Sir Isaac Newton was a scientist who discovered the law of gravity（重力）. People have learned that Isaac Newton once ___(1)___ when he was thinking under an apple tree. __(2)__ he was woken up by an apple falling on his head. He jumped up, shouting, “Gravity made the apple fall!”
Did the apple really fall on him? No one __(3)__ for sure. The story of the apple may have some __(4)__, but people who knew him have written that it never happened. Newton had actually been studying gravity and thinking about how apples fell down from a tree and not __(5)___ for many years.
(1). A. fell overB. fell asleepC. fell ill
(2). A. SuddenlyB. SlowlyC. Usually
(3). A. promisesB. forgetsC. knows
(4). A. truthB. purposeC. requirement
(5). A. insideB. offC. up
My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
The first two there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang beautifully for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.
As we were singing on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer(老年痴呆症), most of them looked off at the walls or floor. However, one lady my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t like that. As we got with each song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got. she was singing, she was also reaching out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my responsibilities(责任) were to my students. People who worked at the care center could attend to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
Justin also the same lady. The difference between us is that he acted on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song,Silent Night, Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her eyes and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my to let you know that.”
This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No words can completely describe that touching moment.
It took a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude(态度) toward another was a that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself to have witnessed(目击) his lesson.
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If you were in trouble, what would you do? Would you wait, ask for help or solve it by yourself? Here is a story about this topic. Once, a terrible flood destroyed the whole village. A man in front of a house was surrounded (被包围) by the flood. he was not very scared because he always believed in God. He thought God must come there to save him for his . At that moment, a big wooden board came. If he caught it, the board him to become safe, but the man kept for God. He didn’t take a look at it at all. Then a small boat passed by, but the man still kept waiting and did nothing. Soon the boat was gone, too. The water was deeper and deeper, and the house was going to be broken. The two people in the boat were him and shouted to him, “Come down and go with us!” But the man stayed there and kept waiting for God.
You can guess the result easily. The man died at last. When he saw God in heaven, he complained to God, “ didn’t you save me?” God said he had save him. The big wooden board, the small boat, and the two men were all the helpers he had sent to help him, but the man them. From this we can see that God helps those people who help . If you don’t help yourself, God won’t help you, either.A. And B. But C. So
A. safety B. safe C. dangerous
A. helped B. will help C. would help
A. waiting B. swimming C. crying
A. offered B. worried about C. worried
A. bad B. friendly C. confident
A. Why B. When C. Where
A. tried to B. helped C. called to
A. accepted B. refused C. hated
A. themselves B. herself C. himself
完形填空（共20小题；计25分。A篇每小题1.5分，计15分；B篇每小题1分，计10分）
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A teenage girl couldn’t stand her family rules, so she left home.
She wanted to be a star and became famous. But she had a little education and years later, she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has been dead. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you. Come back home!”
One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. She was surprised and she couldn’t believe her________ “Is that me?” She moved and read the words, “I still love you.” She cried. She couldn’t wait back home. When she got home, it was early morning. She pushed the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She her mother up, “It’s me! Your daughter has come back home!” The mother and her daughter looked at each other in excitement, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “ ________ is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never locked ________ you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that you’ll come back some day.”
As everyone knows, parents love their children forever. Children should also understand their parents and share their happiness, sadness, even everything with their parents. ________ this way, both parents and children can be happy.A. a little B. a few C. much
A. looking for B. looking after C. looking at
A. sets on B. puts up C. cuts up
A. eyes B. ears C. nose
A. further B. closer C. away
A. go B. to gone C. to go
A. wake B. wakes C. woke
A. Who B. When C. Why
A. since B. for C. before
A. With B. In C. By
完形填空（共15 小题；每小题1分，计15分）
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。
You want to run across the street to catch the bus which is leaving soon. But ____! You’d better not. If a policeman sees you, you’ll be fined.
The new traffic law says that ____ people cross the street when the light is red, they will be fined as much as 50 yuan.
Traffic accidents ____ more than 200,000 people in China every year. Chinese cities have ____ cars than before. Drivers and pedestrians(行人) must work together to make the streets ____.
The law has new rules for drivers and pedestrians. Drivers have to ____ down when they are close to crosswalks. If people are in a crosswalk, cars must ____ to let them go first.
There are ____ for bus drivers too. If bus drivers smoke, drink or make phone calls __ driving, they will be fined. Buses that carry too many people are ____ against the law.
Pedestrians will have to walk more carefully under the new law. They must cross streets at crosswalks. Also they shouldn’t climb over the fences(栅栏) ____ streets.
Do you ride a bike to school? It’s not a good idea to ____ classmates on the back. You will be fined 50 yuan. And stay in the bike lane when you’re riding. The big roads are ____ cars and buses.
If you see a hit-and-run(肇事逃逸), tell the police. They may give you a reward. And don’t be ____ to help people to go to hospital if they are hurt in an accident. Don’t worry about money. The new law says that ____ must take care of them even if they can’t pay right away.
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完形填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面的短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Each year, thousands of Chinese middle school students go to study in foreign countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and Japan.
“Chinese children hope very much to go to get a wider view (视野) of the world.” said Chen Yi, a Chinese writer who has lived in America for 16 years. In a talk Chen told more than 300 parents and their children that life in foreign countries can be for young people. “They have to meet a culture shock and language problems.”
However, these are not the most difficult things. To most children looking after themselves when studying alone in a foreign country is a big .
Zhang Jia, a 16-year-old student, began to study in a high school in Sydney, Australia last October. To his surprise, his teachers there pushed students to study. And there wasn't homework. “With these education systems (体制), we have more time and more space for thinking.” said Zhang. “But if you don't know how to your time and money, you will not have an easy time.” Some of his friends spent their whole year's money in the first two months of the term, and they didn't pass their exams.
“Studying abroad at a young age can help students learn a foreign language and open up their eyes, but students and parents should know about the challenges,” Chen said. “ you want to study abroad, try to talk to someone with in foreign countries. Make sure that you are ready for it.
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