1 . I’m someone who never went to university but always thought about it. The only way I _______was listening to my children talk about their class and all the interesting things they were_______. University was just a life-long _______of mine. I just turned sixty-four years old in September. I still thought about that old dream _______one day when there was an Advanced-Age _______at the local university. I decided to _______.

The day finally arrived-my first day of school. As I _______there, my mind was filled with _______thoughts, “What am I doing? I’m not smart enough to go to university. The _______will laugh when they see me in class. I probably won’t live long enough to get a ________. Maybe I should just turn the car around and go home.”

Then, ________, I saw it! A large billboard on the side of the road with a picture of Kermit the Frog. I ________a little and read the words next to his picture. “Live your dreams.” Was Kermit speaking me? I didn’t turn the car around.

I drove a little ________on up the highway and there was another ________. This one had a picture of Albert Einstein with his tongue ________out. A line read, “As a student, he was no Einstein.” And there was a word in red, “Confidence”. A new attitude was ________inside me.

I was now ________the gate of the university and there ________still another billboard. This one showed a photograph of a proud ________in a cap and gown. Under the picture was her ________， Nola Otis, aged 95. Oldest University Graduate. Below it was the words, “Live Life”. At that moment, my outlook changed completely.

1.

A．attended

B．acquired

C．consulted

D．contained

2.

A．learning

B．taking

C．teaching

D．using

3.

A．goal

B．idea

C．advice

D．dream

4.

A．since

B．before

C．until

D．after

5.

A．program

B．system

C．theme

D．process

6.

A．sign up

B．turn up

C．keep up

D．make up

7.

A．walked

B．stepped

C．ran

D．drove

8.

A．negative

B．attractive

C．active

D．optimistic

9.

A．tutors

B．kids

C．professors

D．fellows

10.

A．degree

B．praise

C．skill

D．reputation

11.

A．finally

B．immediately

C．suddenly

D．exactly

12.

A．sped up

B．slowed down

C．cut down

D．went up

13.

A．higher

B．further

C．closer

D．lower

14.

A．billboard

B．picture

C．portrait

D．cartoon

15.

A．breaking

B．giving

C．pulling

D．sticking

16.

A．forming

B．arriving

C．building

D．making

17.

A．approaching

B．arriving

C．squeezing

D．staying

18.

A．stood

B．lived

C．lay

D．sat

19.

A．man

B．teenager

C．woman

D．youth

20.

A．motto

B．hobby

C．age

D．name

2 . In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The _______ is that countries around the world have growing mountains of _______ because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

How did we _______ a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to _______ an object than to spend time and money to repair it. _______ modern manufacturing (制造业)and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and _______.

Another cause is our _______of disposable (一次性的) products. As _______ people, we are always looking for _______ to save time and make our lives easier. Companies ________ thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.

Our appetite for new products also ________ to the problem. We are ________ buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that ________ is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we ________ useful possessions to make room for new ones.

All around the world, we can see the ________ of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To ________ the amount of rubbish and to protect the ________, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. ________, this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem.

Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions ________ throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about ________. Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.

1.

A．key

B．reason

C．project

D．problem

2.

A．gifts

B．rubbish

C．debt

D．products

3.

A．face

B．become

C．observe

D．change

4.

A．hide

B．control

C．replace

D．withdraw

5.

A．Thanks to

B．As to

C．Except for

D．Regardless of

6.

A．safe

B．funny

C．cheap

D．powerful

7.

A．love

B．lack

C．prevention

D．division

8.

A．sensitive

B．kind

C．brave

D．busy

9.

A．ways

B．places

C．jobs

D．friends

10.

A．donate

B．receive

C．produce

D．preserve

11.

A．adapts

B．returns

C．responds

D．contributes

12.

A．tired of

B．addicted to

C．worried about

D．ashamed for

13.

A．newer

B．stronger

C．higher

D．larger

14.

A．pick up

B．pay for

C．hold onto

D．throw away

15.

A．advantages

B．purposes

C．functions

D．consequences

16.

A．show

B．record

C．decrease

D．measure

17.

A．technology

B．environment

C．consumers

D．brands

18.

A．However

B．Otherwise

C．Therefore

D．Meanwhile

19.

A．by

B．in favour of

C．after

D．instead of

20.

A．spending

B．collecting

C．repairing

D．advertising

3 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are _________, one by one. "There is my grandmother's house," I say,_________ across the bay to a shabby old house.

I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯)_________ memory for me. Lise was one of the mobile children, _________ from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of _________, and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors __________for 200 years.

We soon _________by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories _________back, swift as the tide (潮水).

Suddenly, I long to walk again in the _________where I was once so glorious a child. It still __________a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk __________the rooms in memory. Here, my mother __________in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family __________into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being __________them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise __________attentively as I talk and then says, " So this is where I __________; where I belong. "

She has __________her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human _______. To be rooted is "to have an origin". We need _________ origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the __________ of "I". We must all go home again — in reality or memory.

1.

A．appearing

B．moving

C．exposing

D．expanding

2.

A．referring

B．travelling

C．pointing

D．coming

3.

A．shared

B．short

C．fresh

D．treasured

4.

A．passed

B．raised

C．moved

D．sent

5.

A．home

B．duty

C．reality

D．relief

6.

A．built

B．lived

C．remained

D．explored

7.

A．catch up

B．pull up

C．step down

D．come down

8.

A．falling

B．turning

C．rushing

D．bringing

9.

A．yard

B．village

C．room

D．house

10.

A．adapts to

B．appeals to

C．belongs to

D．occurs to

11.

A．across

B．through

C．along

D．past

12.

A．lay

B．played

C．stood

D．sat

13.

A．marching

B．looking

C．breaking

D．pouring

14.

A．between

B．with

C．near

D．behind

15.

A．wonders

B．listens

C．reacts

D．agrees

16.

A．began

B．grew

C．studied

D．stayed

17.

A．deepened

B．recognized

C．accepted

D．found

18.

A．heart

B．rights

C．interest

D．behaviors

19.

A．one

B．its

C．that

D．every

20.

A．meaning

B．expression

C．connection

D．background

4 . There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see there is a lot of sleeping on the bus or train on the ______ home from work in the evenings. A man will be _______ the newspaper, and seconds later it     _____as if he is trying to ______ it.Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger ______ next to   him. ______ place where unplanned short sleep ______ is in the lecture hall where a student will start snoring(打鼾)so ______ that the professor has to ask another student to ______ the sleeper awake. A more embarrassing(尴尬)situation occurs when a student starts falling into sleep and the ______ of the head pushes the arm off the ______ ,and the movement carries the ______ of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor with no ______ of getting there. The worst time to fall asleep is when ______ . Police reports are full of ______ that occur when people fall into sleep and go ______ the road. If the drivers are ______ , they are not seriously hurt. One woman's car, _______ , went into the river. She woke up in four feet of ______ and thought it was raining. When people are really ______ , nothing will stop them from falling asleep-no matter where they are.

1.

A．way

B．track

C．path

D．road

2.

A．buying

B．folding

C．delivering

D．reading

3.

A．acts

B．shows

C．appears

D．sounds

4.

A．open

B．eat

C．find

D．finish

5.

A．lying

B．waiting

C．talking

D．sitting

6.

A．Next

B．Every

C．Another

D．One

7.

A．goes on

B．ends up

C．lasts

D．returns

8.

A．bravely

B．happily

C．loudly

D．carelessly

9.

A．leave

B．shake

C．keep

D．watch

10.

A．size

B．shape

C．weight

D．strength

11.

A．cushion

B．desk

C．shoulder

D．book

12.

A．action

B．position

C．rest

D．side

13.

A．memory

B．reason

C．question

D．purpose

14.

A．thinking

B．working

C．walking

D．driving

15.

A．changes

B．events

C．ideas

D．accidents

16.

A．up

B．off

C．along

D．down

17.

A．lucky

B．awake

C．calm

D．strong

18.

A．in time

B．at first

C．as usual

D．for example

19.

A．dust

B．water

C．grass

D．bush

20.

A．tired

B．drunk

C．lonely

D．lazy

5 . Jame’s New Bicycle
James shook his money box again．Nothing! He carefully _________ the coins that lay on the bed．
＄24．52 was all that he had．The bicycle he wanted was at least ＄90! _________on earth was he going to get the _________ of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycle．It was _________ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels．He thought about what he could do．There was no _________ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to _________．
There was only one way to get money, and that was to _________ it．He would have to find a job．_________ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr．Clay for advice who usually had _________ on most things．
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr．Clay．“My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing．”
That was the __________ of James’s odd-job（零工）business．For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework．He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards and mended books．He lost count of the __________ of jobs that people found for him to do．He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books．He lost count of the ___________of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __________ increased and he knew that he would soon have __________ for the bicycle he longed for．
The day __________ came when James counted his money and found ＄94．32．He __________ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted．He rode __________ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends．It had been hard __________ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __________ he had bought it with his own money．He had __________ what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even than the bicycle．1.

A．cleaned

B．covered

C．counted

D．checked

2.

A．How

B．Why

C．Who

D．What

3.

A．amount

B．part

C．sum

D．rest

4.

A．brave

B．hard

C．smart

D．unfair

5.

A．point

B．reason

C．result

D．right

6.

A．split

B．spend

C．spare

D．save

7.

A．borrow

B．earn

C．raise

D．collect

8.

A．Or

B．So

C．For

D．But

9.

A．decisions

B．experience

C．opinions

D．knowledge

10.

A．beginning

B．introduction

C．requirement

D．opening

11.

A．similarity

B．quality

C．suitability

D．variety

12.

A．brand

B．number

C．size

D．type

13.

A．effort

B．pressure

C．money

D．trouble

14.

A．all

B．enough

C．much

D．some

15.

A．finally

B．instantly

C．normally

D．regularly

16.

A．gave

B．left

C．took

D．wasted

17.

A．patiently

B．proudly

C．silently

D．tiredly

18.

A．applying

B．asking

C．looking

D．working

19.

A．since

B．if

C．than

D．though

20.

A．deserved

B．benefited

C．achieved

D．learned

6 . 完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully_______the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was $90!_______on earth was he going to get the_______of the money? He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was_______to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no_______to ask his parents, for he knew they had no money to_______. There was only one way to get money, and that was to _______it. He would have to find a job._______who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr Clay for advice, who usually had_______in most things. "Well, you can start right here," said Mr Clay. "My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing." That was the________of James’s odd-job (零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was surprised by the________jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the________of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the________increased and he knew that he would soon have________for the bicycle he was dying for. The day________came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He________no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode________home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard________for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more________he had bought it with his own money. He had________what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.1.

A．cleaned

B．covered

C．counted

D．checked

2.

A．How

B．Why

C．Who

D．What

3.

A．amount

B．part

C．sum

D．rest

4.

A．brave

B．hard

C．smart

D．unfair

5.

A．use

B．reason

C．result

D．right

6.

A．separate

B．spend

C．spare

D．save

7.

A．borrow

B．earn

C．raise

D．collect

8.

A．Or

B．So

C．For

D．But

9.

A．decisions

B．experience

C．opinions

D．knowledge

10.

A．beginning

B．introduction

C．requirement

D．opening

11.

A．similar

B．ashamed

C．peaceful

D．various

12.

A．brand

B．number

C．size

D．type

13.

A．effort

B．pressure

C．money

D．trouble

14.

A．all

B．enough

C．much

D．some

15.

A．finally

B．instantly

C．normally

D．regularly

16.

A．gave

B．left

C．took

D．wasted

17.

A．patiently

B．proudly

C．silently

D．tiredly

18.

A．applying

B．asking

C．looking

D．working

19.

A．since

B．if

C．than

D．though

20.

A．deserved

B．studied

C．achieved

D．learned