When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to Disneyland in America. It

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     When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to Disneyland in America. It wasn"t the first time I had
been __1__. Like most English children I learned French __2__school and I had often been to France, so I __3__speaking a foreign language to people who didn"t understand __4__. But __5__I went to America, I was really looking forward to__6__a nice easy holiday without any__7__problems.
     __8__wrong I was! The misunderstanding began_ 9 _the airport. I was looking for a__10__telephone
to give my friend Danny a __11__and tell her I had arrived. A__12__old man saw me looking lost and
asked   _13 __ he could help me.
     "Yes." I said,"I was to give my friend a ring. ""Well, that"s nice," he said. "Are you getting   _14_ ? But
aren"t you a bit young?""  _15 _is talking about marriage?" I replied. "I just want to give my friend a ring to
tell her I"ve arrived. Can you tell me   _16   there"s a phone box?" "Oh!" he said, "there"s phone downstairs."
     When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me. "Don"t worry,"she said to
me, "I had so many   _17  _at first. There are lots of words which the Americans  _18__differently in
meaning from us British. You"ll soon get used to__19__funny things they say. Most of the _20__, British
and American people understand each other!"

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(     )1. A. out
(     )2. A. from
(     )3. A. get used to
(     )4. A. English
(     )5. A. when
(     )6. A. buying
(     )7. A. time
(     )8. A. Too
(     )9. A. with
(     )10. A. cheap
(     )11. A. letter
(     )12. A. friendly
(     )13. A. that
(     )14. A. to marry
(     )15. A. You
(     )16. A. where
(     )17. A. trouble
(     )18. A. write
(     )19. A. every
(     )20. A. chance

B. away
B. during
B. was used to
B. French
B. while
B. having
B. human
B. What a
B. to
B. popular
B. ring
B. strange
B. if
B. to be married
B. She
B. in which
B. difficulties
B. speak
B. these
B. situation

C. outside
C. at
C. used to
C. Russian
C. if
C. giving
C. language
C. What
C. over
C. public
C. news
C. stupid
C. where
C. marrying
C. Who
C. over there
C. things
C. use
C. some
C. condition

D. abroad
D. after
D. used
D. Latin
D. for
D. receiving
D. money
D. How
D. at
D. good
D. information
D. tough
D. when
D. married
D. He
D. that
D. fun
D. read
D. all the
D. time

1-5: DCBAA 6-10: BCDDC 11-15: BABDC 16-20: ABCDD

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     One day an old woman was traveling alone in the mountains. Suddenly she saw something shining in the stream. When she came close, she found it was a precious stone. She put the stone into her bag and went on with her trip.
     The next day the old woman met a young man, who was also a traveler in the mountains. The young
man looked very hungry, so the old woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked carefully, "The stone is beautiful. Would you like to give it to me?"
     "Sure. Why not?" the woman said, and handed the stone to him.
     The young man left happily with the stone. He knew it was worth enough to give him security for a
lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the woman.
     "I"ve been thinking," he said. "I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back and hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within your bag."
     The woman opened her bag. It was almost empty. She looked at the young man and smiled, "I have
nothing special in my bag, but I do have something precious - the joy of giving!"
     The young man felt ashamed and left silently.

1. How did the young man find the precious stone?

A. He found it in his food.
B. He dug it out in a valley.
C. He saw it in the woman"s bag.
D. He noticed it shining in the stream.

2. What does the underlined word "security" in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. Money.
B. Worry.
C. Health.
D. Trouble.

3. The man returned the stone to the woman because ______.

A. he found the stone was not precious
B. he understood the real meaning of joy
C. he felt embarrassed at taking away the stone
D. he wanted to get something even more precious

4. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. A special stone.
B. The joy of giving.
C. A woman and a young man.
D. An experience in the mountains.

完形填空

     When I was in my early twenties, I moved away from my home state of Wisconsin to attend graduate
school. I chose to go to the University of Arizona in Tucson and   1   there. Upon landing in early June, I
was shocked by the lack of   2   and the burning desert heat.  After less than two days in that     3 , I
called my parents to question whether I had made the   4 choice and to announce that I was   5
considering coming home. My father, in a calm and   6 voice, indicated that I always had a    7. I could
always come home and be welcome there. But in fact, we both   8   I wouldn"t come home at the time.

Needless to say, I chose to  9  .
     Many years have passed.  My father"s   10    words remain with me. Knowing that I can always
   11 , I"ve been able to   12 several challenging situations-unemployment, divorce and even the   13 of
my only son. I have also used these words in many cases where others need to know that someone
   14   and that they do have a choice.
     Whether   15   is earthly, spiritual, or some sense of calm, knowing that we can come home will be
just enough to   16   us on our way.
      It    17   me, in a way, of the prodigal son(回头的浪子)who found   18 and love upon returning
home. While we don"t have to be like him and hit bottom in life, it is good to know that we can wander
and experience pains and  19  in life but we still have a home where love, support and comfort    20  .

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(     )1. A. flew
(     )2. A. blue
(     )3. A. university
(     )4. A. new
(     )5. A. naturally
(     )6. A. gentle
(     )7. A. choice
(     )8. A. pretended
(     )9. A. graduate
(     )10.A. surprising
(     )11.A. wander outside
(     )12.A. face up to
(     )13.A. return
(     )14.A. worries
(     )15.A. health
(     )16.A, help
(     )17.A. informs
(     )18.A. comfort
(     )19.A. regrets
(     )20.A. survive

B. drove
B. yellow
B. school
B. right
B. fortunately
B. weak
B. dream
B. expected
B. regret
B.  encouraging
B. hang around
B. get away with
B. growth
B. cares
B. marriage
B. stop
B. reminds
B. interest
B. complaints
B. exist

C. walked
C. brown
C. environment
C. last
C. obviously
C. supportive
C. friend
C. knew
C. return
C. interesting
C. come home
C. make sure of
C. arrival
C. leaves
C. church
C. protect
C. warns
C. food
C. sufferings
C. fall

D. cycled
D. green
D. desert
D. difficult
D. seriously
D. pleasant
D. request
D. forgot
D. continue
D. moving
D. move away
D. look out for
D. loss
D. stays
D. home
D. teach
D. rids
D. money
D. pleasures
D. disappear

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     An 8 -year-0ld girl was dragged about 900 feet by a school bus today in Livingston County.
     According to State Police, the incident occurred about 2:40 p. m.  on State Route 436 in the town of
Ossian after three sisters were dropped off the bus.
     As the last sister was leaving the bus, driver John Coley, 62, of Wayland, Steuben County, told police
that he was not paying attention when he closed the door and trapped her backpack inside. Coley then
continued 900 feet before he realized the girl was being dragged, State Police said.
     The girl was hurt and was transported to Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville,
Livingston County, by Dansville Ambulance.
    Another 8-year-old child on the bus said he hit his head on the seat in front of him when the bus came
to a sudden stop, causing an earache.
     Conservation staff in New Zealand have put down 33 stranded(搁浅)whales after several attempts to
refloat them failed.
     The whales shot Thursday were the last of 99 that stranded themselves Monday on Farewell Spit on
the South Island. Department of Conservation area manager John Mason says staff and hundreds of
volunteers had tried all week to get the whales refloated.
      He says they thought they were successful Wednesday when they got the whales into deep
water-but were saddened Thursday to find that they had swum back ashore. He says the condition of
the whales had significantly become worse.
      As well as the 33 whales that were shot, 36 had died naturally since Monday and 17 were
successfully refloated. Thirteen remain unknown.

1. The last sister was dragged by the bus because_______.

A. she stood too close to the bus when getting off
B. the bus driver stopped the bus suddenly
C. something was wrong with the bus door
D. her backpack was stuck in the closed door

2. It can be inferred from the first news that_________.

A. three sisters were dragged about 900 feet by a school bus
B. the driver stopped the bus immediately he realized his mistake
C. two children were hurt and sent to hospital
D. a boy was hurt when the bus started suddenly

3. How many whales were trapped ashore in total?

A. 33
B. 36
C. 99
D. 13

4. The 33 refloated whales returned ashore on_________

A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday
D. Thursday

阅读理解

     I"m often told how I have a dream job, that I work for a great company, getting to deal with the
leaders in social media every day, and especially that I get to work from my home.
     Usually the people who tell me that working from home is wonderful have never worked from
home.  They spend most of their career working from an office and hate it.
     In fact, I love being able to work from home and make my own hours. I truly appreciate being
able to drop what I"m doing to attend kids or go shopping, but there"s a side to it we don"t often talk
about, the hard side. No one wants to believe people like me, working from home, have anything to
complain about. Really, I"m not going to complain, but I do want to share a few things about
telecommuting(远程办公)that few home -based people want to tell you, because working from home
doesn"t look so wonderful.
     One of the reasons I love my job is the flexibility. I know that I can volunteer for school projects,
meet friends for lunch and work out for an hour as long as I get my work done. But did you know
telecommuters have to make up the time if they wish to pepper their days with fun distractions?So
while my husband and kids are watching a movie, I"m working until midnight. Besides, when you
work from home, you"re held to your phone and Skype(网络电话)in case someone wants to talk to
you during business hours. So it"s not so easy to be flexible!

1. We learn from the passage that the writer_____________.

A. is quite satisfied with her present work
B. can balance her work and family life well
C. complains about the disadvantages of working from office
D.   presents some unknown facts of working from home

2. The last paragraph mainly tells us that__________.

A. you"re not as flexible as you think you are
B. you"re usually a slave to yourself
C. the writer can always make full use of the freedom
D. the writer is always busy with her work

3. The writer probably agrees that__________.

A. east or west, home working is the best
B. freedom should always come before work
C. get work done, or you"ll have no freedom
D. all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

4. Who is the passage mainly intended for?

A. Telecommuters.
B. Office workers.
C. Job hunters.
D. Researchers.

完形填空

     Anna lived on the side of a valley. One summer, there was a very big    1   , and a lot of houses down
below Anna"s were washed away. Anna"s house was    2   enough to escape the flood, so when the water
had    3   and the other houses were standing there    4    no roof and no walls and all covered with mud(泥), her house was just all right.
     Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children,    5   Anna took in one
of the families that had lost    6   in the flood and she     7   her home with them until it was    8    for them
to rebuild their house.
     Anna"s friends were    9   when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted
to give   10   so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to  11  .
     "Well," Anna  12 her friends, "at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then
lived found herself very  13   , because her husband had been killed in the  14    and she had a lot of
children,  15 I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, "We won"t be able
to have much for  16   this year, so I"m going to make only one present to all of us. Now I"ll go and get it."
She came back with a   17   who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. "Here"s our  18 ,"
she said to her children.
     The children were   19   and happy to get such a present. They    20  the little girl, and she grew up as
their sister. Such was that Christmas present."

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