2 . I don’t usually watch TV at night. Last Thursday night, I finished my homework early and _________to watch TV for half an hour. To my surprise, there was a wonderful _________.

The program was about food waste (食品浪费). It asked cooks (厨师) to make meals from food that people threw away (扔掉). The cooks went to _________to find food. They found lots of bread. The bread was three days old but was _________very good. At some street markets they found bananas and strawberries. The _________was a little brown, but it was OK to eat!

From the program, I learned how much food people throw away every week. It is _________. We waste so much food because we _________so much and we can’t eat it all! The program also showed that some farmers throw away a lot of their vegetables because they aren’t the right _________for the shops!

People don’t want carrots when they are very big or very small, _________ the farmers throw them away or give them to pigs!

The program showed people that food waste is a big problem. We must __________food waste together. From now on, I will eat everything in the fridge (冰箱).

1.

A．waited

B．helped

C．decided

2.

A．activity

B．program

C．competition

3.

A．libraries

B．museums

C．supermarkets

4.

A．still

B．only

C．ever

5.

A．meat

B．fruit

C．cake

6.

A．terrible

B．difficult

C．expensive

7.

A．buy

B．pay

C．use

8.

A．price

B．color

C．size

9.

A．but

B．so

C．if

10.

A．save

B．share

C．fight

3 .        The computer is fast, and never makes a mistake, while people are too slow, and full of mistakes sometimes. That’s ________ people often say when ________ talk about computers. For over a quarter of a century, scientists have been_________better and better computers. Now a computer can ________a lot of________ jobs wonderfully. It is ________used in factories, hospitals, post offices and airports. A computer can report, decide and control in almost ________ field. Many computer scientists are thinking of________ the computer “think” like a man. With the help of a person, a computer can ________pictures, write music, talk with people, play chess, recognize voices, translate languages and so on. Perhaps computers will ________ really think and feel. Do you think the people will be afraid ________they find that the computer is too clever to listen to and serve the people? No, people will ________better use of the computers in ________ future. Man is________the master of the computer. The computer works only________ the help of man. It cannot take the place of man.1.

A．that

B．what

C．how

D．why

2.

A．we

B．they

C．you

D．people

3.

A．loving

B．taking

C．making

D．thinking

4.

A．have

B．get

C．do

D．offer

5.

A．everyday

B．every day

C．each day

D．some day

6.

A．widely

B．wide

C．great

D．deeply

7.

A．either

B．all

C．both

D．every

8.

A．producing

B．ordering

C．making

D．building

9.

A．take

B．look at

C．draw

D．put

10.

A．one day

B．a day

C．any day

D．the other day

11.

A．when

B．that

C．how

D．while

12.

A．chose

B．get

C．take

D．make

13.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

14.

A．often

B．never

C．always

D．sometimes

15.

A．with

B．under

C．by

D．for

4 . People often use “Choubaguai” to play jokes on others’ looks. However, at first, this word did not refer to ________ people. In the Qing Dynasty, there was a special group of eight painters in   Yangzhou: Jin Nong, Zheng Xie, Huang Shen, Li Shan, Li Fangying, Wang Shishen, Luo Pin and Gao Xiang. Most of them were born into poor families. So they put their feelings about life into paintings by ________ how common people lived.These paintings were different from ________ of other artists.

Other artists didn’t like their paintings. They dismissed (对……不屑一提) them as “Yangzhou Baguai”. Their paintings ________ “Choubaguai” by some artists. However, common people     were interested in their paintings. Their painting styles still have a great ________ on painters in   modern times.

1.

A．strange

B．ugly

C．perfect

D．kind

2.

A．landing

B．supporting

C．showing

D．carrying

3.

A．that

B．those

C．these

D．it

4.

A．called

B．are called

C．were called

D．are calling

5.

A．influence

B．introduction

C．situation

D．way

5 . Joseph Salmon, 17, was practising ice fishing with his mom on a lake in Iowa. Suddenly, Salmon saw a jeep, driven by an old man, Thomas Lee, ________ off the ice and into the water. As soon as Salmon saw it a short distance away, he called 911 and ran over to help. For a(n) ________, he was right standing on the ________.

Then another young man waved at Lee and tried to ________ to him to get out of the jeep. However, it seemed that Lee, ________, didn’t really know what to do next, just sitting on the seat. ________, he couldn’t move at all.

Things looked extremely ________. As Salmon and the young man became ________ in face of the emergency, more people came. Then someone found there was an animal in the jeep. Salmon immediately jumped into the ________, got to the jeep and tried opening the back door. It was locked, and he had to ________ the back window and ________ to get Lee out, whose foot was ________ because of being caught between the center console (控制台) and the seat. So Salmon gently pushed Lee back towards the front. Just then, four more passers-by ________ over to help pull Lee and his dog to safety.

Finally, the rescue workers arrived. Lee was transported to a nearby hospital. Neither he nor his dog was injured while Salmon was only treated for a minor ________ from the broken glass. How ________ they were!

1.

A．fall

B．shake

C．show

D．push

2.

A．reason

B．strike

C．instant

D．error

3.

A．border

B．blackboard

C．street

D．shoreline

4.

A．drive

B．signal

C．return

D．explain

5.

A．at a loss

B．at no cost

C．in shame

D．in relief

6.

A．Therefore

B．Instead

C．Somehow

D．Otherwise

7.

A．reliable

B．promising

C．vague

D．urgent

8.

A．aggressive

B．anxious

C．patient

D．peaceful

9.

A．ship

B．pool

C．river

D．water

10.

A．handle

B．drag

C．break

D．purchase

11.

A．hesitated

B．sought

C．declined

D．regretted

12.

A．motionless

B．artificial

C．flexible

D．obvious

13.

A．held

B．took

C．washed

D．rushed

14.

A．mistake

B．scratch

C．procedure

D．resource

15.

A．fortunate

B．elegant

C．ridiculous

D．sensitive

6 . Beethoven was a great musician. One evening, young Beethoven was out for a walk. As he was passing a wooden house, he ________ someone inside practicing one piece of his music. He stopped to listen, and a girl said that she wished she could hear a real ________ play it.

Beethoven went into the house, ________ the young lady at the piano was blind. A young man stood beside her. Beethoven asked ________, “Would you mind me playing for you?” ________ they didn’t know who the stranger was, the lady and the man said yes happily. Beethoven sat at the piano and began to play. He played so well that all of them lost themselves in the beautiful music. Even when the lonely candle in the room ________ and the moon shone brightly through the window, he was ________ playing!

When Beethoven left the house, the moon seemed even ________ in the night sky. He was deeply ________ by the young lady’s love for his music and was greatly encouraged by the beautiful night. He rushed back home ________ and spent the whole night writing down the music that he had played at the blind girl’s house.

This is a story of “Moonlight Sonata”, one of the classics in the history of music.

1.

A．tasted

B．heard

C．felt

D．looked

2.

A．dancer

B．teacher

C．musician

D．singer

3.

A．imagining

B．describing

C．checking

D．noticing

4.

A．politely

B．angrily

C．rudely

D．proudly

5.

A．But

B．Although

C．When

D．Because

6.

A．went over

B．went on

C．went out

D．went by

7.

A．hardly

B．almost

C．even

D．still

8.

A．brighter

B．darker

C．heavier

D．lighter

9.

A．hit

B．knocked

C．beat

D．touched

10.

A．at once

B．at last

C．at first

D．at most

10 . Once there was a little girl who had many misfortunes in life and was struggling with problems. One day she felt so upset that she couldn’t help ________ to her father why her life was so ________.

Sensing her ________, her father, a chef, took her to their ________. He asked her to just ________ till he finished everything. He filled three small pots with water and placed each on a burner. Once the water began to ________, he placed a potato, an egg, and some ground coffee beans in each pot. Curious, though, she kept ________ as her father instructed her to do so.

About twenty minutes later, he turned off the ________. The chef turned towards his daughter and said, “See, the potato went in strong and hard but in boiling water, it became soft and weak. The egg was ________, but now the egg became hard. ________, the ground coffee beans were unique. After being ________ the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.”

Seeing the little girl was still confused, he then ________, “The potato, the egg and coffee beans had each faced the same ________-the boiling water. However, each reacted ________. When hardships come your way, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?” Hearing these words, the girl made her choice inside-she would be the ________, which could not only change the whole situation but also change in its own way. After all, life is 10% what happens to you and 90%how you react to it.

1.

A．explaining

B．complaining

C．requesting

D．obtaining

2.

A．fortunate

B．permanent

C．memorial

D．miserable

3.

A．depression

B．desire

C．enthusiasm

D．curiosity

4.

A．study

B．kitchen

C．bedroom

D．cupboard

5.

A．absorb

B．listen

C．observe

D．seize

6.

A．cool

B．freeze

C．melt

D．boil

7.

A．cruel

B．silent

C．noble

D．modest

8.

A．lights

B．microwaves

C．burners

D．taps

9.

A．rough

B．plain

C．precious

D．fragile

10.

A．Therefore

B．Moreover

C．However

D．Otherwise

11.

A．exposed to

B．connected with

C．committed to

D．motivated by

12.

A．revolved

B．proceeded

C．teased

D．responded

13.

A．emergency

B．dilemma

C．choice

D．adversity

14.

A．sufficiently

B．generously

C．differently

D．primitively

15.

A．coffee beans

B．potato

C．egg

D．chef