could feel the tree begin to sway. I remembered my dad’s __38__ over the wind yelling, “Bart, __39__ on tightly.” So I did.

    The next thing I know, I heard Tammy __40__ at the top of her lungs, __41__ flat on the ground. She had fallen out of the tree.

    I came down the tree to __42__. My dad later told me why Tammy fell and I didn’t. __43__, when Tammy’s mother felt the wind, she yelled out, “Tammy, don’t __44__!” And Tammy did do that.

    My dad then __45__ to me that the mind has a very __46__ time dealing with a negative image. In order to deal with the __47__ of not falling, Tammy’s brain had to first imagine falling, and then tell the brain not to do what it just imagined. However, my eight-year-old brain __48__ had an internal image of hanging on tightly.

    This “Self-Talk” is especially useful when you are __49__ to break a habit or set a goal. You can’t imagine not doing something in your mind. The only way to accomplish it is to find a word for what you want to do.

    I’m now a pretty good football player, because all my internal dialogue is __50__ and encourages me to win. All this I owe to my dad.

1. A. walking       B. hanging          C. fooling      D. playing

2.A. got                B. turned               C. came         D. led

3.A. meet           B. admire               C. forbid           D. find

4. A. trapped           B. hurt             C. teased           D. scolded

5. A. fun               B. tense                C. scaring      D. dizzy

6. A. root          B. trunk                C. branch           D. tree

7.A. warned         B. joined               C. watched      D. noticed

8. A. sound         B. voice                C. wave         D. laughter

9. A. hold          B. come             C. go           D. insist

10.A. whispering        B. laughing         C. screaming        D. singing

11. A. lying            B. sitting              C. standing     D. looking

12. A. anxiety          B. safety               C. thrill           D. sympathy

13. A. Apparently       B. Unbearably       C. Vividly      D. Unbelievably 

14. A. move         B. jump             C. fall         D. sway

15. A. apologized       B. admitted         C. referred     D. explained

16. A. difficult            B. awesome          C. precise          D. special

17.A. fear          B. command          C. reward           D. possibility

18. A. deliberately     B. constantly           C. gradually        D. instantly

19.A. failing           B. attempting           C. managing     D. hoping

20.A. negative      B. subjective           C. positive     D. vague