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阅读理解。     In 1885, a young doctor named Arthur Conan Doyle opened offices in London.
    He wanted to be a successful doctor, but for some reasons he never found enough patients.
To pass the time, he began to write stories and send them to the newspapers.
    Conan Doyle"s stories were about a clever detective, Sherlock Holmes.Conan Doyle wrote
that Sherlock Holmes lived in Baker Street in London, and people with problems came to
Sherlock Holmes with their problems, too.He was able to solve mysteries (疑难案件) that the
cleverest policemen in England were unable to figure out (解决)．
    Sometimes Sherlock Holmes could solve a mystery without leaving his chair.He listened
carefully to the information his client (委托人) gave and figured out the answer.At other times
he spent days or weeks looking for clues (线索)．Sherlock Holmes travelled to different cities
and countries to solve the mysteries.Sometimes he wore_disguises,_pretending to be an old man,
or a sailor.Holmes did anything to find out the answer to the mysteries he was working on.
    Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in English literature (文学),but many people don"t
understand that he is a fictional (小说的) character, not a real person.The English post offices report
that people still send mail to Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street.Even he gets more than 2,000 letters
every year.1．Conan Doyle began to write stories perhaps because ________.A．he wanted to tell something about his patients
B．he wasn"t good at medicine
C．he wanted to make less money
D．most people were strong at that time2．Conan Doyle got to write very good detective storiesbecause ________.A．many people asked him to solve their mysteries
B．he got a lot of experience in solving mysteries
C．he was a person with great literary quality and talent (才能)
D．he was able to help those who came to see him with their problems3．Sherlock Holmes________.A．was only an ordinary detective
B．never existed (存在) in the world
C．was one of the members of the police in London
D．was a real detective who was named by Conan Doyle4．The phrase "wore disguises" in the fourth paragraph means" ________"．A．introduced oneself
B．was in old clothes
C．changed one"s clothes or one"s appearance
D．seemed to be poor and helpless5．Instead of being a famous doctor,Arthur Conan Doyle came to be successful in writing because ______     _ .               A．many people wrote letters to him asking about thestories
B．the character he wrote about was thought to be a real person
C．he was finally employed by a police station
D．he earned a lot of money by writing such a story

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完形填空。     I returned to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, after graduation.I had been there before my mother
became a minister. Two weeks later, I told my mother I was bored.She said, "Here"re the car keys.
Go and buy some fruit."__1__, I jumped into the car and speeded off.
   Seeing me or rather my __2__, a boy sprang up(跳起来),__3__ to sell his bananas and peanuts."
Banana 300 naira.Peanut 200 naira!" Looking at his blackstriped bananas, I __4__ to 200 total for
the fruit and nuts.He __5__.I handed him a 500 naira note.He didn"t have __6__, so I told him not to
worry.He was __7__ and smiled a row of perfect teeth.
   When, two weeks later, I __8__ this same boy, I was more aware of my position in Nigerian society.
I should __9__ this country as the son of a __10__.But it was hard to find pleasure in a place where it
was so __11__ to see a little boy who should have been in school selling fruit.
   "What"s up?" I asked.He answered in __12__ English, "I…I no get money to buy book." I took out
two 500 naira notes.He looked around __13__ before sticking his hand into the car __14__ the bills.
One thousand naira means a lot to a family that __15__ only 50,000 each year.
The next morning, security officers told me, "In this place, when you give a little, people think you"re a
fountain of opportunity(机会)．"__16__ it"s right, but this happens everywhere in the world.I wondered
if my little friend had actually used the money for __17__.After six months" work in northern Nigeria, I
returned and saw him again standing on the road. "Are you in school now?" He nodded.A silence fell as
we looked at each other, then I __18__ what he wanted.I held out a 500 naira note."Take this."  He
shook his head fiercely and stepped back __19__ hurt. "It"s a gift," I said.Shaking his head again, he
handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts."I"ve been waiting to __20__ these to you."(     )1.A.Encouraged
(     )2.A.car
(     )3.A.willing
(     )4.A.got down
(     )5.A.explained
(     )6.A.change
(     )7.A.troubled
(     )8.A.ran after
(     )9.A.protect
(     )10.A.minister
(     )11.A.lucky
(     )12.A.old
(     )13.A.proudly
(     )14.A.for
(     )15.A.spends
(     )16.A.Possibly
(     )17.A.joys
(     )18.A.asked
(     )19.A.when
(     )20.A.send      B．Disappointed
B．mother
B．afraid
B．bargained down
B．promised
B．notes
B．regretful
B．ran into
B．enjoy
B．headmaster
B．amazing
B．broken
B．madly
B．with
B．pays
B．Actually
B．nuts
B．imagined
B．as if
B．provide       C．Delighted
C．driver
C．eager
C．put down
C．agreed
C．checks
C．comfortable
C．ran over
C．help
C．manager
C．funny
C．traditional
C．curiously
C．at
C．makes
C．Certainly
C．books
C．reminded
C．even if
C．sell       D．Confused
D．keys
D．ashamed
D．took down
D．admitted
D．bills
D．grateful
D．ran to
D．support
D．president
D．common
D．modern
D．nervously
D．upon
D．affords
D．Fortunately
D．bananas
D．realised
D．after
D．give

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完形填空。      As the train approached the seaside town where I was going to spend my holidays, I went
into the corridor to __1__ my legs. I stayed there a short while, breathing in the fresh sea air
and __2__ a few words with one of the passengers, whom I had met earlier on the __3__.
     When I turned to go back to __4__, I happened to glance into the compartment (车厢) next
to mine. Sitting there was a man who many years before had been my neighbour. He was a great
__5__, I remembered; it used to take hours to __6__ him once he began a conversation. I was
not at all __7__ when he went to live in another part of London. We had not met since then,
__8__ did I wish to meet him now, when __9__ was about to begin.
      Luckily at that moment he was __10__ busy talking to the man opposite him to catch sight
of me. I slipped back into my compartment, took down my two suitcases and carried them to the
far end of the corridor so as to be ready to __11__ the train as soon as it stopped. The moment
the train came to a halt (停止), I called a porter, who in no time at all had carried my luggage out
of the station and __12__ me a taxi. As I drove towards my small hotel on the outskirts of the town,
I breathed a deep sigh of relief at my__13__. There was little chance that I should __14__ my boring
exneighbour again.
     When I reached the hotel, I went __15__ to my room and rested there until it was time for dinner.
Then I went down to the dining room and __16__ a drink. I had barely raised the glass to my lips
__17__ an all too familiar voice greeted me. I had not escaped from the tiresome neighbour __18__!
He grasped me warmly by the hand and insisted that we __19__ a table in the dinningroom. "This is a
pleasant __20__," he said. "I never expected to see you again after  all these years."(     )1.A.reach
(     )2.A.exchanging
(     )3.A.fruit stand
(     )4.A.the station
(     )5.A.talker
(     )6.A.get rid of
(     )7.A.happy
(     )8.A.so
(     )9.A.holiday
(     )10.A.very
(     )11.A.get on
(     )12.A.found
(     )13.A.good luck
(     )14.A.lose in touch with
(     )15.A.carelessly
(     )16.A.ordered
(     )17.A.while
(     )18.A.above all
(     )19.A.spare
(     )20.A.surprise           B．extend
B．changing
B．department store
B．my seat
B．poet
B．take care of
B．afraid
B．no
B．school day
B．too
B．stay on
B．gave
B．nice choice
B．run into
B．aimlessly
B．requested
B．before
B．after all
B．rent
B．interview      C．stretch
C．talking through
C．bus stop
C．the waiting room
C．speaker
C．get away from
C．sorry
C．not
C．work day
C．so
C．catch
C．offered
C．narrow escape
C．knock down
C．idly
C．fetched
C．when
C．first of all
C．reserve
C．appointment     D．loosen
D．talking about
D．station platform
D．the office
D．hero
D．pay attention to
D．content
D．nor
D．conversation
D．much
D．get off
D．bought
D．bad fortune
D．catch up with
D．straight
D．asked
D．after
D．in all
D．share
D．party

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阅读理解。     Adrian"s "Amazing Race" started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn"t
hear a thing, not even loud noises.In a special school for the hearingimpaired (听觉受损的),he
learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled   children.However, the sight of all the
disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother.She wanted him to lead a
normal life.So after speaking to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to
read lips and pronounce words.
     Later on, Adrian"s parents decided to send him to a regular school.But the headmaster tried
to prevent them from doing so, saying regular school couldn"t take care of a special student.His
parents were determined to take the risk and push him hard to go through his work every day
because they wanted to prove that, given the opportunity, he could do anything.Adrian made the
grade and got accepted.It was a big challenge.The pace (节奏)was faster so he had to sit at the
front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn"talways easy.But he stuck to
it and did a lot of extra work after school.
     The efforts made by Adrian and his parents paid off.Adrian graduated with good grades and
got into a top high school.He also achieved a lot in life outside school.He developed a love for the
outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains.He even entered the World Yacht Race-being the
first hearingimpaired Asian to do so.
     But none of these achievements would have been possible without one of the most important
lessons from his mother. "If you believe in yourself and work hard, you can achieve greatresults,"
she often said.1．How did Adrian communicate with other children in the special school?A．By speaking.
B．By using sign language.
C．By reading lips.
D．By making loud noises.2．Adrian"s parents decided to send him to a regular school because________.A．they wanted him to live a normal life
B．they wanted to prove the headmaster wrong
C．he wouldn"t mix with other disabled children
D．he wasn"t taken good care of in the special school3．How did Adrian finally succeed in his study? A．He did a lot of outdoor activities.
B．He was pushed hard to study every day.
C．He attended private classes after school.
D．He worked very hard both in and after class.4．Why is Adrian"s life described as an "Amazing Race"?A．He did very well in his study.
B．He succeeded in entering a regular school.
C．He reached his goals in spite of his disability.
D．He took part in the World Yacht Race.

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阅读理解。     A Japanese student called Mami told me about her ownexperiences in Britain. She spent 10 months in
the UK last year, studying English at a language school. She really enjoyed her first two weeks in the UK.But soon she started to miss things of her own country. She found it hard to make friends,and got annoyed(恼火的) about local people"s behaviour. Mami said," After a few weeks I started to cry a lot. I felt
homesick. I thought the weather was dark and too changeable, and that affected my mood as well."
     To comfort herself Mami began to spend many hours on the Internet chatting with her friends back
home. She spent a couple of weeks in the countryside in Kent. She went to a social club for British people who were interested in Japan and started to make some friends there. In addition, she took a short course
in calligraphy (书法) to get an opportunity of mixing with local people. A few months later, Mami"s
impression of the UK had greatly changed. She found that most of the British were friendly, witty and fun.
     However, once Mami was back in Japan, she experienced "culture shock" again. She said," I missed the friends I had made in England. My way of thinking had changed. Sometimes I was annoyed by the views of people in my country-for example, about the value of money and time. I thought people around me lived in such a small world." Mami noticed some changes in her behaviour:" I kept the habit of always carrying
an umbrella with me, even on a fine day-my friends thought I was crazy!"1. How did Mami feel at the beginning of her stay in Britain?A. Shocked.
B. Annoyed.
C. Pleased.
D. Homesick.2. The second paragraph tells us _____.A. how Mami overcame culture shock in Britain
B. how Mami felt as soon as she arrived in Britain
C. what Mami learned in her language school
D. what Mami liked and disliked about Britain3. The reason why Mami had the habit of carrying an umbrella was that _____.A. she liked umbrellas very much
B. the umbrella reminded her of her life in the UK
C. she had got used to the changeable weather in Britain
D. it often rained in Japan those days4. Why did Mami experience culture shock in Japan?A. She didn"t like Japanese culture any more.
B. The world in Japan was too small for her.
C. The Japanese behaviour had changed a lot.
D. She had got used to British culture and life.5. The best title for the passage would be "_____ ".A. Why not make friends with the British
B. Cultural differences between Britain and Japan
C. Culture shock experienced by a Japanese student
D. How to prepare for culture shock

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阅读理解。                                           "I Went Skydiving at 84!"
     As a young girl growing up in the 1930s, I always wanted to fly a plane, but back then it was
almost unheard of for a woman to do that. I got a taste of that dream in 2001,when my husband
arranged for me to ride in a hot air balloon for my birthday. But the experience turned out to be
very dull. Around that time,I told my husband that I wanted to skydive. So when our retirement
community(社区)announced that they were having an essay competition and the topic was an
experience of a lifetime that you wanted to have, I decided to write about my dream.
     In the essay, I wrote about my desire to skydive, stating George Bush Sr. did it at age 80.
Why not me? I was just 84 and in pretty good health. A year went by and I heard nothing. But
then at a community party in late April 2009, they announced that I was one of the winners. I just
couldn"t believe it.Inspired by this,I decided to realize my dream,even though some of my family
members and my doctor were against it.
     On June 11, 2009, nearly 40 of my family and friends gathered in the area close to where I
would land while I headed up in the airplane. My instructor, Jay, guided me through the experience.
The plane was the noisiest one I had ever been in, but I wasn"t frightened-I was really just looking
forward to the experience. When we reached 13,000 feet, Jay instructed me to throw myself out
of the plane. When we first hit the air, the wind was so strong that I could hardly breathe. For a
second I thought, "What have I gotten myself into?" But then everything got calmer. We were in a
free fall for about a minute before Jay opened the parachute(降落伞), then we just floated downward
for about five minutes. Being up in the clouds and looking at the view below was unlike anything I
have ever felt-much better than the hot air balloon. I was just enjoying it.
     Skydiving was really one of the greatest experiences of my life. I hope other people will look at
me and realize that you don"t stop living just because you are 84 years old. If there"s something you want to experience, look into it. If it"s something that is possible, make it happen.1. What happened to the author in 2001?A. She flew an airplane.
B. She entered a competition.
C. She went on a hot air balloon ride.
D. She moved into a retirement community.2. The author mentioned George Bush Sr. in her essay to________.A. build up her own reputation
B. show her admiration for him
C. compare their health condition
D. make her argument persuasive3. How did the author feel immediately after she jumped out of the plane?

A. Excited.
B. Scared.
C. Nervous.
D. Regretful.

4. What did the author enjoy most when she was skydiving?A．The beautiful clouds.
B. The wonderful view.
C. The company of Jay.
D. The oneminute free fall.

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