词语运用(1 0小题，每小题l分，共1 0分)
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答写在短文后相应题号的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。
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David hated spending money. When he had to buy _1. _in a shop, he always tried his best to knock down the price , even for the _2. _ things. If he wanted to buy a bottle of orange, for example, and the shopkeeper asked for $2, David would say, “_3. _ it $1.90 and I’ll buy it.” Sometimes the shopkeepers agreed to reduce their _ 4._ a little. “What’s ten cents?” they asked themselves. “If it makes this man happy, it won’t hurt me very much.” In this way David saved a few cents here and a few cents there, and by the end of the year he _ 5. _ several hundred dollars.
One day he had a very bad toothache and had to go to the dentist. The dentist looked at the tooth and said, “This tooth will have to _ 6. _ out. It’s_ 7. _ serious to be saved.” “How much I must pay you for _ 8._ out a tooth?” David asked. “ Forty dollars,” the dentist said. “How long will it take you to pull out the tooth?” he asked. “About two minutes,” the dentist answered. “Forty dollars for two _ 9._ work!” he shouted, “That’s robbery.” The dentist smiled. “You’re right,” she said . “Thank you for telling me. I’ll pull your tooth out very _10. _. How about if I take half an hour?”
We all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others. Photographers use cameras, artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories.
Spencer Johnson’s story “Who Moved My Cheese?” shows change exists (存在) in our life. 1._ We must change our ideas to face the changing environment, or we will fail.
Just look at the cycle (循环) of the seasons. Trees bud (发芽) in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn, their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter arrives, there are no leaves on trees. 2. __ Since we know there are cycles in nature, we can prepare for them. 3. _ Since we accept the cycles of nature, we should also accept the changes in our life.
We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible (灵活的). 4. __ We can regard our life as chances. As we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life.
阅读短文，从下面A、B、C、D中，选出恰当的选项还原到文中合适的位置，使短文内容完整，通顺，然后回答下题。
A.We can enjoy the moment when things are going well and get away from the bad ones. B. Next spring the cycle begins again. C. Life changes and so should we． D. We know it is colder in winter and warmer in summer, so we can dress properly. |
5. The writer writes this passage mainly to tell us ___.
A. nature’s cycles are regular
B. change exists in nature
C. to wear proper clothes in different seasons
D. to change ourselves with the changing environment
Nowadays it’s a common phenomenon that parents drive their children to school and back home, which causes a heated discussion. A survey has just been made a-bout it .and here is the result.
Note：（1）save time （2）comfortable（3）safe （4）easy to communicate
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.According to the survey, we can see of the supporters believe that more valuable time can be saved.
A．
B．
C．
D．
2.One of the supporters considered ．
A．his child couldn’t rest or have meals comfortably in the car.
B．he could communicate with his child when driving
C．his child might be more dangerous in the car.
D．it was a waste of time to drive his child to school
3.Which is the TRUE statement below?
A．few of the people believe that driving kids to and from school can cause traffic jams.
B．half of the people think that driving kids to and from school will add to the parents burdens（负担）， such as time，energy.
C．still some people worry that in the long time, kids may be more dependent on their parents.
D．all the people agree to drive kids to and from school.
4.The survey may be read .
A．in an ad B．in a novel
C．on the Net D．in a poster
5.What can we learn from the chart?
A．Nowadays it isn’t a common phenomenon to drive kids to and from school.
B．Parents can get chances to talk with their children on the way to school in the same car.
C．The survey showed all the people had the same view.
D．Many people will spend their most time and energy, if they drive kids to and from school.
A letter of reply is sometimes a most treasured thing. Here is a story that tells about this common and natural human feeling.
The busiest woman in Labrador during one bitter cold Christmas not very long ago, was an Australian nurse named Kate Austen. But Nurse Austen was not too busy to write with a long, friendly letter for every gift of food or clothing received for poor villagers in the north of Australian. Among the gifts was a box of knittings (毛线编织品) for children, knitted and sent by a woman in Toronto.
Nurse Austen, was busy, and not feeling too well that winter. She could have written just ordinary routine notes of acknowledgement. But that was not her way. She sat down and wrote the woman in Toronto a real letter telling all about the village, and the names of the children who were wearing the knitted gloves and caps, and what they said when they got them, and how they looked when they wore them. She wanted the woman who had knitted and sent all those lovely knittings “to see how much happiness and warmth she had created.” Not long after, she received the following answer from Canada.
Dear Miss Austen,
Your letter made me happy. I did not expect such a full return, I am eighty years old, and I am blind. There is little I can do expect knit, and that is why I knit so many caps and sweaters scarves. For sixty years I have been making up missionary packages of such clothing or food or medicine or book as I could collect. But never before in all that time have I had a personal letter picturing the village and telling me who is wearing the clothing and what they said. I did not suppose that ever in my lifetime I should receive a letter like that. My God bless you.
Sincerely yours, Laura N. Russell
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.According to the passage, a letter of reply is not ．
A．a common thing B．a treasured thing
C．a natural thing D．a boring thing
2.______knitted and sent a box of knittings for the poor in Australian.
A．Kate Austen B．Laura Russell
C．An Australian mother D．The writer
3.Why did Nurse Austen write the letter?
A．Because she wasn’t so busy.
B．Because she was a kindhearted woman.
C．Because she was thankful for the knittings.
D．Because she wanted the woman to know the happiness and warmth she had created.
4.What do you think of the letter from Nurse Austen?
A．A waste of much time. B．A valuable letter.
C．An interesting letter. D．An unforgettable letter.
5.What can we learn from the two women?
A．We should be polite to others.
B．When we receive a letter we should write back soon
C．We should respect each other
D．We should express our thanks to the people who help you.
In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.
Asians are immigrating to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever believe that they can give their children a better education in the west. In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.
The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes. Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the west. Therefore, these children become satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”.
Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kids” problem. Because these children do mot speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means growing up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means growing up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids ”will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because______．
A．they hope their children may easily find a job there
B．the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries
C．all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries
D．the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends
2.”Satellite kids ”refer to Asian kids ______．
A．without parents B．want them to go to university
C．with university education D．speaking no English
3.Some Asian immigrant children become “satellite kids” because their parents ______．
A．want to leave their own country B．want them to go to university
C．return to their country to work D．want them to be independent
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Parents want better education for their kids.
B．Parents feel lonely and miss their families.
C．Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids ” problem.
D．Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family.
5.Choose the best title for the passage _____.
A．How to Immigrate Abroad.
B．A New Group-satellite Kids.
C．It’s Better to Get a University Education
D．Making Money Is Easy in the East.
完形填空(10小题，每小题l分，共10分)
There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them. especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so ____.
The mother_ _ that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben’s __ , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him __ . “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered, “He _ _ said anything. What could be possibly want to say?”
Well, Ben not only _ the rock, but also said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew __ the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were __. Ben had learned all from doing one of his book __.
Ben later went on to the _ _ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.
1.A．clever B．hard C．slow D．quick
2.A．seemed B．decided C．wondered D．told
3.A．class B．room C．office D．lab
4.A．think B．leave C．ask D．answer
5.A．always B．ever C．quickly D．never
6.A．found B．played C．knew D．heard
7.A．whether B．what C．where D．why
8.A．afraid B．surprised C．worried D．unhappy
9.A．pictures B．exercises C.shops D．reports
10.A．top B．end C．back D．front
