1 . — Oh no! We’re too late. The train _______.
— That’s Ok. We’ll catch the next train to London.

A．was leaving

B．had left

C．has left

D．has been leaving

2 . A company ______profits from home markets are declining may seek opportunities abroad.

A．which

B．whose

C．who

D．why

3 . ____ worries me the way he keeps changing his mind.

A．This

B．That

C．What

D．It

4 . Take your time─it’s just ________ short distance from here to ________ restaurant.

A．不填；the	B．不填；a
C．the; a	D．a; the

5 . I _____ have watched that movie — it’ll give me horrible dreams.

A．couldn’t

B．needn’t

C．shouldn’t

D．mustn’t

6 . Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he in computers, she in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.
Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee.“I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls.   He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder."
Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.
The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series.
Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of .”
The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”
1. What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?

A．His health problem.	B．His love for teaching.
C．The influence of his wife.	D．The news from the Web.

2. What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?

A．Give out brochures.	B．Do something similar.
C．Write books for children	D．Retire from being a teacher.

3. According to the text, Dollly Parton is          .

A．a well-known surgeon	B．a mother of a four-year-old
C．a singer born in Tennessee	D．a computer programmer

4. Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?

A．To avoid signing up online.

B．To meet Dollywood board members.

C．To make sure the books were the newest.

D．To see if the books were of good quality.

5. What can we learn from Tim’s words in the last paragraph?

A．He needs more money to help the children.

B．He wonders why some people are so busy.

C．He tries to save those waiting to die.

D．He considers his efforts worthwhile.

7 . The kids in this village wear dirty, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud. They have no school. Yet they all can chant the English alphabet, and some can make words.
The key to their success: 20 tablet computers(平板电脑) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S. group called One Laptop Per Child.
The goal is to find out whether kids using today’s new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers analyzing the project data say they’re already amazed. “What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,” said Matt Keller, who runs the Ethiopia program.
The fastest learner—and the first to turn on one of the tablets—is 8-year-old Kelbesa Negusse. The device’s camera was disabled to save memory, yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera work. He called himself a lion, a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia.
With his tablet, Kelbasa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knows. Then he spelled words on his own. “Seven months ago he didn’t know any English. That’s unbelievable,” said Keller.
The project aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading,” where they can read to learn. It won’t be in Amharic, Ethiopia’s first language, but in English, which is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs.
1. How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the village?

A．It trains teachers for them.

B．It contributes to their self-study.

C．It helps raise their living standards.

D．It provides funds for building schools.

2. What can we infer from Keller’s words in Paragraph 3?

A．They need more time to analyze data.

B．More children are needed for the research.

C．He is confident about the future of the project.

D．The research should be carried out in kindergartens.

3. It amazed Keller that with the tablet Kelbesa could _______.

A．learn English words quickly.

B．draw pictures of animals.

C．write letters to researchers.

D．make phone calls to his friends.

4. What is the aim of the project?

A．To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs.

B．To make Amharic widely used in the world.

C．To help Ethiopian kids read to learn in English.

D．To assist Ethiopians in learning their first language.

8 . (2014·山东卷) It’s standard practice for a company like this one______ a security officer.

A．employed	B．being employed
C．to employ	D．employs

9 . They made up their mind that they______ a new house once Larry changed jobs.

A．bought	B．would buy
C．have bought	D．had bought

10 . I don’t really like the author,_______ I have to admit his books are very exciting.

A．although

B．unless

C．until

D．once