A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．
Dean Bluey from Dallas，Texas，was a school boy who has much 31 in computer．One day，he 32 an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message saying “Help! Pain! Help!”．"The message was from Finland， 33 kilometers away from America．
“I didn’t know 34 I should do，”Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first． 35 the message kept coming．
“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean explained. He 36 and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was 37 , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch 38 the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library. 39 , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.
“I’m glad she’s OK,” Dean said. “It’s hard to believe, but 40 saved her life.”
A．interest B．interested C．interesting D．interests
A．sent B．sends C．was sending D．is sending
A．thousand B．thousand of C．thousands D．thousands of
A．how B．what C．where D．when
A．So B．And C．But D．As
A．telephoned B．replied C．found D．talked
A．better B．worse C．harder D．easier
A．with B．on C．to D．at
A．Hardly B．Happily C．Luckily D．Carefully
A．a boy B．doctors C．the police D．email
完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Middle school days are both fun and busy. Students spend their days in class, the interesting and sometimes boring words of the teachers. They spend the breaks running, playing, and shouting happily before going back to the classroom again. But should students spend their free time outside school?
In Western countries, it is ordinary for students to have a part-time job after school and at weekends. Students can make their own and learn more about the “real world”. They enjoy the independence( 独立) and of course money, and parents enjoy the quiet house.
, it seems that, in China, parents so much about their children’s studies that they would prefer to see their children most of their free time studying and preparing for all those . It is natural for to feel that way in China, but I believe the answer lies in balance. Sometimes, Western school children work hours after school to make money, and so they become too tired in class or have no time for homework. But Chinese students spend much time their studies that all else becomes less important until they want that new MP4 player.
So, find a good and healthy balance! If you have a part-time job, you’ll be , and your parents will also be happy you’re spending the money you make and not theirs!
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My class is like (像) a big . I like all my . One of them is Suzy, a girl from Wenchuan. But now she lives Nanjing.
Suzy is a good student. She learns (学) all her well. Her place is the library. She thinks books are like food and help her lot.
On Wednesday afternoons, she always goes to a nursing house (敬老院). She likes with the old people there. “I can’t do much for them now, I can tell some interesting stories to them,” Suzy says, “I a lot of love in Nanjing. People in Nanjing teach me to love. I want to give them love, too.”
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Mike was the best table tennis player in his school and always won the games. He was afraid of losing ____. When he won, he would feel really good. If he lost, he would feel ____. Mike thought losing was the worst(最坏的) thing in the world.
A new kid, Albert, came to Peter’s school. He also does well ____ table tennis. Soon there would be a game ____ Mike and Albert. Mike worked hard to prepare for the game, but Albert didn’t think much of it. When the game began, Albert was a real ____. There was always a smile(微笑) on his face, while Mike looked serious(严肃的) all the time. Mike thought it was so important to win the game ____ he even(甚至) wanted to cheat(舞弊)，but he lost in the end.
“You played very well, Mike. I think we can play again sometime,” said Albert. But Mike didn’t feel happy and couldn’t ____that night.
One day, Mike saw Albert ____ basketball. He lost again and again, but the happy smile never _____ his face.
Whether Albert won or lost the game, he enjoyed it. Mike came to know that ____ a game was much more important than winning or losing it. He felt happier than anytime.
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Everyone has his or her own dream and everyone is trying his or her best to realize it.
On the morning of May 20th, 1927, Charles took off from the muddy airfield in New York and Paris. Fourteen hours later, he was still . During the fourteen hours he had some nervous . The fog was so thick that he could hardly see anything. , he was not afraid. He had flown a plane many times and knew to deal with the problems. Now he had to do but go on.
It was not easy for him to this trip. He waited for a long time. But he never his dream. At last he told himself that a non-stop flight between New York and Paris was possible. And now he was above the Atlantic. As he flew to the surface of the water, he could see the waves in the moonlight. The of the water seemed like music in his ears. He his plane as his partner.
After thirty-seven hours in the air sleep, Charles successfully landed in Paris. He began to a little. He smiled and spoke to himself, “I made it. My dream came true.” More than a thousand people were there to him as a hero. He became overnight. His name was on everyone’s lips and he even appeared on TV.
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Thanksgiving is an American festival. It is celebrated ____ the fourth Thursday in November. It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends. People make short speeches and give thanks for their food.
We have celebrated the festival ____ the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the ______ century. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died and after they landed, their first winter was worse ____ any English winter. The local people, the Native Americans (土著印第安人), taught the pioneers how to grow corn. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food.
We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional dinner. The is always the most crowded room in our house because we all help prepare the food. We lay the table and then before we begin dinner, my father gives thanks for the food, ____ we remember why we celebrate the festival. We usually eat too much, but it is only once a year! We often talk a lot and tell stories after dinner as well. When it is all ____, everyone helps wash the dishes.
The festival is a very busy time for travel when friends and families come together to celebrate. During the festival, there ___ plenty of other things to see and do. We live in New York City, and we go to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade(梅西感恩节大游行) . The parade goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy's store. Thanksgiving is the start of the Christmas season, and we start ____ for presents. Football is ____ important at Thanksgiving, with many teams playing games. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much.
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