根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词或首字母，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。

1. Just be p________ for a while. These things take time.        

2. When did you get ___________(订婚) ?                  

3. He was____________(好奇的) to know what was happening in the office.

4.The little girl is a _______(有天赋的) dancer.                  

5. The photo will r________ me of the days when we were together  

6.They father bought some new f_____ last week, such as a sofa and a table. 

7.I can’t remember__________(精确地) what she said.             

8. J_______ from her letter, Mother seems to be feeling a lot better.   

9. We should keep a balanced diet and exercise_________ (规律地)to keep fit.

10.The little girl hopes to meet a handsome prince, just like a princess in a fairy t__. 

I can remember the day my father came home from the war. As he walked up the front path of our home, he saw Mum and me and he dropped the suitcase.

I was only five years old so Dad made a fuss of me, then began making an even bigger fuss of my mother. This left me free to examine all the stuff lying around the broken suitcase, and I was quick to notice a newspaper advertisement displaying a new piano. When Dad saw me holding up the newspaper cutting, he smiled.

“Yes, that’s right,” he said. “I bought your mum a piano for ten pounds down and two pounds a week.”

A few moments later, a horse pulled a cart with a piano on top. Soon we all stared at it in our small lounger room. Mum had never been close to a piano before, except at the kindergarten I attended, and she used to say how wonderful it would be if the teachers could teach her to play.

After tea that night, Mum began to teach herself to play. She plinked the keys for about two hours and drove everybody in the street mad, until Dad gently said, “Enough is enough.”

From that day on, she would plink between doing the cooking and housework. Three months went by and Mum was now a skilled pianist, holding parties with all the neighbors gathering around to sing.

Although we were poor, Mum felt like a princess and was delighted at all the attention she was receiving.

At the height of Mum’s happiness, I began to notice that Dad was looking increasingly worried. It turned out that since returning from the war, he’d been unable to find a job. Then, a few weeks later, I observed two men taking Mum’s piano away. Mum sobbed in the kitchen. Suddenly, it all became clear to me: no job, no money, no piano.

Dad finally got a job. Mum was happy again as if he’d just win the lottery(彩票). Dad had to study to qualify as an account. Every night after dinner he’d place a stack of books on the kitchen table and study late into the night. Mum didn’t say much but I could tell she was proud of Dad.

Two years later, Dad bought Mum another piano. This time he paid cash for it.

1.How did the author’s Dad buy the piano for his mum?

A．He paid part of the bill regularly.

B．He earned it by winning a bet.

C．He paid cash for it.

D．He bought it as a big bargain.

2.By saying “Enough is enough”, the author’s dad meant_______.

A．practice makes perfect

B．it was time to stop practicing

C．he couldn’t bear being troubled

D．his wife played the piano well enough

3.What made the author’s mum proud of his dad?

A．His dad’s willingness to help cook.

B．His dad’s winning the lottery luckily.

C．His dad’s loyalty to his motherland.

D．His dad’s determination to rebuild his life.

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36——55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

Editors of newspapers have responsible jobs because they have to make sure that their newspaper gets  36  on time ,sells well,and everything that goes into it ,including  37 ,is acceptable.Some newspapers  38   local or national affairs ,some  39 international and economic matters while others are  40   serious and aim to enterain with more human interest  stories.

Sometimes particular stories “sell” newspapers. In America and Europe ,ordinary people seem to  41  by the lives of pop stars ,film stars and the remaining  42 families .These people really have two lives ,a public life and a private life.So the reporters can be too interesed in getting a good story and try to   43  famous people in their private lives which can then get their newspaper into trouble  44 they get printed.

There was a recent  45  when a reporter climbed a tree and took a photograph of   46 in a swimming pool without her knowledge .She didn’t  47  being photographed on public 48 but she objected to being photographed while she was spending private time with her personal friends ----and  49  in a swimming pool.

The photograph was in the newspaper  50  ---“The Alganian Princess having a good time in the embassy pool with her friends”----and all hell broke loose .The editor of The BEACON(the newspaper that had printed the photograph)immediately received a strongly worded letter of  51  from the Royal Palace press office  52  that the reporter had been “interfering in her private life” and that “something would be done about this.” Of course the damage had already been done but the newspaper must have sold a lot of   53  copies because of the photograph. All the editor could do was to print   54 on the front page to the Alganian Princess and hope that   55  would be accepted and that he wouldn’t lose his job.

36. A.to print    B.printing       C.  print          D.printed

37. A.charts     B.photographs    C.subtitles         D.advertisements

38. A. focus on   B.come out      C.draw attention to  D.look into

39. A. of        B. for           C.with            D.on  

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

41. A be favorite  B.appeal to      C.be fascinated     D.be adapted

42.A.good       B.happy        C.rich            D.royal

43.A.keep an eye on              B.take photographs of

C.benefit from                 D.write fictions about

44.   A. if        B.even if        C. since          D. although

45. A. report     B.article        C.case            D.story

46. A.a friend    B.a flim star     C.a princess       D.an officer

47. A.like       B.know         C.want           D.mind

48. A.occasions  B.surroundings   C.atmosphere      D.places

49. A. eventually B.actually       C.especially       D.angrily

50. A.one day    B.the other day   C. the next day     D.to this day

51. A. comment   B.complaint     C.attack          D.disagreement

52. A.explained   B. added        C. to stress        D.saying

53. A.latest       B.interesting     C.attracting       D.extra

54.A.an apology   B. a response    C.another picture   D.a letter

55.A.she         B.he           C.it              D.there

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36——55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
Editors of newspapers have responsible jobs because they have to make sure that their newspaper gets  36  on time ,sells well,and everything that goes into it ,including  37 ,is acceptable.Some newspapers  38   local or national affairs ,some  39 international and economic matters while others are  40   serious and aim to enterain with more human interest  stories.
Sometimes particular stories “sell” newspapers. In America and Europe ,ordinary people seem to  41  by the lives of pop stars ,film stars and the remaining  42 families .These people really have two lives ,a public life and a private life.So the reporters can be too interesed in getting a good story and try to   43  famous people in their private lives which can then get their newspaper into trouble  44 they get printed.
There was a recent  45  when a reporter climbed a tree and took a photograph of   46 in a swimming pool without her knowledge .She didn’t  47  being photographed on public 48 but she objected to being photographed while she was spending private time with her personal friends ----and  49  in a swimming pool.
The photograph was in the newspaper  50  ---“The Alganian Princess having a good time in the embassy pool with her friends”----and all hell broke loose .The editor of The BEACON(the newspaper that had printed the photograph)immediately received a strongly worded letter of  51  from the Royal Palace press office  52  that the reporter had been “interfering in her private life” and that “something would be done about this.” Of course the damage had already been done but the newspaper must have sold a lot of   53  copies because of the photograph. All the editor could do was to print   54 on the front page to the Alganian Princess and hope that   55  would be accepted and that he wouldn’t lose his job.
36. A.to print    B.printing       C.  print          D.printed
37. A.charts     B.photographs    C.subtitles         D.advertisements
38. A. focus on   B.come out      C.draw attention to  D.look into
39. A. of        B. for           C.with            D.on  
40. A. more      B.less          C.most            D.least 
41. A be favorite  B.appeal to      C.be fascinated     D.be adapted
42.A.good       B.happy        C.rich            D.royal
43.A.keep an eye on              B.take photographs of
C.benefit from                 D.write fictions about
44.   A. if        B.even if        C. since          D. although
45. A. report     B.article        C.case            D.story
46. A.a friend    B.a flim star     C.a princess       D.an officer
47. A.like       B.know         C.want           D.mind
48. A.occasions  B.surroundings   C.atmosphere      D.places
49. A. eventually B.actually       C.especially       D.angrily
50. A.one day    B.the other day   C. the next day     D.to this day
51. A. comment   B.complaint     C.attack          D.disagreement
52. A.explained   B. added        C. to stress        D.saying
53. A.latest       B.interesting     C.attracting       D.extra
54.A.an apology   B. a response    C.another picture   D.a letter
55.A.she         B.he           C.it              D.there

If you are asked to name some national emblems of China, the dragon will probably be one of the famous images that pop into your head. We Chinese often consider ourselves "the descendants（后代）of the dragon." It is not unfamiliar to you that your parents hope that you "may become the dragon".  
　　As a mythical（神秘的）creature, the dragon is deeply rooted in Chinese culture. Traditionally, dragons are considered to govern rainfall. They have the power to decide where and when the rain falls. In addition, the dragon is a symbol of imperial （帝王的）power. The emperors thought they were real dragons and the sons of the heaven.  　
But the creature is regarded differently in Western countries. In the Bible, dragons represent the devil（恶人）. Western people usually see dragons as cold-blooded reptiles（爬虫）, like snakes and cruel killers. In their eyes, dragons are also dishonest.　　
　　Dragons in Western literature are presented as monsters（怪物）. It is a common tale for a mediaeval knight（中世纪的骑士） to kill a dragon and save a princess and her country from its evil. Even the popular boy wizard Harry Potter has to battle against a dragon.  　　
　　However, dragons are not all bad in the West. "Puff the Magic Dragon" is a well-known song. The lyrics(歌词) tell a bitter-sweet story of the dragon Puff and his playmate Jackie Paper, a little boy. When Jackie grows up, he loses interest in the imaginary adventures of childhood and leaves Puff upset. Puff represents the innocence of a child's imagination, which is very positive for a dragon.  　　
【小题1】The underlined word” emblems” in the first paragraph means “_______”.