Cloze. Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering

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Cloze.     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   3   I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given   4   to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning   5   the little empty box set on my desk

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举一反三

(     )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
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

1-5 ABCCD 6-10 ABACD 11-15 BDACB

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     When my son was 11 years old, he got a small job helping out with a traveling carnival in our town. He
didn"t come home at lunch time, phoning   1   to tell me he was fine and had found a few days" work   2
out at an exhibit. However, after he finished work he   3   for supper as usual.
     I asked him how he had   4   at lunch and he told me he had made some new   5   at the carnival, some
young men who were twin brothers, and their mom and dad. They had   6   him a few dollars and invited him
for lunch   7   for helping them set up their exhibit and wanted him to   8   the next day to help with other
chores (杂务).
     I was glad he had found new friends but a little   9   about the type of people who might be traveling in a
carnival. "Oh, Mom, these are just  10  everyday people like anyone else. They  11  work at a carnival instead
of in a store or something". "Come down tomorrow and  12  them yourself," he said.
     So the next day I went to the carnival and to the exhibit he had  13  me to. The twin brothers  14  out to be
Siamese (连体的) twins, joined at the chest. He hadn"t thought this  15  was noteworthy enough to mention.
When I brought it to him, he said, "yes, I  16  that too. Do you know that their mom has to make all their
clothes  17  it"s so difficult to find anything to fit them? They"re also really good  18 . Today, Joe, the one on
the right, made me spaghetti (意大利面条) for lunch."
     What others see first in a person is not what a child considers  19 . Where I saw Siamese twins, he saw
people having difficulty buying clothes that fit, and young men who were good cooks. It was a  20  I have
thought about many times over the years.

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(     )1. A. instead
(     )2. A. leaving
(     )3. A. did up
(     )4. A. sought
(     )5. A. clothes
(     )6. A. paid
(     )7. A. by chance
(     )8. A. return
(     )9. A. excited
(     )10. A. humorous
(     )11. A. just
(     )12. A. teach
(     )13. A. ordered
(     )14. A. worked
(     )15. A. expression
(     )16. A. understood
(     )17. A. before
(     )18. A. cooks
(     )19. A. necessary
(     )20. A. lesson

B. even
B. helping
B. gave up
B. managed
B. friends
B. charged
B. in return
B. promise
B. regretful
B. obvious
B. never
B. meet
B. directed
B. left
B. change
B. made
B. if
B. doctors
B. important
B. festival

C. also
C. taking
C. took up
C. worked
C. choices
C. lent
C. by turns
C. consider
C. worried
C. particular
C. hardly
C. affect
C. forced
C. came
C. fact
C. noticed
C. after
C. artists
C. impossible
C. task

D. besides
D. showing
D. turned up
D. acted
D. differences
D. owed
D. in advance
D. decide
D. optimistic
D. normal
D. always
D. join
D. persuaded
D. turned
D. idea
D. formed
D. because
D. singers
D. unlucky
D. match

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     When I was a kid, my brother dropped the bomb:"No Santa Claus (Father Christmas)!" I fled (逃避) to
Grandma because I knew she would tell me the truth. I told her everything. "No!" she said. "Ridiculous (可
笑的)! Don"t   1   it."
     After dinner, we went to General Store. Grandma handed me ten   2 . "Take it and buy something for
whoever needs it. I"ll wait in the car." I"d often gone shopping with Mother, but never had I shopped   3 .
For moments, I stood there, confused,   4   what to do with it. I thought of everybody I knew.   5   I thought
of Bobbie Decker. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough. We all knew that
Bobbie would have no cough if he had a thicker coat. So I decided to buy Bobbie one. "Is this a present for
someone?" the saleslady asked me kindly. I   6   shyly. She smiled, handed it to me and wished me a merry
Christmas. Then Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Santa Claus   7   and ribbons (缎带) and write "To
Bobbie, From Santa Claus" on it. Then she   8   me over to Bobbie"s house. Grandma parked down the street
from Bobbie" s house. We   9   noiselessly and hid in the  10  by his front walk. "All right, Santa Claus," she
  11 , "get going." I rushed out, threw the present down at his front door,  12  his doorbell and flew back to
the safety. Together we  13  breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open.
     Forty years I haven"t forgotten those  14  I spent shivering (颤抖) in Bobbie"s bushes. That night, I realized
that the stories about Santa Claus were really ridiculous.Santa Claus was alive, and we were on his  15 .

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(     )1.A.remember
(     )2.A.bags
(     )3.A.separately
(     )4.A.wondering
(     )5.A.Luckily
(     )6.A.nodded
(     )7.A.gift
(     )8.A.sent
(     )9.A.stole
(     )10.A.cars
(     )11.A.sighed
(     )12.A.knocked
(     )13.A.rushed
(     )14.A.nights
(     )15.A.side

B.believe
B.keys
B.apart
B.worrying
B.Surprisingly
B.smiled
B.name
B.drove
B.struggled
B.buildings
B.whispered
B.pushed
B.laughed
B.feelings
B.team

C.understand
C.coats
C.singly
C.expecting
C.Suddenly
C.replied
C.paper
C.walked
C.stepped
C.stairs
C.called
C.sounded
C.paused
C.moments
C.part

D.consider
D.dollars
D.alone
D.looking
D.Firstly
D.denied
D.needle
D.guided
D.searched
D.bushes
D.shouted
D.switched.
D.waited
D.bills
D.staff

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号
中词语的正确形式填空。

This is how the story goes. A footballer 1______ (accuse) of taking money for 2______ (deliberate) not
scoring goals so as to let the other team win. We went to interview him. He denied taking money but we were
skeptical. 3______ we arranged an interview 4______ the footballer and the man 5______ (suppose) to bribe
him. When we saw them together we guessed 6______ the footballer"s body language 7______ he was not
telling the truth. So we wrote 8______ article suggesting he was guilty. 9______ was a dilemma because the
footballer could have demanded damages if we were wrong. He tried to stop us publishing it 10______ later
we were proved right.

阅读理解。

                                                        How I Turned to Be Optimistic
    I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt"s house, and
my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some
people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never
hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.
    I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying
goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see
the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to
come back was hardly in my head then.
     The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at
once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost - having to study in three schools as a result of
family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became
even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often
sad, and saw no end to "the hard times".
     My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I
wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the
doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.
     From my experiences I have learned one important rule:almost all common troubles eventually go away!
Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my
life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.

1. How did the author get to know America?

[ ]

A. From her relatives.
B. From her mother.
C. From books and pictures.
D. From radio programs.

2. Upon leaving for America the author felt _____.

[ ]

A. confused
B. excited
C. worried
D. amazed

3. For the first two years in New York, the author _____.

[ ]

A. often lost her way
B. did not think about her future
C. studied in three different schools
D. got on well with her stepfather

4. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?

[ ]

A. She worked as a translator.
B. She attended a lot of job interviews.
C. She paid telephone bills for her family.
D. She helped her family with her English.

5. The author believes that _____.

[ ]

A. her future will be free from troubles
B. it is difficult to learn to become patient
C. there are more good things than bad things
D. good things will happen if one keeps trying

完型填空。

     Back in 2007, I rented (租) a room in Johor Bahru, Malaysia while studying for my Masters programme
(硕士课程) in Singapore. I travelled daily by   1   across the Johor-Singapore Causeway (穿越湿地的堤道)
for my   2  , which were usually in the evening. It was quite   3   by the time I got back to the bus station in
Johor Bahru, and I would still need to take another bus home.
     One night, I   4   the last bus and didn"t have enough money to take a taxi. With no other choice, I decided
to   5   the two-kilometre journey home, which would have been fine   6   I were not so tired that day. It also
didn"t   7   that the route was pretty rough (凹凸不平的) and dark. But I walked forward with   8  , with the
promise of a night"s rest   9   me on. After walking for a few minutes, a car  10  in front of me. The driver,
who looked  11 , asked where I was headed. "Not many people walk through here," he said, and  12  me a ride.
He really  13   me up as he went out of his way to get me to my apartment.
     What was more  14 , however, was the story behind it. During the ride, the driver told me that when he
saw me walking, it made him think of his  15  who used to walk to work by the  16  road and though he often
saw his uncle on the way, he had  17  offered a ride as he was headed in a different direction.  18  his uncle
passed away because of an illness, and until today he still feels  19  for not being kinder to his uncle. So when
he  20  me walking that night, he just had to stop and help.

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