A few years ago, my friend Al won the lottery (彩票), which changed his life.

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     A few years ago, my friend Al won the lottery (彩票), which changed his life. He was not born with
a silver spoon in his mouth.    1 , my friend was always hard up for cash. He did not have much money.
And the money he did earn was chicken feed - very   2   .
     Sometimes Al even had to    3    some gifts from his family and friends. He was not the kind of person
who never paid the money he    4   .He was always very careful with the money he spent. The    5    times
were when he was flat broke and had no money at all.
     One day, Al scraped together a few dollars for a    6   ticket. He thought he would never gain lots of
money     7   . But his combination of numbers was chosen and he    8     the lottery. That is to say, he
won a great deal of    9    .
     Al was so    10   . The first thing he did was to buy a new car. He showed off the one thing that he
normally would not buy. Then he started spending money on   11   things. It was like he had money to
  12   . He had more money than he needed and it was burning a hole in his pocket so he spent it quickly.
     When we   13   for a meal at a restaurant, Al paid every time. He would always pay bills for others.
He told me the money made him feel like a millionaire   14    he felt very happy.
     But shortly after that my friend was   15    and out again. He had no money left. He had   16    his
bottom dollar, his very last amount.
     I admit I do feel   17    for my friend. He had enough money to live like a king. Instead, he is   18   to
living on a shoestring - a very low budget. Some might say he is penny   19    and pound foolish. He was
wise about small things, but    20    about important things.

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(     )1. A. Yet
(     )2. A. little
(     )3. A. make
(     )4. A. earned
(     )5. A. best
(     )6. A. lottery
(     )7. A. unsuccessfully
(     )8. A. lost
(     )9. A. money
(     )10. A. unsatisfied
(     )11. A. unnecessary
(     )12. A. hold
(     )13. A. got in
(     )14. A. in case
(     )15. A. up
(     )16. A. spent
(     )17. A. satisfied
(     )18. A. on
(     )19. A. rude
(     )20. A. even

B. Meanwhile
B. few
B. accept
B. lent
B. happiest
B. cinema
B. unusually
B. beat
B. tip
B. excited
B. unknown
B. explode
B. got across
B. so that
B. off
B. spared
B. sorry
B. away
B. shy
B. still

C. Otherwise
C. much
C. send
C. owed
C. easiest
C. flight
C. unexpectedly
C. missed
C. possession
C. anxious
C. unavoidable
C. burn
C. got down
C. because
C. down
C. split
C. active
C. back
C. stupid
C. not

D. Instead
D. small
D. produce
D. owned
D. worst
D. ship
D. uncertainly
D. won
D. fare
D. ashamed
D. undiscovered
D. live
D. got together
D. if
D. in
D. saved
D. afraid
D. around
D. wise
D. ever

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     Once upon a time, there was a little weasel (鼬鼠). His name was Horace. Unlike all the other
weasels, Horace was very bookish.
     He had a copy of The Little Prince that he had found out behind a chicken house. The third chapter
of the book was missing and the back cover was broken, but it was the only book he had, and he loved
it. While all the other weasels spent their time playing, Horace would read instead. This made the other
weasels surprised, but they let it go by.
     Then, one day, the Earth was invaded (入侵) by space aliens. These aliens were a group of giant
librarians. Because they were librarians, they had of course done their research before they began their
invasion.
     Meanwhile, the librarians went out to make contact with the species with whom they felt the most
affinity (密切关系). They had hoped that they could find the great works of weasel literature, but they
found that this was not so. The giant weasel librarian aliens were very disappointed. "Is there no weasel
at all who loves books as we do?" (Naturally, they had learned to speak the weasel language.) "No,"
said the weasels.
     At last, they came to the town where Horace lived. Here the weasels said "Yes!" They found Horace
and placed him in their libraries, where at last he got a complete edition of The Little Prince. He read it
every day for the rest of his life.

1. From the text we can infer that .

A. Horace had a copy of The Little Prince
B. the space aliens looked much like weasels
C. the space aliens hate weasels
D. Horace and the space aliens had the same hobby

2. Which of the following is TRUE about Horace?

A. Horace liked playing with other weasels.
B. Horace got a book behind a chicken house.
C. Horace read the book when other weasels took a rest.
D. Horace lived in the town with the librarians.

3. According to the text, give the right order of the following events.
a. The space aliens found Horace and gave him a job as a librarian.
b. Horace had a copy of The Little Prince but it was broken.
c. The space aliens had done their research before they began their invasion.
d. The space aliens went to look for a weasel who loved reading books.

A. a, b, c, d
B. b, a, c, d,
C. b, c, d, a
D. c, a, b, d

4. The underlined word "bookish" probably means " ".

A. foolish
B. fond of reading
C. childish
D. selfish

5. The text above is a (n) .

A. fairy tale
B. scientific report
C. poem
D. essay (随笔，小品文)

完形填空。

                                                        More Than I Had Dreamed Of
     From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students Union. I
always 1   my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. So I dreamed of being a
leader.
     Years flew by, and soon I was able to participate in the elections,   2   I would win. But the
reality struck that I hadn"t had a chance. I wasn"t pretty. Girls across the school hardly knew me.
I just did not have what it   3   to win a school election. I was   4  .
     As I cried in my room that evening, I   5   took a deep breath and decided I wouldn"t stop
dreaming. I decided that I would  6 elections again in my final year at school-and I would win.
     I recognized that my   7 had a lot of things in their favor. What were the   8   that would
work in my favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. And my biggest   9   was
the faith I had. I would not allow my   10   appearance to hold me back from putting my best
foot forward. That evening, I   11   my election plans a whole year in advance.
     I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to   12
them. I loved making friends and I liked being helpful,   13 I decided that perhaps I could use
these qualities to work to my advantage. In order to learn how to present a great election   14  ,
I also attended a course on effective public speaking.
     The day after the election, when the principal announced I won the second highest number of
votes, the students   15 . That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was
   16   theirs.
     Suddenly, I realized that I had   17   much more than I had dreamed of. I had made many new
friends and had helped people   18   the way. I had won the   19   and love of my school-mates
and they knew me as somebody who would stand by them. I was able to put a smile on their
faces and    20   their day.

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(     ) 1. A. remembered
(     ) 2. A. planning
(     ) 3. A. took
(     ) 4. A. concerned
(     ) 5. A. gradually
(     ) 6. A. attend
(     ) 7. A. companions
(     ) 8. A. points
(     ) 9. A. problem
(     )10. A. plain
(     )11. A. announced
(     )12. A. recommend
(     )13. A. but
(     )14. A. speech
(     )15. A. nodded
(     )16. A. only
(     )17. A. devoted
(     )18. A. along
(     )19. A. appointment
(     )20. A. enrich

B. admired
B. praying
B. assessed
B. surprised
B. immediately
B. enter
B. enemies
B. cases
B. dream
B. young
B. discussed
B. encourage
B. so
B. campaign
B. cheered
B. also
B. accelerated
B. by
B. reputation
B. bless

C. praised
C. calculating
C. provided
C. depressed
C. impatiently
C. join
C. schoolmates
C. methods
C. strength
C. personal
C. began
C. support
C. then
C. ceremony
C. gathered
C. still
C. accomplished
C. to
C. election
C. expand

D. believed
D. judging
D. meant
D. confused
D. suddenly
D. participate
D. competitors
D. examples
D. worry
D. special
D. cancelled
D. represent
D. or
D. promise
D. cried
D. almost
D. developed
D. in
D. acceptance
D. brighten

完形填空。

     It was a Friday morning and two lovers were going through a heart-searing breakup.
     As he was being   1 away from his lover,he banged on the fence   2 them.  She was 3 desperate,and
with all her  4 squeezed through the fence and rushed to him.
     A sweet kiss followed.
     No,this was not a passionate Romeo-and-Juliet love   5 . The couple is not  6 human. He is a ram,and
she a doe. They have been living together in the Yunnan
     Wild Animal Park and have been in love since last year. In a fenced area the amorous ram,  7 Long
Hair,has fascinated the doe,Chunzi. Liu Gencheng,has been   8 the couple for more than a year. "The two
have   9 a lot of time together since they were little. "
     The pair became famous after the local TV channel reported their relationship. Thousands,  10  some
celebrities,left their   11  . Many gave their blessings but some, 12 animal experts,left doubts.
     Cai Yue,is one of the fanatic web followers of the unusual love affair.
     "I first thought this might be a joke,but when I saw these photos,the love in their eyes   13 my heart.  "
     The zoo manager vowed not to separate them. But after Long Hair fathered a baby lamb with the only
female sheep in the zoo last month,the manager   14 .
     "The baby sheep needs care from both parents,"he said. "  15 the sheep and the deer are not able to
have kids,we decided to separate them. "
     The zoo"s plan was to form a "normal family" for Long Hair,letting him live with the female sheep and
his baby   16 staying with Chunzi all the time.
       17 ,the separation,was like a dramatic scene from a love story.
     "Long Hair even hurt his baby and the female sheep with his horns. It   18 us,"Li said. "And Chunzi has
been trying to lick Long Hair   19  the fence. "
     The zoo promised to let them "live happily ever after". "We   20 do anything to separate them. "
Li said.

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(     )1. A. dragged
(     )2. A. surrounding
(     )3. A. disappointedly
(     )4. A. strength
(     )5. A. stage
(     )6. A. still
(     )7. A. known as
(     )8. A. taken care
(     )9. A. cost
(     )10. A. contain
(     )11. A. comments
(     )12. A. in special
(     )13. A. touch
(     )14. A. kept his mind
(     )15. A. because
(     )16. A. other than
(     )17. A. Still
(     )18. A. surprised
(     )19. A. pass
(     )20. A. can"t

B. pushed
B. separating
B. separately
B. efforts
B. scene
B. yet
B. considered as
B. taken care of
B. paid
B. include
B. praise
B. in practical
B. warm
B. gave his mind
B. for
B. in stead
B. But
B. afraid
B. across
B. don"t

C. left
C. dividing
C. equally
C. power
C. spot
C. ever
C. looked as
C. taking care
C. took
C. including
C. criticize
C. in rather
C. move
C. made his mind
C. since
C. instead of
C. However
C. scared
C. though
C. mustn"t

D. brought
D. trapping
D. surprisingly
D. energy
D. place
D. even
D. taken as
D. taking care of
D. spent
D. containing
D. words
D. in especial
D. leave
D. changedhis mind
D. because of
D. or rather
D. Though
D. astonished
D. past
D. won"t

完形填空。

     There are many kinds of friends. Some are always   1   you, but don"t understand you.
Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life,
but only    2   friends leave footprints (脚印).
     I shall always recall (回忆) the autumn and the girl with the   3   . She will always bring
back the friendship between us. I know she will always be my best friend. It was the golden
season. I could see the yellow leaves   4   on the cool   5 . In such a season, I liked walking
alone in the leaves,    6 to the sound of them.
     Autumn is a   7   season and life is uninteresting. The free days always get me  8   . But one
day, the sound of a violin    9 into my ears like a stream (小溪) flowing in the mountains. I
was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was    10
in playing her violin.
     I had   11   seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music,
I didn"t know that I had been    12 there for so long but my existence (存在) did not seem to
disturb her.
     Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building    13 I
went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer
lonely and life became   14   .   15   we didn"t know each other, I thought we were already
good friends. I believe she also loved me.
     Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly    16 .
To my astonishment (惊讶), the girl came over to me.
     "You must like violin." she said.
     "Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?" I asked.
      Suddenly, a   17   expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual. "I
came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your
listening every day that  18 me." she said.
     "In fact, it was your playing    19 gave me a meaningful autumn," I answered, "Let"s be friends."
      The girl smiled, and so did I.
      I never heard her play again in my life. I no longer went downstairs to listen like before. Only
thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the fine figure (身影) of the girl. She is
like a   20   -so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off so much light that it makes the
autumn beautiful.

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