―Well, I forgot to bring my dictionary here yesterday.

 ―Oh, actually you___it here, for dictionaries were not allowed to use here yesterday.

A. needn’t bring                                B. needn’t have brought         

C. didn’t need to bring                       D. don’t have to bring

 Yesterday my teacher said to my father with much regret, “Should your son make what his teachers teach _____, he would do much better in his studies.”

A. him         B. his           C. himself     D. them 

 It’s strange that they _____ nothing about this matter.

    A. should know                    B. would know

    C. had known                       D. knew

Many people agree that_______ knowledge of English is a must in_______ international trade today.

       A. a; 不填                    B. the; an               C. the; the             D. 不填；the

After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane ______ her job as a doctor in the countryside.

A. set out                     B. took over                  C. took up             D. set up

 ______ is perhaps the most valuable is ______ you learn about yourself and your own culture.

       A. What; that         B. Which; where    C. What; what       D. What; when

 --I have some big news for you. You’ve been accepted as a member of our club.

  --_______ That’s great!

       A. Have I?                    B. Pardon?             C. Congratulations!              D. Good idea!

A woman in her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drove her  21  by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then run away with pears,  22  “Aunty Misery” at her.

One evening, a passer by asked to  23  for the night. Seeing that he had an  24  face, she let him in and gave him a nice   25   . The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫師), thanked her by granting (允準(zhǔn)) her     26  that anyone who climbed up her tree  27   not be able to come back down until she   28   it.

     When the children came back to steal her   29   , she had them stuck on the tree. They had to beg her long   30   she gave the tree permission to let  31    go. Aunty Misery was free from the   32   at last.

One day another man    33   her door. This one did not look trustworthy to her,   34   she asked who he was . “I am Death, I’ve come to take you   35    me.” said he.

Thinking fast Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to  36    some pears from my dear tree to remember the  37  it brought to me in this life. But I am too    38   to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so   39    as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr. Death climbed up the tree   40   and was immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go.

In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were out of work. Among these people was a man named Alfred Butts. He always had an interest in word games and so, to fill his time, he planned a game which he called ‘Lexico’. However, he was not completely satisfied with the game, so he made a number of changes to it and, in time, changed its name from ‘Lexico’ to ‘Alph’ and then to ‘Criss Cross’. He wanted to make some money from his new game but he didn't have any real commercial success.

In 1939, Butts happened to meet a man called Jim Brunot who showed an interest in the new game. The two men worked together on developing the game and in 1948 it was offered for sale in the United States under its new name ― ‘Scrabble’.

At first, it didn't sell very well. In the first year it sold just 2,250 sets and by 1951 it had only reached 8,500 sets a year.

Then, in 1952 the manager of Macy's department store in New York, Jack Strauss, happened to play ‘Scrabble’ while he was on holiday. He thought it was a wonderful game and, when he went back to work after his holiday, he insisted that Macy's should stock（儲(chǔ)備）the game and make an effort to call the public's attention to it.

As a result, ‘scrabble’ became a big success in the United States and it soon spread to Australia and then to other English-speaking countries.

41 The text is mainly about        .

A. ‘Lexico’        B. three men     C. a word game D. Alfred Butts

42. Alfred Butts invented the game ‘Lexico’         .

A. to make himself famous

B. to make spelling simpler

C. when he was out of work and looking for a job

D. when he was playing word games to pass the time

43. Who made ‘Scrabble’ popular?

A. Alfred Butts.                                         B. Jack Strauss.

C. Alfred Butts and Jim Brunot.                   D. Jack Strauss and Jim Brunot.

44. When did Alfred Butts first put his game on the market?

A. In 1939.                                        B. In 1948.

C. Before 1939.                                  D. Between 1939 and 1948.

Photographs are everywhere. They decorate the walls of homes and are used in stores for sales of different goods. The news is filled with pictures of fires, floods, and special events. Photos record the beauties of nature. They can also bring things close that are far away. Through photos, people can see wild animals, cities in foreign lands, and even the stars in outer space. Photos also tell stories.

Reporting the news through photos is called photojournalism. At times photojournalists tell their stories through a single picture. At other times, they use a group of pictures to tell a story. Each picture is like a chapter in a book, which can do more than record the facts. It can also be a strong force for social change.

Jacob Riis was among the first photojournalists. He took pictures of parts of New York City where the poor lived. Riis believed that poverty caused crime, and he used photos to help him prove his point. A few years later, the photos of small children working in factories by Lewis Hine shocked the public. Hine’s pictures helped bring about laws to protect such children.

Hundreds of pictures may have to be taken in order to get one or two really good photos. It takes science to have the photo come out clearly and art to make a photo that has a good design and expresses feeling. Photojournalists make an actual record of what they see. A photo, however, can be both a work of art and an actual record. It can record an important event as a beautiful or exciting picture.

As historical and artistic documents(文獻(xiàn)), photos can become more important over time. Today photojournalists still have their pictures appear in newspapers and magazines. They also publish them in books and on the Internet.

45. The underlined word “They” in the first paragraph refers to         .

A. beauties       B. photos      C. goods       D. events

46. The photos of the small children by Hine show us that photos           .

A. are also works of art         B. are popular ways of reporting news

C. often shock the public        D. can serve as a force for social change

47. What can we learn from the passage?

A. News with pictures is encouraging.     

B. Photos help people improve their life.

C. News photos mean history in a sense.   

D. People prefer reading news with pictures.

48. The text is mainly about       .

A. telling the story through picture  B. decorating the walls of homes

C. publishing historical papers    D. expressing feeling through pictures