三、完形填空(20分)

A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and  36  as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered.  37  enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and  38  as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He  39  riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was  40  or tired, he did not stop  41  he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was   42 . Then he asked himself, “Why did I  43  myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only  44  a very small area to  45  myself.”

The above story is  46  to the journey of our  47 . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more  48 , to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽，忘记) our  49  , time with our family and to appreciate(欣赏) the surrounding  50  and the things we love to do. One day  51  we look back, we will  52  that we don’t really need that much,  53  then we cannot turn back time for what we have  54 .

Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only  55  to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.

36. A. use       B. cover   C. work        D. get

37. A. Good    B. Strange  C. Sure      D. Interesting

38. A. rode     B. ran      C. expanded     D. struggled

39. A. kept on  B. asked for C. gave up       D. succeeded in

40. A. sad       B. excited C. confused     D. hungry

41. A. but       B. so     C. because     D. if

42. A. sleeping     B. arguing C. dying      D. smiling

43. A. push       B. make     C. destroy     D. prove

44. A. need       B. have      C. find      D. show

45. A. live        B. bury      C. support     D. sleep

46. A. useful   B. certain     C. similar  D. special

47. A. future   B. past  C. history  D. life

48. A. friends  B. progress C. discoveries D. money

49. A. health   B. career     C. honor     D. freedom

50. A. things   B. condition  C. people  D. beauty

51. A. before   B. when     C. unless   D. since

52. A. realize   B. regret      C. apologize  D. explain

53. A. or   B. until      C. however  D. but

54. A. saved   B. missed      C. reduced      D. won

55. A. possible   B. probable   C. necessary   D. suitable

四：阅读理解(20分)

A

A young man went to a town and worked there. He did not have a wife and a servant did the work in his house.

The young man liked laughing a lot. He nailed the servant’s shoes to the floor on Monday, and then laughed, because he put his feet in them and fell down.

The servant was not angry, but smiled. Then the young man put brushes in his bed on Tuesday. The servant got into bed and hit the brushes with his feet. He was afraid. The young man laughed loudly again. Again the servant was not angry, but smiled.

Then on Wednesday the young man said to his servant, “You’re a nice, kind man. I am not going to be unkind to you again.”

The servant smiled and said, “And I’m not going to put any more mud from the street in your coffee.”

56. The young man went to a town ___.

A. to study  B. to work C. to see his relativeD. to spend his holiday

57. He played a joke on the servant because ___.

A. he hated him

B. he was not satisfied with the food the servant prepared for him

C. he wanted to get pleasure D. he liked to show off himself

58. When the young man played a joke on him, the servant was not angry but smiled because ___.

A. he liked the young man’ s action   B. making the young man laugh is his job

C. he was afraid to be fired   D. he thought he shouldn’t be angry with a child

59. What did the servant do in return to the young man?

A. He stole something from the house.   B. He gave a smile to the young man.

C. He had a fight with him.   D. He put mud into the young man’s coffee.

60. Why did the young man stop playing jokes on the servant?

A. Because the servant showed kind and nice behaviour to him

B. Because the servant told him the truth  C. Because he wanted to be a good man

D. Because his father told him to do so

B

As a boy, Sanders was much influenced(影响) by books about the sea, but by the age of fifteen he had decided to become a doctor rather than a sailor. His father was a doctor. So he was often with the doctors and got along very well with them. When he was fourteen, he was already hanging around the hospital where he was supposed to be helping to clean the medicine bottles, but was actually trying to listen to the doctors’ conversations with patients in the next room.

During the war Sanders served in the army as a surgeon(外科医生). “That was the happiest time of my life. I was dealing with real sufferers and on the whole making a success of my job.” In Rhodes he taught the country people simple facts about medicine. He saw himself as a life-saver. He had proved his skill to himself and had a firm belief that he could serve those who lived simply, and were dependent upon him. Thus, while in a position to tell them what to do he could feel he was serving them.

After the war, he married and set up a practice deep in the English countryside, working under an old doctor who hated the sight of blood. This gave the younger man plenty of opportunity(机会) to go on working as a life-saver.

61. When he was a small boy, books about the sea had made Sanders want to be ___.

A. a surgeon  B. an army man  C. a sailor    D. a life-saver

62. At the age of 14, Sanders ___. www.

A. worked as a doctor by cleaning the medicine bottles

B. met some doctors who were very friendly to him

C. was interested in talking with patients

D. remained together with the doctors

63. His experience in the Army proved that ___.

A. he was good at medical operations on the wounded

B. he succeeded in teaching people how to save their lives themselves

C. a doctor was the happiest man

D. his wish of being a life-saver could hardly come true

64. Having proved his skill to himself, Sanders ___.

A. wanted to live a simple life like a countryman

B. came to realize that he was really working for his countrymen

C. taught himself life-saving

D. was highly respected by the old doctor

65. When the war was over, he ___.

A. learned from an old doctor because he was popular

B. started to hate the sight of blood while working

C. served the countrymen under an old doctor who needed someone to help him

D. had few chances to be a “life-saver” because he was younger

五. 词汇练习(10分)

(一)用括号里所给单词的正确形式填空。

1. Many people could die from cold and _______ this winter as the war continues. (hungry)

2. They tried to increase _______ by using better methods and tools.     (produce)

3. Among the _______ were several new chemical elements, including radium. (discover)

4. People were always _______ upon his large size. (comment)

5. Despite being born in Germany, these children do not have the German _____. (national)

6. I’m totally _______. Could you explain that again? (confuse)

7. She apologized and sounded really _______. (regret)

8. We do not have the _______ to do just what we like. (free)

9. I hate _______ people while the show is going on.   (disturb)

10. All the mistakes had been _______ in red ink. (underline)

(二)

选择适当的词组，完成下面句子。

Build up, lead to,  focus on,  thanks to,  rid … of,  turn to,

be satisfied with，Would rather, keep … free from, search for

1. I’ve ______________ my glasses everywhere, but without luck.

2. I ______________  fail than cheat in the examination.

3. I tried to stand on my own two feet rather than ______________ my parents.

4. The next chapter will ______________  this problem in greater detail.

5. Ross took twenty years to ______________ his business.

6. We ask all our customers if they ______________the service they have received.

7. Too much work and too little rest often _______________ illness.

8. ______________ his effort, it is more successful than we have expected.

9. She’s trying to __________ herself __________ a dependence on drugs.

10. Be sure to __________ your child __________ computer games.

六.课文填空(10分)

searched for ,  feed,  Thanks to , use  , born ,  graduated from,  without ,  circulate,  increase,  disturb

_________  into a poor farmer's family in 1930, Dr Yuan_________  Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for_________  the rice output. At that time, hunger was a_________  problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan_________ a way to increase rice harvests_________ expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world's people are_________ from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now_________  his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. _________  his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. _________  his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.

七：根据括号内的提示完成下列句子。(10分)

1.They had to __________  _____________ all kinds of difficulties.

他们得和各种各样的困难作斗争。

2.________ _our _________(令我们满意的是)，they have finished their task on tine. 3.I'm very glad to see that your vocabulary is gradually ________ ________.我很高兴看到你的词汇量在逐渐增长。

4.Too much work and too little rest often _______ _______ illness. 过量的工作和过少的休息会引起疾病。

5.She _______ her weight_______ 5 kilos.她的体重减了5公斤。

八、书面表达(15分)

假设你是班长，请你用英语写一篇口头通知，向同学们介绍新华书店正在出售的一本名为“Expressions in English Conversation”的新书。要点如下：

1. 每本书定价9元;

2. 该书内容很适合中学生，对提高英语口语很有帮助;

3. 你已有一本，可以先让同学们看看，然后决定是否要买;

4. 要买的先准备好钱，星期六上午把钱交给你，星期天去买书。

注意：1. 通知应包括以上要点，可适当发挥。不要逐条翻译;

2. 词数：100左右。