Professional sports are very popular in the United States and they are big business. The most popular sports are basketball, football and baseball. ___1___ has its own season. And ___2___ supporters. Professional teams are named for the cities ___3___ they are located. When a team plays in a championship game, most people in the city ___4___ the game with interest and enthusiasm. Basketball is ___5___ around the world. Professional basketball games in the US ___6___ indoors during winter months. From November to April ___7___ can find a professional basketball game several nights a week in most large ___8___ cities. Basketball is an American sport. It ___9___ the national pastime.
The game is played in the evening ___10___ every night of the week and ___11___ weekends as well. The season begins in April and ___12___ in the October. Football ___13___ most popular professional sport in the US. It is played on Sundays ___14___ the fall from August to January. American football is different ___15___ international football, ___16___ Americans called soccer. Both games require ___17___ and specialized skills. Professional players are very ___18___.The most famous players ___19___ millions of dollars for their playing skill. American best players have higher ___20___ than the country’s president.
1. A. Every B. Both C. Each D. All
2. A. million B. millions C. million of D. millions of
3. A. when B. where C. who D. whose
4. A. follow B. walk C. run D. jump
5. A. well-known B. well C. known D. fame
6. A. played B. is played C. plays D. are played
7. A. somebody B. one C. anyone D. everybody
8. A. America B. England C. American D. English
9. A. was called B. has been called C. is called D. be called
10. A. nearly B. close C. closely D. near
11. A. at B. in C. on D. during
12. A. finish B. finishing C. finished D. finishes
13. A. became B. is become C. is becoming D. has become
14. A. during B. while C. on D. at
15. A. of B. from C. with D. about
16. A. when B. that C. where D. which
17. A. strong B. strength C. strengthen D. stronger
18. A. well pay B. good pay C. well paid D. good paid
19. A. make B. had C. got D. received
20. A. money B. salaries C. pay D. wage
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
One Saturday afternoon, a six-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods __36__ she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and __37__ what to do, she began crying. After a while. she__38__ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. __39__ it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and __40__ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the __41__. Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a __42__.
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy __43__ that his mistress was in danger. He jumped __44__ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a __45__ scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He __46__ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking __47__ into the air, the dog __48__ through the woods until he found the __49__ . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his __50__ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He __51__ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was __52__.When she opened her eyes and 53 her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you 54 me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of55 . That night Laddy had a hero’s supper: a huge meal of steak
A．since B． while C．before D．as
A．wondering B．forgetting C．remembering D．regretting
A．preferred B． expected C．failed D．decided
A．Because B．When C．If D．Until
A．hopelessly B．carelessly C．cautiously D．unwillingly
A．stream B．rock C．tree D．house
A．heard B．found C．sensed D．smelt
A．at B．in C．onto D．through
A．familiar B．strange C．terrible D．pleasant
A．missed B．discovered C．followed D．ignored
A．calmly B．merrily C． gently D．loudly
A．wandered B．looked C．searched D．travelled
A．girl B．house C． window D．hero
A．satisfaction B．disappointment C．embarrassment D．delight
A．jumped B．climbed C．walked D．flew
A．awake B．asleep C． abandoned D．available
A．saw B．spotted C．observed D．watched
A．disturbed B．comforted C．rescued D．scared
A．pain B．shock C． sorrow D．relief
Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find 37 work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us 38 every couple of years.
Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the 39 when I was 40 to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks.
When I 41 in the US and started 8th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n) 42 language I couldn’t understand. I 43 that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always 44 my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read 45
46 after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things. 47 just made my life worse. If I was going to 48 in this new concrete jungle, I had to 49 . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own 50 school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers 51 my improvement and moved me into a more 52 English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without 53 frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again 54 .I didn’t hear foreign talk. I 55 understand people.
A．find B．join C．see D．help
A．good-looking B．well-dressed C．better-paying D．highly-thought
A．once B．other C．each D．only
A．case B．condition C．situation D．state
A．packing B．trying C．managing D．arranging
A．reached B．entered C．got D．arrived
A．strange B．unusual C．standard D．foreign
A．hoped B．wished C．expected D．demanded
A．staring B．looking C．checking D．watching
A．texts B．newspapers C．English D．poems
A．Although B．Even if C．But D．Since
A．It B．They C．I D．Things
A．live B．study C．survive D．continue
A．adapt B．adopt C．adore D．admire
A．for B．in C．after D．at
A．made B．noticed C．concerned D．remember
A．modern B．advanced C．difficult D．convenient
A．even B．ever C．some D．any
A．if B．though C．ever D．because
A．could B．should C．would D．might
On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to 36 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she37a big bald（秃顶的）man running through the parking lot. Before she came to 38 what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window. “Get out!”
Neilson 39 .
Pulling open her door, the man seized her 40 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, 41 her purse and the keys.
Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a 42 , heard the screams and began running.
When they 43 Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s seat and was 44 searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker 45 back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no 46 for the two athletic men.
Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to 47 the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes —— used to tie up newspapers.
With his arms 48 tightly behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 49 , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves – you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They50 him and waited for the police.
Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the 51 carjacker（劫车者） and suspected murderer, whose 52 —but with a full head of hair – had been recently printed in their own newspaper.
Neilson considers herself lucky 53 she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a 54 ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she says, “many people would 55 have done what they did, and that is the real truth.”
A．bring B．gather C．let D．send
A．recognized B．noticed C．watched D．met
A．imagine B．understand C．realize D．conclude
A．refused B．struggled C．escaped D．obeyed
A．by B．around C．with D．on
A．burying B．forgetting C．grabbing D．offering
A．trip B．visit C．holiday D．break
A．started B．reached C．entered D．stopped
A．carefully B．patiently C．disappointedly D．madly
A．fought B．turned C．jumped D．shouted
A．target B．match C．equal D．companion
A．phone B．remind C．invite D．beg
A．rolled B．folded C．tied D．bent
A．angrily B．kindly C．warmly D．coldly
A．ordinary B．outstanding C．honest D．professional
A．character B．background C．picture D．story
A．though B．but C．and D．when
A．ridiculous B．different C．strange D．similar
A．sometimes B．forever C．often D．never
Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife 36 .
John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the 37 of the ten people who have saved the life of others.
John had been studying in his room when he heard 38 . When he and his father rushed outside, they 39 that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed（刺） 40 with a knife by her ex-boyfriend（前男友）. The man ran from the 41 and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden 42 very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut off.
It was John’s quick 43 and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked a number of the 44 people for bandages（绷带）, but when nobody could put their hands on anything, his father got some tea towels（毛巾）and 45 from their house. John used these to dress the most severe 46 to Ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the 47 and ambulance arrived.
“I’m 48 of what I did but I was just doing what I had been 49 ,” John said.
John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When 50 John, Mr Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme, said, “ 51 is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid52 that he had learned at school saved Ms Slade’s life. It shows that a simple knowledge of the first aid can make a real 53 .”
John and the nine other lifesavers also attended a 54 reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before 55 their awards last night.
A．show B．attack C．work D．defend
A．bravery B．life C．thinking D．progress
A．quarrelling B．arguing C．laughing D．screaming
A．realized B．believed C．thought D．discovered
A．repeatedly B．quickly C．frequently D．gradually
A．home B．place C．scene D．house
A．shaking B．struggling C．bleeding D．crying
A．action B．answer C．experience D．request
A．several B．nearby C．familiar D．curious
A．water B．tape C．bandages D．scissors
A．damages B．pains C．injuries D．arms
A．neighbours B．children C．doctor D．police
A．proud B．fond C．sure D．tired
A．expected B．taught C．encouraged D．educated
A．thanking B．recognizing C．admiring D．congratulating
A．There B．It C．He D．She
A．skills B．instructions C．key D．history
A．discovery B．harm C．difference D．choice
A．recent B．secret C．private D．special
A．giving B．offering C．announcing D．receiving
This little story I’m about to tell you happened when I was 11 years old, and I’ll never forget it.
It was at my friend Jenny’s house after 36 one day, and we were doing our homework. While I was there, a friend of Jenny’s mom came over to 37. I didn’t know her name or 38 what her face looked like. I just 39 her hands, her voice and the lesson I 40 from her.
I can’t forget that she 41 her hands to introduce herself. It was so 42, I thought, rich fine skin; then I heard her saying, “Oh no, that is not 43 you shake hands. Let me teach you.” She didn’t do that at all in a condescending (屈尊的) manner. 44 that, I just remember her voice explaining the 45 of a good handshake of conveying (传达) a 46 sense of self-belief, of looking the other person in the eyes, and of making a warm 47. Hearing her friendly words, I first understand what being 48 meant.
I admired her for 49 time to teach me about one of the important things in life. I was grateful for her not talking down to me 50 I was 11 and didn’t know much. I also felt somewhat admired by the way she 51 me. It felt good to be talked to as a(n) 52, rather than as an 11-year-old child. I also 53 her telling me that if someone isn’t aware of something you should show him or her the right direction; don’t be afraid to 54 your knowledge.
I think of her every time I meet someone 55, and I’m so thankful for her little lesson.
A．breakfast B．work C．sleep D．school
A．read B．check C．visit D．live
A．even B．certainly C．ever D．simply
A．watch B．remember C．hold D．seize
A．learned B．selected C．wanted D．discovered
A．raised up B．hung up C．reached out D．put out
A．pale B．beautiful C．rough D．small
A．After B．Before C．During D．Through
A．necessity B．style C．importance D．rule
A．weak B．positive C．different D．special
A．friend B．voice C．heart D．atmosphere
A．respected B．noticed C．served D．praised
A．having B．taking C．arranging D．keeping
A．when B．but C．because D．so
A．treated B．protected C．encouraged D．required
A．boy B．student C．teacher D．adult
A．hated B．minded C．appreciated D．understood
A．test B．share C．increase D．control
A．healthy B．smart C．familiar D．new