通读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．请将正确答案序号按要求涂在答题卡指定位置．
Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu，part of today's Shandong Province．September 28th is his birthday．（41） he was born over 2，000 years ago，people still remember him on this day．
His childhood was sad．His father （42） when he was only 3 and he had to work to help his mother．But young Confucius didn't （43） studying．He visited many famous teachers and learned music，history，poetry and sports．
Later，he became a teacher and started the （44） private school in Chinese history．At that time，only children from rich families could go to school，but Confucius believed （45） should go to school if they wanted to learn．He had about 3，000 students in his lifetime．
Today，people still follow his（46） ．He told us that each person has something worthy to learn and teach．"When I am with three people，one of them must be （47） than me in some areas．I choose their good qualities（品质）and follow them．I take their bad qualities and change them in myself．"
He also taught us that thinking is very important in study．"All study but no thinking makes people puzzled（迷惑）．All thinking but no study makes people（48） ．"
Confucius is not only a great teacher but also a famous（49） with wise thoughts about the world and society．His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners．"A kind person should care for others．Be strict（50） yourself，but be kind to others．"He said．
41．A．Because |
B．After |
C．Although |
D．Since |
42．A．die |
B．died |
C．dead |
D．death |
43．A．give up |
B．pick up |
C．take off |
D．put off |
44．A．one |
B．two |
C．first |
D．second |
45．A．none |
B．someone |
C．no one |
D．everyone |
46．A．thoughts |
B．news |
C．ways |
D．messages |
47．A．good |
B．well |
C．better |
D．best |
48．A．lazily |
B．beautifully |
C．lazy |
D．beautiful |
49．A．scientist |
B．thinker |
C．engineer |
D．explorer |
50．A．at |
B．for |
C．of |
D．with |
完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A,B,C项中选出最佳选项，并将答案填涂在对应的答题卡上。
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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完形填空( 每小题1分,共15分)将序号填在下面框内.
Donald was not very good at maths. He could not understand the teacher’s . Even when the teacher explained something again, Donald still could not it. “Never mind,” Donald told himself. “I’m quite good at other______ . I cheat（作弊）in the maths exam, then I won’t be in __ ___ .”
“My deskmate Brian Smith is best at maths,” he thought, “and I’ll be able to __ __ his answers.”
The day of the exam came, and Donald sat ___ ___ Brian Smith, who always sat at the top of the ___ ___ . Donald carefully copied Brian's answers onto his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher ___ ___ the papers and graded（评分）them.
Then she said, “Well, boys and girls, I’ve decided to give a to the student who got the highest grade. It’s for me to decide whom I will choose, however, because two students, Donald and Brian, got the ______ grade.”
“Let them share it.” one of the ______ said.
“I’ve thought about that,” the teacher said, “but I've chosen Brian.”
Donald was ___ __ when he heard this. He stood up and said, “That’s not fair.”
“That’s ___ ___ ,” the teacher said. “However, Brian’s answer to Question 18 was ‘I don’t know.’ Yours was ‘ do I.’”
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完型填空(每题1分，共15分)
Molly’s brother Sammy liked to play the guitar and sing. The made him happy and him of many happy times . He wrote a lot of and played them for his family. There was that Sammy wanted more to do except music .
But one day Sammy a tree. he fell off and hurt his arm badly.
The doctor at the hospital told him his arm would never again. It made him very sad . His sister Molly felt sad too. She knew how down he was. She wished that she could him out. She told him to be positive(积极的) , and she would help him difficult times .
Sammy smiled a bit, because his sister seemed to care. She him her support and he was glad that she was there. When Sammy returned home from the hospital, he could not wait to up his guitar and tried to play a small piece of music, Sammy’s arm did not work right, the music all wrong. He became so upset (沮丧)and threw his guitar out.
Then Molly ran and took Sammy’s guitar out of the dirty old dustbin, and said, “Can you teach me to play? ” So Sammy showed Molly what he knew about guitar, and before long , she could play just like a . Sammy smiled again.
Music is a miracle(奇迹) when things seem to go wrong.
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完型填空 （10%）
Wang Bing, a 12-year-old boy, likes sports very much and does in sports.
One afternoon, he is very glad his father waiting for him after school when he comes out of the classroom. “Let’s go,” says Dad “I will dinner and you can do your homework. Mum is still .”
On their way Wang Bing sees some boys skating in a park.“ Can I go and learn skating, Dad ?”asks Wang Bing“I’m sorry, my boy, you must go home and do your homework,” answers his father,“but I can buy you an ice cream”.
Then his father buys an ice cream him. When Wang Bing wants to eat it, a fly(苍蝇)flies to ice cream.
“Drive off the fly,” says his father, “ very dirty.” Wang Bing says a smile,“You don’t let me skate, can you let him skate for a while ?”
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完形填空。
One day a rich man met Tom. The rich man asked, “I hear you are very clever and is difficult for you. Can you tell me why you are so clever?”
Tom answered with , “Oh, I am not clever. Instead, you are too foolish (愚蠢的).” The rich man became .
Tom said, “Sir, please unhappy. If you don’t agree what I said, now let me you a very easy question: If you have a group of sheep, I send you group. Then, you say, how many groups of sheep do you have?”
“Why! That’s the easiest question in the world. One and one is two. knows that. I have two groups of sheep, of course.”
Tom laughed and laughed and said, “You are quite , sir. Two groups of sheep put together is still one group. That’s the question in the world, isn’t it?
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