1 . We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it ________ to have too much?

I________back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also ________a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to do it __________

When I got into college, things ________ I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this __________ there was no sense of __________ to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became ________. Once that happened, I just kept________my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was__________really late at night to get my work alone.

One day I __________a former classmate of mine who was __________ a lot of money running a sideline(副业).Since his regular job was __________, I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would __________ have too much time and would just do what I did back in__________.He said that if he __________the job, he would lose his __________ to work and succeed.

So, try __________ your time with other work. This is why there is a __________ that if you want something done, ask a __________person to do it.

1.

A．true

B．fair

C．strange

D．possible

2.

A．remember

B．admit

C．understand

D．expect

3.

A．watched

B．loved.

C．Coached

D．played

4.

A．at last

B．right away

C．of course

D．mattered

5.

A．happened

B．repeated

C．changed

D．mattered

6.

A．extra

B．difficult.

C．valuable

D．limited

7.

A．duty

B．achievement

C．urgency

D．direction

8.

A．burden

B．relief

C．risk

D．habit

9.

A．pushing

B．taking

C．setting

D．calling

10.

A．hanging out

B．staying up

C．jogging round

D．showing off

11.

A．met

B．helped

C．treated

D．hired

12.

A．raising

B．wasting

C．demanding

D．making

13.

A．safe

B．important

C．boring

D．rewarding

14.

A．luckily

B．hardly

C．hopefully

D．simply

15.

A．childhood

B．college

C．town

D．business

16.

A．quit

B．found

C．accepted

D．kept

17.

A．heart

B．chance

C．drive

D．way

18.

A．saving

B．filling up

C．giving up

D．trading

19.

A．message

B．story

C．saying

D．fact

20.

A．careful

B．busy

C．reliable

D．kind

2 . A young English teacher saved the lives of 30 students when he took______ of a bus after its driver suffered a serious heart attack. Guy Harvold,24, had ______ the students and three course leaders from Gatwick airport, and they were travelling to Bournemouth to ______ their host families. They were going to ______ a course at the ABC Language School in Bournemouth where Harvold works as a ______.

Harvold, who has not ______ his driving test, said, "I realized the bus was out of control when I was ______ the students." The bus ran into trees at the side of the road and he ______the driver was slumped(倒伏) over the wheel. The driver didn't ______. He was unconscious. The bus______ a lamp post and it broke the glass on the front door before Harvold ______ to bring the bus to a stop. Police______ the young teacher's quick thinking. If he hadn't ______ quickly, there could have been a terrible______.

The bus driver never regained consciousness and died at Easy Surrey Hospital. He had worked regulary with the ______ and was very well regarded by the teachers and students. Harvold said, "I was ______ that no one else was hurt, but I hoped that the driver would ______.

The head of the language school told the local newspaper that the school is going to send Harvold on a weekend ______ to Dublin with a friend, thanking him for his ______. A local driving school has also offered him six ______driving lessons.

1.

A．control

B．care

C．advantage

D．note

2.

A．taken in

B．picked up

C．tracked down

D．helped out

3.

A．greet

B．thank

C．invite

D．meet

4.

A．present

B．introduce

C．take

D．organize

5.

A．drive

B．doctor

C．librarian

D．teacher

6.

A．given

B．marked

C．passed

D．conducted

7.

A．speaking to

B．waiting for

C．returning to

D．looking for

8.

A．learned

B．noticed

C．mentioned

D．doubted

9.

A．sleep

B．cry

C．move

D．recover

10.

A．ran over

B．went by

C．carried

D．hit

11.

A．remembered

B．continued

C．prepared

D．managed

12.

A．witnessed

B．recorded

C．praised

D．understood

13.

A．appeared

B．reacted

C．escaped

D．interrupted

14.

A．delay

B．accident

C．mistake

D．experience

15.

A．airport

B．hospital

C．school

D．police

16.

A．happy

B．fortunate

C．touched

D．sorry

17.

A．survive

B．retire

C．relax

D．succeed

18.

A．project

B．trip

C．dinner

D．duty

19.

A．bravery

B．skill

C．quality

D．knowledge

20.

A．necessary

B．easy

C．different

D．free

3 . Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a ____ place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They ____ various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was______that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more ____ to her than mountain of gold. The books are in every language — new books, ancient books, ____ a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old.

She had asked the government for______to move the books to a _____place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands. _____, she brought books home every night,______her car late after work. Her friends came to _____her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant   ___ to hide some books. All through the_____ , Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, _____them over the seven-foot wall and _____them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war______. Then nine days laters, a fire burned the______to the ground.

One day, the bombing stopped and the_____ left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be ____ again while the city was _____. So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs (郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and ____ peace and a new library.

1.

A．meeting

B．working

C．personal

D．religious

2.

A．raised

B．handled

C．reported

D．discussed

3.

A．worried

B．angry

C．doubtful

D．curious

4.

A．practical

B．precious

C．reliable

D．expensive

5.

A．then

B．still

C．even

D．rather

6.

A．permission

B．confirmation

C．explanation

D．information

7.

A．large

B．public

C．distant

D．safe

8.

A．Fortunately

B．Surprisingly

C．Seriously

D．Secretly

9.

A．starting

B．parking

C．filling

D．testing

10.

A．stop

B．help

C．warn

D．rescue

11.

A．intended

B．pretended

C．happened

D．agreed

12.

A．war

B．night

C．building

D．way

13.

A．put

B．opened

C．passed

D．threw

14.

A．hid

B．exchanged

C．burnt

D．distributed

15.

A．approached

B．erupted

C．continued

D．ended

16.

A．restaurant

B．library

C．city

D．wall

17.

A．neighbours

B．soldiers

C．friends

D．customers

18.

A．sold

B．read

C．saved

D．moved

19.

A．occupied

B．bombed

C．quiet

D．busy

20.

A．dreamed of

B．believed in

C．cared about

D．looked for

4 . Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my _______ was more manageable, I _______ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. _______ that was years ago and times have changed. _______ I live with my mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to _______ my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). _______ I needed to sleep in afternoons, I was limited in my _______. I decided that I would consider _______ to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was _______ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ________ to get started. And ________ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ________ use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my ________, he gave me a long, thoughtful ________. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me ________ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ________ on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your ________ and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started. ”

I ________. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose ________ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His ________ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

1.

A．loneliness

B．sadness

C．tiredness

D．sickness

2.

A．set

B．enjoyed

C．kept

D．shared

3.

A．Gladly

B．Eventually

C．Unfortunately

D．Surprisingly

4.

A．Now

B．Then

C．Sometime

D．Meanwhile

5.

A．add up to

B．make up for

C．get rid of

D．take advantage of

6.

A．If

B．As

C．Though

D．Before

7.

A．movement

B．condition

C．choices

D．positions

8.

A．reaching out

B．living up

C．getting on

D．going back

9.

A．recognized

B．interviewed

C．found

D．invited

10.

A．money

B．time

C．energy

D．knowledge

11.

A．thus

B．once

C．seldom

D．often

12.

A．actually

B．hardly

C．nearly

D．formerly

13.

A．job

B．family

C．idea

D．offer

14.

A．face

B．view

C．look

D．sight

15.

A．over

B．along

C．towards

D．through

16.

A．unhappily

B．lovingly

C．pitifully

D．gratefully

17.

A．pick

B．turn

C．role

D．step

18.

A．had to cry

B．ought to cry

C．should have cried

D．could have cried

19.

A．more

B．the ones

C．few

D．the rest

20.

A．courage

B．devotion

C．kindness

D．trust

5 . 完形填空(共20小题；
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric_______ his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.
He had_______ set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today. He would just_______
the books in the outside return box. But there was a_______;it was locked.
He went into the building, only a few minutes_______ closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief_______ in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to_______ Eric.
David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in_______—the library lights were off. The place was_______The doors had been shut. They__________ be opened from the inside. He was trapped(被困)—in a library!
He tried to__________ a telephone call, but was unable to__________What’s worse, the pay phones were on the outside of the building__________ the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.
__________ he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper:“__________!I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door__________,someone passing by would see it.
He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant,__________Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to__________
He knew he had to__________,but now, that didn’t seem to be such a__________ thing.1.

A．but

B．because

C．or

D．since

2.

A．ever

B．nearly

C．never

D．often

3.

A．pass

B．drop

C．carry

D．take

4.

A．problem

B．mistake

C．case

D．question

5.

A．during

B．after

C．over

D．before

6.

A．rest

B．break

C．walk

D．stop

7.

A．visit

B．meet

C．catch

D．greet

8.

A．delight

B．anger

C．surprise

D．eagerness

9.

A．lonely

B．empty

C．noisy

D．crowded

10.

A．wouldn’t

B．shouldn’t

C．couldn’t

D．needn’t

11.

A．make

B．fix

C．use

D．pick

12.

A．get on

B．get up

C．get through

D．get in

13.

A．If

B．As

C．Though

D．Until

14.

A．On time

B．Now and then

C．By the way

D．At last

15.

A．Come

B．Help

C．Hello

D．Sorry

16.

A．Surely

B．Thankfully

C．Truly

D．Gradually

17.

A．at most

B．after all

C．in short

D．as usual

18.

A．watch

B．play

C．read

D．write

19.

A．wait

B．stand

C．sleep

D．work

20.

A．bad

B．cool

C．strange

D．nice

6 . 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to   _______, I bought twenty chickens and asked him to _______them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would _______the eggs from him. However，he would have to buy chicken _______with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was_________would be his to keep. Gene was _______, thinking he would make his first _______.
After several weeks’ successful work, I began to _______ that egg production was going down, I   _______nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn’t have   ________   money to buy the feed. He said the chickens had never __________a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped ____________ eggs.
Then I asked him if he had   ________ the amount of feed he had given the chickens. He was   ________ . It was like he did not think anyone would ever   ________what he had done. After a long ________ —he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them ________food. I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”
I was just astonished at the question in my own __________. I was dumbfounded (惊呆）at the________of it. Yes. you can fool everyone else，but you cannot “fool the chickens," because ________ , you will find out, as the saying goes, "What goes around comes around."1.

A．cook

B．share

C．count

D．work

2.

A．take care of

B．observe

C．train

D．play with

3.

A．save

B．borrow

C．buy

D．keep

4.

A．nest

B．soup

C．meat

D．feed

5.

A．given back

B．picked up

C．left over

D．brought in

6.

A．thrilled

B．worried

C．satisfied

D．discouraged

7.

A．deal

B．contribution

C．fortune

D．choice

8.

A．hear

B．notice

C．predict

D．imagine

9.

A．said

B．found

C．thought

D．recalled

10.

A．private

B．honest

C．pocket

D．enough

11.

A．missed

B．wasted

C．enjoyed

D．finished

12.

A．hatching

B．laying

C．gathering

D．hiding

13.

A．balanced

B．checked out

C．cut down

D．measured

14.

A．delighted

B．shocked

C．tired

D．disappointed

15.

A．forgive

B．allow

C．discuss

D．know

16.

A．silence

B．absence

C．negotiation

D．preparation

17.

A．heavy

B．fresher

C．less

D．solid

18.

A．life

B．job

C．ease

D．mind

19.

A．explanation

B．significance

C．trick

D．example

20.

A．in this respect

B．in the end

C．in contrast

D．in addition

7 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call __21__and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool. But he did __22__the water. Any kind of __23__ride seemed to give him pleasure. __24__he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being __25__the water, moving through it, __26__it all around me. I was not a strong __27__, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my __28__. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and __29__those summer days with my father, who __30__ come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the __31__person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go __32__ his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me __33__anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk __34__ he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his _35__. But my father always __36__and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s __37__.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get __38__ an ice cream…
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood,; the rest is __39__.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but __40__, in that childhood, look at us.1.

A．desire

B．joy

C．anger

D．worry

2.

A．avoid

B．refuse

C．praise

D．love

3.

A．boat

B．bus

C．train

D．bike

4.

A．But

B．Then

C．And

D．Still

5.

A．on

B．off

C．by

D．in

6.

A．having

B．leaving

C．making

D．getting

7.

A．swimmer

B．rider

C．walker

D．runner

8.

A．hopes

B．faiths

C．rights

D．fears

9.

A．spending

B．saving

C．wasting

D．ruining

10.

A．should

B．would

C．had to

D．ought to

11.

A．next

B．only

C．other

D．last

12.

A．away from

B．out of

C．by

D．inside

13.

A．put up

B．break down

C．play with

D．work out

14.

A．the moment

B．the first time

C．while

D．before

15.

A．fishing net

B．office things

C．wooden chair

D．lab equipment

16.

A．stood up

B．set out

C．showed up

D．turned out

17.

A．fine

B．strange

C．terrible

D．funny

18.

A．the student

B．the assistant

C．myself

D．himself

19.

A．memory

B．wealth

C．experience

D．practice

20.

A．which

B．who

C．what

D．whose

8 . The trip to that city was eye-opening for everyone, and near its end , all the young people in our group began to reflect on what it had meant. We ______the first night we had arrived. We had all gone into the markets of the city______ the young people could experience its energy. But what we actually saw simply______us all –the rundown houses, the children in rags, the people begging for money… Walking home,_______under a low bridge, we came across______families of homeless people seeking a bit of dry ground to sleep on______the night. We had to step over bodies as we found our way through the darkness.
The poverty(贫困) was______than anything my young companions had ever imagined. Back in the hotel, an air of sadness settled over the group. Many_______and cried. Spending time in this______moves a person to care about humanity.
That evening, our group spent hours talking about what we had________. Gently, I encouraged everyone to talk about the difficult_______that day’s discoveries had inspired. Sitting together______a circle as everyone had a chance to speak, we all began to realize that _______of us was alone in our struggle to cope with our reactions.
Based on my________in poverty-stricken areas, I suggested that ________the emotions we had were painful, they could also be important in helping us to move forward. We all_____that we had seen things that should never be allowed to happen._______, what could we do about it? Together, we began to brainstorm ways we could help to ease the_______we had seen. As I encouraged group members to focus on_______they could do, a sense of determination_______the previous sadness. Instead of despair, these young people began to feel a call to action.1.

A．put up with

B．got back to

C．looked back on

D．made up for

2.

A．now that

B．so that

C．as if

D．even if

3.

A．puzzled

B．annoyed

C．embarrassed

D．shocked

4.

A．marching

B．running

C．passing

D．moving

5.

A．entire

B．normal

C．average

D．general

6.

A．beyond

B．with

C．till

D．for

7.

A．stronger

B．deeper

C．worse

D．less

8.

A．gave up

B．broke down

C．set off

D．held on

9.

A．environment

B．hotel

C．house

D．background

10.

A．inspected

B．attempted

C．witnessed

D．challenged

11.

A．feelings

B．decisions

C．thoughts

D．impressions

12.

A．along

B．around

C．by

D．in

13.

A．neither

B．either

C．none

D．each

14.

A．experiences

B．schedules

C．data

D．position

15.

A．once

B．while

C．since

D．unless

16.

A．supposed

B．advised

C．confirmed

D．agreed

17.

A．Surely

B．Rather

C．Now

D．Indeed

18.

A．burden

B．suffering

C．anxiety

D．difficulty

19.

A．how

B．where

C．what

D．when

20.

A．replaced

B．changed

C．covered

D．improved