Having recently changed my job, I moved from a house with a yard full of trees to a small apartment two miles away. I _______ two loving cats. I brought them with me.

My cats were _______ going outside to exercise, but in my new apartment, they were not afforded that freedom. For safety reasons, I decided to keep them _______. Alley Cat was satisfied with just looking out the window. Stripes, on the other hand, didn’t _______ being cooped up（把……关起来）and cried continuously at the door. It was _______ for him to go outside because I had to walk down the stairs to let him out. After two days, I gave in and _______ the door. He walked around the tiny yard for a while and then came back.

The next time Stripes went out, he was missing for three days. I _______ the neighborhood, calling out, “Stripes, come home.

On the third day, I got a call. It was from the lady who had _______ my house. She told me that Stripes was in her yard crying, probably _______ me.

I jumped in the car and headed for my old house. Stripes was as ________ to see me as I was to see him. He started rubbing his head against my legs. The next day, the ________ thing happened—again and again. Stripes made it clear that he ________ to stay in my new apartment.

The new owners became ________ Stripes and even began feeding him. They offered to make Stripes a member of their family after I had tried many times to keep my cat and ________. It was the perfect result. I’ve heard the expression, “If you ________ something, let it go.” Unwillingly, I did. At least I had visitation rights.

1.

A．saw

B．remembered

C．caught

D．owned

2.

A．bored with

B．used to

C．afraid of

D．tired from

3.

A．inside

B．outside

C．away

D．along

4.

A．enjoy

B．mind

C．regret

D．avoid

5.

A．strange

B．difficult

C．important

D．possible

6.

A．shut

B．answered

C．broke

D．opened

7.

A．left

B．cleaned

C．searched

D．discovered

8.

A．found

B．visited

C．bought

D．wanted

9.

A．laughing at

B．looking for

C．dreaming of

D．playing with

10.

A．pleased

B．worried

C．surprised

D．nervous

11.

A．right

B．real

C．main

D．same

12.

A．refused

B．forgot

C．decided

D．needed

13.

A．hard on

B．angry with

C．interested in

D．proud of

14.

A．waited

B．failed

C．appeared

D．continued

15.

A．love

B．doubt

C．expect.

D．dislike

Teenage life — better now or in the past?

You are complaining（抱怨）to your parents about something. Maybe your computer isn’t powerful enough to play the latest games.     16     Then you hear…

When I was your age, there weren’t any computers or video games. And I didn’t get a bike until I was sixteen. And it was second-hand.     17    

So, is it really true that life is better for teenagers now? It is certainly true that many teenagers have got more things nowadays.     18     So parents have got more money to spend on each child. And many things are cheaper than they were when our parents were children.

    19     Forty years ago, no one could imagine a world with tiny computers and amazing smartphones. And now these things are necessary — we can’t imagine living without them!

However, technology often means we spend more time at home. And often it’s just us, with our computer or television. Teenagers don’t do enough exercise.     20     And, although young people still get on well with their friends, some people think teenagers today don’t have so many social activities as they did in the past.

A．And it was too big for me.

B．A typical family is smaller now.

C．Or your friends’ bikes are better than yours!

D．So they aren’t as healthy as they were in the past.

E．Technology is probably the greatest change in our life.

F．It wasn’t my bike.

G．My friends all like riding bikes.

Millie is a little girl at the age of nine. She is a pupil in a primary school. She works hard at her subjects. In class, she takes an active part in all kinds of activities. She looks smarter than her classmates.

One day,   she was doing her homework after supper as usual. Her father was not in. Her mother was taking a shower in the bathroom. After she finished her homework, Millie asked her mother to check her homework, but her mother didn’t answer her. A few minutes later, her mother was still in the bathroom. Millie felt strange. She knocked at the door. But her mother made no answer. She pushed the door open and found her mother lying on the floor. At the same time, she smelled something terrible. It was the gas. She quickly opened the window, turned off the gas and called 120 and 110 for help. Soon some doctors and policemen came and sent her mother to the nearest hospital. Her mother was saved at last.

Why did the little girl know how to do that? That was because she had learned how to save herself and others in danger in school.

21. Although Millie is ______, we should learn from her.

A．a primary school pupil	B．a college student
C．a nineteen-year-old girl	D．a middle school student

22. What was her mother doing while Millie was doing her homework?

A．She was shopping.	B．She was working.
C．She was taking a shower.	D．She was watching TV

23. Why didn’t her mother answer her?

A．Because she was angry	B．Because there was something wrong with her mother.
C．Because she wasn’t at home.	D．Because she was busy doing the housework.

24. The accident happened ______.

A．in Millie’s home	B．in the cinema
C．in hospital	D．in a school

25. We should be ______ like Millie when we are in danger.

A．brave and calm	B．shy and afraid
C．worried and frightened	D．kind and strange

A: What’s the date today, Sam?
B: _______
A: Oh, tomorrow is Aunt Li’s birthday. _______
B: Sorry, I nearly forgot it.
A: Do you have any good ideas? What shall we get her as a present?
B: What about a pair of shoes?
A: Don’t you remember we have sent her one?
B: Yes. Hmm… _______
A: I think she has had several different kinds of purses already.
B: Why not buy her a pair of sunglasses? _______
A: Good idea! Let’s go shopping together after class.
B: OK. I’ll wait for you at the school gate at 5:30 p.m.
A: Sorry! I have to clean the classroom after school. I am on duty today. _______
B: All right! See you at 6: 00 then!
26.

A．It’s June 9th.	B．It’s eight o’clock.
C．It’s July.	D．It’s in the morning.

27.

A．Do you like her?	B．Do you remember it?
C．Have you heard of it?	D．Will you tell her?

28.

A．How about a handbag then?	B．Let’s get her a backpack then.
C．What about a purse then?	D．Why don’t you buy a bag then?

29.

A．It is too windy.	B．How cold it is!
C．It often rains.	D．Summer is coming.

30.

A．Could you please make it a little later?	B．Could you please make it a little earlier?
C．Would you mind going shopping tomorrow?	D．Would you mind not going with me?

There are some interesting facts about the Nile.

· The Nile is nearly 6, 671 kilometers long. It is believed to be the longest river in the world.

· The Nile is a north-flowing river in Africa. It lies in the following countries: Kenya, Eritrea, Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Egypt, Sudan, Republic of South Sudan and Ethiopia.

· The Nile is important to Ancient Egypt. There are lots of Ancient Egypt’s places of interest along the banks of the Nile, such as Luxor and Cairo.

· The Nile delta (三角洲) in the north of Egypt is where the Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea. It is around 160 kilometers long and about over 240 kilometers of coastline (海岸线). It is rich in agriculture and has been farmed for thousands of years. Half of Egypt’s population-around 40, 000, 000 people live in the Nile Delta area.

· In 1787, the famous Rosetta stone was found in the Nile Delta in the city of Rosetta. It played a key role in understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics (象形文字).

· The Aswan High Dam (阿斯旺大坝) was built in 1970 to help control the flooding of the Nile.

31. How many countries does the Nile flow through?

A．9.

B．10.

C．11.

D．12.

32. The Nile River flows into the Mediterranean Sea in ________.

A．the Nile delta

B．Luxor

C．Sudan

D．Uganda

33. What’s the population of Egypt according to the passage?

A．About 20, 000, 000.	B．About 40, 000, 000.
C．About 60, 000, 000.	D．About 80, 000, 000.

34. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The Nile is the widest river in the world.	B．The Nile Delta is in the south of Egypt.
C．The Rosetta stone is important to the hieroglyphics.	D．The Aswan High Dam can stop the flooding of the Nile.

35. Where can we find this passage probably?

A．In an advertisement.	B．In a novel.
C．In a storybook.	D．In a science magazine.

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空（每词限用一次）。

island       south       ship       laugh       full of

Once upon a time, there was a boy called Tom. He lived on a small island in     36     France. He was clever. One day he was playing with some children on a     37     happily. Hearing their     38    , a man walked up to them. The man was Louis, king (国王) of France.

The king asked Tom some questions. After hearing Tom’s answers, the king’s mind was     39     strange thoughts. He wondered why Tom was so clever.

After that, Tom’s life changed. Tom left that small     40    . He was asked to work for the king.

When I was a boy my mum used to say I would read the back of a medicine bottle if I didn’t have a book in my hand. It was true, and even now that reading habit has been with me, I always have at least one book being read, sometimes I might have two or three. And I’m talking about real books, books made out of paper, books that you can hold in your hand, to read, at the table, on the subway or my favorite place to read-in the bath.

But the number of people reading books is dropping. A recent survey tells us that Chinese people only read 4.77 printed books a year on average and in the US, 25 percent of the population say they didn’t read a book last year! So what’s stopping people from reading?

The answer of course is the huge influence that technology has had on our life. Why read a book when you can watch a movie or TV play on your smart phones or iPads? For younger people, books may not be as exciting as online games. With stories you have to work at it, closely follow the turns of the plot (情节). There are no shortcuts with a book. You have to turn page after page.

But you can still get lost in a book. We all have this thing called imagination. It’s much more powerful than any computer; in fact, it’s worth remembering that any online game was first written in words as a story by its writer. It’s all about his or her or their imagination.

So we need to read-if we do not read, it will be hard for us to improve our ability to think widely, to have an imagination. Reading is a process in which we need to compare and connect other things we have read and seen in the past. If you do not read, this will not only influence your study, but also your social life in the future.

So why not follow me from now on? Run a hot bath, or find a comfortable chair and read a good book for a few hours-there are quite many, for free, in your local library.

41. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 1?

A．The writer used to enjoy playing with a medicine bottle.

B．The writer has had the reading habit since his childhood.

C．The writer always has two or three books in his hand.

D．The writer often reads books at a table on the subway.

42. The number of people reading books is dropping because ______.

A．books are becoming less interesting

B．technology has greatly influenced our life

C．25% of Americans don’t read books

D．there aren’t enough printed books to read

43. What does the word “shortcuts” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean in Chinese?

A．捷径

B．理念

C．缺点

D．短文

44. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．Reading can help to develop our imagination.

B．All online games were first written in words.

C．We need to think a lot while reading a book.

D．Younger people prefer books to online games.

45. In the last paragraph, the writer mainly suggests that we should ______.

A．run a hot bath to read books	B．borrow books from the library
C．read more books in our life	D．read books in a comfortable chair

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的动词，并用其适当形式填空。有的需要加助动词或不定式符号（每词限用一次）。

do       be       buy       fall       learn

Susan was a woman who hated animals very much. She never wanted to keep any pets at home. To her, all pets     46     very dirty and boring. Susan couldn’t understand why people would like to have pets in the house. “It’s so stupid!” she always said.

Last month Susan’s daughter, Penny, came home from school with a mouse in the box. Susan was very angry. But Penny said that it was her homework. Her teacher asked each student to take care of an animal and     47     to get along with it. Susan had to say yes.

It was fun for Penny at the very beginning, but then she got quite lazy and forgot     48     her homework. It became Susan’s homework. She gave it food and water every day and found that the mouse was in fact not dirty. She even talked to it! It was not boring or stupid! Now Susan     49     in love with the mouse. She named it Nini. And she     50     another one to make a pair.

Last October, I told my pupils in Pompton School about my plan. “ I’d like you to do jobs to make some _______," I said. Then we’ll buy food for someone in need.

I wanted them to experience that it's _______ to give than to receive. I hoped they could experience a sense of their own ability to make a change.

Early in Thanksgiving week, the children couldn't wait to _______. Before paying for the turkey and other food we chose in the supermarket, Kristine cried.

“Flowers!” And the group all ran toward the holiday _______.

“You can’t eat flowers!” I said _______.   After all, it was helpful to buy more food.

“But Mrs. Sherlock,” came the loud _______, “we want flowers.”

In the middle of the plants, there was a pot of unusual purple mums. "_______ will like this one.” the children agreed.

_______ the address of a poor grandmother who had lived alone for years, we set off. An hour later, we stopped in front of a small house. A thin woman with a _______ face came to meet us.

As the kids carried all the food in, the old woman oohed and aahed—much to her visitors’ pleasure. When Amy put the mums on the table, the woman seemed ________. “She's wishing it was a bag of food” I thought.

“________ is your close friend in the woods? ”Michael asked.

The woman brightened. “The birds. They often fly over for food ________ I share my bread with them,” she said.

Then we returned to the car. Through the window we saw her walk past the turkey, straight to the ________. She put her face in them and looked up with a big smile. She was ________ before our eyes.

In that one short moment, the children had seen for themselves the ________ they owned to make a change. Sometimes a person needed a pot of nice purple flowers on a dark November day.

51.

A．friends

B．mistakes

C．money

D．room

52.

A．cheaper

B．better

C．safer

D．funnier

53.

A．take a walk

B．do housework

C．have a rest

D．go shopping

54.

A．cards

B．camps

C．plants

D．photos

55.

A．unhappily

B．warmly

C．carelessly

D．freely

56.

A．voice

B．music

C．sound

D．noise

57.

A．He

B．I

C．You

D．She

58.

A．At

B．With

C．In

D．After

59.

A．proud

B．fat

C．sad

D．handsome

60.

A．relaxed

B．bored

C．worried

D．surprised

61.

A．Who

B．How

C．Why

D．Where

62.

A．although

B．but

C．because

D．if

63.

A．books

B．flowers

C．woods

D．rooms

64.

A．changed

B．broken

C．treated

D．refused

65.

A．habit

B．ability

C．interest

D．courage

Reading is a good way to discover the wonderful world and to learn a little more about yourself. You may know how to find the best app for your phone, but do you know how to pick a book you’ll really like? Here are some tips.

Start with Your Interests

    66     You can pick something that you love to read, not for school. They can be ancient martial arts, computers, or fashion design.

What’s Your “Type”?

    67     Fiction (小说) books can take you to another world or help you imagine something that you never experience. Non-fiction books give you the information about who, what, when, and why of something. They tell stories using facts-but that doesn’t mean they’re not interesting.

Find a Family Favorite

What was your mother’s favorite book when she was your age or your dad’s? How about your brothers’ or sisters’?     68     Then you can share your thoughts with them about the book

Join the Club-Online or in Person

Most social websites on the Internet also have book clubs.     69     Get them together and enjoy the introductions of writers, poems and story types.

Finally, you’ll probably enjoy what you’re reading a lot if you find a quiet place and make time for the book.     70     You can play some good music, get yourself some tea and let yourself be carried away by the book. You’ll see that time does fly when you’re reading something you love!

A．Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction or both?

B．Read book reviews in newspapers and magazines.

C．Most reading is best enjoyed if you can concentrate on it.

D．Join a group with your friends and people you trust.

E．Share your interests-sports teams, history events and so on.

F．Reading on your own isn’t like reading for school.

G．Find out the book and give it a read.