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     Early one morning the subinspector at a station at the other end of the town rang me. An elephant
was damaging the town. Would I please come and do something about it?
     I did not know what I could do, but I got onto a horse and started out.  I took my gun, maybe too
small to kill an elephant, but I thought the noise might scare him. Various local people stopped me on
the way and told me about the elephant"s doings.
     It was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one. It had been chained up but last night it had
broken its chain and escaped. Its owner had set out to run after it, but had taken the wrong direction.
He was now twelve hours" journey away, and in the morning the elephant had suddenly appeared in
the town. It had already destroyed somebody"s bamboo hut (棚屋), killed a cow and turned over
fruitstalls.
     I came round the hut and saw a man"s dead body sprawling in the mud.  He was an Indian, and he
could not have been dead many minutes. The people said that the elephant caught him with its trunk,
put its foot on his back and grounded him into the earth. This was the rainy season and he was lying on
his stomach in the soft mud, the__peacebreaker standing beside, looking innocent.
     As I lifted my gun, I hesitated a few seconds. Then I fired. That was a shot that did for him.
     You could see the pain of it knock the last strength from his legs. But in falling he seemed for a
moment to rise, his trunk reaching skyward like a tree. He trumpeted, for the first and only time. And
then down he came, with a crash that shook the ground.

1. Which of the following statements about the author is TRUE?A. He was an Indian.
B. He knew elephants well.
C. He was not a local villager.
D. He was the owner of the elephant.2. The elephant made so much trouble because ________.A. its owner treated him cruelly
B. it got out of control
C. it hated the village people
D. it was a wild elephant3. The underlined words "the peacebreaker" in Paragraph 4 refer to ________A. the elephant
B. the dead man
C. the author
D. the subinspector4. It can be inferred that the author felt ________ when he shot the elephant.A. excited
B. sad
C. frightened
D. happy

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完形填空。     The hardworking blacksmith John used to work all day in his shop and so hard working was
he that at times he would make the sparks fly from his hammer.
     The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor,   __1__   come to see the blacksmith every day and
for hours and hours he would enjoy himself   __2__   how the tradesman worked.
     "Young man, why don"t you try your   __3__   at making shoe tacks, even if it is only to
__4__   the time?" said the blacksmith. "Who knows, one day, it may be of   __5__ to you."
     The boy began to see what he could do. After a little __6__  he found that he was becoming
very  __7__  and soon he could make some of the finest tacks.
     Old Mr. Smith died and the son on   __8__   of the war lost all his property. He had to leave
home and was forced to   __9__   residence in another country. It so   __10__   that in this village
there were numerous shoemakers who were spending a lot of money to buy   __11__   for their
shoes and at times even   __12__   they paid high prices they were not able to get what they
wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high   __13__   for soldiers" shoes.
     Our young Mr. Smith, who was finding it difficult to    __14__   his daily bread, remembered
that once upon a time he had learned the art of making tacks(鞋钉)and had a sudden   __15__
of making a bargain with the shoemakers. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would
help him    __16__   a workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the    __17__. And after
a while, Mr. Smith found that he was making the finest tacks in the   __18__.
     "How    __19__it seems," he used to say, "Even making tacks can bring a   __20__. My trade
is more useful to me than all my former property."(     )1. A. used to
(     )2. A. seeing
(     )3. A. energy
(     )4. A. save
(     )5. A. danger
(     )6. A. practice
(     )7. A. surprised
(     )8. A. term
(     )9. A. take over
(     )10. A. happened
(     )11. A. metal
(     )12. A. as
(     )13. A. demand
(     )14. A. eat
(     )15. A. request
(     )16. A. open
(     )17. A. offer
(     )18. A. valley
(     )19. A. fascinating
(     )20. A. career      B. had to
B. watching
B. luck
B. lose
B. interest
B. message
B. skilled
B. top
B. take down
B. occurred
B. tacks
B. why
B. price
B. earn
B. suggestion
B. settle
B. requirement
B. village
B. satisfactory
B. change    C. wanted to
C. staring
C. hand
C. pass
C. use
C. revision
C. satisfied
C. account
C. take off
C. charged
C. furs
C. how
C. praise
C. make
C. opinion
C. close
C. order
C. country
C. funny
C. fortune  D. needed to
D. looking
D. way
D. devote
D. importance
D. promotion
D. determined
D. behalf
D. take up
D. adapted
D. cloth
D. though
D. call
D. dry
D. idea
D. locate
D. arrangement
D. world
D. strange
D. job

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完形填空     Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he    1
up his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his   2    expensive
"school" fees. He always owes his success to it.
     At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. Degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting a
company. Before    3 , he bought a Rolex watch with the    4   made through years of work after
school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check. The watch
on his wrist was also demanded to be    5 down for inspection. Glen knew that carrying the    6
goods out had to pay the tax. And he worried about paying    7    for his watch. So when he was
checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless    8 . When he was     9     of his "smarts",
immediately,     10 the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which    11 nearly ￥100,000,
into pieces at hearing Glen"s words. Glen was amazed.     12 he understood why, he was taken to
the office to be   13   strictly. For many times of entryexit     14 he knew that only those people in
the "blacklist" would "enjoy" this special treatment. The officers looked out every thing carefully in
the box, and warned him    15      time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if     16
reusing and carrying fake and shoddy (劣质的) goods, he would be charged according to law!
Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after   17    the plane for long.
     After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He
said that this made a deep    18    on him, because an additional high "school" fee that he had ever
paid made him realize the value of    19   , which he would    20    as the secret of his success forever.

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(     )1. A. set
(     )2. A. good
(     )3. A. staying
(     )4. A. books
(     )5. A. put
(     )6. A. ordinary
(     )7. A. one
(     )8. A. present
(     )9. A. afraid
(     )10. A. in
(     )11. A. paid
(     )12. A. Before
(     )13. A. appreciated
(     )14. A. conditions
(     )15. A. no matter what
(     )16. A. came out
(     )17. A. landing
(     )18. A. expression
(     )19. A. honesty
(     )20. A. remember

B. came
B. bad
B. leaving
B. things
B. looked
B. common
B. it
B. trade
B. proud
B. on
B. spent
B. After
B. beaten
B. experiences
B. no matter how
B. found out
B. flying
B. idea
B. lies
B. learn

C. went
C. extra
C. living
C. saving
C. taken
C. specific
C. them
C. toy
C. well
C. before
C. took
C. If
C. spoken
C. experiments
C. no matter when
C. sent out
C. catching
C. thought
C. goods
C. revise

D. called
D. few
D. coming
D. pounds
D. lied
D. many
D. these
D. fake
D. hard
D. after
D. cost
D. Though
D. examined
D. chances
D. no matter why
D. set out
D. boarding
D. impression
D. things
D. read

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     Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on neighboring farms fell into conflict (冲突). It was
the first serious one between them in 40 years of farming peacefully side by side. In the end, they
fell apart.
     One morning, a man with a carpenter"s toolbox came for some work.  The elder brother said,
"I just have a job for you. Look at the farm across the creek (河沟). My younger brother lives
there. It was he who used his bulldozer (推土机) to dig the creek last week to spite (刁难) me.
So I want you to build me a fence, an 8foothigh fence, in order not to see his place any more."
The carpenter smiled and said, "I see. I"ll try to do a job that satisfies you." Then the elder brother
went downtown.
     At sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer"s eyes
opened wide! To his surprise, there was no fence there at all! Instead, there was a bridge stretching
from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work! He saw his younger brother coming
to him with the hands outstretching. The brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they
met in the middle, taking each other"s hands. They turned to see the carpenter lift his toolbox on
his shoulder. "No, wait! Stay a few days. I"ve a lot of other work for you," said the elder brother.
"I"d love to stay on,"  the carpenter said, "but I have so many more bridges to build."

1. What was the life like for the two brothers before the conflict?

A. They lived a poor life.
B. They lived in peace.
C. They never spoke to each other.
D. They lived on the same farm.

2. It can be learned that the carpenter was ________.

A. unwilling to obey the farmer
B. fond of building bridges
C. unable to build a fence
D. willing to help others

3. The best title for this passage is ________.

A. A Fine Piece of Work
B. A Carpenter
C. A Conflict Between Two Brothers
D. Two Brothers

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The elder brother used his bulldozer to dig a creek.
B. The elder brother helped the carpenter build the bridge.
C. The brothers were both satisfied with the carpenter"s work.
D. The carpenter planned to build an 8foothigh fence as asked to.

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     Several years ago, the mayor of Chicago, Illinois, visited Germany, a leader in green roof design.
Later he decided to have vegetation planted on Chicago City Hall. Today, the tops of many other
buildings also look like parks. In Canada, the Coast Plaza Hotel in Vancouver has a forest on its roof.
New York City has an unusual example farm for hydroponics. The farm is on a boat called the Science
Barge. Rainwater and river water are used to grow lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. The
farm shows the possibilities for designing rooftop systems.
     Green roofs are designed to save energy and capture rainwater. Rooftops covered with plants help
keep buildings cool. They can extend the life of a roof. And they can reduce water running off into
streets and storming water systems.
     Experts say green roofs usually do not get much above 27?. So temperatures might not be a problem
for growing. But rooftop gardeners have to be careful not to put too much weight on the roof. This is
true whether plants are grown in soil or water.
     Earlier in 2008, researchers in Texas reported that green roofs can reduce a building"s air conditioning
costs by about onefifth compared to blacktop roofs.  But they also reported that not all green roofs
perform equally well. They found that designs differ in their ability to keep buildings cool and to capture
rainwater. The researchers put experimental roofs on top of metal insulated (隔热的) boxes, to recreate
green roof conditions. The study compared products from six companies to help businesses understand
how to improve their designs. Each rooftop had sixteen different kinds of plants native to Texas. The
researchers say the presence of native plants likely helped all the green roofs capture water better
compared to sedums. Sedums are plants that need little water and often are used on green roofs. The
native plants could take in more water and release more of it to the atmosphere.

1. The author gave Paragraph 1 to ________.

A. tell us what is green roof design
B. tell us Germany is the country that leads or guides the green roof design
C. introduce some famous hotels in the world
D. lead to the topic of the passage

2. The advantages of green roofs are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT ________.

A. changing the local weather
B. prolonging the roof"s life
C. keeping the house cool
D. reducing the house"s air conditioning costs

3. According to the passage, which conclusion is WRONG?

A. Sometimes green roofs may break down the house.
B. Not all the green roofs can reduce the building"s air conditioning costs equally.
C. Different designs of green roofs have different effects on buildings.
D. Sedums are a kind of plants native to Texas.

4. The experiment is mentioned in the last paragraph ________.

A. to find out how many different plants in Texas
B. to show us how to design green roofs
C. to introduce a kind of roof made of metal
D. to provide proofs to improve the design of green roofs

完形填空

      It was the summer of 1965.DeLuca,17, visited Buck, a family friend.Buck asked DeLuca about his
  1 for his future."I"m going to college, but I need a(n)  2 to pay for it, " DeLuca  3   saying, "Buck said,
"You should open a sandwich shop.""
     They agreed to be   4 . And they set a  5 : to open thirty stores in ten years.After doing some
research, Buck wrote a check for $1,000.DeLuca  6 a storefront (店面), and when they couldn"t   7
their startup costs, Buck kicked in another $1,000.
     But business didn"t go smoothly as they  8 . DeLuca was   9 the store and going to  10 at the same
time.Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York.They"d  11   on Monday
evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running.They   12 themselves to  13   a second
store.And they did in the spring of 1966.
     The partners" learnasyougo approach turned out to be their greatest  14 . Every Friday, DeLuca
would drive around and handdeliver the checks to pay their  15 ."It took me two hours and it wasn"t
  16 , but as a result, the suppliers got to know me well, and the personal   17 established really helped
out, " DeLuca said.
     And having a goal was also important."There are so many 18   that can get you down.You just have
to 19   working toward your goal, " DeLuca adds.
     DeLuca  20 founding Subway Sandwich, the multimilliondollar restaurant chain.

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