A young man was about to finish school. For a long time he had   26   to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well   27   it, so he  told him that a sports car was all he wanted.

    Then on the morning of his graduation（毕业）,he was called to his father’s room. His father told him how   28   he was to have such a fine son, and told him how   29   he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box.  30  , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible（圣经）with his name on it. Angrily, he raised his   31   to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible? ” He then   32   out of the house, leaving the Bible.

    Many years passed and the young man was very   33   in business, and had a beautiful home and a wonderful family.  34   that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him   35   that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a   36   telling him that his father had died. He had to go home immediately and take   37   of the things that his father left him.

    When he began to search through his father’s important

papers, he saw the still new Bible,   38      as he had left

it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to      39 

the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag（标牌）

dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the 

  40      of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN

FULL”. Sadness and regret（悔恨）filled his heart.

1.A．expected                    B．believed        C．enjoyed                   D．felt

2.A．afford                          B．spend                       C．cost              D．pay

3.A．excited                   B．proud                        C．angry                     D．anxious

4.A．far                           B．much                        C．long                    D．often

5.A．Interested                  B．Tired                         C．Surprised               D．Relaxed

6.A．hand                           B．head                         C．voice                       D．sound

7.A．looked                         B．moved                      C．walked                    D．rushed

8.A．careful                         B．helpful                     C．wonderful             D．successful

9.A．Wanting                B．Suggesting              C．Noticing                 D．Realizing

10.A．on                                 B．since                         C．after                  D．from

11.A．bag                                B．ticket                        C．phone                     D．book

12.A．care                           B．part                         C．notes                 D．time

13.A．just                                B．only                           C．always                    D．already

14.A．use                                 B．open                         C．turn                         D．close

15.A．place                         B．date                          C．test                    D．name

In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains. 
In about 1840, photography was developed.Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things.That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard. 
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographers. He took many pictures of great people.The picture were unusual beause they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的). 
Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed the ideas and feelings, like other kinds of art.  
【小题1】The first photo taken by Niepce was a picturte of ____________
A. his business B. his garden   C. his window
【小题2】The Daguerreotype was____________.
A. a Frenchman  B. a kind of picture    C. a kind of camera
【小题3】If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to__________. 
A. watch lots of films
B. buy an expensive camera
C. take many films and something else with him. 
【小题4】Mathew Brady______________.
A. was very lifelike    B. was quite strong     C. was famous for his unusual pictures
【小题5】This passage tells us_____________.
A. how photography was developed
B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures
C. how to take pictures in the world

完形填空（本大题有15小题，共15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

One morning, a student was walking with his teacher when they saw a pair of old shoes by the roadside (路边). They thought the shoes might belong  1  a poor man. In fact, the   2  of the shoes was working nearby.

The student wanted to hide (藏) the shoes and see   3  the man would do   4  he couldn’t find them. But the teacher   5  him and said, “ Let’s   6  a coin ( 硬币) in each of the shoes, and watch what he will do.”

The student did so, and then they hid nearby.

The man soon came back to get his  7 , he felt something hard in them. He found the two coins.

Surprise came to his   8 . He looked at the coins for a minute, and then  9 but nobody was there.

He then knelt down (跪下) , looked up to the sky and said   10  aloud, in which he spoke of his  11  wife and children without food.

The student was deeply moved (感动的), with tears in his eyes, “ Dear   12  ,” he said, “You have taught me   13  lesson which I’ll never  14 . I finally understand now: It’s more blessed (神圣的) to   15  than to receive.”

1.                A．to             B．for            C．at   D．behind

2.                A．seller          B．owner          C．teacher   D．maker

3.                A．how           B．which          C．where    D．what

4.                A．although        B．until           C．when D．because

5.                A．stopped        B．helped         C．allowed   D．agreed

6.                A．play           B．drop           C．put  D．find

7.                A．lunch          B．shoes          C．drink D．coat

8.                A．hand           B．foot            C．head D．face

9.                A．looked around   B．looked after     C．looked like    D．looked at

10.               A．yes            B．hello           C．goodbye   D．thanks

11.               A．rich           B．poor           C．shy   D．creative

12.               A．father          B．mother         C．teacher   D．uncle

13.               A．a             B．an             C．the   D．\

14.               A．learn          B．forget          C．take  D．remember

15.               A．work          B．refuse         C．buy  D．give

In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.

The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.

Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains. 

In about 1840, photography was developed.Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things.That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard. 

Mathew Brady was a famous American photographers. He took many pictures of great people.The picture were unusual beause they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的). 

Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed the ideas and feelings, like other kinds of art.  

1.The first photo taken by Niepce was a picturte of ____________

A. his business B. his garden   C. his window

2.The Daguerreotype was____________.

A. a Frenchman  B. a kind of picture    C. a kind of camera

3.If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to__________. 

A. watch lots of films

B. buy an expensive camera

C. take many films and something else with him. 

4.Mathew Brady______________.

A. was very lifelike    B. was quite strong     C. was famous for his unusual pictures

5.This passage tells us_____________.

A. how photography was developed

B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures

C. how to take pictures in the world

Now we have the Internet and TV programmes．There is so        to talk about．They are around us all the time and        us all kinds of things．

To help kids stay away from bad       , a two-day meeting was held in Shanghai last week．People at the meeting talked about how to make kids’ programmes and books       . They want kids to grow up in an information world        fights or terror(恐怖)．

The Internet and TV help people learn        is going on around us.        sometimes what they tell you may be wrong．You need to use your        and think for a while when you are watching TV or suffering on the Internet.

“Let’s take air-cushioned (带气垫的) sports shoes for       !” Advertisements say people can run faster if they wear these shoes. But you need to make        how useful the shoes really are. The shoes may        you look cool, but will they really make you run faster? Before you spend all your        on something advertisements want you to buy, think twice. Each company says they have the best sports shoes in the world        they want you to buy their shoes.

To        kids from being cheated (欺骗) or badly effected, grow-ups are trying to make the media (媒体) more fun and safer for them.

The people at the Shanghai meeting said        should be no bad things in Web pages and TV programmes for kids to see. The Internet workers also said they would try and care more about the views of kids.

1.A．many                 B．much                     C．little            D．few

2.A．speak                 B．say                         C．talk              D．tell

3.A．books                B．teaching               C．information          D．games

4.A．better                B．easier                    C．cleaner                 D．worse

5.A．with          B．without                 C．under                    D．above

6.A．who          B．which           C．what                      D．that

7.A．Because            B．But                         C．So                          D．Since

8.A．hand                  B．mouth                   C．head                      D．foot

9.A．fun                     B．short                     C．example               D．sport

10.A．sure                 B．decision                C．mind                      D．way

11.A．train                B．make                     C．serve                     D．realize

12.A．knowledge     B．time                       C．spirit                      D．money

13.A．though            B．so                           C．because                D．unless

14.A．stop                 B．frighten                C．attract                   D．treat

15.A．we          B．they                       C．it                            D．there