A．阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空 (每词限用一次)。
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It was quite late last night. While I was reading a newspaper alone in my1., a young man came to my house. He said that he was a friend of my brother’s and wanted to talk 2. him. I didn’t know if my brother had such a friend, 3. I let him in.
As we talked, I found that he knew 4. about my brother. After a while my brother came back home. The young man was so surprised that he didn’t know5. to do. We caught the man and called the police at the same time.
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What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is it the same all over the world? That’s an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource(资源). Maybe that’s why they like the expression, “Time is money.”
Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to keep and manage it. People in the US often attend meetings or read books on time management. It seems that they all want to organize their time better. People try their best to press more life out of their time.
To Americans, being on time is a way of showing respect(尊重) for other people’s time. Being more than 10 minutes late usually calls for an apology(道歉) and an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know that they can’t be on time. Of course, the less formal(正式的) the situation is, the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-togethers, for example, people often arrive as much as 30 minutes late. But they usually don’t try that at work.
American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often set the time days or weeks before it. Once the time is fixed, it is almost impossible to change it. If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, they will usually call first to make sure it is convenient. Only very close friends will just “drop by” unannounced. Also, people seldom call others late at night for fear they might be in bed. The time may be different, but most people think twice about calling after 10:00 pm.
Even Americans would agree that no one can master time. Time, like money, slips all too easily through our finger. And time, like the weather, is very hard to predict. However, time is one of life’s most valuable gifts.
1.From Paragraph 1, we can learn that ___________.
A. Americans waste lots of money and time
B. people can only control 60 minutes a day
C. Americans regard time as something valuable
D. money is more important than time in America
2.In Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4, the writer mainly tells us that ___________.
A. Americans respect others’ time in daily life B. Americans never call after ten o’clock
C. Americans visit friends without calling first D. Americans arrive days before an event
3.The underlined phrase “think twice” probably means “___________”.
A. pay attention B. learn wisely C. feel relaxed D. consider carefully
4.According to this passage, ___________.
A. most American people treasure their time
B. people can master and predict time easily
C. Americans like time better than anything else
D. people are supposed to be on time in all situations
5.This passage mainly talks about ___________.
A. some of the American lifestyles B. how Americans treat time
C. all kinds of ways to spend time D. different opinions about time
B
I found out one time that helping someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me said something to me in a low voice, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned(倾斜) over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I could lend her a pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink(墨水) and would not write. I took a pen out of my pencil box and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test papers had been handed in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students could leave. As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.
Later on, I found out that the teacher thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. So I went to the teacher and tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just helping the girl by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.
1.The story happened when __________.
A. the writer was eight years old B. the writer was in Grade 8
C. the writer was visiting a girl D. the writer sang in a low voice
2.The girl wanted to borrow a pen because __________.
A. she couldn’t afford one B. she lost hers on the way to school
C. there was no ink in hers D. hers was taken away by the teacher
3.The teacher asked the writer __________.
A. to put his pen on the desk B. to help the girl after the test
C. to leave the room at once D. to stay behind after the test
4.Which of the following is the thing that the teacher didn’t talk about?
A. You should be helpful when you grow up. B. It’s important to be independent.
C. You should be responsible for what you do. D. You shouldn’t do dishonest things.
5.Which of the following is true?
A. The writer and the girl cheated on the final test.
B. The writer helped the girl by lending his pen to her.
C. The girl tried to explain the truth to the teacher.
D. The teacher finally realized she had made a mistake.
Our family went to the Yellow Stone National Park last summer vacation. Our son, Tom, wanted to see bears there. And what an experience it was!
After we got there, we put up our tent and began to travel around. As we returned, we heard our daughter Susie cry out. And then we saw a bear go into our camp.
Tom wanted his father to chase(驱赶) him away. His father said, “No, it’s dangerous to chase a bear. And don’t let him chase you.” Susie said, “What should we do? Maybe we should climb a tree.” Tom said, “No, we have to get him out of there. He might go to sleep in our tent.” “Maybe we could make him leave if we put some honey outside for him to eat.” Susie suggested. Then I said, “How are you going to get the honey? It’s in the tent.”
We watched the bear go into the tent and heard him turn everything upside down. “It’ll be foolish of us to try to chase him away,” said my husband. “Leave him alone and wait for him to come out.” We waited, but the bear stayed inside. We had to sleep in the car that night.
1.The family went to a ___________ last summer vacation.
A. zoo B. park C. river D. beach
2.Who first saw the bear?
A. The father. B. The mother. C. The son. D. The daughter.
3.Tom wanted his father to ___________.
A. run away from their camp B. give the bear food
C. keep the bear in their camp D. chase the bear away
4.What did they do after they saw the bear?
A. They climbed up a tall tree. B. They made friends with the bear.
C. They did nothing but wait. D. They gave the bear some honey.
5.They slept in the car that night because ___________.
A. the bear stayed in their tent B. everything was upside down in the tent
C. the bear took away their tent D. they forgot to bring their tent to the camp
V．补全对话 阅读对话，从每题A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案完成对话。（5分）
Rick: Hello, Rick speaking.
Judy: Hi, Rick. ________ You called me this morning, right?
Rick: Oh, Yes. I called you at about nine, but you didn’t answer.
Judy: ________ I bought something for my trip to Guilin.
Rick: Are you going to Guilin? It’s a beautiful city in China.
Judy: Yes. ________
Rick: Well, I’ll have a party on Friday evening. Would you like to come?
Judy: ________ My plane will take off at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Rick: It’s a pity that you can’t come! ________
Judy: Thank you very much. Bye!
Rick: Bye!
1.
A. This is Judy. B. Let’s go home.
C. He’s talking. D. Glad to see you.
2.
A. Math is too hard for me. B. They can’t use the computer.
C. I was shopping at that time. D. We’ll go to the supermarket.
3.
A. Have you been there before? B. Why did you call me?
C. Do you know Tom’s birthday? D. Why not go with me ?
4.
A. No problem. B. I disagree.
C. I’m afraid not. D. I’d love to.
5.
A. See you at my party. B. It’s very boring.
C. Let’s meet at eleven. D. Have a good trip!
IV．完形填空 阅读短文，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。（10分）
John, 11 years old, was in bed in hospital. Several days before, while he was ____ in a baseball game, he fell and hit his head. The doctors believed that he might ____ get well.
“He seems to have given up hope. So medicines alone won’t ____. Perhaps he needs something else,” said a doctor. “When I visit him, all he ever says is that he would like to meet Babe Ruth.”
To meet Babe Ruth, of course, was not ____. In America, Babe Ruth was as important as the President, and he was the most ____ baseball player.
The next day John’s father tried to tell Babe Ruth about the story of his son on the phone. Twenty-four hours later, when the boy ____ in his hospital room, Babe Ruth walked in. Young John could hardly ____ his own eyes!
The great baseball player sat down at John’s bedside, and said, “Kid, you’ve got to get well. I’ve brought you a new American League baseball, ____ you must start throwing it.”
For John this was the beginning of a new life. To ____ doctors’ surprise, the boy walked out of the hospital on his own a few weeks later. He was able to live a healthy life—all because of the
____ of Babe Ruth.
1.A. looking B. playing C. talking D. sitting
2.A. never B. ever C. always D. sometimes
3.A. go B. make C. stop D. help
4.A. easy B. lucky C. difficult D. successful
5.A. favorite B. nervous C. famous D. dangerous
6.A. ran B. lay C. worked D. laughed
7.A. see B. close C. believe D. breathe
8.A. or B. so C. though D. because
9.A. my B. your C. her D. his
10.A. story B. basketball C. present D. life
