It was yearbook day and we were given an hour to sign each other’s yearbooks in the cafeteria. I was president of the class and I played sports. When I sat down at a table, people started to come over to get their yearbooks signed and to sign   36   .

Among them, a weak boy with ugly teeth and thick glasses kept shaking. I had seem him around , and I knew he was always laughed at. He seemed  37   of himself, and was so pale that it  38   us to look at him. He came up and asked me  39   , “Can you sign this?” I took his yearbook but I didn’t know  40   to write. I saw that there was the name “Ricky Sanders” written on the front of it. So I wrote:

Ricky,

I think you’re a really nice kid, and I hope you have lots of fun in your summer vacation.

                                      Signature: Will

                                    (Sign your name here)

I put down the yearbook and turned around to get some signatures from some of my friends when I  41     my yearbook was gone.  I saw that Ricky had sat down with my yearbook. “ What are you doing?” I asked him. He looked up calmly(平静地)and  42   said “sign!” My friends broke into a loud laugh, and I saw that he was carefully trying to put a signature in my yearbook. He hadn’t even finished the “R” yet. I thought for  a while and  43   to let him sign.

It  44  him nearly five minutes to sign and when I got my yearbook back, there was a very shaky “RICKY”. He hugged(紧抱) his yearbook and  45  .I couldn’t help but smile back at him.

In that moment., my  46   changed completely.

I gave him a high five and suddenly everyone at my table wanted his signature. He was asked politely to write in their yearbooks and the signature   47  of his yearbook were filled up. He was smiling so big that it lit up the whole room.

I changed schools the next year, and I never saw Ricky again.  48   ,I will never forget the day that he became the most  49   guy in school. Whenever I’m   50  ,I still look back at that yearbook.

(   ) 36. A. mine         B. his          C. ours         D. theirs
(   ) 37. A. unafraid      B. unsure        C. proud       D. tired
(   ) 38. A. worried       B. surprised     C. taught       D. hurt
(   ) 39 A. proudly       B. happily       C. sadly        D. nervously
(   ) 40. A. how         B. which        C. where        D. what
(   ) 41. A. saw         B. noticed       C. thought       D. believed
(   ) 42. A. still         B. ever          C. even         D. just
(   ) 43. A. decided      B. meant        C. began         D. prepared
(   ) 44. A. spent        B. lasted        C. took          D. cost
(   ) 45. A. smiled       B. waited       C. left           D. rose
(   ) 46. A. experience    B. sight        C. attitude        D. idea
(   ) 47. A. lists         B. pages        C. boxed         D. tables
(   ) 48. A. Besides      B. So          C. And           D. However
(   ) 49. A. different     B. patient       C. popular        D. important
(   ) 50. A. away        B. out         C. behind         D. down

完型填空（10分）
One day. A farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe   31  the ground. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It wastes my time. ” His father said   32  but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer   33  the horseshoe and with the money he bought some strawberries.
The father and the son went on walking. The sun was well up in the   34 . They soon drank up their water, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree for them to   35 . Thomas felt too   36  to walk on. At this time, his father gave Thomas a strawberry   37  he quickly ate it. After a while, his father gave him    38  strawberry and once again, his son lost no time in putting it in his mouth.
And so they   39 . The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you picked up that horseshoe, you would have your own strawberries   40 . Always remember the lesson: If you don’t worry about the little things, you’ll find difficult to do the great things.”

Most American families like to have a holiday in summer. Summer is a good season _36_ holidays. It is very _37_ during  the months of July and August. Children do not go to school during these _38 months.

Some _39_ like to stay at home during the holiday. They work in the garden, _40_  friends, _41_ books, or watch TV. Many families _42_ their lunch to a park or somewhere far from the city. They like to eat where there are many trees or there is a nice lake. _43_they live near the sea, they often go to the beach. They can fish, swim or  enjoy the sun there.

America is a large country. Many families travel by_44_ or by train to see interesting places. They also travel by plane to a foreign （外国的）country. Many big cities have many famous buildings, theatres, shops and  _45_places for travellers (旅行者).

1.A. to              B. of              C. for             D. about

2.A. hot             B. cold            C. rainy            D. cloudy

3.A. one             B. two            C. three            D. four

4.A. people          B. peoples          C. man            D. woman

5.A. look            B. visit             C. find            D. look at

6.A. see             B. watch           C. look            D. read

7.A. have            B. has             C. take            D. takes

8.A. When          B. Because          C.Where          D. If

9.A. car              B. a car           C. cars            D. buses

10.A. other         B. the others          C. others        D. the other

One night, I wondered what it would be like if I only asked questions. I decided that no matter what anyone said to me the next day, I would reply only with   36  .

I loved to read about scientists and their discoveries, and I knew that scientists always started their research with a question. I hoped that I could become a scientist. Maybe by asking questions, I could train my mind to be   37  .

  I survived the morning easily. “Is there any egg?” I answered when my mother asked what I wanted for breakfast. “Is this seat taken?” I asked when my friend Mike asked where he was going to   38   on the bus.

In the classroom, Mr. Black spoke slowly and clearly while I listened carefully. The problem had been part of my homework the night before. I wrote the answer on the board, “Could the answer be 361?”

  Mr. Black smiled and nodded. I thought,“How did I   39   to get through that?” I almost laughed because asking questions really was starting to become a   40  .

  I thought I had made it safely through the whole day,   41   what I had come to consider my experiment blew up at the dinner table when my dad asked me about my day. “What do I always do?” I replied.

My parents looked at each other. My father   42   again. “Well, I hope you went to school,” he said.

    “Uhhh … why would you think otherwise?” I asked. My parents exchanged another   43    

and were becoming annoyed.

   “Do you think questions are a good way to train your mind to be active?” I asked.

“It   44   the question,” said my father. “Some questions are asked for   45   information. Those are good mind-training questions. Sometimes, people use questions to get the other person to say something. Sometimes people ask questions to get someone to agree with them. Those questions don’t really achieve anything.”

   “I guess my experiment didn’t work,” I said, and I told my father about my   46  .

“I think it worked   47  !” my father said. “You made a discovery, didn’t you? What matters is that you have put your idea into practice.”                               

1.A. actions              B. answers             C. gestures             D. questions

2.A. deep             B. free            C. quick            D. strong

3.A. get                  B. sit                 C. come         D. take

4.A. fail             B. have            C. want             D. manage

5.A. habit            B. step                C. goal                 D. rule

6.A. or               B. so                  C. but              D. and

7.A. tried             B. asked            C. guessed           D. ordered

8. A. look                B. word            C. mind                 D. topic

9.A. refers to            B. belongs to     C. puts on          D. depends on

10.A. sending         B. finding             C. sharing         D. keeping

11.A. test            B. idea            C. plan                 D. wonder

12.A. slowly              B. safely          C. perfectly            D. properly

阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Alicia was a young woman who liked to exercise for her health. In fact, she walked five kilometers before    26   every morning, and went swimming once a week at the swimming pool. She didn’t smoke and never    27   . She didn’t eat chocolate. She didn’t eat sweet and fatty food,    28   . She weighted herself every day.

One day Alicia was on her daily walk when she saw a    29    sitting in a rocking chair under a tree. He looked very old and his hair was white. He looked thin and weak, and his hands were shaking,   30    he looked very happy.

He smiled at her and said, “Good morning! Lovely day, isn’t it?”

He had a wide smile    31    his face, and his eyes shone with happiness. But Alicia saw that he did not have teeth.

“Good morning!” replied Alicia. “Yes, it is a lovely day.”

Alicia thought he    32   very old and wise. She thought he must be at least 90 years old! She decided to ask him about the    33    of a happy old age.

“I hope you don’t    34    me asking,” she said, “but what is your secret for being so happy at your age? I hope I can look as happy as you do    35    I am your age.”

The man in the rocking chair said, “My secret for   36   ? I smoke twenty packets of cigarettes every week, and drink three bottles of wine every day. I eat hamburgers and chocolates whenever I want. I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I never play sports. I sit at home every day.”

Alicia was    37   . She didn’t expect the man to give her an answer like that. She wondered how the man got to be so old when he did    38    wrong. She thought he should be    39    and unhappy. Perhaps she was wrong. Maybe, she thought, people could live a long happy life    40    eating well or doing lots of exercise.

“How old are you?” she asked.

“It’s my birthday today,” said the man. “I’m forty-seven!”

26. A. lunch        B. breakfast   C. dinner           D. supper

27. A. exercised        B. drank        C. worked           D. slept

28. A. too              B. also         C. either           D. still

29. A. man              B. woman        C. boy          D. girl

30. A. so               B. but              C. and          D. or

31. A. in               B. with         C. at               D. on

32. A. saw              B. looked           C. listened         D. found

33. A. secret           B. dream        C. plan         D. future

34. A. stand        B. mind         C. allow        D. enjoy

35. A. when         B. since        C. though           D. for

36. A. health           B. success          C. happiness   D. life

37. A. surprised        B. worried          C. excited          D. relaxed

38. A. something        B. anything     C. everything       D. nothing

39. A. angry            B. serious     C. quiet        D. sick

40. A. through          B. from         C. without          D. by