1 . Recently a Russian friend came to visit me. It was one of her lifelong dreams to visit London. She ______ at lunchtime and we ______ a tiring afternoon going round the Tower of London. ______, by 5 o'clock I couldn’t help ______ that she didn’t seem as enthusiastic as she had been ______. I asked if ______ was wrong and she said, “This is all very interesting but where is the ______ and where are the men in bowler hats (圆顶礼帽)? Why did everyone _____ to get on the bus at the bus stop instead of making a queue? It’s very ______ from the books I’ve read about England.”
Her______ made me think. It’s true that people don’t ______ much any more: nowadays you often find that everyone just jumps on the bus. Or maybe this is only in London. Also the idea of a man standing up and offering his______ to a woman on a train or bus is ______ these days, although my father still does it!
Speaking of the______: well, we all know that a hundred years ago there used to be fog all year round in London, but we______ have much fog; nowadays we have pollution from all the cars! Over the last few years in_____ London had been one of the hottest places in Europe, although we still get more than enough rain in the season.
What about the city men in their working “uniform”? Well, you can still see some city gentlemen in their smart ______ , but men hardly ever_____ bowler hats. A few things don’t ______, though. If you try to______ a conversation with an English person on the underground in London, she or he will probably look at you as if you were mad!1.

A．left

B．went

C．arrived

D．returned

2.

A．lost

B．spent

C．took

D．wasted

3.

A．However

B．But

C．So

D．And

4.

A．looking

B．understanding

C．watching

D．noticing

5.

A．earlier

B．later

C．recently

D．usual

6.

A．all

B．everything

C．nothing

D．something

7.

A．ticket

B．picture

C．fog

D．uniform

8.

A．wait

B．pull

C．back

D．push

9.

A．different

B．similar

C．familiar

D．strange

10.

A．notes

B．records

C．comments

D．lists

11.

A．stop

B．queue

C．stand

D．wait

12.

A．drink

B．book

C．seat

D．bag

13.

A．unusual

B．polite

C．different

D．common

14.

A．air

B．weather

C．pollution

D．season

15.

A．sooner or later

B．no more

C．no sooner

D．no longer

16.

A．autumn

B．spring

C．summer

D．winter

17.

A．dress

B．suits

C．jackets

D．shirts

18.

A．wear

B．mend

C．prepare

D．buy

19.

A．remain

B．continue

C．turn

D．change

20.

A．finish

B．start

C．stop

D．break

2 . When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more_______than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him_______much in repairs that he decided that he had better_______it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly_______to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so_______of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was_______when they met one evening, and said, “What's_______, Dave?”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may_______more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's_______was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car,________very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no________But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to________him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be________or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll________my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to________it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door,________to wait there for the people who had________his advertisement. Even Dave had to________that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean________it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this________to us yet, sir?”1.

A．directly

B．safely

C．properly

D．easily

2.

A．so

B．such

C．very

D．too

3.

A．keep

B．repair

C．sell

D．throw

4.

A．anxious

B．lucky

C．ashamed

D．generous

5.

A．some

B．neither

C．none

D．most

6.

A．delighted

B．upset

C．calm

D．astonished

7.

A．on

B．up

C．it

D．that

8.

A．learn

B．miss

C．get

D．find

9.

A．message

B．advice

C．request

D．description

10.

A．uses

B．loses

C．has

D．spends

11.

A．doubt

B．help

C．trouble

D．answer

12.

A．tell

B．see

C．agree

D．call

13.

A．exact

B．suitable

C．early

D．late

14.

A．follow

B．meet

C．bring

D．introduce

15.

A．recognize

B．gain

C．admire

D．test

16.

A．happening

B．meaning

C．turning

D．failing

17.

A．read

B．inserted

C．answered

D．placed

18.

A．forget

B．show

C．disagree

D．admit

19.

A．as

B．that

C．so

D．such

20.

A．bargain

B．sale

C．accident

D．result

3 . I take the train to work every morning from a train station near my house. I can get to the station quite __________ because there is a shortcut(捷径) to the station. But in the summer, it can get quite smelly because of all the __________．So I always try to __________ through it.Today I was trying to do so as usual __________ something made me stop for a moment.I saw the most beautiful __________ by an old woman walking in front of me with the help of a white __________．

She was short and __________ and had white hair. She was walking __________ as each step took some effort. I hadn’t specially noticed her __________ , until she stopped near a rubbish bin.

She slowly placed her walking stick __________ the rubbish bin.Then she leaned(倚靠) on it with her right hand. She bent down and __________ the rubbish. She clearly found it __________ and it took her a while. She __________ some rubbish with her left hand and slowly straightened(挺直) herself up again. All the while she used the rubbish bin to __________ herself. She threw the rubbish inside the bin and then __________ walking. It all took her great effort.

There’s so much rubbish and no one ever does __________ about it. I was moved to __________ this old woman make such a great effort to keep even a small part of it __________ ! I haven’t been able to __________ thinking about that all day.

I want to follow her example. I’ve decided to pick up rubbish off the __________ if I see it from now on. I hope people will do the same as I do.

1.

A．hard

B．early

C．easily

D．late

2.

A．rubbish

B．boxes

C．bottles

D．paper

3.

A．walk

B．pass

C．go

D．rush

4.

A．so

B．until

C．when

D．because

5.

A．back

B．act

C．mark

D．colour

6.

A．bike

B．stick

C．dog

D．umbrella

7.

A．weak

B．rich

C．clever

D．sad

8.

A．quickly

B．happily

C．angrily

D．slowly

9.

A．at midnight

B．at noon

C．at last

D．at first

10.

A．in

B．around

C．against

D．under

11.

A．searched for

B．threw away

C．reached for

D．looked at

12.

A．unable

B．difficult

C．different

D．impossible

13.

A．picked up

B．dropped down

C．put in

D．lifted up

14.

A．warm

B．enjoy

C．support

D．hide

15.

A．continued

B．started

C．enjoyed

D．remembered

16.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

17.

A．feel

B．see

C．have

D．let

18.

A．busy

B．beautiful

C．dirty

D．clean

19.

A．keep

B．stop

C．mind

D．regret

20.

A．wall

B．desk

C．ground

D．classroom

4 . 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”
I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, ____ you can just wait until we make a quick ____ at the grocery store. I have something ____ to show you. ”
At grocery store, we____ some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “It’s time to ____ your question.” I put one apple of each ____on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a ____ look on his face.
“People are like apples. They come in all ____colors, shapes and sizes. On the ____, some of the apples may not ____ look as delicious as the others. ” As I was talking, Adam was ____ each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, ____ them back on the table, but ____ a different place.
“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”
He said, “I ____ tell. They all look the same now. ” “Take a bite of ____ See if that helps you ____ which one is which. ”
He took ____, and then a huge smile came cross his face.”People are ____ like apples! They are all different, but once you ____ the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”
He totally ____ it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.1.

A．although

B．so

C．because

D．if

2.

A．stop

B．start

C．turn

D．stay

3.

A．expressive

B．encouraging

C．informative

D．interesting

4.

A．bought

B．counted

C．saw

D．collected

5.

A．check

B．mention

C．answer

D．improve

6.

A．size

B．type

C．shape

D．class

7.

A．worried

B．satisfied

C．proud

D．curious

8.

A．ordinary

B．normal

C．different

D．regular

9.

A．outside

B．whole

C．table

D．inside

10.

A．still

B．even

C．only

D．ever

11.

A．examining

B．measuring

C．drawing

D．packing

12.

A．keeping

B．placing

C．pulling

D．giving

13.

A．on

B．toward

C．for

D．in

14.

A．mustn’t

B．can’t

C．shouldn’t

D．needn’t

15.

A．each one

B．each other

C．the other

D．one another

16.

A．admit

B．consider

C．decide

D．believe

17.

A．big bites

B．deep breaths

C．a firm hold

D．close look

18.

A．just

B．always

C．merely

D．seldom

19.

A．put away

B．get down

C．hand out

D．take off

20.

A．made

B．took

C．got

D．did

5 . The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. ______, recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived ______ for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a ______.With him were his American wife Fanny and his son ______.

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long ______ over the hills. They had been ______ this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days ______.To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some ______.

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island, Robert ______that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of ______. “What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the ______ treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly ______ something of an adventure story in the boy’s ______.While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the ______ a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate (海盗)？

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the ______ of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to ______ such a man in a story. ______ Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was ______.

So, thanks to a ______ September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest ______ stories in the English language.

1.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Besides

D．Finally

2.

A．alone

B．next door

C．at home

D．abroad

3.

A．meeting

B．story

C．holiday

D．job

4.

A．Lloyd

B．Robert

C．Henley

D．John

5.

A．talk

B．rest

C．walk

D．game

6.

A．attempting

B．missing

C．planning

D．enjoying

7.

A．quiet

B．dull

C．busy

D．cold

8.

A．cleaning

B．writing

C．drawing

D．exercising

9.

A．doubted

B．noticed

C．decided

D．recognized

10.

A．the sea

B．the house

C．Scotland

D．the island

11.

A．forgotten

B．buried

C．discovered

D．unexpected

12.

A．saw

B．drew

C．made

D．learned

13.

A．book

B．reply

C．picture

D．mind

14.

A．star

B．hero

C．writer

D．child

15.

A．help

B．problem

C．use

D．bottom

16.

A．praise

B．produce

C．include

D．accept

17.

A．Yet

B．Also

C．But

D．Thus

18.

A．read

B．born

C．hired

D．written

19.

A．rainy

B．sunny

C．cool

D．windy

20.

A．news

B．love

C．real-life

D．adventure

6 . We’ve heard it before－we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents－children and teenagers today are growing up too fast．There are not too many people that will ____ with that statement．Teenagers are faced with serious problems and decisions at an early ____．In fact most teenagers’ daily schedules are as ____ as those of an adult’s．

I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in   ____ in which I was working with adults. I have had to learn to think and ____ like an adult to be taken seriously. So, I count myself as one who has grown up too fast. I just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time reflecting(反思) on the ____ eighteen years-thinking about myself, what I have gained, and what ____ I have yet to achieve.

We are expected to work hard, get excellent ____ , be in a good relationship, and know what we want to do ____．The list goes on and on. But the ____ is clear：We live in a society today that is ____ our childhood．We no longer have many years to be careless and fancy-free. We are expected to ____ the strict school rules and to excel(擅长) in everything we do. I’ve known these things for a long time, and knew that they ____ me. But, I never really admitted it until last night, when I learned a ____ lesson, taught to me by my boss where I work. We had finished a job at a remote site．It was about 11:30 at night, and we had ____ to his house. We were talking about the ____ he had been making to his home．One of the things he said was “I ____ my basketball hoop(篮圈).” Then he threw a basketball to me.

I hadn’t ____ a basketball in five years．

We proceeded to shoot hoops for about 40 minutes. Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time ____ away like children. Then I realized something: I am still a child. Oh, the law says I’m an adult. But, we are still really and truly children. We all need to have ____ once in a while.

1.

A．argue

B．disagree

C．satisfy

D．discuss

2.

A．age

B．stage

C．year

D．grade

3.

A．certain

B．busy

C．careful

D．perfect

4.

A．companies

B．places

C．positions

D．offices

5.

A．study

B．speak

C．work

D．act

6.

A．last

B．other

C．rest

D．coming

7.

A．purposes

B．success

C．goals

D．jobs

8.

A．textbooks

B．grades

C．teachers

D．schools

9.

A．in life

B．in time

C．for ages

D．forever

10.

A．information

B．message

C．notice

D．idea

11.

A．ruining

B．correcting

C．envying

D．shortening

12.

A．respect

B．accept

C．learn

D．follow

13.

A．inspired

B．disappointed

C．affected

D．frightened

14.

A．valuable

B．serious

C．important

D．useful

15.

A．walked

B．flown back

C．gone back

D．driven

16.

A．furniture

B．improvements

C．equipment

D．arrangements

17.

A．moved

B．fixed

C．sold

D．broke

18.

A．played

B．caught

C．touched

D．held

19.

A．laughing

B．shouting

C．running

D．shooting

20.

A．a rest

B．a talk

C．fun

D．sports

7 . The famous scientist Albert Einstein died in 1955. His _____ now is in the central state of Kansas of the U.S. It belongs to a retired _____ doctor, Thomas Harvey. _____ did this happen? And why?

In the 1950s, Albert Einstein and Thomas Harvey _____ each other when they both lived in Princeton, New Jersey. Einstein was working at Princeton University _____ Doctor Harvey was working at Princeton Hospital. When Einstein died, Doctor Harvey was _____ to examine his body. It was then that he started to study _____ has become a long time examination of Einstein's brain. His goal was to _____ some physical evidence of the scientist's genius.

Doctor Harvey, _____, did not tell Einstein's family that he ______ the great man's brain. It was only later ______ the family learned of Doctor Harvey's work. They did not ______ the idea at first. After Doctor Harvey explained his idea to them, they agreed to ______ him to study the brain. Doctor Harvey then asked ______ scientists to help. They cut the brain ______ three pieces. They marked each piece before placing it in containers ______ chemical formaldehyde (甲醛) to protect it. Doctor Harvey has been ______ Einstein's brain since then. He has carried it with him as he moved from place to place. He has also lent parts of the brain to other scientists ______ study.

Only one researcher has found something ______. A doctor at the University of California found that the left part of Einstein's brain has more certain cells (细胞) than ______. Such cells are known to feed brain. This may mean that the cells could affect intelligence.

1.

A．body

B．heart

C．brain

D．head

2.

A．actual

B．chemical

C．natural

D．medical

3.

A．What

B．How

C．Who

D．Which

4.

A．realized

B．recognized

C．learned

D．knew

5.

A．as

B．because

C．while

D．since

6.

A．called on

B．called at

C．sent up

D．sent off

7.

A．which

B．how

C．that

D．what

8.

A．invent

B．discover

C．prove

D．examine

9.

A．perhaps

B．therefore

C．thus

D．however

10.

A．bought

B．sold

C．kept

D．made

11.

A．that

B．when

C．before

D．after

12.

A．hear of

B．like

C．suggest

D．offer

13.

A．promise

B．let

C．have

D．permit

14.

A．other two

B．two other

C．more two

D．two another

15.

A．off

B．by

C．into

D．about

16.

A．for

B．about

C．of

D．with

17.

A．learning

B．studying

C．searching

D．selling

18.

A．for

B．on

C．into

D．about

19.

A．easy

B．difficult

C．particular

D．common

20.

A．ever

B．enough

C．usual

D．normal

8 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（ABCD）中，选出可以填入空白的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
“Father, I don’t like to go to school,” said Harry Williams one morning. “I wish you_______let me stay at home. Charles Parker’s father doesn’t make him go to school.”
Mr. Williams took his little boy_______the hand, and said kindly to him, “Come, my son. I want to_______you something in the garden.”
Harry walked into the garden with his father, who led him along_______they came to a bed in which peas(豌豆) were growing. Not a weed(杂草) was to be_______about their roots.
“See how beautifully these peas are_______, my son,” said Mr. Williams. “How clean and healthy the vines(藤) look. We shall have a good_______Now let me show you the vines in Mr. Parker’s garden.”
Mr. Williams then_______Harry to look at Mr. Parker’s pea vines.
After a few moments, Mr. Williams asked, “Well, my son, what do you_______Mr. Parker’s pea vines?”
“Oh, Father!” replied the little boy. “I never saw such________looking peas in my life! The weeds are nearly as________as the peas themselves. There won’t be half a crop!” “________are they so much worse than ours, Harry?”
“Because they have been left to grow as they________I suppose Mr. Parker just planted them, and never took any care of them________”
“Yes. A garden will soon be overrun（超过） with weeds________it is not taken good care of,” Mr. Williams________, “and so it is with the human garden. Children’s minds are like garden beds. They must be________cared for. I send you to school in order that the garden of your________may have good seeds and________plentifully. Now which would you________, to stay at home or go to school?”
“I would rather go to school,” said Harry.1.

A．could

B．should

C．might

D．would

2.

A．in

B．with

C．by

D．of

3.

A．offer

B．show

C．give

D．remind

4.

A．when

B．where

C．before

D．until

5.

A．made

B．changed

C．seen

D．planted

6.

A．growing

B．moving

C．shaking

D．dancing

7.

A．result

B．harvest

C．match

D．present

8.

A．forced

B．ordered

C．followed

D．led

9.

A．think of

B．look at

C．hear of

D．deal with

10.

A．ugly

B．fine

C．dirty

D．poor

11.

A．deep

B．long

C．high

D．wide

12.

A．When

B．Why

C．Where

D．How

13.

A．pleased

B．stayed

C．left

D．belonged

14.

A．ahead

B．outside

C．forward

D．afterward

15.

A．as

B．or

C．if

D．so

16.

A．required

B．answered

C．explained

D．announced

17.

A．carefully

B．correctly

C．gently

D．slightly

18.

A．school

B．mind

C．family

D．dream

19.

A．produce

B．develop

C．decrease

D．drop

20.

A．find

B．support

C．know

D．prefer