Mr. King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm when 16 danger. And he escaped from several accidents. The manager 17 him more and the traffic policemen often speaks highly of him.
Mr. Baker，one of his friends，works in a factory outside the city. It’s far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. As the street is 18 in the morning, sometimes he’s late for the work. His manager warns the young man that he will be sent away 19 he gets to his office on time. He hopes to buy a car，but he hasn’t enough 20 . He decides to buy an old one. One day, he went to the second-hand market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to try the car，the seller agreed. He 21 Mr King and asked him to help him at once.
Mr. King examined(检查) the car and then drove it away. It was early in the morning and there were few cars in the street. At first he drove slowly and it 22 well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing，the lights turned 23 . He tried to stop it， but he failed and 24 hit an old woman who was crossing the street. A policeman told him to stop，but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.
“Didn’t you hear me？” the policeman asked angrily.
“Yes, I did，sir,” said Mr King，“ 25 it doesn’t listen to me，can it obey（听从）you？”
A．looking B．reaching C．facing D．getting
A．gives B．pays C．needs D．believes
A．crowded B．quiet C．empty D．full
A．until B．unless C．when D．if
A．time B．experience C．friends D．money
A．called B．found C．visited D．invited
A．looked B．traveled C．seemed D．worked
A．red B．green C．up D．out
A．hardly B．heavily C．nearly D．mostly
A．Although B．Since C．While D．For
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment,she said she would go. This 16 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 17 his mother and he felt ashamed of her 18 . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar(疤痕)that 19 nearly the right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 20 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still 21 and hid himself from everyone, 22a conversation between his mother and the teacher.
The teacher asked 23 ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother answered,“When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 24 afraid to go in because the fire was 25 ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless but 26 , a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched（摸着） the 27 side of her face. “This scar will be 28 ,but to this day, I have never regretted what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her mother in his arms and 29a great sense of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the 30 of the day.
A．would B．could C．should D．must
A．noticed B．greeted C．accepted D．met
A．look B．appearance C．clothes D．smile
A．included B．passed C．covered D．decorated
A．talk about B．think about C．care about D．hear about
A．surprised B．sad C．happy D．embarrassed(尴尬)
A．listening to B．looking at C．hearing D．watching
A．carefully B．seriously C．nervously D．anxiously（焦急的）
A．so B．much C．quite D．too
A．out of control B．under control C．in control D．over control
A．surely B．hopefully C．luckily D．unluckily
A．left B．crying C．wiped D．burned
A．ugly B．lasting (持久的) C．serious D．frightening
A．felt B．realized C．enjoyed D．told
A．others B．other C．rest D．following
Never try to work when you are very hungry .If you 36 your homework right after school, you may want to have a snack before getting to work. Always do your homework 37 you get tired.____38____wait until very late in the evening ,or the assignment(功课)will seem much39 than it really is .Break your time into manageable(易处理的) period .If you have more than 40，give yourself a break after an hour .On the other hand ,don't break it up_41 that you can’t get anything done .You should be able to work at least half an hour at a time 42 .Don't put it off 43 the last minute .If you put off doing your homework ,you will always think of it ,and you won’t enjoy your44 so much .If you put it off until the end of the week until right before a test ,you will have too much work to do for the exam .A little bit each night ,enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school ,will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it all .Do your hamework__45 every day .This will help you make it a habit .It will make it easier to do ,and it will make free time more enjoyable as well.
A．decided doing B．decide to do C．have done D．did
A．after B．when C．before D．because
A．Not B．Please C．Always D．Don't
A．hard B．harder C．easy D．easier
A．one hour work B．an hour work C．an hour's work D．a work of an hour
A．so much B．so 1ittle C．so often D．so well
A．without stopping B．with stop C．stop D．without stop
A．for B．on C．at D．until
A．lunch B．free time C．meals D．snack
A．at a time B．at the same time C．once D．in the same way
As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring（注视）forward at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with ice and snow－beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 40 the top through the southem route（路线）. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to try the 41 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber 42 Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously（焦虑）. Now they were waiting to see his signal. If he planned to 43 the next day, he would light（点燃）a green signal（信号）. A red light would mean that he was turning back.
A tiny green light 44 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 45 . The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so 46 ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the green light. In the morning, Bonatti 47 . He could not see the top；he knew he was 48 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months 49 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his. 50 was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ 51” and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.
A．reached B．passed C．watched D．followed
A．comfortable B．important C．difficult D．nervous
A．with B．from C．in D．at
A．turn back B．come down C．go on D．get back
A．placed B．appeared C．pulled D．found
A．cried B．laughed C．jumped D．cheered
A．sleepy B．excited C．tired D．happy
A．woke up B．turned up C．got up D．looked up
A．already B．almost C．hardly D．surely
A．training B．practising C．planning D．asking
A．importance B．success C．climb D．courage
A．necessary B．dangerous C．perfect D．impossible
IQ（intelligence quotient智商）is a score that shows a person’s level of intelligence.
People used to believe that some people are born with a high IQ and some aren’t.
32 , a study by scientist at University College London has challenged（挑战）this idea. According to an article last October on the Journal Nature, scientists are beginning to think that our IQ is not a constant（不变的）score.
The scientists tested 33 healthy young people in 2004 between the ages of 12 and 16. Then they did tests again four years later, when the same people were between 16 and 20.
Scientists found big changes in the IQ scores between 2008 and 2004. Some 33 and some fell 34 as many as 21 points.
To test whether these scores were meaningful, the scientists compared them with results from brain scans（扫描）. They found that the IQ changes matched changes in the structure（结构）of the subjects’ brains. “A change in 20 points is a huge 35 ,” said Professor Cathy Price, who led the research. He said it could mean the difference between an average and a 36 person. The team has not found a clear cause for these changes. However, they say it is 37 that education plays a role in changing IQ.
“Here we have shown that children’s 38 is likely to be still developing, ” says Price. “We have to be careful not to write off 39 performers at an early stage. In fact, their IQ may improve in a few more years. ”
A．And B．However C．Besides D．Though
A．rise B．rose C．raise D．raised
A．of B．with C．by D．from
A．difference B．matter C．thing D．meaning
A．successful B．gifted C．able D．rich
A．natural B．true C．certain D．possible
A．score B．intelligence C．skill D．interest
A．clever B．prettier C．nicer D．poorer
There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know how to be a good father. I couldn’t16 him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “ 17 ” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a18 . Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad — he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.
So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and19 every penny I could and when I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to20 it off to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, you only need to pay me five dollars.” I offered with a smile.
“I see,” was all he said.
One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a21 to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house, 22 it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a hotday. As my dad got out of my car, I 23 him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his24 from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were25 lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).
Suddenly, it came up with me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete(混凝土) to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out,26hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him 27 about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he ask us to pay for it.
When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to 28 me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my __29__. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”
His eyesmet mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he 30 his throat(喉咙) and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”
A．like B．remember C．forget D．care
A．Sorry B．Yes C．No D．Well
A．car B．friend C．job D．present
A．spent B．earned C．kept D．saved
A．take B．put C．turn D．show
A．ride B．leave C．trip D．hurry
A．as B．although C．but D．since
A．helped B．followed C．left D．watched
A．tools B．clothes C．luggage D．bag
A．fewer B．more C．longer D．less
A．whatever B．whenever C．wherever D．however
A．talk B．complain C．ask D．speak
A．hand B．borrow C．lend D．take
A．help B．advice C．treat D．idea
A．cleaned B．wiped C．cleared D．felt