1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What did the woman do last week?

A．She had an argument with the man.

B．She bought a present for her mother.

C．She went to an expensive restaurant.

2. What day is it today?

A．Tuesday.

B．Thursday.

C．Sunday.

3. What is the speakers' trouble?

A．They can't pay for their dinner.

B．They can't afford the hotel.

C．They don't have much money left.

4. How will the speakers deal with the problem?

A．By choosing a cheaper restaurant.

B．By asking their parents for help.

C．By making a tight budget.

2 . Zoe was only four when her hero father Gary was killed in the Battle of Goose Green in the Falklands. She was too young to understand when her mother proudly showed her his Military Medal after collecting it from the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Now, unfortunately, mother and daughter are at war over the sale of the Medal, which is due to go under the hammer at London auction（拍卖）house today.

Last night the heartbroken daughter made a final appeal to keep the Medal in the family. Zoe, who is estranged from her mother, is desperately trying to raise £70,000 to buy it after her mother, Jay, 60, decided to part with it to fund her battle with ill health.

Her daughter said, “My dad gave his life and the Medal should remain part of his family. Apart from the picture in the press when the Medal was given, I have never even been allowed to see it since. The relationship with my mom is complex. I have not seen her since I was 14. I did try to contact her when I heard about the sale. I asked her to delay and give the family a chance to buy it. ”

Zoe, a mother of two now, added, “My dad was my hero and a hero of the United Kingdom. This year he would have been 60. I have missed him my whole life, and am deeply saddened that my mum did not offer the family the chance to buy it first. ”

Yesterday Gary Bingley’s younger brother, Steve, 49, a former soldier, took the interview. “Small things like medals become a symbol to those that are left behind that these brave deeds are remembered, appreciated and are not in vain. The Medal was expected to be passed to Zoe. However, Zoe and her mother became distant. ” At last, he said, “Jay, we bear no hatred towards you, but find it difficult to understand why we had no chance to keep the medals within our family. ”

1. What did Zoe think of Jay’s decision?

A．Jay shouldn’t have sold the Medal for her ill health.

B．Jay should have let the family buy the Medal first.

C．Jay had no right to sell the Medal without permission.

D．Jay shouldn’t have asked the family for a high price.

2. What does the underlined part mean in the second paragraph?

A．Zoe is dependent on her mother.

B．Zoe looks down upon her mother.

C．Zoe feels distant from her mother.

D．Zoe understands her mother well.

3. What attitude did Steve take towards Jay’s decision?

A．Understandable.

B．Favorable.

C．Unavoidable.

D．Unacceptable.

4. What will the next paragraph probably talk about?

A．Gary’s heroic acts.

B．Jay’s response.

C．The Medal’s worth.

D．Zoe’s choice.

3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

That December, with Christmas approaching, my mother was out at work when I let myself into her bedroom one afternoon in search of a safety pin. I took the key hidden under the carpet, unlocked the door stepped in. Standing against the wall was a big, black bicycle with balloon tires. I recognized it instantly. It was the same second-hand bike I'd been admiring in a Baltimore Street shop window. Somehow my mother must have scraped together enough for a down payment and meant to surprise me with the bicycle on Christmas morning.

I was deeply moved by the discovery and yet sickened by the knowledge that, bursting into her room like this I had robbed her of the pleasure of seeing me astonished and delighted on Christmas day. I immediately backed out, put the key back in its hiding place, and thought over what to do.

I decided that between now and Christmas I must do absolutely nothing to reveal the slightest hint of my terrible knowledge. Nothing must deny her the happiness of seeing me completely amazed on Christmas day. I even started practicing my surprised face in front of the mirror, testing exclamations of delight:"Wow!""A bike with balloon tires! I don't believe it!"

The day finally came when Christmas arrived. My mother woke me and my sister early in the morning."Go see what Santa Claus brought to you."

注意∶1.续写词数应为150左右
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Heartbeat racing,I came out of my bedroom.

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I was about to go into my room disappointedly with the shirt when my mom cried behind me, "Wait! There's something in bedroom I forget all about."

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4 . I truly thought that I might die that day. Had I not seen three bears and a few wolves over the last couple of days near the road, I might have just lain down and called it quits. What in the world was I thinking, dragging my bike up to Yellowstone and thinking I could ride from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful in the snow? No less!

I had planned this trip for more than two months, and I wasn't about to give up so easily. The first few miles were beautiful. Ten miles in, I started sucking wind. Fifteen miles and my legs felt like they were made of lead. By twenty miles, my lungs were burning and felt like there was nothing left in the tank. That was when I turned around and saw my husband and three children cheering me on in the van behind me. I knew I couldn't quit because I tell my children all the time that just because something is hard doesn't mean that you stop doing it. I had to live what I'd been preaching(说教). That thought got me up that mountain and to the end of the ride.

The importance of that ride was apparent after only a week. My eight-year-old daughter Emalee wanted to ride in a twelve-mile charity ride. That day was cold as well. She was the youngest rider. About four miles into the ride, she started feeling cold. The chill(寒冷)was making her muscles cramp a little and she began to struggle. By six miles, she had tears running down her face. It broke my heart to see her suffering like that.I told her that she didn't have to finish. She said that she wouldn't quit. I told her how I had wanted to quit the week before, but perseverance had gotten me to the end and I knew she could do it, too.

The look on her face as she pulled into the finish was priceless. She threw her arms around me and said, “You didn't quit, Mommy, so neither did I.”

1. What motivated the author to finish her ride?

A．Her family's encouragement.

B．Her own instruction for children.

C．The beautiful scenery and weather.

D．The careful and thorough preparation.

2. By describing the conditions Emalee met, the author wanted to________.

A．show her guilt for her daughter

B．prove that riding is a tough task

C．persuade her daughter to give up

D．indicate she was proud of Emalee

3. What does the author want to tell us according to the story?

A．Never say die.

B．Do nothing by halves.

C．Children are what the mothers are.

D．Every mother's child is handsome.

5 . What makes a home? Love and sympathy and confidence. It is a place where kindly _______ exist among all the members of the family. The parents take good care of their children, and the children are interested in the _______ of their parents. Thus, all of them are _______ together by affection, and they find their home to be a _______ place in the world.

But for me, sometimes I can't feel the love from my father and can't feel the warmth of the home. _______ happen between us frequently.

“BANG” the door caused a protest. “Never _______ this house again!” shouted Father. With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the house and ran along the street.

A young father who held a child in his arm walked _______ me. I felt as if I saw my _______ from another space: happy and harmonious.

But now I don't know _______ it is because I have grown up or because Dad is getting ________. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron ________ between us that can never be opened.

I wandered the streets, ________ a destination in my mind. My heart was ________ on this hot summer night. As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people in the streets, until I had only streets to keep me company. When I finally reached the high rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still ________.

I thought to myself, “Is Father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?” After a long hesitation, I opened the door and instantly tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had ________ between us did not exist at all because love is second to none.

1.

A．greetings

B．suggestions

C．affections

D．education

2.

A．activities

B．amusements

C．games

D．difficulties

3.

A．put

B．bound

C．caught

D．led

4.

A．richest

B．funniest

C．farthest

D．cheeriest

5.

A．Regrets

B．Injuries

C．Dangers

D．Quarrels

6.

A．put heart in

B．set foot in

C．bury head in

D．keep hand in

7.

A．towards

B．past

C．beyond

D．over

8.

A．adulthood

B．adolescence

C．childhood

D．youth

9.

A．what

B．how

C．why

D．whether

10.

A．old

B．stubborn

C．angry

D．emotional

11.

A．house

B．door

C．wall

D．block

12.

A．with

B．across

C．without

D．from

13.

A．unhappy

B．melt

C．confused

D．frozen

14.

A．on

B．off

C．out

D．in

15.

A．created

B．built

C．opened

D．imagined

6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Wonderful Christmas Gift

Ann and her mother had lived in a small unattractive cottage as long as Ann could remember.

Christmas was so close, and so was her birthday. Ann wished she could get a new dress as a Christmas gift. All her friends would be getting new dresses. But Ann did not want to ask her Mom for a new dress. She knew how hard her mom worked to make both ends meet. Maybe she could make a wish — maybe Santa Claus would come. Ann couldn’t help dreaming about the new dress even though she knew that Santa Claus was just an imaginary character. Her classmates were talking only of Christmas celebrations which were nearing. “My rich aunt is surely going to give me a pretty branded doll again,” said Ria. “I have been hinting about that costly watch to my parents. They are bound to gift that to me”, told Tessi. Ann felt left out in those conversations. She neither had rich parents nor rich aunt or uncle to give her expensive gifts. It was not just gift that worried Ann. It was her mother. Nowadays she was working overtime and looked pale and worn out.

The days passed and soon it was Christmas Eve. In everyone’s, except Ann’s house, a Christmas tree decorated the living room. Every child went to bed eagerly waiting for the lovely gifts that he or she would receive the next day. Ann went to bed with a heavy heart. She knew that there would be no gifts for her. Ann wished with her whole heart that at least this time she would get a gift from Santa Claus. Ann slowly drifted off to sleep. She dreamt of Santa riding in the snow on his reindeers (驯鹿).

注意：1.续写词数应为150词左右；
2.续写部分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Ring ... Ring ... Ann jumped, hearing alarm.

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Suddenly a small piece of paper fell out from the inner layer of the new dress in the gift packet.

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7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the woman care about the flat?

A．The size.

B．The surroundings.

C．The decoration.

2. How much will the man pay for the flat per week?

A．Two hundred pounds.

B．Five pounds.

C．Forty pounds.

3. What does the man have to borrow from his mother?

A．The cooker.

B．The washing machine.

C．The fridge.

4. When will the man move house?

A．On Sunday.

B．On Saturday.

C．On Monday.