1 . 语法填空
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。

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(注定) please     8    .

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

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。

My grandfather is a    1    (retire) worker. On summer evenings, we often sat together outside the house    2    (enjoy) the cool air. It was the time that he told me lots of his experiences before liberation.

When my grandfather was fourteen years old, he worked in a coal mine. One day, when he and his two workmates were working in the tunnel, a/an    3     (fortune) thing suddenly happened. A part of the tunnel fell down, and they were shut in it. They had no food     4    (eat). When they were hungry, they only drank some water there. It was very cold in it. In order to keep warm, they hugged one another. In the darkness, they didn’t know whether it was day    5    night, they only felt they had stayed there for a very long time. They were too hungry to speak or move, and thought they    6    (die). At last, the tunnel    7    (dig) through. They were saved. They had been there for fourteen days! My grandfather said they weren’t let out at once. If    8    , they would have died. They were kept at the entrance to the tunnel    9    it was very dim, and they were fed    10    some thin porridge. After a day or two, they had recovered a bit, and they were helped out.

3 . 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。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。

Anger can disturb a supposedly happy and     1    (peace) life. If we can learn to contain this emotion, we could decrease the unnecessary trouble that it    2    (bring).

Linda and I got along like sisters.     3    , on one weekend, I quarreled with her over a decision on     4    to visit the library. She wanted to go out later since she had not washed her hair, while I could not wait to check out the    5    (late) publication on Harry Potter, my all time favorite. This small dispute soon    6    (blow) into a big one as both of us thought the other was unreasonable, inconsiderate and     7    (simple) ridiculous.     8    (drive) by childish anger, we shouted at each other mercilessly over the phone and never spoke to each other for a long time.

If I had controlled my anger and walked    9    Linda’s shoes for a mile, I would have understood her hesitance to go out, and we could have avoided hurting each other’s    10    (feel).

4 . 阅读下面短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中单词的正确形式，并将答案写在答题纸上。（共10小题；
One night, Mrs. Riley was walking along a dark street. She was carrying her handbag in one 1 and a plastic carrier bag in the other. There was 2 else in the street except two youths. They were standing in a dark shop doorway. One of them was very tall with fair hair; the other was short and fat with a beard and moustache.
The youths waited 3 a few moments, and then ran quickly and quietly towards Mrs. Riley. The tall youth held her from 4 while the other youth tried to snatch her handbag.
Suddenly, Mrs. Riley 5 (throw) the tall youth over her shoulder. He crashed into the other youth and they 6 landed on the ground. Without 7 (speak), Mrs. Riley hit both of them on the head with her handbag, and walked calmly 8 .
The two 9 (surprise) youths were still sitting on the ground when Mrs. Riley crossed the 10 towards a door with a lighted sign above it. Mrs. Riley paused, turned round, smiled at the youths and walked into the South West London Judo Club.

5 . 阅读下面的短文，结合文意用右边所给单词的适当形式填空。

Sharon Sexton

She throws Sean Penn over her shoulder and she asked Andrew Ridgeley to be quiet. She's slim,     1     (attract)and 1.75 meters tall. Sharon Sexton is not what most of us     2     (image)a bouncer (保镖) to look like but that's just what she is at the London club, Xenon.

Sharon says: “The aim is not to be noticed. I have to move around and mix in with the crowds. I'm here to make sure no trouble starts. If anyone looks     3     (anger)I just go and ask them to keep calm. Most men are so surprised at being spoken to by a woman bouncer that they don't argue. I only very     4     (occasion)have to use force.”

Sharon has also worked as a “    5    ”(mind) for   Madonna and for Al Pacino. She spends a lot time practicing Wing Chun, a method of self-defense designed for women.

6 . 阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡相应位置。

About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City     1     a woman and a young boy sat down     2     the next table. I couldn’t help     3    (overhear) parts of their conversation. At one point     4     woman asked, “So, how have you been?” And the boy,     5     could not have been more than seven or eight years old, replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed     6     (late).”

This incident     7     (stick) in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school. The evidence of a change in children     8     (increase) steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults     9     they used to.     10     this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists, why?

7 . 根据短文内容，填写单词的正确形式。(每空一词) ：

Yesterday was my best friend Li Ming’s birthday. When school was over, I went to the bookshop. I bought a book     1       ‘Exploring Space’ and had it nicely wrapped for him.     2     he had wanted to buy this book for weeks, I knew that he would be very pleased with my     3    .   When I got to the party, LiMing greeted me with a big smile. I noticed that there were piles of presents on the floor,     4     I was sure that mine would be his favorite. I gave the present to Li Ming and whispered     5       his ears. ‘You will love it’. He couldn’t wait to unwrap it.     6     the smile on his face disappeared and I saw some big red characters on the cover of the book that     7     ,‘Caring for your baby’! I     8     have picked up the wrong book in the shop!