Sandy didn’t tell her parents that she was going home because she wanted to give them a _______.

A. gift               B. call                      C. surprise          D. note       

 —Do you mind if I smoke here?

  —_______ You can go to smoke in the next door.

A. Yes, please.  B. Never mind.       C. You’d better not.   D. Of course not.

 _______ they are twin brothers, they don’t look like each other.

A. Though          B. Since                   C. However           D. When    

 —I don’t know _______ now.

   —She is much better today.

A. how is she     B. where is she      C. how she is                  D. where she is   

 Tom _______ the USA. He _______ back in two months.

A. has gone to; comes                      B. has gone to; will be   

C. has been to; comes                         D. has been to; will be 

 —The Mars-500 test will take about 520 days.

—__________  I hope it goes well.

A. It’s a pleasure.    B. Good luck!     C. That’s OK.    D. Congratulations!

Monty Robert’s father was a horse trainer. As a child, Monty often went from one farm to   21  with his father. Sometimes they didn’t have enough money to   22   food, but Monty still kept hoping to own a   23   farm.

When he was in school, his teacher asked him to write a paper   24   what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. He wrote a seven-page paper   25   his dream of having a horse farm one day. He   26   drew a picture of a horse farm in the paper.

The next day he handed   27   in to his teacher. Two days later, he got his paper back. On the front page was a large red “F” with some words “See me after class.”   28   the boy did and asked his teacher, “Why did I get an F?” The teacher said, “This dream will not   29   for a young boy like you.   30   a horse farm needs a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for a lot of things. There is no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “If you write this paper again with a   31   dream, I will give you a good grade.”

After school he thought about it   32  . At last, he decided to hand in the same paper, making   33   changes at all. He wrote, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my   34  .”

Many years later, Monty had his own 200 acres horse farm. His dream came true.

So don’t let   35   take away your dreams. Follow your dreams, no matter what they are.

1. A. another                              B. the others                      C. other                      D. the other

2. A. look for                 B. pay for                           C. wait for                D. ask for

3. A. horse                                 B. chicken                          C. pig                         D. flower

4.A. in                                          B. at                                    C. about                             D. off

5. A. talking about                   B. talking with                  C. talking to    D.talking over

6. A. ever                                    B. even                              C. never                    D. over

7.A. them                                   B. farm                               C. it                            D. picture

8. A. Or                              B. So                                    C. But                        D. And

9.A. come back                         B. come from                    C. come true D.come down

10. A. Owning                           B. Drawing                        C. Asking                   D. Writing

11. A. difficult                            B. high                                C. bad                        D. simple

12. A. easily                               B. hard                                C. heavily                  D. hardly

13. A. any                                   B. some                              C. all                           D. no

14. A. horse                               B. land                                C. dream                   D. paper

15.A. anyone                                 B. everyone                       C. someone              D. none

There are over 800 boarding (寄宿) schools in the UK with students from home and foreign countries. Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country. But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white, rich boys only. Now both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18.

What to do

In the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, with about 13 weeks in each term. Students study and live together. They can’t go outside if they are not allowed to. In some schools, each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities for their students, including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres. Most boarding schools have a “l(fā)ight out” time. So when it’s time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off. There are house-masters to take care of students all the time, especially after school hours.

What to wear                                                                                                     

Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older, the rules become less strict.

_______________

In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad (沙拉), other side dishes and a dessert. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen, or drink tea or have a snack between meals.

1. Which of the following is TRUE according to (根據(jù)) the passage?

A. Only white children were allowed to attend the earliest boarding schools.

B. Students in a boarding school are looked after only after school hours.

C. As students get older, the rules about wearing school uniforms become stricter.

D. Students can have different activities in a boarding school.

2.Which is the best title for the last paragraph?

A. What to eat        B. When to eat    C. Where to eat            D. How to eat

3. The underlined word ‘facilities’ means _____________.

A. 教師          B. 設(shè)施         C. 活動               D. 課程

As one of Hollywood’s all-time greatest actress, Audrey Hepburn is famous all over the world. When Hepburn died in 1993, the world mourned the loss of a great beauty, a great actress and a great humanitarian.

Born in Belgium on 4^th May 1929, Hepburn dreamed of becoming a

successful ballet dancer. She had also been a model before she entered the film industry. In 1951, while acting in Monte Carlo Baby, Hepburn met the famous French writer Colette, who was attracted by Hepburn’s beauty and charm. She insisted that Hepburn was the perfect girl to play the lead role in Gigi, a play based on her novel. That event marked the beginning of Hepburn’s successful career.

Shortly after, Hepburn was chosen to play the lead role of a young princess in the Hollywood film Roman Holiday. It was a big success and earned her an Oscar for Best Actress. She also won a Tony Award for the play Ondine.[來源:學(xué).科.網(wǎng)]

During her lifetime, Hepburn earned four more Oscar nominations. In 1989, she made her final appearance in her last film Always and played the role of an angel.

Throughout her acting years, she acted in only one TV series, Gardens of the world with Audrey Hepburn. By showing us the beauty of nature, Hepburn wanted to remind us that we should protect the environment.

Hepburn is remembered not just as a great actress, but also as a great humanitarian. She was honoured with a number of awards because of her efforts in her charity work. In 1992, the President of the United States presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In 1991, Hepburn discovered that she had cancer. In 1993, at the age of 63, she passed away peacefully in her sleep.

1. Which of the following is the correct order according to the events?

a. People mourned her death.

b. She was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

c. Her successful film career began.

d. She earned an Oscar for Best Actress.

e. She met the French writer Colette.

A. a-e-c-b-d           B. a-e-d-c-b          C. e-c-d-b-a          D. e-c-b-d-a

2.Her successful career lasted about _____________ years.

A. 60                         B. 50                      C. 40                     D. 30

3.People remember Hepburn not only as a great actress but also as _____________ .

A. a kind lady          B. a brave lady      C. a wise lady      D. an attractive lady

During all this time I never stopped thinking about escape. When I traveled across to the other side of the island (島嶼), I could see the other islands, and I said to myself, “Perhaps I can get there with a boat. Perhaps I can get back to England one day.”

So I decided to make myself a boat. I cut down a big tree, and then began to make a long hole (洞) in it. It was hard work, but about six months later, I had a very fine canoe (獨(dú)木舟). Next, I had to get it down to the sea. How silly I was! Why didn’t I think before I began work? Of course, the canoe was too heavy. I couldn’t move it! I pulled and pushed and tried everything, but it didn’t move. I was very unhappy for a long time after that.

That happened in my fourth year on the island. In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe, but I did not try to escape in it. The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea. The island was my home now, not my prison, and I was just happy to be alive.  A year or two later, I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island. I also built myself a second house there, and so I had two homes.

My life was still busy from morning to night. There were always things to do or to make. I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals. They looked very strange, it is true, but they kept me dry in the rain.

I kept food and tools (工具) at both my houses, and also wild goats (山羊). There were many goats on the island, and I made fields with high fences to keep them in. They learnt to take food from me, and soon I had goats’ milk to drink every day. I also worked hard in my corn (玉米) fields. And so many years went by.

1. The purpose of making a canoe on the island was to _____________.

A. escape in it                B. get to the other side of the island[來源:ZXXK]

C. use it for food               D. go around the island

2. To survive, the writer did the following EXCEPT _____________.

A. keeping goats for milk        B. making clothes from animal skins

C. working in the cornfields      D. going fishing in the sea

3.Why didn’t the writer use his first canoe?

A. Because it was too small for a long journey.  

B. Because it was too heavy to get down to the sea.

C. Because there was something wrong with it.

D. Because the writer was busy building a second house.

4.From the story, we can learn that _____________.

A. the writer tried to make his stay comfortable on the island

B. the writer had nothing to do on the wild island

C. the writer tried to escape in the second canoe, but failed

D. the writer was in prison on the island, losing his freedom