阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My neighbor has an eight-year-old daughter. She used to stay in the countryside, her 1place. Recently her parents brought her to town to live with them. __2and uneducated, she would swear or use dirty words when she was 3. Sometimes she got 4to roll on the ground, to the 5of people around. Her parents tried to tame（驯服） her by beating and kicking, __6lead to worse outbursts(爆发). Finally they became 7disappointed with her.
One day their next-door neighbor, a retired woman teacher gave the girl a snow-white dress, 8was very beautiful. It immediately caught the girl’s eyes and made them shine brightly.
The girl put on the dress and became quite 9person. She no longer abused or __10others, and rolled 11on the floor. She knew running wild would make her lose face 12such a beautiful dress. Since then the girl had been 13, neat, and lovely.
The story set me thinking a lot. Perhaps everyone has a beautiful dress _14_ somewhere in his or her __15__. Only some people are not aware(意识) of it, forget it or 16it. Beauty is a power force or weapon—that’s something 17by many of us. It can arouse fine 18that humans are born with but have so far hidden somewhere. It has a soul-making 19_ that is 20unmatched.
1.A. native B. strange C. similar D. homeless
2.A. Excited B. Wild C. Polite D. Dishonest
3.A. happy B. scared C. unhappy D. calm
4.A. up to B. as far C. so mad D. so wild as
5.A. pleasure B. delight C. sorrow D. surprise
6.A. as to B. likely to C. only to D. so as to
7.A. hardly B. completely C. partly D. exactly
8.A. which B. the C. it D. this
9.A. the other B. another C. other D. each other
10.A. surprised B. confused C. attacked D. spoke
11.A. more B. much C. less D. few
12.A. in B. with C. on D. at
13.A. impolite B. loyal C. determined D. gentle
14.A. laid B. covered C. hidden D. fixed
15.A. eyes B. heart C. body D. head
16.A. lose B. control C. recognise D. undress
17.A. realised B. noticed C. unrealized D. valued
18.A. thoughts B. opinions C. purposes D. qualities
19.A. effort B. influence C. work D. warmth
20.A. indeed B. never C. seldom D. sometimes
Einstein’s theory, which was doubted by most scientists at first _____ out to be correct in the end.
A. proved B. was proved C. turned D. tested
—Thank you for offering me so much advice on English learning, Tom.
—_______ .
A. With pleasure B. It’s all right
C. It’s my pleasure D. It’s nice to say so
He thinks so highly of the movie Avatar that he thinks it is worth
seeing ______ second time.
A. the B. a C. the other D. other
It was probably _______ the wrong operation(操作) of the pilot that caused the plane to crash.
A. because of B. because C. as a result D. \
—I’m your old friend Tom. We used to study in the same high school.
—Tom? I’m sorry I ______ you. Where have you been all these years?
A. haven’t recognized B. hadn’t known
C. don’t know D. didn’t recognize
