阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Last summer I spent two weeks in Singapore with my mother and my sister. Before this trip, I heard that Singapore is one of the most beautiful and cleanest countries in . I hoped that I would have an unforgettable time there. In fact, the trip was than I had expected.
Many places in Singapore us. First, we visited Singapore Zoo and Jurong Bird Park. the places are very large and many animals live there. So we had to a whole day seeing all of the animals. However, the most interesting was the Bird Show in Jurong Bird Park. We enjoyed the of the birds. The workers had trained the birds carefully and patiently for long they could dance, sing and even play basketball. At the end of the show, they sent the visitors a message that people’s awareness of protecting birds. I think it is a very helpful and practical of educating people about the nature protection.
Second, after spending a week in relaxing and visiting some tourist spots (旅游景点) in Singapore, my sister and I to attend a short-term English course because English is the official language in Singapore and we thought we would our English quickly. English was the only common language in this class, so all students there had to speak English during the lessons.
The trip in Singapore was truly a nice in my life. During the trip, I learned much about other countries’ lives, other people’s thoughts and I improved my English. , I have made some new friends who I am still keeping in touch and I hope that I will meet them again some day in China and tell them more about our country.
A．Africa B．Asia C．America D．Europe
A．worse B．longer C．faster D．greater
A．attracted B．affected C．attacked D．held
A．All B．Neither C．Both D．Each
A．take B．cost C．waste D．spend
A．accident B．event C．case D．report
A．births B．fights C．parties D．performances
A．so that B．in order to C．such that D．even though
A．cures B．prevents C．raises D．reduces
A．way B．road C．result D．street
A．refused B．stopped C．decided D．forgot
A．speak B．pass C．express D．improve
A．idea B．experience C．skill D．question
A．In addition B．As a result C．In fact D．At last
A．at B．with C．for D．of
I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely(模糊地) 1 the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see things again, 2 a disaster can do strange things to people. It happened to me the other day that I might not have come to love 3 as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not sure that I would believe in it so 4 . I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I 5 mean that the loss of 6 made me enjoy more of 7 I have now.
Life asks us to keep making 8 to reality. If a person is able to get ready for anything changeable his world will 9 more meaningful. I became blind, but I was 10 . My parents and my teachers saw 11 in me－a potential(潜力) to live, you might call it－which I didn’t see, and they make me fight it out with blindness.
The hardest 12 I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was what I had to do at least. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would become a chair rocker for the 13 of my life. When I say I believe in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase 14 . That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: A belief that I could deal with anything alone; that somewhere in the 15 there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
1. A. imagine B. find C. remember D. guess
2. A. but B. though C. so D. because
3. A. myself B. life C. eyes D. blindness
4. A. that B. therefore C. happily D. deeply
5. A. seldom B. just C. hardly D. always
6. A. them B. it C. blindness D. light
7. A. that B. what C. which D. where
8. A. moments B. encouragements C. improvements D. changes
9. A. become B. change C. look D. end
10. A. brave B. lucky C. sad D. wise
11. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
12. A. problem B. experience C. difficulty D. lesson
13. A. rest B. whole C. need D. last
14. A. lonely B. alone C. self D. person
15. A. company B. group C. society (社会) D. family
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We went to play against a team from a country school. They didn’t come 1the match began. They looked 2than we thought. They wore dirty T-shirts and blue jeans and looked like farm boys. We thought they 3saw a basketball before. We felt that we didn’t 4any practice to play with such a team. It was very late so they couldn’t have any time to practice. The match began. One of our boys 5the ball and he tried to give it to another one. But from out of nowhere a boy in a T-shirt 6the ball and he quickly and beautifully got the ball into our basket and had two points. They 7us because they had another two points in a minute. Soon it was all over. The country team 8the match. Of course we knew that there was still another team 9than any good team. But the important lesson we learned this time was: One can’t tell a man or a team by the 10.
( ) 1. A. when B. so C. until D. at
( ) 2. A. stronger B. younger C. worse D. better
( ) 3. A. never B. often C. sometimes D. always
( ) 4. A. have B. make C. use D. need
( ) 5. A. got B. played C. took D. carried
() 6. A. caught B. changed C. held D. kicked
( ) 7. A. laughed B. frightened C. admired D. smiled
( ) 8. A. lost B. won C. got D. had
( ) 9. A. worse B. less C. better D. more
( )10.A. T-shirt B. appearance C. name D. points
Many people think the 1 time is spent, the more work will be done. So students have to spend the whole day doing school work 2the three meals.
Modern students have many 3 . They love sports, computers and music. A 4holiday can get them away from too much school work , and they can do what they like. But still teachers do not 5 it. Because they have too much homework, they have no time to enjoy themselves. Students are really tired of their weekend homework. So they don’t do it 6Sunday night. And there is not enough time to finish the homework carefully. The poor weekend homework usually makes teachers 7.
Things always get worse 8 right ideas. Too much school work makes students lose 9 in learning. It’s also bad for their health.
A horse runs faster after a rest. But for students only a rest is not enough. So such a condition（状况）should be 10to give students both pleasure and knowledge.
( )1 A. many B. much C. more D. most
( )2 A. except B. for C. during D. with
( )3 A.hobbies B. books C. pens D. friends
( )4 A.two days B. two-days C. two-day D. two-day’s
( )5 A. talk about B. think about
C. speak of D. look after
( )6 A. on B. except C. after D. until
( )7 A. to get angry B. get angry
C. to feel unhappy D. quite surprised
( )8 A. to B. by C. without D. with
( )9 A. interested B. interest
C. interesting D. themselves
( )10 A. changed B. kept C. taught D. made
How are you, Lin? I’m writing 1you at my school. It’s a big middle 2. I’m in a big class. There’re fifty students in my class. There are about two hundred teachers in my school. My English teacher 3Miss Liu. 4is a nice teacher.
We go to school 5Monday to Friday. There are four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. We play games 6four on Friday after class.
I have some friends at school. One is 7America. She speaks English and 8Chinese. I like to play 9them. We 10football. That’s my favourite game.
1. A. to B. for C. with D. from
2. A. school B. class C. classroom D. office
3. A. be B. are C. am D. is
4. A. He B. She C. Her D. Him
5. A. from B. for C. in D. on
6. A. in B. on C. at D. about
7. A. come from B. from C. comes from D. out
8. A. many B. a many C. many a D. /
9. A. for B. and C. at D. with
10. A. play the B. play C. plays D. are play
Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often ___1____ that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of ___2___? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he ___3___ that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you____4____ at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel __5__ toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds, it may mean that he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he __6__ her. When two people are in a talk, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, ____7___ make sure that the listener does pay attention ___8___ what he or she is speaking. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that ____9___ cannot express. (表达).
Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship (关系)between two people and the place ____10____ you stay.
( )1. A. spoken B. said C. told D. talked
( )2. A. experience B. eyes C. mind D. news
( )3. A. found B. knew C. finds D. sees
( )4. A. look B. are looking C. are looked D. looked
( )5. A. happy B. angry C. sad D. thankful
( )6. A. likes B. hates C. thanks D. looks at
( )7. A. in order that B. so that C. in order to D. for
( )8. A. for B. of C. with D. to
( )9. A. eyes B. words C. minds D. body
( )10. A. which B. that C. where D. there