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passing day everyone became more 1 , waiting for the final school bell. Upon its 2 , everyone would run
for their coats and go home except David.
David was a small boy in ragged (破旧的)clothes. I had often 3 what kind of home life David had,
and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so 4 for the cold winter months, without
a coat, boots or gloves. But something made David 5 . I can still remember he was always 6 a smile
and willing to help. He always 7 after school to straighten chairs and sweep the floor. We never talked
much. He 8 just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and
slowly 9 home.
Weeks passed and the 10 over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness(***动不安)until the
last day of 11 before the holiday break. I smiled in relief as the last of them 12 out of the door. Turning
around, I saw David 13 standing by my desk.
"I have something for you," he said and 14 from behind his back a small box. 15 it to me, he said
anxiously, "Open it." I took it over from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to
my 16 saw nothing. I looked at David"s smiling face and back into the box and said, "The box is nice,
David, but it"s 17 ."
"Oh no, it isn"t," said David, "It"s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love is something
you can"t see or touch unless you know it"s there."
Tears filled my eyes 18 I looked at the proud dirty face that I had 19 paid attention to. I never
forget the meaning 20 the little empty box set on my desk. After that Christmas, David and I became
good friends.
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| 1-5: ABBDC 6-10: CDADB 11-15: AACDB 16-20: DBACB | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| The city of Venice，in Italy，is one of a kind．It is built on more than 120 islands，just off arrival．After explaining where my new house was，I told him that I had left the key under the doormat．Since I knew it would be quite late before I could get back，I suggested that be make himself at home and help himself to anything that was kept in the refrigerator（冰箱）． Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house．At the moment，he said，he was listening to some of my records after having had a nice meal．He had found the pan and meat in the refrigerator．Now，he was drinking a cup of tea and hoped that I would join him soon． When I asked him if he bad any difficulty finding the house，he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat，but luckily，the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the window．I listened to all this in great surprise．There is no apple tree outside my window，but there is one by the living room window of my next-door neighbor’s house！ | |||
| 1．When my friend arrived，I could not go to meet him because________． | |||
| A．we were not good friends ]B．I was busy at work C．he had not told me that he would come D．I did not want to see him | |||
| 2．A doormat is a mat______ | |||
| A．used as a door B．for cleaning the bottom of shoes C. put up on a door as an ornament（装饰物） D．near a door under which people put their keys | |||
| 3．I listened to my friend’s phone call in great surprise because____． | |||
| A．he had not waited for me to eat together B．he had eaten too much of the food C．he mistook my neighbor’s house for mine D．he had left the house with the window open | |||
| 4．At last my friend______． | |||
| A．did not enter my house B．entered my house after he opened the door C．entered my house by climbing through the window D．entered my house with the help of my neighbor | |||
| 5．The writer left the key under the doormat so that______． | |||
| A．nobody would find it B．he might not lose it C．his family could use the same key D．his friend could easily get it | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| An old woman had two large pots (罐), one on each end of a pole (扁担). She carried the pole with the pots across her neck. One of the pots had a crack (裂缝) in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered (递 送) a full pot of water. At the end of the long walk from the well to the house, the crackedpot arrived only half-full. For two years this happened daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection. One day, the cracked pot spoke to the woman by the well: "I am ashamed of myself because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house." The old woman smiled: "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot"s side? That"s because I have always known about your crack, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path. And every day while we walk back, you water them." "For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate (装饰) the table. Without you being just the way you are, I would not have this beauty." Each of us has our own cracks. But it"s these cracks that make our lives together so interesting and meaningful.  | |||
| 1. How did the cracked pot feel about itself at first? | |||
| A. Proud. B. Happy. C. Excited. D. Ashamed. | |||
| 2. Where were the flowers growing? | |||
| A. On both sides of the path. B. In the woman"s house. C. On the perfect pot"s side. D. On the cracked pot"s side. | |||
| 3. Which is the correct order of the following events? ① The woman picked the flowers and decorated the table. ② The woman told the truth to the cracked pot. ③ The cracked pot talked to the woman about its crack. ④ The woman found a crack on one pot. ⑤ The woman planted some flower seeds. | |||
| A. ④⑤①③② B. ⑤④③②① C. ④③①②⑤ D. ④⑤③①② | |||
| 4. What does the passage mainly want to tell us? | |||
| A. Never laugh at old women. B. Try your best to be perfect in life. C. Imperfection makes life meaningful. D. Don"t use a cracked pot to carry water. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Driving to a friend"s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend"s rooftops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city people, myself included, usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors. My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life. I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest-house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires(篝火) outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply. Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have televisions, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers. Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought: before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon. | |||
| 1. The best title for the passage would be______. | |||
| A. Touched by the moon B. The pleasures of modern life C. A bottomless well of silence D. Break away from modern life | |||
| 2. The writer felt sorry for himself because________. | |||
| A. there was too much pollution B. he seldom enjoyed the fullest moon outsides C. he didn"t adapt to modern inventions D. there were too many accidents on the road | |||
| 3. What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India? | |||
| A. No modern equipment B. Complete silence. C. The nice moonlight D. The high mountains | |||
| 4. Modern things (Paragraph 4) are mentioned mainly to______. | |||
| A. show that the writer likes city life very much B. tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life C. explain that people have fewer chances to enjoy nature D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to 1 his studies. There he wrote down his 2 for a course in English, but after the first 3 , he didn’t go to it any more. The English lecturer 4_this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had 5_ to another course, so he was 6 when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted to take the English 7at the end of this year. The lecturer had 8 a difficult paper, which followed his 9 closely, and he was eager (热切的) to see 10 this student would answer the questions. He 11__the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they 12 him and he examined them 13 , he was able to find only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he 14 the paper repeatedly but still couldn’t find more than one mistake, so he 15 for the student to question him about it. When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I 16 you came to my first lecture and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your 17 carefully and I’ve found only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your 18 .” “I’m very 19 about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I 20 what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture.” | |||
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| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Trait was an experienced safecracker who never used force -either against people or safes (保险箱). He was a real artist of his trade and it took him only 19 minutes to open the most difficult safe he had ever encountered. In about 10 years, helped by his brother Stefan and two friends, he took about $330,000 -from the safes of 28 banks in Austria. On his last job, early in 1999, he left the safe door open and $80,000 behind. With the money was a note, "We don’t need all that much." A witness (目击者) recognized his car and Strait was caught by the police. Then he was sent to Austria’s Stein Prison to serve a six-year sentence. He boasted (吹嘘) at his trial that he would continue breaking the law, "I am a thief and I shall use every opportunity." Despite the warning, prison officials moved Strait to the prison’s blacksmith (铁匠) shop. One day during the week before Christmas, Strait disappeared. Searchers found all his doors were well locked. Strait had managed to make a set of keys and let himself out. Not to freedom, though. After crossing into Bavaria, Strait attracted the suspicion (怀疑) of German customs police on purpose and got himself arrested. "I want to be in a German prison, "he explained to the surprised police. "As German courts give much milder (温和的) sentences for crimes like mine and will reduce the time I would otherwise have served in Stein Prison." In prison, Strait persuaded his keepers to let him make a Christmas Eve telephone call to his former keeper, Karl Schreiner of Stein Prison. "I’m sorry if I caused trouble. I didn’t want to embarrass anybody by escaping. Conditions weren’t that bad. In fact the food was better than it is here." | |||
| 1. The underlined word "safecracker" in the first paragraph means "_________". | |||
| A. prisoner B. criminal C. stealer D. Robber | |||
| 2. What’s the correct order of the following events?______ a. Strait was caught by German customs police. b. Strait left a note in the bank. c. Strait was sent to Stein Prison. d. Strait worked in a blacksmith shop. e. Strait escaped from prison. | |||
| A. d-b-a-c-e B. b-a-c-d-e C. b-c-d-e-a D. d-b-c-e-a | |||
| 3. What helped Strait escape from prison? ______ | |||
| A. His living alone in prison. B. His good relations with the prison officials. C. His cooperation with other prisoners. D. His working in the blacksmith shop. | |||
| 4. Strait was finally caught because _______. | |||
| A. his car was recognized by someone B. he left a note in the bank safe C. he was recognized by customs police D. he made a phone call to his former keeper | |||
| 5. Strait preferred to serve his time in Germany because _______. | |||
| A. he hated working in the blacksmith shop in the Austrian prison B. the life of prisoners in Germany was better than those in Austria’s C. he wouldn’t have to stay that long in a German prison D. he could escape more easily from a German prison | |||