Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often  1 some books from the library. He keeps  2 to the radio every morning and reading  3 after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His  4 worship（崇拜）him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son，is only nine. He  5 likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he’s too  6 to understand him and chooses_ 7 ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with（对…满意）it．

One day Mike read  8 about the electric lights（电灯）and was  9 　 it．When his father told him to do some housework，he went on thinking of it．He asked him  10 questions，and his father answered all．Then his father said proudly，“Fathers always know  11 than sons!”The boy thought for a while and said，“  12 !”

　　“Oh? Why?”

　　Mike didn’t answer and asked，  13 ，“Who invented the electric lights?”

　　“  14 .”answered Mr Clarke．

　　“Why didn’t his father invent them，then?”

Looking at his son，Mr Clarke didn’t know  15  to answer !

1.                A．finds           B．sells           C．buys     D．borrows

 

2.                A．watching        B．listening        C．going D．touching

 

3.                A．newspapers     B．letters          C．stories   D．messages

 

4.                A．teachers        B．parents         C．students D．classmates

 

5.                A．also           B．never          C．even     D．only

 

6.                A．old            B．young          C．clever    D．able

 

7.                A．more ifficult     B．the most difficult  C．easy D．the easiest

 

8.                A．everything      B．nothing         C．something D．anything

 

9.                A．worried about   B．interested in     C．afraid of  D．angry with

 

10.               A．few           B．little           C．a few D．a little

 

11.               A．more          B．most           C．less   D．least

 

12.               A．So do I         B．Neither am I     C．I agree    D．I don’t think so

 

13.               A．instead         B．carefully        C．quickly    D．brightly

 

14.               A．Thomas Brown   B．Allan Smith      C．Thomas Edison  D．Ron Jenkins

 

15.               A．when          B．what           C．where D．which

 

 

 

In the sea, there are many islands. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them "Coral Islands".

    A coral island is very nice to look at. It looks like a ring of land with trees, grass and flowers on it.

One part of the ring is open to the water. There is a little round lake inside the island. If you look into this lake, you'll see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers. If you look at a piece of coral, you'll see thousands of little holes in it. In each of those holes, a very small sea animal has lived. These sea animals make the coral.

    They began to build under the water. Year after year, the coral grew higher and higher. At last it grew out of the water. Then the sea brought to it small trees and other things. After some years, these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds to the earth. Sometimes birds flew over it and brought seeds to the island. The little seeds grew. In a few years, there were plants all over the islands. In a few more years there were trees growing there.

   So you see, these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small. Don't they teach us a lesson? What do you know the lesson is?

48. What does a coral island look like? It looks like ________.

A. a desert                                                          B. a ring of land

C. trees, grass and flowers                            D. a colourful lake

49. There are          sea animals living in the holes of the coral.

A. thousands of                                                   B. 1,000

C. quite a few                                                     D. only one

50. ________ in the sea.

A. We can see many flowers                           B. There are lots of big trees

C. There are some coral islands                    D. The water is always warm

51. How were seeds of trees, grass and flowers mainly brought to the coral islands?

A. Fishes brought them there.                      B. The water brought them there.

C. People brought them there.                    D. None of the above.                                             

 

Just recently I had been wondering if there was much point in doing little acts of kindness. So often they get   36 , and occasionally they come back to bite you!

    Then, just last week, after a long travel, I found myself   37   at a bus station. The bus was four hours late! So, I guess I wasn’t in a good   38  .

    That’s when a woman asked me if I had any spare   39   to help her get a bus ticket.

   “Oh, sure,” I said sarcastically (挖苦地). “How much would you like?”

    As I spoke, I mentally kicked myself for my  40   and reached into my bag for some money. As I handed her five dollars, I heard low sounds from her stomach because of real    41  .

    I reached back into my bag and brought out a   42   I had bought earlier. I handed it to her with a(n)   43   that I hoped would make up for my earlier tone of voice. Getting a   44   look at her now, I realized she was extremely tired, like she had had several months of   45   days!

    As she took the food, a look of   46   washed over her. In return, she tried to give me a Milwaukee bus ticket! I don’t live in Milwaukee and the ticket will probably   47   be used, but I took it.

    A few minutes later she came back over, apologized, and told me she was still  48   of five dollars. I took some singles out of my bag and slipped a twenty in there as well.   49 , the voice in my head told me I was being a fool.

Five minutes later she came back again and tried to   50   my twenty. When I said it was for her so she could get something else to   51 , and that I was completely serious and I wasn’t taking it   52  , she started crying and hugged me.

    From now on, when I wonder if it is   53   trying to help someone, I will remember that woman. Maybe I am really making a   54   for someone. So, sure, sometimes my efforts might not be noticed, and sometimes they might come back to bite me, but they might actually   55   another human being!

1.A. ignored                 B. appreciated               C. acknowledged              D. forgiven

2.A. examined            B. trapped               C. confused                      D. delayed

3. A. habit                   B. place                  C. mood                        D. situation

4.A. change                  B. time                   C. hand                       D. energy

5. A. appearance             B. attitude                   C. selfishness                   D. experience

6.A. pain                 B. anxiety                    C. hunger                     D. fear

7.A. souvenir            B. ticket                  C. gift                       D. cake

8.A. shout                B. smile                  C. apology                    D. praise

9.A. quick                B. gentle                 C. good                        D. cold

10.A. dark                B. tough                  C. mysterious                 D. special

11. A. relief                 B. regret                 C. doubt                      D. anger

12. A. once               B. often                  C. sometimes                  D. never

13. A. ashamed               B. aware                  C. short                           D. proud

14. A. Eventually            B. However                C. Therefore                  D. Besides

15.A. return             B. show                   C. share                      D. earn

16.A. do                  B. trade                  C. add                         D. eat 

17.A. away                B. out                    C. back                       D. over

18.A. hard                B. fun                    C. useless                        D. worth

19.A. difference             B. profit                     C. decision                       D. suggestion 

20.A. excite                  B. help           C. educate                        D. inspire

 

A few years ago, an Englishman called Roy Jones went on holiday to a small seaside town in the west of England. He was swimming in the sea one day when, as he opened his mouth, his false teeth fell out and floated away. The following year, Mr. Jones returned to the same town. As he was having dinner in a local café one evening, he mentioned the story of his lost teeth to the manager. The manager looked surprised. He explained that he had found a set of false teeth on the beach last month. Then he asked Roy Jones if he wanted to try them on. “OK”, said Mr. Jones. “I suppose it won’t do any harm.” When the manager brought him the teeth, Mr. Jones put them into his mouth, and laughed and laughed. They were his.

In 1987, an American couple called Jane and Robert Bentley went for a picnic on a beach in California. When they returned home, Mrs. Bentley realized that she had lost her wedding ring. It wasn’t a lot of money but it was valuable to Jane Bentley. The Bentleys drove straight back to the beach, and searched for the ring for three hours, but could not find it. A few months later, Mr. Bentley went fishing off the same beach. As he pulled a large crab out of the sea, he noticed that there was something attached to one of its claws. It was his wife’s wedding ring!

At the end of the 19^th century, a young woman called Rose Harcourt was on her honeymoon in Barmouth, North Wales, when she lost a gold bracelet her husband had given her as a wedding gift. Feeling very upset, she went straight to the police stations and asked if anyone had found her bracelet. Unfortunately, no one had. Twenty-five years later, the Harcourts returned to Barmouth to celebrate their wedding anniversary. They were sitting on the beach one day when Mrs. Harcourt noticed something gold in the sand by the edge of the sea. She walked down to see what it was, and discovered her gold bracelet that had been missing for 25 years.

1.Roy Jones lost his false teeth __________ .

A．when he opened his mouth to have some food

B．when he opened his mouth as he was swimming

C．The moment he got into the sea to start swimming

D．when he was having his holiday at the sea side

2.Jane Bentley’s wedding ring was missing for __________ before it was found.

A．three hours        B．almost a year       C．several months     D．25 years

3.From the story of the Harcourts we may understand the underlined “to celebrate their wedding anniversary” may be close in meaning to __________ .

A．having a wedding again                   B．experiencing their honeymoon feelings again

C．having a honeymoon again                D．joining in the local celebrations

 

完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分, 满分30分）

A farmer went to town to sell his vegetable. But it was snowing that afternoon, and there_21_ few people in the street. So when his vegetable was sold out, it was dark. _22_ his way home, he saw a man _23_ in the snow. He put his basket _24_ and was going to _25  the man to get up. At that time he found  26  was a dead man _27_ that there was _28  blood on the ground. He was _29_ frightened that he ran away _30 ,  _31_ his basket away.

  The next _32_ the farmer was sent to the police station. After showing him the basket, an officer asked, “Is this yours?” “Yes,sir.” the farmer answered_33_.

  “When did you see the dead man?”

  “At about seven yesterday evening.”

  “Did you see who _34 him?” the officer brought out a knife and asked, “Have you seen it yet?” “No, sir.”

  The officer became angry and told the policeman _35_ him up and _36_ him in prison.

  That afternoon the officer went on 37_ the farmer._38 the knife, the officer asked him again, “Now, listen to me! Did you see it yet?” “Yes,sir.”

  “Well,” the officer became _39_ and asked, “but when and where?”

  “I saw it _40  this morning, sir.”

1. A. had          B. was            C. would have      D. were

2. A. On          B. By             C. In              D. At

3. A. lying        B. lay             C. lied             D. laying

4.A. in the snow   B. on his shoulder   C. on his back    D. on the ground

5.A. make        B. help            C. let              D. hope

6.A. him         B. him just         C. it               D. himself

7. A. even        B. so              C. and             D. /

8. A. a lot        B. much            C. quite a few       D. many

9. A. very        B. much            C. so              D. very much

10. A. in time         B. slowly        C. happily          D. quickly

11.A. without taking   B. not took       C. and took         D. taking

12.A. afternoon       B. morning      C. night            D. evening

13. A. loudly          B. friendly      C. nervously        D. proudly

14. A. killed          B. asked         C. sent            D. helped

15.A. beating         B. beat          C. of beating       D. to beat

16. A. put            B. sent          C. took            D. send

17. A. ask            B. to ask        C. trying           D. to try

18. A. Pointed        B. To point to    C. Pointed to       D. Pointing to

19. A. grey           B. happy         C. angry again     D. silly

20. A. in my basket    B. here       C. near my basket     D. in the snow