三、完形填空(10小题，每小题1分，共10分)

先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

Sally is 96 years old. She has no sons or daughters. Her husband   36   fifteen years ago. But she didn’t move into a nursing home. She would like to 37    herself every day.

Every night she spends two hours   38    kids with their maths for twenty years. All kids living on her street can get her help without payment(付费). She was a famous   39   before she retired from a middle school.

She gets up early in the morning, then does sports, goes shopping or helps cleaners  40  the street. And she does these happily.

When the kids come for help, she is always 41   and tries her best to help them. People asked her  42 __ . She said, “ I love it, it makes me happy to help them.”

She is always happy every day and always says hello to people around her   43    a smile.

“I’ve decided to love everything around me. So I’m happy to do   44  . I’m thankful for those kids who come to me for help. Each kid is a  45   for me. I love each day to help them.” She said.

Really, a good decision decides what a person does in life.

(  )36. A. died            B. woke      C. slept         D. went

(  )37. A. look like        B. look at    C. look after     D. look for

(  )38. A. helping          B. working     C. studying      D. teaching

(  )39. A. cleaner          B. nurse       C. worker       D. teacher

(  )40. A. walk           B. run         C. sweep        D. talk

(  )41. A. awful          B. tired        C. happy      D. boring

(  )42. A. Why             B. where       C. when         D. how

(  )43. A. for               B. on          C. with          D. in

(  )44. A. anything          B. nothing      C. something      D. everything

(  )45. A. example          B. gift          C. teacher        D. helper

四、阅读理解(每小题2分，共40分)

阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。

A

One day, a little monkey and a little fox went out to play. They saw an apple tree on the other side of the river. There were many big and red apples on it. But there was no bridge over the river. The monkey thought hard and had an idea. They pulled down a tree and put it over the river as a bridge.

The monkey said, “My old friend, you go there first.” But after the fox went to the other side, he kicked(踢) the tree into the river and ran to the apple tree. “How can I get there without the tree?” cried the monkey. The fox laughed and said, “You just stand there and watch me eating the apples.” The monkey was very angry.

Suddenly it began to rain. The water level(水位) in the river rose(上涨) and tree flew away with the water.

“You can eat all the apples. But you can’t come back,” shouted the monkey.

The fox stopped eating and looked at the monkey sadly.

(  )46. The little monkey and the little fox wanted to _____ on the other side of the river.

A. build a bridge B. eat the apples

C. pull down a treeD. play games

(  )47. The fox kicked the tree into the river because he wanted to _____.

A. eat all the apples by himselfB. share the apples with the monkey

C. get the apples firstD. play a joke on the monkey

(  )48. The fox could not come back because _____.

A. the monkey had taken away the tree

B. the tree had flown away

C. it began to rain

D. he was angry with the monkey

(  )49. The fox was sad because ______.

A. the monkey was laughingB. he couldn’t reach the apples

C. he couldn’t come backD. the monkey went home first

(  )50. The story tells us that _____.

A. the fox shouldn’t go first

B. the monkey should go first

C. the fox was cleverer than the monkey

D. one shouldn’t care only about himself

B

In England people can go to see a doctor nearby when they are ill. When the doctor see them, they usually ask about their troubles and soon give them a prescription(处方) for some medicine.

Usually, when people feel ill, they go to see their doctors. But when they only have a cold, they don’t go to see their doctors. They usually go to the medicine shop to buy some medicine. Only when they are terribly ill, the doctor will go to their houses. In an emergency(紧急), people can call 999for an ambulance. The ambulance can take them to the hospital very soon. When they are in hospital, their friends or families can go to see them at a certain time, but they can’t stay long.

Usually people have to pay for the doctors’ prescriptions. And the price is the same for any kind of medicine. But when children, students, old people or people without jobs go to see their doctors, they don’t have to pay for their prescription.

(  )51. When people are ill in England, they’ll ___________.

A. go to see the doctor nearby         B. go to the medicine shop

C. ask the doctor to their houses.       D. call 999 for an ambulance

(  )52. If people have a cold, they usually __________ .

A. go to see a doctor                B. buy some medicine themselves

C. ask to be in hospital              D. go to the hospital at a certain time

(  )53. What does the underlined words “ambulance” in the second paragraph mean?

A. 救援        B. 报警       C. 救护车       D. 担架

(  )54. When people without jobs go to the doctors, they _________ .

A. get free medical care at home

B. get free prescriptions.

C. get free medicine in the hospital.

D. get free medicine in the medicine shop.

(  )55. Which of the following is not true?

A. If people lost their jobs, they’ll get free prescriptions

B. In an emergency, people can call 999 for help.

C. people can see friends in the hospital at a certain time

D. All the medicine has the same price in England.