第二节  完型填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A.B.C.D.四个选项中选出最佳选项并填空

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were final ___26_. All the kids had  been working hard for some time, reviewing  their_27_. If they didn’t pass the exams, they  would have to_28_them in September. There were usually a few who___29__, but Jane didn’t  want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, but she worked so hard that her  mother__30___her. She went to bed late. The night before the big day, her mother 31 that  should have an early night and take an sleeping pill. She promised to_32____her up in the  morning.

Jane was too_33____to fall asleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, she did ___34___ work. In no time at all. she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn't answer  35  of the questions.  Everyone   36  her was writing pages  and pages.  37    she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write about. From time to time, she looked at her 38___.Time was running   39  . There was only an hour to   40 She started one question, wrote two questions, 41__ and tried another. With only an hour left, she wrote  42  two sentences.  By this time she was so worried that she started 43  .Her whole body  shook. It shook so much that she woke up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible  44 .A minute later,45  called her name.

26.A.harvests   B.exams  C.reports   D.papers

27.A.exercises  B.jobs    C. books      D. lessons

28.A. take       B.write    C .attend      D. do

29.A. cheated    B. succeeded C. passed       D. failed

30. A. cared for      B. felt proud of

C. worried about     D. thought highly of

31.  A. insisted   B. agreed   C. promised    D. allowed

32.  A. ring    B. wake     C. bring      D. pick

33.  A. sad      B. tired    C. happy       D. nervous

34   A. dream     B. pill     C. suggestion   D. music

35.  A. all     B. none     C. any        D. some

36   A. ahead of   B. behind   C. in front of   D. around

37.  A. Useless    B. However   C. Though      D. As

38.  A. watch      B. paper     C. teacher      D. book

39.  A. up      B. down     C. out       D. over

40.  A. run       B. leave    C. remain      D. go

41.  A. gave out   B. gave up   C. Put off     D. Put out

42.  A. another    B. more     C. other       D. The other

43.  A. thinking   B. dreaming  C. crying      D. writing

44.  A. exam         B. dream  . C. story       D. night

45.  A. her mother B. Her teacherC. a classmate  D. a friend

第二部分：阅读理解(共20 小题,每小题2 分,共计40分)

(A)

Ali, who was working a long way from home， wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night .At last he found the house of a letter writer  whose name was Nasreddin.

Nasreddin was already in bed. "It is late,"he said. "What do you want?" "I want you to write a letter to my  wife , "said Ali , Nasreddin  was not  pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then said, "Has the letter got to go far?" "What does that matter?" answered Ali.

"Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have  to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money." Ali went away quickly.

46. Ali wanted to____to his wife.

A. get something     B.  have a letter written

C .bring a flower    D. say good-bye

47. At last he found the house of_____.

A. a writer    B. a seller   C. an old man    D. a letter-writer

48.When Ali told what he wanted to do Nasreddin was______.

A. pleased   B. pleased   C. excited    D. angry

49. Nasreddin said that his writing was_____.

A. easy for anyone to read           B. strange but everyone can read

C. too  strange  for anyone to write

D. too difficult for anyone to read

50. This story tells us______.

A. not to ask anybody for help  B. not to trouble others at night

C. not to ask for help without money  D. not to believe others