1 . A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she _______ play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill._______ she loved her parents and her family, she desired to live in such a house and _______all day about how wonderful and exciting   _______must feel to live there.

At the age when she gained some _______ skill and sensibility (识别力), she _______ her mother for a bike ride _______ the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go，_______ her keeping close to the house and not   _______ too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew________ where she was heading! ________ the hill and across the valley, she rode to the ________ of the golden house.

________ she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path________to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she ________ that all the windows were ________ and rather dirty.

So ________and heart­broken, she didn't go any further. She ________， and all of a sudden she saw an amazing ________. There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she________ that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her house.

1.

A．might

B．should

C．would

D．must

2.

A．Unless

B．Although

C．Since

D．But

3.

A．dreamed

B．worried

C．asked

D．shouted

4.

A．this

B．that

C．it

D．which

5.

A．different

B．scientific

C．musical

D．basic

6.

A．begged

B．blamed

C．invited

D．paid

7.

A．inside

B．outside

C．through

D．along

8.

A．insisting on

B．relying on

C．arguing about

D．wondering about

9.

A．traveling

B．running

C．riding

D．walking

10.

A．madly

B．rapidly

C．exactly

D．possibly

11.

A．Over

B．Down

C．Around

D．Beside

12.

A．windows

B．steps

C．center

D．gate

13.

A．Until

B．As

C．While

D．Because

14.

A．getting

B．introducing

C．leading

D．moving

15.

A．felt

B．learned

C．concluded

D．found

16.

A．transparent

B．bright

C．plain

D．wide

17.

A．anxious

B．angry

C．serious

D．sad

18.

A．turned around

B．cheered up

C．settled down

D．dropped in

19.

A．hill

B．valley

C．background

D．sight

20.

A．imagined

B．decided

C．realized

D．guessed

2 . That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother_______me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning,  _________,I felt like getting up early.

I stood by my window overlooking the _________, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something _________ in life.

As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I _________ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its _________ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He _________ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already _________ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.

Several thoughts _________my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) __________ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern __________would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed__________ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, __________ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then __________ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.

There was a noticeable touch of__________ in the way he seemed to be doing things— __________the windscreen, then standing back to admire it; scrubbing the wheels and __________, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.

It was a __________ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a __________if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ________ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.

1.

A．forces

B．allows

C．causes

D．forbids

2.

A．otherwise

B．therefore

C．however

D．besides

3.

A．parking lot

B．bus stop

C．school

D．market

4.

A．interesting

B．surprising

C．awful

D．useful

5.

A．noticed

B．recognized

C．called

D．assisted

6.

A．back

B．handle

C．wheel

D．seat

7.

A．searched

B．left

C．moved

D．wandered

8.

A．stopped

B．started

C．intended

D．finished

9.

A．crossed

B．slipped

C．disturbed

D．inspired

10.

A．attractive

B．shiny

C．simple

D．expensive

11.

A．repairmen

B．businessmen

C．drivers

D．cyclists

12.

A．busy

B．content

C．careful

D．bored

13.

A．waving

B．looking

C．laughing

D．pointing

14.

A．about

B．for

C．with

D．like

15.

A．worry

B．respect

C．sympathy

D．pride

16.

A．cleaning

B．fixing

C．replacing

D．covering

17.

A．still

B．yet

C．again

D．soon

18.

A．lesson

B．subject

C．skill

D．fact

19.

A．business

B．living

C．success

D．right

20.

A．tired

B．doubtful

C．fearful

D．ashamed

3 . 完形填空。

A Brick in Life

A young and successful manager was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was _______ kids rushing out from _______ parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.

_______ his car passed, one child appeared, and a brick smashed into the Jaguar's side door. He slammed on the _______and turned the Jaguar back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown.

He jumped out of the car, grabbed the kid and _________ him up against a parked car, shouting, “What was that all about and who are you? Just what _______ are you doing？” Then he went on, “Didn't you know that brick you threw is going to _______ a lot of money. Why did you do it？”

“Please, sir. Please, I'm sorry. I didn't know _______ else to do！” begged the youngster.

“_________ my brother，” he said. “He rolled off the sidewalk and fell out of his __________ and I can't lift him up.”

Sobbing, the boy asked the manager, “Would you please help me get him __________into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too ________ for me.”

Moved __________ words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and __________ his handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts, checking to see ________ everything was going to be okay.

“Thank you, sir. And God bless you，” the ________ child said to him. The man then ________ the little boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward __________ home.

It was a long ______________ back to his Jaguar — a long, slow walk. He never did repair the side door. He kept the dent (凹痕) ________ him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention.

1.

A．watching for

B．looking for

C．heading for

D．leaving for

2.

A．among

B．between

C．in

D．through

3.

A．While

B．Before

C．As

D．After

4.

A．window

B．door

C．wheel

D．brake

5.

A．pushed

B．guided

C．held

D．caught

6.

A．in earth

B．on earth

C．after all

D．above all

7.

A．spend

B．charge

C．cost

D．pay

8.

A．which

B．who

C．that

D．what

9.

A．It's

B．Which's

C．That's

D．Who's

10.

A．Jaguar

B．wheelchair

C．sidewalk

D．bike

11.

A．up

B．down

C．back

D．forward

12.

A．light

B．funny

C．terrible

D．heavy

13.

A．beyond

B．inside

C．outside

D．around

14.

A．broke out

B．took out

C．run out

D．gave out

15.

A．what

B．where

C．that

D．which

16.

A．angry

B．willing

C．satisfactory

D．grateful

17.

A．watched

B．glared

C．noticed

D．witnessed

18.

A．his

B．their

C．her

D．its

19.

A．journey

B．trip

C．walk

D．running

20.

A．reminding

B．reminded

C．reminds

D．to remind

4 . Adventure is in my blood. And I had been considering how I was going to celebrate my high school graduation. I didn’t just want a small ____in the backyard. I started thinking about doing a solo ____somewhere out of the ordinary. I took out ____and drew the 1,500-mile route along which I would be ____ from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I ____my plans with my dad, he ____ as I thought he would. Because I get my adventurous ____from him, he was all for it.
I had only been away from my ____ three days now, but there was an inner ____going on inside of me. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I ____ could make it. The other part of me was ready to ____ to myself and my family that I could do it by myself.
On the road, I met another ____who was quite a bit older than I was. He had started his journey____ by bike at the southern part of Norway and had just finished. I could tell he had a great sense of ____ . It encouraged me not to ____ .
As I listened to my ____artists on my MP4 player, I pedaled (踩踏板) with my feet. There was ____ around me for miles. ____, that wasn’t entirely true. There were mosquitoes--- millions of them. My arms were so dotted with ____ that they looked like a topographical map (地形图). But, however ____ it would be, nothing could stop my advance towards the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.1.

A．meeting

B．party

C．conversation

D．lecture

2.

A．flight

B．interview

C．trip

D．performance

3.

A．instructions

B．maps

C．magazines

D．newspapers

4.

A．walking

B．biking

C．flying

D．running

5.

A．shared

B．compared

C．prepared

D．changed

6.

A．left

B．sighed

C．agreed

D．cried

7.

A．stories

B．hobbies

C．skills

D．spirits

8.

A．home

B．school

C．hotel

D．office

9.

A．request

B．activity

C．battle

D．discussion

10.

A．certainly

B．reasonably

C．usually

D．really

11.

A．turn

B．reply

C．prove

D．adapt

12.

A．driver

B．jogger

C．bicyclist

D．pilot

13.

A．slowly

B．alone

C．patiently

D．worriedly

14.

A．humour

B．direction

C．satisfaction

D．balance

15.

A．calm down

B．break down

C．speed up

D．give up

16.

A．personal

B．favourite

C．professional

D．successful

17.

A．nobody

B．everybody

C．anything

D．everything

18.

A．Firstly

B．Eventually

C．Actually

D．Fortunately

19.

A．wounds

B．cuts

C．dots

D．bites

20.

A．boring

B．difficult

C．complex

D．confusing