C

The morning was cold and clear. A yellow bus came around the corner and stopped near a wood (树林). A coach asked the students to get off the bus. Girls began to gather by the starting line. One of them is a young, little girl. She had prepared for this running race for the whole summer. She looked around at the other girls, noticing how she was different.

There was a break in the silence, and everyone started to run. After about twenty five minutes, every runner finished the race except the girl. She was still running for the next forty minutes. As she came near the finishing line, she saw her parents, classmates and the coach. They shouted her name and told her not to stop until the end. The sweat (汗水) was flowing down her face. She kept on running until she crossed the line.

I was that girl, and that was the first time I had finished a cross-country race (越野赛跑). Finishing this race made me realize that I could do anything with my own strength (力量). After that, I took more hard work to practice running. I was not a natural-born runner, but I want to become one. I continued to struggle (努力) with every run. Now I run much faster than before and become more and more confident. I am so thankful for running because it has helped make me who I am today.

(   )36. The cross-country race took place 　　　　.

A. in a school B. near a wood

C. in a big city D. on the playground

(   )37. The writer finished her first cross-country race in about 　　　　 minutes.

A. 20  B. 25

C. 40  D. 65

(   )38. From the sentence “I was not a natural-born runner”, we learn that the writer 　　　　.

A. wasn’t good at running

B. didn’t like running

C. ran faster than anyone

D. couldn’t run when she was born

(   )39. What can we infer from the passage?

A. All good runners are natural-born.

B. The writer didn’t use to be so confident.

C. A good coach is the most important for a runner.

D. The writer is a very good runner now.

(   )40. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. We should practice running if we want to be more confident.

B. We should do things that we are good at.

C. We should keep on doing what we want to, no matter whether we are good at it or not.

D. We could become the best if we keep on practicing.

D

If you had only 45 minutes to stay with your family a day, what would you do? Watching TV or eating?

According to the latest survey about family life in Britain, many people probably do both at the same time. The results of the survey of 3,000 children and parents signal (暗示) a worrying problem: The family unit is becoming worse.

Some experts (专家) say that the problem is caused by a “family-unfriendly culture”. The results show that most families get together for only 45 minutes a day. And most of the time is spent either in front of the TV or eating.

Sally Brown, a 15-year-old girl, said, “There are two girls in my family, my sister and I. Our parents never play with us and they don’t think they should do this. When we go outside and play with other children, our mother usually does housework or cooks. When our father gets back home, we have dinner together and then we go out to play again after having helped wash the dishes. Our parents don’t always help us do anything we can — sometimes they even encourage us to do something difficult on our own. They think this is a much better way to educate children. In fact, we hope our parents can read to us before we go to bed. We hope to spend more time with them.”

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

41. What do most British families do when they get together according to the latest survey?

42. What causes the worse situation of the family unit according to some experts?

43. What does the mother usually do when the two girls play with other children outside?

44. What do Sally’s parents think is a much better way to educate children?

45. What do the two girls hope?

四、词语运用(10小题，每小题1分，共10分)

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

decide,   different,   though,   from,   bad,   seldom,

none,   buy,   night,   silent,   play,   friendly

Toby Johnson used to play video games a lot. When Toby was 14, his parents    46    him a laptop computer as his school required. Every day after school, Toby went to his room and did his homework until bedtime.    47    Toby “studied” so hard, his grades became lower.

Toby’s mother knew there must be something wrong. Soon she found that his son was    48    online video games for up to 16 hours a day. He played at school, after school and sometimes all    49   . xKb1.Com

Toby hid his video game    50    his parents and teachers by keeping a Microsoft Word file on his screen. “When we walked into the room, he would click (点击) on that, so it always looked like he was doing his homework,” said his mom.

Toby’s parents decided to do something to take Toby back to reality. They tried different ways, but    51    of them worked. At last, they sent Toby to join a program. The program had no access (接近……的机会) to the outside world and life there was very hard. The    52    to send him there was heart-wrenching (令人心痛的), Toby’s mom said, but she felt if she didn’t do it, he would only get    53   .

Three months later, Toby came back. His parents couldn’t believe the    54   . Toby used to be cold towards everyone and get bored with everything except video games. But he has been active and    55    since he came back from the program. Most importantly, he wasn’t addicted (沉溺于) to video games any more.

46. 　　　　　      47. 　　　　　      48.

49. 　　　　　      50. 　　　　　      51.

52. 　　　　　      53. 　　　　　      54.

55.