阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Last year I was very lucky to have a week’s holiday. So I wanted to spend _____ in the best hotel I could find. That was _____ I chose The Haven in a country park. I thought I would be able to escape(逃离) problems and pressures(压力) of daily life. But, just 24 hours after _____ there, my wife and I _____ problems with the restaurant and security(安全).

       We were ready to return to our room when we saw two policemen _____ closely at the building outside. One of them showed us how _____ in through the windows into our room. It seems that the hotel has _____ locks on the windows.
       ____ we were a little worried, our concerns(担忧) were forgotten _____ when we saw a good-sized bed, a flat-screen TV, a spa bath which more suggested a comfortable stay.
       Things started to go from bad to worse the following morning when I found the restaurant only served(服务) low-fat meals: six days of rabbit food and only ______ meat and fruit. What had I let myself in for?Nobody had told us what the food ______ like before we booked. I ordered my breakfast ______ my will anyway, but I had waited forty-five minutes for it to arrive. This was not the service that I had expected.
       That afternoon, when we returned from a tour around ______ university nearby, we found that nearly £200 was stolen from our room. The Haven refused(拒绝) to pay back the money. They claimed(声称) that they ______ not be responsible(负责任) for any loss if our window was not locked.
       My holiday was then a total failure. I thought a “haven” was sure to be a quiet and peaceful place. But in fact, I have experienced ______ stress and worry in that one day than I usually do working in the office for a week.1.

A．it's

B．it

C．its

D．them

2.

A．since

B．when

C．because

D．why

3.

A．arrive

B．arrived

C．arriving

D．arrives

4.

A．experience

B．will experience

C．experienced

D．has experienced

5.

A．look

B．looking

C．looks

D．looked

6.

A．to climb

B．climbed

C．climb

D．to climbing

7.

A．not

B．no

C．don't

D．didn't

8.

A．If

B．Though

C．While

D．But

9.

A．more quickly

B．quick

C．quickly

D．quicker

10.

A．a few

B．a little

C．few

D．little

11.

A．were

B．are

C．was

D．is

12.

A．for

B．as

C．against

D．with

13.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

14.

A．will

B．had better

C．could

D．may

15.

A．most

B．many

C．much

D．more

Many parents make their children do chores(家务) around the house. For some families, teaching children what to do and how to do chores is easy. But in other families, getting children to do some housework can be a very big problem. Here is a survey(调查) about this problem. We asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questions. Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The others are from small villages. We made a diagram of the result of our survey. Let’s have a look at it.

Chores	2,000 teenagers in small villages	2,000 teenagers in big cities
Take out the trash(垃圾)	1,600	1,000
Sweep the floor	1,200	850
Make the bed	1,400	600
Do the dishes	1,100	1,500
Fold the clothes	900	750

We found that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities. We suggest that parents should give their children some chores to do. Chores are good for children, even very young ones. Doing chores can teach children many important skills like working together. Chores also teach children what is fair. The skills and value from doing chores will be good for children all their life. All family members must work together to make house clean, and each person must do his or her share(份) of the work. We can do this by starting a plan of chores and responsibilities(责任) when children are young.
26. Half of the teenagers in big cities choose to ________.

A．take out the trash

B．do the dishes

C．make the bed

D．fold the clothes

27. Which is TRUE according to the passage?________

A．Teenagers in big cities do more chores than those from small villages.

B．Teenagers in small villages do many chores because their parents don't love them.

C．The writer suggests parents should ask their children to do chores when they are old enough.

D．The writer thinks doing chores can help to develop children's skills and responsibilities.

28. The passage may be from ________.

A．a diary

B．a newspaper

C．an advertisement

D．a story book

Why are your study habits different from those of your friends? Why do you seem to learn faster in some classes while more slowly in others? One reason you may not know is that people have different learning types. Scientists say there are three different learning types：Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic.

       Visual learners learn best by seeing.If you seem to easily remember information from pictures, graphs, and videos, you are probably a visual learner. You’re not good at copying down what the teacher says in class. Never mind. You can draw graphs or pictures instead, if you find that works better for you.
       Auditory learners learn best by hearing.If you seem to easily remember things by hearing them,then you are probably an auditory learner.You must listen carefully while the teacher is speaking because it's the easiest way for you to learn.Sometimes you may find that taking notes stops you from listening carefully.After class,you can write down what you remember or borrow your friends’ notes to copy.

Kinesthetic learners learn best by doing.If you seem to learn best by working with your hands,you are probably a kinesthetic learner.Taking notes by writing can make you pay close attention to information as you receive it.Of course,you can learn best by making full use of labs or other class activities.

Hope you learn better by knowing what your personal learning type is.

29. How many types of learning are given in the passage?________

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

30. Jude can remember the words of a song quickly by listening to it once or twice. She might be an__________ learner according to the passage.

A．auditory

B．visual

C．kinesthetic

D．usual

31. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage? ________

A．Visual learners learn best by hearing.

B．Visual learners like copying down what the teacher says in class.

C．Auditory learners may find it difficult to listen carefully when taking notes.

D．Kinesthetic learners learn best by watching videos.

32. What’s the best title for the passage?________

A．Study Habits.

B．Ways to Study.

C．Learning Types.

D．Reasons to Learn.

A young man once bought a pair of pants (裤子) in a clothes shop. However, when he got home and put it on, he found that it was two inches longer.

Then he came out of his room. His mother and two sisters were washing dishes in the kitchen.

“The new pair of pants is too long and needs to be shortened (被截短) by about two inches. Now I have to go out to meet some friends. Would one of you like to do this for me, please?” the young man asked.

“OK! Just put the pants on the sofa.” his mother and sisters all answered.

After the mother finished washing the dishes, she shortened the pants by two inches and put back on the sofa. But she didn’t tell her daughters about it.

Later, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s pants. So she picked them up and shortened by two inches.

The younger sister went to the cinema after supper. Three hours later, when she came back and saw the pants on sofa, she remembered what her brother said. Then she cut two inches off the legs of the pants and went to sleep.

33. What happened to the new pair of pants at first?

A．It was broken.	B．It was two inches longer.
C．It was two inches shorter.	D．It was in a larger size.

34. Who did the young man ask to shorten his pants?

A．His mother and his two sisters.	B．One of his sisters.
C．Only his mother.	D．His mother or one of his sisters.

35. How many inches would the pants be shorter for the young man at last?

A．Two.

B．Four.

C．Six.

D．Eight.

36. When the young man put on the pants, we may infer(推断) that he would ________.

A．be very excited	B．feel pleased
C．put them on and went to work	D．buy another pair of pants

We sometimes say the lion is “the king of the forest” because it is stronger and more dangerous than the other animals. It can run faster than most other animals and it can hunt other beasts. It is said that the lion is the highest animal in the land food chain (链). In the sea, people say the shark is at the top of the food chain. It can swim faster than most of the other sea animals. It can also use its sharp teeth to catch other sea animals and eat them.

       What is at the top of the world’s food chain? Human beings! We are not the biggest or fastest, but we are the cleverest. We could not run faster than most animals, so we invented cars. We could not fight better than a lion.
       People’s inventions are clever, but they can be dangerous, too. For example, many years ago in Inner Mongolia, people used guns to kill a lot of wild wolves. People thought they posed a threat to their sheep. But in recent years, the number of wild rabbits is becoming larger and larger because the number of wild wolves is getting smaller and smaller. The wild rabbits competed for the grass with the sheep and the cows. Much of the grassland became desert because it was seriously destroyed by the wild rabbits.
       Remember that we are part of the food chain, so we are in danger, too! If we love animals, we are loving ourselves.
37. ________ is at the top of the food chain in the sea.

A．The shark

B．The lion

C．Human beings

D．The dolphin

38. People’s inventions can be sometimes dangerous because ________.

A．they can kill a lot of wild wolves	B．they can destroy the food chain
C．they can destroy the grassland	D．they can make wild rabbits grow bigger and bigger

39. What does the underlined word “threat” refer to?

A．猎物

B．威胁

C．同类

D．契机

40. What’s the purpose (目的) of this passage?

A．To tell people who is at the top of the food chain.

B．To discuss why human beings invent cars and guns.

C．To show the importance of wild wolves.

D．To make us pay more attention (注意) to what we do to the animals.

Recently, a very simple question became widely spread online: What China should be proud of?     41    

Lanlan, whose real name is Negar Kordi, is from Canada. She came to China five years ago and is a student at Ningbo University. Now she has 120,000 fans on the Internet and the number is still growing.

Lanlan loves China and Chinese.     42     And that’s why she is so well received among Chinese net friends. The following is China in her eyes.

“It is the easiest country in which to find a job. If you are not too lazy, it is really very simple to find a job in China. I believe there’re more job chances here than in any other country in the world.”

“    43     About 400 million Chinese are studying English. If they can speak good English in the future, China will have the greatest number of English speakers of any non-English speaking country.”

“The speed of Chinese trains is fast. From Ningbo to Beijing, the train runs 1,365 kilometers for seven hours and the ticket fare is only 595 yuan.”

“Its public security is great.     44     I have travelled in many countries, and I think China really is very safe.”

“There are much more things China should be proud of. Many Chinese people often criticize（批评）China. At first, I believed that they didn’t like China or that they loved western countries. But later, I realized that they just set a very high standard for China.     45     China must be much better than other countries.”

A．The foreign language level is surprising.

B．This country of 1.4 billion people makes me feel safe.

C．A foreign girl living in China gave a very touching answer.

D．They believe that it’s not enough to be number one in the world.

E．She believes China will be the strongest country in the world in future.