阅读下面短文, 从短文后面各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”

I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, 21 you can just wait until we make a quick 22 at the grocery store. I have something 23 to show you. ”

At grocery store, we 24 some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “It’s time to 25 your question.” I put one apple of each 26 on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a 27 look on his face. 

“People are like apples. They come in all 28 colors, shapes and sizes. On the 29,  some of the apples may not 30 look as the others. ” As I was talking, Adam was 31 each one carefully. 

Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, 32 them back on the table, but 33 a different place. 

 “Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”

He said, “I 34 tell. They all look same now. ” “Take a bite of 35. See if that helps you 36 which one is which. ”

He took 37,  and then a huge smile came cross his face. . ”People are 38 like apples! They are all different, but once you 39 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”

He totally 40 it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else. 

21. A. although B. so   C. because  D. if        

22. A. stop B. start    C. turn D. stay        

23. A. expressive   B. encouraging  C. informative  D. interesting     

24. A. bought   B. counted  C. saw  D. collected      

25. A. check    B. mention  C. answer   D. improve       

26. A. size B. type C. shape    D. class        

27. A. worried  B. satisfied    C. proud    D. curious       

28. A. ordinary B. normal   C. different    D. regular       

29. A. outside  B. whole    C. table    D. inside        

30. A. still    B. even C. only D. ever        

31. A. examining    B. measuring    C. drawing  D. packing       

32. A. keeping  B. placing  C. pulling  D. giving        

33. A. on   B. toward   C. for  D. in         

34. A. mustn’t B. can’t   C. shouldn’t   D. needn’t       

35. A. each one B. each other   C. the other    D. one another     

36. A. admit    B. consider C. decide   D. believe

37. A. big bites    B. deep breaths C. a firm hold  D. close look 

38. A. just B. always   C. merely   D. seldom

39. A. put away B. get down C. hand out D. take off 

40. A. made            B. took            C. got            D. did

短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

     此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，每行都有一处错。按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边番号后面横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边番号后面横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词；在错词下划一根线，在该行右边番号后面横线上写出改正后的词。   

注意：请按要求规范答题，否则不予给分。

Today,roller-skating is easy and fun,and a long time               

ago,it isn’t easy at all.The idea of skating didn’t exist               

until 1750.It changed because a man named Merlin.              

One day Merlin received an invitation to attending a party.            

She was very pleased and excited.As the day of the party               

came nearly,Merlin began to think how to make a            

special show at the party.He had the idea.He thought he            

would get a lot of attentions if he could skate into the room.             

On the night of the party Merlin had rolled into the room              

playing his violin.Everyone was surprising to see him.              

阅读下面短文并回答问题,然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上(请注意66至70四个小题后面的词数要求;每题2分，共10分)。

[1]Ashley Power’s mother bought a computer for her when she was eight. When she was thirteen, she was surfing the Internet regularly, but she couldn’t find anywhere for teenagers to meet and talk. And one day she thought, “If I had my own website, I’d make it a really interesting site for teenagers.”

[2]So, when Ashley was sixteen, she launched her own website, called GooseHead. She had no idea how big a success it would be, but three years later, the site was the most successful teen site in the USA! It was getting 100,000 hits every day, and Ashley had about 30 employees.

[3]After a few years, the website closed down. Then Ashley, who lives in Los Angeles, was asked to write a book called The GooseHead Guide to Life. The book is about how to design a website and start a business. It begins with a section called “All About Ashley,” where Ashley tells readers what it is like to be the boss of a company when you are only sixteen. “I was so happy. But it was crazy in a lot of ways. I got very stressed. I mean, I was only sixteen—I didn’t even have a car! If you were sixteen and you had your own company, you’d be stressed, too!”

[4]In an interview Ashley gave advice to teenagers who wanted to start their own business, “Just be strong and have your dreams and work hard at them. And don’t listen when  , because I heard ‘no’ a lot. Just keep going until you hear ‘yes’!”

1.For what purpose did Ashley create GooseHead? (within 10 words)

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2.What is the main idea of Paragraph 2? (within 6 words)

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3.According to Paragraph 3, what did Ashley do after GooseHead closed down?(within 10 words)

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4.How did Ashley feel as a young boss of a company?(within 5 words)

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5.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words.

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阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目，从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

Robert E Peary was a great U.S. explorer (探险家) , He reached the North Pole in 1809, For more than 20 years, he tried to reach the pole. During much of his this time, he kept a diary of trips. A diary is the writing of a person that tells about his or her life day by day. Here is what Peary wrote in his diary on the day he reached the pole.

“The pole at last ! My dream for 20 years. Mine at last ! I cannot bring myself to believe it. It all seemed so simple …”

This page was written on the biggest day in Robert E. Peary's life. But the diary also tells about the hard times he had. Many times during his travels, Peary had to say good-bye to his wife. Once he wrote.

“Another good-bye, and there have been so many ! Strong brave woman, You have lived with me through all my hard work. This life is a dog's life. Will I succeed ? Will I return ?”

1．An explorer is a person who ________.

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A．makes a short trip

B．flies a plane

C．keeps a diary

D．goes into a place to learn about it

2．One the day he reached the Pole, Peary felt excited and happy because ________.

[　　]

A．his dream had come true

B．his living conditions had been greatly improved

C．he had heard from his wife

D．he had just had a pleasant dream

3．From the last paragraph, you can tell that Peary probably felt ________.

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4．In this diary Peary wrote, “This life is a dog's life ……”It means ________.

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A．this life is an ordinary life

B．this life is a hard life

C．this life is a short life

D．this life is an easy life

5．For which reason do people keep a diary ?

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A．They tell about all the interesting stories they have heard.

B．They want to keep all the things in their minds.

C．They tell about the most important things they do every week.

D．They write down what they do and feel every day

读下面短文，从短文后面各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every summer a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the    26        are in seasonal work, mainly connected with wourism and    27         
The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the     28    of travel. You can pick grapes on farms in France, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are  29    jobs in hotels and restaurants.
But it is not easy now to find work. “    30   you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few openings,” says Althea Ellis, an adviser in     31       for students.
“If you work with a family in Italy, you’ll have to speak Italian. When you wash dishes in a restaurant in Pairs, the owner will expect you to speak   32    . British students only have a language     33     for jobs in the USA and Australia.”
    34     enjoys the experience. Sarah James was employed to help forty American children in Europe. The two teachers with the children had never been     35     .One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill and was      36      home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the      37      they made, and what’s worse, Sarah herself was robbed on her only    38    evening of the entire trip. “ I did visit a lot of new places,” she says,“ but it wasn’t worth it. The pay was     39     and it really was a 24-hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!”
“The troubles is, students expect to have a(n)     40    time of it.” Althea Ellis points out. “After all, they see it as a    41     .In practice,     42      ,you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual (临时的) work. You’ll have a job when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. In the other words, you’ll work if it’s convenient for the company that     43    you. But you have      44    employment rights. As soon as the holiday season      45     ,they’ll get rid of you.”