1 . Some years ago the captain of a ship was very interested____medicine.He always____medical books to sea and liked to talk about different diseases.One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended____ill.He lay on his bunk (铺位) and groaned (呻吟) as if he ____very sick.The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to____He told the man to rest for a few days and____the other sailors do his work. Three days later____sailor pretended that he had____with his chest____the captain looked in his medical books and told the "sick" man ____
The other sailors were very____because they had____work to do.The patients had the best food and laughed at their friends when the captain was not____the mate (大副) decided to punish the sick men and mixed up some soap,soot,glue and other unpleasant things.Then he got____from the captain to give his new medicine to the "sick" men.When they tasted the medicine,they really did feel ill.It was ____horrible that one of the patients jumped out of his bunk,ran up on deck (甲板) and climbed the ____mast (桅杆) on the ship. The captain____that the men had tried____him.So he got them____very hard for the rest of the ship on the sea.1.

A．on

B．for

C．at

D．in

2.

A．fetched

B．took

C．had

D．got

3.

A．be

B．was

C．to be

D．being

4.

A．will be

B．were

C．is

D．should be

5.

A．look for

B．look in

C．look back

D．look after

6.

A．got

B．took

C．sent

D．made

7.

A．other

B．the other

C．another

D．other's

8.

A．something wrong

B．wrong something

C．anything wrong

D．wrong anything

9.

A．Before long

B．Once more

C．Suddenly

D．Certainly

10.

A．to drink some water

B．to eat something

C．to have a rest

D．to do more work

11.

A．pleased

B．sorry

C．angry

D．surprised

12.

A．more

B．much

C．lots of

D．little

13.

A．out

B．at home

C．present

D．appear

14.

A．At first

B．At the beginning

C．At last

D．At the end

15.

A．agreement

B．permission

C．permit

D．promise

16.

A．very

B．much

C．so

D．quite

17.

A．highest

B．high

C．higher

D．very high

18.

A．heard

B．heard of

C．realized

D．guessed

19.

A．cheating

B．cheat

C．cheated

D．to cheat

20.

A．worked

B．to work

C．work

D．works

2 . A few days ago, I was having a meeting in my company. After walking out, I____ for my car keys in my pocket, only to discover they were not there____, I gave myself a quick personal pat ____ my clothes, but they were not in____ of my pockets. So, I went back to the meeting room and looked for them in every place where I had been. Suddenly it____ to me that I must have left them in the car. Worried and frightened, I quickly____ for the parking lot.
My wife, Diane, has____ me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition（点火处）. My theory is the ignition is the____ place so that I won’t lose them. Her theory is that the car will be ____ As I rushed out of my company, I came to a terrifying____ Her theory was right. The parking lot was____
Without hesitation, I called the____ I gave them my location（位置）and ____ that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most____ call of all.
“Honey,” I said in a low voice. I always call her “honey” in times like these. “I____ my keys in the car, and it has been stolen.”
There was a period of____ I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard Diane’s ____
“Ken,” she shouted, “I dropped you off!”
Now it was my time to be silent____, I said, “In that case, would you please come and ____
your dear husband?”
Diane answered, “I will... just as soon as I can have this policeman ____ I didn’t steal your car.”1.

A．reached

B．ran

C．searched

D．asked

2.

A．Hopefully

B．Fortunately

C．Worriedly

D．Suddenly

3.

A．up

B．down

C．away

D．off

4.

A．none

B．each

C．either

D．any

5.

A．turned

B．happened

C．occurred

D．came

6.

A．passed

B．headed

C．shook

D．waved

7.

A．beaten

B．fooled

C．scolded

D．punished

8.

A．proper

B．regular

C．common

D．only

9.

A．destroyed

B．fined

C．stopped

D．stolen

10.

A．shock

B．answer

C．conclusion

D．expression

11.

A．available

B．empty

C．full

D．busy

12.

A．police

B．gatekeeper

C．driver

D．guard

13.

A．asked

B．proved

C．regretted

D．said

14.

A．important

B．difficult

C．wonderful

D．different

15.

A．threw

B．lost

C．forgot

D．left

16.

A．silence

B．disappointment

C．sleep

D．breath

17.

A．song

B．sound

C．voice

D．noise

18.

A．Excited

B．Embarrassed

C．Angered

D．Interested

19.

A．get back

B．take back

C．give away

D．pick up

20.

A．teach

B．persuade

C．believe

D．prove

3 . All the Lortons’ farm animals – the cows and the goats, the ducks and the chickens, got along well with Roger—a llama(美洲驼). But since llamas are used to thinking of animals like coyotes(土狼) and dogs as threats, it took Roger a few weeks to accept the family dog.

Roger protects the sheep and lambs in two ways. First, he keeps the sheep together. A hungry coyote will try to scatter(分散) the flock and then pick off a weak or small animal that has become separated from the rest. But when a coyote threatens the Lorton’s sheep, they all run to Roger, depending on him to defend them.

And he does, with his second defense: confronting(对抗) the coyote. Llamas are very curious and will run at top speed to investigate anything that looks interesting. When a coyote sees a three-hundred-pound llama rushing toward it, the coyote will not usually wait around to see what the llama wants.

And once a llama realizes that a coyote is threatening the flock, the llama will stand between the coyote and the sheep to defend them. Often, the llama will charge toward the coyote with its head down. As it runs, it will sometimes call out an alarm to the flock in a high-pitched voice. Since Roger’s arrival, coyotes haven’t gotten any sheep from the Lortons.

1. The purpose of the passage is to tell us that ________________.

A．a llama helps guard sheep

B．coyotes are sheep’s main enemy

C．llamas are much smarter than coyotes

D．some types of dogs can’t protect sheep

2. The following words can be used to describe Roger Except_____________.

A．protective

B．curious

C．brave

D．patient

3. It can be inferred that the Lortons are __________________.

A．scientists studying llamas’ behavior

B．farmers using a llama to guard sheep

C．citizens keeping a llama as a pet

D．businessmen selling llamas to farmers

4 . In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying,“Oh, my stomach (胃)! Get the ____!”
Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a ____dream.
“Stop that noise.” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to ____ again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help! Help! I'm sure I'm ____ !”
Peter got out of bed and started ____ , but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was ____ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my ____ stomach!”
As soon as he had put his clothes ____ , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite____that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait ____morning, can't you?”
“No, I can't. Go, go, go.” his wife shouted,“ ____you will find me dead ____ the morning.”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters ____he heard his wife calling him again.
“I'm ____again now, and I shall not want the doctor.” she said softly.
Hearing this, he started running as ____ as he could towards the doctor's. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake ____around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who's there?”
“Oh, Doctor.”Peter said to him, “I've very ____news for you. My wife ____ill with a terrible stomachache (胃疼). I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly ____her. So you need not come. Go back to ____now, and sleep well!”1.

A．driver

B．nurse

C．doctor

D．child

2.

A．terrible

B．interesting

C．Surprising

D．wonderful

3.

A．bed

B．sleep

C．dream

D．hospital

4.

A．walking

B．dying

C．aching

D．sleeping

5.

A．dressing

B．wearing

C．raising

D．working

6.

A．very

B．so

C．too

D．quite

7.

A．good

B．bad

C．wrong

D．poor

8.

A．down

B．off

C．on

D．up

9.

A．surprised

B．afraid

C．certain

D．worried

10.

A．before

B．for

C．to

D．until

11.

A．And

B．But

C．So

D．Or

12.

A．after

B．in

C．before

D．until

13.

A．after

B．when

C．before

D．while

14.

A．good

B．wrong

C．all right

D．right

15.

A．fast

B．slowly

C．hurriedly

D．happily

16.

A．everyone

B．someone

C．no one

D．doctors

17.

A．good

B．bad

C．necessary

D．ill

18.

A．fell

B．stayed

C．grew

D．failed

19.

A．gone

B．missed

C．disappeared

D．left

20.

A．your home

B．your bedroom

C．your dream

D．bed

5 . When Mr. David retired, he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it.
But to his great surprise, many tourists（游客）came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity（好奇心）, came in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide（导游）.” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
1. Mr. David’s house was_______ that many tourists came to see it.

A．so small

B．so quiet

C．so interesting

D．such interesting

2. Mr. David put a notice on the window in order_______.

A．to drive the visitors away

B．to satisfy the visitor’s curiosity

C．to let visitors come in and look round

D．to get some money out of the visitors

3. The notice made the visitors _______.

A．more interested in his house

B．lost interest in his house

C．angry at the unfair price

D．feel happy about the price

4. After Mr. David put up the notice_______.

A．the visitors didn’t come any longer

B．fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house

C．more and more tourists came for a visit

D．no tourist would pay the money for a visit

5. At last he had to sell his house and move away because_______.

A．he did not like it at all

B．he could not work as a guide

C．he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive house

D．he could not live a quiet life in it

6 . As far back as he could remember，Larry had longed to go to Hollywood and become a film star．The young man’s hopes for success were broken again and again，however．Hollywood just did not seem interesting．When he first came to California，Larry had decided never to give up and return home without success．Therefore，he kept on trying．Someday，he told himself，his big opportunity would come．
Larry found a job parking cars for one of Hollywood’s big restaurants．His pay was elementary，but since the guests were kind enough to give him more money，he managed to make a living．One day he recognized an important film director driving into the parking lot （停车场） and getting out of his car．Larry had recently heard that the man was ready to make a new picture．
Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it on into the lot and park it．Then he stopped，jumped out，and ran over to the director．“Excuse me，sir，but I think it’s only fair to tell you that it’s now or never if you want me in your next picture．A lot of big companies are after me．”
Instead of pushing away the boy，the director laughed，then wrote something on a card and handed it to the young man．“Come and see me tomorrow．”
Larry got a small part in the director’s next film．He was on his way！
1. Which of the following was Larry interested in?

A．Working as a waiter．	B．Becoming a film star．
C．Parking cars for film stars．	D．Owing a big company．

2. Why did Larry find a job parking cars?

A．Because he liked the job．

B．Because the parking lot was near Hollywood．

C．To make a living and wait for the opportunity．

D．To see a lot of film stars and work for them．

3. After reading the story what can we infer （推断） about the film director ?

A．He wanted to laugh at Larry．

B．He recognized Larry at first sight．

C．He was kind and gave Larry a try．

D．He thought Larry would become a star．

4. what does the word “elementary” mean in this passage?

A．基本的

B．充足的

C．较高的

D．不达标的

5. “He was on his way”refers to the fact that ________．

A．he gave up and returned home

B．he began to work towards success

C．he took a journey to Hollywood

D．he had difficulty in playing the small part

7 . After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards send her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning.
In the evening she would go to a fancy dress party with her husband. She wanted to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was really splendid. After putting it on, She went downstairs to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, she quickly hid in the small store-room under the stair. She heard the front door opened and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and in came a man. Mrs Richards realized it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying “It’s only me. ” but it was too late, the man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs Richards walked towards him, he fled, losing the door heavily behind him.
1. The reason for Mrs Richards’ excitement that day was that____.

A．she had sent her children to school

B．she was to attend an evening party

C．she wouldn’t do any housework that morning

D．she had made a special costume the night before

2. Mrs Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to____.

A．made sure that the costume fitted her well

B．frighten the person who was knocking on the door

C．find out if she had finished the costume 

D．receive the bread and do some cooking

3. The man who was knocking at the door was____.

A．a baker

B．a thief

C．her husband

D．an electricity man

4. What did the man do after he knocked on the front door?

A．He entered just as Mrs Richards had told him to.

B．He did not do anything as Mrs Richards had expected him to.

C．He stepped directly towards the meter.

D．He went straight in so as to find Mrs Richards.

5. The man ____ and that made him cry out and run away.

A．thought he must have met a ghost

B．recognized Mrs Richards

C．found out Mrs Richards was walking towards him

D．thought that Mrs Richards must have recognized him

8 . About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college in New York, I was working as a practice student at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while I was working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was seated on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and the trunk of the human body. She was wearing a little white dress with the patterns of red roses and yellow dots.
As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼示意). As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the most beautiful, largest smile I have ever seen
All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about. I immediately felt full of hope and confidence. She took me, a poor, unhappy college student, into her world, a world of smiles, love and warmth.
That was ten years ago, but I still remember it clearly as if it happened just yesterday. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.
1. What was the writer a decade ago?

A．A worker working in a university.

B．A teacher teaching in a college.

C．A clerk working in a museum.

D．A university student who had not yet taken a degree.

2. What does the underlined world “handicap” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Life difficulty.	B．Troublesome problem.
C．Failure in work.	D．Physical disability.

3. How did the writer probably feel before meeting the disabled girl?

A．She felt full of hope.

B．She was filled with confidence.

C．She felt unhappy because of poverty.

D．She felt life was beautiful.

4. Which of the following title suits this passage best?

A．A Disabled Girl.	B．A Disabled Girl’s Smile.
C．Full of Hope.	D．Full of Confidence.

9 . Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson，South Dakota．Baseball was always her favorite sport．Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first base in their games．More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判)for them, because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing．
One day in 1904，Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．When they arrived at the ball field，two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备)game．The umpire hadn’t arrived，so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire．The players finally agreed．
Amanda，then sixteen and standing five feet，ten inches tall，made perfect calls．
She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even
offered to pay her．Thus，at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid female
baseball umpire on record．She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown，
New York．
1. Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because      

A．they wanted to make her happy

B．she called them brothers

C．no one else wanted to do it for them

D．she knew the rules well and was fair

2. Amanda went to Hawarden in order to      

A．serve as umpire

B．make money

C．watch her brother play

D．help the local teams

3. Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game       .

A．in her P．E．classes at school	B．in an umpire training school
C．by watching and playing the games	D．from her mother，a baseball umpire

4. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．Amanda Clement．First Female Umpire

B．A Family of Baseball Fans

C．Baseball Games in Hawarden，Iowa

D．The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown

10 . The business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors (债主) were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy (破产).

Suddenly an old man appeared before him. “I can see that something is troubling you.” he said. After listening to the executive, the old man said: “I believe I can help you.”

He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying: “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.” Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come.

The business executive saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world!

“I can settle all my debts in a moment!” he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the uncashed check in his safe, just knowing it would give him the strength to work out a way to save his business.

With renewed optimism, he made better deals and extended terms of payment. He closed several big deals. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.

Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the uncashed check. At the agreed-upon time, the old man appeared. But just as the executive was about to hand back the check and share his success story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man.

“I’m so glad I caught him!” she cried. “I hope he hasn’t been bothering you. He’s always escaping from the rest home and telling people he’s John D. Rockefeller.” And she led the old man away by the arm.

1. What was the executive worried about?

A．He couldn’t produce enough for the suppliers.

B．The creditors wouldn’t lend him any money.

C．His products didn’t sell well.

D．He might run into bankcruptcy.

2. Which of the following statements about the old man is TRUE?

A．The old man had known the executive was in trouble before he came.

B．The old man’s way of helping the executive worked out well.

C．The check he wrote was far from enough for the executive.

D．In fact the old man didn’t want to have his money back.

3. The executive didn’t cash the check because ____________.

A．He was afraid that the bank didn’t have so much money.

B．The check gave him a lot of strength and encouragement.

C．He was uncertain if he could ever pay back the money.

D．He knew the old man wasn’t John D. Rockefeller at all.