Jason and Harry joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. They both worked very hard.
After several years, the boss made Harry sales manager but Jason   31  a salesman. One day Jason could not take it anymore. He handed in his resignation letter (辭職信) to the boss and complained that the boss did not   32  hard-working employees, but only raised those   33 tried to please him. He thought that it was really   34  .
In order to help Jason to realize the   35  between him and Harry, the boss asked Jason to do the   36  --- "Go and find out if there is anyone selling watermelons in the market." Charlie went, returned and only said, "Yes." The boss asked, "How much per kg?" Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to   37  , "$ 12 per kg."
The boss told Jason that he would ask Harry the  38  question. Harry went, returned and said, "Boss, only one person selling watermelons. $12 per kg, $ 100 for 10 kg. He has a total of 340 melons. On the table are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 15 kg,   39 from the South two days ago. They are fresh, red, and of good   40 ."
Jason was   41  and he realized the difference between himself and Harry. He decided not to leave but to learn from Harry.
My dear friends, you know, a more   42  person is more observant(觀察力敏銳的), thinks more and understands in   43  . For the same matter, he sees several years ahead,   44  you see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, so how could you   45 ?
Think: how far have you seen ahead in your life? How thoughtful are you?

從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇能填入空白處的最佳答案，并將其字母代號(hào)填入答題卷相應(yīng)空格內(nèi)。

Many Chinese middle school students dream of becoming great 61　 . How wonderful it is to be a hero , liked by a lot of people ,　 62　 Yang Liwei and Jackie Chen!

However , this is the reason　 63　 they feel bad: they think they are not brave enough to do the things they like or to　 64　 their teacher’s questions because they’re afraid that people will laugh at them.

It’s very natural for young people　 65　 , especially in China. When I was a　 66 I was also terribly shy. When I was among strangers, I could　 67　 breath! But after making some efforts I became as brave as my friends. I started to　 68　 for the school magazine and joined a sports team. Writing helped me grow and become mature (成熟的), and the friends I 69 on the sports team became my best friends. We played basketball, watched movies, and went swimming on hot summer days. A few years　 70　 when I went to college in New York City, I felt self-confident, like a hero!

61．A．a(chǎn)ctors　　　　 B．a(chǎn)stronauts　　　　　 C．heroes　　　　　 D．players

62．A．just who　　　 B．for example　　　　 C．a(chǎn)s if　　　　　　 D．such as

63．A．when　　　　　 B．why　　　　　　　 C．how　　　　　　 D．whether

64．A．give　　　　 B．make　　　　　　　 C．remember　　　　 D．a(chǎn)nswer

65．A．to be shy　　　 B．be shy　　　　　　 C．be to shy　　　　 D．shy to be

66．A．people　　　　 B．teenager　　　　　 C．teacher　　　　　 D．hero

67．A．never　　　　　 B．none　　　　　　　 C．hardly　　　 　　D．hard

68．A．wait　　　　　 B．sell　　　　　　　 C．read　　　　　　 D．write

69．A．made　　　　　 B．met　　　　　　　 C．knew　　　　　　 D．thought

70．A．a(chǎn)fter　　　　　 B．late　　　　　　　 C．before　　　　　 D．later

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從各題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇一個(gè)最佳答案。

Last Friday our class had a barbecue（燒烤）in the Forest Bay（海灣）．At 7：00 in the morning，we   1   at the school gate．One and a half hours later our school bus   2   us to the Forest Bay．Our wonderful day began．When we arrived there，we started playing different ball games on the beach．At 11：00，we began to prepare   3  ．We had many things to do．First，  __4   of us walked around the hill near the bay to pick branches（樹枝）for fire，and then we began cooking the food on the barbecue by   5  ．For most students，it is the first time to cook with wood，  6   we got very excited．We cooked meat，potatoes and other foods on the fire  __7  ．They smelled good．I was sure our food tasted   8    than food in any other restaurant．After lunch，we put out the fire and cleaned the beach．At 3：00，we   9   into several groups and swam in the beach．It is quite different   10    indoor swimming．We left the Forest Bay at 5：00 and went back to school on the school bus．

1．A．collected                B．met                        C．came                     D．went

2．A．takes                      B．took                    C．brings                    D．carry

3．A．lunch                      B．breakfast                C．supper                   D．dessert

4．A．either                      B．neither                   C．both                             D．a(chǎn)ll

5．A．yourself                 B．yourselves               C．ourselves                      D．myself

6．A．then                     B．but                      C．so                         D．or

7．A．happy                 B．happily                    C．happiness               D．happier

8．A．good                       B．well                     C．better                     D．best

9．A．were divided          B．a(chǎn)re divided              C．divide                    D．will divide

10．A．of                       B．in                        C．into                       D．from

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American people have the habit of saying “Thank you”when something kind is done for them or something polite is said to them, no matter how easy the thing is. This habit is learned by people of many   1  countries.

You should say “Thank you”when someone   2  you the salt on the table, when someone steps aside to let you   3  in a corridor （走廊）, when someone   4  ahead of you keeps  the door open   5  you, when someone says your work is well   6  or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful.

“Thank you”is   7  not only between strangers or new friends, but also between old friends, parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives. Parents often tell  8  children that they should say “Thank you”in answer to a kind word or act when they are only four   9  five years old. Perhaps that’s  10  almost everyone has got this habit.

The bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is most surprising is that it was not ___1__ earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo Da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced___2___ long after he died.
　　A person riding a bicycle uses ___3___ energy to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so, in developed ____4___, most people don’t travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel___5____ if they ride to work. It’s because __6___ cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes ___7___ to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work ___8___ their cars , and in this way, the situation is made more serious.___9___ the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create paths (開設(shè)通道) only for bicycles, and to make ___10___ so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bicycles.