My cat’s name is Lucy. She is a very pretty cat. Her hair is black and yellow. She has four children. She is very happy with her young babies.
The four children are not all like Lucy very much. The biggest (最大的) child is quite black. It is black with white feet (脚) and white ears. Two children are like their mother. They are black. My daughter says, “Aren’t they pretty ? Can’ t I have the black and white one? Isn’t he a tomcat (雄猫)?”
I say, “I don’t know, but I know the yellow and black ones are female (雌性的) .” “Are they? How do you know?” “For (因为) they are yellow and black. Tomcats never (从不) have that colour. I’ ll tell you something about that. Listen---”
【小题1】Lucy is a _____ .

Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my ? ?  was more manageable , I ? ?? ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. ? ??   it was years ago and times have changed. ? ?  I live with mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to make up for my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). ? ?  I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited(限制) in my choices. I decided that I would consider ? ?  to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was ? ?  when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ? ?   to get started. And often you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ? ? use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my ? ? , he gave me a long thoughtful        . “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me ? ?  the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ? ? on his treasure(财宝) and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your pick and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”

I could have cried. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose    ?  that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His     still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

1.A. loneliness  ????????????? B. sadness          ? C. tiredness            D. sickness

2.A. set       ????????????? ??? B. enjoyed??? ????????????? C. kept    ????????????? ??? D. shared

3.A. Gladly           ????????????? B. Finally        ?? C. Unfortunately    D. Surprisingly

4.A. Now             B. Then??  ????? C. Sometime          ????????????? D. Meanwhile

5.A. If                   ????????????? B. As         ????????????? ??? C. Though        ????????????? D. Before

6.A. reaching out    B. living up     ????????????? C. getting on????????????? ??? D. going back

7.A. recognized    B. interviewed   ????????????? C. found      ????????????? ??? D. invited

8.A. money          ????????????? B. time          ? ????????????? C. energy            ????????????? D. knowledge

9.A. actually       ????????????? B. hardly            ????????????? C. nearly         ????????????? D. mainly

10.A. job                B. family                C. idea             ????????????? D. offer

11.A. face        ????????????? B. view             ????????????? C. look                 ????????????? D. sight

12.A. over              ????????????? B. along               ????????????? C. towards            ????????????? D. through

13.A. unhappily     B. lovingly     ????????????? ??? C. pitifully         ????????????? D. gratefully

14.A. more        ????????????? B. the ones    ???? C. few            ????????????? D. the rest

15.A. courage         B happiness            C. kindness       ????????????? D. trust 

On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking back home from a pizza store. We had bought many things. We were dressed  26 , and I was feeling a little 27   as I was carrying our shopping, so I decided to throw something away. I was walking towards a dustbin（垃圾箱） 28   I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us. He headed over to the nearby dustbin and started looking through it. I suddenly felt very  29   because I was about to throw away a new drink just because it was too heavy. I walked up to him and handed the 30   and some bread over to him. The man looked up  31   and took what I gave him. A huge smile  32   on his face. I felt I couldn’t be happier with33  . But then he said, “Wow, this is my son’s lucky day!” With that, he thanked me happily and started off on his bike. I  34   heard him singing as he rode away. I got a warm 35   inside. I now understand what it  36   by the saying “Giving is getting”.
 37  it was only a little action, I got and learned more in those two minutes than I did in the rest of the month. Everyone in the world  38 help. Everyone can give help and everyone will be helped by showing kindness.
The scene of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind  39 I have the chance to do something nice. This is the power（力量）of   40 .

Sharks frighten most of us, but Daniel Weaver, a shark scientist, swims with them for a living! We asked him some questions about this unusual job.

So Daniel, what’s it like to be a shark scientist?

Well, it’s a great job. I often travel to faraway places like South Africa and Fiji to study sharks. On the other hand, a shark scientist sometimes does boring desk work, such as writing reports. Also, shark scientists don’t usually get paid a lot.

What qualities (品质) do you need to become a shark scientist?

Shark scientists need to be wise and strong. They enjoy working outdoors and they have to be cool and patient (耐心). They also have to be quite brave!

So do you think it’s a dangerous job?

Well, sharks have up to 15 rows of sharp teeth. However, sharks hardly attack (攻击) humans. There are over 350 kinds of sharks in the world and only about 10 are dangerous to us. In fact, dogs kill more people every year than sharks! Humans kill over 12 million sharks a year for food and sport!

How do you become a shark scientist?

A shark scientist usually studies Marine Science or Zoology at university. It’s also good to get some work experience in an aquarium (水族馆). In my opinion, I have the best job in the world!

1._______ questions were asked about Daniel’s unusual job.

   A. One           B. Two          C. Three            D. Four

2.As a shark scientist, Daniel _______.

   A. studies sharks in his neighbourhood           B. makes lots of money

   C. swims with sharks for a living                D. only writes reports on sharks

3.In Daniel’s opinion, one needs to be _______ to become a shark scientist.

   ①excited       ②patient      ③brave    ④strong       ⑤wise

   A. ①②③④       B. ①③④⑤      C. ②③④⑤      D. ①②④⑤

4.The underlined “Marine Science” and “Zoology” must be two _______ at university.

   A. subjects          B. books            C. scientists       D. prizes

5.From the passage we can know that _______.

   A. sharks are likely to attack humans

   B. dogs are as dangerous as sharks to humans

   C. sharks are not dangerous to humans at all

   D. humans do more harm to sharks than sharks do to humans