1 . The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff they call “books”.

I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.

The clock struck twelve."Oh, dear!" I cried, "ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy ."

The clock struck one. I was quite desperate now. I forgot all I had learnd. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.

1. The underlined word “wretched” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.

A．happy	B．disappointed
C．unhappy	D．hopeful

2. Reviewing his lessons that night didn’t help him because ________.    .

A．it was too late at night

B．he was very tired

C．his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open

D．he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

3. What do you suppose probably happened to the author the next day?

A．He went to a church to pray again

B．He passed the exam all by luck

C．He failed in the exam

D．He was punished by his teacher

4. The best title for the passage would be ______.

A．The Night Before the Examination

B．Working far into the Night

C．A Slow Student

D．Going Over My Lessons

2 . One day a few years ago, a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag , and he had put Rupert , the skeleton (人体骨架）to be used in his lecture , in a large brown suitcase. At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back, he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
1. Who wrote the story?

A．Rupert's teacher.	B．The neighbor's teacher.
C．A medical school teacher.	D．The teacher's neighbor.

2. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

A．He needed it for the summer term in London.

B．He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

C．He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.

D．He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

3. What happened at the airport?

A．The skeleton went missing.	B．The skeleton was stolen.
C．The teacher forgot his suitcase.	D．The teacher took the wrong suitcase.

4. Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident?

A．He was angry.	B．He thinks it very funny.
C．He feels helpless without Rupert.	D．He feels good without Rupert.

5. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A．The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.

B．The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.

C．The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.

D．The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.

3 . 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

4 . Not many years ago， a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five， he gave ￡ 12，000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.
As a result of his kindness， many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk， Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy—five. Johnson had a sense of humor.   He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection （注射） in my neck each evening.” he told the newspaperman， thinking of his evening glass of whisky.
The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain， asking him for the secret of his daily injection.
1. Johnson became a rich man through _________.

A．doing business.

B．making whisky.

C．cheating.

D．buying and selling land.

2. The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson __________.

A．had no children.

B．was a strange man.

C．was very fond of children.

D．wanted people to know how rich he was.

3. Many people wrote to Johnson to find out   __________.

A．what kind of whisky he had.

B．how to live longer.

C．how to become wealthy.

D．in which part of the neck to have an injection.

4. The newspaperman ____________.

A．should have reported what Johnson had told him.

B．shouldn’t have asked Johnson what injection he had.

C．was eager to live a long life.

D．should have found out what Johnson really meant.

5. When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening， he really meant that ______.

A．he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening.

B．he needed an injection in the neck.

C．a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well.

D．there was something wrong with his neck.

5 . 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”
I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, ____ you can just wait until we make a quick ____ at the grocery store. I have something ____ to show you. ”
At grocery store, we____ some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “It’s time to ____ your question.” I put one apple of each ____on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a ____ look on his face.
“People are like apples. They come in all ____colors, shapes and sizes. On the ____, some of the apples may not ____ look as delicious as the others. ” As I was talking, Adam was ____ each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, ____ them back on the table, but ____ a different place.
“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”
He said, “I ____ tell. They all look the same now. ” “Take a bite of ____ See if that helps you ____ which one is which. ”
He took ____, and then a huge smile came cross his face.”People are ____ like apples! They are all different, but once you ____ the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”
He totally ____ it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.1.

A．although

B．so

C．because

D．if

2.

A．stop

B．start

C．turn

D．stay

3.

A．expressive

B．encouraging

C．informative

D．interesting

4.

A．bought

B．counted

C．saw

D．collected

5.

A．check

B．mention

C．answer

D．improve

6.

A．size

B．type

C．shape

D．class

7.

A．worried

B．satisfied

C．proud

D．curious

8.

A．ordinary

B．normal

C．different

D．regular

9.

A．outside

B．whole

C．table

D．inside

10.

A．still

B．even

C．only

D．ever

11.

A．examining

B．measuring

C．drawing

D．packing

12.

A．keeping

B．placing

C．pulling

D．giving

13.

A．on

B．toward

C．for

D．in

14.

A．mustn’t

B．can’t

C．shouldn’t

D．needn’t

15.

A．each one

B．each other

C．the other

D．one another

16.

A．admit

B．consider

C．decide

D．believe

17.

A．big bites

B．deep breaths

C．a firm hold

D．close look

18.

A．just

B．always

C．merely

D．seldom

19.

A．put away

B．get down

C．hand out

D．take off

20.

A．made

B．took

C．got

D．did

6 . The world always makes way for the dreamer

When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler _________ everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling. I _________ there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to _________ people feel like that.” My father asked me _________ I meant. “I want to be a motivational (激励人的) speaker just like Mr. Zigler,’’ I replied. A(An)_________ was born.

Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others._________ a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company _________ as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional (地区的) sales manager, I left the company at the height of my _________. Many people were _________ that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they wondered __________ I would risk everything for a dream.

I made my __________ to start my own company and leave my enviable position after __________ a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company made a __________ that changed my life. He asked us, “If a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?” after giving us a(an)__________ to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need a __________?” I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realized that __________ I had achieved in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was __________.

Having made that decision, I was immediately __________. One week after I gave notice, my husband lost his job, and now we had no __________. But I held fast to my dream. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better job. And I was able to book several __________ engagements (约定) with new customers. I discovered the unbelievable power of dreams.

1.

A．rise

B．do

C．put

D．raise

2.

A．left

B．came

C．arrived

D．reached

3.

A．get

B．hope

C．make

D．cheer

4.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．if

5.

A．dream

B．idea

C．girl

D．speaker

6.

A．After

B．Before

C．Because

D．While

7.

A．beginning

B．working

C．acting

D．regarding

8.

A．life

B．love

C．money

D．career

9.

A．disappointed

B．moved

C．surprised

D．delighted

10.

A．when

B．why

C．if

D．how

11.

A．plan

B．promise

C．decision

D．mind

12.

A．attending

B．joining

C．entering

D．holding

13.

A．newspaper

B．book

C．report

D．speech

14.

A．day

B．second

C．week

D．moment

15.

A．love

B．worker

C．god

D．company

16.

A．everything

B．anything

C．nothing

D．something

17.

A．alive

B．dead

C．missing

D．born

18.

A．examined

B．searched

C．found

D．tested

19.

A．help

B．harm

C．income

D．money

20.

A．selling

B．speaking

C．writing

D．listening

7 . 短文改错(共10小题；
下面短文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）,并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。
A pretty, well-dressed young lady stops a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, “Do you see that young man at other side of the square?”
“Yes,” said the taxi driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and look impatiently at his watch every few second.
“Take me over there,” said the young lady.
There was a lot of cars and buses in the square, so the taxi driver asked, “Are you afraid to across the street?”
“Oh, no!” said the young lady. “So I promised that I would meet the young man of lunch at one o’ clock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive at in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I had tried not to be later.”

8 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后31-50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
While my friends went away to their universities in great delight, I restarted my senior high school life. My spirits_______at the prospect of starting all over again.
_______by strange classmates, I felt as though I was in a maze（迷宫）and felt_______for my-self. There were some complex feelings in my mind. I was frightened, nervous and lonely.
To make_______worse, I recalled my failure again and again,_______put more pressure on me than I could bear. As a result, I was always feeling_______during class.
One of my teachers noticed my depression and one day he asked me to come to his office, where he told me about his_______towards life. He said we might_______from making mistakes, but it’s important to model ourselves into people we_______. All the growing________and the embarrassing things we________are parts of the process. We never stop________, so learn from it and keep up your spirits up! If you are optimistic, things you want may________to you!________feelings rushed through me. I________saw the sun shining again when I stepped out of his office.
With the teacher’s help, I finally________my depression. From then on, I no longer________my head but began smiling at my classmates. I put up my hand________in class and tried to answer the teacher’s questions correctly.
I________have a thirst to go to my dream university,________I’m not afraid of failure because I can benefit from it.1.

A．sank

B．failed

C．disappeared

D．ran

2.

A．Hit

B．Surrounded

C．Struck

D．Loved

3.

A．unlucky

B．angry

C．sorry

D．afraid

4.

A．scores

B．studies

C．experiences

D．matters

5.

A．which

B．what

C．that

D．who

6.

A．high

B．down

C．lonely

D．happy

7.

A．way

B．method

C．measure

D．attitude

8.

A．learn

B．suffer

C．hear

D．judge

9.

A．reach

B．enjoy

C．like

D．hate

10.

A．aches

B．pains

C．joys

D．injuries

11.

A．feel

B．experience

C．taste

D．get

12.

A．standing up

B．growing up

C．going up

D．rising up

13.

A．refer

B．turn

C．stick

D．happen

14.

A．Warm

B．Thoughtful

C．Cool

D．Regretful

15.

A．suddenly

B．generally

C．naturally

D．sadly

16.

A．got on

B．got over

C．got off

D．got out

17.

A．buried

B．shook

C．bowed

D．nodded

18.

A．freely

B．hopefully

C．quickly

D．confidently

19.

A．even

B．ever

C．still

D．yet

20.

A．otherwise

B．or

C．but

D．instead

9 . A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. "Last week," said he, "my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn't get it back."

"How did you write your advertisement?" asked one of the listeners, a merchant.

"Here it is," said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip（纸条） cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, "Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings（先令） on leaving it at No.10 Broad Street."

　　"Now," said the merchant, "I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I'll buy you a new one."
　　The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: "If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well known."
　　This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colours that had been thrown in, and his own was among the number. Many of them had notes fastened（系牢） to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.
1. who would receive ten shillings according to the first advertisement ?

A．Anyone who found the thief

B．Anyone who gave a message to the loser of the umbrella

C．Anyone who left the umbrella in the City Church

D．Anyone who left the umbrella at No. 10 Broad Street

2. What was the result of the first advertisement __________?

A．the man got his umbrella back	B．the man wasted some money advertising
C．nobody found the missing umbrella	D．the umbrella was found somewhere near the church

3. The businessman suggested that the man should______.

A．buy a new umbrella	B．go on looking for his umbrella
C．report to the police	D．write another advertisement

4. What did the businessman mean by saying “if it fails, I will buy you a new one.?” _________.

A．he was quite sure of his success	B．he was not sure if he could get the umbrella back
C．he did not know what to do	D．he was rich enough to afford a new umbrella

5. The writer of this story mainly wants to tell us __________.

A．a useless advertisement	B．how the man lost and found his umbrella
C．how to make a helpful advertisement.	D．what the businessman did for the umbrella owner

10 . A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin (顽童) was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.

Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…” He hesitated.

Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He wished he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.

“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”

“Oh yes, I’d love that.”

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”

Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled (残疾) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.

“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it… Then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.

1. The street urchin was very surprised when __________.

A．he saw the shining car

B．Paul told him about the car

C．he was walking around the car

D．Paul received an expensive car

2. From the story we know that the urchin __________.

A．wished to give his brother a car

B．wished Paul’s brother to give him a car

C．wished Paul could be a brother like that

D．wished he could have a brother like Paul’s

3. The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ______.

A．to show he had a rich friend

B．to show his neighbors the car

C．to let his brother ride in the car

D．to tell his brother about his wish

4. We can infer from the story that __________.

A．Paul couldn’t understand the urchin

B．the urchin’s wish came true in the end

C．the urchin wished to have a rich brother

D．the urchin had a deep love for his brother

5. The be title for the story probably is __________.

A．A Christmas Present	B．A Street Urchin
C．A Brother Like That	D．An Unforgettable Ride