7．An evil man once went to a wise man asking for advice about starting a new life．The wise man asked him to give up at least one of his（36）Ahabits．He gave up telling lies．
That night，when he went to the loyal palace to（37）Bsomething，he found in the palace another person，who said he was a thief．He too（38）Cthat he was a thief and both（39）Dthe treasury （國(guó)庫(kù)）and（40）Bbetween themselves the diamonds found there．The other person was none other than the king，he（41）Ato be a thief．While the diamonds were shared，the real thief（42）Cthe king who was losing his entire stock，he asked his（43）Dto leave one diamond behind in the safe．And，it was done．
The next morning，when it was（44）Bthat the treasury had been broken into，the Minister was sent by the king to assess the（45）A．The Minister found the diamond，thinking that it had（46）Cthe eyes of the thieves．He（47）Ahid it in his own pocket and reported at the court that all the diamonds were（48）B!
The king had got from the real thief his address the previous night while they（49）Awith their separate bags．So he（50）Chim and when the thief stood in court before the king，he admitted that（51）Dbut one of the diamonds were stolen by him and his（52）Ccompanion．The diamond was discovered in the pocket of the Minister and the king dismissed（免…的職） him for the（53）B．The real thief was appointed Minister（54）A，and he gave up his other bad habits too．
It is a perfect（55）Dof how one step in the right direction can lead to another．

36．A．bad	B．regular	C．social	D．unfortunate
37．A．return	B．steal	C．collect	D．exchange
38．A．learned	B．suggested	C．a(chǎn)nnounced	D．heard
39．A．set up	B．looked into	C．rang up	D．broke into
40．A．hid	B．divided	C．rewarded	D．treated
41．A．pretended	B．expected	C．hoped	D．a(chǎn)ppeared
42．A．looked down upon	B．a(chǎn)greed with	C．felt pity for	D．knocked into
43．A．conductor	B．neighbor	C．friend	D．companion
44．A．said	B．discovered	C． recorded	D．believed
45．A．loss	B．cost	C．price	D．number
46．A．a(chǎn)ttracted	B． kept	C．missed	D．filled
47．A． suddenly	B．carefully	C．firmly	D．quietly
48．A．sold	B．gone	C．damaged	D．packed
49．A．parted	B．practiced	C．worked	D．rested
50．A．waited for	B．called on	C．sent for	D．thought of
51．A． both	B．some	C．none	D．a(chǎn)ll
52．A．impatient	B．unknown	C．homeless	D．disabled
53．A．puzzle	B．mistake	C．lie	D．excuse
54．A．instead	B．indeed	C．too	D．though
55．A．match	B．experience	C．experiment	D．example

6．John Smith was lazy．He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and listen to the radio all day long．In fact，he had been doing nothing for almost six months，which worried his father a lot．One day Mr Smith decided that he had to do something．"Johnny．When I was your age I was working and supporting my ten brothers and sisters．I want you to go out and get a job．"So that was what he did．In fact，in the next three months，Johnny started ten jobs and was fired from ten jobs．He explained to his father．
"They wanted me to be at work at 8：00 a．m．a(chǎn)nd told me to do all sorts of unpleasant things．"
"I don't care how you do it，"Mr Smith said．"Either you earn some money or move out of the house．I gave you one week's time．"
In the next few days Johnny began to change．He still stayed in his room all day，but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers．More and more posts began to arrive for him．He bought a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and for dinner afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town．When his proud parents arrived home after their evening hour，a policeman was waiting at the front door．
"John Smith，"he said as he handed him a piece of paper，"I'll see you in the court tomorrow．"
When he got outside，Johnny told his parents everything．
"When you told me to earn some money，1 decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper saying，‘New way to money fast!Send me   5 and I'll tell you my secret．'When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do．"
Johnny was fined   250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back．As he left the court house feeling very ashamed，a newspaper man came up to him，"Young man，would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for   2500？"
56．Johnny was fired from the jobs becauseD．
A．he liked listening to the radio
B．he had a big family to support
C．he spent a lot of time writing letters
D．he didn't do the jobs well
57．Johnny put an advertisement in the newspaper aboutCmonths after he left school．
A．three         B．six         C．nine         D．eleven
58．Why was Johnny fined   250？C
A．Because he was lazy
B．Because he was out of work
C．Because he cheated people
D．Because he didn't pay for his new suit
59．What would probably happen at last？A．
A．Johnny would get 2500 from the newspaper
B．The court would give 250 back to Johnny
C．Johnny would continue to advertise in the newspaper
D．Johnny would become a newspaper reporter
60．Which of the following questions is NOT answered by the information from the passage？D
A．How did the parents feel when Johnny invited them to the theatre and dinner
B．What's Johnny's secret
C．What did the policeman want Johnny to do
D．How much did Johnny have to pay all the people back．

5．A student was one day taking a walk with his teacher．As they went along，they saw a pair of old shoes lying in the path．They were a poor farmer's，who was working in the nearby field．
The student turned to the teacher，saying："we will hide his shoes，and hide ourselves behind those trees，and wait to see what he will do．"
"My young friend，"answered the teacher，"we should never make fun of the poor．Why not put a coin in each shoe，and then we will hide ourselves and watch？"The student did so and they both hid themselves behind the trees．The poor man soon finished his work，and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes．
After putting on his coat，he put his foot into one of his shoes，and felt something hard．Then he bent（彎腰）down to feel it was，and found the coin．Surprised，he looked at the coin，turned it around and looked at it again．He then looked around，but no person was seen．He put the money into his pocket，and continued to put on the other shoe．His surprise was doubled on finding the other coin．
He couldn't control his feelings and fell to his knees，looked up to the sky and expressed his thanks．Then he spoke of his wife，sick and helpless，and his children without bread．He said the help would save them from dying．
The student stood there deeply moved，and his eyes filled with tears．"Now，"said the teacher，"are you not much happier than if you had hidden the shoes？"

46．When the student saw the shoes，he wanted toC．
A．steal them                         B．find their owner
C．play a joke on the owner．         D．give the owner some money
47．According to the passage，the teacher isB．
A．quiet and honest                   B．kind and feiendly
C．patient and clever．               D．strict and careful
48．When the farmer saw the second coin，heA．
A．was very excited and grateful
B．was worried and looked up at the sky
C．was surprised and decided to find the owner
D．spoke of his difficulties and asked for more help
49．At the end of the story，the studentC．
A．was very proud of himself
B．was very pleased with his life
C．felt very sorry about his first idea
D．felt sad for not taking his teacher's advice
50．What can we learn from the passage？D
A．It is never too late to learn．
B．All good things come to an end．
C．Where there is a will，there is a way
D．True happiness comes from helping others．

3．Baroness Thatcher，Britain's former Prime Minister，died on April 8at the age of 87．Baroness Thatcher was born Margaret Hilda Roberts on 13October 1925．She spent her childhood in Grantham，where her father Alfred owned two shops．
It's reported a new kind of rose，grown by a company in Shropshire，has been named Grantham's Thatcher Rose．The pink rose has been shown in memory of Baroness Thatcher in her hometown．
Linda Neal，who attended Baroness Thatcher's funeral（葬禮）at St．Paul's Cathedral，said the rose would be finally replanted in the town's Wyndham Park．
She said she was"honored to represent people from Grantham and throughout South Kesteven as the nation said goodbye to the woman who was born and educated in our town before going on to become the country's first and only female Prime Minister"．
The funeral was shown on a big screen at Grantham Museum．
Helen Goral，chairman of the museum，said it gave people the chance to pay their respects．
"It's a day of quiet and serious thinking and a chance for people to say goodbye，"she said．
A series of activities began to raise money for a Thatcher statue and the museum．Ms Goral said it will include things relating to all of Grantham's history but Baroness Thatcher is a big part of that．
Baroness Thatcher spent the first 18years of her life in Grantham before studying chemistry at Oxford，where she became involved in political organizations．After graduating，she worked as a chemist and married businessman Dennis Thatcher in 1951．Two years later，she had twins，Mark and Carol．Her father was also a mayor of the town and her mother，Beatrice，was a dressmaker．
The former Prime Minister is honored outside her father's former shop，which attracts visitors from across the world．

63．What's the purpose of writing the passage？D
A．To introduce Grantham Museum．
B．To call on us to learn form Thatcher．
C．To talk about Thatcher's political life．
D．To inform us how people in Grantham honored Thatcher．
64．Which of the following statements is true about Thatcher？C
A．She gave birth to her twins in 1951．
B．She stayed in Grantham for the last 18years of her life．
C．She took part in political activities before graduating from Oxford．
D．Grantham's Thatcher Rose would be replanted in St．Paul's Cathedral．
65．Which activity in memory of Thatcher is NOT included？A
A．Building a museum in Grantham．
B．Raising money for a Thatcher statue．
C．Collecting things for Grantham's history．
D．Naming a kind of pink rose after Thatcher．
66．From the passage，we knowD．
A．Thatcher's twins are 58years old now
B．Thatcher was the first Prime Minister in Britain
C．Thatcher's funeral was held at Grantham Museum
D．Thatcher's father used to own two shops in Grantham．

2．Last Christmas，when I was in the fourth grade and my brother was in the first grade，our school held its yearly Holiday Shop．At the Holiday Shop students can buy things like necklaces，key chains，and other small items for their friends and family as Christmas gifts．Since my brother really wanted to take part，my mom gave him two dollars to buy his Christmas gifts．
My mom didn't know that he had picked out a special necklace for her．When he got home from the Holiday Shop that day，he couldn't wait to show it to me．He pulled out a little green box and opened it．Inside was a golden chain with golden letters that spelled out："Grandmother"．
"Wow!"I said．"It's beautiful．"Since my brother was in the first grade and was just learning to read，he didn't realize that the necklace said"Grandmother"instead of"Mother"．I knew that on Christmas morning，when he found out he had bought the wrong necklace，he would be unhappy，so I said nothing more about it．My brother ran and put the necklace under his bed to hide it from Mom until Christmas morning．
When he wasn't looking，I took the necklace and put it in my backpack．The next day I took it to school and asked the woman who ran the Holiday Shop if I could change it for the"Mother"necklace．She said yes．When I got home that day，I put the necklace under my brother's bed．
When my mom opened it up on Christmas morning，my brother was so  exalted!My mom's eyes were filled with joy．She knew what had happened，which made the necklace even more special to her!
My brother still does not know what I did，but I know I did the right thing．

56．The underlined word"exalted"in the last second paragraph is the closest in meaning to"C"．
A．surprised           B．disappointed
C．excited             D．worried
57．It can be inferred from the passage thatA．
A．the author helped his brother secretly
B．the author paid for the right necklace
C．the author's grandmother also received a gift
D．the author's mother didn't know what he had done
58．Which can be the best title for the passage？D
A．My Lovely Younger Brother
B．An Unforgettable Experience
C．Our School's Yearly Holiday Shop
D．A Special Christmas Gift for Mom．

1．Beatrix Potter was a great English writer and artist，best known for her children's books featuring animal characters such as in the children's classic--The Tale of Peter Rabbit．
Beatrix was born into a rich London-based family where she was tutored by very strict private teachers and so spent her youth isolated from other youngsters．During her youth she had a lot of pets and spent vacations in Scotland and also the Lake District．It was at the Lake District that she developed a love of wildlife．She studied the area's natural wonders carefully and painted them continuously．But her old-fashioned，Manchester-born parents discouraged her intellectual improvement，thinking it inappropriate for a young lady．However，her study and water color paintings of wild mushrooms made her widely respected within the field of biology．
 In her 30's，Beatrix Potter wrote the remarkably successful kid's book，The Tale of Pew Rabbit．Close to that time she became secretly engaged to her publisher Norman Warne．This caused a great disagreement with her parents，who did not approve of Beatrix getting married to somebody of lower social status．Sadly，Warne died before the marriage ceremony．
Ultimately Beatrix Potter began writing and also illustrating （繪圖） kid's books full-time．Using profits from her books，Beatrix grew to become economically independent of her parents and was eventually in a position to buy Hill Top Farm in the Lake District．She extended the property with additional purchases of neighboring land over time．In her 40's，Beatrix married William Heelis，a local lawyer．She ended up becoming a sheep breeder and farmer while continuing to publish as well as illustrate books for children．In all，she authored 23 publications．
Beatrix died on December 22，1943，and left the majority of her property to the National Trust．Her books carry on selling well globally，in many different languages．Her stories have been retold in numerous formats including a ballet，movies，and cartoons．
    Such is her reputation，and that of the characters from her publications，that many Beatrix Potter statues have been created．These tiny Beatrix Potter statues which include pretty much all the actual characters in her publications have become highly valued by art collects and fans of her literature throughout the world．
61．What can we learn about Beatrix Potter's early life？C
A．She learned drawing skills from her tutors．
B．She was very sociable and outgoing．
C．She was greatly inspired by the beauty of nature．
D．She was encouraged to think creatively and independently．
62．Why did Beatrix Potter secretly engage to her publisher Norman Warne？D
A．Because it was fashionable in that time．
B．Because marrying the publisher was good for her career of being a successful writer．
C．Because she was sure that her parents would not agree．
D．Because she felt ashamed of marrying a man of a lower social status．
63．Based on the passage，which part of the UK might Beatrix Potter live the longest？C
A．Manchester
B．Scotland．
C．The Lake District       
D．London．
64．In which of the following areas did Beatrix Potter show an interest during her life？A
A．Writing，biology，farming
B．Drawing，nature，ballet．
C．Movies，farming，drawing
D．Writing，cartoons，travel．
65．From the passage，which words can best describe Beatrix Potter's parents？B
A．stubborn and strict              
B．conservative and traditional
C．elegant but contemptuous         
D．caring and wise．

20．One day I was walking home along the street with my iPod on，when suddenly my headphones（耳機(jī)） were knocked off my head and a man threw his arm around my neck，saying"Just be quiet．"I was being attacked，and this man's arm was gripping （緊夾） onto me!I started screaming and tried to pull him off me，but failed．He was forcing me to walk towards the back of an auto repair shop and he just kept saying："Be quiet．"
My mind froze with fear．Then I heard my great-grandmother's voice in my head．She was saying："Come on now，I know you are stronger than that!"She was the rock in our family until she died four years ago．
I have never had any self-defense（自衛(wèi)） training，but I went for it-I let out a loud scream as I kicked my leg back into his shin（脛骨）!He let go of me and I ran off．When I looked back to see if he was running after me，I saw he was running in the opposite direction．Then I ran like crazy to a nearby drugstore．
I asked the girl at the counter for O1 phone and called my mom．She picked me up five minutes later and I explained what happened through sobs．"I am calling the police!"She exclaimed．When we got home，two officers were waiting for us and I told them what had happened．
After my experience，I was afraid to do anything．Things slowly got better，but I still don't like anyone going near my neck．
The fear isn't totally gone-after all，the guy is still out there somewhere．But I had a new understanding of my own strength．I never expected to be able to fight off an attacker．I am stronger than I realized．
61．How did the author get rid of the man？D
A．Her great-grandmother came and helped．
B．She used all her strength to pull him off her．
C．Her loud scream scared the attacker and people came to help．
D．Her great-grandmother's words gave her the strength to defend herself．
62．After the author escaped from the man，B．
A．she called the police               
B．she called her mother
C．she screamed to get more attention 
D．she looked back to remember his appearance
63．What does the underlined word"sobs"in Paragraph 4 probably mean？C
A．Smiles．B．Quarrels．C．Cries．D．Complaints．
64．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？B
A．The accident left no influence on the author now．
B．The attack made the author more confident in a way．
C．The author Suddenly remembered some self-defense moves．
D．The author was so frightened that she did nothing to fight back．
65．What might be the author's purpose of writing this passage？D
A．To show the importance of self-defense training．
B．To warn teenagers of possible dangers on the way to school．
C．To show how brave she was while she was being attacked at that time．
D．To share her experience and tell us that we are perhaps not as weak as we thought we were．

19．Jack Andraka from Maryland won the grand prize at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair．It is the largest high school science competition in the world．The Maryland teenager is the youngest winner of the $ 75，000 prize．He was chosen from among 1，500 students in 70 countries．
Jack Andraka invented a test for pancreatic cancer（胰腺癌）．He started to learn it after losing a close family friend to the disease．"I went on the Internet and I found that 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are found late，when someone has less than a 2% chance of survival，"he says，"and I was thinking，'That's not right．We should be able to do something．'"He found that early discovery is important to increasing the chances of surviving the disease．
The Maryland teenager asked to work in a laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and was allowed．There he developed a simple paper test，which can recognize the disease in a single drop of blood．His test has proven correct 90% of the time．It also is 100 times more sensitive than other tests．"It costs 3 cents per test，and then it takes only 5 minutes to run，"he said．
Jack's success wouldn't have been possible without Anirban Maitra，a professor at Johns Hopkins．He was the only person among the 200 researchers Jack wrote to who showed interest in his project．"I was very surprised that this was a 15-year-old boy who was writing this．I wanted to meet this clever young man and see what he wanted to talk about and so I called him over for an interview．"
Jack worked in Professor Maitra's laboratory，completing his project in 7 months．The government has given the Maryland teenager patent rights to the pancreatic caner test．He is now talking with companies about developing the test into a simple product．
Whatever happens，the professor believes Jack Andraka's name is one we will be hearing again over the next 10 to 20 years．
71．What made Jack Andraka research pancreatic cancer？C
A．A high school task．
B．Doubts about the present test．
C．Losing a friend．
D．A professor's encouragement．
72．Jack Andraka's research on pancreatic cancerA．
A．proved to be very successful        
B．was 100 times cheaper than other tests
C．got support from companies easily   
D．was finished at the high school of Maryland
73．We can infer from the passage that Jack AndrakaD．
A．got support from others easily      
B．was highly thought of by companies
C．was the only one who won a prize    
D．left a deep impression on Professor Maitra
74．The underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggests Jack Andraka willB．
A．become rich                     
B．make contributions continually
C．get a good job                 
D．make products to treat cancer
75．What's the best title for the passage？A
A．Teenage cancer researcher．
B．Jack Andraka's fights against cancer．
C．Research on pancreatic cancer．
D．Intel International Science and Engineering Fair．

18．The butterfly，which is competitive swimming's newest stroke（劃水），was developed in the mid-1930s，but it wasn't allowed in the Olympics until 1956．The story of the butterfly is a good illustration of how coaches and swimmers are constantly searching for ways to improve stroke efficiency．
    During the 1920s，the Japanese Olympic coaches used underwater photography to research stroke mechanics，and their efforts paid off when Japanese competitors won five of the six men's swimming gold medals at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles．
    It was a wake-up call to the rest of the swimming world，and one of the top US coaches-David Armbruster at the University of Iowa-began doing his own filming．
    Armbruster was seeking to make the breaststroke faster．He knew that the action of bringing their arms forward underwater slowed breaststrokes down，so he came up with a method of bringing the arms forward over the water．The improved stroke brought great improvements in speed．
    The following year，Jack Sieg，an Iowa swimmer，developed a technique involving swimming on his side and beating his legs at the same time similar to a fish tail．As Armbruster later explained in the book The History and Background of the Olympic Games："Sieg tried the same action while swimming face down．He synchronized（使…同步） his leg action with the butterfly arm action using two leg beats to each arm pull．"But the kick was ruled illegal because the legs moved in a vertical （垂直的） way．
    Within a few years，nearly every breaststroker was using this overarm butterfly action without the kick．The pure butterfly wasn't legalized for some two decades，but at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne"the butterfly"became an official event．
56．The Japanese coaches use underwater photography in order toC．
A．wake up the swimming world              
B．know how to be a mechanic．
C．improve stroke efficiency．
D．be paid more money
57．According to the passage，which of the following statements is NOT true？D
A．The butterfly was added to the Olympics in 1956．
B．David Armbruster used filming to study stroke mechanics．
C．Sieg came up with the idea of beating legs like a fish tail．
D．The Japanese coaches improved butterfly stroke．
58．Before the pure butterfly was officially recognized，Byears or so had passed．
A.15               B.20               C.30          D.35
59．The best title of the article isA．
A．How did"the butterfly"come into being？
B．When did"the butterfly"become an official event？
C．How did the Japanese wake up the swimming world？
D．Why did the coaches and swimmers improve stroke efficiency？