that should
only be used for racing. Ever since I was a child,my dream was to ride a horse. When that time finally
came,my heart
beat a thousand times a minute.
It was a warm summer day,and we were at a park. My mom was buying several things for home
while I wandered
around to find something interesting. Suddenly I found a horse standing down the block. I ran up to it, not even knowing
how to pet it,just excited to see the most beautiful animal. He was shining white,with a well-brushed tail.
Where was
the owner?
Right away I made up my mind to ride this horse. I found my mom and dragged her to where the horse was. The
owner was back and stated that I couldn"t ride it. Tears flooded down my cheeks as my mom tried to
convince the man to let me ride the horse. He finally agreed for a costly price. Being on the horse
awakened all the senses in me. I was the happiest little girl,having the time of my life. I began planning to
buy a horse after I became a millionaire. Before I
knew it,the ride was over. Surprisingly,l actually leamed to control the horse.
That day was probably the happiest time of my life. Most children wouldn"t have as much fun as I did.
Several years later,I began to get involved in show jumping. If it weren"t for that special experience, I
wouldn"t be able to enjoy the most amazing sport.
B. she knew she would ride the horse for free
C. she expected to take part in the show jumping
D. she fell in love with the horse at the first sight
B. satisfied
C. proud
D. tired
B. the horse was one of the best horses in the area
C. the experience opened doors for her to get into the sport
D. the writer"s mother loved the horse as much as her daughter
the woods 1 she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and 2 what to do, she began crying. After a while. She 3 to walk along a wide
path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. 4 it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house.
She opened the door and 5 stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door
and back to the 6 . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a 7 .
The girl"s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy 8 that his mistrees(女主人)was
in danger. He jumped 9 a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn"t find his
mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a 10 scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He
11 the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking 12 into the air, the dog 13 through
the woods until he found the 14 . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much
to his 15 , he saw his mistress" blue shirt in the distance. He 16 over some bushes and saw the
little stream, where the girl was 17 .
When she opened her eyes and 18 her dog standing beside her, the girl said, "you 19 me, Laddy,"
and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears
of 20 .
That night Laddy had a heror"s supper: a huge meal of steak.
| B. since B. forgetting B. expected B. Until B. cautiously B. bushes B. rock B. sensed B. through B. strange B. discovered B. loudly B. wandered B. girl B. disappointment B. climbed B. abandoned B. watched B. comforted B. sock | C. while C. remembering C. failed C. If C. hopelessly C. woods C. tree C. heard C. in C. pleasant C. followed C. merrily C. looked C. house C. embarrassment C. walked C. available C. observed C. rescued C. sorrow | D.as D.regretting D.decided D.Because D.unwillingly D.grasses D.house D.smelt D. onto D . amiliar D. ignored D. gently D. travelled D. hero D. delight D. flew D. asleep D. saw D. scared D. relief |
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Three Boys and a Dad Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months. "This will be like a walk in the park," he"d told his wife. "I"ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom." Things started well, but just after eight o"clock, his three little "good kids"-Mike, Randy, and Alex-came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted "breakfast, daddy." When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex"s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat(节拍). Mike chanted "Where"s my toast, where"s my toast" in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds. Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy"s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named "Not Me" had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started. By ten o"clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room,but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realised that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible. At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare centre (日托所)."I suddenly have to go into work and my wife"s away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?" The answer was obviously "yes" because Brad was smiling. | |||
1. When his wife left home. Brad expected to . | |||
A. go out for a walk in the park B. watch TV talk show with his children C. enjoy his first day off work D. read the newspaper to his children | |||
2. Which of the following did Randy do? | |||
A. Drawing on the wall B. Eating apple jam C. Feeding the fish. D. Reading in a room | |||
3.Why did Brad ask the daycare centre for help? | |||
A. Because he wanted to clean up his house. B.Because he suddenly had to go to his office C. Because he found it hard to manage his boys home. D. Because he had to take his wife back | |||
4.This text is developed . | |||
A. by space B. by comparison C. by process D. by time | |||
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Steve and Mark were good friends. They decided to spend their vacation in Haiti. Since they 1 no French, they took a French word book with them and hoped it would help them in difficult situations. The flight was 2 , and the hotel was very comfortable. Each day after breakfast, Steve and Mark 3 a picnic lunch and dinner and went off to visit interesting places. After a while, the boys became tired of 4 picnic meals and decided to eat a big fish dinner in a good restaurant. Unfortunately, they 5 their word book in the hotel. They 6 the menu carefully. After ten minutes, Steve said to Mark:"I don"t understand this menu. " "Neither do I," said Mark. "I see poison on this menu. Are they 7 here?" "Maybe. They even spelled poison 8 . They spelled it p- o-i-s-s-o-n instead of p-o-i-s-o-n. But it 9 mean the same thing. Maybe we should go to another restaurant. I don"t 10 to eat something that will kill me. " But Mark was 11 , so he said:"There is no other restau- rant near here, and l"m tired of walking around the city. Let"s order something else instead. It"s 12 here, so the food must be good. " The boy looked at the menu again. They finally decided to order steak, 13 they really wanted fish. The boys just pointed to the word steak, and the waiter 14 . As they were eating they 15 some tourists speaking English. "This 16 is delicious. " "We"re lucky we picked a restaurant that"s famous for its fish. " Steve and Mark wondered about what they 17 . "Famous for its fish? There was no fish on 18 !" said Mark. Finally, Steve decided to find out what all this was about. "Excuse me, how did you order fish when it wasn"t on the menu?" "Sure it"s on the menu. It"s right here. Poisson. " The boy shouted: "Poisson. That"s 19 ! We were wondering a restaurant like this could have poison on the menu. " The tourists 20 . One of them said: "No. Poisson is French for fish. " | |||
( )1. A. learned ( )2. A. terrible ( )3. A. packed ( )4. A. buying ( )5. A. reviewed ( )6. A. checked ( )7. A. crazy ( )8. A. silly ( )9. A. must ( )10. A. have ( )11. A. tired ( )12. A. quiet ( )13. A. since ( )14. A. realized ( )15. A. heard ( )16. A. steak ( )17. A. bought ( )18. A. the table ( )19. A. poison ( )20. A. agreed | B. spoke B. booked B. ordered B. suffering B. kept B. studied B. stupid B. right B. should B. expect B. puzzled B. crowded B. because B. recognized B. met B. meal B. discovered B. show B. wrong B. stopped | C. taught C. excellent C. carried C. eating C. lost C. compared C. cruel C. simply C. can C. want C. scared C. convenient C. and C. understood C. found C. fish C. picked C. the menu C. it C. screamed | D. knew D. delayed D. cooked D. enjoying D. left D. observed D. funny D. wrong D. would D. need D. endangered D. comfortable D. although D. satisfied D. noticed D. food D. selected D. sale D. dangerous D. laughed |
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A kindergarten teacher let her students play a game. She toldeach child in the class to bring along a plastic bag 1 a few po-tatoes. Each potato would be given a 2 of a person the child 3 , so the number of the potatoes in their bags would 4 on the number of the people they hated. So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes withthe names of some people. Some had two potatoes ; some three 5 some up to five. The teacher then told the children to 6 withthem the potatoes 7 they went (even to the toilet) for oneweek. As days passed 8 , the children started to 9 aboutthe unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. 10 , those having five potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After one week, the children were 11 because the game had finally ended. The teacher asked about their feelings of carrying the potatoes.The children 12 out their frustrations (沮丧) and started complaining of the trouble they had to 13 . Then the teacher told them the 14 meaning behind the game. She said:" This is exactly the 15 when you carry your ha-tred for somebody inside your heart. The stench (恶臭 ) of hatredwill contaminate (玷污) your heart and you will always carry it with you. If you cannot 16 the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine 17 it is like to have the hatred in your heart for your lifetime?" Moral of the story: 18 away any hatred for anyone from your heart 19 you will not carry it for a lifetime. 20 others is the best attitude totake ! | |||
( )1.A.including ( )2.A.character ( )3.A.hated ( )4.A.live ( )5.A.when ( )6.A.bring ( )7.A.however ( )8.A.by ( )9.A.wander ( )10.A.Besides ( )11.A.disappointed ( )12.A.gave ( )13.A.go through ( )14.A.skeptical ( )15.A.information ( )16.A.hold ( )17.A.how ( )18.A.Cast ( )19.Ain case ( )20.A.Abandoning | B.seating B.secret B.loved B.depend B.while B.take B.whenever B.away B.spread B.However B.relieved B.left B.pick up B.terminal B.identification B.tolerate B.whether B.Click B.so that B.Blessing | C.containing C.picture C.appreciated C.wait C.as C.fetch C.wherever C.on C.complain C.Therefore C.possessed C.broke C.turn to C.hidden C.tradition C.alter C.that C.Cross C.as though C.Consulting | D.growing D.name D.struck D.keep D.unless D.carry D.whatever D.out D.breathe D.Instead D.reserved D.let D.put away D.ignored D.situation D.combine D.what D.Cure D.now that D.Forgiving |
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Jonathan James looks like just another kid about to graduatefrom high school. But this 19-year-old | |||
1. The underlined word" cybercriminals" in the first paragraph most probably means __ . | |||
A. persons who commit a crime in the network B. softwares for smoothing away the poison C. persons who create the network D. designers for the Internet systems | |||
2. The public started to know something about Jonathan just from_______. | |||
A. his helping the FBI to find out the sender of the dangerous" I LOVE YOU" virus B. his work together with Fredrik Bjoerck to find out the maker of the" Melissa" virus C. his little sister"s talk about his good qualities as a regular kid and good programmer D. his speech on e-security to many computer companies after his fight against hackers | |||
3. What do we know about Jonathan? | |||
A. He is a good fame hunter with various abilities. B. He is such a brave fighter that any criminal will feel afraid. C. He is an expert on e-security, not interested in running a company. D. He is a regular kid but does something unusual. | |||
4. The passage mainly wants to tell us that _ . | |||
A. a Swedish kid helps the FBI find out the most wanted cyber criminals B. Jonathan is really a quiet, gentle and ordinary boy C. many companies want the young computer expert to join them D. all cybercriminals will surely be found out wherever they are |