Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay(海灣). She stepped into the ___16___ and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and ___17___ to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach ___18___side. The waves struck against the side of the boat, ___19___and uneven; it became ___20___ difficult to row. If she ___21___ for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the ___22___.

She wasn’t even halfway, ___23___ she was already tired and her hands ___24___ from pulling on the rough wooden oars (船槳). “I’m never going to ___25___ it”, she thought. She rested the oars on her knees and ___26___ her head helplessly, then looked up as she ___27___ the boat shift(晃動(dòng)) against the tide.

The east wind, which had swung(旋轉(zhuǎn)) around from the south-west, ___28___ her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be ___ 29___. Her hands weren’t so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst ___ 30___.

The lights of the town became ___31___. One of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she ___32___ it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just ___33___? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last ___34___ on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves ___35___ and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.

16. A. car       B. boat    C. ship    D. mail

17. A. beside  B. before C. behind       D. beyond

18.A. another  B. other   C. either  D. the other

19. A. deep     B. calm   C. gentle D. rough

20. A. more    B. less     C. as       D. least

21. A. slept     B. continued   C. rested  D. rowed

22. A. home   B. mountains  C. south-west  D. entrance

23. A. if  B. so       C. but,    D. since

24. A. hurt     B. ruined C. troubled     D. broke

25. A. get       B. make  C. keep   D. take

26. A. mined  B. dropped     C. cocked       D. raised

27. A. saw      B. made  C. heard  D. felt

28. A. got to   B. came to      C. sent for      D. reached for

29. A. difficult       B. serious       C. all right      D. certain enough

30. A. any more     B. still more   C. no more     D. once more

31. A. brighter       B. bigger C. closer   D. smaller

32. A. destroyed     B. threw  C. repaired  D. seized

33. A. dreaming     B. guessing     C. inventing    D. expecting

34. A. blow    B. hit      C. pull    D. strike

35. A. anxiously     B. happily      C. sadly   D. carefully

A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s ___36___, she said she would go. This ___37___ be the first time that his classmates and teacher ___38___ his mother and he felt ___39___ of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕) that. ___40___nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to ___41___ why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were ___42___ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother ___43___ the car, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尷尬) and ___44___ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within ___45___ of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked ___46___,”How did you get the scar on your face?”

The mother replied, “___47___ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was ___48___ afraid to go in because the fire was ___49___ so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked ___50___ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.

She ___51___ the burned side of her face. “This scar will be ___52___, but to this day, I have never ___53___ what I did. ”

At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great ___54___ of the sacrifice(犧牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand ___55___for the rest of the day.

36. A. enjoyment    B. disappointment  C. surprise      D. excitement

37. A. would   B. could  C. should D. must

38. A. noticed B. greeted       C. accepted     D. met

39. A. sick      B. ashamed     C. afraid  D. tired

40. A. included      B. passed C. covered      D. shaded

41. A. talk about    B. think about C. care about  D. hear about

42. A. impressed    B. surprised    C. excited       D. comforted

43. A. in sight of    B. by means of       C. by way of   D. in spite of

44. A. hid       B. protected    C. separated    D. escaped

45. A. understanding      B. reminding  C. hearing      D. learning

46. A. carefully      B. seriously    C. nervously   D. anxiously

47. A. As B. When  C. Since  D. While

48. A. so B. much  C. quite   D. too

49. A. out of control      B. under control     C. in control   D. over control

50. A. helpless       B. hopeless     C. senseless     D. useless

51. A. pointed B. showed      C. wiped D. touched

52. A. ugly     B. lasting C. serious       D. frightening

53. A. forgot   B. recognized  C. considered  D. regretted

54. A. honor   B. sense   C. happiness   D. pride

55. A. quietly  B. slightly      C. tightly D. suddenly

Todd was working at his gas station(加油站) at night when he heard over the radio that a ___1___ in Long Island had been ___2___ by an armed man who had killed the night guard and got away with $150,000. “One hundred and fifty thousand,” Todd whistled. Here’s a fellow who just ___3___ into a bank and helps himself ___4___ so much money. Todd thought of the ___5___ with which he managed to get the amount of money he ___6___ to start his gas station. So many papers to ___7___. So much money to pay back.

The news ___8___ twenty minutes later. The gunman had ___9___ a car for a ride, and then ___10___ out the driver. He was possibly ___11___ the Southern State Parkway in a white Ford. License plate(車牌) number LJR 1939. The ___12___ of the announcer continued: “__13___ out for white cars. Don’t pick up ___14___, and all you folks in gas stations better not do ___15___ to a white Ford car.”

Todd stood up and ___16___ to see out into the cold night. It was dark but Todd ___17___ the Southern State Parkway was out there. Just ___18___, Todd saw the headlights coming at him and a car pulled in for ___19___. There it was, a white Ford. He saw the ___20___, LJR 1939.

“What should I do?” Todd had to make a quick ___21___.

“Yes, sir?” Todd ___22___ while making up his mind for sure.

“__23__ her up,” the man said sounding like any other ___24___.

When the tank(油箱) was full, Todd quickly turned round and pointed a gun at the man.

“Hands up ___25___ get out.”

1. A. store      B. bank   C. station D. house

2. A. searched for   B. held up      C. taken over  D. broken into

3. A. walks     B. looks  C. marches     D. drives

4. A. for  B. by      C. to       D. of

5. A. satisfaction    B. difficulty    C. disappointment  D. spirit

6. A. saved     B. made  C. offered       D. needed

7. A. collect    B. prove  C. sign    D. write

8. A. continued      B. lasted  C. spread D. arrived

9. A. bought   B. borrowed   C. stolen  D. stopped

10. A. sent      B. found  C. left     D. pushed

11. A. calling from       B. fleeing from      C. heading for D. looking for

12. A. news    B. warning     C. advice D. voice

13. A. Look    B. Run    C. Call    D. Set

14. A. guests   B. strangers    C. prisoners    D. passengers

15. A. harm    B. favor  C. service       D. business

16. A. tried     B. decided      C. hoped D. happened

17. A. considered   B. knew  C. recognized  D. learnt

18. A. then     B. there   C. right   D. now

19. A. directions    B. repairs       C. gas     D. parking

20. A. mark    B. number      C. sign    D. name

21. A. decision       B. call     C. movement  D. remark

22. A. wondered    B. stopped      C. waited D. asked

23. A. Cover   B. Fill     C. Check D. Tie

24. A. visitor  B. robber C. driver D. rider

25. A. or B. and     C. but     D. to

       Scott and his companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the

South Pole, they found the Norwegians（挪威人）had    36     them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After   37    the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves    38    they started the 950-mile journey back.

       The journey was unexpectedly    39     and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly    40    . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had     41    to mark their way home. To make things    42    . Evans, whom they had all thought of    43     the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having     44    along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.

        The four who were     45    pushed on at the best speed they could    46    . Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his    47     fact; at night his feet swelled（腫脹） so large that he could    48     put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great    49     . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that      50    could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him     51    a few more miles, until it was time to put up the   52      for another night.

     The following morning,     53    the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be     54     some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out    55     into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.

36．A．hit                           B．fought            C．won                         D．beaten

37．A．growing           B．putting           C．planting                  D．laying

38．A．a(chǎn)fter                 B．until            C．while                           D．before

39．A．safe                          B．fast             C．short                          D．slow

40．A．rose                 B．set            C．a(chǎn)ppeared                    D．disappeared

41．A．taken up           B．cut up                 C．set up                  D．picked up

42．A．easier               B．better           C．bitter                       D．worse

43．A．to                            B．upon           C．a(chǎn)s                      D．in

44．A．battled             B．struggled           C．speeded                    D．waited

45．A．left                          B．lost             C．defeated                   D．saved

46．A．manage            B．try               C．employ                      D．find

47．A．a(chǎn)ched                B．frozen          C．harden                     D．harmed

48．A．hardly              B．never          C．seldom                      D．nearly

49．A．pain                 B．fear           C．trouble                       D．danger

50．A．a(chǎn)ll others          B．some others   C．others                   D．the others

51．A．a(chǎn)way                         B．with           C．off                       D．on

52．A．bed                           B．tent        C．blanket              D．sleeping-bag

53．A．while                        B．since          C．for                       D．once

54．A．missed             B．separated        C．passed                D．gone

55．A．patiently           B．lonely          C．a(chǎn)lone                         D．worriedly

It’s fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito (蚊子) bites.Right before   36   Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma   37   me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the   38   like me. She said, “There’s an old saying—the   39   you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood   40   to the mosquitoes.” Not   41   it, I replied, “Grandmas, that’s just an old wives’ tale!”

    Well, less than a week   42   my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a   43   of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being   44  , but they all proved useless.

    Late one   45   in my cousin’s home, I couldn’t bear the   46   of the bites, Hoping to find some comfort, I   47   my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being   48   ,she said, “There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep.”With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (嫉妒地)   49   her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would   50  on her face. However, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed (驚奇的)，I ran to others’   51   ,only to find they were all sleeping   52   as the same thing occurred again and again.

    From those bites, I came to   53   my grandma’s silly tale. From then on. I’ve always tried to keep a(n)   54   mind about those strange old wives’ tales   55   they do have some truth to them.

36. A. leaving              B. passing                           C. visiting                           D. finding

37. A. persuaded           B. reminded                 C. warned                           D. informed

38. A. students             B. foreigners               C. passengers               D. visitors

39. A. earlier                       B. longer                            C. sooner                            D. later

40. A. grows                       B. goes                       C. flows                             D. remains

41. A. expecting           B. understanding          C. recognizing              D. believing

42. A. after                         B. before                            C. when                              D. as

43. A. shade                        B. pile                         C. cloud                             D. blanket

44. A. touched                     B. bitten                             C. defeated                  D. discovered

45. A. morning             B. afternoon                        C. evening                   D. night

46. A. noise                        B. hit                          C. pain                               D. effect

47. A. woke up             B. shouted at                C. looked for               D. dropped on

48. A. blarney              B. interrupted               C. moved                            D. frightened

49. A. having               B. watching                        C. making                           D. helping

50. A. land                          B. fly                          C. fall                         D. wait

51. A. houses               B. flats                        C. rooms                            D. homes

52. A. joyfully             B. anxiously                 C. soundlessly              D. worriedly

53. A. tell                           B. know                     C. remember                D. accept

54. A. open                         B. active                      C. clear                              D. boneset

55. A. and                           B. so                           C. because                          D. until

To understand the grammar of the sentence, you must break it ____into parts.

A. down                  B. up                       C. off                      D. out

Everything was perfect for the picnic ______ the weather.

A. in place of      B. as well as      C. except for      D. in case of

    When a storm is coming, most people leave the area as quickly ad possible and head for safety. But there are a few people who will get into their cars and go straight for the center of the storm. These people are willing to risk(冒…危險(xiǎn))being killed by floods or 100-kilometer-an-hour winds for the excitement of watching the storm close up.

   “Storm chasing(追逐)” is becoming an increasingly popular hobby(喜好), especially in the Midwest of the United States, where there are frequent storms between March and July. A storm chaser begins the day by checking the Internet for the latest weather reports, and then drives up to 1,000 kilometers to where the storm will be and waits for it to develop.

    Although anyone can do it , storm chasing is extremely dangerous. The power of a big storm can throw a cow into the air or destroy a whole house in seconds. Storm chasers are also often hurt in accidents caused by driving in a heavy rain. If you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a group for storm-chasing vacations during the storm season.

Even then, storm chasing is not all adventure and excitement . “Storm chasing is 95% driving,” says Daniel Lynch, who spends most of his summer storm-chasing.    “Sometimes you can sit around for hours waiting for something to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a few light showers.”

    However, for storm chasers, it is all worth it. “When you get close to a storm, it is the most exciting sight you will ever see in your life,” says Jasper Morley. “Every storm is an example of the power of nature, It is the greatest show on Earth.”

56. For storm chasing, the first thing storm chasers do is to          .

A. head straight for the center of the storm  B. get into the car for safety

C. wait patiently for the storm to develop    D. collect information about a coming storm

57. Beginners of storm chasing are advised             .

A. not to drive in a heavy rain                           B. to do it in an organized way

C. not to get too close to a storm                 D. to spend more time on it in summer

58. By saying “it is all worth it” in the last paragraph, the author means that             .

A. storm chasing costs a lot of money          B. storm chasing is worth hours of waiting

C. efforts in storm chasing are well paid          D. a storm presents the greatest show on Earth

59. What can we learn from the text?

A.  Sometimes storm chasers get nothing but disappointment

B.  Many storm chasers get killed in the storms.

C. Storm chasing is becoming popular around the world.

D. Storm chasing is only fit for young people.

When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate?

Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things, If this is even possible. it is short-term , and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will. they may do it because they feel they must , but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long-term , They will also experience fear.

Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best . If they associate you with this emotion of fear. They will become less functional around you , and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot . but possibly making a very good employee or partner unable to perform effectively . Fear has no place in leadership.

The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion. We can order someone to do something , which may be part of the work day; or we can employ them at the emotional level , so they became fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation(積極性)。Today’s work place is all about relationships as a human being as well as a worker. Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like. Leaders understand the way things work. They know the pay check is not the single most motivating factor (因素) in the work life of most people.

The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligence---knowing your own emotions, and how to handle them, and those of others . Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills .

52. An employee may have a feeling of fear in the work place when___.

A. he is forced to do things                 B. be cannot work at his best

C. . he feels his brain shut down          D. he thinks of his work as too heavy

53. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. People tend to associate leadership with fear

B. Working conditions affect people’s physical health

C. Good relationship is the key to business success

D. Smart people are more functional in the work place.

54. To positively influence employees a leader should first of all __

A. provide better suggestions               B. develop his own personality

C. five his employees a pay raise          D. hide his own emotion of fear

55.Good leadership is mainly seen in a leader’s ability to___

A . provide a variety of project for employees     B. help raise employee’s living standards

C. give employees specific instructions               D. deal wisely with employees’ emotions

     Collections were the inspiration(靈感) for a project at Thomas Tallis School, which formed part of the Imagine Children's Literature Festival last autumn. Each child (aged 12-13) beautified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it. The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom. Some were left empty to encourage visitors to write their own stories.

    The subject chosen by Lauren was an imaginative one. "It's a sort of Cinderella (灰姑娘) story," she told me, inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin, In the story these become love letters, burned by a cruel stepmother. Lauren's best friend Charlotte is the stepmother. "I'm in Charlotte's story too," says Lauren, "and I get run over." Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girls' coin collection. "We've collected foreign coins for years – since our families went on holiday to Tenerife." she explains. "That was before the Euro, so we put pesetas in." Lauren continues: "I find a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over. I'm in hospital and then I die." Charlotte adds: "Or she might not die. I haven't decided yet."

     Millie Murray, who is a teen-novel author, thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction(限制). "In the beginning I thought, 'Will the children be able to do it?"she says. "But it's been fruitful. Some have their own collection, some have parents who do, and some have written complete stories. It's made them think about something they wouldn't have otherwise, which can only be a good thing."

59. What were the children asked to do in the project?

      A. To meet friends at Thomas Tallis School. B. To write stories on the subject of collections.

      C. To encourage visitors to write their own stories.

      D. To have their friends for characters in the stories.             

60. The underlined word "pesetas" in Paragraph 2 is a kind of _____.

      A. story              B. collection            C. inspiration     D. foreign coin

61. From the stories by Lauren and Charlotte, we know that _____ .

      A. Charlotte hurt herself when getting a coin

      B. both of them developed their imagination

      C. both of them will die in each other's stories

      D. Lauren's cousin posted her some love letters             

62. Millie Murray thinks ________.

      A. collections could inspire writing creativity            

   B. it was good for parents to have collections

      C. inspirations were very useful in writing stories

      D. setting collection subjects restricted inspirations