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    Ed Smith 1a great sports collection. 2 has 8 tennis rackets, 9 basketball, 3 7 baseballs. He has 3 soccer balls and 5 volleyballs. 4 he doesnt play sports—he only watches them 5.

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    The summer vacation is the best time for students. They can go outdoors and have fun. They can go to big cities to 1, or go to the countryside to enjoy the beauty of 2.

    Peter is an American middle school student and he loves 3 very much. He always travels in his country.

    This summer vacation he did 4. He was interested in Chinese history. 5 he flew to Beijing and Xi'an for the summer vacation. He left New York on July 12th and 6 New York on the last day of August. He wanted 7 a great vacation, and in fact he did have a wonderful time. During the 8, he visited places of interest and bought something. And at night, he took walks 9 the beautiful night. It's really a 10 summer holiday.

根据短文理解, 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。

    Mabel is a beautiful girl. She likes all kinds of clothes, but she didn't1 her heart into her lessons when she was at school. With her friends' help, she finally finished middle school, 2 she learned little there. Of course, she can't do any important work and now she is a salesgirl in a 3 She has to work there and hopes to find a better one .

    One afternoon the girl argued with her mother angrily. So the following morning, . When she served an old man, she was very4 The old man chose a pair of shoes and bought them. Before he left, he asked, "How 5  will the shoes last?"

"It depends. If you don't use them .the shoes will  6  be broken. "

The old man  7 nothing and went away. That afternoon, while Mabel was  8  for supper, she cut her finger. She had to go to a hospital. That old man happened to be on duty. After Mabel got the medicine from him, she asked, "When will I get 9 ?"

    "It depends, "said the old man. "If you don't use 10 , you'll lose your finger. "

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应的选项涂黑。

    Sitienei, a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother, has become the world's 1 primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small 2 in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life 3 as a midwife(接生婆), helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn't have a chance to go to school when she was 4. So she wants all the children in her village to 5.

    The head teacher at the school said, "I'm proud 6 her. All pupils loved her. They all want to learn and play with 7 ." He also said, "She is doing well in thinking her skills. I can say I have seen a big difference in this school 8she came here."

Sitienei often said, "I want to tell children, 9 girls in poor areas, that 10 will be your wealth（财富）." She added, "With education, you can be whatever you want to be — a doctor, a teacher, a scientist, and so on."

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阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

    Two months ago, there was a serious earthquake in my country. Many people were hurt and1their homes. In my school, we decided to organize a 5-kilometer run to collect money for the people. 2signed up for the run and asked their relatives and neighbors to support them. These people agreed to3some money—50 cents or a dollar, for example, for every kilometer that the students completed.

    Joe was my classmate. He was the4student in my class because he seldom did any exercise and he ate plenty of junk food. He never walked to school. He always took a bus. When he was asked5 he was going to take part in the run, he said he would think about it. A few students laughed and I think Joe felt embarrassed. I felt a bit sorry for6.

    The next day, as I was riding to school, I saw Joe walking in the street. I stopped and asked him why he was7. He said he was training to take part in the run. “Good for you, Joe!” I said.8, I told my friends about Joe. Most of them just laughed and said that they didn't think he would9the run. I wasn't sure, but I decided that I would10Joe. So, for the two weeks before the run, I was his trainer. He walked to school for a few11. Then he started to run slowly.

    On the day of the run, Joe lined up with the other students. The12began and soon Joe was left behind. Well, it took him hours to finish and he didn't expect to13the other students, but he tried to do his best. And14he completed the 5-kilometer run. Everyone was very15and said, “Well done, Joe!” What is more, Joe collected more money than any other student!

阅读下面短文，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    Michael had taught us English for two years before he moved to New York. He worked very hard and was patient with his students, so we all 1 him very much since he left. It was not long before Michael came back to Los Angeles 2 a short visit. The teachers and students held a small party for 3.

    At the party, people walked 4 and talked with each other. I certainly would not give up the good 5 to learn English. I tried to think of all kinds of topics 6 with another English teacher, Mrs. Green.

    Just before I was going to run out of my 7, suddenly I heard Michael say to others loudly, “I dig New York!” I asked Mrs. Green at once, “Is it really 8 to find a job in New York? Why does Michael have to do 9 work since he is such a good teacher?”

    Mrs. Green didn't seem to understand 10 I said. “Why do you think of that?” she asked.

    “Haven't you heard him say that he is digging New York? Is he 11 an underground passage(地下通道)?” I asked.

    When Mrs. Green finally 12 what I meant, she laughed to tears. Then she asked us whether we knew the 13 of “I dig New York”. All of us shook heads and said “14“. Michael told us that “I dig New York” means “I love New York” in American slang(俚语). 15 few people say that now, we still hear it sometimes.

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    Nasruddin(阿凡提) was a very clever man. When a nobleman named Shah heard Nasruddin's stories, he decided to ask some questions to puzzle him.

    On a sunny morning, Shah rode his horse and set off. When he got to a crossroads, he saw a man coming to him. He stopped his horse and asked,“I say, Mula（对有学问的人的一种尊称）. Do you know Nasruddin? Where does he live? Tell me.” Shah had a habit of asking the way when he saw every scholarly-looking man. Luckily, this man was Nasruddin.

    Nasruddin looked up at the nobleman on the horse and asked,“How did you know I was a Mula?”

    “How did I know?” he bragged（自夸）.“Well, I am a mind-reader. That's how.”

    “I am very pleased to meet you,” said Nasruddin with a smile,“I live in the next door to Nasruddin. I know his address. Since you are a mind-reader, read my mind and find the way to his house all by yourself.”

阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

    As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring（凝视）1at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with 2 beautiful and dangerous.

    The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 3the top, using the southern route. But no one had ever dared（敢）to try a winter climbing up the 4 side. But now one man was daring to try the 5route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.

    For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously(焦急地). Now they were waiting to see his signal（信号）. If he planned to 6 the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was turning back.

    A tiny green light7 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people8.

    The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so 9! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the10 light.

    In the morning, Bonatti 11. He couldn't see the top, but he knew he was 12 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.

    Bonatti had spent months13 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to climb to the top?

     He was finally at the top! News about his 14 was radioed to the world.

    The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the"15", and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

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    When I was a small boy, something happened to me that made me never put any wild creature in a cage.

    We lived near a forest, and every evening the mockingbird would come and1 I decided to catch a young 2and keep it in a cage, and in this way, I would have my own private musician. Then I succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird was3so it fluttered (扑腾) in the cage. But finally it was used to living in its new home. I felt very excited with myself and4 some beautiful singing.

    On the second day, the little bird's mother flew to the cage with5 in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything. I was6to see this. Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby better than I did.

    The following morning when I went to see my bird, I found it 7on the floor of the cage. I was terribly surprised and sad! What had happened?

    Arthur Wayne, a famous biologist, happened to8 my father at that time. After she knew my story, she explained to me, “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will9 bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose10”.

    Since then I have never caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living things have a right to live free.

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    A woman is going shopping. She is going by boat. The boat is going across a river. Her basket is 1^. Oh, dear, look! Her basket is in the 2"Help!" she says. "Don't worry. I can 3 it. I'm a very good 4." A man takes off his shirt and shoes. "Look 5 my clothes, please!" he says. Then he jumps into the river. A 6 sees the basket. "I can go by 7 ， " it thinks. It gets into the basket. The man is 8 in the river. "Where is the basket?" he calls. "It is over there!" answers the woman. "It's behind you. It is 9 that duck!" The man gets the basket. "Go away!" he says to the duck. The duck 10 out of the basket and swims away. The man brings the basket to the woman. "Thank you very much，" says the woman. "Oh! What's this in the basket? It's a duck's egg. "

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    Mr. Black works in an office. His memory is very poor and often 1 something. One day his son had a cold and he had to 2 him to hospital. When they got there, he remembered that he left his 3 at home. He ran to the telephone box4 and was going to ask his wife to bring the money to him. But there was a woman in it. She was looking up something in the telephone book. He had to stand outside to 5 . About ten minutes passed, she was still in it. His son began to cry on a chair in the waiting room. He was 6. Another ten minutes passed, the woman didn't 7 He was more worried. He thought for a while and knocked at the door. The door 8 and he went in.

    "Thank you, sir," said the woman," I don't 9 anybody up. I had a baby last month and I'm only looking for a good 10 for her in the telephone book."

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项

    Once there was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists 1 .The king looked at all pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose2them.

    One picture was of a3lake. The lake was like a perfect mirror with peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. All people who saw this picture4it was a perfect picture of peace.

    The other picture had5too. But these were rugged(崎岖的)and bare(光秃秃的). Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall. This did not look peaceful6. But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall, there was a bush(灌木)7 in the crack(裂缝)of the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. She sat on her nest, watching the running water.

    After the king compared the two pictures8, he chose the second picture9explained, "Peace does not mean being in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. Peace means when facing unhappy situations, you can still be calm in your10. That is the real meaning of peace."

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    In the new sci-fi film. The Wandering Earth《流浪地球》, humans save the Earth without leaving it. In many-even most-space-themed films, whenever Earth faces a disaster(灾难), the1 is always running away from the planet in spaceships.

    But the latest Chinese sci-fi movie, The Wandering Earth, offers a different and more ambitious idea. In the film, based on a short story by Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin, Earth is in danger of being destroyed by the dying sun. In reply, humans around the world work 2 to build a huge engine system that will push Earth away from the dying sun.3 giving up Earth-again-this time we're taking it with us.

    This "ambition" didn't come from nowhere. For thousands of years," homeland" has had a soft point in 4 of Chinese people. One old idiom is "luoyeguigen", which means returning to one's homeland at the old age, like 5 leaves return to the roots of their trees. Or there is an ancient poem, "The season called the White Dew begins tonight: Nowhere as in our native place is the moon so bright". These6 show the tight link that Chinese people have had with their homeland.

    This special cultural background is probably the key 7separates The Wandering Earth from Hollywood-style space films.

    "What is Chinese sci-fi?"Guo Fan, the film's director, said in an interview. "A movie that can really 8our cultural and spiritual view can be called Chinese sci-fi. Or, we're just copying others and telling the same American stories."

    And the makers of The Wandering Earth may have chosen the best time to tell its Chinese sci-fi story. The film was released on Feb 5^th, the first day of Chinese New Year. It was a time when many people had just made the 9journey back to their hometowns.

    So to them, there is only one possible way to tell the story. Earth10wherever humans go, because it's our home forever.

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所绘的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

    On my first day of the seventh grade. I noticed one little girl called Amy on the school bus. "Don't talk to her," Lauren said, who sat beside me. "Or they will make fun of you."

    Amy had many physical(身体的 ) differences—lots of 1for other kids to make fun of her. Her eyes weren't straight. Her glasses were an inch thick. And she had really ugly teeth.

    Every day as we drove to and from school, kids would shout insults (侮辱) at Amy. "God, what a (n) 2 face! Stop looking at me!" "Mr. Rolland (the driver)! Amy took off her 3 and now her eyes are frightening me!"

    For a while I shouted my share of insults, just so I'd would fit in, I didn't want them to treat me the same way they treated Amy. But while I was insulting her, my heart 4 for the girl. I could see that the insults were making her look uglier, because she was so ashamed and alone. Then I wanted to stand up for her. I just didn't know how to 5 my schoolmates until the night of our class roller-skating party.

    Our whole class was there, including(包括) Amy. Amy didn't know how to skate, but I could see how much she wanted to have fun like the rest of us. So I skated over to her and took her by the hand; we began the journey together around the skating rink (溜冰场). She just smiled, and sometimes she would laugh6.

    On the school bus the next morning there was much news about Amy and me7together, but nobody insulted her or me. And they didn't do that for the rest of the year.

    After graduation, I never heard from Amy again. However, I never forget her and I've always8if I changed her life for the better. But I know for sure she changed my life. After becoming her friend, I no longer tried to impress (给……留下印象) people by trying to act like them. I became myself.

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    Joe wants a computer. He asks his parents for the money but they say he must get it himself. But how does he get it? He1 about this when he walks home. Not many people want to ask children to work for them. Maybe he can take away snow for the neighbors. But it is not 2 . He has to3 for a long time. He can't cut grass for their gardens 4 he has no tools to do the work. Then he 5 one of his classmates, Dick. He is delivering(送) 6 "I can do that," he thinks. "Maybe I can even get the computer right away. I can 7 for it a little each week." He8 to catch up with(追上) Dick. Joe asks him a lot of questions. He learns that it is 9 to get twenty-five dollars each week. He also 10 that the job takes about three hours each week. Dick11 him the phone number of the newspaper manager.

    Joe almost flies home. After he tells his mother 12 he thinks, she13 . "I think it is a14 idea," she says. "I'll call the newspaper."

    "Wait, Mum," Joe says, "I'll call. After that, I'm going to be a businessman." Joe's mother smiles15.

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    Mr. Smith works in New York. Last month he had a fifteen-day holiday, but he didn't know where to spend it. He spoke to his friend Bill," I 1 the hot weather, but I can't find a cool place in America. How should I spend my holiday?"

    "That's easy," said Bill, "You'd 2 to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground now. "

    Mr. Smith agreed 3 his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon 4 Moscow. He had a happy trip there, but one day he 5. After lunch he went outside the city, he saw a dog

    6 him while he 7 past(走过) a house. The dog was hungry and wished him to give it some food to eat. Bad luck! He had no piece of bread or cake in his pockets. He tried to drive it away. But it began to bark at(对……大叫) him. He wanted to look for a stick but he couldn't find anything 8 snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone on the ground. He hurried to 9 but failed.

    "How strange Russians are!" Mr. Smith said to himself, "They don't tie dogs, but firmly (紧紧地)10 the stones. My God!"

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    Robert was a student in a high school. His lather wanted him to study in a good university in the future. But the young man didn't study hard and liked playing cards. He had to go out after his parents fell asleep at night.

    One night, when Robert came back, his father saw him. He was very angry and let him live upstairs. Of course it was not easy for him to go out again.

    Last night Robert listened carefully. When he was sure his parents went to sleep, he went out to play cards. He won some money and was very happy. When he got back, he took off his shoes and was going upstairs. He heard a noise in his parents bedroom. Then he saw a man come out. He knew it was a thief. He stopped him at once. The man was very afraid and gave all the things back to him.

    "Tell me how you didn't wake my parents up." said Robert, "Or I'll take you to the police station!"

阅读短文、掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的四个项中选出一个最佳答案。

    Henry is going through a very hard time. His wife has just passed away. He feels that life1her is meaningless. For months, Henry sis in his house doing2. His family try to encourage him to do new things and enjoy life, but they're not 3.

    Henry's neighbor, an old woman named Lisa, sees him from her yard one day. She has not seen him outside in days! She asks him to 4 closer to the fence(篱笆) next to her house.

    "Hello, Henry! Just look at this fence. It is falling apart. You area5man. Can you help me fix this fence?" Lisa asks.

    Henry is angry inside. He is the one who needs6right now. He thinks the old lady is being kind of impolite. But she is too old to fix the fence7, so he agrees.

    Henry works on the fence for days. Lisa brings him orange juice 8he works. When he finishes, she thanks him. Henry9for the first time in months.

    “What a wonderful job! Could you please paint it10me?" Lisa says to him. Henry cannot believe she needs more help. Doesn't she know how sad he is? But11he respects(尊敬) her, he agrees. He works hard painting the fence in the hot12, but Lisa's orange juice and encouragement are helpful. As their neighbors13by, they all tell Henry what a beautiful job he has done. Henry feels very happy.

    Henry no longer feels that14is meaningless. He finally realizes that Lisa wasn't being impolite. She knows that staying15can help us forget our sadness. He helped her, but she truly saved him.

阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

    I always think my daughter Kendall is the best—that's just what parents do. When she was only three, she1 for the people, like a little angel.

    When Kendall was five, we noticed that she 2 had a tic(面部抽搐). When the problem got worse, we took her from doctor to doctor. 3 the treatment, Kendall continued to sing. Surprisingly, her tics disappeared when she sang.

    When Kendall was sixteen, we thought she would be cured soon. However,a(n)  4 thing happened.

    At a party, Kendall jumped on a friend for a piggyback ride. He bent lower than she expected, and she jumped 5 than he expected. Kendall flew over his back and 6on the floor — on her neck. She was rushed to hospital, paralyzed(瘫痪）from the neck down. She couldn't7. But her biggest8 wasn't whether she would walk again, but was whether she could try out for a show called American Idol.

    As the days went on, feeling on her left side 9, but she was still paralyzed on the right. We weren't sure how much of her10 would come back. A friend brought a microphone and put it on her bed. Every day, Kendall tried hard to pick it up . It was more 11 for her to pick up that microphone than a spoon or fork.

    Sometimes she had to bite a toothbrush to take her mind off the pain. We all cried because of the 12 we witnessed. But on the day—only three months after her 13—we cried full of joy when she sang, 14 she didn't enter the Top 24 of American Idol.

    When she was a little girl, she asked me 15 it was she that had tics. My heart hurt, but I told her, "Kendall, you have a pure heart, a fantastic voice, a strong mind. And you are a beautiful presence. "

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    When Jeff was young, he had always been thin and strong. When Jeff was forty, and he was fat and his muscles were very 1. He did not wish to get fatter and softer every year. One day one of his friends said to him, “Do you want to be thinner, Jeff?” 2, I do," Jeff answered.

    “Well, stop going to your office3 car, and get a bicycle. ”

    Jeff had not ridden a bicycle for many years. “It is very hard to learn to ride a bicycle again at your 4, ”his wife said.

    In 5, it was not too hard for Jeff to ride a bicycle again. He usually sat in his living room and read the newspaper in the evening. But now he 6 riding his bicycle every evening. He hoped that it would help him to get 7 , and he also got a lot of pleasure from it.

    He found some little roads which were not really very narrow but were not 8 enough for cars, and there he got away from the noises of the city, which were becoming too 9 for him.

    Then he began to go to his office on his bicycle. Sometimes all the cars stopped at a red light, but he could pass them to the 10 , because his bicycle was narrow. So he was happy.