1 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

One Sunday morning in August I went to local music festival. I left it early because I had an appointment     1     (late) that day. My friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with me     2     the bus arrived. I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man     3     (sit) at the front. He     4     (pretend) that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. He must be     5     (mental) disabled.

Behind him were other people to     6     he was trying to talk, but after some minutes     7     walked away and sat near me, looking annoyed

I didn’t want to be laughed at for talking to him but I didn’t like leaving him     8     his own either.

After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. I sat next to the man and introduced myself. We had     9     amazing conversation. He got off the bus before me and I felt very happy the rest of the way home.

I’m glad I made a choice. It made     10     of us feel good.

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he    1    (find)that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, "Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much    2    too little. "

His son looked surprised. "I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,     3    not save a bit of money? "

"That would be a very    4    (reason)thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours," Nick said.

Nick's guests,     5    had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, "The only reason a man would sell sale    6    a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect    7    the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it."

"But such a small thing couldn't    8    (possible)destroy a village."

"In the beginning, there was only    9    very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always    10    (think)that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today. "

3 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为l-10的相应位置上。
I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting when my car    1    (break) down near a remote and poor village. Cursing my misfortune, I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to    2    should have the honor of receiving me    3    a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me    4    (settle) into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to    5    small town some 20 kilometres away    6    there was a garage.
I had noticed three hens running free in my hostess’s courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table.    7    villagers brought me goat’s cheese and hone. We drank together and talked    8    (merry) till far into the night.
When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman    9    the trouble I had caused    10    .

4 . Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult    1    was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy    2    (please) as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume.

Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not    3    pleasant experience: people stepped on your feet or    4    (push) you with their elbows (肘部），hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.

Jane paused in front of a counter     5    some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk,” the assistant tried to attract her. “Worth double the price.” But Jane knew from past experience that her    6    (choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes    7    sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please    8    .

When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already at table    9    (have) supper. Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane    10    (inform).

5 . 短文填空,阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life.    1    these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop     2    (help) it grow”, is based on the following story. It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help     3    rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about     4    day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected. One day, he came up with an idea     5    he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day. He was very tired     6    doing this for a whole day,     7    he felt very happy since the crop did “grow”    8    (high). His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately, the leaves of the crop began to wither. This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their     9    (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often    10    (result) in the contrary to our intention.

6 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends who had been there before said    1    was a wonderful holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.
After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six months    2    （early）, but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We     3    （tell）that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week,     4    for the week after. I didn’t understand     5    this would happen and my credit card had already been charged    6    the reservation. What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was     7    （surprise）helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on     8    top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.
The next day, my brother and I went to the beach     9    we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little    10    （sunburn），but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.