Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)（14分）
A pearl necklace(项链)
Penny was a five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were at a grocery store, Penny saw a plastic pearl necklace. What a b 1. necklace! She wanted it very much, so she begged her mother to buy it for her. The mother said, “Well, I can buy you the necklace, but when we get home, we should discuss what you can do to pay for it. Can we do that?” Penny agreed with much h 2. , and she got the plastic necklace she liked.
How much Penny loved the necklace! She w 3. it everywhere and every minute. Penny also did part time jobs to earn pocket money and she worked very hard. Soon she managed to pay off the price for the necklace.
Penny’s daddy knew all her e 4. and knew how much Penny cared about the necklace. One night, he asked Penny, “Penny, do you love me?”
“Sure, Daddy, ” the little girl said.
“Then how about giving me your necklace?”
“Oh, no , Daddy! N 5. my necklace!” Penny cried.
“Oh, dear, it’s fine,” her father gave her a kiss.
Several days l 6. , Penny went to her daddy, with her lips(嘴唇) trembling(颤抖). “Here, Daddy. I love you.” She held out her hand. Inside it was her beloved plastic pearl necklace.
Seeing this, Penny’s father smiled with surprise. He then pulled a cute box out of his pocket. Inside the box was a r 7. and colourful pearl necklace, whi
ch was waiting for Penny for so long.
Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)（12分）
The book that can’t wait
One problem a lot of people have with books is that they buy them and then never start reading them.
To 【1】 , a foreign publisher called Eterna Cadencia came up with a very clever idea: it printed the words of the books in disappearing ink: the text of the book vanishes(消失) two months after the special package of the book is opened, so that encouraging buyers to start reading it 【2】 it goes away. They call this “the book that can’t wait.”
According to a video presented with the story, the book was 【3】 . The publisher sold out the whole first edition(版) at a bookstore the day it was printed, and received “thousands of requests” for more copies of the book. It also got a lot of news reports. As a result, the publisher is planning to publish 【4】 kinds of books in disappearing ink.
In some ways, the idea is pretty clever. 【5】 , we still have some suggestions:
First, the book should start the vanishing process after the reader first opens the book. If the vanishing ink books become very popular in the future, readers will need to read them one at a time. They don’t want their books to vanish before they read the first page.
Second, the vanished book should find a 【6】 use. Maybe they can be recycled, or maybe we can use them as notebooks. It would be a more environmentally friendly way to do this.
1.A. answer the questionB. take the pla
ce of books
C. solve this problemD. be fond of the books
2.A. beforeB. afterC. whenD. until
3.A. a terrible dreamB. a big problem
C. a large amusementD. a great success
4.A. the sameB. otherC. expensiveD. successful
5.A. HoweverB. SoC. LuckilyD. Finally
6.A. strangeB. hardC. goodD. traditional
Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案) (12分)
Andy rode slowly on his way to school, day-dreaming about the fishing trip that his father had promised him. He was so busy dreaming about all the fish he would catch that he was unaware of everything else around him.
He rode along until a strange sound drew him to the present. He came to a stop and looked up to the sky. What he saw frightened him. A huge group of bees filled the sky like dark cloud and seemed to be heading angrily towards him.
With no time to waste Andy sped off in the opposite direction, riding quickly without knowing how to escape the group. With a rapidly beating heart and his legs pumping quickly, he sped down the rough road. As the bees came closer, his fear increased. Andy knew that he was sensitive(敏感的) to bee stings (蜇). Last time a sting had put him in hospital—and that was only one bee sting! He had been forced to stay in bed for two whole days. Suddenly, his father’s words came to him. “When you are in a dangerous situation, don’t panic. Stay calm, use your brain and think your ways out of it. ”
On a nearby hill, he could see smoke waving slowly from the chimney(烟囱) of the Nelson family home. “Bees don’t like smoke,” he thought. “They couldn’t get into the house.” Andy raced towards the Nelson house, but the bees were gaining around. Andy knew he could not reach the house in time. He guessed that the bees would catch up with him soon.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a small pond used by Mr. Nelson to water his vegetable garde
n. Off his bike and into the cool water he jumped, disappearing below the surface and away from the bees. After holding his breath for as long as he could, Andy came up for air and noticed the bees have gone. Pulling himself out of the water, he walked up the hill and rang the doorbell. Mr. Nelson took him inside and rang his mother.
“You’ll really need that fishing break to help you recover(恢复),” laughed his mother. “Thank goodness you didn’t panic!” But Andy did not hear her. He was dreaming once again of the fish he would catch tomorrow.
1.Andy was attacked by a huge group of bees on his way to ________.
A. his homeB. school C. the Nelson houseD. a nearby hill
2.Andy failed to notice the bees because ________.
A. he was calling his mother
B. he was listening to a strange sound
C. he was going fishing with his father
D. he was lost in the thought of the fishing trip
3.The bee stings would ________.
A. make Andy in hospital
B. help Andy remember his father
C. improve his riding skills
D. let Andy feel very excited
4.The italicized word “panic” in the 3rd paragraph here means “_________”.
A. ask for helpB. run away C. feel frightenedD. give up
5.Andy succeeded in getting rid of the bees by ________.
A. waving some smoke towards them
B. hiding himself under the water
C. rushing into the Nelson’s house
D. riding quickly off in the opposite direction
6.Which of the following can best describe Andy’s escape from the bees? ________
A. No pains, no gains.
B. Once bitten, twice afraid.
C. Where there is a will, there is a way.
D. In time of danger, one’s mind works fast.
Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。【1-6】,每空格限填一词。【7】注意大小写) (共14分)
1.Jill went on a diet to lose weight last month. (改为否定句)
Jill_________ _________ on a diet to lose weight last month.
2.Tom rarely has lunch at home. (改为反意疑问句)
Tom rarely has lunch at home, _________ _________?
3.Doris usually does online shopping twice a week. (对划线部分提问）
_________ _________ does Doris usually do online shopping?
4.John worked very hard. He managed to find out a solution to the math problem. (两句合并成一句)
John worked _______ hard _______ he managed to find out a solution to t
he math problem.
5.They interviewed the Korean star Lee Minho just now. (改成被动语态)
The Korean star Lee Minho __________ _________ just now.
6.“Are you waiting for anybody here?” she asked the man. (保持句意基本不变)
She asked the man _________ he _________ waiting for somebody there.
7.is, to come, the first, she, often, to class (连词成句)
___________________________________________________.
Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词) (共8分)
1.Saturday is the ___________ day of a week. (seven)
2.Usually people are afraid of ___________ because they may eat humans. (wolf)
3.Lei Feng is a good example for us to learn to ___________ the people. (service)
4.If people still don’t care enough for the environment, the air will become much ___________. (bad)
5.We can learn a lot from ___________ events. (history)
6.It is good for you to do all the homework ___________. (you)
7.Being kind to others and giving a hand to them when necessary is ___________helpful.
(usual)
8.In order to be safer, we have to ___________ that bridge. (builD.
A. watched B. weak C. studied D. love E. than |
“I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school, we 1. a video about her work in India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless 2. for every human being that after I graduated from high school, I also wanted to try her kind of work. So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks.”
“I was asked to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch. I also fed the people who were too 3. to feed themselves and tried to cheer them up. I felt it was better to share with them 4. to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don
’t think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world.”
