完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
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Australia is the greatest (最大的) island in the world . It is much ___than China. It is in the ____ of the Earth. So when it is ____ summer in China, it is cold winter in Australia.
Australia is big , but the population there is ____. The population of Australia ____ the same as that of Shanghai, a city in China.
Australia is famous ____ its ____ and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will find ____ in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, ____ are sheep. Have you ever seen (你曾经见过) a kangaroo ? It has a “bag” in its body. The ____ kangaroo keeps its baby kangaroo in the “bag”. It is very interesting, isn’t it?
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One afternoon, Tommy was on his way home from school. When he was passing by his neighbor, Mr. Adamson's house, he found thick coming from the window of the house. He was . He thought the house must be on fire and it might be burnt down. He didn't know whether Mr. Adamson was in the house, he knew he must put out the fire at once. So he ran to his own house, rushed into the bathroom and a big barrel（桶） with water. He was in such a hurry that he forgot to the water before he ran back to Mr. Adamson's house. When he reached the window where the smoke was still coming out, he threw the water the house by the window without looking for where the smoke was. The smoke stopped immediately. But at the same time, there was an angry cry from inside the house. was Mr. Adamson. He was standing by the window with so big a pipe （烟斗） in his hand looking at Tommy . Tommy then understood that it must be the pipe. He stood there, and could not a word.
Tommy was very sorry for it. He helped Mr. Adamson clean the floor. However, worst was yet to come. When he went home later, he found his own was flooded （淹没）.
A．water B．smoke C．wind D．fire
A．afraid B．sad C．excited D．happy
A．since B．or C．but D．because
A．filled B．covered C．lived D．left
A．turn up B．turn down C．turn on D．turn off
A．out B．away C．into D．up
A．This B．It C．One D．Who
A．angrily B．quickly C．lazily D．happily
A．tell B．write C．say D．talk
A．school B．window C．car D．house
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be but a failure.”
After five years of jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing that could have happened to me. I I wanted to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to her that what people said about me was . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my and went to college. My first novel _ while I was at college.
After college I taught during the __ in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of that job to write full time I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself —here was a working--class boy who’d school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. what does it mean? I just wish all the people that have put me down had : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
A．bright B．useless C．simple D．hopeful
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．low B．poor C．good D．useful
A．agreed B．decided C．planned D．told
A．wrong B．right C．stupid D．faulty
A．see B．know C．understand D．face
A．experiment B．practice C．writing D．composition
A．came on B．came in C．came out D．came back
A．day B．night C．month D．year
A．giving in B．giving back C．giving out D．giving up
A．while B．if C．when D．or
A．left B．attended C．changed D．graduated
A．tired B．calm C．nervous . D．famous
A．And B．But C．However D．Well
A．praised B．said C．answered D．advised
I used to be a very self-centered（自我中心的） person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a different person.
I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my degree（学位）and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I talked to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really . It seemed as if everyone had made friends and was having fun, except me. So I had a（n） . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble, I would to help. That was really a big step for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who was badly ill became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me that making others feel good make me feel good, too. When she died, I was , but I was very grateful（感激的）to her.
I think I am a much better person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not these experiences. They have taught me to about other people more than about myself.
A．since B．before C．unless D．or
A．change B．interest C．tour D．education
A．usually B．often C．hardly D．just
A．happy B．relaxed C．angry D．lonely
A．hobby B．problem C．idea D．job
A．offer B．have C．refuse D．forget
A．us B．you C．them D．it
A．hobby B．attitude C．hope D．job
A．friend B．teacher C．classmate D．guide
A．strange B．terrible C．polite D．happy
A．liked B．asked C．visited D．believed
A．understand B．guess C．explain D．hate
A．homeless B．sad C．hopeless D．lazy
A．face B．forget C．find D．improve
A．talk B．care C．worry D．learn
Do you remember the name of your kindergarten(幼儿园) teacher? I do. Her name was Mrs White.
I don’t remember much about we learned in her class, but my mother once told me that we write a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she could see there were so many mistakes. no red corrections. And always a star. Sometimes even a Good! It worried my mother, so one day she went to Mrs White and asked her why she corrected my mistakes.
And my mother says Mrs White said “The children are just to get excited about using words, about forming sentences. I don’t want to lose the interests with red ink(墨水). and grammar can wait. The wonder of won’t... ”.Maybe she didn’t say it exactly like that at that moment. And what my mother gave me was the main idea of what she could remember.
I now and think Mrs White must have been a rather teacher. She encouraged joy, wonder and excitement—even ifour expression of it was . Because she believed a bud(花蕾)once nipped(掐断) never opens.
I used to misspell “beautiful” a lot. Never could quite remember that the e went the a. It annoyed my teacher in high school very much. If I was going to use the word so often, she considered the I could do was spell it right. Finally the e’s and a’s were in their right places. Am glad I didn’t wait on them though. Pretty is to spell but it doesn’t hold as much as you mean sometimes.
And Mrs White I had no worries about writing what I meant. BecauseLife isn’t Pretty. It’s Baeutiful.
A．where B．what C．why D．when
A．liked to B．supposed to C．used to D．happened to
A．But B．So C．And D．Because
A．chat B．criticize C．show D．meet
A．often B．always C．never D．sometimes
A．beginning B．staring C．thinking D．opening
A．Speaking B．Reading C．Listening D．Spelling
A．exams B．words C．exercises D．homework
A．look forward B．look after C．look for D．look back
A． excellent B．strict C．hardworking D．careless
A． right B．wrong C．good D．bad
A．behind B．after C．before D．below
A．best B．worst C．most D．least
A．easy B．easier C．funny D．funnier
A． think of B．come up with C．thanks to D．remind of
On last Christmas Day, our parents’ home was full of joys of a close family relationship but this year things are . Our father had gone on November 26, and this was our Christmas without him. Mother was doing her best to be good, but I could tell this was especially for her. I’m not sure I should give her my planned Christmas gift.
A few months earlier I had painted two pictures of my parents. I’d planned to give them as gifts.
While painting one day, I was surprised by the doorbell ringing. I opened the . My father came. I showed the paintings. Finally, with tears running down his face, he said, “I don’t believe it. Look, how beautiful your mother is. Will you let me decorate them with frames(边框)?” I offered to send them to the frame shop the next day.
Several had passed after my dad died. It seemed all was taken away from my mother and me. I finally remembered to call about the paintings and was glad that my father had got a chance to see the pictures he died. I was surprised when the shopkeeper told me my father had visited the shop, the frames and had them wrapped.
As I my mother’s sad eyes and unsmiling face, I to give her Daddy’s and my gift.
After looking at the paintings and the card, with tear-filled eyes and a wide smile, she said, “ I knew Daddy would be us on Christmas Day!”
I looked at the gift card with my father’s handwriting. “ Mother: Our daughter reminded me why I am so lucky. I’ll be looking at you always. Daddy.”
A．usual B．same C．different D．beautiful
A．first B．second C．third D．last
A．interesting B．hard C．easy D．proud
A．why B．if C．because D．so
A．Mother’s Day B．birthday C．New Year D．Christmas
A．door B．window C．box D．present
A．it B．her C．them D．him
A．happily B．sadly C．surprisely D．loudly
A．minutes B．hours C．weeks D．years
A．character B．luck C．advice D．happiness
A．after B．until C．before D．when
A．heard of B．paid for C．shouted at D．gave up
A．looked at B．looked after C．looked for D．looked around
A．happened B．forgot C．promised D．decided
A．for B．with C．on D．at