1 . A young man applied for a job as a farmhand. When the farmer asked for his qualifications(资历), he said, “I can sleep when the wind blows.” This puzzled the farmer. But he liked the young man, and hired him.

A few days later, the farmer and his wife were awakened in the night by a violent storm. They quickly began to check things to see if all was safe from damage. They found that the doors of the farmhouse had been safely fastened, and a lot of wood had been set next to the fireplace.

The young man slept soundly.

The farmer and his wife then looked at their property (财产) carefully. They found that the farm tools had been placed in the storage room, safe from the bad weather. The tractor had been moved into the garage. The barn was properly locked. Even the animals were calm. All was well.

The farmer then understood the meaning of the young man’s words, “ I can sleep when the wind blows.”

The farmhand did his work loyally. When the sky was clear, he had prepared for the storm in case it broke. So when the wind blew, there was no need for him to be afraid. He could sleep in peace.

1. The underlined word “fastened” in Para. 2 can be replaced by ______.

A．closed	B．damaged
C．taken	D．moved

2. From the passage, we can learn that ______.

A．at first the farmer understood his words well

B．the young man was awakened in the night by a violent storm

C．the young man had prepared for the storm before it came

D．the young man was too sleepy to wake up in the night

3. The best title for this passage is ______.

A．Sleeping in peace through the storm	B．A violent storm
C．A young man and his dream	D．A clever farmer

4. Which of the following proverbs can best explain the story?

A．Lookers-on see more than players

B．A stitch（针）in time saves nine

C．Two heads are better than one

D．No man can do two things at a time

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。

With a timid voice, the little boy greeted his father as he returned from work, “Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

Greatly     1     (surprise), the father said, “Look, son, not even your mother knows that. Don't bother me now, I'm tired.”

“But Daddy, just tell me please! How much do you make an hour,” the boy insisted.

The father,     2     (final) giving up, replied, “Twenty dollars per hour.”

“Okay, Daddy? Could you loan me ten dollars?” the boy asked.

Showing his restlessness, the father yelled, “So that was the reason     3     you asked how much I earn, right? Go to sleep and don't bother me any longer!”

It was already dark and the father was thinking about what he     4     (say) and was feeling guilty. Maybe he thought his son wanted to buy something. Finally, trying to ease     5     (he) mind, the father went to his son's room.

“Are you     6     (sleep), son?” asked the father.

“No, Daddy. Why?” replied the boy.

“Here's the money you asked for     7     (early),” the father said.

“Thanks, Daddy!” replied the son happily, putting his hand under his pillow and removing some money. “Now I have enough! Now I have twenty dollars!” the boy said to his father, who was gazing at his son, confused     8     what his son had just said.

“Daddy, could you sell me one hour of your time?”

Time is     9     precious to spend it all on work! Appreciate your loved     10     (one) and don't take them for granted.

3 . It was a busy morning, about 8:30am, when an elderly gentleman in his 80's arrived to have stitches(线)removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry, as he had a/an ______ at 9:00am.

I took his vital signs and had him take a ______ , knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and ______ since I was not busy with another patient, I would assess his wound.

On ______ it I saw it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors and got the needed supplies to ______   his stitches and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another ______ appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me he needed to go to the nursing home to eat ______ with his wife.

I inquired as to her ______ . He told me that she had been there for a while because she is a ______ of Alzheimer's disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be ______ if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew ______ he was, and that she had not ______ him for five years now.

I was ______ and asked him, “Do you still go every morning ______ she doesn't know who you are?” He ______   as he patted my hand and said, “She doesn't know me but I ______ know who she is.”

I had to ______ tears as he left. I had goose bumps on my arm and thought, 'That is the kind of ______ I want in my life.”

True love is neither physical nor romantic. True love is a/an ______ of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.

Remember that the ______ deeds that we do in life really matter.

1.

A．meeting

B．appointment

C．lecture

D．interview

2.

A．seat

B．breath

C．look

D．ride

3.

A．remembered

B．concluded

C．imagined

D．decided

4.

A．watching

B．examining

C．testing

D．touching

5.

A．remove

B．cut

C．cure

D．link

6.

A．gentleman’s

B．manager’s

C．doctor's

D．nurse’s

7.

A．dinner

B．supper

C．lunch

D．breakfast

8.

A．health

B．age

C．work

D．hobby

9.

A．psychologist

B．physician

C．victim

D．expert

10.

A．glad

B．upset

C．ashamed

D．hungry

11.

A．how

B．where

C．what

D．who

12.

A．served

B．missed

C．recognized

D．heard

13.

A．surprised

B．satisfied

C．excited

D．disappointed

14.

A．after

B．if

C．but

D．though

15.

A．nodded

B．shouted

C．smiled

D．cried

16.

A．just

B．still

C．also

D．even

17.

A．hold back

B．hold on

C．carry on

D．carry out

18.

A．need

B．satisfaction

C．love

D．hope

19.

A．expression

B．award

C．reward

D．acceptance

20.

A．big

B．small

C．great

D．different

4 . At first, Michael Surrell didn’t see the black smoke or flames shooting from the windows of his neighbors’ home. Then they got a call from one of his daughters: “The house next door is on fire!” He went over and saw three women crying madly on their porch (门廊).

“The baby’s in the second floor!” one of the women cried. Though the fire department had been called, Surrell, then 64, bravely ran inside. “The baby” was Tiara Roberts, the woman’s granddaughter and a playmate of Surrell’s three youngest kids.

Entering the burning house was like “running into a bucket of black paint,” Surrell says. The thick smoke caused him to stumble blindly around, burned his eyes, and made it impossible to breathe. The conditions would have been dangerous for anyone, but for Surrell, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(慢性阻塞性肺病), they were life-threatening.

Taking a deep breath, he moved around in the overwhelming darkness. Because the house had a similar layout to his, he found the stairs and made it to the second floor. Then he heard a soft but clear moan. Still unable to see, Surrell fell to his knees on the hot wood floor. He crawled toward the sound, feeling around for any sign of the girl. Finally, he touched something. A shoe, then an ankle. He pulled Tiara toward him, scooped her into his arms and stood. Turning, he fought through the smoke and ran blindly into the blackness…

Surrell woke up in the hospital a couple of days later and spent over a week in the hospital. Tiara was released from the hospital after a few days. The fire worsened Surrell’s pulmonary condition, and he feels the effects even two years later. As a result, he takes extra medication that helps open his airways. “It’s a small price to pay,” he says. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat. I wouldn’t give it a second thought.”

1. Which of the following statements is true according to the story?

A．Tiara Roberts was the Surrell’s youngest granddaughter.

B．Surrell was familiar with the structure of the burning house.

C．Surrell ran into the fire before the fire department was called.

D．The fire was life-threatening for Surrell, mostly considering his age.

2. What does the underlined word “overwhelming” probably mean?

A．Normal.

B．Unexpected.

C．Mild.

D．Extreme.

3. Judging by the story, which words best describe Surrell’s personality?

A．Humorous and patient.	B．Outgoing and intelligent.
C．Warm-hearted and selfless.	D．Determined and ambitious.

5 . It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors gathered, discussing the exam due to begin in a few ____________. On their faces was confidence (自信). This was their last exam — then on to __________ and jobs.

Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they ________ get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take ________ of the world.

The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n) _________task. The professor had said they could bring ________books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not ________ each other, during the test.

________ they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles ________ on the students’ faces as they noted there were only five essay-type questions.

Three hours had passed ________ the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.

He looked at the ________ faces before him, and then asked, “How many completed all five questions?”________ a hand was raised.

“How many answered four?” Still no hands.

“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats.

“One, then? Certainly somebody finished ________.”But the class remained silent.

The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I ________,” he said. “I just want to impress upon you that, ________ you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the ________you don’t know. These questions you couldn’t answer are relatively ________ in everyday practice. ” Then smiling, he added, “You will all ________ this course, but remember — even though you are now college graduates, your education has just ____________.”

The years have _________the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.

1.

A．seconds

B．minutes

C．hours

D．days

2.

A．marriage

B．discussion

C．education

D．graduation

3.

A．would

B．must

C．have to

D．used to

4.

A．hold

B．control

C．care

D．place

5.

A．interesting

B．necessary

C．easy

D．unusual

6.

A．no

B．either

C．any

D．all

7.

A．listen to

B．look after

C．refer to

D．talk to

8.

A．Nervously

B．Joyfully

C．Quickly

D．Curiously

9.

A．appeared

B．changed

C．froze

D．stopped

10.

A．then

B．that

C．before

D．after

11.

A．pleased

B．worried

C．surprised

D．moved

12.

A．Not

B．Once

C．No

D．Even

13.

A．all

B．none

C．one

D．it

14.

A．wondered

B．enjoyed

C．hated

D．expected

15.

A．right now

B．as though

C．now that

D．even though

16.

A．exam

B．subject

C．question

D．college

17.

A．valuable

B．difficult

C．common

D．strange

18.

A．pass

B．fail

C．take

D．start

19.

A．begun

B．completed

C．failed

D．succeeded

20.

A．selected

B．remembered

C．strengthened

D．weakened

6 . Many years ago a big earthquake hit America,killing over 30,000 people.A father ___ his wife safely at home and rushed to the ___ where his son was supposed to be,___ to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake.

Seeing this,he remembered the ___ he had made to his son,“No matter what happens,I’ll always be there for you!” Tears began to ___ his eyes.As he looked at the pile of ___ that once was the school,it looked ___,but he kept remembering his words to his son.

He began to concentrate ___ where he had ___ his son to class before.Remembering his son’s ____ had been in the right back corner of the teaching building,he rushed there and started digging ____ the ruins.

He kept digging and digging.Hours later,other ____ parents tried to pull him off ____ had been his son’s classroom,saying,“It’s too late!They’re all dead!”

But the father kept digging for his son.The fire chief ____ and said,“Fires are breaking out.You’re in ____.Go home.” Hearing this,the American father,____ very tired now,asked politely,“Are you going to help me?”

He went on ____.He dug for 8 hours ...12 hours ...24 hours ...36 hours ...then,in the 38th hour,he heard his son’s ____.He screamed his son’s name,“ARMAND!” And he heard his son shout back,“Dad?!It’s me,Dad!I told the other kids not to worry.I told them that if you were ____ you’d save us.You promised no matter what happened,you’d always be there for me!You did ____,Dad!”

1.

A．left

B．stayed

C．reached

D．had

2.

A．house

B．company

C．school

D．office

3.

A．hardly

B．mainly

C．surprisingly

D．only

4.

A．belief

B．promise

C．decision

D．advice

5.

A．rise

B．cover

C．fill

D．suffer

6.

A．ruins

B．disasters

C．earth

D．bricks

7.

A．sad

B．hopeless

C．needless

D．useless

8.

A．at

B．in

C．to

D．on

9.

A．walked

B．let

C．run

D．seen

10.

A．doorway

B．situation

C．classroom

D．entrance

11.

A．from

B．through

C．by

D．across

12.

A．cold-hearted

B．well-meaning

C．good-looking

D．hard-working

13.

A．who

B．when

C．whose

D．what

14.

A．showed up

B．showed off

C．got up

D．got off

15.

A．frustration

B．difficulty

C．danger

D．fear

16.

A．and

B．but

C．if

D．though

17.

A．lonely

B．alone

C．together

D．as well

18.

A．sound

B．voice

C．noise

D．shout

19.

A．right

B．dead

C．alive

D．injured

20.

A．that

B．this

C．one

D．it

7 . An 114 kilograms mother, Cacia Griggs, was ashamed into losing weight after crushing her daughter, four-year-old Isabelle 's bed while reading her a bedtime story.

Just one year later she has lost 50 kilograms, dropped to a size 10, and even was employed by her dream company.

One night, having asked her 29-year-old husband to carry Isabelle up to bed because she couldn't fit through the stair gate, Cacia followed them upstairs and lay down on the edge of the bed with her daughter to read her a story.

“I heard a loud snap(噼啪声),” she said. “I’d broken the entire side beam of her bed because I was overweight. I was upset.”

On her first family holiday with Chris and Isabelle in Turkey last year, Cacia had a similar moment when she couldn't fit the plane seatbelt around her.

Cacia began the Cambridge Weight Plan in June 2011, changing her high-calorie diet into soups, shakes and bars. In August this year, Cacia reached her goal weight and dropped from a size 24 to a size 10.

“My weight began to drop off,” she said. “In no time at all I was wearing smaller clothes and was over the moon the first time I brought a size 16, I couldn't believe it fitted.”

Cacia says the best thing about losing the weight is being able to lie with her daughter again on her bed instead of sitting on the floor next to her.

1. Why did Cacia determine to lose weight?

A．She couldn’t read the stories for her daughter.

B．She crushed her daughter’s bed.

C．She couldn’t fit the plane seatbelt around her.

D．She couldn’t fit through the stair gate.

2. When Cacia realized she snapped her daughter’s bed, she felt __________.

A．pleased

B．unbelievable

C．curious

D．unhappy

3. Cacia lost her weight __________.

A．by doing some exercise	B．by going on a diet
C．by having a balanced diet	D．by taking some drugs

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A mother’s Love	B．A crashed bed
C．A way to lose weight	D．A heathy diet

8 . I am a city girl, and my idea of a big animal was a German dog. Meeting Dan changed everything. Early in our dating, he told me of his dream to own a farm.

“Don’t cows kick?” I worried when I saw the huge cattle. Dan laughed. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Just try milking a few times a day. You’ll get used to them.” After six months, I still was too nervous to try it.

One evening I heard the low mooing of the cows in their lot. Then I heard the cows again, but louder. I looked out of the window. A storm was coming. Suddenly I saw a cow running past the window. Another cow passed, and a third one moved into the yard. “Dan!” I shouted—then remembered he had gone into town.

I rushed back into the house and pulled on my coat. The noise had roused the children, and they called to me from upstairs. “Stay inside,” I shouted as I went out of the door, “no matter what!”

I was running to the yard. Suddenly the hundred cows turned and were coming in my direction! Beside me there was an old gate leading into an empty lot. I threw myself against the gate. Got it! And all at once the cows entered the lot.

When Dan got home, I told him the story. “You rescued a whole herd of cows!” Dan said. Lying in bed beside Dan, I felt safe and comfortable.

The next time I went out into the lot, I felt a little bigger beside the cows. And it wasn’t too long before I started milking.

1. The writer was brave to start milking thanks to _______.

A．her children’s help	B．a danger she experienced
C．her husband’s encouragement	D．getting on with the cows long

2. What is the right order in which the writer’ story happened?
a. She was married to Dan.
b. She dreamed of a German dog.
c. She saved a whole herd of cows.
d. She and her husband began to run a farm.
e. She was brave to start milking.
f. A storm roused the herd of cattle.

A．badfce

B．cbdfae

C．cbefda

D．bcaefd

3. The underlined sentence “I felt a little bigger beside the cows” shows the writer _____.

A．felt the cows grew a little bigger

B．felt she was a bit bigger than the cows

C．was able to fight against the cows.

D．was not as afraid of the cows as before

9 . I found the last outdoor table at my favourite cafe. Reading as I ate my breakfast slowly, I was enjoying the feeling of the cool wind and the warm sun when a table next to me opened up. A woman, who had been standing nearby, clearly waiting for a seat, stepped towards the table. But from the other direction, straight from the parking lot, came a man who got to the table first.

The woman, with a smile on her face, explained that she’d been keeping her eye on that table for several minutes and had been on her way over. The man, also smiling but determined, told her she was out of luck.

She stood off the side, clearly disappointed, and greeted her friend with the disappointing news. I sat at my table, taking in the scene, and suddenly I realized that I had an opportunity to be kind.

I stood up and asked her to come to my table. Quietly, I told her I had seen what had happened, and I was happy to give her my table. I was only going to be there a few more minutes anyway, so I was happy for her and her friend to have the seat.

“But where will you sit?” she asked. I was almost done eating, I said, and I would find a seat at the counter (柜台) inside. She thanked me and beamed with delight as she invited her friend to sit down.

Thinking about it as I finished up, I realized that whether or not the woman had acceptable demand for the table was unimportant. The feeling of the situation -- the look of hurt on her face -- had struck me, and I had the ability to do something about it.

I just hope that woman’s morning at the cafe was great. I know mine was.

1. How did the writer feel when he ate at the cafe?

A．Bored.	B．Relaxed.
C．Disappointed.	D．Grateful.

2. What does the underlined word “beamed” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．Smiled happily.	B．Remained sad.
C．Felt sorry.	D．Talked loudly.

3. What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?

A．Do not take the seat from others.	B．Order a seat before you go to a cafe.
C．Be kind and friendly in daily life.	D．Do not drink a coffee at the crowded cafe.

10 . I became lame(瘸的) in both legs in my childhood. I can’t stand ____ the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair can I ＂____＂.

I still remember the first day at ____. When I appeared at the door, ____ in the classroom stared at me in _____. My face turned ____. I couldn’t help ____ back. It was the ____ and sympathy(同情) in their eyes that _____ me doing so. I went shyly towards an unoccupied (空的) seat.

Being lame, I didn’t dare to _____ in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be ______ at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking _____.

One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really _____. They encouraged me with a(n) _____ smile and ______ me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was _____ to them for giving me a chance to see the _____ of our lovely school with my own eyes.

After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always ______ to help me. It made me_______ I am handicapped(残疾的).

Once they asked me,＂What is the most beautiful thing in our school?＂Without hesitation I said,＂It is the _____.＂

1.

A．with

B．without

C．under

D．on

2.

A．walk

B．run

C．sit

D．stand

3.

A．school

B．wheelchair

C．home

D．hospital

4.

A．he

B．she

C．everyone

D．nobody

5.

A．thought

B．interest

C．anger

D．surprise

6.

A．red

B．brown

C．white

D．black

7.

A．entering

B．hiding

C．coming

D．turning

8.

A．feeling

B．kindness

C．sorrow

D．pain

9.

A．made

B．stopped

C．kept

D．let

10.

A．walk

B．study

C．practice

D．speak

11.

A．laughed

B．smiled

C．stared

D．looked

12.

A．quickly

B．slowly

C．happily

D．shyly

13.

A．brave

B．sad

C．hurt

D．excited

14.

A．honest

B．friendly

C．luckily

D．handsome

15.

A．pushed

B．placed

C．drew

D．pulled

16.

A．satisfied

B．sorry

C．loyal

D．grateful

17.

A．signs

B．sights

C．buildings

D．students

18.

A．ready

B．smart

C．wise

D．unwilling

19.

A．forget

B．remember

C．imagine

D．think

20.

A．teacher

B．schoolyard

C．classmate

D．friendship