语法选择（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分10分）阅读下面短-优题课

完型填空
Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.
Children in the USA will1 their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they often go to different places to find good jobs. They often2 to their parents or phone them, and they can choose their own3 . Americans think it’s important for young people to make their own decisions.
Children are asked to do some house work at4 . In many families, children are paid for5 the housework so that they can learn how to manage their own money.
A. leaveB. goC. love
A. comeB. drive C. write
A. jobsB. jobC. works
A. playground B. homeC. classroom
A. to do B. do C. Doing

完型填空
Books are our greatest friends. They 1 us stories of every country in the world. They give us all kinds of2 .
Life is short. One can not know and see 3 in the world. 4- the help of books, one is able to know what happened thousands of years ago and 5 is happening in every part of the world now. Books give us not only knowledge 6pleasure. Reading good booksis the best way of_7 our free time. And many beautiful stories for children are 8and full of wisdom(智慧).
All the great men 9 books. Knowledge from books helps them to succeed, because books are the source(源泉)of knowledge and knowledge is the source of10 .
A. say B. talk C. Tell
A. knowledge B. food C. exercise
A. nothing B. everything C. something
A. With B. Under C. At
A. how B. when C. what
A. and B. but also C. as well as
A. spending B. taking C. costing
A. interest B. interested C. interesting
A. love B. hate C. dislike
A. friendship B. success C. Failure

My name is Ben Mansury. I’m fifteen years old and study in a middle school. In school, I never join in any group discussion or stage (舞台) program. So, I never knew what stage nervousness was.
Our community (社区) has a weekly “Students Ideas” program. About two years ago, I received a(n) 1 from the chairman of our community. He invited me to the “Students Ideas” talk the next morning to speak to the group.
The time between his call to the next morning was like several weeks for me. The whole night, I could not sleep. Many 2 were coming. One of them was to call the chairman, with regret, and tell him that I could not come. But finally, I thought, if I missed this 3 , the community would never invite me again to any of their programs. So, I decided to go.
I reached the hall in time. When my turn came and I started, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn’t even able to 4 the words on the paper properly. I had no idea where I was standing and what I was talking. That was the day when I 5 my biggest weakness: public speaking.
After I finished, I met with the chairman and 6 what happened to me. He said that this happens to everyone. It is very 7 . He suggested that I should come again the next week.
I 8 a talk carefully. This time when I gave the talk, I was somewhat comfortable but not confident (自信的). Afterwards, I met with the chairman again and told him about the improvement I 9 I had made. He was kind enough to invite me again.
For around one month, I practiced a lot for my talk. This time I was feeling comfortable and both the chairman and my neighbors thought I did a good job.
I learned that everything is 10 if we take the first step, as the saying goes: A journey of thousand miles begins with first step.

A．letter B．call C．card D．email

A．topics B．regrets C．thoughts D．words

A．man B．group C．stage D．chance

A．read B．spell C．see D．recite

A．had B．forgot C．realized D．improved

A．asked B．checked C．explained D．wondered

A．useful B．successful C．difficult D．common

A．wrote B．prepared C．gave D．finished

A．knew B．felt C．believed D．hoped

A．easy B．great C．helpful D．possible

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite 1 at the answer. Thinking he had not made 2 understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” But the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know 3 to say.
What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t 4a compliment (恭维)in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She 5 understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and 6 when they are praised(赞扬). So if someone says the dishes you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”
In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing, but in my opinion, being confident does not 7 being proud, so sometimes you should be confident 8 being modest.
9 you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down on by others. When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try ”, he or she will 10 get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

A．excited B．surprised C．relaxed D．frightened

A．her B．herself C．himself D．him

A．when B．which C．what D．how

A．accept B．receive C．refuse D．disagree

A．hardly B．really C．rarely D．badly

A．kind B．modest C．shy D．confident

A．think B．say C．ask D．mean

A．different from B．as well as C．instead of D．the same as

A．Unless B．Until C．Whether D．If

A．expect to B．fail to C．succeed in D．believe in

完形填空 (共15小题，计15分)
Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue (美德).
—William Bennett
Thanksgiving Day was coming. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment (作业) — to draw a picture of 1 for which they were thankful.
Most of the class might be considered poor, but still many would 2 the holiday with turkey and other traditional food of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the subject of most of her students’ art. And they were.
But Douglas made a 3 kind of picture. Douglas was a different kind of boy. He was the teacher’s true child of weak and unhappy. As other children played at 4 , Douglas used to stand close by her side. One could only guess at the pain that Douglas felt behind those sad 5 .
Yes, his picture was different. When he was asked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a 6 . Nothing else. Just an empty hand.
His abstract (抽象的) picture caught the 7 of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers 8 turkeys. Another suggested a police officer, because the police protect and 9 people. Still others guessed it was the hand of God, for God feeds us. And so the discussion went on — until the teacher almost forgot the young artist 10 .
When the children had gone on to other assignments, she stopped at Douglas’ desk, bent down, and 11 him whose hand it was. The little boy looked away and murmured, “It’s yours, teacher.”
She recalled the 12 when she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there, as she had the other students. How 13 she had said, “Take my hand, Douglas, we’ll go outside.” Or, “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” Or, “Let’s do this together.” Douglas was very 14 for his teacher’s hand. Brushing aside a tear, she went on with her work.
The story speaks of more than thankfulness. It says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it means to the Douglases of the world. They might not always say thanks, but they’ll remember the hand that 15 out.

A．anything B．something C．nothing D．everything

A．congratulate B．spend C．celebrate D．consider

A．good B．interesting C．exciting D．different

A．break B．rest C．desk D．first

A．noses B．hands C．faces D．eyes

A．gift B．person C．hand D．turkey

A．thought B．description C．respect D．imagination

A．raise B．need C．buy D．show

A．look at B．care for C．take away D．drive off

A．himself B．itself C．herself D．themselves

A．said B．asked C．talked D．spoke

A．chances B．forms C．ways D．times

A．much B．many C．often D．long

A．thankful B．helpful C．careful D．beautiful

A．moves B．holds C．reaches D．puts