1 . Once there was a very poor villager. He found it difficult even to support his family.        1     He walked about in the streets, but he did not get a job. One day, he met a rich businessman, who gave him the job of cleaning the office. The villager began his work and he even started reading and writing in his spare time.

One day, the businessman saw that the villager was writing something. He said, “You can also read and write! Your handwriting is very good.”      2       The villager began to do this job as best as he could.

Later, the businessman learnt that the villager was good at accounting（记账）, and he made him his shop accountant（会计）. The other accountants were very jealous （嫉妒）of the villager’s abilities. They told the businessman that the villager had a small room where he hid the money stolen from him.          3    

One day, they had their chance. They saw the villager going into ‘that’ room.       4          When they came back and opened the door, there was nothing in that room except an ordinary box.

The villager was ordered to open the box with his own hands. And there was only a pair of dirty shoes and some old clothes.    5     At the same time, he was so angry with the jealous accountants that he fired them at once. The villager was made the only accountant for his office.

A．He came to a big city hoping to find a job.

B．They closed the door behind him and ran to the businessman.

C．So the businessman decided to give the villager a good lesson.

D．Seeing this, the businessman was moved by what he had seen.

E．So the villager was given the work of writing business letters for him.

F．The villager wished that some kind people might give him a good job.

G．But the businessman refused to believe them unless he had seen it with his own eyes.

2 . Outside her shabby cottage, old Mrs. Tailor was hanging out laundry on a wire line, unaware that some children lay hidden in the leaves of a nearby tree watching her every move. They were determined to find out if she really was a witch.

They watched as she took a broomstick to clean the dirt from her stone steps. But, much to their disappointment, she did not mount the broomstick and take flight. Suddenly, the old lady's work was interrupted by the cackling of her hen-a signal that an egg had been laid in the warm nest on top of the haystack.

The old broomstick was put aside as she hobbled off towards the haystack followed by Sooty, a black cat she had rescued from a fox trap some time back. With only three legs, it was hard for Sooty to keep up with the old lady. The cat provided proof-the children were sure that only a witch could own a black cat with three legs.

There, standing on a wooden box, was Mrs. Tailor, stretching out to gather her precious egg. Taking the egg in one of her hands, she began to climb down when, without warning, the box broke and the old lady fell.

"We have to got and help her," whispered Amy.

"What if it is a trick?" replied Ben.

"Don't be silly, Ben. If she were a witch, she would have turned us into frogs already," reasoned Meg. "Come on Amy, let's go." The girls climbed down the tree and ran all the way to the haystack.

Approaching carefully, they could see a wound on the old lady's face. She had knocked her head on a stone and her ankle was definitely broken. "Go and get Dad," Amy yelled to her brother. "Tell him about the accident."

The boys did not need another excuse to leave. They ran as fast as they could for help, hoping that Mrs. Tailor would not wake and turn the girls into frogs.

1. Why were the children hiding in the tree?

A．They wanted to watch Mrs. Tailor do her housework closely

B．They were playing a hide-and-seek game

C．They wanted to find out if the story about Mrs. Tailor was true

D．They were pretending to be spies

2. Mrs. Tailor stopped sweeping when     .

A．her front steps were clean

B．she noticed the children in the tree

C．she was ready to take a flight

D．she heard the hen cackling

3. Ben did not rush to help Mrs. Tailor because     .

A．he thought that she could be tricking them

B．he knew that they could not have been in the tree

C．he did not see the old lady fall down

D．he was afraid of the three-legged cat

4. Which of these old sayings best suits the story's lesson for us?

A．Make hay while the sun shines

B．Never judge a book by its cover

C．People in glasshouses should not throw stones

D．A bird in the hands worth two in the bush

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。

A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water.    1    water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder    2    had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man    3    ( present ) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled    4    ( warm ), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home    5    a happy heart.

After the student left, the teacher let    6    student taste the water. He spat it out,    7    (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like    8    ?"

The teacher replied,“You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be    9    (sweet).”

We understand this lesson best    10    we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.

4 . When I was 8, a gentleman came to my orphanage（孤儿院）and taught us how to do woodworking projects.

I remember my first project—a small table. I was so _______ of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an) _______ . It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to _________it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a _______. She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always _______ with us.

As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so _______and happy that I couldn’t wait. I dashed out like a _________ , carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.

When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was   _______it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand _______ it, she noticed that it was still wet.

“Were you __________to bring this home?” she asked.

“No, ma’am,” I ________ with my head down.

She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was ________stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off.

I hid the table in my closet and never ________it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent（宿管员）, thinking that she would ________it away.

Thirty years later at a reunion, I ________that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her________ to get something important. I followed her ________ into a dark corner. She picked something up. ________she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.

Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.

Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of ________to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to ________ .

1.

A．tired

B．ashamed

C．proud

D．aware

2.

A．award

B．wonder

C．record

D．product

3.

A．design

B．invent

C．complete

D．buy

4.

A．gift

B．reward

C．prize

D．souvenir

5.

A．satisfied

B．strict

C．patient

D．angry

6.

A．upset

B．amazed

C．confident

D．excited

7.

A．thief

B．hero

C．sword

D．flash

8.

A．drying

B．observing

C．admiring

D．hiding

9.

A．into

B．across

C．above

D．after

10.

A．supposed

B．embarrassed

C．encouraged

D．determined

11.

A．agreed

B．sighed

C．whispered

D．argued

12.

A．dirt

B．glue

C．paint

D．wood

13.

A．removed

B．touched

C．shook

D．split

14.

A．put

B．give

C．take

D．throw

15.

A．learned

B．expected

C．remembered

D．recommended

16.

A．bathroom

B．balcony（阳台）

C．basement

D．bedroom

17.

A．curiously

B．unwillingly

C．doubtfully

D．worriedly

18.

A．Before

B．Since

C．As

D．Until

19.

A．admiration

B．gratitude

C．sympathy

D．regret

20.

A．adapt

B．study

C．perform

D．please

5 . I was tired and hungry after a long day of work.
When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked _______at me and said, “I love you.” I didn't know what to say. _______ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and _______ down at him . My first thought was that he must need _______ with his homework or he was trying to _______ me for some news.
Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”
“Nothing,”he said. “My teacher said we should_______ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s _______
The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had _______
“Most of the fathers had the_______ reacting as you did,”the teacher said. “When I first ________ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble. The ________is,”the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of ________It is something all people________ What I'm trying to tell the children is that it's too ________ we don't all express those feeling. A boy should be ________ to tell his dad he loves him.
The teacher, a middle - aged man, understands how ________ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for ________second. And just ________he pulled away , I said in my deepest , most manly voice , “Hey , I love you , too . ”
I don't know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time one of my children said “I love you”, it would not take me a whole ________to think of the right ________1.

A．down

B．away

C．out

D．up

2.

A．After

B．For

C．At

D．On

3.

A．sit

B．get

C．look

D．knock

4.

A．rest

B．time

C．help

D．paper

5.

A．report

B．prepare

C．answer

D．excuse

6.

A．help

B．tell

C．ask

D．make

7.

A．a matter

B．an experiment

C．a word

D．a sentence

8.

A．said

B．reacted

C．done

D．explained

9.

A．same

B．different

C．usual

D．common

10.

A．suggested

B．agreed

C．allowed

D．planned

11.

A．point

B．idea

C．way

D．cause

12.

A．body

B．health

C．life

D．study

13.

A．have

B．know

C．take

D．need

14.

A．bad

B．good

C．late

D．early

15.

A．fit

B．ready

C．worth

D．able

16.

A．easy

B．much

C．often

D．difficult

17.

A．a more

B．after

C．an exact

D．an extra

18.

A．before

B．after

C．because

D．if

19.

A．day

B．week

C．afternoon

D．night

20.

A．answer

B．result

C．reason

D．experiment

6 . Around twenty years ago I was living in York. _____ I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree,I could not find _____ work.

I was _____ a school bus to make ends meet and _____ with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had   _____   five interviews(面试) with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not   _____   the job. “Why has my life become so   _____？”I thought painfully.

As I pulled the bus over to   _____   a little girl, she handed me an earring   _____   I should keep it   ______   somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.

At first I got angry. Then it   ______   me—I had been giving all of my   ______   to what was going wrong with my ______   rather than what was right！I decided then and there to make a   ______   of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to   ______   more things to the list.That night there was a phone call for   ______   from a lady who was a director at a large   ______.She asked me if I would   ______   a one­day lecture on stress(压力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

My   ______   there went very well, and before long I got a well­paid job.To this day I know it was because I changed my way of   ______   that I completely changed my life.

1.

A．As

B．Though

C．If

D．When

2.

A．successful

B．extra

C．satisfying

D．convenient

3.

A．driving

B．repairing

C．taking

D．designing

4.

A．working

B．travelling

C．discussing

D．living

5.

A．prepared for

B．attended

C．asked for

D．held

6.

A．lose

B．like

C．find

D．get

7.

A．hard

B．busy

C．serious

D．short

8.

A．wave at

B．drop off

C．call on

D．look for

9.

A．ordering

B．promising

C．saying

D．showing

10.

A．in case

B．or else

C．as if

D．now that

11.

A．hurt

B．hit

C．caught

D．moved

12.

A．feelings

B．attention

C．strength

D．interests

13.

A．opinions

B．education

C．experiences

D．life

14.

A．list

B．book

C．check

D．copy

15.

A．connect

B．turn

C．keep

D．add

16.

A．her

B．a passenger

C．me

D．my friend

17.

A．hospital

B．factory

C．restaurant

D．hotel

18.

A．listen to

B．review

C．give

D．talk about

19.

A．plan

B．choice

C．day

D．tour

20.

A．operation

B．speaking

C．employment

D．thinking

7 . 下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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。

Two years before, I traveled to Brazil and I rented for a car. Unfortunate, I had an accident and hit another car, and I needed to stay in a hospital for at least two week. I called my parents, so I did not tell them what had happened. I knew that they will be worried about myself because I was so farther away, and that my mother would not sleep if she knew. Therefore, I told them interested stories and how I was enjoying Brazil. As a result, nobody knew truth. I still think that it was the right thing to do.