One night this summer, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air? conditioned and I couldn’t face my 1 apartment. Sitting in the theatre I had to 2  the opening between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the　 3 　every time she leaned over to talk to him, 4　he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such　5 in a public place？I thought the movie would help improve my English, but as it 6  ,it was an Italian movie. 7  about an hour I decided to give up the movie and 8  　my popcorn. I’ve never understood why they gave me so much popcorn！It tasted pretty good , 9  . With time going by, I understood 10 of the romantic? sounding Italians. I just heard the 11 of the popcorn chewed between my teeth. My thought started to 12.I remembered when I was in South Korea, I 13 to watch a host on TV frequently. He seemed like a good friend to me, until I saw him　14　on TV in New York speaking　15　English instead of perfect Korean. He didn’t　16　have a Korean accent！I felt like I had been betrayed (背叛)．
When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. 　17 we had picked up a few words, my mother suggested that we all should practise English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became terribly　18  and we all seemed to avoid each other. When we couldn’t avoid seeing each other, our expressions were stiff (僵硬的)．Sitting at the dinner table we preferred silence to　19 　a difficult language. Mother　20　to say something in English but it came out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it！We’ve been speaking Korean at home ever since.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      warm
   2. B.
      hot
   3. C.
      heated
   4. D.
      uncomfortable
2. 2.
   1. A.
      wander through
   2. B.
      walk through
   3. C.
      run through
   4. D.
      look through
3. 3.
   1. A.
      room
   2. B.
      seat
   3. C.
      space
   4. D.
      angle
4. 4.
   1. A.
      however
   2. B.
      but
   3. C.
      or
   4. D.
      and
5. 5.
   1. A.
      excitement
   2. B.
      feeling
   3. C.
      privacy
   4. D.
      love
6. 6.
   1. A.
      came about
   2. B.
      came up
   3. C.
      turned up
   4. D.
      turned out
7. 7.
   1. A.
      Within
   2. B.
      After
   3. C.
      For
   4. D.
      Before
8. 8.
   1. A.
      concentrate on
   2. B.
      stare at
   3. C.
      work on
   4. D.
      stick with
9. 9.
   1. A.
      too
   2. B.
      either
   3. C.
      anyhow
   4. D.
      somehow
10. 10.
    1. A.
       much
    2. B.
       something
    3. C.
       nothing
    4. D.
       anything
11. 11.
    1. A.
       nutrient
    2. B.
       sound
    3. C.
       explosion
    4. D.
       smell
12. 12.
    1. A.
       stop
    2. B.
       wander
    3. C.
       imagine
    4. D.
       fascinate
13. 13.
    1. A.
       started
    2. B.
       began
    3. C.
       devoted
    4. D.
       used
14. 14.
    1. A.
       again
    2. B.
       immediately
    3. C.
       closely
    4. D.
       clearly
15. 15.
    1. A.
       fake
    2. B.
       informal
    3. C.
       perfect
    4. D.
       practical
16. 16.
    1. A.
       even
    2. B.
       always
    3. C.
       occasionally
    4. D.
       frequently
17. 17.
    1. A.
       Unless
    2. B.
       If
    3. C.
       Before
    4. D.
       Since
18. 18.
    1. A.
       noisy
    2. B.
       quiet
    3. C.
       exciting
    4. D.
       still
19. 19.
    1. A.
       improving
    2. B.
       reading
    3. C.
       writing
    4. D.
       speaking
20. 20.
    1. A.
       managed
    2. B.
       happened
    3. C.
       tried
    4. D.
       had

Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people all over the world. Some say that the word “sneaker” is another word for tennis shoe,   36   no one really knows where the word came from.   37  say it came from the old English verb “sneak”, which  38   moving silently and quickly. The only thing we are   39  is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you   40   light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.
Sneakers of some kind are used by   41   who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design has been made   42   for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are   43   used by children in the United States. In fact American children of  44   ages would much rather play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps  45   at all.
　　New York City once held a poetry contest (诗歌比赛) for children. The subject was only “sneaker”. Thousands of children sent in their  46   and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called  47   poem “The Sneaker and the World Peace”. “When everyone is wearing sneakers,” she said, “it will be impossible to   48 .”
American school children can be seen every day   49  sneakers of all colours. They put them on in the morning and take them off  50 . Sneakers are  51  washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are, the  52  loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out (穿破), children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between  53  ? Perhaps another young   54  in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a   55 .”

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41～60各题所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  41  in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often  42  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t  43  to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went  44 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was  45  what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own 46 .
It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  47 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  48  plenty of money. Jack  49  working hard. After one year he succeeded in  50  the ￡100.
　　By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  51  his first million, and he wanted to  52  this achievement by doing something “ 53 ”. With all his money it was  54  to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the  55  of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
　  Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,  56  Jack still can’t get used to  57  the good life. He can  58  be found drinking with the locals at the local pub（酒吧）.
“I remember being very  59  as a child, but never  60  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  16  in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often  17  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t  18  to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went  19 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was  20  what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own 21 .
　　It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  22 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  23  plenty of money.
　　Jack  24  working hard. After one year he succeeded in  25  the ￡100.
　　By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  26  his first million, and he wanted to  27  this achievement by doing something “ 28 ”. With all his money it was  29  to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the  30  of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
　  Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,  31  Jack still can’t get used to  32  the good life. He can  33  be found drinking with the locals at the local pub（酒吧）.
“I remember being very  34  as a child, but never  35  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”