I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch(牧马场). He has let me use his       36     to raise money for youth at risk programs.

The last time I was there he told me his story. when he was young, his family is too    37    to have a house to live in. As a     38    , when he was in high school, he was asked to write a paper about     39     he wanted to be and do when he grew up. That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of     40     a horse ranch. He also drew a picture to show a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a beautiful farm. The next day he handed it in to his    41   . Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F. Roberts asked, “Why did I receive an F?” He teacher said, “This is a(an)   42    dream for a young boy like you. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money.” Then the teacher added, “If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your    43   .”

The boy went home and thought about it for a    44    and hard time. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to    45   your own mind on this. Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no    46   at all. He told his teacher “you could keep the F and I    47   keep my dream.

Monty tell me this   48    because I am sitting in his 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. He said a lot of kids’s    49   can be stole. Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.    50   he had enough gumption(毅力) not to give up my dream.

36. A. name         B. company          C. ranch                D. school

37. A. small            B. busy             C. poor             D. lazy

38. A. present          B. return               C. punishment           D. result

39. A. what         B. which                C. whom             D. who

40. A. renting          B. donating         C. owning           D. kitchen

41. A. teacher          B. father               C. friend               D.wife

42. A. surprised        B. great                C. terrible         D. unrealistic 

43. A. work         B. grade                C. family               D. ability

44. A. easy         B. long             C. short                D. hurry

45. A. change           B. rewrite              C. have             D. give up

46. A. decision     B. reason               C. excuse               D. changes

47. A. never            B. still                C. sometimes            D. even

48. A. square           B. story                C. house                D. teacher

49. A. money            B. house                C. dream                D. hobbies

50. A. Quickly          B. Suddenly         C. Unluckily            D. Fortunately

MENU
Meat dishes mutton              ¥60 Beijing duck          ¥35 beef with potatoes          ¥20 rabbit                  ¥18 fried chicken              ¥30 fried fish                 ¥25	Other foods tofu                     ¥4 cabbage                  ¥10 eggs and tomatoes      ¥ 12 vegetable salad         ¥7 egg and tomato soup        ¥5 rice                 ¥ 1/bowl dumplings           ¥5/plate noodles             ¥5/bowl pie                 ¥8/plate
Drinks cola              ¥9/bottle green tea           ¥ 10/cup coffee              ¥30/cup milk              ¥3/bottle yogurt           ¥3/bag orange juice      ¥ 12/glass

【小题1】What food is the cheapest?
A. Noodles. B. Potatoes. C. Rice.
【小题2】What drink is the most expensive?
A. Milk. B. Coffee. C. Orange juice.
【小题3】How many kinds of drinks are there?
A. Six. B. Seven. C. Eight.
【小题4】How much will you spend if you want a plate of dumplings and Beijing duck?
A. ¥35.     B. ¥40.     C. ¥57.
【小题5】Which of the following will cost you ¥42?
A. Beef with potatoes,a bowl of rice,eggs and tomatoes.
B. Mutton,milk, cabbage and a bottle of milk.
C. Fried chicken, vegetable salad and a bowl of noodles.

Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl，Sarah．

     41  Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She   42  a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was   43  $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah  44  Iive on her salary and stilI saved $5，000 in a year．How was that  45  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

    Cheap living  46  starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that  47 housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was   48 ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants． 49  she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then   50 the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often  51  a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐)．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking  52  in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．”  Did Sarah feel poor  53  cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands， 54  to Portland．

  “Don't think of saving money as something  55 ．It's a kind of game，”said Sarah．

1.A．Until         B．Because                   C．After                          D．Unless

2.A．found        B．tried                    C．asked for                 D．Iooked for

3.A．more than     B．less than        C .shorter than               D．higher than

4.A．can          B．may                       C．was able to         D．might

5.A．difficult      B．possible               C．useful                    D．different

6.A．already       B．sometimes       C．hardly              D．always

7.A．helps         B．becomes        C．makes                         D．means

8.A．food          B．rest                 C．studying                    D．playing

9.A．Soon         B．Finally             C．Once                 D．Again

10.A．prepared      B．took             C．caught                   D．picked

11.A．pay          B．lend                    C．spend                    D．save

12.A．along         B．up                    C．down                   D．around

13.A．because of     B．because           C．before                   D．between

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

15.A．hard         B．interesting        C．nice                          D．great

 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

     If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It may save your life. This is the surprising    41    of a British cook.

     One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table, and    42    a snake appeared ... and bit him on the hand.

A few days earlier, the snake came to the    43    from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and    44    under the dish.

      “I went to try to pick it up and it bit me again, I threw it    45    the kitchen, and it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door,” Mr. Jackson said.

      Anyway, Mr. Jackson stayed    46    and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his    47    began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn’t say what was wrong    48    they didn’t know what kind of snake it was.

      Then Mr. Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors    49    it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Mr. Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day.

      “So my advice is this: If a snake bites you, pick up your phone. Take    50    photo first and then show the photo to the doctors,” suggests Mr. Jackson. “Oh, and if the snake doesn’t smile for the photo, don’t worry!”

1.A. chance                          B. advice                     C. excuse                    D. business

2.A. suddenly             B. nearly                      C. especially          D. fortunately

3.A. garden                          B. hospital                   C. restaurant         D. school

4.A. hung                    B. hid                C. jumped          D. ran

5.A. under                            B. into                          C. towards                   D. across

6.A. cool                      B. noisy                        C. pleased                   D. afraid

7.A. foot                      B. leg                            C. hand                        D. mouth

8.A. but                  B. though                    C. so                    D. because

9.A. wrote                            B. sent                         C. sold                          D. taught

10.A. his                               B. her                           C. its                    D. their

 

I am an American girl.   41  name is Betty. I am fourteen years old. I   42  a Chinese friend. 43   name is Zhang Hong. She is fourteen,   44  . Zhang Hong and I   45  in Class 2, Grade 7. We have lunch at school. After lunch we play games  46  the playground（操场） then 47  books in the library. Our school is very   48  . There are many students   49  our school. We   50  our teachers and school very much.

1.A. His     B. Her      C. My          

2.A. is         B. knows        C. have（有）  

3.A. My      B. Her      C. His          

4.A. too        B. also     C. either

5.A. be         B. am      C. are          

6.A. of         B. on       C. with      

7.A. read       B. look     C. see          

8.A. small      B. long     C. big        

9.A. by         B. in           C. on         

10.A. like       B. have     C. know