19、Don’t worry, sir. If the plane is full, we’ll put you on an _______ flight.

   A. accustomed             B. adequate              C. alternative             D. accessible

18、As for diet, Michael Jacson chooses vegetables and fruit in _______ to any kind of meat.

   A. comparison             B. preference                   C. possession                   D. advantage

17、As we grow older, birthdays seem to _______ more quickly than when we were children.

   A. come in                B. come around                 C. come out              D. come over

16、The question then _______ , what shall we do with the remaining materials ?

   A. rises                   B. arises                       C. raises                 D. arouses

15、Several decades ago, Chinese people were very curious about India and the lands _______ .

   A. besides                 B. beyond                C. away                 D. off

14、I’m writing to apologize for my absence from last week’s meeting. I was unexpectedly _______ at work.

   A. picked up               B. made up               C. given up              D. held up

13、What a pity ! He worked hard all his life but without much _______ .

   A. reward                 B. prize                  C. award                D. result

12、假如你是李华，是育英中学的学生。五月十二日四川地震爆发后，你和你的同学度过了几个不眠之夜。请写一篇120词左右的短文，介绍你们那几天的主要活动及感受，向21世纪英文报投稿。要点如下：

1．  每晚观看新闻，关注灾区救援工作的进展；

2．  捐出全部零花钱，并在周末走上街头义卖报纸；

3．  向报纸及网络投稿寄托哀思；

4．  五月十九日下午全校师生为遇难者默哀三分钟。

提示：  灾区 the striken area      遇难者 victims      默哀  observe silence

Dear editor, 

__________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

   Li Hua

二、选择题

（每空？ 分，共？ 分）

11、The train shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules. The carriage is filled with cold,   41   passengers.

Suddenly a little boy   42   his way through the grown-up legs and sits down by the window. He is all alone among the   43   grown-ups. What a brave child, I think. His father   44   to stay by the door behind us. The train begins to crawl into a tunnel. Then something very   45   happens suddenly. The little boy slides down from his seat and leans his hand on my knee.   46  , I think that he wants to   47   me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead he leans forward and holds his   48   up towards mine. He wants to say something to me, I think. I lower my head to receive the   49  . Wrong again! What I receive is a   50   kiss on the cheek.

The boy calmly returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window. I am   51  . What just happened? A child kissing a(n)   52   grown-up on the train. How can anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard? Soon enough, all of my neighbors are   53   kissed. Nervous and a little surprised, we   54   at the father. When he sees our questioning   55   as he gets ready for his stop, he offers a clue.

“He’s so happy to be alive.” the father says. “He has been very sick.”

Father and son   56   into the crowd moving toward the exit. Then doors close and the train goes on. On my cheek I can still   57   the child’s kiss ― a kiss that has triggered (触发) some soul-search inside me. How many grown-ups   58   kissing each other from the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege (特权) of   59  ?

The little kisser had taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful. You don’t let yourself   60   before your heart stops!

10、The boy dived into the water and after _________________________ (好像很长时间), he came up again. (what; seem)