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1.Many years ago there was a poor man. He had an orange tree __21__ his garden. On the tree there were many fine oranges. One day he found one of his oranges was much bigger __22__ the others. It was as big as a football. Nobody had ever seen such a big orange. The poor man took the orange to the king. The king was so happy __23__ he gave the man a lot of money for it.When a rich man heard of it, he said to himself, "It's only an orange. Why has the king given so much money for it? I'll take my gold cup to the king. He'll give me __24__ money."The next day when the king received the gold cup, he said to the rich man, 'What a beautiful cup! I'll show you something beautiful, please __25__ this great orange."1)、选项： A:that B:in C:than D:take E:more

2.I think the chief thing that () me about Burton was his kindliness. There was something very pleasing in his () blue eyes.His voice was (); you could not imagine that he could possibly () in anger;his smile was (). Here was a man who attracted you because you felt in him a real love for his fellows. At the same time he liked his game of cards and his cocktail, he could tell () a good and spicy story, and in his youth he had been () an athlete. He was a rich man and he had ( )himself. I suppose one thing that made you like him was that he was so (); he aroused your instincts of protection.You felt that he could ().

3.A well-dressed man enforced a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl for his wife's birthday. The price didn't matter. Since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a nice black one that cost $5000, he paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweler, and left.　　A few days later the man returned and said that his wife liked the pear so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality. "Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?",said the man. The jeweler regretfully replied, "I would say it's exactly impossible to find one exactly like that pearl. The rich man insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspapers, offering $ 25,000 for the matching pearl. Many people answered the advertisement but nobody had a pearl that was just right.　　Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came into his store. To his great surprise, she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse. "I don't like to part with it." she said sadly, "I inherited it from my mother, and my mother inherited it from hers. But I really need the money." The jeweler was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man's hotel to tell him the good news. The man, however, was nowhere to be found.3. He told the jeweler to get him another pearl that must be ______.选项： A:exactly the same size as the black one; B:exactly the same quality as the black one ; C:worth no more than $ 25,000; D:exactly as big and nice as the black one; E:exactly new one

4.[单选题]Passage 7 Two people in a difficult situation, no food, cold and hunger; one of them, Bill, saw that his companion's foot was injured and ignored it. He ran for his own life. Another people, suffering from pain and hunger, was heading for their camp, where he could find food and possibly rescue. Eleven days passed, days of rain and cold. One day he found the bones of a deer. There was no meat on them. The man broke the bones and he sucked and chewed on them like an animal. Would he, too, be bones tomorrow? And why not? This was life. Only life hurt. There was no hurt in death. To die was to sleep. Then why was he not ready to die? He, as a man, no longer strove. It was the life in him, unwilling to die, that drove him on. One morning he woke up beside a river. Slowly he followed it with his eyes and saw it emptying into a shining sea. When he saw a ship on the sea, he closed his eyes. He knew there could be no ship, no sea, in this land. A vision, he told himself. He heard a noise behind him, and turned around. A wolf, old and sick, was coming slowly toward him. This was real, he thought. The man turned back, but the sea and the ship were still there. He didn't understand. Had he been walking north, away from the camp, toward the sea? He stood up and started slowly toward the ship, knowing full well the sick wolf was following him. In the afternoon, he found some bones of a man. Beside the bones was a small sack of gold, like his own. So Bill had carried his gold to the end. He would carry Bill's gold to the ship. Ha—ha! He would have the last laugh on Bill. His laughing sounded like the low cry of an animal. The wolf cried back. The man stopped suddenly and turned away. How could he laugh about Bill's bones and take his gold? The man was very sick, now. he crawled about, on hands and knees. He had lost everything—his blanket, his gun, and his gold. Only the wolf stayed with him hour after hour. At last he could go on no further. He fell. The wolf came close to him, but the man was ready. He got on top of the wolf and held its mouth closed. Then he bit it with his last strength. The wolf's blood streamed into his mouth. Only love of life gave him enough strength. He held the wolf with his teeth and killed it, then he fell on his back and slept. The men on the ship saw a strange object lying on the beach. It was moving toward them—perhaps twenty feet an hour. The men went over to look and could hardly believe it was a man. Three weeks later, when the man felt better, he told them his story. But there was one strange thing—he seemed to be afraid that there wasn't enough food on the ship. The men also noticed that he was getting fat. They gave him less food, but still he grew fatter with each day. Then one day they saw him put a lot of bread under his shirt. They examined his bed and found food under his blanket. The men understood. He would recover from it, they said.Why did the sick Wolf keep following the man? A Because the man was carrying some food. B Because the sick Wolf wanted to eat him when he was weak. C Because the Wolf wanted the man to be his master. D Because the Wolf wanted the man to help him.

5.In the world in which we live today, a man may be one thing but appear to be another. This was impossible in Indian society. An Indian's name told the world what he was - a coward, a liar, a thief, or a brave. 选项：A、When I was young, every Indian had at least three names during his lifetime. His first name was given to him at birth. It described something that had happened at that time. Each Indian was supposed to keep his birth name until he was old enough to earn money for himself. But his friends would always give him a name of their own. No matter what his parents called him, his childhood friends would use the name they had chosen.C、The Indian earned his real name when he was old enough for his first fight against the enemy. His life name depended on how he acted during this first battle. When he returned he would be given his tribal name by the chief. If he had done well, he would be given a good name. But if he had done poorly, he might be given a bad name. A man was given many chances to improve his name, however. If in a later battle he was very brave in fighting against the enemy, he was given a better name. Some Indians had as many as twelve names - all good and each better than the last.All names given to one Indian belonged to him for the rest of his life. No one else could use them. Even he himself could not give them away. This was because no man could pass on his name unless the chief and the tribe asked him to do so.According to passage, Indian names were important because they ______.A．described the character of a manB．described the appearance of a manC．were never used by other peopleD．told us his profession

6.Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died. Father and son walked, because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired. They met two men on the road who said, “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse, It’s a long way to market.” The farmer know that this was true, so he rode on the horse, while his son walked. Then they met two old women, “What are you doing up there, farmer? Can’t you see how tired your boy is?” So, the farmer got down, and his son rode instead. Next, three old men stopped them, one said, “Why are you walking, farmer? Get up. It’s too hot for an old man like you to walk today,” So the farmer got up behind his son, And they rode on. Sometime later, a young woman passed them, “Why aren’t you walking?” she asked, “It isn’t far to the market. Give your poor horse a rest.” So the farmer and his son got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time. The farmer got up behind his son because ______. 选项： A: the old man said it was too hot for him to walk B: a young woman stopped them on the road C: he did not know why he was walking D: his son could not ride the horse by himself

7.A well-dressed man enforced a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl for his wife's birthday. The price didn't matter. Since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a nice black one that cost $5000, he paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweler, and left.　　A few days later the man returned and said that his wife liked the pear so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality. "Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?",said the man. The jeweler regretfully replied, "I would say it's exactly impossible to find one exactly like that pearl. The rich man insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspapers, offering $ 25,000 for the matching pearl. Many people answered the advertisement but nobody had a pearl that was just right.　　Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came into his store. To his great surprise, she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse. "I don't like to part with it." she said sadly, "I inherited it from my mother, and my mother inherited it from hers. But I really need the money." The jeweler was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man's hotel to tell him the good news. The man, however, was nowhere to be found.5. The jeweler couldn't find the man anywhere because ______.选项： A:he died suddenly.; B:He happened to be out.; C:He got $ 20,000 by cheating and had run away with the money.; D:He wouldn't show up until the jeweler called him a second time.; E:He doesn't want the jeweler anymore.

8.A well-dressed man enforced a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl for his wife's birthday. The price didn't matter. Since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a nice black one that cost $5000, he paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweler, and left.　　A few days later the man returned and said that his wife liked the pear so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality. "Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?",said the man. The jeweler regretfully replied, "I would say it's exactly impossible to find one exactly like that pearl. The rich man insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspapers, offering $ 25,000 for the matching pearl. Many people answered the advertisement but nobody had a pearl that was just right.　　Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came into his store. To his great surprise, she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse. "I don't like to part with it." she said sadly, "I inherited it from my mother, and my mother inherited it from hers. But I really need the money." The jeweler was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man's hotel to tell him the good news. The man, however, was nowhere to be found.4. Many people answered the advertisement because they wanted _______. 选项： A:to see the perfect pearl; B:to buy some beautiful pearls too; C: to get in touch with the rich man; D:to sell their own pearl at a high price; E:to buy a new pearl

9.[单选题]Passage 7 Two people in a difficult situation, no food, cold and hunger; one of them, Bill, saw that his companion's foot was injured and ignored it. He ran for his own life. Another people, suffering from pain and hunger, was heading for their camp, where he could find food and possibly rescue. Eleven days passed, days of rain and cold. One day he found the bones of a deer. There was no meat on them. The man broke the bones and he sucked and chewed on them like an animal. Would he, too, be bones tomorrow? And why not? This was life. Only life hurt. There was no hurt in death. To die was to sleep. Then why was he not ready to die? He, as a man, no longer strove. It was the life in him, unwilling to die, that drove him on. One morning he woke up beside a river. Slowly he followed it with his eyes and saw it emptying into a shining sea. When he saw a ship on the sea, he closed his eyes. He knew there could be no ship, no sea, in this land. A vision, he told himself. He heard a noise behind him, and turned around. A wolf, old and sick, was coming slowly toward him. This was real, he thought. The man turned back, but the sea and the ship were still there. He didn't understand. Had he been walking north, away from the camp, toward the sea? He stood up and started slowly toward the ship, knowing full well the sick wolf was following him. In the afternoon, he found some bones of a man. Beside the bones was a small sack of gold, like his own. So Bill had carried his gold to the end. He would carry Bill's gold to the ship. Ha—ha! He would have the last laugh on Bill. His laughing sounded like the low cry of an animal. The wolf cried back. The man stopped suddenly and turned away. How could he laugh about Bill's bones and take his gold? The man was very sick, now. he crawled about, on hands and knees. He had lost everything—his blanket, his gun, and his gold. Only the wolf stayed with him hour after hour. At last he could go on no further. He fell. The wolf came close to him, but the man was ready. He got on top of the wolf and held its mouth closed. Then he bit it with his last strength. The wolf's blood streamed into his mouth. Only love of life gave him enough strength. He held the wolf with his teeth and killed it, then he fell on his back and slept. The men on the ship saw a strange object lying on the beach. It was moving toward them—perhaps twenty feet an hour. The men went over to look and could hardly believe it was a man. Three weeks later, when the man felt better, he told them his story. But there was one strange thing—he seemed to be afraid that there wasn't enough food on the ship. The men also noticed that he was getting fat. They gave him less food, but still he grew fatter with each day. Then one day they saw him put a lot of bread under his shirt. They examined his bed and found food under his blanket. The men understood. He would recover from it, they said.What kept this man alive? A His friend Bill. B Money. C His relatives. D A strong desire to be alive.

10.In the story told by Dave Barber, ______. 选项： A、he was finally saved by his grandmother B、he was finally saved by his nine-year-old son C、he would have been drowned if his grandmother had not lifted him D、he would have been taken away by his grandmother if his son had not dragged him down

11.[单选题]Passage 7 Two people in a difficult situation, no food, cold and hunger; one of them, Bill, saw that his companion's foot was injured and ignored it. He ran for his own life. Another people, suffering from pain and hunger, was heading for their camp, where he could find food and possibly rescue. Eleven days passed, days of rain and cold. One day he found the bones of a deer. There was no meat on them. The man broke the bones and he sucked and chewed on them like an animal. Would he, too, be bones tomorrow? And why not? This was life. Only life hurt. There was no hurt in death. To die was to sleep. Then why was he not ready to die? He, as a man, no longer strove. It was the life in him, unwilling to die, that drove him on. One morning he woke up beside a river. Slowly he followed it with his eyes and saw it emptying into a shining sea. When he saw a ship on the sea, he closed his eyes. He knew there could be no ship, no sea, in this land. A vision, he told himself. He heard a noise behind him, and turned around. A wolf, old and sick, was coming slowly toward him. This was real, he thought. The man turned back, but the sea and the ship were still there. He didn't understand. Had he been walking north, away from the camp, toward the sea? He stood up and started slowly toward the ship, knowing full well the sick wolf was following him. In the afternoon, he found some bones of a man. Beside the bones was a small sack of gold, like his own. So Bill had carried his gold to the end. He would carry Bill's gold to the ship. Ha—ha! He would have the last laugh on Bill. His laughing sounded like the low cry of an animal. The wolf cried back. The man stopped suddenly and turned away. How could he laugh about Bill's bones and take his gold? The man was very sick, now. he crawled about, on hands and knees. He had lost everything—his blanket, his gun, and his gold. Only the wolf stayed with him hour after hour. At last he could go on no further. He fell. The wolf came close to him, but the man was ready. He got on top of the wolf and held its mouth closed. Then he bit it with his last strength. The wolf's blood streamed into his mouth. Only love of life gave him enough strength. He held the wolf with his teeth and killed it, then he fell on his back and slept. The men on the ship saw a strange object lying on the beach. It was moving toward them—perhaps twenty feet an hour. The men went over to look and could hardly believe it was a man. Three weeks later, when the man felt better, he told them his story. But there was one strange thing—he seemed to be afraid that there wasn't enough food on the ship. The men also noticed that he was getting fat. They gave him less food, but still he grew fatter with each day. Then one day they saw him put a lot of bread under his shirt. They examined his bed and found food under his blanket. The men understood. He would recover from it, they said.What can we learn from the passage? A Don’t believe your friends. B We should love life at all times. C We need to pay attention to safety. D We should learn some necessary skills to survive in the wild.

12.Why did the king become so mad that he was determined to kill all the women in his kingdom? 选项： A、His first wife betrayed him. B、His ministers cheated him. C、He had a bad character. D、He wanted to marry all women in his kingdom.

13.Why did the king become so mad that he was determined to kill all the women in his kingdom? 选项： A、His first wife betrayed him. B、His ministers cheated him. C、He had a bad character. D、He wanted to marry all women in his kingdom.

14. Passage One Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their man newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop. The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said,“No, I can’t read with these. ”The man became more and more puzzled, until finally he said,“Excuse me, but can you read at all？”“No, of course I can’t！”Tom said angrily. “If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses？” * Tom lived __________. 选项： A: with his family in a city B: with his family in the countryside C: alone in a city D: alone in the countryside

15.A man was telling one of his friends why he was content with his married life. "My wife makes all the small decisions," he explained, "and I make all the big ones, so we never try to have too much influence in each other's business and never get annoyed with each other. We have no complaints and no arguments." "That sounds reasonable," answered his friend sympathetically. "And what sort of decisions does your wife make?" "Well," answered the man, "she decides what jobs I apply for, what sort of house we live in, what furniture we have, where we go for our holidays, and things like that." His friend was surprised. "Oh?" he said. "And what do you consider important decisions then?" "Well," answered the man, "I decide who should be President, whether we should increase our help to poor countries, what we should do about the atom bomb, and things like that." 1)、The man was content with his married life because he and his wife loved each other deeply. 选项： A:T B:F

16.A man was telling one of his friends why he was content with his married life. "My wife makes all the small decisions," he explained, "and I make all the big ones, so we never try to have too much influence in each other's business and never get annoyed with each other. We have no complaints and no arguments." "That sounds reasonable," answered his friend sympathetically. "And what sort of decisions does your wife make?" "Well," answered the man, "she decides what jobs I apply for, what sort of house we live in, what furniture we have, where we go for our holidays, and things like that." His friend was surprised. "Oh?" he said. "And what do you consider important decisions then?" "Well," answered the man, "I decide who should be President, whether we should increase our help to poor countries, what we should do about the atom bomb, and things like that." 1）、The man was content with his married life because he and his wife loved each other deeply. 选项： A:T B:F

17.2. Adam and Eve On the sixth day God said, “I want to create people. They shall have a conscience, so they can think, know and love me, and love each other. I will make them masters of everything I have made, so they can take care of all the things I just have created.” God took dust from the dry land and he formed Adam, the first man. God gave Adam his shape and breathed life through his nostrils, so Adam became alive and started to breathe like all living things do. Adam opened his eyes and found himself in a wonderful garden, called Eden, which God had created for him.Adam was so excited about all the many animals which were surrounding him in the Garden of Eden. So he began to give all the animals names to tell them from one another. But Adam felt lonely, because among all the living beings he did not find any that looked liked him. Adam was the only human on the earth. God saw that it was not good for Adam to be alone and said, ”I will create a companion for Adam to be alone and said ,”I will create a companion for Adam so he will not be alone anymore.” So Adam fell into a deep sleep. God took out one of his ribs and from it he created a companion for Adam, called eve. When Adam woke up from his deep sleep and opened his eyes he saw this new person. He said, “She shall be called woman, because she came from man.” God blessed Adam and Eve and told them to be happy and enjoy all that he had created. God said, “Have children and let them help you in taking care of everything which I have created. I want every corner of the earth to be full of life and want everything to prosper, blossom and grow. You can find the garden I have made for you, but do not eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge. If you do so, you will die.” After these first six days when time had just begun and God had created everything, he said, “everything is perfect now. This is very very good.” 3. What can be inferred from the passage?选项： A:The companion for Adam was called woman.; B:Women came from man’s rib.; C:God gave two warnings to Adam and Eve.; D:Adam was a threat to other creatures in the Garden of Eden.

18.n old man died and left his son a lot of money．But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent ___1___ money, so that he had ___2___ left．Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him．When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles."My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man．"What will ___3___ to me now?""Don't ___4___, young man," answered Nasreddin．"Everything will soon be all right again．Wait, and you will soon feel much happier."The young man was very glaD."Am I going to get rich again then?""No, I ___5___ mean that," said the old man．"I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends."

19.　　“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”　　Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.　　“But it is,” returned she; “for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.”　　Mr. Bennet made no answer.　　“Do not you want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife impatiently. “You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.”　　This was invitation enough.　　“Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.”　　“What is his name?”　　“Bingley.”　　“Is he married or single?”　　“Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”　　“How so? How can it affect them?”　　“My dear Mr. Bennet,” replied his wife, “how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.”　　“Is that his design in settling here?”　　“Design! nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.”　　“I see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.”

20.n old man died and left his son a lot of money.But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent ___1___ money, so that he had ___2___ left.Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him.When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles."My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man."What will ___3___ to me now?""Don't ___4___, young man," answered Nasreddin."Everything will soon be all right again.Wait, and you will soon feel much happier."The young man was very glaD."Am I going to get rich again then?""No, I ___5___ mean that," said the old man."I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends."

21.Read this conversation that was overheard on the bus.“Of course,” he continued, I’ve always been very good at sports. I’m a brilliant footballer, you know—in fact, I’d say I am very good at all ball games. I’m not bad at skiing, either. The funny thing is that my brother is totally different. He ... I’m not boring you, am I?"“Oh no," said the woman beside him. "It's fascinating. Please go on.""Well, as I was saying, my brother was always hopeless at football at school and the one time that he tried to ski he spent most of his time on his back. And he hates swimming. Not very good at tennis, either. But he's terrific at chess. He's very good at using his brains, you know. Of course, I don’t know one end of a chessboard form the other. I think I take after my father―he’s a fantastic footballer. But then, he’s not bad at chess, either.”He stopped, puzzle at the fact that his father was good at doing so many things.“But,” he said at last "enough about me. Tell me — what are you good at?"She smiled. “Well,” she answered, "They say that I'm good at listening...”Choose the correct answer to each question.1. What is the man good at?选项： A: All games.; B:All sports.; C: Board games.; D:Listening.

22.Hercules served a king. The king was afraid of him. So again and again he sent him on difficult tasks. One morning the king sent for him and told him to fetch three golden apples for him from the garden of the Singing Maidens. But no one knew where the garden was. The king knew exactly where the Singing Maiden's garden was. 选项： A、Right B、Wrong C、Not mentioned