Before graduating college, Jackie began to look for a job. She aimed at a famous company, but the _________for such jobs was very strong. The company Jackie chose planned to employ only one person, but more than twenty people applied for the job. _______, Jackie was one of the three people invited for the final interview. The interview was very _______. The interviewer asked just a few questions and it was all over in less than 10 minutes. Then the interviewer said to them, "All of you are very good. Please go home and __________our response.”

Three days later, Jackie received a message saying she would not be ________the job. She felt deeply disappointed. That evening, however, she received another _________. This time it said that she got the job.

Jackie later found out that the first message sent to her phone was part of the interview---a_________to see if she was suitable for the job. All the three people received the_________text, but only Jackie's reply_________ the company. Of the three, one did not reply. The other said “goodbye” and Jackie said “thank you”. This reply showed that Jackie was a/an_________person, so the company offered her the job.

1.

A．exam

B．work

C．competition

D．plan

2.

A．Thankfully

B．Unluckily

C．Hopefully

D．Immediately

3.

A．long

B．strict

C．interesting

D．simple

4.

A．pick up

B．wait for

C．deal with

D．think of

5.

A．offered

B．returned

C．refused

D．shown

6.

A．letter

B．e-mail

C．call

D．message

7.

A．guide

B．conversation

C．test

D．lesson

8.

A．same

B．other

C．second

D．whole

9.

A．reached

B．satisfied

C．helped

D．surprised

10.

A．brave

B．clever

C．polite

D．honest

A special present was given to me when I was 12 years old. It was a _____.

That was the early autumn of my first year at a high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very _____, and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and _____, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.

Then one morning, my classmates had fun talking with their friends, but I sat at my desk _____ as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He walked past me and then turned back. He looked at me and, _____ a word, smiled. Suddenly, I felt the touch of something _____ and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.

That smile _____ my life. I started to talk with the other students and make friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has _____ my best friend now.

One day, I asked him _____ he smiled and said nothing that morning, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!

It doesn’t matter _____ all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

11.

A．smile

B．problem

C．book

D．card

12.

A．happy

B．lonely

C．clever

D．friendly

13.

A．visiting

B．laughing

C．drawing

D．reading

14.

A．carefully

B．happily

C．carelessly

D．unhappily

15.

A．in

B．with

C．without

D．for

16.

A．sad

B．strange

C．terrible

D．bright

17.

A．changed

B．broke

C．won

D．lost

18.

A．invited

B．became

C．planned

D．made

19.

A．why

B．that

C．who

D．when

20.

A．unless

B．until

C．because

D．although

        He was pleased to learn that Chibi knew all the places where the wild grapes and wild potatoes grew. He was amazed to ______how much Chibi knew about all the flowers in our class garden. He liked Chibi’s black and white drawings and put them up on the wall to be _____. He liked Chibi's own handwriting, which no one but Chibi could read, and he put that up on the wall.
        But, when Chibi appeared on the stage at the talent show of that year, no one could _____his
eyes.“ Who is that?”“ What can that stupid do up there?”
        Until Mr Isobe announced that Chibi was going to imitate(模仿)the voices of crows. “ Voices?”“ Voices of crows?”
________he imitated the voices of newly hatched crows. And he made the mother crow's voice. He showed how crows cry early in the morning. He showed how crows cry when the village people have some unhappy accident. He showed how crows _______when they are happy and cheerful. Everybody's mind was taken to the________mountainside from which Chibi probably came to school.
        Chibi made very special _______deep down in his throat(喉咙)to imitate a crow in an old tree
in the end. Now everybody could imagine________the far and lonely place where Chibi lived with his family.
        Then Mr Isobe explained ______ Chibi had learned those calls--leaving his home for school at sunrise, and arriving home at sunset, every day for six long years.
        Every one of us cried, thinking how much we had been ______ to Chibi all those long years.
He was a boy beyond our usual imagination!21.

A．complain

B．count

C．find

D．refuse

22.

A．admired

B．printed

C．punished

D．avoided

23.

A．check

B．hurt

C．open

D．believe

24.

A．Later

B．Next

C．Last

D．First

25.

A．jump

B．call

C．fly

D．dance

26.

A．far

B．crowded

C．near

D．modern

27.

A．scripts

B．reports

C．speeches

D．sounds

28.

A．hardly

B．happily

C．exactly

D．peacefully

29.

A．what

B．how

C．whether

D．who

30.

A．wrong

B．kind

C．honest

D．generous

Once upon a time a couple of crows lived in a huge tree. One day, a snake came to hide in the hole at the _____ of the tree. The crows were _____ about this, but they could do nothing.

Soon some baby crows hatched (孵出). When their parents flew out for food, the snake ate up the babies. When the crows _____, they could not find their babies. They flew high and low, but found _____.

After a few months, mother crow gave _____ to some more baby crows. This time she stayed at home _____ father crow went out for food. The snake climbed up the tree and wanted to eat the babies. Mother crow tried to fight it off, but she was not strong enough. When father crow came back, he found his wife crying. She said they had to leave the tree as _____ as possible or think of a way to solve it.

The fox, a smart guy, came up with a plan. He said King’s daughters would swim in the river the next morning when the servants watched over their clothes and valuables. The fox advised the crows to pick up a necklace there. This would make the servants run _____ them to the tree where the crows would drop the necklace into the snake’s hole. So the next morning the crows did as they were _____. As the servants were trying to take the necklace out, the snake came out to bite them. The servants _____ the snake to death.

31.

A．bottom

B．end

C．top

D．front

32.

A．sure

B．mad

C．worried

D．happy

33.

A．stopped

B．returned

C．grew

D．arrived

34.

A．nothing

B．something

C．anything

D．everything

35.

A．suggestions

B．birth

C．energy

D．news

36.

A．though

B．until

C．before

D．when

37.

A．actually

B．quickly

C．suddenly

D．certainly

38.

A．away

B．out

C．before

D．after

39.

A．picked

B．left

C．told

D．hid

40.

A．beat

B．cancel

C．burn

D．refuse

Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was,and I said,”Fried chicken”She said I wasn't funny, but she wasn’t_________, because everyone else laughed.
My parents told me to always be truthful and   I am. Fried chicken is my favorite _________. I told my dad what happend, and he said my teacher was probably a(n) _________ of PETA. He said they love animals very much. I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef. _________ my teacher sent me to the principal's office(校长室). I told him what happened, and he _________, too. Then he told me not to do it again.
The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal was. I told her it was chicken. She asked me_________, just like she’d asked the other children.I told her it was because people could _________ them into fried chicken. She sent me back to the principal's office. He laughed, and told me not to do it again. I don't _________. My parents taught me to be honest, _________ my teacher doesn't like it when I am.
Today, my teacher asked us to tell her what famous person__________ like(s) most.
I told her, "Colonel Sanders(肯德基创始人)."
Guess where I am now...41.

A．anger

B．right

C．patient

D．serious

42.

A．food

B．animal

C．answer

D．taste

43.

A．example

B．discover

C．enemy

D．member

44.

A．Instead

B．Again

C．Anyway

D．Also

45.

A．laughed

B．believed

C．shouted

D．agreed

46.

A．when

B．where

C．how

D．why

47.

A．cut

B．divide

C．make

D．add

48.

A．care

B．regret

C．understand

D．remember

49.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．for

50.

A．I

B．we

C．she

D．they

Once a king was walking around a pool with his ministers (大臣). Suddenly, he came up with a(n) _____. He asked, “How many baskets of water are there in the pool?” The ministers _____ to give an answer. The king was angry, “You must _____ my question in three days!”

Three days passed, but _____ of the ministers had the answer. Just then, a child appeared and said he knew it. The king told the ministers to lead the child to the pool. _____ to their surprise, the child refused and said with a smile, “It is _____, we don’t have to go to the pool.” This made the king pleased and he wanted to know the reason. “All right. Let us know what the answer is.” The child said, “If you know the size of the basket, the answer is _____ known. If it is as big as the pool, there is one basket of _____, half as big, two baskets.” “Great! That’s it. You have got the answer. They were thinking of things _____ a wrong way.”

Sometimes one must change one’s way of _____ get rid of the difficulty. If you can’t get over the difficulty in a normal way, you can try another different way.

51.

A．answer

B．idea

C．person

D．smile

52.

A．failed

B．succeeded

C．passed

D．went

53.

A．ask

B．answer

C．guess

D．tell

54.

A．all

B．one

C．none

D．each

55.

A．But

B．And

C．So

D．Or

56.

A．nice

B．easy

C．important

D．hard

57.

A．carefully

B．luckily

C．silently

D．clearly

58.

A．plants

B．flowers

C．water

D．fish

59.

A．on

B．in

C．by

D．with

60.

A．talking

B．walking

C．speaking

D．thinking

One day, when a successful businessman opened the door of his car, a dog sleeping _________his car suddenly came out and bit (咬) his leg!   He threw a stone at the dog, ________he was not able to hit it. How angry he was !

Upon________his office, the businessman called a meeting of the workers. He took out his anger(愤怒) on them. Gradually, the businessman’s anger________the company.

The businessman was still angry after returning home. His wife asked him, “Why are you so late today?” The man________, “I didn’t go to the office to play soccer. I went to work. So don’t ask such stupid questions !”

His wife was troubled about being shouted at_________. She turned her anger on their son who was watching TV. “This is all you do. You have no ________ in studying!   Turn off the TV now!” she shouted.

The son became_________as well. He walked out of his house and saw a dog passing by. He picked up a stone and threw it at the dog_________. The dog ran away, barking(犬吠) in pain.

Sometimes, when we are angry about something, we might take out our anger on _______. We should learn to control our anger.

61.

A．on

B．near

C．in front of

D．under

62.

A．although

B．if

C．unless

D．so

63.

A．cleaning

B．repairing

C．filling

D．reaching

64.

A．ran into

B．came over

C．spread through

D．rose up

65.

A．answered

B．shouted

C．repeated

D．said

66.

A．for no reason

B．after a while

C．in that case

D．by the way

67.

A．time

B．interest

C．choice

D．attention

68.

A．relaxed

B．lonely

C．upset

D．helpless

69.

A．angrily

B．actually

C．simply

D．painfully

70.

A．another

B．any other

C．other

D．others

A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful _____, and knowing her husband could _____ it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the coming of the birthday, her husband told her how _____ he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He gave her a beautiful gift package. She opened it and found a Bible (圣经). _____, she raised her voice and said to her husband. “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so _____ that she left him.

Many years passed and the lady was very successful in business. She owned two large companies. She _____ her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to visit him. But before she could, she received a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions (财产) to her. She needed to come back and take care of things.

When she arrived at his house, sadness _____ her heart. She saw the _____ new Bible, just as she had left it years before. With tears in her eyes, she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring dropped from the Bible to the floor and a card could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LOVE YOU ALWAYS”.

_____ your gift is not packed in the way you want it, it’s because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things, they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the _____.

71.

A．watch

B．ring

C．handbag

D．box

72.

A．afford

B．like

C．guess

D．lose

73.

A．proud

B．kind

C．sorry

D．brave

74.

A．Politely

B．Luckily

C．Patiently

D．Angrily

75.

A．believable

B．upset

C．thankful

D．careless

76.

A．wondered

B．hoped

C．realized

D．prepared

77.

A．covered

B．broke

C．left

D．filled

78.

A．just

B．still

C．already

D．only

79.

A．If

B．But

C．Although

D．So

80.

A．hand

B．eye

C．nose

D．heart

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思完整、句子通顺，,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

At the beginning of this term, my P.E. teacher suggested to me that I should take part in the marathon(马拉松赛跑). I was very surprised because I was never a good runner. In order to ________ me, he said that if I took part in the race, I would get the highest mark for the term's P.E. class. Therefore, I decided to have a try because I had _________ to lose.

I prepared for the race very _________. I ran every day in the morning before school. And after school, I practiced running with many other runners on the sports ground. I even had the special diet(饮食) for athletes(运动员). I heard that the special diet could _________ me to get good results.

When the _________ of the marathon arrived, I was very nervous. As usual, I got up in the morning, had my breakfast, and listened to some music. Then my father gave me a _________ to the sports ground, for the marathon race was going to take place there in an hour. All my family wished me good luck because they knew how _________ this race was for me and how much effort I had put into its preparation.

My competitors looked like athletes. I was _________ that I would be last. However, when I started to run, I thought only about the race. As I paid much attention to the race itself, I did not remember when I _________ the other runners. Suddenly I realized that I had come first. I was very happy when I won the race. From the experience, I learn that __________ always comes out of hard work.

81.

A．punish

B．hurt

C．introduce

D．encourage

82.

A．something

B．everything

C．nothing

D．anything

83.

A．carefully

B．shyly

C．angrily

D．secretly

84.

A．teach

B．help

C．expect

D．order

85.

A．day

B．week

C．month

D．year

86.

A．hug

B．shake

C．kiss

D．lift

87.

A．easy

B．important

C．traditional

D．silly

88.

A．surprised

B．lucky

C．afraid

D．happy

89.

A．passed

B．followed

C．touched

D．pushed

90.

A．feeling

B．competition

C．success

D．interest

Everyone has dreams.   Lily dreamed of being a dancer. She took _______ lessons and all her teachers thought she was an excellent student.

One day she saw a notice. It said that a famous dancing group would be performing in her town._______ thought, “I must show the leader my dancing skills.”She waited for the group leader in the dressing room. _______ the leader appeared, she came up and handed him the flowers she prepared. The thorns(刺) hurt her fingers and blood came out. But she was too _______ to care about he pain. She expressed her strong wish to be a dancer and begged(乞求) to show her dance.

“All right. You dance, ” the leader agreed. But half way through the dance, he stopped her, I’m sorry, in my mind you’re not good enough! ” On hearing this, Lily_______ out as fast as her legs could carry her. It was so hard for her to accept this. She lost heart and _______ her dream.

Several years later, the dancing group came to her town again. She decided to find out _______ the leader had told her she was not good enough.

This was his reply, “I tell this _______every student.”

“You’ve ruined(毁掉)my life!” she shouted angrily.

The leader went on, “I remember your present of _______ and how the thoms had hurt your fingers but you carried on bravely. It was a pity that you didn’t take dancing like that and stopped trying so ________. So you are still not good enough for dancing!”

91.

A．singing

B．reading

C．dancing

D．dressing

92.

A．He

B．She

C．They

D．We

93.

A．When

B．Since

C．Before

D．Unless

94.

A．weak

B．bored

C．excited

D．tired

95.

A．worked

B．ran

C．found

D．looked

96.

A．got on

B．went on

C．picked up

D．gave up

97.

A．why

B．how

C．who

D．what

98.

A．on

B．at

C．in

D．to

99.

A．books

B．dances

C．flowers

D．dresses

100.

A．happily

B．easily

C．luckily

D．safely