Accustomed to ______the steep mountains, he had no difficulty reaching the top.

A．climbing          B．climb       C．having climbed           D．have climbed

We all think these factors must be _____into consideration if we want to do the work well.

A．taken          B．made           C．turned          D．fixed

It was a mountain bike _____he received for his 15th birthday _____changed him .

A．that; which       B．that; that       C．which; who          D．whom ; that

—Excuse me, Sir! Could you tell me the way to Tianfu Square?

—Sorry, but I’m a stranger here as well.

—______________.

A．Thanks, anyway                                 B．It doesn’t matter

C．Never mind                                         D．No problem

Nicolas Sarkozy, 52, is the first French president born after World War II and he is also a man who never 1   his ambition to be president.

But  2 was not easy for the young Sarkozy. When he was still a kid, his father abandoned the  3  , leaving the three children   4  their mother. He had to support his family with his mother.   5  he is only 165cm tall, other children often made fun of his   6  . The hard times made him  7  a strong man he is today.

In 1983 , 28-year-old Sarkozy unexpectedly  8  a senior politician to become the country’s youngest mayor of Paris. He  9  the national attention in 1993 after   10  freeing some children from a crazy man with a bomb. Later in 2002, he was named as the country’s interior minister and finance minister （財政部長）in 2004.

But he was never satisfied with staying11   he was. “I don’t just want to be president. I  12  be president, ” he once told a journalist. During his presidential campaign, Sarkozy won 13  with his promise to rebuild French pride  14  many plans to improve the French economy. He’s a man of   15  . His government has already  16  _a series of changes, such as 17  taxes. When visiting the US, he 18   America the greatest nation in the world and promised solidarity（團(tuán)結(jié)） between the two  19  ,which was the 20   change from France’s50-year-old tradition to operate in counterpoise（平衡）to America.

1．A．expressed            B．explained            C．hid                   D．had

2．A．life                 B．work             C．education         D．career

3．A．hometown          B．family            C．society           D．dream

4．A．close to              B．dishonest to        C．cruel to            D．dependent on

5．A．As                B．If                C．Once             D．Though

6．A．a(chǎn)ppearance         B．spirit               C．weight           D．height

7．A．for                B．a(chǎn)bout             C．into             D．of

8．A．helped               B．beat              C．got               D．hurt

9．A．drew              B．paid                C．reached          D．gave

10．A．hopefully        B．meaningfully      C．terribly          D．successfully

11．A．what            B．when            C．how             D．where

12．A．must            B．may           C．would             D．used to

13．A．balance          B．a(chǎn)chievement      C．popularity         D．prize

14．A．so              B．or               C．a(chǎn)nd              D．but

15．A．a(chǎn)ction            B．a(chǎn)ttraction         C．relaxation         D．tradition

16．A．a(chǎn)nalyzed            B．carried out       C．faced            D．mentioned

17．A．turning down     B．opening up        C．keeping up        D．cutting down

18．A．named             B．elected           C．predicted        D．called

19．A．leaders           B．a(chǎn)ctors           C．politicians         D．nations

20．A．major            B．easy              C．slow              D．careful

When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you often see a lot of people walking dogs .

It is still true that a dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world , but the reason why people keep a dog has changed. In the old days people used to train their dogs to protect themselves against attacks by other beasts. And later they came to realize that a dog was not only for protection but willing to obey his master. For example, when people used dogs for hunting, the dogs would not eat what was caught without permission.

But people in the city need not protect themselves against attacks of animals. Why do they keep dogs ? Some people keep dogs to protect themselves from robbery.  But the most important reason is for companionship. For a child, a dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with. For young couples, a dog is their child when they have no children. For old couples, a dog is also their child when their real children have grown up. So the main reason why people keep dogs has changed from protection to friendship.

1．According to the passage, in the old days people trained dogs ______.

     A．for protection against robbery           B．just for fun

     C．for protection against other animals     D．for companionship

2．The word “companionship” may mean _____.

       A．worship                                            B．treasure

       C．friendly relationship                            D．partnership

3．The dogs were used for hunting because ________.

     A．they were good hunters                      B．they obeyed their masters

     C．they were useful for protection          D．they didn’t eat other animals

4．We can know from the passage that ____________.

     A．dogs can be helpful to those who need friends.

       B．city people always feel lonely.

     C．the city can be a very dangerous place

       D．dogs can be very interesting

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end , to the reader’s surprise.

1．In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

      a．Lived in New York                              b．Worked in a bank 

       c．Traveled to Texas                                 d．Was put in prison 

       e．Had a newspaper job                           f．Learned to write stories

       A．e.c.f.b.d.a          B．c.e.b.d.f.a          C．e.b.d.c.a.f.       D．c.b.e.d.a.f.

2．people enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because_____

      A．they had surprising endings              B．they were easy to understand

      C．they showed his live for the poor         D．they were about New York City

3．What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing ?

      A．He was well-educated                          B．He was not serious about his work

      C．He was devoted to the poor                D．He was very good at learning

4．Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

      A．His life inside the prison                     B．The newspaper articles he wrote.

      C．The city and people of New York       D．His exciting early life as a boy

Reina wrote in her blog（博客）:“A few months ago I took my cat to the vet（獸醫(yī)）because she was old and very sick. The vet injected her in the stomach and said she would die. She tried to stand but she couldn’t .It took at least twenty minutes for her to die. I sat in the room with her and the vet came in a couple of times and finally he said she was gone. I will never forget how she died . Was she frightened? What was wrong with the old way?”

Dear Reina,

My beloved cat Bugle was very sick with kidney（腎）failure and I took him to the vet. I stayed with him for 10 minutes, holding him in my arms and loving him as we always did , and he looked at me, as if to say, “It’s OK...I’m ready.” After that, the vet came in and injected him with the shot that would put him into a quiet sleep. All the while I held him and told him I loved him ,then the vet said his heart stopped beating. They placed him in a little box and I took him home and buried him in the yard where he always ran and played, right under his favorite bush. I still cry myself to sleep., even though I am a grown man of 65 years of age! That cat meant everything to me. I have a little stone on his grave and it says , “Bugle, my beloved cat. You were so smart, and so loving. I shall miss you every day for the rest of my life!”

I am sorry for your loss and I know how you must feel. I hope this comforts you some.

                                                    Love, COL Bright

1．Why did Reina go to the vet?

      A．To get some advice on pet care          B．T give her cat some medical care

      C．To have her cat’s stomach examined.    D．To have her cat’s life ended in comfort.

2．It seemed that Bright treated his pet cat as _____

      A．a(chǎn) close neighbour                               B．a(chǎn) good helper

       C．a(chǎn) part of his family                             D．a(chǎn) new friend

3．According to the passage, we can learn that Reina and Bright ____

      A．both suffered pet loss                         B．both had an old sick pet cat

      C．a(chǎn)re close friends                           D．have similar life experience

4．Bright replied to Reina in order to _______

      A．comfort her                                       B．share his story with her 

       C．encourage her                                  D．tell her to forget her past

Everyone likes to feel that he or she is special.

Unfortunately, many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish that we had nicer clothes or more money. Like the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, or the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz（綠野仙蹤）, we believe we’re not good enough just as we are. In the movie , the Scarecrow wishes that he had a brain. The Tin Man wishes she had a heart, and the Lion wants courage. In the end, each of them realizes that he already has what he needs.

Most parents want us to be the best we can be. They sometimes try to encourage us to do better by comparing us to others. They mean well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else, but we are often disappointed. There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something There are plenty of people around who may not be as smart as we are but who are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is impossible for us to be better than everyone else all the time.

Like the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, we all want what we believe will make us better people. What we don’t realize is that often we already have inside us the very things that we seek. Parents sometimes forget to tell us that we are special , and that we are good enough just as we are. Maybe no one told them that when they were growing up, or maybe they just forgot. Either way, it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are….is enough.

1．This passage is most likely written by a ______.

     A．teenager             B．parent                C．teacher              D．coach  

2．According to the author, it seems improper for parents to _______.

      A．compare their children with others now and then 

       B．give no pressure to their children

      C．remind their children frequently they are special

      D．praise their children too much

3．By discussing the characters in The Wizard of Oz, the author mainly wants to show____.

      A．we are not good enough just as we are

       B．we already have inside us what we want 

      C．it is impossible for us to be better than others

       D．there is always someone who is better than us

4．What does the author of this passage believe?

      A．Not everyone can be special               B．Smart people are more special than others.

      C．The richer you are, the better you are    D．We are all good enough just the way we are.

I really like reading and writing short stories. My favourite collection of short stories is a book called The Story Giant by Brian Patten, in which a giant , alone in a crumbling （將倒塌的）castle, knows all the stories in the world except one. He gets four children from different parts of the world to tell him stories in the hope that he will find the last story so he can stay alive. Do you think he finds the last story?

I also like reading novels. One of my favourite novels is called Life of Pi. It is written by a Canadian called Yann Martel and is about an Indian boy who spends a long time at sea after a shipwreck（海難）alone with nobody but a tiger.

Not many people read plays these days but many people still enjoy watching them at the theatre or on television. As for me, I read scripts（劇本）much more often than I go to see live theatre. I like plays which are either about great people and great events or about something from everyday life which is funny.

Perhaps the least popular form of literature is poetry. This is because many poems are very difficult to understand and often seem to be written by very clever people to be read by very clever people too. In my native England though there is a poet called Roger McGough who writes very funny and interesting poems which anybody can understand. Most of them are about everyday events and ordinary people. I wish I could write poems like him

1．In writing this passage, the author probably intends to ________

       A．develop students’ interest in books      B．recommend some excellent books

      C．express his /her love for literature     D．stress the importance of reading

2．According to Paragraph 1, what will happen if the last story can’t be found?

     A The story giant will die                      B．The kids will be killed. 

     C．The castle will disappear.                 D．There will be a shipwreck

3．According to the author, which of the following have the smallest number of readers ?

     A．Short stories      B．Novels               C．Plays                 D．Poems 

4．From the passage , we can know that the author was born in ________.

      A．Canada          B．Britain             C．India              D．the US