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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ________ and when I was 14, he said, “You’re never going to be ________ but a failure.”
After five years of ________ jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best ________ that could have happened to me. I ________0 I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to ________ that what people said about me was ________. Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s ________ it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my ________ and went to college. My first novel _ ________ while I was at college.
After college I taught during the________in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a ________in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ________that job to write full time________ I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself —________ was a working-class boy who’d ________ school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and ________ , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. ________ what does it mean? I ________ wish all the people that have put me down had ________ : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
1.A. bright B. useless C. simple D. hopeful
2.A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
3.A. low B. poor C. good D. useful
4.A. support B. happiness C. surprise D. thing
5.A. agreed B. decided C. planned D. told
6.A. me B. them C. her D. it
7.A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. faulty
8.A. see B. know C. understand D. face
9.A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition
10.A. came on B. came in C. came out D. came back
11.A. day B. night C. month D. year
12.A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success
13.A. giving in B. giving back C. giving out D. giving up
14.A. while B. if C. when D. or
15.A. there B. here C. it D. that
Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet. Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like blocks of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? That's what we looked like! Along the way children dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late afternoon we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze. However, the lakes shone like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful. Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She is very reliable and I knew I didn't need to encourage her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we looked around us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles. At one point we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. Then we began going down the hills. It was great fun especially as it gradually became much warmer. In the valleys colorful butterflies flew around us and we saw many yaks and sheep eating green grass. At this point we had to change our caps, coats, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.
1.From this passage we know it is___ when they had their bike trip.
A. summer B. spring C. winter D. fall.
2.Where did they see yaks and sheep eating green grass?
A. On the top of the mountain.
B. In the valleys.
C. Along the river.
D. Halfway up the mountain
3.What did they wear when they rode on the mountain?
A. T-shirts and shorts.
B. caps, coats, gloves and trousers
C. long wool coats
D. down jacket(羽绒服)
4.Why did the children dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us?
A. they felt it unbelievable.
B. they felt it interesting.
C. they felt it fun
D. they felt it curious
One day, I was studying at home . Suddenly, there was a loud noise. I went out of my house to see what had happened .
What I saw made me scared. A building in my neighborhood was on fire. Some people were using water to put out the fire; others were rushing towards the building to help put out the fire. The building had three floors. The fire started on the first floor. Soon, it spread (扩散) to the second floor. There were some people on the second floor at that time. Their lives were in danger. A few people jumped out of the window. Luckily, they only got small injuries. Those who were still on the second floor were just crying for help. The people outside didn’t know how to help the people inside to get out.
Firefighters (消防人员) arrived at last. They fought the fire bravely. Water pipes (管子) were used and a ladder was put near the second-floor window. Then the people inside were taken out by the firefighters. They were seriously injured and were taken to the hospital at once.
Thanks to the firefighters, the people inside were saved and the fire was put out in the end, but many things, such as desk, pictures and clothes, were damaged.
1.___________was on fire.
A. The author’s room
B. A ladder
C. A building in the author’s neighborhood
D. Only the second floor of the building
2._____________put out the fire in the end.
A. The firefighters and the people inside the building
B. The people on the second floor
C. The people in the street
D. The firefighters
3.The people who jumped out of the window_____________.
A. were seriously injured
B. died
C. were taken to the hospital
D. got small injuries
4.How did the people who didn’t jump out of the window get out of the building?
A. They were taken out by the firefighters.
B. They climbed down a ladder by themselves.
C. They walked out of the building after the fire was put out.
D. They were taken out by doctors
In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet“fair weather friends”. They will be with you if you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities (品质) of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠).
Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person's place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener. At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults (过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.
Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on (信赖) a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.
There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor (幽默), too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.
When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I've found a friend!
1.Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is the most important in choosing ________a friend?
A. understanding. B. honesty.
C. reliability. D. a sense of humor.
2.If you have fair weather friends, ______ .
A. they will give you all that they have when you need help
B. you will be refused when you get into trouble
C. you will become rich
D. you can be sure that you get real friends
3.This passage mainly discuss ______ .
A. the qualities of a friend
B. where to choose friends
C. how to get along with friends
D. the importance of having a friend
It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
1.From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers __________.
A. worked very hard for centuries
B. were poor but somewhat content (满足的)
C. dreamed of having a better life
D. lived a different life from their forefathers
2.Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs ?
A. The frogs were easy money.
B. They needed money to buy medicine.
C. They wanted to please the visitors.
D. The frogs made too much noise.
3.What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?
A. The crops didn't do well.
B. There were too many insects.
C.The visitors brought in diseases.
D. The pesticides were overused.
4.What can we infer from the last sentence of the text ?
A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.
B. Health is more important than money.
C. The harmony between man and nature is important
D. good old day will never be forgotten
书面表达
假定你是李华，自制一些中国结（Chinese knot）。给开网店的美国朋友Tom写封信，请他代卖，要点包括：
1．外观（尺寸、颜色、材料）
2．象征意义
3．价格
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头语已为你写好。
Dear Tom，
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Li Hua
