Jim is an American boy. He is  1  New York. He likes   2  football matches,     3  he doesn’t have enough money   4  tickets. He has to watch the matches  5 TV at home when he has   6  homework. He   7  go to school from Monday to Friday, so he missed a lot of important football matches.
A big football match would be held(舉行) in the afternoon the next day.   8  wanted to watch it very much. But he couldn’t. He would have a physics(物理) test in the   9  afternoon.
“Can we have a video, mom?” Jim asked his mother   10  he went to school. “Then from our TV set you can record the match for me.”
“I’m   11  we can’t afford(買得起) one,” said his mother.
The next morning Jim went home with a smile,   12  a new video.
“But where did you get the   13  , Jim?” His mother asked in   14 .
“That’s   15  , mom. I sold our TV set.”

Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often __【小題1】__ some books from the library. He __【小題2】__ to the radio every morning and reading __【小題3】__ after supper. So he knows much and teaches well.His __【小題4】__ worship(崇拜) him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son, is only nine. He __【小題5】___ likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he's too __【小題6】__ to understand him and chooses __【小題7】__ ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with(對…滿意) it. One day Mike read __【小題8】__ about the electric lights (電燈) and was __【小題9】__it. When his father told him to do some housework, he went on thinking of it. He asked him __【小題10】__ questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said proudly, "Fathers always know __【小題11】__than sons!" The boy thought for a while and said, __【小題12】__" "Oh? Why?" Mike didn’t answer and asked, __【小題13】__, "Who invented the electric lights?" __【小題14】__ "answered Mr Clarke. "Why didn't his father invent them, then?" Looking at his son, Mr Clarke didn't know __【小題15】___ to answer! 

Once, there was a beautiful girl who didn’t like herself, because she was blind, she couldn’t see anything.
In fact, the girl  1  nobody except her boyfriend, for he was always  4  to help her. She used to tell her boyfriend, “ 3  I could see the world, I would marry you.”
One day, someone donated a pair of  4  to the girl. When the bandages came off，she was able to see  5 ,including her boyfriend for the  6   time. He asked her, “Now that you can see the world, will you  7  me?” The girl looked at her boyfriend and was greatly surprised to see that he was blind,  8  . She had never expected that, and she would not like to be with a blind husband for the rest of her life, so she  9  to marry him.
Her boyfriend left in tears and a few days later wrote a  10  to her, saying, “My dear, take good care of your eyes. Before they are yours, they were  11 .”
So, this is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember  12  life was like before. And we often ask for more than we need. Life is a gift. Today, before you complain about the  13  of your food，think of those who have nothing to  14 . Before you complain about life，think of some ones who went to heaven too early. Before you complain about your old  15 , think of the people who are living in the streets. And when you are tired and complain about your job, think of those who have no jobs.
In a word, enjoy the things you have and don’t forget your past.

Ted is   【小題1】 active boy. He enjoys   【小題2】 in the morning. Sometimes he invites his good friend Ed   【小題3】  tennis with him. Ed often beats him at tennis, but Ted is   【小題4】  very happy. Why? Because Ted’s parents are both at work. When he is with Ed, he can tell Ed what he thinks. And Ed can give him some 【小題5】  .
【小題6】A. a                  B. an             C. the
【小題7】A. running            B. to run          C. runs 
【小題8】A. play               B. to play         C. playing
【小題9】A. still                B. so             C. too
【小題10】A. plan               B. idea            C. advice

Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry. One morning, he got up very  31  because his clock stopped. He 32  to shave （刮臉） quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed, he got  blood （血） all over his 33 , so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean 34  ironing （熨） .While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to collect money for water. After he paid the water 35 and showed the man out, he found the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he  36 he couldn’t go to work by bus. He  37  for a taxi to take him to work, the taxi arrived and Harry 38  in. In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman  39  a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When  Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman 40  to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt, and took him to the police station. He was  41  till 3 p.m.  42 the police found out that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived  43 the office at about 4 p.m., his boss  44  a look at him and told him to find  45 job.

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One night a young American doctor was sleeping at home when his doorbell began to ring.When he opened the door he saw a man   1   outside.
“Excuse me, Doctor,” said the man.“Can you come at once to a place out of town.It’s quite far but you have a car and I can  2  you the way”
“Certainly,” said the doctor, “I’m ready.I’ll come soon.”    3  a minute, the car came.The man got into the car and they     4   off.
They drove for a    5  time, and then the man said, “Here we are.This is my home.Now I can pay you and you can go   6  to town.”
“But I must    7   the patient,” the doctor said.“Where’s the patient?” “There are  8   patients,"answered the man.“Nobody is ill.I live here, you see, and I must  9  home from the town.There are no taxis at this time of the night.Here’s the money for you.Thank you, doctor.Good    10  !

完形填空 先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后從下面四個答案中選擇可以填入相應空白處的最佳答案。 （本大題共10分，每小題1分）
On my first job, I worked as a sports editor (編輯) for a small newspaper.I never got a letter from my readers, so I was   1  that there was an envelope (信封) on my desk one morning.It was from a most popular newspaper.
When I opened it, I found a note and it read, “You did a good job.Go on!” The note was   2  by Mr John, a famous sports editor.As I was a green hand (新手), his words made me excited.I   3  the note in my desk drawer.Whenever (無論何時) I didn’t know if I could be a good editor, I would read John’s note and become   4  again.
Mr John, the note writer and I knew each other after that.I   5  that he often wrote notes to encourage young people.“When I make   6  feel happy,” he told me, “I feel happy, too.”
 7 , why are there few note writers like John in our life? In my opinion, many people are afraid that they cannot be well understood.Also,   8  takes more time and it is easier to pick up the phone.If you call other people, it can’t   9  a long time, but a note is a good way of record and our words can be read more than once.
So, when you find some people   10  you need help, please write a note to give them more confidence.Making others feel happy makes you feel happy, too.

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Three men came to London  1 hoidays. They came to a very large hotel and lived in a fifty –fifth floor. One day .they went to see a film and came back to the hotel very late. “ I’m very _2_ said the waiter of the hotel,”but our lift doesn’t work tonight.” One of them said to his two friends ,”We have to walk up to our room It’s very___3_.I think I know how to make it easier .__4__our way to the room,I shall _5_you some jokes; then you,Jhon will sing us _6___songs; then you Peter ,will tell us some interesting stories . So they began to _7__their room.Tom told them many jokes.Jhon sang some songs. At last ,they came to the room.They were _8__and decided to have a rest . “Well,”Peter,”said Tom ,”will you tell us a ___9__story with a sad end .”
“I shall tell you a sad story,” said Peter.”It is short but it is _10__ I left our key in the car just now .What shall we do?”

Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.
“I’ll do ___1___ to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is dangerous.”And he told the truth. He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to   2  it.
His wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always  3  .” I’ll travel for my work, not for   4 ,” he told her, “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have   5   to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to   6  , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good   7  or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”
“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t   8  , “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”
Denny did not say anything, but he   9  about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ll go to take photos of wild   10  there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.” His wife was very   11  .
When they got to Africa, the first day she had a very enjoyable time. The next day Denny went   12   to find some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but soon they became separated (分開). She walked down one path while he walked down the other.
Suddenly, Denny heard her   13  . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.
Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and   14   it at his wife and the lion. Then he shouted, “   15  , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

One day, a boy found the cocoon(繭) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small   36  in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make   37  body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped. So the boy   38  to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be   39 .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole   40  .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it   41 a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin   42  .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with   43  but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of   44  out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液體) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be   45  to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(擠壓) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
  46   struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be  47   we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even  48   growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid   49  or problems. So, next time you are   50 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!