完形填空（共15小題；每小題1分，計15分）

閱讀下列短文，從文后所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個最佳答案。

Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. They 36 ea ch other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning ______night, getting as much grain(谷物) as possible from their fields.

One late autumn evening, after their work in the_______was done, Simon said to his wife, "Victor got married last month. He has many bills(賬單) to pay. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn(谷倉). “Oh, that's a good idea,” said his wife. “But please don't tell him,” said Simon, “If he knows I put the rice there, he will________take it.”

So, la te that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor's barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he found_______strange. “I took a bag of rice to Victor's house last night,____ ____ I still have the same number of bags in my barn.__________ did that happen?”

Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother's barn that night. But the next morning, he found the________number of bags in his barn again! “This is very strange,” he thought. That night he_______again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder(肩膀); and walked down the road to his younger brother's house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another______coming down the road. He was carrying something on his_______, too. “Younger Brother!” Simon cried, “What are you doing?” “I was_____you, Older Brother,” said Victor, “Your family is_____ than mine. I thought you needed more rice.” The two brothers quickly______that they had been taking rice to each other. They________what had happened. “It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they lived happily ever after.

1.A. disliked B. hated C. loved D. enjoyed

2.A. until B. at C. through D. with

3.A. shops B. fields C. hospitals D. factories

4.A. never B. sometimes C. usually D. ever

5.A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something

6.A. so B. and C. but D. or

7.A. How B. What C. Why D. Where

8.A. small B. different C. big D. same

9.A. planned B. failed C. hoped D. tried

10.A. brother B. person C. sister D. wife

11.A. back B. shoulder C. head D. hand

12.A. proud of B. polite to C. angry with D. worried about

13.A. Smaller B. richer C. larger D. happier

14.A. remembered B. knew C. believed D. hoped

15.A. laughed about B. dreamed about C. pointed at D. shouted at

缺詞填空（共10小題；每小題1分，計10分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和首字母提示，在下文空格處填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~使短文完整。（每空一詞）

Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both the vegetables and the

tree made the garden l____1.____ wonderful.

No one knew that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn't get on well with each other. The vegetables h___2.____ the tree. They thought the tree did not leave them e____3.___ light to stay alive. On the other hand, the tree hated the vegetables. He complained that the vegetables drank nearly all the water b___4.___ it could get to him.

The situation became worse and worse. One day, the vegetables got angry and decided t o use up all the w___5.____ in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by refusing to give the vegetables shade(樹蔭) from the hot sun. Soon they both began to dry up.

Neither of them thought that the gardener would stop watering his vegetable field when he saw it becoming w____6._____. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how t___7._____ they were. There seemed to be no ways to solve the problem, but one of the vegetables, a small pumpkin knew what was going on, and d___8.____ to deal with it. Though there was little water and it was too hot, the little pumpkin did all he could to grow. F___9.____ he grew very big, the gardener noticed that and started watering the field again because he wanted to win the beautiful big pumpkin competition. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables grew better. They realizes that it was better to help each other than to fight.

From then on, they worked t____10.____ and lived in harmony with these around them.

________ he willing _________ people in need any time?

A. Does, to help B. Is, to help

C. Is, for helping D. Does, for helping

Jim spends _______ time _______ his hobbies than Amy.

A. more; to buy B. less; on

C. fewer; buying D. less; to buy

—What’s Mary like? —______________________.

A. She is a helpful girl B. She feels better now

C. She is a teacher D. She likes singing

________, He was badly hurt in this traffic accident.

A. Lucky B. Luckily

C. Unluckily D. Unlucky

完形填空。（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

I did very poorly in school. My headmaster thought I was useless. When I was 14 he said “You are never going to be but a failure(失敗者).”

After 5 years of working bad jobs, I fell in love a very nice girl. But her mother said to me “You have at everything you’ve ever done. You can’t bring any happiness to my !” it was the most frustrating (令人沮喪的) thing that could have happened to me. I decided to do something about my life because I want to show her that what people said about me was .

So I worked hard on my writing and I during the day and went to evening classes at college. My first book came out at that time. Then I started to write full time. At the same time, I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of -here was once a boy who left school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career(生涯) when I discovered(發(fā)現(xiàn)) my own style.

Now I’m rich and , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who put me down had said: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

1.A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing

2.A. at B. with C. of D. by

3.A. failed B. won C. spent D. paid

4.A. son B. friend C. parent D. daughter

5.A. terrible B. excellent C. wrong D. right

6.A. stayed B. laughed C. lived D. studied

7.A. ThemselvesB. myself C. himself D. herself

8.A. proud B. rich C. poor D. happy

9.A. set off B. went off C. broke off D. took off

10.A. cool B. famous C. clever D. helpful

根據(jù)句子意思和所給漢語提示、首字母或音標(biāo)提示完成句子。（7分）

1.Her designer clothes were from the pages of a famous fashion______. (雜志)

2.The birds are flying in a __________ (晴朗的) sky.

3.The father took a pair of __________ (剪刀) and cut her hair.

4.You’ll find differences between two _________ (文化) .

5.I saw the White House where the P_________ of the USA lives

6.They __________ ['fain?li] won the match and the whole class cheered for them.

7.National English Proficiency __________(競賽) is coming. We are looking forward to taking part in it.

根據(jù)文意及首字母提示完成短文，每空一詞。（共10小題；每空1分，滿分10分）

How do you spend your vacation? Many Americans like to have their vacations in o___1.___ countries. One day an American w___2.___ came to China. This was her first time in China and she wanted to m___3.___ some friends. She met a Chinese boy, Wang Tong. Wang Tong was 10 years old, and he always wanted to practice speaking E___4.__. So he came up and said “H___5.__” to her, and so he began his first talk with a person f__6.__ an English-speaking country.

“How old are you?” Wang Tong a ___7.__ then.

“I’m s__8.___. Please don’t ask a lady about her a___9.__,” she answered.

Wang Tong was surprised. He didn’t know w__10.__. Can you help him?

Charles Green is _______ SPCA officer. He helps save animals from danger.

A. a B. an C. the D. /