I was in line waiting to pay. In line there were two people before me. A little boy was buying some rather strange clothes. He chatted with anyone who was interested in the clothes and soon we learnt that he was going to a kindergarten（幼儿园）party. He had done a great job of putting together interesting costumes（服装）.

   I noticed that the little boy was paying mostly with change（零钱）. It seemed that he had robbed his pig bank（猪形储蓄罐）to do this shopping. However, the cashier told him he was short after counting all the money. The boy thought for a moment and said, “Please keep the shirt and I will come back with more money.”

   It was clear that he had already used all the money he had and he was $8.00 short. The lady in front of me said, “Well, I could pay half of that.” I told the boy that I could pay the other half. We dug into our handbags. However, both of us only had ten-dollar bills（纸币）and we needed the cashier to get the change for us. Other shoppers began digging into their pockets to find some change. It was amazing and touching as all these strangers seemed to react（反应）with the same mind. All wanted to be of help. Within minutes the cashier said, “I have too much money.” The cashier didn’t need our ten-dollar bills. Then the lady in front me, who had been the first to offer help, said, “Wait! I didn’t even get a chance to give anything!”

   I smiled at her and said, “You did your share, because it was your idea and you started all this.” The little boy smiled and thanked us. We wished him the best and he left. I left with a good feeling. I had seen the love and goodness of others all around me. The woman in front of me smiled and said, “It sure feels good to give, doesn’t it?” I smiled back and said, “Yes!”

21.   What is this passage mainly about?

A.      Love and goodness.

B.      Culture and tradition.

C.      Friendship and honesty.

D.     Communication and understanding.

22.   Why did the writer and the woman both feel glad?

A. Because the boy had saved some money.

B. Because they both didn’t need to give anything.

C. Because the cashier didn’t look down on the boy.

D. Because all the shoppers around were willing to help the boy.

23. What does the underlined word “touching” most probably mean?

   A. 令人感动的         B. 令人难过的

   C. 令人失望的         D. 令人害怕的

24.  What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The cashier got enough money for the boy’s clothes.

b. The cashier counted the boy’s money.

c. The shoppers looked for some change in their pockets.

d. The boy went to the line to pay.

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

81.Today we will _____________ for discussion and whatever you say will be accepted.

82.How I wish I ____________ the other students in my class,but I couldn’t.

83.When I arrived for the interview, the woman who I helped on the way _________being the CEO of the company.

84.The spy __________the manager since he entered the room.

85.The petrol _____________. I’d better go to the gas station to fill my car up in case it fails to function properly.

One summer evening I was sitting by the open window, reading a good but rather frightening mystery story. After a time it was too dark for me to read easily, so I put my book down and turned on the light.I was just about to draw the 41 as well when I heard a loud cry "Help!Help!"It 42 to come from the trees at the end of the garden.I looked out but it was too 43 to see anything clearly.So I decided to go out and have a look in the garden,just 44 someone was in 45 .I took the torch and picked up a strong walking stick, 46 that this might come to be useful,too. 47 with these,I went out into the garden. 48 I heard the cry.There was no 49 that it came from the trees at the end of the garden."Who's there?"I 50 as I walked,rather 51 ,down the path that 52 to the trees.But there was no 53 .With the help of my torch,I 54 the whole of that part of the garden and the lover 55 of the trees.There was no sign of anybody or anything.I came to the 56 that someone was playing a rather silly joke on me. 57 feeling rather puzzled,I went back to the house and 58 away the torch and the stick.I had just sat down when I was startled by the cry of "Help!Help!",this time from 59 my shoulder.I dropped my book and climbed up.There,sitting 60 of the mantelpiece(壁炉)，was a parrot!

41.A.gun          B.picture          C.curtains            D.car

42.A.proved       B.looked          C.sounded            D.seemed

43.A.far          B.distant           C.dark               D.black

44.A.as if         B.in case           C.on time            D.even though

45.A.trouble       B.power           C.difficult            D.ease

46.A.requesting    B.wishing          C.demanding         D.thinking

47.A.Supplied     B.Loaded          C.Armed             D.Decorated

48.A.Once again   B.Now and then     C.From time to time    D.Again and again

49.A.wonder      B.problem          C.doubt              D.question

50.A.spoke out    B.called out         C.said out            D.got out

51.A.seriously    B.curiously          C.nervously          D.hurriedly

52.A.went        B.led             C.passed             D.joined

53.A.person      B.body            C.voice              D.answer

54.A.examined    B.searched         C.tested             D.studied

55.A.roots        B.branches         C.leaves            D.bushes

56.A.beginning    B.conclusion       C.end              D.introduction

57.A.Still         B.Yet             C.Already          D.But

58.A.threw        B.took            C.put              D.cleared

59.A.far off       B.right behind      C. left to            D.down below

60.A.outside      B.at the foot        C.inside            D.on top

George is a good student but he has a problem: it’s hard for him to____ with his new classmates.

A．get together     B．get on well              C．get in             D．get through

It’s well known that hugs make us feel easy inside. And this feeling, as it turns out, could actually prevent stress and protect the immune (免疫) system, according to a new research from Carnegie Mellon University.

We all know the fact that stress can weaken the immune system. In this study, the researchers sought to determine whether hugs ----like social support more broadly----could protect individuals from the increased sensitivity to illness brought on by the particular stress that come with interpersonal conflict.

“We know that people experiencing ongoing conflicts with others are less able to fight off cold viruses. We also know that people who report having social support are partly protected from the effects of stress on psychological states, such as depression and anxiety, the study’s lead author, psychologist Dr. Sheldon Cohen, said in a statement. “We tested whether awareness of social support is equally effective in protecting us from sensitivity to infection caused by stress and also whether receiving hugs might partially account for those feeling of support and thus protect a person against infection.”

In the experiment , over 400 healthy adults filled out a questionnaire about their perceived (感知) social support and also participated in a nightly phone interview for two weeks . They were asked the frequency they engaged in interpersonal conflicts and received hugs that day.

Then, the researchers exposed the participants to a common cold virus, and monitored them to assess signs of the risk of infection associated with experiencing interpersonal conflict. Regardless of whether or not they experienced social conflicts, infected participants with perceived social support and more frequent hugs had less severe illness symptoms.

“This suggests that being hugged by a trusted person may act as an effective means of conveying support and that increasing the frequency of hugs might be an effective means of reducing the effects of stress,” Cohen said. “The apparent protective effect of hugs may result from the physical contact itself or hugging being a behavioral indicator of support and closeness. Either way, those who receive more hugs are somewhat more protected from infection.”

If you need any more reason to go wrap your arms around someone special, consider this: hugs also lower blood pressure, reduce fearsome around death and dying, improve heart health and decrease feeling of loneliness.

67. The function of the first paragraph is to ____.

   A. tell us what a hug is like                 B. introduce what is to be talked about    

C. make us informed of the latest discovery    D. support the main idea of the text

68. Dr. Sheldon Cohen’s experiment shows that ____.

A. hugs can hide serious illness symptoms

   B. social conflicts can monitor signs of infection

   C. social support can reduce the risk of having a cold

   D. depression and anxiety result from less social support

69. The passage aims to convey that ____.

   A. hugs can have protective effects

B. social support can cure diseases

   C. interpersonal conflicts cause infections

D. stress can weaken our immune system

70. The passage is most likely to be found in ____.

   A. a social science magazine                B. a commercial brochure

   C. a medical report                        D. an academic essay

 This medicine will ______ him of his cough.

A. recover          B. cure                C. treat            D. heal

At the age of forty-five, my usually well-ordered life became full of changes. After twenty-two years of working in a   26  , a plan to useless staff   27    the unemployment of over one hundred people. I was one of them.

My once secure future became   28  .  However, I was not a single parent, __29   the family did not depend only on my income (收入). My motto has always been “Change is good, change is progress, " but when it   30_  my livelihood (生计), I had to change it to," ___31__   change and make the most of it. " From the beginning, I    32    to look on this matter not as  _ 33   luck, but as a welcome opportunity. I refused to become sorry;    34  , I actively planned to do something new and different.

Having a positive attitude made all the    35   in the way I pursued (追求) the future. First, I decided to   36   to college and graduate many years later than I should have. Doing this at my age took more than a little   37   . Not being a graduate had    38    held me back in my career in the bank, but now it was a personal goal I longed to   39   . With a lot of determination, I went to evening classes, and became an adult    40   . In the class, I became more and more confident. During this time, I   41   that no matter what life throws in our way, personal growth never stops.

The second thing I did to improve my inner self was to reevaluate (重新评估) my   42_   life. It used to be filled with endless and meaningless events. But now, my heart and life are completely around people I    43   .

The loss of my job led to some   44   changes in my life. Revisiting the past made   45__   for the future. I realize that I have accepted the change, and am making the most of it.

26. A. factory                  B. company          C. school             D. bank

27. A. made up              B. took off           C. set aside                D. led to

28. A. clear                    B. uncertain          C. boring                    D. bright

29. A. so                      B. or               C. if                    D. but

30. A. affected                       B. improved         C. destroyed          D. offered

31. A. Make                    B. Accept           C. Bring                       D. Collect

32. A. happened                    B. considered              C. chose                     D .pretended

33. A. rare                    B. bad               C. good                       D. special

34. A. instead                       B. anyway            C. besides               D. however

35. A. effort   　               B. use              C. difference            D. decision

36. A. attend                  B. turn               C. admit                   D. return

37. A. chance                        B. courage           C. time                 D. risk

38. A. ever                    B. never                   C. always               D. sometimes

39. A. arrive                   B. find              C. achieve              D. discover

40. A. monitor                  B. teacher            C. manager              D. student

41. A. hoped                    B. believed                 C. realized               D. suggested

42. A. past                      B. daily              C. future                     D. new

43. A. join in                         B. look at           C. stand for                   D. care for

44. A. unsure                   B. confident          C. positive           D. normal

45. A. room                          B. change            C. promise          D. progress

The Brazilian novel, The Alchemist is said ________ into over twelve languages by the end of last year.

A. to be translated

B. being translated

C. to have been translated

D. having been translated

Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends who had been there before said  76  was a wonderful holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.

After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six months  77 (early), but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We  78  (tell)that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week,  79  for the week after. I didn’t understand   80   this would happen and my credit card had already been charged   81  the reservation. What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was   82   (surprise) helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on   83   top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.

The next day, my brother and I went to the beach  84  we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little  85  (sunburn)，but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.

Failure is the best teacher. We learn to have more confidence in    61    we know through failure. You don’t have to accept your failure if you   62     (real) want to achieve success. For every achievement, there have been one or more failures. But those    63    we consider as successful refuse to accept failure and believe success is the other side of failure.

The lamp    64     (invent) by Edison after 1,000 failure. If he had stopped after he tried 100 times, what   65     (be) the result of such effort?

Any time your effort is not bringing an expected result, you don’t have to call it a failure, call it a challenge. What is the    66    (different) between the two? One is negative, the other is positive.

What you need is positive thinking    67    (achieve) success. Failure means there is no way out, no alternative, but a challenge is a question mark asking for another way out of the situation, an alternative solution    68    the problem.

   69    Wise man once said if you cannot fly, run. If you cannot run, walk. If you cannot walk, crawl （爬行）; just keep on    70    (move).

If you fall down, you have to get up and start moving. If not, other people will step on you on the way to their achievements.

 —Are you getting on well with your partner?

—Not at all. We’ve almost come to the point ________ we have to separate.

    A. why              B. where                C. which            D. as

76. She turned the h____________ and slowly opened the door.

77. My parents were very s_________ with me when I was young. They never had me wasting any time.

78. I don’t like skiing, which hold no a____________ for me.

79. We are busy a____________ the meeting for the next week, so there is much to do.

80. Listening to music is a real d____________ to most of the people. It brings us pleasure and happiness.

81. The Koala is u________ to Australia.

82. As we all know, and e_________ is the heart of a machine, a plane or a car.

83. The width of the street is 15 meters and the l________ is over 200 meters.

84. There is a s _______  on the wall for turning on the lights.

85. When did they s________ down in the city?

61.The seven-year-old child’s painting is really _______ (impress).

62. The population of China is larger than ________ of any other country in the world.

63. It is one of the funniest things ________ (find) on the Internet so far this year.

64. It was ______ bad weather that we had to stay indoors all day.

65. They narrowly avoided ________ (kill) in the forest of South America 15 years ago.

66. The experienced teacher’s __________ (explain) to the math problem was clear and to the point.

67. I’ve called the airport and they told me the next flight for Shanghai________ (take) off at 4:05.

68. “VIP” is short______ Very Important Person.   

69. You can never imagine what great trouble we have had ________（organize）the Sports Festival successfully.

70. You are not allowed ________ (keep) pets in the apartment.

71. I have made many friends up till now, some of _______ are intelligent and hardworking.

72. -----Have you been to the Sun Island Park?

   -----Yes. I_______ (visit) it twice when I was in Harbin.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

73. He would rather ________ (go) hungry than beg.       

74. I don’t really work here. I ________ (wait) for an interview. 

75. The young teacher was scolded by the headmaster because he treated the slow students _______(patient).

 No matter how frequently ____, the works of Beethoven always attract large audiences.

A. performed       B. performing                     C. to be performed     D. being performed

 _____ to nuclear radiation, even for a short time, may produce variants (变异体) of genes in human bodies.

 A. Exposed       B. Being exposed  C. Having exposed        D. After being exposed

1.Although I haven’t been here long, I have_____________________________

(交了许多朋友).

2.Small talk is very important and prepares you for more serious conversations.________________ .（有备无患！）

3. When speaking English, don’t remember to_____________________(避免犯错). 

4. Listening is a skill which most people _________ (缺乏), but communication is a______________(双向过程)and it involves speaking and listening.

5. Don’t ____________________(把目光从…移开) the operation.

6. He _____________________(放下书)and went to answer the call.

7. He _____________________(伸出手)and stopped a taxi.

8. I joined the class _________________ (毫不犹豫地).

9. She was ________________________________(她被施了魔咒).1

10. Membership of the club _________________________ (仅限于)adults.

11. The fans of the actress craned(伸长) their necks to __________________

 (看一眼)of their idol.

12. The new building was finished _________________________ (提前).

13. There will be a party for our classmates to ____________________. (聚会)

14. They have _____________________________(筹足钱) for a holiday.

15. Under great pressure, he __________________________(失去兴趣) studies.

16. The little girl visited her grandparents ___________________________(偶尔，有时)

17. Johnny finally ________________________(取得联系) his separated brother through Friends Reunited.

18. I ____________________(有福气)with a happy family.

19. I teach him Chinese and he teaches me English _________________ . (反过来)

20. Not all the cars _________________(属于)the people working in this building.

21. We are ____________________________(与…关系好) everyone in our village.

22. At the end of his speech, the audience couldn’t help _____________________.

   （放声欢呼）

23. Different kinds of entertainment can _____________________ (赋予…活力) boring daily life.

24. They __________________ (伴着...跳舞) Ruby Newman’s orchestra.

25. Liu Fang __________________________ (举办音乐会)since she was eleven.

26. Different words have different meanings. It’s ________________ with music

(音乐也是如此).

27. Every choice we have made must be considered and ____________________ (认真对待).

28. The play will be _______________ (上演) again next week because of its success.

29. There’s a postage fee __________________ (包括…在内还有) the repair charge.

30. Read the stories and answer the questions as _____________(如下).  

31. It is _____________(难以置信的) that a ball will not stop if there isn’t friction(摩擦力).

32．It took them six hours to ________________(扑灭)the big fire.

33．One egg can be used to create ________________ （多达）96 clones.

34．_______________（结果）, very few people are unhappy or feel any strong emotion.

35. JiNan is ________________________(被称作) the spring city.

36. The scientists have ____________________________（取得了重大突破）in cloning.

37. He ___________________________(发表了演说) in English at the meeting.

38. He will _______________(动身) tomorrow on his journey to Beijing.

39. The bus stopped to ________________ ( 搭载某人) passengers.

40. _______________________(令……惊讶的是) of her colleagues, she resigned.   

   Today rockets are very 56________ (advance) machines  57        we can use to send astronauts into space. They are also used in firework displays 58                  (celebrate)       

great events. It is said59      rockets were probably invented60     accident about 2000 years ago.

A great French writer has said that we should help everyone as much as possible because we often need help ourselves. The small even can help the great. To this effect he tells the following simple story.

An ant was drinking at a small stream and fell in. She made desperate efforts to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor ant, almost exhausted, was still bravely doing her best when a dove saw her. Moved with pity the bird threw her a blade(叶片) of grass, which supported her like a raft, and thus she reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass she heard a man approaching. He was walking along barefooted and carrying a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the dove he wished to kill her, and he would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the dove immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life.

1. According to the French writer, we often need help from others, therefore we should _______.

   A. help others as much as we can  B. help those who may be useful to us

   C. get as much help as possible    D. help others in order to keep alive

2. An ant fell in the stream and could not reach the bank ________.

   A. because she did not try hard      B. because she tried too hard

   C. because she did not cry for help   D. no matter how hard she tried

3. The ant finally got on the side _______.

   A. when the water pushed her

   B. with the help of a blade of grass given by a dove

   C. with the help of a piece of wood

   D. when the dove reached out a leg for her

4. According to the passage, which of the following does the author express?

   A. the dove was quite brave         B. the ant’s cleverness

   C. how an ant saved a bird         D. that even the small can help the great

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    Long ago a Native American chief named Shenandoah lived with his tribes(部落) in what is now the state of Virginia. Little is known about Shenandoah, but in some way, the soft sound of his name was given to a river. The Shenandoah River still flows in a deep valley between the Allegheny and Blue Ridge Mountains, just as it did when Chief Shenandoah lived. It is a slow moving river, soft and as beautiful as its name. Some word experts who believe the word “Shenandoah” means “spruce river” because the waters of the river run through great forests of spruce trees(云杉).And this explanation could be correct.

    However, there is an old Native American story which is far more beautiful than that of the experts. Centuries before Europeans came to the New World, there was a great lake of blue water hidden in the mountains of Virginia. For hundreds of years, Native American tribes lived near this lake, feeding on the fish from its clean waters. The Native Americans often climbed up the mountains and camped there during their long hunts for food. In the evenings they sat near their camp and looked down at the beautiful lake.

    On a clear, starry night you could see thousands of stars shining and dancing on the water below. The Native Americans loved this lake, and because they could see the stars in it, they called the lake, “Clear Daughter of the Stars.”In their language, the word for this was “Shenandoah.”

    One day the lake started to disappear. Its water ran out of the valley, through a break in the mountain side. The waters ran on and on until they joined another river known as the Potomac. At last, the lake was gone. In its place was only a river. It is the beautiful Shenandoah River today.

    However, the word Shenandoah becomes well known to people because someone wrote a song about it some years ago.“Shenandoah” is perhaps one of America’s most recognizable folk songs. Some say the song refers to the river. Others say it is about the daughter of Chief Shenandoah. Regardless of what the song is about, "Shenandoah" remains an American classic.“O Shenandoah, I love your daughter, Away you rolling river; O Shenandoah, I love your daughter, Away I'm bound to go, 'Cross the wide Missouri …”

21. According to the text, “ Shenandoah” may be the following EXCEPT______. 

   A. “spruce river”                                            B. the Potomac

   C. “Clear Daughter of the Stars”                        D. an American chief’s name

22. “ Shenandoah” is familiar to Americans mostly because of ______.

   A. pure and refreshing water                          B. a great historical character

   C. an American classic song                              D. the mysterious disappearance of a lake

23. The most suitable title of the passage is ______.

   A. Shenandoah and Its Native American Roots      B. An American Chief’s Romantic Tale

   C. The Mystery of a Missing Lake                       D. A Beautiful American Song