Mosquitoes(蚊子)can be seen everywhere all over the world, especially in summer. And there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.

__43_likes the mosquito, but the mosquito may like you. She thinks your blood is delicious.

She? Yes, she. It’s true that the male(雄性)mosquito doesn’t bite(咬)and only the female mosquito bites because she 　44 blood(血液)to lay eggs. She is always 　45 things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she will bite. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she 　46 to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you’re different from others.

If the mosquito likes you, she will land on your body 　47 letting you know. She bites you 48 quickly and quietly that you may feel nothing. After she bites, you will have an itch(癢)on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itch begins, she has 　49　 .

And then what happens? Well, after her delicious 　50　 ,it’s dark. The mosquito feels　 51 .

She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, 　52　 eggs.

( ) 43.A.Everyone　　　　　　　 B. No one　　　　　　 C. Someone

( ) 44.A.needs　　　　　　　　 B. need　　　　　　　 C. want

( ) 45.A.finding　　　　　　　　 B. wants　　　　　　　 C. looking for

( ) 46.A.will turn　　　　　　　 B. turns to　　　　　　 C. turn

( ) 47.A.with　　　　　　　　　 B. without　　　 　　　C. after

( ) 48.A.so　　　　　　　　　　 B. such　　　　　　　 C. very

( ) 49.A.flies away　　　　　　　 B. flew away　　　　　 C. flown away

( ) 50.A.breakfast　　　　　　　 B. dinner　　　　　　　 C. lunch

( ) 51.A.tiring　　　　　　　　 B. tired　　　　　　　　 C. relaxing

( ) 52.A.3 hundreds　　　　　　 B. hundred of　　　　　 C. hundreds of

  Do you know the 3-year-old girl named Dong Xinyi? She has a bright nickname(綽號)“Little Strong Girl”who looked after her disabled father. And many people all over China were moved by her.

  When she was several months old, her father had an accident on his way home while riding his motorcycle and   38   his legs. Two years later, her mother left her father   39   the poor life. As an old saying goes,“The children of poor people do housework early.”Little Xinyi had to do family chores, such as cooking noodles, carrying water, cleaning rooms and washing clothes. She took good care of her father alone. The little girl brings happiness and hope to her poor family. And luckily, the local government has   40   medical treatment for her father. At the same time, the government is   41   planning to raise money for the girl’s   42   .Now, Dong Xinyi has got a chance to go to school like other kids.

(  ) 38.A.loses                  B. lost                    C. lose

(  ) 39.A.because of              B. instead                 C. because

(  ) 40.A.provided               B. noticed                 C. offered

(  ) 41.A.too                    B. either                  C. also

(   )42. A. information             B. question                C. education

Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15, his father asked him 36   on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 37   with his father’s idea.“That isn’t my job. I have  38  school work to do.” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise to give you the best present if you  39   finish one year’s work.” Tom thought for a while and 40   .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked hard until evening, just like  41 farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops(莊稼) grew well. 42   the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year,” said the father. “Now, tell me  43   you want.”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread   44   his wheat. I’ve already got the best present: No pain, no gain. I think this is what you wanted me to know.” His father was  45   to hear that.

36. A. works          B. work             C. to work        D. working

37. A. happy           B. excited           C. exciting        D. unhappy   

38. A. much too         B. too much         C. a lot           D. many

39. A. can              B. need             C. must          D. should

40. A. said             B. answered          C. agreed         D. asked

41. A. other            B. the others          C. any else        D. any other

42. A. On              B. At                C. In             D. From

43. A. where            B. what             C. which          D. why

44. A. made by          B. made of           C. made in         D. made from

45. A. pleased           B. unpleased          C. unsatisfied      D. sad

The largest earthquake in Japanese history 31    in northern Japan at 2:46 pm of March 11, 2011. A tsunami (海嘯) followed, causing major flooding in  32   areas of Japan, as well as many strong aftershocks(余震). So far more than 13,000 people

33   with about 14,000 people missing. When news of this disaster(災難) 34    China, many Chinese people expressed their35 for Japan and the Japanese, remembering that Japan helped the Chinese during China’s 2008 Sichuan Earthquake.

31. A. was happened       B. happened      C. had happened     D. happening

32. A. many              B. much         C. a lot             D. lots

33. A. lost their life                        B. lose their lives

      C. have lost their lives                  D. have been died

34. A. reaches            B. is reached      C. got               D. reached

35. A. support            B. pride          C. pleasure           D. prediction

Everyone has his dream. ＿21＿do I .In ten years, I think I will be a reporter. I’ll live in Shanghai, because I want to Shanghai and ＿22＿in love with it last year. I think it’s a really beautiful city. ＿23＿ a reporter, I think I’ll meet lots of interesting ＿24＿.I think I’ll live in 25 apartment with my best friends, because I don’t like living 　26 . I will have pets. I can’t have 　27 pets now because my mother hates them and our apartment is too small. So in ten years, I’ll have many different pets. I might even keep a pet parrot. I’ll probably go skating and swimming 　28 . During the week, I’ll look smart, and probably will 　29 a suit. On weekends, I’ll dress more casually. That’s my dream. I’ll work 　30 to make it come true.

21. A. Neither　　　　　　　　　 B. So　　　　　　　　 C. Nor　

22. A. were　　　　　　　　　　 B. fell　　　　　　　　 C. fall

23. A. As　　　　　　　　　　　 B. For　　　　　　　　 C. Like　

24. A. men　　　　　　　　　　 B. women　　　　　　 C. people

25. A. an　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a　　　　　　　　　 C. the

26. A. alone　　　　　　　　　　 B. together　　　　　　 C. lonely　

27. A. some　　　　　　　　　　 B. no　　　　　　　　 C. any　

28. A. all day　　　　　　　　　　 B. every day　 　　　　C. everyday

29. A. dress　　　　　　　　　　 B. wear　　　　　　　 C. put on

30. A. hardly　　　　　　　　　　 B. freely　　　　　　 C. hard

Yesterday when my son and I were eating dinner, I saw a policewoman walking past our house. A woman with a    36   look was following her.

I opened the 37 , went out and asked if everything was OK. The policewoman said that the woman's 38  had gone missing(失蹤) an hour earlier. I said that we hadn't seen the girl, but we could 39 .1 explained to my son that we couldn't finish our 40 right then. He said,” Be a kind person, Dad. "We got in our car and 41 the girl all over the town. Along the way, a group of chil­dren were playing. 42 they heard what had happened, they said they would help 43 . They rode their bikes and joined us.

44 the little girl was found safe a few miles away. I was so  45  to see many people help a stranger. It is a nice world.

36. A. worried B. laughing C. surprised

37. A. mouth B. car C. door

38. A. son B. daughter C. mother

39. A. succeed B. eat C. help

40. A. housework B. dinner C. games

41. A. looked for B. looked at C. looked after

42. A. Before B. After C. Although

43.A. them B. you C. us

44. A. Luckily B. Possibly C. Sadly

45. A. proud B. strange C. happy

Mary and Donald Smith lived in the same building. Donald 41 a toy company. One day Donald gave Mary. the 4-year-old girl. a new toy. She played with it and said. "This is fun! A few weeks later Donald gave her 42 toy. She played with it and then said. "I'm not 43 in this toy. It doesn't work." For years Donald gave Mary new toys.  and she gave him very good   44   about the toys.

When Mary was 13 years old. Donald showed her a new ball. Mary wanted to 45 the ball with small stones to make it 46 .The company made this change. Mary's idea was a great success! The company sold thousands of the balls.

   That Christmas. Donald gave Mary an  47 gift. He made her vice-president(副總裁) of the toy company. She made $200,000 a year. Her job was lo see 48 the new toys were fun. She worked 49 three or four hours a day at her job, then she had to do her homework.

Today Mary works at a college. The little vice-president with bright ideas helps students think about their 50.

4I. A. owned        B. rioted        c. owns      D. closes

42 A. other          B. other        C. the other   D. another

43. A. excited       B. interested     C. relaxed    D. bored

44. A. ways         B. designs      C. questions   D. ideas

45  A. fill          B. full         C. add        D. pour

46.  A. noisy       B. quiet        C. light        D. future

47. A. special       B. awful        C. amazing      D. useful

48. A. when        B. if            C. as          D. since

49. A.BI           B. in           C. for          D. with

50. A. company       B. toys       C. homework    D. future

  Last year my dad got a new job in a small town,__51__ my family moved there. On my first __52__ at the new school I was really worried. The teachers were friendly, but the __53__ was the other students. They didn’t seem friendly. I knew nobody and I couldn’t __54__ understand what they said.

  During the break all the other students went out. I didn’t know where to go, so I ___55___ in the classroom. After a while, a ___56___ came back in and came up to me. I ___57___ what he wanted to do. He took ___58___ out of his bag and said to me,“Would you like something to ___59___?”It was an apple. Suddenly I felt really ___60___ and we began to talk.

  It was Tony who gave me the apple and now he is my best friend. I am thankful to the apple, which started our friendship.

51. A. or                   B. so                    C. but

52. A. day                  B. spring                 C. winter

53. A. project                B. custom               C. problem

54. A. hardly                B. ever                  C. even

55. A. danced               B. stayed                 C. sang

56. A. woman               B. girl                   C. boy

57. A. knew                B. wondered               C. thought

58. A. something            B. anything                C. nothing

59. A. eat                  B. drink                   C. read

60. A. shy                  B. happy                  C. lonely

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.

Every child has his own dream. Every child hopes to be an adult.   31  is it really like what they imagine? As a boy  32  lives in modern times and in a modern city, 1 feel  33  pressure (壓力) on me with the city's development. Although we 34 worry about money, we still have some 35 problems, such as competition among classmates and expectation (期望) from parents. These experiences are very 36 to our future. But 37 they really give me a lot of pressure. I still clearly  38  the happiness of my childhood.  39 . we had to face the fact with time passing by. We began to 40 this invisible (無形的) pressure come upon us. We get up before sunrise and 41 after sunset We work and study 42 an adult, even harder, 43 we do is in order to get an excellent 44  Growing up is very boring, but we 45 try to find happiness while growing up. I think friendship among our friends, the support from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us. Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?

 (     )31. A. However B. And C. So

(     )32. A. which B. who C. whom

(     )33. A. less B. fewer C. greater

(     )34. A. always B. often C. seldom

(     )35, A. other B. another C. others

(     )36. A. helpful B. happy C. bad

(     )37. A. at first B. for example C. in fact

(     )38. A. think B. remember C. forget

(     )39. A. Luckily B. Unluckily C. Impossibly

(     )40. A. see B. touch C. feel

(     )41. A. come out B. come down C. come back

(     )42.A.as  B. like  C. alike

(     )43. A. What B. That C. How

(     )44. A. progress B. mark C, success

(     )45. A, should B, shouldn't C. mustn't

Beautiful pictures of mountains and forests, clear skies, flying birds, wild animals, silly faces — you can find them all in one place. 46 ? On a postcard! Have people always sent postcards? No! Before postcards, people 47 sealed (密封的) letters.

The 48 for the first decorated (裝飾的) postcard came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card 49 a border would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, postcards which had pictures on them 50 . By law, people had to write their note on the front—on the picture! The back was 51 for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back (背面隔開的) postcard. Then people could write their 52 on the back left side. And they put the address 53 . During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, people around the world were more and more 54 picture postcards. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million postcards.

Today, postcards are the 55 most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins. You can always see or get a lot of newly-designed postcards, especially on New Year's Day.

46. A. How　　 B. When　　　 C. Why　　　 D. Where

47. A. liked　　　 B. hated　　　 C. found　　　 D. lost

48. A. advice　　 B. picture　　　 C. idea　　　 D. card

49. A. above　　 B. with　　　　 C. under　　 D. for

50. A. happened　 B. changed　　　 C. ended 　　D. appeared

51. A. even　　　 B. only　　　　 C. still　　　 D. ever

52. A. note　　　 B. word　　　　 C. address　　 D. letter

53. A. on the front B. on the back　 C. on the left　 D. on the right

54. A. surprised at B. interested in　 C. expected by D. worried about

55. A. first　　　 B. second　　　 C. third　　　 D. fourth