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1. He was brave and never gave in before the e________
2. It is r______in the newspaper that an old man was killed in a car accident.
3. They're looking for s______ to stay.
4. The weather was so terrible that there wasn't a s______ person on the beach.
5. O______ in this way can you work out this maths problem.

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break into     bleed to death     so far     at the time of     find out

6. He was 64 years old________________ his death.
7. Someone attacked him with a knife and he ________________.
8. ________________ we haven't got any information useful.
9. The thief________________ the house during the night.
10. This is a detective story with a difference. We invite you to help________________.

11. 昨晚他出了交通事故，结果没能去开会。（as a result）
__________________________________________________________________________________.

12. 这名被害者没有被发现，结果失血过多而死。（bleed to death）
__________________________________________________________________________________.

13. 去年他因偷自行车而被指控。（be charged with）
__________________________________________________________________________________.

14. 吃太多的甜食会导致健康问题。（lead to）
__________________________________________________________________________________.

15. 警方希望目击者能拨打110和他们联系。（contact）
__________________________________________________________________________________.

16. The man ________ last ________ this home at about 7 A. m.

A．was；seen leaving

B．did；see left

C．has；seen leave

D．was；seen leave

17. The police believe that the murder________ 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. yesterday.

A．was happened at	B．happened at
C．took place between	D．was took place between

18. Have you found ________ about the murder on the Internet？

A．anything new

B．everything new

C．new anything

D．new something

19. The murderer killed the young man ________ a knife ________ the morning of October 7th.

A．use；on

B．using；in

C．with；on

D．with；in

20. Detective Lu said the murder probably happened________ .

A．anywhere else	B．somewhere else
C．else anywhere	D．else somewhere

Not everyone has the chance to be a detective. But I ever got one when I was thirteen years old. It happened in 1988.

One afternoon，I was walking down the street when I saw my father's new car. I ______ to see my father，but to my ______，I saw a young woman driving instead.

“She stole my father's car，”I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in . I said to the driver，“Follow that new car ______. ”And I told him why.

The taxi driver had a car telephone，and I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the ______ from a police car and its loudspeaker. The policeman told the woman to stop her car. Our car came to a stop，too. I ______ right now and said to the woman， “It's not your car. It's my ______. ”

The woman smiled and said, “Oh. You're Mr Johnson's younger son, right? I've ever seen your photo at your father's office. ”

Before I could say ______ word, the woman explained that she was my father's new assistant. My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it ______. He lent her his car. After hearing her words, we called my father and he told us what she said was ______. The police and the taxi driver laughed. I _______very sorry. It was both the first time and the last time for me to work as a detective. Don't you think my story funny?

21.

A．except

B．expected

C．think

D．thought

22.

A．surprised

B．surprises

C．surprise

D．surprising

23.

A．after

B．in front

C．at the back

D．at the back of

24.

A．noise

B．voice

C．cry

D．sound

25.

A．got in

B．got into

C．got out

D．got away

26.

A．father

B．mother

C．mother’s

D．father’s

27.

A．another

B．other

C．else

D．others

28.

A．repair

B．repaired

C．repairs

D．repairing

29.

A．wrong

B．really

C．true

D．truly

30.

A．felt

B．feel

C．fell

D．fallen

Malls(购物中心) are popular places for Americans to go to. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually free. And the temperature inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest places with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4. 2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight nightclubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12, 750cars. About 750,000 people shop there very week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in one place. More malls are built around the country. Now malls are town centers where people can come to do many things. They shop, and of course, they also eat in food courts(美食街) that have food from all over the world. They see films at theaters. Some people even get their exercise by doing the new sport of “mall walking”. Others go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls, people can see a doctor and even go to the church. In other words, people can do almost everything in malls. Now people can live in their favorite shopping centers in fact.
31. Those Americans           are called mall rats.

A．who eat in food courts at malls

B．who spend so much time at malls

C．who enjoy themselves at malls

D．who do all their shopping at malls

32. According to the passage, Americans like doing shopping           .

A．in one place	B．in a quiet place
C．in a busy place	D．in different places

33. What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?

A．People like to go to the mall.

B．The Mall of America is noisy.

C．When America had the first mall.

D．The Mall of America is very large.

34. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A．People can see a doctor in some malls.

B．Parking is free in all the malls.

C．The malls are only in big cities.

D．The largest mall is in Hong Kong.

Martin Murray is a school boy and he is fifteen years old. He used to be a problem child. He used to give his mother many p    35    . However，after his father's death，Martin's life became much more difficult. His mother couldn't afford to pay for her c    36     education. She had to work，and so was often not at home.

His mother tried her best to look after him. Unfortunately，Martin still caused trouble. He was not i    37    in studying and he often got into trouble with the police. L    38    ，his mother was very patient and didn't save up trying to help him. In the end，she made a difficult d    39    ：to send him to a boy's boarding school.

Martin hated it and caused a lot of trouble. One day，he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. Even the teacher agreed that Martin was wasting his time.

The head teacher said it was necessary for Martin to talk with his mother. Martin called his mother，but to his surprise，this conversation changed his life. “It was exactly what I needed，"he said. “I k    40    how much my mother had given me. She also told me that even though my father was not with us，he was watching me and would always take p    41     in everything good I do That's when I decided to change. ”

Now Martin has really changed. He w    42     hard and gets “A's" in all subjects. He is now one of the A    43    students in his class. His mother helps him to feel good about h    44     and as he says，“I's very important for parents to be there for their children. ”