完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially（尤其） the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class played jokes on him because he seemed so 1 . The mother 2 that she would help her sons to do 3 in school by herself. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to 4 a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher held up a rock and asked 5 anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 6 . “Why did Ben raise his hand?” all of his.
7 whispered and wondered. “He 8 said anything. What could he possibly want to say?” To their surprise, Ben not only 9 the rock, but also said a lot about it. He 10 other rocks in its group and even knew 11 the teacher had found it. The teacher and the other students were 12 . Ben had learned this from doing one of his book 13 .
Later Ben became the 14 student of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and 15 became one of the best doctors in the United States.
A．clever B．difficult C．slow D．quick
A．seemed B．decided C．wondered D．told
A．well B．bad C．right D．good
A．see B．find C．read D．buy
A．that B．if C．how D．why
A．think B．leave C．ask D．answer
A．classmates B．students C．teachers D．friends
A．always B．ever C．sometimes D．never
A．found B．played C．knew D．heard
A．said B．told C．called D．named
A．whether B．what C．where D．why
A．afraid B．amazed C．worried D．unhappy
A．pictures B．exercises C．shops D．reports
A．top B．slow C．low D．rich
A．at first B．at the end C．at last D．now
Building a house is an operation which costs quite a lot of money．Suppose you plan to
1 a house，your first step is to find a suitable piece of 2，You will probably try to find a sunny place，in a 3 situation，near stores and bus stops，not too far from your friends and the place where you work．
Next you will find an 4 builder．And together with the builder you will make a
5，The builder will draw it．The builder will also 6 the cost of your house．He will estimate(估计)the cost of the wood，the glass，and everything else that he must use in building the house．Later on，when he starts to build，this estimate must 7，because the prices may 8，and many other thing may happen between the time when he makes the estimate and the time when he builds the house．
9 the builder gives you his estimate，you may wish to change your plan．You may find that some of the things you wanted at first cost too much，or that you can 10 a little more and add something to your original plan．
A．buy B．decorate C．build D．find
A．floor B．place C．land D．playground
A．mysterious B．surprised C．pleased D．pleasant
A．excited B．experienced C．interesting D．extra
A．map B．plan C．decision D．discussion
A．find out B．carry on C．work out D．work on
A．be corrected B．be copied C．be read D．be written
A．swap B．change C．exist D．influence
A．When B．While C．Until D．Since
A．cost B．spend C．take D．pay for
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents，They 1 that their parents don’t understand them，They often think their parents are too strict with them.
Parents often find it difficult to win their children’s trust(信任)and they seem to forget how they themselves 2 when they were young.
For example，young people like to do things without much thinking. It’s one of their ways to 3 that they grow up and they can deal with any difficult things. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things 4 and don’t like their plans to be changed.
Young people often make their parents 5 by clothes they want，the music they enjoy and something else. But they don’t mean to cause(引起)any trouble. They just want to be 6 and they want to make a new culture(文化) of their own.
Sometimes you even don’t want your parents to say“ 7 ”to what you do. You want to stay at home and do what you like.
If you plan to control（控制） your8，you’d better win your parents over and try to get them to 9 you. If your parents see that you have high sense of responsibility(责任),they will 10 give you the right(权利) to do what you want to do.
A．remember B．hope C．say D．know
A．thought B．wanted C．needed D．felt
A．show B．find C．see D．learn
A．first B．ahead C．late D．carelessly
A．happy B．sad C．angry D．helpful
A．polite B．helpful C．thoughtful D．different
A．Yes B．No C．Sorry D．Congratulations
A．work B．life C．study D．health
A．help B．love C．understand D．know
A．certainly B．just C．still D．already
Korean culture is really1right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries 2 China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo（跆拳道）and the Korean language.
The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “Winter Sonata”. This love story is 3 popular. People, especially girls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun (裴勇俊).
In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S. E. S and Finkle at the 4 of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).
The Korean Wave has also made young people 5 to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only 6 . Now some girls in China 7 plastic surgery（整容）to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars don’t make plastic surgery look shameful（丢面子的）.
Are 8 the faces of beautiful Korean girls not9 ?10 for yourself when you next visit South Korea.
A．exciting B．excited C．interested D．boring
A．includes B．included C．including D．is including
A．never B．not C．still D．no
A．middle B．top C．popular D．better
A．want B．to want C．wants D．wanted
A．this B．these C．those D．that
A．is having B．are having C．have D．has
A．none B．neither C．both D．all
A．true B．truly C．real D．really
A．Find out B．Find C．Look D．Look for
Concorde’s Birthday
CONCORDE, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first __1__ on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a _2__ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to __3__ together on the project. The plane __4_ over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of _5__. This means that it _6_ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7—8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is _7__ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30a.m. _8__ from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour _9_! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway _10_ the most. They each have seven planes.
A．invented B．produced C．flew D．took off
A．talk B．dream C．meeting D．fight
A．work B．do C．carry D．finish
A．paid B．wanted C．needed D．cost
A．voice B．sound C．noise D．shout
A．spends B．takes C．covers D．travels
A．possible B．impossible C．real D．unreal
A．plane B．passenger C．flight D．airline
A．later B．late C．earlier D．early
A．build B．make C．sell D．own
A rich American went into a shop in London. He wanted very much __31___ a nice looking watch. He saw a watch and liked it __32_____much that he decided to buy it. But the owner of the shop insisted five hundred dollars for it. When the American was hesitating, a young man suddenly came into the shop, took___33__out of the owner’s hand and ran out with it. It all happened in few seconds. When the owner ran out ___34____the street, the young man was already disappearing among the people. The American went on. At the next corner, he saw ___35_____with the stolen watch in his hand. “Don’t you want to buy a fine watch, sir?” he asked in a low_____36____ , “It’s only a hundred dollars.”
“The young man doesn’t know _____37____saw him stealing the watch just now,” he thought. The American paid at once and went ___38______back to his room with the watch. He told his friend about the fine watch. His friend took a look at the watch and started laughing. He said, “You are ____39_____. The watch isn’t worth ___40______ten dollars. I’m sure the shop owner and the young man planned all this together.”
A．to give B．to take C．to get D．to sell
A．very B．so C．too D．quite
A．a watch B．the money C．the watch D．some dollars
A．into B．of C．on D．in
A．the young man B．the owner C．the American D．another young man
A．sound B．noise C．voice D．word
A．me B．I C．they D．us
A．luckily B．sadly C．angrily D．happily
A．a bad man B．a clever man C．a fool D．a thief
A．almost B．even C．only D．just