阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
I had been looking forward to 1. （visit）Las Vegas for a long time and my dream came true last weekend.
Las Vegas is 2. wonderful city. There are many of the largest 3. （hotel）in the world. Las Vegas offers fun and excitement as well as the 4. （nature）beauty of the desert. It is a big desert, but no other places in America are 5.（attractive）than it now.
The weather in Las Vegas is too hot, 6. is disappointing. During the day, I stayed in the hotel and went out 7. (have) fun at night. I visited many places there, 8. only the water show in front of my hotel was the most 9. （interest）.
Some people say Las Vegas is 10. a good place that they can always have a great time there.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（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。
Last year, my friend and I went to a nearby town to attend a wedding. After thereception(招待会), we were _____ for a bus to go back home. It was nine o'clock at night, and although many buses _____, none stopped.
We waited for one hour and were getting _____ . We couldn’t stay there for all the _____ because it was a weekday, and we both needed to _____ the next day. It was almost 10 p. m. when a family who had _____ the same wedding passed by in their car. Probably _____ that we were waiting for some _____ of transport, they stopped and gave us a lift.
I was _____ by their kindness, and I expressed my feeling of being _____ to them.
When we reached our town, the family _____ us at the nearest place where we could catch a shared taxi to get back to the place where we had _____ our bike. On the _____, a man stopped the taxi. The _____ saw his clothes and asked him whether he had money to pay the _____.The man _____ his head and said, "No." When hearing this, the driver _____ to take him. I remembered my own experience a few minutes earlier, and I told the driver to _____ him to sit with us and I would pay his fare.
What a(n) _____ chance to pass on the family's act of kindness! That night, I felt a lightness in my heart, and I went to sleep _____, filled with joy about what I had done. I hope this kindness can continue all over the world with your help!
1.A. visiting B. expecting C. waiting D. guessing
2.A. emptied B. gathered C. promised D. passed
3.A. hopeless B. embarrassed C. asleep D. dangerous
4.A. noon B. morning C. night D. afternoon
5.A. appear B. stay C. rest D. work
6.A. joined B. attended C. held D. observed
7.A. hoping B. realizing C. remembering D. insisting
8.A. means B. changes C. ideas D. choices
9.A. surprised B. terrified C. beaten D. moved
10.A. stressful B. kind C. thankful D. lucky
11.A. stopped B. dropped C. threw D. helped
12.A. parked B. repaired C. bought D. changed
13.A. average B. increase C. run D. way
14.A. passenger B. driver C. owner D. policeman
15.A. price B. dinner C. fare D. visit
16.A. shook B. nodded C. raised D. hid
17.A. offered B. refused C. ordered D. planned
18.A. advise B. forbid C. encourage D. allow
19.A. immediate B. terrible C. lucky D. funny
20.A. sadly B. nervously C. happily D. curiously
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Do you know how to choose a good book you’ll really like? Here are some tips.
Start With Your Interest. 1. . You can choose something you love to read, not for school. They can be something about cooking, computers, or fashion design.
What’s Your Type? Do you prefer fiction（小说）or nonfiction (or both)? Fiction books can take you to another world or help you imagine something beyond your own experience. Nonfiction books give you the who, what, when, and why of something. 2. . Many of them are interesting from beginning to end.
Read the introductions. The reviews and quotes（引语）in the book may give you an idea of what the book is about. They can also help you choose future books, too. If you find a book you really like, take a minute to read the quotes and see which writers praised the book. 3. .
Find a Family Favorite. Which book did your mother love best when she was at your age? 4. . Find out and read them, then your family can share the thoughts about the book.
Finally, you’ll probably enjoy the book much more if you find a quiet place and make time for it. 5. . But you can also play some good music, get yourself some tea and let yourself be carried away by the book. You’ll see that time does fly when you’re reading something you love!
A. They tell stories using facts — but that doesn’t mean they’re boring.
B. Often, they have similar styles and you might find books you like by those writers, too.
C. Reading is a good way to improve your English.
D. Reading for fun isn’t like reading for school.
E. How about your brothers and sisters?
F. So you should read as much as possible when you are free.
G. Most reading is best enjoyed when you can concentrate on it.
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Werewolves (狼人) aren’t the only creatures affected by the moon’s cycles（周期）. A full moon also affects people’s sleep more or less, reports a Swiss team of scientists. Even people who sleep in a lab without windows could reduce their sleeping time a little once a month.
To test the moon’s influence, 33 adults of both sexes and ages of many kinds spent several nights in a sleep lab. As they slept, researchers recorded their brain activity, eye movements and hormone levels (荷尔蒙水平). On nights closer to a full moon, the sleepers took an average of five minutes longer to fall asleep, and slept for 20 minutes less. In addition, brain activity fell by 30 percent during the sleep. And hormone levels that help control sleep cycles went down. On these nights, the sleepers complained they couldn’t sleep well even though they didn’t know the moon’s cycle. On the bright side, no sleeper turned into a werewolf.
The Swiss team doesn’t know how the moon affects sleep. The gravity (重力) of the moon causes ocean tides（潮汐）to rise and fall. But that force is too weak to affect sleep, Gajochen says. He believed some body’s biological clock may be affected by the moon cycles. There may be another reason, says David Dinges. This sleep researcher at the University Of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia says that the body clock is very sensitive（敏感的）to light at night. Those sleepers could have been affected by having too much moonlight before arriving at the lab.
1.The writer mentioned “werewolves” in the first paragraph to ________.
A. show there are the moon’s cycles
B. attract people’s attention to the report
C. introduce a creature to readers
D. ask people not to sleep alone in the lab
2.What happened to the sleepers during the experiment on a full moon?
A. They slept for about five minutes longer.
B. They could only sleep for 20 minutes.
C. Their brains were not as active as they were
D. They complained they were too tired to sleep.
3.The last paragraph is developed mainly by ________.
A. analyzing (分析) reasons B. explaining differences
C. making comparisons D. following the time order
4.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. the sleeping problems caused by the moon’s cycles
B. the influence of the moon on human sleeping habits
C. the moon’s influence on sleeping and its possible reasons
D. the ways to get a better sleep on a full moon night
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The younger generation (一代人), according to a new survey, can hardly remember the last time of climbing trees or flying kites, as they are kept indoors and short of outdoor experiences.
The survey of 1,000 people found that the current (现在的) generation of 15- to 34-year-olds have fewer memories (记忆) of 12 key countryside activities such as swimming in rivers or going fishing.
The research found that three quarters of the older generation remembered playing games or climbing trees, compared with two thirds of younger adults.
The 55+ generation also had more memories of collecting stones, visiting a farm or pond dipping. Altogether, two thirds of older people had more memories of playing outdoors compared to just over half of the younger generation.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) carried out the study at the start of the school term to stress the growing worry that children are not getting outdoors enough.
The study has found that 82 per cent of people think that schools should provide more outdoor education and most believe nature is still important to children today.
Dr. Mike Clarke, head of the RSPB, said children who are usually kept indoors are easier to get "nature deficit disorder". He said public money should be used to take children on day trips to nature and to build wildlife gardens, especially in poor areas.
"To many people, it would seem clear and unquestionable that an important part of childhood is exploring the world around you. Unfortunately, this is far from the fact and the children are having less time and fewer chances to get close to nature," he said.
"The RSPB has more than a 40-year history in getting children outdoors and is still continuing to play our role. We now need the government and the schools to realize that they should play the most important role in making it possible for all the children to experience, enjoy and benefit (受益) from the outdoor environment."
1.Compared with the current generation, the older generation had ________.
A. more homework and exercises when they were children
B. more memories of wonderful life in the countryside
C. fewer memories of taking part in outdoor activities
D. fewer chances of going on a visit to the big cities
2.The RSPB carried out the study in order to tell people to ________.
A. spend more time with their kids
B. care more about the kids' growth
C. let their kids get more outdoor activities
D. order the schools to provide outdoor education
3.According to the passage, "nature deficit disorder" often happens to ________.
A. children who often stay indoors
B. children who often go outdoors
C. all the younger generation
D. all the older generation
4.We can learn from Dr. Clarke's words in the last paragraph that ________.
A. all the children can’t get close to nature and aren’t healthy any longer
B. outdoor activities are the most important for the current generation
C. the RSPB is more important than the government and schools in getting kids outdoors
D. the RSPB plays an important role in getting kids outdoors all the time
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each horse looks like any other horses. But if you get a more careful look, you will notice something quite amazing.
One of the horses is blind. His owner has chosen not to kill it, but has made him a safe and comfortable barn(畜棚)to live in. This alone is very amazing. But if you stand nearby and listen, you will hear the sound of a bell. It is coming from a smaller horse with a small, gold-colored bell. It lets the blind friend know where the other horse is, so he can follow. As you stand and watch these two friends, you'll see that the horse with the bell is always checking on the blind horse and makes sure that the blind horse can hear the bell, slowly walk to where he is, and won’t get lost.
When the horse with the bell returns to the barn each evening, he will sometimes stop to look back, making sure that the blind friend isn't too far behind to hear the bell.
Like the owners of these two horses, God does not throw us away just because we are not perfect, or because we have problems or challenges. He watches over us and even brings others into our lives to help us when we are in trouble. Sometimes we are the blind horse which is being guided by the little ringing bells. And at other times we are the guide horse, helping others to find their way.
1.If you stand near the two horses and listen, you will be amazed that ________.
A. one of the two horses is blind
B. the blind horse lives in an uncomfortable barn
C. God helps the blind horse
D. the blind horse follows the ringing bell
2.Which of the following is compared to God according to the passage?
A. The blind horse. B. The gold bell.
C. The owners of the horses. D. The guide horse.
3.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. we are always the guide horse
B. God will help those people in trouble
C. the blind horse walks faster
D. the guided horse is always with us
4.The best title of the passage is ________.
A. God and the Horses
B. God Will Help Those Who Help Themselves
C. Help People in Trouble
D. The Guide Horse and Guided Horse
