He wanted to read more, so he asked his friend if there was _____ to read.

A. something easy enough B. something enough easy

C. enough easy something D. easy enough something

I can't understand it, will you please _____ once more?

A. explain that word B. repeat that word

C. explain us that word D. explain that word for us

It’s a Christmas tradition that’s more than half a century old. And it happened completely by accident.

It started in 1955, when a local Sears store in Colorado Springs, Colorado printed an ad, which included a spedial phone mumber kids could call to know where Santa’s sleigh was at any given moment. Unfortunately, someone made a mistake in printing the phone mumber and kids were calling the wrong line.

A Colonel(上校) named Henry Shoup began answering his phong at what would become NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defence Command. At first, he thought it was a simple error of one caller.

But as the phone ketp ringing and tiny voices kept asking about Santa, Shoup realized he couldn’t disappoint them. So he told the staff to issue updates to any one asking about the location of Santa.

The wrong turned into a custom of the holiday and kept growing in popularity, and NORAD finally decided to make it permanent.

It’s become a holiday favourite ever since, adapting to whatever new technology has come along since. In the early days, it was a phone line. Then in the 60s, NORAD put out a special series of “reports” that was played on hundreds of radio stations across North America, broadcasting the Jolly Old Elf’s exact position on Christmas Eve.

Think of it as kind of an early GPS without the computer gear.

Finally ,came the Internet and NORAD has now transferred its annual watch onto the Web, with a site devoted to keeping tabs on the most famous journey in the world—what you might call the real amazing race, an around-the-world mission that has to be finished within 24hours.

This year’s entry allows kids to track Santa in 3Dusing Google Earth and play games at the North Pole using the Kids Countdown Section, and it even offers Santa Cams which are only operational on the night before Christmas.

36.Why did children keep calling Henry Shoup?

A.Because they wanted to play a joke on him.

B. Because they wanted to amuse him.

C.Because he knew where Santa exactly was.

D.Because they wanted to know where Santa’s sleigh was.

37.What did Colonel Henry Shoup do when more and more children kept calling?

A.He became annoyed and decided to tell them the truth.

B.He became excited and jioned them in searching Santa.

C.He thought quickly and took it seriously to satisfy their needs.

D.He laughed at them and took no notice of their calls.

38.What does “Jolly Old Elf” in Paragraph 6 most probably refer to?

A.Santa Claus.

B.Colonel Henry Shoup.

C.NOARD.

D.The staff in Henry Shoup’s charge.

39.According to the passage, how did people learn about the Jolly Old Elf’s exact position in the 1960s?

A.By calling a special phone mumber.

B.By listening to a special series of reports over the radio.

C.With the help of a kind of early GPS.

D.By scanning the spedial column in the newspaper.

40.The passage mainly tells us       .

A.an old favorite holiday that develops along with new technology

B.50-year-old tracking Santa tradition that started by accident

C.a real amazing race, an around-the-world mission within 24 hours

D.a Colonel and the North American Aerospace Defence Command

On September 22, 1986, Jay Brunkella, a police officer in the Rogers Park district in Chicago, was shot during a drug arrest and died. Shortly afterwards, fellow officer Ken Knapcik, a 20-year veteran（老警官）of the force, returned home after work to find a note from his 15 year old daughter on the dining table.

Dad—This poem came directly from my heart. I love you so much! It scares and amazes me that you go out every day and risk everything to provide us with all that we have. I wrote this to express how much I love you and how much lost I’d be without you ---Laura. PS: Hey, let’s be careful out there.

Titled The Ultimate Cop, Laura’s poem was dedicated “To all the cops in the world who have daughters who love them with all their hearts. And especially to my dad”. It was about a police officer’s daughter who sees on the night time news that her father has been shot. Part of poem: “Daddy, my Daddy, can you hear me cry? Oh, God, I need my Daddy, please don’t let him die.”

Ken Knapcik stood alone as he read the poem. “It took me several minutes,” he said. “I’d get through part of it and have to stop before I could go on. I was weeping. She had never told me she was scared.” He took the poem to work the next day and showed it to his fellow officers. I’ve never seen so many grown men cry. Some couldn’t finish it.”

Knapcik keeps Laura’s poem in the pocket of his police jacket. He takes it with him every time he leaves the house for a new shift. “I don’t want to be out there without it,” he said. “I’ll probably carry it with me forever.”

51. Laura wrote the poem ____________.

   A. in memory of her father who was shot in the drug arrest

   B. to show her great sorrow in losing her father

   C. to show her respect to all the cops who lost their lives

   D. to tell Officer Ken Knapcik how much she loved him

52. All the officers cried because ____________.

   A. Jay Brunkella was shot and died

   B. they were greatly touched by the poem

   C. the poem was so sad that they couldn’t hold back their tears

   D. they thought of their dangerous life

53. Knapcik keeps Laura’s poem in his pocket ______________.

   A. to treasure her daughter’s love and to value his own life

   B. to keep it from getting lost

   C. because he can’t go out without it

   D. to mourn over the death of Officer Jay Brunkella

54. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

   A. Poem for a cop                         B. An officer’s death

   C. A cop’s daughter                       D. Love my job, love my daughter

Waiter: Here is the steak you ordered. Please _________and enjoy yourself.     

Customer: Thank you.

A. take it easy         B. take your time          C. take your food      D. go right ahead

But for the help of my English teacher, I _____ the first prize in the English Writing Competition.

A. would not win   B. would not have won    C. would win    D. would have won

28. ----Are you content with what Jim has done?

----Not in the least. It couldn’t be ____.

A.so bad 　      B. much better              C. any worse 　        D. the best

 Some people said _____ that Copenhagen Conference 2009 didn’t reach any official agreement.

 A. what was a pity                   B. what a pity it was

C. how pity was it                   D. it was what a pity

301. In the middle of last century planes began to be used to transport both passengers and goods. The underlined words means ____.

A. carry                 B. put up                C. take up               D. Bring

281. The shop______ its summer stock to be ready for the new winter goods.

A. sold out                B. sold down            C. sold off               D. sold short