Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each
passing day, everyone became more 1 , waiting for the final school bell. Upon its 2 , everyone would run
for their coats and go home, everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged (破旧的) clothes. I had often wondered what kind of home life David had,
and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so inappropriately for the cold winter months,
without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David 3 . I can still remember he was always 4 a
smile and willing to help. He always 5 after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked
much. He 6 just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly
head for home.
Weeks passed and the 7 over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of 8 before
the holiday break. I smiled in relief (欣慰) as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around, I saw
David 9 standing by my desk.
"I have something for you," he said and 10 from behind his back a small box. 11 it to me, he said anxiously,
"Open it." I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped (打开) it. I lifted the lid and to my 12
saw nothing. I looked at David"s smiling face and back into the box and said, "The box is nice, David, but it"s
empty."
"Oh, no, it isn"t," said David. "It"s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you
couldn"t see or touch unless you know it"s there."
Tears filled my eyes 13 I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given 14 to. After that Christmas,
David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning 15 the little empty box set on my desk |
( )1. A. anxious
( )2. A. warning
( )3. A. popular
( )4. A. expressing
( )5. A. practised
( )6. A. would
( )7. A. argument
( )8. A. school
( )9. A. weakly
( )10. A. searched
( )11. A. Holding
( )12. A. delight
( )13. A. as
( )14. A. advice
( )15. A. from | B. courageous
B. ringing
B. upset
B. delivering
B. wandered
B. should
B. excitement
B. year
B. sadly
B. found
B. Handing
B. expectation
B. until
B. support
B. behind | C. serious
C. calling
C. special
C. wearing
C. studied
C. might
C. movement
C. education
C. quietly
C. raised
C. Sending
C. appreciation
C. because
C. attention
C. over | D. distinguished (卓越的)
D. allowing
D. funny
D. sharing
D. stayed
D. could
D. judgment
D. program
D. helplessly
D. pulled
D. Leaving
D. surprise
D. though
D. command
D. towards | | 阅读理解。 | Mary and Peter were having a picnic with some friends near a river when Mary notice an object overhead.
"Look!" she shouted to her friends. "That"s a spaceship up there and it"s going to land here."
Frightened by the strange silver-colored spaceship, most of the young people got in their cars and drove
away quickly. Peter was fond of Mary and always stayed close to her. They, more curious than frightened,
watched the spaceship land and saw a door open. When nobody came out, they went to the spaceship and
entered inside. Peter followed Mary into the spaceship and did not hear the door closed behind him. The
temperature fell rapidly and the two young people lost consciousness.
When they woke up, they were surprised to see that they were back by the river again. The spaceship had
gone. Their car was nearby.
"What happened?" asked Mary.
Peter scratched (抓) his head, saying slowly, "Don"t ask me. Perhaps we had a dream. Did you...Did you
see a spaceship?"
"Yes," said Mary. "And we both went into it. Then..." she looked at her wrist. "That"s funny. My watch
has stopped. Oh, well, come on. It"s time to go home."
Driving about fifty meters, they found their way blocked by a thick wall made of something like glass.
They got out of the car and tried to find their way round the wall but discovered that they were inside a
circular wall. It was like a mirror and prevented them from seeing through it.
On the other side of the wall, strange creatures walked past slowly. A few stopped to stare through the
wall and read a new notice which, translated into English, said:"New arrivals at the zoo: a pair of Earthlings
in their natural surroundings with their mobile house." | | 1. When the spaceship arrived, why didn"t Peter drive away? | | [ ] | A. He did not like leaving Mary.
B. He knew that the spaceship was harmless.
C. He was too frightened to drive.
D. There was a wall blocking the road. | | 2. Why did Peter enter the spaceship? | | [ ] | A. He saw the food and was hungry.
B. Mary told him to enter it.
C. He just followed Mary.
D. He wanted to study it. | | 3. Peter scratched his head so we know that _____. | | [ ] | A. he had lost consciousness
B. he was puzzled and did not know what to say to Mary
C. he had lost his memory
D. he was still half asleep | | 4. What do the words "strange creatures" mean to tell us? | | [ ] | A. They were wild animals in a zoo.
B. They were robbers.
C. They had landed on Earth in a spaceship and lived there.
D. The young couple were on another planet. | | 5. Which word in the notice tells us that Mary and Peter were not on earth? | | [ ] | A. natural
B. surroundings
C. Earthlings
D. house | | 完形填空。 | Once upon a time, there was a boy who would go into the forest and gather food and herbal medicines
(草药) with some of his fellows every spring. However, one year, a tiger showed up in the forest and no
one dared go into the forest again. One day, the boy"s father became ill, and the family couldn"t afford the
1 that the father needed. The boy decided to try and find some herbal medicines as well as some food
in the forest.
It was a perfect sunny day. At first, it was quiet and 2 happened. But later, when the boy bent down
to reach one more mushroom, he was suddenly pushed to the ground. A large shadow covered him. He
rolled over and looked 3 in shock as the tiger said in a deep voice. "You are my 4 . Say good-bye to
this world." 5 his sick father, the boy knew he couldn"t die. He quickly calmed down and put a mushroom
into his mouth, and chewed and swallowed. Then he said, " 6 you can kill and eat me, but I wish you to
know that these mushrooms are deadly poisonous (有毒的). You can eat me, but you will die too. My family
will look for me and find you. They will 7 your stomach and eat your meat. Your fine skin will carpet the
floor of a rich man"s house and your tiger bones will get a good 8 in the medicine shops. My family will
have enough for a year or more and I will be given a good funeral (葬礼) and long 9 .
The tiger hesitated (犹豫). He saw the frightful mushrooms in the basket and 10 his appetite (胃口). He
slowly walked away. The boy saved his own life with his quick thinking. | ( )1. A. love
( )2. A. anything
( )3. A. down
( )4. A. energy
( )5. A. Looking after
( )6. A. Of course
( )7. A. feed
( )8. A. price
( )9. A. understood
( )10. A. lost | B. medicine
B. everything
B. out
B. power
B. Thinking of
B. No way
B. open
B. seller
B. encouraged
B. increased | C. care
C. nothing
C. around
C. enemy
C. Bringing back
C. In the beginning
C. sell
C. reward
C. needed
C. regained | D. doctors
D. something
D. up
D. supper
D. Believing in
D. In any case
D. kick
D. doctor
D. remembered
D. forgot | | 完形填空。 | Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude
and 1 to let the angels stay in the guest home of their large house. 2 , the angels were given a space in
the cold basement (地下室). As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a 3 in the wall
and repaired it. When the younger angel asked 4 , the older angel replied, "Things aren"t always what they
seem."
The next night the 5 came to rest at the house of a very 6 , but very hospitable (好客的) farmer and
his wife. After 7 the little food they had, they let the angels sleep in their 8 where they could have a good
night"s rest.
When the sun 9 the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in 10 , for their only cow,
whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field. The younger angel was very 11 and asked the
older angel, "How could you have let this happen? The first man had everything, 12 you helped him," she
accused (责备) "The 13 family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let their cow 14 ."
"Things aren"t always what they seem", the 15 angel replied.
"When we stayed in the basement of the large house, I 16 there was gold stored in that hole in the wall.
17 the owner only cared about money and was unwilling to share, I sealed (封住) the wall so 18 wouldn"t
find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer"s bed, the angel of death came 19 his wife. I told him to take
the cow instead. Things aren"t always what they 20 ." | ( )1. A. refused
( )2. A. Thus
( )3. A. spot
( )4. A. why
( )5. A. team
( )6. A. rich
( )7. A. preparing
( )8. A. basement
( )9. A. came down
( )10. A. tears
( )11. A. calm
( )12. A. and
( )13. A. former
( )14. A. die
( )15. A. older
( )16. A. heard
( )17. A. Although
( )18. A. she
( )19. A. for
( )20. A. look | B. agreed
B. Therefore
B. space
B. how
B. pair
B. healthy
B. showing
B. bed
B. came in
B. whispers
B. happy
B. yet
B. first
B. go
B. younger
B. noticed
B. After
B. you
B. about
B. seem | C. decided
C. However
C. picture
C. when
C. family
C. poor
C. giving
C. yard
C. came up
C. fear
C. sad
C. so
C. second
C. survive
C. better
C. recognized
C. Since
C. I
C. in
C. feel | D. accepted
D. Instead
D. hole
D. where
D. group
D. wealthy
D. sharing
D. cupboard
D. came out
D. excitement
D. angry
D. or
D. latter
D. disappear
D. worse
D. watched
D. Before
D. he
D. with
D. sound | | 阅读理解。 | On a recent morning in Clearwater, Florida, Maja Kazazic jumped down into water. From a distance, the
dolphin seemed friendly enough. Still, Kazazic felt a little panic slide into her excitement. In spite of her fear,
she felt strong wearing her new leg.
In second grade in Bosnia, Kazazic lost her cousin, Jasmina. Kazazic promised she would honor Jasmina
by swimming with a dolphin, an animal that both girls loved. "Jasmina never got the chance to do it," says
Kazazic,"so I decided that someday I"d do it for her."
However, in 1993, during the Bosnian civil war, Kazazic was badly injured. Her left leg was cut just below
the knee and she received her first artificial (人工的) leg in the US. Because there was so little bone left, and
with her right leg also damaged, walking was rather painful, but she managed to graduate from college. She
was able to play golf or tennis.
Then one day a young dolphin, Winter, who had lost her tail, caught Kazazic"s eye. Trainers were fitting
Winter with a high-tech tail. When they were done, Winter dashed off through the water.
Kazazic was excited. If she can do this, there"s no way I can"t, she thought. Within ten days, she had a
new leg with the help of the inventor. Eight months later, Kazazic was ready to keep the promise. "After being
in a war, this should be a piece of cake," Kazazic said as she lowered herself into the tank. Then and there the
two went on an hour-long swim around the pool.
When Kazazic climbed out, she quietly said, "I feel like I owed (欠) somebody something, and now I"ve
paid my debt." Out in the parking lot, she got into her car and cried till she lost her voice. | | 1. Which of the following might serve as the best title of the passage? | | [ ] | A. Kazazic"s Promise.
B. Jasmina"s Death.
C. Kazazic"s Debt.
D. A Dolphin"s Tail. | | 2. What does the underlined word "panic" mean in the first paragraph? | | [ ] | A. Fear.
B. Surprise.
C. Excitement.
D. Satisfaction. | 3. Which is the correct order of the following events?
a. Kazazic was treated and received a new leg in the US.
b. Kazazic made a promise to swim with a dolphin.
c. Jasmina died in Bosnia when Kazazic was in second grade.
d. Kazazic overcame difficulties and carried out her promise.
e. Kazazic was badly injured in her legs during the war. | | [ ] | A. b, c, e, a, d
B. b, e, c, d, a
C. c, b, e, a, d
D. c, e, b, d, a | | 4. Kazazic cried in her car after she swam with the dolphin because _____. | | [ ] | A. she was sad her cousin couldn"t do it with her
B. she was excited her promise had come true
C. she was afraid she would lose the other leg
D. she was proud she didn"t owe money to anybody | 最新试题
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