1 .        When New York City was not very big, there was a market on the East River. On market day all the farmers came there to sell their vegetable, butter and eggs, and fruit. They laughed and talked together, so no one could hear the river that ran beside them.

       But Hans, the butterman, sat without a smile. He sold pounds of butter from a table beside him. Many people said that his butter wasn’t the right weight. They said that his rolls of butter didn’t weigh as much as a pound.
       Once the weighmaster came walking down the road. He was looking for people who did not sell the full weight. Someone told him, “Watch Hans, the butterman.”
       Hans had good eyes. He saw the weighmaster and quickly put the piece of gold into the first roll of butter, between the butter and its cover.
       A captain was standing beside Hans’s table, and he had seen Hans put the piece of gold into the roll. He stood at Hans’s side when the weighmaster came up to him.
       “Good morning,” said the weighmaster.
       “Good morning,” said Hans. “I think that you are looking for farmers who trick the people of our town.”
       “I’m,” said the weighmaster. “Someone told me that your rolls of butter don’t weigh a full pound.”
       “Oh yes, they do. Here, Weighmaster. Here is a roll of butter. Weigh it yourself,” said Hans.
       Hans took the first roll of butter and gave it to the weighmaster.
       The weighmaster took his scales and put the butter onto it. The roll weighed more than a pound.
       “I’ve made a mistake,” said the weighmaster. “You are an honest man. There is enough butter in this roll.”
       Then the captain stood in front of Hans’s table. “You are an honest man, so I want to buy some of your butter,” he said. Before Hans could speak, the captain picked up the roll of butter with the piece of gold in it. “I’ll take this one.”
       Hans’s heart began beating more quickly. “No, not that one. I’ve sold that one to a friend of mine. Take another one.”
       “No, I want this one,” said the captain.
       “I won’t sell it to you. I told you that I’ve sold it to a friend,” said Hans.
       “Don’t make me angry. The weighmaster weighed this roll. Give your friend another one.”
       “But I want to give him this one,” said Hans, who was now very uncomfortable.
       “I ask you, good Weighmaster,” said the captain angrily, “don’t I have the right to choose the piece of butter that I want? I will pay good money for it.”
       “Of course you have the right, Captain,” said the weighmaster. “What are you afraid of, Hans? Aren’t all the rolls of butter alike? Perhaps I have to weigh all of them.”
       What could Hans say? What could he do? He had to smile and sell the butter to the captain. The captain gave Hans three cents for the butter.
       The captain and the weighmaster walked away together.
       “You punished the thief,” said the weighmaster.
       “No, he punished himself,” said the captain, smile.
1. When Hans saw the weighmaster, he ________ .

A．stood up at once	B．said hello to the weighmaster
C．put a piece of gold into a roll of butter quickly	D．gave the weighmaster a piece

2. After the weighmaster weighed the roll of butter that Hans gave, he ________.

A．thought Hans was an honest man

B．wanted to weigh all the other rolls of butter

C．wanted to buy a roll of butter from Hans

D．thought Hans was foolish

3. The captain wanted to buy butter from Hans ________.

A．because he knew Hans was an honest man

B．because he wanted to punish Hans

C．to get the piece of gold in the butter

D．because the butter weighed more than a pound

4. Hans didn’t want to sell that roll of butter to the captain because ________.

A．he had sold it to someone else

B．he didn’t like the captain

C．he didn’t want to lose the piece of gold in it

D．it weighed more than a pound

2 . 第四节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
David grew up poor. He started_______in the 7th grade and by high school he was only going to school half days, leaving at 11 am to go to work.
Lack of money meant lack of_______opportunities, but he had a_______for knowledge. In his_______time he read books on human development, vocabulary builders,_______that he thought would help him succeed_______down the road.
He was a hard worker and rose above his lack of higher education to produce decently for his family,_______the factory life was taking it toll (造成伤害) on him_______, emotionally, and spiritually. It was, in his mind,_______him like a slow poison.
In 1995 he bought his first computer and a few months later discovered the Internet. He wanted to be a part of it, and worked 48 or more hours in the________and worked________40 or more hours a week teaching________computer skills. He worked harder than he________had in his life, logging over 100 hours a week on many, many________
David began applying for jobs in the Internet and computer fields. He was shot down many times, but he never________he had a goal and kept after it even when he didn’t feel like it because anything else seemed so________That kind of drive and perseverance (坚持不懈) almost always pays off.
I’m________to say David left the factory and took a job in the computer field. He beat out college-educated applicants with 4-year degrees with his________skills.
This is a true story about________It’s a story about believing yourself. It’s a story about finding what you love to do and following your________1.

A．studying

B．working

C．entering

D．playing

2.

A．educational

B．personal

C．political

D．occasional

3.

A．way

B．hope

C．hunger

D．goal

4.

A．spare

B．part

C．own

D．school

5.

A．something

B．everything

C．anything

D．nothing

6.

A．somewhere

B．everywhere

C．anywhere

D．nowhere

7.

A．and

B．so

C．yet

D．but

8.

A．terribly

B．personally

C．heartedly

D．physically

9.

A．fighting

B．killing

C．murdering

D．butchering

10.

A．factory

B．farm

C．school

D．family

11.

A．other

B．the other

C．others

D．another

12.

A．him

B．himself

C．themselves

D．others

13.

A．even

B．ever

C．still

D．yet

14.

A．positions

B．conditions

C．occasions

D．situations

15.

A．gave up

B．gave in

C．gave away

D．gave out

16.

A．helpful

B．hopeful

C．helpless

D．hopeless

17.

A．sure

B．certain

C．sorry

D．happy

18.

A．self-taught

B．self-assured

C．self-controlled

D．self-styled

19.

A．failure

B．confidence

C．foundation

D．determination

20.

A．ideas

B．ways

C．dreams

D．styles

3 . It was four o'clock in the morning, when I received a phone call.

"This is the emergency room calling and your son was just ___in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)___and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle." Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately it was ___.

The doctor described the ___which caused the burns. Our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they ___the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline. The flames ___my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head. __, one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and ___him on the grass. While the boy saved his life, it was not in ___to save him from severe burns and terrible scars (伤疤).

After he ____from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery (整容手术) within six months ____it took that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.

When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very ____scar on her arm, " Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not ____it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you."

I ____this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to ____and returned to school with his head held high — glad he was alive.

By the end of the six-month waiting period, he thought that the scars did not ____, so he made the ___to give up any plastic surgery.

We all have "scars" that we believe ____people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if we look different, or dress differently, people will like us better.

But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same ____standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value ____yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

1.

A．brought

B．given

C．turned

D．showed

2.

A．doctor

B．hospital

C．aircraft

D．ambulance

3.

A．serious

B．terrible

C．dangerous

D．important

4.

A．event

B．process

C．reason

D．accident

5.

A．got

B．lit

C．burned

D．moved

6.

A．took

B．held

C．caught

D．attracted

7.

A．Fortunately

B．Surprisingly

C．Happily

D．Slowly

8.

A．pushed

B．threw

C．dropped

D．rolled

9.

A．shape

B．place

C．fact

D．time

10.

A．benefited

B．recovered

C．suffered

D．relaxed

11.

A．if

B．while

C．because

D．although

12.

A．normal

B．violent

C．obvious

D．popular

13.

A．like

B．notice

C．laugh

D．hide

14.

A．sent

B．kept

C．handed

D．passed

15.

A．heart

B．life

C．practice

D．consideration

16.

A．grow

B．matter

C．exist

D．appear

17.

A．mistake

B．effort

C．decision

D．request

18.

A．invite

B．cause

C．allow

D．remind

19.

A．false

B．strict

C．moral

D．general

20.

A．by

B．over

C．beyond

D．within

4 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It's six o' clock on a cold Saturday morning．Liu Zifan reluctantly gets out of the warm bed．
"I wish I could sleep_______more," says Liu．
The 12-year-old seventh grader from Beijing Guangqumen _______School must take an-hour-ride to get to the school for the _______curriculums that occupy her whole Saturday morning．_______Sunday afternoon, she has music lessons from 3 p．m．to 7 p．m．．
During weekdays, Liu has to get up around five in the morning, and_______home by six．
" My teacher_______us to eat an apple in the morning so that we won' t feel_______" , she says．
In primary school, Liu_______taking the New Concept English class every Saturday morning, and Chinese, English and Olympic maths classes in the afternoon．On Sunday morning, she had to do_______at home．In the afternoon, she took Cambridge English class．
"I didn't have time to rest, ________on Friday night," Liu recalls．
The family has a monthly________of about 1,700 yuan．Liu Zifan's________classes cost 2, 000 yuan each term．
" I think it's ________the money," Liu' s father says．"We do everything we can to provide her with good education, ________she will get a good job in the future．"
Chinese children face________pressures on study．Some parents make their children study________. First graders start to take classes for second graders, and so on, therefore they can get an ________in exams．Most Chinese________believe high academic credentials （成绩） mean a better school, a brighter future．So they________their children to extracurricular classes like music, English and maths to develop a special________, which later might be a stepping stone to a good school．1.

A．any

B．some

C．even

D．far

2.

A．Secondary

B．Training

C．Language

D．Primary

3.

A．super

B．extra

C．huge

D．usual

4.

A．In

B．For

C．At

D．On

5.

A．get

B．stay

C．leave

D．drive

6.

A．orders

B．recommends

C．persuades

D．suggests

7.

A．sleepy

B．tired

C．cold

D．thirsty

8.

A．stopped

B．finished

C．enjoyed

D．started

9.

A．housework

B．washing

C．homework

D．writing

10.

A．besides

B．including

C．since

D．except

11.

A．pay

B．cost

C．income

D．money

12.

A．weekend

B．Sunday

C．everyday

D．Saturday

13.

A．wasteful

B．worth

C．valuable

D．worthy

14.

A．so that

B．since

C．now that

D．while

15.

A．challenging

B．increasing

C．developing

D．changing

16.

A．ahead

B．hard

C．late

D．away

17.

A．average

B．achievement

C．advance

D．advantage

18.

A．teachers

B．students

C．friends

D．parents

19.

A．send

B．hope

C．take

D．wish

20.

A．strength

B．interest

C．talent

D．skill