1 . 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，从方框中选择适当的词填空，其中有一个选项为多余选项。

A, across 　B. broke out 　C. confused 　D. dictation 　E. escaped 　F. eventually

When Marco Polo was 17 years old, he travelled     1     Europe and Asia with his father,who wanted to do trade with the Chinese. And     2     they arrived in Beijing.

Marco was amazed by how beautiful and powerful China was. He was impressed by Beijing and the Emperor’s palace. He was surprised to see Chinese people using paper money in the markets because he could not understand how people could pay for food and valuable things with paper! He was also     3     by the black stones people used to burn for fuel. The black stones were coal, but Marco had never seen it before.

Not long after his return to Italy, a local war     4    . During the war, he was caught by the enemy and put into prison. Another prisoner, who was an author, took     5     while Marco told all his stories about China and wrote the stories in a book called The Description of the World.

2 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The Historical Change of Reader’s Digest

During World War I, Mr. DeWitt Wallace was wounded in a battle. During his recovery in the hospital, he read a lot of magazines and     1     a lot of interesting information. At the same time, he also found that few people had time to read so many magazines that he realized the idea of excerpting (摘录) these articles and publishing them.

He was     2     to publish a pocket magazine they called Reader’s Digest with his wife Lila Acheson. They opened an office downstairs in an illegal hotel in Greenwich Village, New York, and spent only $5,000 in capital and began     3     subscribers. After a period of hard work, the first volume was     4     published on February 5, 1922. Its purpose is to inform the readers in daily life and give the readers entertainment, encouragement and guidance. The first article,     5     How to Stay Young Mentally, was one and a half pages long.

In 1920, he put     6     selected articles into Reader’s Digest samples and displayed them to major publishers in the United States. He hoped that someone would be willing to publish them, but they were all     7    . Mr. Wallace did not give up and decided to publish it himself. He worked at home with his wife, and finally published the first issue of Reader’s Digest in February 1922. The first was printed in 5,000 copies,     8     at 25 cents, and sent to 1,500 payment subscribers by mail. By 1935, the circulation of Reader’s Digest had reached one million copies.

The Chinese     9     of Reader’s Digest was first published in March 1965. The first editor-in-chief was Lin Taiyi, the daughter of Mr. Lin Yutang, master of literature. In November 2004, Reader’s Digest and Shanghai Press and Publication Bureau announced the       10     of a long-term publishing cooperation.

3 . 选词填空（可变换形式）

The other day when I was going shopping, I saw some people     1     begging on the street. What shocked me was that among them were many small children.    2    , it is shameful not only for those young beggars, but also for our society.

To     3     is a generally accepted belief in modern society. And to be successful, one must learn to depend on himself/herself when he/she is still young.

Children are the flowers of our country and we must teach them to hold this belief if we want them to     4       healthily. But some parents have     5     this. They even teach their children to go to the streets to beg money from others.

In my opinion, efforts must be made to prevent these young beggars from doing this. They should be sent back to schools, where they can learn knowledge and technique to     6     the future.

4 .

Brian was not good at speaking in public. One day he was invited to make a speech at a church. His youngest sister in his family. Ann, knew he was nervous and tried to calm him     1    . Don’t worry! Everything will be fine.     2     the day came, Brian’s car had an accident     3     the way to the church.     4    , he was not badly hurt and arrived at the church on time. After a few minutes , he began his speech, but he was so nervous     5     he dropped his book. Many people thought he would run,     6     he went on. Suddenly, people saw something     7    running down from his nose: Blood! He stopped speaking when he saw the blood. But after a few     8    , he still tried his speech, Then Ann quietly moved to the front and handed him her handkerchief. Then she gave him a smile and returned     9     her seat.

It was a really simple gesture, and might be the simplest. She just saw     10     in need and gave him a hand. In the end, Brain finished his speech, with more confidence.

5 . Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl     1    (name) Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of    2    (recover) appeared to be a blood transfusion（输血）from her 5-year-old brother,     3     had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to fight the     4    (ill).

The doctor    5    (explain) the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, “Yes, I’ll do it     6     it can save Liz.”

As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister    7    smiled, as we all did,     8    (see) the color returning to her cheeks. Then    9    (he) face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away?”

Being young, the boy had    10    (understand) the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood.

6 . It was a sunny day. A little boy’s father was sitting on the couch, drinking a beer, while     1     (watch) a basket match. Seeing this, the boy rushed to his father and shouted, “Daddy, Daddy, show me how to play catch!” The father,  staring      2      the television screen, replied, “Let me finish watching     3     match. Play outside and come back in five minutes.”

“Okay, Daddy!” said the boy, running out of the room. Five minutes later, the boy returned, screaming , “Daddy, let’s go. Let’s play catch now !”

By this time, the father had opened another cold beer and another match was beginning.     4      (patient) with the boy’s interruption, the dad brought a magazine to his son. On the cover of the magazine was a large picture of the world. The father, who     5     (bother) and angry, began tearing the magazine cover into small     6    . Then, the father turned to his boy and said, “Son, once you put this picture back together, we can play catch,  but do not interrupt me again     7     you finish.”

A few minutes later, the boy returned and said, “I     8     (finish),  Daddy! Can  we play catch now?” Surprised, the father glanced towards his child, and there lay the magazine with the world together. The dad asked his child     9     he put the world together so quickly.

“    10     was  simple,” said the boy. “On the back of the world was the picture of a person, and once I put the person together, that’s when the world came together. ”

7 . Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

If the package looks pretty, people will buy just about anything. So says an advertising executive in New York, and he has proved his point by selling boxes of rubbish for the price of an expensive bottle of wine.
Justin Gignac, 26, has sold almost 900     1    presented plastic boxes of rubbish from the street of Big Apple at between ＄50 and ＄100 each. Buyers from 19 countries have paid for the souvenirs(纪念品). The idea has been so successful that he is thinking of promoting it around the world.
It all began when Mr. Gignac was at a summer workshop, “We had a discussion about the importance of     2    ,” he recalls. “Someone said packaging was unimportant. I disagreed. The only way to prove it was by selling something nobody would ever want.”
He searches the streets of Manhattan and typical     3    include broken glass, subway tickets, Starbucks cups and used     4    forks. “Special editions” are offered at a high price. He charged ＄100 for rubbish from the opening day of the New York Yankees’ stadium.
Mr Gignac denies     5    his customers for fools: “They know what they’re getting. They appreciate the fact that they’re taking something nobody would want and finding beauty in it.”
Some     6    customers include people who used to live in the city and want a down-to-earth souvenir. He claims he has even sold to art collectors.
Realizing that the concept appears to be a real money-maker, Mr Gignac has     7    a company and is employing his girlfriend as vice president. He     8    to discuss his profit margins: “It’s actually quite a lot of effort putting them together—but yes, garbage is free.”
Mr Gignac is considering more varieties of souvenirs. He maintains that he has signed     9    with people interested in similar projects from as far as Berlin and London.