2 . A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew.

One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to take it home and plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home, he did not know where to plant it.

He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come all night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit.

Finally he planted the tree in his woods where no one could see it. But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died.

Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. “What’s the difference?” the farmer said angrily. “If I had planted the tree near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit.”

“Yes,” said the friend, “but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed a good apple tree!”

1. What did the farmer’s friend give him one day?

A．An apple.

B．A gift.

C．A young tree.

D．Some apples.

2. Why didn’t the farmer want to plant the tree in his field?

A．He thought his neighbors would steal the fruit.

B．He thought the tree would die.

C．He thought his children would take the fruit.

D．He thought strangers would steal the fruit.

3. Where did the farmer plant the young tree?

A．Near the road.

B．On the farm.

C．In his woods.

D．Near the house.

4. Why did the farmer’s young tree die in the end?

A．Strangers pulled out the tree.

B．His neighbors cut down the tree.

C．His children broke the tree.

D．There was less sunlight and poor soil.

3 . One day, when I was going to check in at an airport, I noticed there was a big problem. The counter person was telling everyone that all the planes were having problems and they would not be able to fly! And it was suggested that a bus would be provided to take us to Seattle. Everyone was worried, as we only had an hour and a half to make the connecting flight, and the bus was not even at the airport yet.

Finally, the bus pulled up, and the driver said, “They just pulled me out of bed after an all-night shift (夜班), and they expect me to get you to Seattle in time to catch your flight. Good Luck!”

Needless to say, everyone was in a really bad mood. I was loading my luggage into the bus and had slung (吊) my banjo over my back when the driver said, “What? Are you going to play that in my bus?” “Well, really did not plan on it,” I replied. “I was only kidding,” said the driver. But I started thinking about it, and I pulled out the banjo. A worried, angry woman said, “Well, what if I don't like it?” “Then tell me and I will stop,” I replied.

We drove off, and the tension (紧张) made the atmosphere in the bus horrendous! Then I started plucking (弹奏) the old song Blue Skies. In a few minutes, I noticed everyone was singing along. I started to sing, too, and before long, the whole bus burst into song.

One song led to another and everyone seemed to have a request. “Do you know You Are My Sunshine?” Everyone laughed and sang, with food passed around the bus, and before long, the airport was in sight.

The bus driver called, “We made it! We never would have done it without the help of our banjo player.” Shouts of approval rang through the bus. The driver said to me, “This was the best ride I ever had. Thanks for your music.”

A few weeks later, my mailbox was filled with letters from my new friends. Their letters reminded me of how, by reaching out with just a song, you can turn a very tense situation into a peaceful experience-a magical, musical bus ride.

1. What can we learn about the driver from his words in Paragraph 2?

A．He was glad to take those people to the airport.

B．He was late because he just returned from an all-night shift.

C．He thought it was hard to get those people to the airport in time.

D．He thought he was lucky to take those people to the airport.

2. When the author decided to play his banjo, ________.

A．the driver fully supported him	B．not all the passengers preferred that idea
C．all the passengers disliked that idea	D．the whole bus burst into song

3. The underlined word “horrendous” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by _________.

A．changeable	B．strange
C．very bad	D．cheerful

4. What does this text mainly tell us?

A．A wonderful musical bus ride.	B．An unforgettable flight to Seattle.
C．A great banjo player.	D．The amazing friendship on a bus.

4 . When I was 25 years old, I had a big dream in my mind. I wanted to travel around Africa with my ________. So I left my hometown with great ________and arrived in Cape Town. But I was not really sure what to do next. ________, before my trip actually started, I ________a kind, old Nigerian man. He gave me the best travel ________I had ever received: “BE LIKE A STUDENT ON YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD.”

It sounded ________, but it really changed my idea about ________. He helped me ________that travel is about learning and observing cultures. It’s far too easy to go into a (n) ________country and believe your ways are better.

“But if you study, ask questions, and try to ________the locals, you'll have far richer ________,” he promised me.

When I was on my tour way to Cancún, I was ________a tourist. I only stayed there for a week to see the ________and places of interest and then left. The culture didn’t ________me. I left the cities and towns without really ________anyone or anything that existed in those places to which I had ________a visit.

This time, I made a promise to myself that I would be a ________traveler. After seven months of ________backpacking in Africa from Cape Town to Cairo, I realized that having a student-like mindset (思维模式) helped ________my trip and helped me learn a lot, which ________me more than any other trips ever did to me.

1.

A．friend

B．classmate

C．backpack

D．family

2.

A．source

B．challenge

C．amazement

D．confidence

3.

A．Certainly

B．Luckily

C．Truly

D．Sadly

4.

A．met

B．encouraged

C．protected

D．found

5.

A．plan

B．site

C．tip

D．choice

6.

A．simple

B．funny

C．boring

D．annoying

7.

A．traveling

B．volunteering

C．exploring

D．admiring

8.

A．ignore

B．remember

C．mention

D．realize

9.

A．frightening

B．narrow

C．new

D．interesting

10.

A．hear from

B．learn from

C．depend on

D．leave alone

11.

A．life

B．dream

C．imagination

D．experience

12.

A．already

B．still

C．just

D．quite

13.

A．pictures

B．attractions

C．valleys

D．mountains

14.

A．upset

B．shock

C．disappoint

D．impress

15.

A．knowing

B．seeing

C．introducing

D．doubting

16.

A．hoped

B．paid

C．made

D．done

17.

A．hopeful

B．cheap

C．real

D．proud

18.

A．hurried

B．successful

C．full

D．complete

19.

A．enrich

B．continue

C．judge

D．share

20.

A．reminded

B．confused

C．exhausted

D．satisfied

5 . Last month I took my son Tom to see his grandparents in the countryside. When we arrived, my father and mother were so ________ to see us.

At lunch table, Tom told me proudly, “Dad, in the yard, our dog ran after a hen. Finally the hen was ________ to a corner. The ________ hen, when she found no other way out, ________flew up to the roof and escaped successfully. Dad, why can a hen fly?" I ________ for a while and said, "Maybe because of love, It is the love that ________ her inner power and she flies!" He seemed to have ________.

Last weekend we visited Tom's grandparents again. I heard Tom ________ from the yard," Dad! The dog is running after the chicken!" I ran out of the house ________. The hen ran to a group of ________followed by the dog. The hen stopped and turned around suddenly and________the dog angrily, with her two wings ________ her children.

I ran fast and ________ between the dog and the hen, shouting at the dog to drive it away." Dad, why didn't the hen fly away? She knows she can't ________ the dog." asked Tom. I thought for a while and said, "Maybe because of love, the love to her ________ more than her own life." Tom thought for a long time and nodded.

In fact, in our life, we will do the same as the hen did.

1.

A．special

B．proud

C．happy

D．lucky

2.

A．allowed

B．forced

C．invited

D．led

3.

A．delighted

B．angry

C．hungry

D．frightened

4.

A．suddenly

B．peacefully

C．secretly

D．carefully

5.

A．thought

B．worked

C．feared

D．waited

6.

A．breaks up

B．sets off

C．takes up

D．shows off

7.

A．admitted

B．decided

C．understood

D．failed

8.

A．talking

B．laughing

C．quarrelling

D．shouting

9.

A．quickly

B．easily

C．excitedly

D．quietly

10.

A．ducks

B．villagers

C．kids

D．chickens

11.

A．approached

B．faced

C．challenged

D．passed

12.

A．contacting

B．warning

C．protecting

D．preventing

13.

A．lay

B．worked

C．sat

D．stood

14.

A．defeat

B．remember

C．believe

D．change

15.

A．brothers

B．parents

C．children

D．friends

6 . A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.

Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year who left the place quickly after the rescue last Saturday.

He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Scaport museum. He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.

“I didn’t think at all,” Duret told the Daily News. “It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”

Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头)when he saw something falling into the water .He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he got close to the river. In a moment,he took off his coat and jumped into the water.

When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said. Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.

Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was taking photos. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from passers-by. Duret caught a train with his girlfriend shortly after.

The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his story of being a hero had greatly moved New York until he got home. “I don’t really think I’m a hero,” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same ting.”

1. Why was Duret in New York?

A．To meet his girlfriend

B．To work as an engineer

C．To visit the Andersons

D．To spend his holiday

2. What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?

A．He was interviewed by a newspaper	B．He disappeared from the place quickly
C．He went to the hospital in the ambulance	D．He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes

3. Who dived after Duret into the river to save the little girl?

A．A taxi driver

B．A passer-by

C．His girlfriend

D．David Anderson

7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

A man was caught and thrown into a pit (坑) of about “40 feet” deep. He struggled trying to get out of the pit,     1    the more he tried, the weaker his muscles became. He said to himself, “I don't know how    2    (get) myself out of this. Maybe I should just die instead of enduring these miserable struggles and pains.”

Just then, he heard a voice screaming, “Help! Help!! Help!!!” The shouts were coming from another pit,     3    was 10 feet more deeper than the one he was in. “Wow, so there is somebody else like me     4     (stick) here too,” He thought to himself.

Listening     5    (careful), he heard some cracking and sand dropping from     6    wall of the pit of the other victim. Immediately he summed up his courage and with his last bit of strength,     7    (start) crawling\little by little until he made it out of his pit.

When you go through pains, remember that there are people pain     8     (badly) off than you. Always say something sweet to yourself. Always smile at your pains. Try to     9     (courage) yourself. Look at yourself in the mirror, beat your chest and say, “I can make     10    and I can stand the test of time.”

8 . The world always makes way for the dreamer

When I was nine years old, I lived in a small town. I found an ad for selling greeting cards in the back of a children’s magazine. I thought to myself I could do this, so I begged my mother to let me send for the kit (卡片盒). Two weeks later when the kit arrived, I took the cards and ran out of the house. Three hours later, I returned home with no ______ and a pocket full of money. A ______ was born.

When I was twelve years old, my father took me to ______ Zig Ziegler. I remember listening to Mr. Ziegler who raised everyone’s ______ up to the ceiling. I left there feeling like I could do anything. I wanted to be a speaker just like Mr. Ziegler. Then a ______ was born. Recently, I began pursuing my dream of ______ others.

After working for many years in the company, I decided to ______ my secure position after attending a sales meeting. The vice-president of our company made a speech that ____ my life. He asked us, “______ an angel could realize your three wishes, what would they be?” After giving us a moment to ______ the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need an angel?”   I would ______ forget the encouragement it gave me at that moment. I ____ that I didn’t need an angel’s help to become a great speaker.

Having made that decision, I was immediately ______. My husband was laid off from his job just one week after I ______ my job. We had recently bought a new house and needed both   ____ to pay the monthly mortgage (按揭贷款).   I even planned to turn back to my ____ company, knowing they wanted me to stay but I was ______ that if I went back, I would never leave. I decided I still wanted to ______ forward rather than end up with a mouth full of “if onlys” later on. A motivational speaker was born.

When I firmly ______ my dream, the miracles really began to happen. In a short period my husband found a better job. And I was able to get a lot of _______ engagements. I discovered the unbelievable power of dreams.

1.

A．cover

B．tool

C．card

D．magazine

2.

A．salesperson

B．advertiser

C．designer

D．collector

3.

A．help

B．see

C．hug

D．encourage

4.

A．height

B．senses

C．Voice

D．spirits

5.

A．concept

B．memory

C．dream

D．chance

6.

A．controlling

B．entertaining

C．challenging

D．motivating

7.

A．leave

B．gain

C．pursue

D．question

8.

A．prevented

B．ruined

C．changed

D．studied

9.

A．If

B．Although

C．Unless

D．Before

10.

A．give up

B．look into

C．carry out

D．write down

11.

A．never

B．seldom

C．always

D．sometimes

12.

A．argued

B．realized

C．expected

D．imagined

13.

A．improved

B．criticized

C．tested

D．accepted

14.

A．knew

B．quit

C．offered

D．created

15.

A．ideas

B．confidence

C．energy

D．incomes

16.

A．ideal

B．former

C．official

D．secure

17.

A．optimistic

B．certain

C．sensitive

D．generous

18.

A．touch

B．sit

C．manage

D．move

19.

A．stuck to

B．adjusted to

C．returned to

D．objected to

20.

A．selling

B．operating

C．speaking

D．publishing

9 . 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。

If this 13-year-old American boy succeeds in his effort     1     (climb) Mount Everest, he has modest ambitions — pick a small piece of rock from the top of the world as a memento (纪念品 ) and wear it in a necklace.

"I will not sell it or give it to anyone. It is something for     2     (me) to say ‘this is a rock from the summit', ” Jordan Romero from California, told reporters in Kathmandu. He left     3     the mountain on Sunday.

If he     4     (succeed), Romero will become     5     youngest climber to scale the 8,850 meters Everest summit.     6     (current) a 16-year-old Nepali boy, Temba Tsheri Sherpa, holds the record of being the world 's youngest climber of Mount Everest. But Romero said he was not after     7     (set) climbing records.

Romero said Mount Qomolangma was part of his goal to climb the highest mountains on all seven     8     (continent).

"It is just a goal,” he     9     (say) confidently. "If I don't succeed I am okay. I will try again. ”

Romero has already climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and Mount McKinley in Alaska among others.

"I know it requires a lot of     10     (patient). I will remain patient. I want to stay safe and make right choice, ”Romero said.

10 . People who have seen Trisha Seifried Woodall with her cats say that she has a magic touch. Most people don't know anyone who can order a cat to jump on a table, sit for two minutes, and then jump to the floor and walk backward.

Ms. Seifried Woodall has taught her cats to do all these tricks -- and many more. At her training center. Got Pet-ential, cats learn tricks for TV and magazine ads. Some of her cats have appeared on bags of cat food.

When Ms. Seifried Woodall gets a cat, she first learns what that cat likes and doesn’t like. “Some cats like to stay close to the ground, so I'll teach them how to stand behind me, and walk with me,”she says. “Other cats, like high places, so they'll learn how to jump on my bent knee and then safely leap to my shoulder.”

Ms. Seifried Woodall grew up in a family with many pets, and she was first paid to work with animals when she was 18. At a summer job at an amusement park, she learned how to train a few of the animals for performances. She continued to train and learn about animals for 20 years before starting her own animal-training center.

Ms. Seifried Woodall is proud of the skills her cats have learned, but she is also proud that her center’s cats are healthy and social. She believes her cats enjoy learning new tricks.

In Ms. Seifried Woodall’s experience, no breed(品种) of cat is easier to train than others. All of her cats came from shelters. They have become pets in her home.

Like most animal trainers, Ms. Seifried Woodall uses a reward system. Cats that are successful during training get food or a new toy. A cat that doesn’t enjoy eating or playing will probably not be interested in being trained. She never scolds(责骂) them. “Cats need a lot of encouragement when they are performing, she says." I say good job or that’s right several times during a single minute.”

1. What are the cats trained by Ms. Seifried Woodall mainly used to do?

A．Work for amusement parks.	B．Act in TV and magazine ads.
C．Become people’s family pets.	D．Set a good example to other cats.

2. What can we learn about Ms. Seifried Woodall and her cat-training job?

A．She usually trains cats at her home.

B．She prefers training cats that are active.

C．She trains cats according to their characters.

D．She can train any cat to be well-behaved.

3. What did Ms. Seifried Woodall do before becoming a cat trainer?

A．She took care of pets for families.

B．She performed at an amusement park.

C．She worked in an animal shelter.

D．She worked with animals for years.

4. Which of the following can best describe Ms. Seifried Woodall?

A．Brave and strong	B．Polite and friendly
C．Caring and patient	D．Humorous and talkative