阅读下面的短文，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并将答题卡上的相应选项涂黑。

My daughter’s 7^th birthday was April 22. As it was Monday, we preferred to celebrate it ___11___, i.e. on Saturday, April 20. This was easier for me as I’m ___12___ on Saturdays. On Friday the entire family was busy packing the ___13___ and putting funny pins on them. I promised my little princess that I would wake her up early in the morning and give out the presents to her ___14___.

I woke up at 07:30. After I took a bath, I planned to wake her up. But as I came out from the ___15___, I realized that an earthquake struck. I ___16___ to wake my husband up and asked him to carry our daughter and ran out of our house. We were ___17___ our house moving from side to side from outside. It lasted for just 3 minutes, but tiles(瓦片) came down, and some narrow gaps appeared on the ___18___.

Nevertheless, as we had planned, I went to my daughter’s school at 9:00, but no one was there except the teacher who ___19___ us to get back to our house as ___20___ might come soon. I was shocked, and drove my car home. On the way home I heard a police cry out loud, “Stay ___21___, no tsunami, it’s only issue!”

Arriving at my house, I was wondering about the presents: to whom we should ___22___? After some discussion, we decided to give them to the children in ___23___. Entering the hospital, I was shocked to find thousands of people bleeding and lying outside the rooms. A boy came up with a ___24___ on his head. He stared at me with his questioning eyes as if he wanted to say, “Could I have one?” ___25___ I handed over one present to him. I can’t ever forget his shining eyes when he received the gift!

1.A．earlier      B．later    C．better D．quicker

2.A．busy        B．free       C．sick     D．slow

3.A．presents  B．bricks C．bags    D．medicine

4.A．teachers  B．patients      C．classmates       D．doctors

5.A．house       B．bedroom     C．hospital       D．bathroom

6.A．decided   B．promised   C．screamed    D．stared

7.A．watching  B．leaving         C．entering      D．striking

8.A．ceiling      B．car          C．window      D．wall

9.A．drove       B．warned        C．taught D．preferred

10.A．earthquake    B．tsunami       C．police D．students

11.A．busy       B．awake C．alarmed       D．calm

12.A．move     B．deliver         C．drive   D．pack

13.A．hospital B．school          C．car      D．office

14.A．present B．tile      C．bandage      D．question

15.A．Unwillingly  B．Quickly         C．Easily  D．Sadly

 

 (07·湖南)

When I was young, my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.

   One evening in early April, my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar   36   a worker who had the flu. I told her I would mess it up,   37   I had never worked at the bar before. I   38   that instead of making money, I would end up owing it.

   “You can do it,” said my mother, “  39  , you won’t get much business until lunch.”

   “But I’ll never remember the orders, and I’m no good   40   money. Please, Mom, don’t   41   me.

   “Then I’ll help you,” she said.

   I shrugged my shoulders. I thought my mother’s   42   was a bad one, but I   43  .

   When I got to the bar the next day, I found my mother was   44  . Because the weather that day was rainy and cold, people wanted hot snacks and drinks.   45  , I was really slow at taking the orders and making change. The line of people grew, and everybody seemed   46  , I was so nervous that my hands shook, and I   47   a cup into pieces. What a mess! Then my mother came to   48   me, and she also showed me how to make   49  . If someone gave me $ 5 for something that cost $ 3.25, I handed over

  50   quarters and a dollar and said, “75 cents makes four dollars, plus one dollar makes five.” Things went more   51   after that.

   By the end of the day, I could remember orders,   52   the bill, and make change quickly with a smile. I was even a little   53   when the sun came out and dried up business. My mother said she was proud of me, and when she   54   that I work at the snack bar again next year, I did not even shrug. I was too busy

  55   the restaurant I would open one day.

36.	A. to	B. for	C. after	D. over
37.	A. because	B. though	C. until	D. while
40.	A. of	B. on	C. about	D. with
41.	A. blame	B. fool	C. frighten	D. make
42.	A. idea	B. bar	C. day	D. answer
43.	A. guessed	B. obeyed	C. begged	D. admitted
44.	A. angry	B. sad	C. worry	D. ashamed
45.	A. At least	B. At last	C. At most	D. At first
46.	A. surprised	B. impolite	C. pleased	D. impatient
47.	A. damaged	B. destroyed	C. broke	D. ruined
48.	A. scold	B. help	C. beat	D. save
49.	A. money	B. lunch	C. coffee	D. change
50.	A. two	B. three	C. four	D. five
51.	A. smoothly	B. fairly	C. simply	D. conveniently
52.	A. turn in	B. count out	C. take over	D. add up
53.	A. discouraged	B. disturbed	C. disappointed	D. distrusted
54.	A. thought	B. stated	C. announced	D. suggested
55.	A. imagining	B. preparing	C. examining	D. describing

    

 (07·山东)

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 36 realize that those challenges to the very things than 37 us and make us who we are ,it is the same with the challenges that come with 38 .

When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two 39 . we can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing 40 the challenge isn’t worth the 41 and call it quits. Although there are certainly 42 when calling it quits it the right thing to do, in most 43 all that is needed is 44 and communicable.

When we are communed to something, it means that no matter how 45 or how uncomfortable something is ,we will always choose to 46 it trough instead of running away from it. Communication is making a 47 for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. 48 you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” 49 “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able solve the problem much faster.

In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for 50 they me: small hurdles you need to jump or 51 on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is 52 to get over, and hurt only 53 to make us stronger. It s all part of growing up, it 54 to everyone, and some day you will 55 all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it make me who I am today. And that a good thing.”

36．A．seem to     B．come to    C．hope to    D．try to

37．A．design      B．promote    C．direct     D．shape

38．A．confidence                          B．pressure    

C．friendship                                   D．difficulty

39．A．opportunities                      B．expectations

 C．choices                               D．aspects

40．A．demanding                         B．deserving

C．predicting                                   D．presenting

41．A．comment                             B．loss

 C．trouble                                D．expense

42．A．spans                                        B．times

 C．dates                                         D．ages

43．A．cases                                         B．fields

C．parts                                          D．occasions

44．A．assessment                        B．commitment

C．encouragement                         D．adjustment

45．A．doubtful                              B．shameful

C．harmful                               D．painful

46．A．keep                                          B．control

C．face                                    D．catch

47．A．space                                        B．plan

C．topic                                    D．room

48．A．If                                         B．As

C．While                                  D．Unless

49．A．other than                                  B．rather than

 C．or rather                             D．or else

50．A．what                                    B．who

C．where                                  D．which

51．A．pass by                               B．come across

C．get through                         D．run over

52．A．unnecessary                       B．necessary

C．impossible                           D．possible

53．A．serves                                B．means

C．aims                                    D．attempts

54．A．opens                                 B．appeals

C．goes                                          D．happens

55．A．lock down on                      B．look back on

C．look forward to                           D．look up to

  

 (07·山东A篇)

A month after Hurricace Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house,

reduced to waist-high rains, smelly and dirty.

Before the trip, I’d had my car fixed. When the office employee of the garage was writing up

the bill, she noticed my Louisiana license plate. “You from New Orleans?” she asked. I said I was,

“No charge.” She said, and firmly shock her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I

went for a haircut, and the same thing happened.

As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage（抵押贷款）on our ruined house. We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory. We’d began to accept that we’d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kemmedy in California. He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for state, the online magazine and wanted to give us (“no conditions attached”) a new house across the lake from New Orleans. It sounded a good to her return, but I replied, thinking him for his exceptional generosity, then we to go back. Then the University of Florida offered to let him house to me. While he want to England on his one year, paid leave. The rent was rather reasonable. I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kemdedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months. Throughout this painful experience , the kindness of strangers back my faith in humanity .It’s almost worth losing you wordy possessions to be reminded that people really when given had a channel.

56．The garage employee’s attitude toward the author was that of ___.

A．unconcern        B．sympathy         C．doubt            D．tolerance

57．What do we know about James Kemnedy?

A．He was a written of an online magazine.

B．He was a poet at the University of Florida

C．He offered the author a new house free of charge.

D．He learned about the author’s sufferings.

58．It can be inferred from the text that ___.

A．the author’s family was in financial difficulty

B．rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster

C．houses were difficult to find in the hurricane0stricken area

D．the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank

59．The author learned from his experience that ___.

A．worldly possessions can be given up when necessary

B．generosity should be encouraged in some cases

C．people benefit from their sad stories

D．human beings are kind after all.

  

 (07·山东C篇)

When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.

For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named national

teacher of the year.

Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before.”      

Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.

When students were reading S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused no race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.

The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Foils. It’s inspiring to know that people from

small towns own even win national honors.

As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the more year outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education. Not surpassingly. She is a big believe in the white of acts education. She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as act or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day.

65．The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means __________.

A．discouraging                 B．interesting

C．creative                     D．unbearable

66．When Peterson began her teaching career, ____________.

A．music was a focus of learning in most schools

B．the environment was favorable to music teaching

C．the school backed teaching facilities for music

D．immemorial support for music programs was unavailable

67．What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?

A．She concerned herself with current social problems.

B．She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.

C．She has taught music at the elementary school for 22 years.

D．She make great efforts to amuse students’ interest in literature.

68．Which of the following is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?

A．She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice.

B．She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.

C．She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.

D．She helped students compose songs by themselves.

69．In Peterson’s opinion, ____________.

A．art music and PE classes are all important

B．more subjects should be offered to students

C．students should be motivated to attend art classes

D．arts education is more important than other subjects

70．It can be inferred from the text that ________.

A．Peterson’s honor was a surprise for the local people

B．Peterson’s art classes attracted students back to school

C．Peterson aroused the local residents’ passion for music

D．Peterson will change her profession next year