Every December the radio station in my city makes a program in which all the poor children can send letters asking for some Christmas presents. One day, as I was   41  the radio, I decided to do something, so I asked four of my friends if they wanted to help a poor child. They   42  . 
    After several days, we learned about a   43   from a little child called Juan. In his letter, he   44   some blankets and some clothes and also wanted somebody to help his father   45   the house because it was in bad   46  .
    We told the radio station that we wanted to   47  Juan. After that, we started to think about how to   48  all the money to buy all that Juan   49  . After 5 days, we collected much money and bought many things for Juan. We   50  bought some toys as a little  51  for Juan.
      52 , on December 22 the radio station gave a party in which all the children who asked for help were   53  , and all those helping these children. 
    In the party we  54  Juan. We played some games with him and gave him the  55  we prepared for him. He was very excited and happy, so were my   56  and I.
    That day was one of the most    57  days in my life, and I learned something   58  from it. Giving help to those in need is one of the most meaningful things that you can do    59   this makes you feel good and also makes the persons who you are helping   60  .
    I am going to keep doing that all my life!

41. A．thinking of       B．listening to      C．searching for       D．looking after

42.  A．agreed           B．refused           C．hesitated               D．admitted

43.  A．note               B．telephone       C．message                D．letter

44.  A．asked for       B．cared about    C．looked at              D．laughed at

45.  A．build              B．repair             C．rent                       D．buy

46.  A．choice            B．situation         C．condition        D．place

47.  A．praise            B．visit                C．help                      D．teach

48.  A．save               B．collect            C．spend                   D．keep

49.  A．lost                B．hated             C．needed                 D．wasted

50.  A．hardly            B．also                C．never                    D．still

51.  A．surprise          B．change           C．promise                D．comfort

52.  A．Nearly           B．Suddenly C．Immediately          D．Finally

53.  A．told                B．shown            C．invited                   D．allowed

54.  A．forgot            B．met                C．ignored                 D．caught

55.  A．presents         B．signals            C．plans                     D．tips

56.  A．parents          B．neighbors       C．friends                  D．classmates

57.  A．difficult           B．official            C．peaceful                D．meaningful

58.  A．lucky             B．funny              C．important              D．interesting

59.  A．though           B．but                 C．unless                   D．because

60.  A．happy            B．angry             C．peaceful                D．wealthy

If you are a human, you can’t help but experience the time when everything seems to be going wrong and you feel as if your life is completely out of control．It is during the low time that words of encouragement from family, friends, co­workers or even strangers can boost your spirits．It is also during the low time that destructive words can be devastating（毁灭性的） and make you sink deeper and deeper into depression．

For example, consider this story about a group of frogs who were traveling through the woods when two of them fell into a deep pit（深坑）．All of the other frogs gathered around the pit．When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the two unfortunate frogs they would never get out．

The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump out of the pit．The other frogs kept telling them to stop．Finally, one of the two frogs took notice of what the other frogs were saying and simply gave up．He died．The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could．Once again the crowd of frogs shouted at him to stop the pain．The more they shouted, the harder he jumped and finally he made it．

When he got out, the other frogs asked him why he continued to jump when they were all shouting at him to tell him to give up．The frog explained to them that he was a little bit deaf．He thought they were encouraging him the whole time．

Every time you have a chance to say either something positive or negative to another human being, do choose the chance to say something positive! Don’t let those opportunities get away from you．Your words have a large amount of power．Use them wisely．You really never know just how much they can mean to someone else．

60．Why did the frog that succeeded in jumping to safety neglect（忽视） the other frogs’ comments?

A．Because he would like to jump out of the pit．

B．Because he could hardly hear what the other frogs said．

C．Because he didn’t want to give up his hope．

D．Because he had a positive attitude toward life．

61．What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A．There is no way to go when we go wrong．

B．Life depends on encouragement．

C．Destructive words will lead to death．    

D．Words are playing an important role around us．

62．The writer mainly wants to tell us ________ in the last paragraph．

A．the power of words                         B．positive words

C．negative words                            D．the opportunities to say something

Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws (爪) on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6m above the river, an important feature (特征) for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.

In appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside. The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young.

Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak (喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive（远古的） birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.

During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.
12．Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that____ ．
A．they look like young cuckoos       

B．they have claws on the wings
C．they eat a lot like a cow             

D．they live on river banks
13．What is the text mainly about?
A．Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons.
B．The relatives and enemies of hoatzins.
C．Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon.
D．The appearance and living habits of hoatzins.
14．Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?
A．To find more food.                   

B．To protect themselves better.
C．To keep themselves warm.
D．To produce their young.

15．What can we infer about primitive birds from the text?
A．They had claws to help them climb.     

B．They could fly long distances.
C．They had four wings like hoatzins.       

D．They had a head with long feathers on the top.

  From their ____ on the top of the TV Tower, visitors can have a better view of the city.

A. state             B. position          C. condition          D. situation

 We ________ a sign at the park entrance to tell people to protect the trees and flowers.

A. put down       B. put up              C. put away             D. put off

<sub>　　The most important day Helen Keller remembered in all her life was the one on which her teacher, Anne Sullivan, came to her．It was three months before she was seven years old．

　　On the afternoon of that day, Helen knew that something was happening．She went outside and waited at the door of the house．She could feel the sun on her face and she could touch the leaves of the plants．Then she felt someone walking towards her．She thought it was her mother and she went to her and held her close．This was the teacher who had come to teach all things to her and, above all, to love her．
　　The next morning, the teacher took her into her room and gave her a doll．When Helen was playing with it, Miss．Sullivan slowly spelled the word “d－o－l－l” onto her hand．Helen learnt a lot of words like this．After the teacher had been with her for several weeks, Helen understood that everything had a name．
　　One day Helen didn’t understand the difference between “mug” and “water”．She became angry and threw the doll on the floor．In her quiet, dark world she didn’t feel sorry for doing it．Then her teacher took her out into the warm sunshine．They walked down to the well where someone was drawing water．Her teacher put her hand under the water and spelled the word “w－a－t－e－r” at the same time in her other hand．Suddenly, Helen felt an understanding．She knew then that “w－a－t－e－r” was the wonderful cool something flowing over her hand．That living word awakened her spirit, gave it light, hope, fun and set it free!
1．How was the girl different from other children？
　　A．She didn’t know how to play games．
　　B．She was angry all the time．
　　C．She couldn’t speak．
　　D．She was deaf and blind．
2．Helen learnt new words when ______．
　　A．she went to the well
　　B．Miss．Sullivan spelled them on her hand
　　C．the teacher gave her a doll
　　D．she knew the difference between two words
3．What can the reader learn from the passage？
　　A．How to spell different words and understand their meanings．
　　B．The way to feel sorry for doing something wrong．
　　C．The idea of how to describe things and make them feel real．
　　D．When someone is drawing water, we should go to feel it．</sub>

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中有10处语言错误。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线， 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

    注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

         2. 只允许修改10处, 多者 ( 从第11处起 ) 不计分。

Today we had a chemistry test. I found the test difficulty, but I tried hardly to do it. Suddenly Mary, my best friend, asking me to let her to copy my answers. After think for some time, I let her copy my answers. But after the test, all of us were called to the teacher’s office. The teacher was angry because we had same answers in the tests. We were warned not to cheat again so she would need to see our parents. I was very upset. I didn’t cheat. I was just helping a friend. Why does she punish me?

 English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, ______ uses it differently.

   A. all of which       B. each of which    C. all of them       D. each of them

When I was in the seventh grade, I was a volunteer in a hospital. I spent most of the time there with Mr. Green. He never had any   16  and nobody seemed to care about his living  17.

I spent many days holding his hand, talking to him and   18  anything that needed to be done. He became my close friend,  19  he only responded with an occasional (偶尔的) squeeze (捏) of my     20   .

I left for a week to visit my parents. And when I came back, Mr. Green was 21   . I didn’t have the   22    to ask the nurses where he was. I was afraid that they might   23    me that he had died.

Several   24    later, I became a college student. One day, I noticed a familiar face at a gas station. When I   25    who it was, my eyes were filled with tears. He was   26   . He was Mr. Green. With an uncertain look   27    his face, he replied “yes”. I   28   how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital, his eyes were full of tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever   29   .

He began to tell me that   30    he lay there unconsciously (无意识地), he could hear me talking to him and could   31    me holding his hand all the time. He thought it was an angel (天使), not a person, who was there with him.

Mr. Green   32    believed that it was my voice and   33    that had kept him alive.

Although I haven’t   34   him after that, it fills my heart with   35   every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and death and more importantly, he made me an angel.

16.    A. visitors       B. relatives       C. patients      D. doctors

17.    A. interests      B. requests       C. conditions     D. opinions

18.    talking about     B. looking after   C. pointing out    D. helping with

19.    A. so that       B. even though    C. soon after     D. as if

20.    A. hand        B. head           C. nose        D. arm

21.    A. killed        B. lost           C. gone        D. changed

22.    A. energy       B. chance        C. courage     D. time

23.    A. cheat        B. tell            C. remind      D. warn

24.    A. days         B. weeks         C. months      D. years

25.    A. recognized    B. wondered      C. heard        D. asked

26.    A. well         B. alive          C. silent        D. alone

27.    A. at           B. on             C. behind       D.in

28.    A. apologized    B. remembered    C. explained    D. required

29.    A. dreamed      B. saw           C. wanted      D. received

30.    A. because      B. if             C. unless       D. although

31.    A. notice        B. feel           C. imagine     D. watch

32.    A. hardly       B. quickly        C. firmly       D. nearly

33.    A. humor       B. duty           C. touch        D. success

34.    A. forgotten     B. called         C. missed       D. seen

35.    A. joy        B. regret        C. respect      D. sorrow

 The poor child who lost his parents in an accident was ____ by a kind-hearted villager.

A. put up            B. brought up      C. given up         D. taken up

该短文共有十处错误,每句中最多有两处,错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( ＾), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（ ＼）划掉。

修改： 在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

      2、只允许修改十处, 多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

I often read English aloud and trying to learn something importance by heart.

It help me remember what I have learned and form a good habit of thinking in

English. I listen a lot and communicate with others with English. In this way,

I have been improved both my listening ability and my speaking English. I keep

a diary in English every day and my written English is becoming better and better.

I also try my best learn the necessary grammar knowledges. And gradually, I can

express myself correct. That’s what I have been learning English.

Planning a September trip to France

    September is one of the very best months to visit France. Not only will you enjoy plenty of sunshine and warm weather, but the tourist season is beginning to wind down-which means cheaper airfares, lower prices at hotels, and fewer crowds.36  

    ●Go wine tasting

    37  And there are plenty of wine-related events and festivals around the country. So September is a great time to visit the vineyards around the country and go wine tasting. The Bordeaux, Loire and Burgundy regions are all lovely and great places to visit vineyards. Besides that, going to the castles of the Loire region in between visiting vineyards on such warm and Sunny days is also very enjoyable.

    ●  38 

    The temperatures are slightly lower，but plenty of sunshine makes for perfect conditions to enjoy a barge cruise on the canals of France. With such comfortable weather and beautiful scenery at this time of year, nothing equals hanging out on the deck of a barge.

   ●Visit the museums

   Many museums in France have extended opening hours during the summer to accommodate the extra tourists and locals. And some museums also have extended opening hours into September. Wandering around the Louvre will take you into a wonder world，where you can enjoy the world-famous art.  39 

   Besides the above，riding a bike through France’s villages is also a welcome activity for young visitors in September. You call shop for the most fashionable clothes or goods here.You can see the beautiful and fantastic scenery along the road.  40 

A. Take a barge cruise.

B. Enjoy the music concerts.

C. So, don’t hesitate and start to plan your September trip to France flow!

D. France is a beautiful country.

E. September is the beginning of the grape harvest season in France.

F. Going out of the Louvre, you can walk to the modern and fashionable Champs Elysees to do some shopping.

G. If this is your first trip to France, here is some handy information to help you get started planning your vacation!

Each girl present at the party was wearing a flower in the hair, which__________ their beauty.

   A. added                B. added up          C. added to            D. added up to

选词填空

1.     Ever time he _________the figures, he gets a different answer.

2.     I often ________a headache at midnight.

3.     He has ________a hard time when his wife was ill.

4.     My father can’t speak French,so he has problems________the native speaker.

5.     Our city held________events to celebrate the great day last week.

6.     Hearing the noise,the policeman over there ______to us and asked what happened.

7.     I have heard of Mr. King for a long time, but I never have a chance to a talk with him _______.

8.     The decision _____facts, so the manager wouldn’t change it.

9.     In some countries,some personal information can’t be asked,________income and marriage.

10. You should ________when you are in trouble.

I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.

    After the accident , my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day . But the next day , he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done . I was astonished . He had good reason to charge me , he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury , I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor , it was only fair that I should pay him .But every time I went to see the doctor , I had to wait about 50 minutes . He would see two or three patients at the same time ,and often stop treating one so as to see another . Yet he charged me $115 each time . The final examination report consisted of ten lines , and it cost me $215. My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met . But after that he avoided seeing me at all . He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident , yet he hardly did anything . He simply waited to collect his money . He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him . And he made me pay him $770.

    Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America . Knowing that ,they played for time,… and I left without getting a cent.

    My experiences taught me two things about America: firstly, in a country like America money is everything . It is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality . Secondly ,foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America , we should see both its good and bad sides .

9. The author’s roommate offered to help him because __________.

   A. he felt sorry for the author

   B. he thought it was a chance to make some money

   C. he knew the doctor was a very good one

   D. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer

10. A good doctor is essential for the author to__________ .

   A. be properly treated       

   B. talk with the person responsible for the accident

   C. recover before he leaves America

   D. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury

11. The underlined word “ charge “ in this passage means ___________.

   A. be responsible                B. accuse   

   C. ask as a price                 D. claim

12. What conclusion can you draw from the story ?

   A. Going to court is something very common in America.

   B. One must be very careful while driving a car .

   C. there are more bad sides in America than good sides .

   D. Money is more important than other things in the US.

   Don’t you just hate it when you have to take an important phone call and you’re surrounded by potential eavesdroppers(潜在偷听者)? You either have to whisper or go outside to keep the conversation private, which is not good. Now Hushme aims to fix this problem by muffling your voice and making you look like Bane in the film Batman.

   Hushme is a strange high-tech mask(口罩)that blocks the sound of the wearer’s voice so that people nearby can’t hear what is being said. It connects to your phone via Blucetooth and comes with a pair of earphones. When you get a private call, all you have to do is put the mask on and it will do the rest. The pair of thick pads over your mouth does a good job of muffling your voice, but to ensure nothing gets through. Hushme also has speakers that play a variety of sounds when you speak.

   The Hushme mask, which comes in a variety of colors, can be worn around the neck, like a regular pair of earphones, and attaches in front of your mouth thanks to a couple of very powerful magnets(磁铁). It’s not yet clear how comfortable speaking with this Bane-like mask over your mouth really is, or how effective its speech muffling ability is, so we know so far is that it makes you look strange. The sound choices for covering your voice currently include wind, ocean, rain, birds, monkey, but new ones could be added in the future.

   Advertised as the “world’s first voice mask for mobile phones’. Hushme was showed at CES. At the becoming of this year. Its makers plan to sell it by the end of this year. It will cost about $200.

29. Why does the author mention Bane in the first paragraph?

   A. To show what Hushme looks like

   B. To tell eavesdropping is impolite

   C. To encourage readers to buy Hushme

   D. To say Hushme will be popular in the future

30. What does the underlined word “muffling” in Paragraph 1 mean?

   A. Blocking          B. Recognizing       C. Changing           D. Remembering

31. What is certain about Hushme?

   A. Its popularity                B. Its appearance

   C. Its high standard for comfort    D. Its speech muffling ability

32. What can we know about Hushme?

   A. It can be bought in the market now

   B. Its price is neither too high nor too low

   C. Its speakers will be improved in the future

   D. Its makers are confident about its market sales

During an earthquake, you should know what to do. If the earthquake strikes while you’re inside a house, you should lie on the floor under a strong table or other furniture. If there is no furniture, you can cover your head with your arms and keep still in the corner of the room. You should keep away from windows, glass walls, or anything that can fall.

If you are in bed, hold firmly onto your bed and make use of a pillow to safeguard your head. You may use a doorway but only when it is close to you. It should also be considered whether it is strong enough to deal with the load.

If you are running out, do not use lifts, even if they work. Electricity may go out at any time. Many injuries happen when people try to rush out. This means you ought to stay in your house or perhaps wherever you are.

When you stay outdoors, you should stay far from buildings, power wires or lights. You should be in the open until the quake stops. Remember that many earthquake deaths outside the house come from falling-apart walls, flying glass and other falling things.

If an earthquake strikes and you are driving, you should pull up to the side of the highway and stop as quickly as possible. You ought not to stop under trees, buildings or energy wires. Don’t stop in the middle of the street as it could trouble others.

When trapped, you shouldn’t move. Your mouth should be covered with a piece of clothing or a handkerchief. This is because it is possible for you to breathe in some dust. Do not shout whenever possible. You should only shout in the end to get help from rescuers.

32. What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?

A. To tell us the dangers of an earthquake.

B. To tell us what to do before an earthquake.

C. To tell us what to do when an earthquake strikes.

D. To tell us why running during an earthquake is dangerous.

33. If there is no furniture in the room during an earthquake, you should　　　. 

A. lie still on the floor

B. stay near the window

C. stay in the center of the room

D. keep still in the corner of the room

34. According to the passage, during an earthquake, you’d better not　　　. 

a. use a lift to escape                       b. stay outdoors

c. cut off electricity d. keep driving to escape

A. ab                     B. bc     C. ad                D. cd

35. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A. When to call out for help in an earthquake.

B. What to do when trapped in an earthquake.

C. How to make use of a handkerchief in an earthquake.

D. How to avoid breathing in some dust in an earthquake.

Most of us have lost our wallet at some stage in our lives. But few would imagine having it returned after a nearly seven-decade gap. Edward Parker dropped his wallet in 1950 into an inaccessible spot behind a bookshelf, while working as an electrician, repairing World War Two bomb damage in the palace. The wallet stayed there until this year when a builder, doing some restoration work, finally found it.

  The wallet is a time capsule(时光胶囊). Its leather and webbing has long ago started to disintegrate. But it contains numerous pictures of family, invoices, receipts, old union cards, results of a chest X-ray (sent to him in 1948, the same year as the NHS was founded), a national service card dated 9 December 1944 and a medical insurance card. His business cards—E Parker, Electrical Contractor—seem almost original. Reflecting the typical methods of contact of the time, they have an address but no telephone number.

 A month ago I was speaking a press officer Lambeth Palace and he mentioned that the wallet had just been handed in. We thought it might be nice to try and work out whose it was and give it back to the family. Edward Parker is a pretty common name, but his medical card contained two places of residence—Poets Road and Springdale Road in north London. From this, Islington Council were able to find details of a marriage between Edward Parker and Constance Butler in 1947.

 That information was enough to work out that he was still alive and in a care home in Essex, so I went to visit him. Now 89, Edward has dementia (痴呆), but he was clearly happy to get the wallet and in particular, the photographs back. He pointed out pictures of his mother and father, his brother, his cousins and his wife Constance, who was with him when I visited. He hadn't seen a picture of his father since he lost the wallet, Constance, 90, says.

24. It can be inferred that Edward Parker ___________.

 A. always lost his wallet                   B. once participated in World War II

 C. once worked as a builder                      D. once worked as electrical technician

25. What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?

 A. The producer of the wallet.                B. The material of the wallet.

 C. The contents of the wallet.                      D. The shape of the wallet.

26. What does the underlined word “disintegrate” in the second paragraph mean?

  A. Keep       B. Damage      C. Disappear      D. Destroy

27. What plays a key role in returning the wallet?

   A. Medical card.                          B. Business card. 

C. Old union card.                               D. National service card. 

     A couple of years ago, a minister(牧师) in an American church got fed up with listening to the people in his church complaining. They were complaining about little  _31  : the service(礼拜仪式) was too long, the service was too short; they didn’t like the choice of   32    they had to sing in church. He felt all this complaining was   33   everyone feel negative. So, he   34    to do something about it.
     He gave the people in his church a(n)  35  : try to stop complaining for 21    36  .And not just about the church, about everything! He   37    gave each person in the church a purple bracelet(手镯) to wear on their wrists. The bracelet was to   38    them not to complain.  39  , after three weeks of not complaining, people said they felt happier. They  40   that the less they complained, the happier their lives became.
    Complaining seems to be part of our human nature. Life,  41  , is full of difficulties. It is   42   to feel disappointed, irritated and unhappy at times. The real problem,  43  , comes when we take those negative inner feelings and   44  them out loud. Somehow, it makes everything   45  . The more we complain, the worse we feel; the worse we feel, the more we complain. And it   46  everyone around us, too. It can become a virus of negativity.
    Doctors say that complaining is also  47  for your health. They say that people who aren’t complainers are healthier, happier, have more friends and are more successful than people who complain all the time. So,  48   something ticks you off, like a rainy day or a bad meal, try  49    your tongue instead of complaining. It will be your contribution to   50   a world without complaints.

When Mrs. Delgado asked her daughter Sonia to bring muffins (松饼) to a sick neighbor, Sonia said sure. But when Sonia   41   who the neighbor was, she was not so sure. The neighbor’s name was Mrs. Craverham, and kids in the neighborhood said she was the   42   person who ever lived.

Sonia walked up the path to Mrs. Craverham’s. She did not   43   the idea of anyone being sick and alone, but what if the kids were   44   ? A girl in Sonia’s science class said that Mrs. Craverham had poked (戳) her with a stick last Halloween. Sometimes people heard   45   and moans (呻吟声) coming from inside. And a boy in Sonia’s math class said Mrs. Craverham had hung him upside down and painted him yellow when he    46   kicked a soccer ball onto her lawn.   47   between wanting to help someone   48    and not wanting to come home a different color, Sonia decided to be    49   .

Finally Sonia   50   the door. After a few moments r Mrs. Craverham answered the door and    51   in a rough tone, “Who are you? What are you doing here?”

Sonia said   52   , “My mother heard you were   53   She baked you muffins.”

Mrs. Craverham   54   , “My, that’s sweets I’m sorry if I seemed   55   ，but young people sometimes dare each other to come to my door   56   they think Pm going to do something to them. As soon as I answer the door, they   57   laughing or play a trick on me.”

   58   , Sonia heard a loud howl (嚎叫)Mrs. Craverham   59   as Sonia jumped. “Oh, that’s just Norbert, my parrot. He’s watched too many scary movies —like you, I think!” Then Sonia came to   60   that people are not always what they seem.

41. A. found out         B. sorted out  C. let out     D. carried out

42. A. oldest      B. poorest          C. meanest         D. ugliest

43. A. share       B. like             C. give            D. receive

44. A. disappointed B. angry            C. right           D. strict

45. A. cries       B. cheers           C. laughter        D. argument

46. A. happily     B. easily           C. calmly          D. accidentally

47. A. Frightened  B. Concerned        C. Puzzled         D. Amazed

48. A. at hand     B. in need          C. in danger       D. at sight

49. A. clever      B. stubborn         C. brave           D. funny

50. A. knocked on  B. broke down       C. pulled          D. shut

51. A. explained   B. demanded         C. requested       D. asked

52. A. cheerfully  B. sincerely        C. shyly           D. excitedly

53. A. afraid      B. tired            C. ill             D. sad

54. A. agreed      B. relaxed          C. added           D. stopped

55. A. dishonest   B. impatient        C. nervous         D. rude

56. A. because     B. while            C. although        D. unless

57. A. show up     B. run off          C. move on         D. set out

58. A. Suddenly    B. Certainly        C. Naturally       D. Possibly

59. A. shouted     B. laughed          C. expressed       D. nodded

60. A. remember    B. admit            C. hope            D. realize