B)完形填空  先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

One night a man came to my house. He told me, "There is a family with eight   31  .They haven't eaten anything for days." After I asked him where the family was, I took some  32  With me and left.

When I finally got to that family, I   33   those little children were so hungry that they could not say   34   .There was no sadness in their eyes, just the deep pain of hunger(饥饿). I gave the food to the mother, She took half of it, and then   35  .When she returned, I asked her, “   36   did you go?" she gave me this simple   37    ,"To my neighbors…they are also  38   !”

I was not surprised that she gave the food to others, because poor people are always  very kind. But l was surprised that she knew her   39   .were hungry when she was also in need of food. Usually, when we are in trouble or in danger, we always  40   ourselves first, and we have no time for others.

31. A. children    B. boys        C. girls      D. workers

32. A. flowers     B. water       C. food      D. juice

33. A. found      B. watched     C. showed    D. looked

34. A. something   B. nothing     C. it         D. a word

35. A. went out    B. came back   C. rushed in   D. hurried back

36. A. How       B. Where      C. Why       D. When

37. A. question    B. answer      C. smile       D. reason

38. A. ill         B. unhappy     C. hungry      D. tired

39. A. people     B. neighbors    C. family      D. children

40. A. think of    B. talk about    C. look for      D. laugh at

三、阅读理解(共10小题;  每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

41. What may "Love Castle" be?

A. An animal.        B. A zoo.      C. A restaurant.    D. A computer.

42. Which of the following is true according to the picture?

A. If you spend $1,000 , you can take an animal home.

B. If you pay $1,000, you can visit the zoo without paying money.

C. If you come to Love Castle, you can get a picture of an animal.

D. It's not a difficult thing to keep a zoo animal if you pay $1,000 a year.

B

John lived with his mother and father in a small town in the mountains.

One day there was an earthquake near the town. Many houses came down. Everyone thought that there would soon be another earthquake. They were worried that the second earthquake would be worse(更糟糕) than the first.

"We must send John to a safe place," John's mother said to her husband, "Many of our friends are sending their children to relatives in other towns."

"We'll send him to my brother, Peter," John's father said. "He lives a long way away. John will be safe with him." He telephoned John's Uncle, Peter and asked him if he would let John live with him.

"He's a good boy," he said, "He won't give you any trouble."

"AII right," John's Uncle, Peter said, "but I live a very quiet and peaceful life."

So John, who was five, went to live with his uncle. But two days later, his parents got a telephone from Peter. It said, "I'm returning the child. Please send an earthquake."

43. John lived with _______ in the mountain.

A. his uncle       B. his mother        C. his father     D. his parents

44. After the _______ earthquake, John left his family for another town.

A. first           B. second           C. third         D. fourth

45. Peter called John's parents to _______.

A. ask for another earthquake            B. return the child

C. give them some trouble               D. send John to him

46. Which of the following statements is RIGHT?

A. Two earthquakes happened in the town.

B. John was really a quiet boy.

C. Peter didn't like too much noise.

D. John's parents would send Peter an earthquake after the call.

C

My neighbor Mr Black is seventy years old. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life was better in the past than today, Now cities are full of cars. Some families even have two or more cars, so parking is becoming a big problem, The traffic in some cities is very bad. Some car drivers drive too fast, so there are more traffic accidents. Yesterday Mr Black's old friend died because a car hit him. He is very sad now.

Most families own computers now. Now more and more children use the Internet now. The number of children using the Internet is becoming bigger and bigger. Mr Black's grandson is a high school student. He often plays computer games on the Internet till midnight. He feels tired in the early hours of the morning and spends less time doing homework. His English teacher told Mr Black that his grandson failed another test. Mr Black got very angry with his grandson. Mr Black thinks that life was simple and happy, but now it has changed a lot.

47. What does the underlined word "complain" mean in Chinese?

A. 满足            B. 想象            C. 赞美         D. 抱怨

48. _______ died because of a car accident.

A. The English teacher                   B. Mr Black