阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It' s six o' clock on a cold Saturday morning．Liu Zifan reluctantly gets out of the warm bed．

"I wish I could sleep  36  more," says Liu．

The 12-year-old seventh grader from Beijing Guangqumen   37  School must take an - hour - ride to get to the school for the   38 curriculums that occupy her whole Saturday morning．  39 Sunday afternoon, she has music lessons from 3 p．m．to 7 p．m．．

During weekdays, Liu has to get up around five in the morning, and  40 home by six．

" My teacher  41 us to eat an apple in the morning so that we won' t feel  42 " , she says．

In primary school, Liu  43 taking the New Concept English class every Saturday morning, and Chinese, English and Olympic maths classes in the afternoon．On Sunday morning, she had to do  44 at home．In the afternoon, she took Cambridge English class．

"I didn't have time to rest,   45 on Friday night," Liu recalls．

The family has a monthly  46 of about 1,700 yuan．Liu Zifan' s  47 classes cost 2, 000 yuan each term．

" I think it' s   48 the money," Liu' s father says．" We do everything we can to provide her with good education,   49  she will get a good job in the future．"

Chinese children face   50 pressures on study．Some parents make their children study 51    First graders start to take classes for second graders, and so on, therefore they can get an   52 in exams．Most Chinese   53 believe high academic credentials （成绩） mean a better school, a brighter future．So they   54  their children to extracurricular classes like music, English and maths to develop a special   55 , which later might be a stepping stone to a good school．  

36．A．any           B．some          C．even           D．far

37．A．Secondary                                     B．Training        C．Language     D．Primary

38．A．super          B．extra          C．huge           D．usual

39．A．In             B．For            C．At            D．On

40．A．get                                           B．stay            C．leave            D．drive

41  A．orders          B．recommends     C．persuades        D．suggests

42．A．sleepy            B．tired               C．cold                 D．thirsty

43．A．stopped              B．finished            C．enjoyed              D．started

44．A．housework          B．washing           C．homework       D．writing

45．A．besides            B．including            C．since             D．except

46．A．pay                  B．cost                    C．income                D． money                                 

47．A．weekend           B．Sunday            C．everyday             D．Saturday

48．A．wasteful         B．worth                  C．valuable              D．worthy

49．A．so that                B．since               C．now that              D．while

50．A．challenging      B．increasing            C．developing      D．changing

51．A．ahead              B．hard              C．late                 D．away

52  A．average            B．achievement        C．advance          D．advantage

53．A．teachers              B．students           C．friends           D．parents

54．A．send            B．hope                   C．take                    D．wish

55．A．strength        B．interest             C．talent              D．skill

 

After my dad died on Aug.30, 2001, my mother made sure we marked each anniversary. At first, my brothers and sister and I would travel hours to get home, but eventually we got to the point where just one or two of us would make it back to go to Mass with her and spend the day together.

The great love of her life, the man who broke up with her right before her college graduation, only to return two years later claiming he’d traveled the world and hadn’t found anyone to compare with her, remained a daily presence in her life. She spoke about him so often and kept his memory so alive that people were sometimes surprised to learn that he was gone. She took over the garden where he’d planted and made it her own.

When the 10th anniversary of his death approached, my mom began talking about it and planning for it weeks in advance. The date on her kitchen calendar was circled and marked R.I.P. (Rest in Peace). Of course she wanted all of us there and settled the dates for our coming back.

On Monday — the day before the anniversary — she went to morning Mass and walked downtown for lunch with friends, and later told my sister on the phone that she felt Dad still so close that as she was walking back home, she heard someone yell and thought, “Oh, there’s Dick.”

That evening she went out to water flowers, just as my father, 10 years before, had gone out to the garden to pick vegetables before he died. A neighbor heard the tin watering can strike the ground as she fell and hit her head. My mother died within hours, on Aug.30, 2011, the 10thanniversary. She needed to mark that anniversary, she wanted us all home and my dad had waited long enough.

1.From the second paragraph we know that the author’s father______.

A．traveled around the world and left her mother

B．left her mother first but returned two years later

C．had a quarrel with her before her graduation

D．was not the right man her mother wanted at that time

2.We can infer from the passage that the author’s mother _____.

A．knew her last day was coming on Aug.30

B．kept everything of her father’s home

C．missed Father though he had passed away

D．remained a daily presence in his life

3.Which of the following statements is true EXCEPT that _____.

A．Mother died the day before the anniversary of Father’s death

B．Mother died in the garden as Father did ten years ago

C．Mother died because she fell to the ground accidentally

D．Mother died on the same date when Father did ten years ago

4.What does the writer imply in the underlined part of the last sentence?

A．She wanted us to stay at home.             B．Mother missed us very much.

C．Mother expected us to get back.            D．That day was her last day.

 

阅读理解

　　As you are receiving my note by e-mail, it’s wise to remember how easily this wonderful technology can be misused, sometimes unintentionally, with serious consequences.

　　Consider the case of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to type it in from memory. Unfortunately, he missed one letter and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher’s wife whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor(屏幕), let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint. At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:

　　DEAREST WIFE: JUST GOT CHECKED IN. EVERYTHING PREPARED FOR YOUR ARRIVAL TOMORROW.

　　P. S SURE IS HOT DOWN HERE.

1．From where do you think this passage comes from? It comes from ________.

[　　]

2．What does the underlined word in the first paragraph mean?

[　　]

3．How was the weather in Florida when the story happened? It was ________.

[　　]

4．Why did the old lady fall to the floor? Because ________.

[　　]

A．she was in great sorrow

B．she didn’t like to be made fun of

C．she thought the mail was from her husband who died the day before

D．she was in too poor health

5．From whom and to whom was the e-mail intended to be sent? It was intended to be sent from ________ to ________.

[　　]

A．the Illinois man…the old lady

B．the preacher…his wife

C．the Illinois man…his own wife

D．somebody unknown…the old lady

完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

       阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

         It' s six o' clock on a cold Saturday morning．Liu Zifan reluctantly gets out of the warm bed．

         "I wish I could sleep  36   more," says Liu．

         The 12-year-old seventh grader from Beijing Guangqumen   37   School must take an - hour - ride to get to the school for the   38  curriculums that occupy her whole Saturday morning．  39 Sunday afternoon, she has music lessons from 3 p．m．to 7 p．m．．

         During weekdays, Liu has to get up around five in the morning, and  40  home by six．

         " My teacher  41  us to eat an apple in the morning so that we won' t feel  42  " , she says．

         In primary school, Liu  43 taking the New Concept English class every Saturday morning, and Chinese, English and Olympic maths classes in the afternoon．On Sunday morning, she had to do  44 at home．In the afternoon, she took Cambridge English class．

         "I didn't have time to rest,   45  on Friday night," Liu recalls．

         The family has a monthly  46  of about 1,700 yuan．Liu Zifan' s  47  classes cost 2, 000 yuan each term．

         " I think it' s   48  the money," Liu' s father says．" We do everything we can to provide her with good education,   49   she will get a good job in the future．"

         Chinese children face   50  pressures on study．Some parents make their children study 51    First graders start to take classes for second graders, and so on, therefore they can get an   52 in exams．Most Chinese   53  believe high academic credentials （成绩） mean a better school, a brighter future．So they   54   their children to extracurricular classes like music, English and maths to develop a special   55  , which later might be a stepping stone to a good school．  

36．A．any                  B．some                C．even                 D．far

37．A．Secondary      B．Training            C．Language  D．Primary

38．A．super          B．extra            C．huge                 D．usual

39．A．In                    B．For                   C．At                   D．On

40．A．get            B．stay              C．leave D．drive

41   A．orders                B．recommends           C．persuades    D．suggests

42．A．sleepy           B．tired      C．cold          D．thirsty

43．A．stopped    B．finished  C．enjoyed     D．started

44．A．housework        B．washing          C．homework    D．writing

45．A．besides          B．including   C．since            D．except

46．A．pay           B．cost   C．income       D． money                                  

47．A．weekend          B．Sunday             C．everyday    D．Saturday

48．A．wasteful       B．worth         C．valuable     D．worthy

49．A．so that       B．since      C．now that    D．while

50．A．challenging     B．increasing C．developing            D．changing

51．A．ahead             B．hard             C．late        D．away

52   A．average  B．achievement    C．advance        D．advantage

53．A．teachers   B．students         C．friends         D．parents

54．A．send          B．hope  C．take   D．wish

55．A．strength              B．interest  C．talent             D．skill

After my dad died on Aug.30, 2001, my mother made sure we marked each anniversary. At first, my brothers and sister and I would travel hours to get home, but eventually we got to the point where just one or two of us would make it back to go to Mass with her and spend the day together.
The great love of her life, the man who broke up with her right before her college graduation, only to return two years later claiming he’d traveled the world and hadn’t found anyone to compare with her, remained a daily presence in her life. She spoke about him so often and kept his memory so alive that people were sometimes surprised to learn that he was gone. She took over the garden where he’d planted and made it her own.
When the 10th anniversary of his death approached, my mom began talking about it and planning for it weeks in advance. The date on her kitchen calendar was circled and marked R.I.P. (Rest in Peace). Of course she wanted all of us there and settled the dates for our coming back.
On Monday — the day before the anniversary — she went to morning Mass and walked downtown for lunch with friends, and later told my sister on the phone that she felt Dad still so close that as she was walking back home, she heard someone yell and thought, “Oh, there’s Dick.”
That evening she went out to water flowers, just as my father, 10 years before, had gone out to the garden to pick vegetables before he died. A neighbor heard the tin watering can strike the ground as she fell and hit her head. My mother died within hours, on Aug.30, 2011, the 10thanniversary. She needed to mark that anniversary, she wanted us all home and my dad had waited long enough.
【小题1】From the second paragraph we know that the author’s father______.

A．traveled around the world and left her mother

B．left her mother first but returned two years later

C．had a quarrel with her before her graduation

D．was not the right man her mother wanted at that time

【小题2】We can infer from the passage that the author’s mother _____.

A．knew her last day was coming on Aug.30

B．kept everything of her father’s home

C．missed Father though he had passed away

D．remained a daily presence in his life

【小题3】Which of the following statements is true EXCEPT that _____.

A．Mother died the day before the anniversary of Father’s death

B．Mother died in the garden as Father did ten years ago

C．Mother died because she fell to the ground accidentally

D．Mother died on the same date when Father did ten years ago

【小题4】What does the writer imply in the underlined part of the last sentence?

A．She wanted us to stay at home.	B．Mother missed us very much.
C．Mother expected us to get back.	D．That day was her last day.