（一）He's Never Done Any Favours for Others

Mr Jarvis lives in a valley. His village lies__1__a river and a high mountain. He and his wife work hard__2__ . But it has not rained for half a year and their crops have died. His family are in trouble. His children are hungry and__3__all the time. He has to beg some__4__for his family.

One day the poor farmer came to a town. He found there were plenty of shops there. He thought the people in the town were 5 and began to beg from door to door. That afternoon he got to the most beautiful house in the town and began to__6__the door. After a while the door opened and he told an old man what had happened to his family. He begged the rich man to do him a favour(恩惠). The man didn't__7__. At that moment a large dog was rushing towards him. He ran away as quickly as possible. He fell into a channel and__8__his leg. A worker pulled him out， but he couldn't walk and he began to cry __9__by the road.

\"Stop crying， my brother，\" said the worker. \"He never does any favours to anybody! In summer he doesn't put his hands into his__10__ because it's hot inside. And in winter he would not bring his hands out because it's cold!\"

（二）

I still remember I fell in love with English from a very young age， because I thought it was such a(n)__1__language. Full of strong wishes of learning English， I began to__2__it. But soon I found it __3__ than expected. There were too many words， expressions and many other things to remember. And even if you know__4__， you can't use them correctly and exactly. And I did rather __5__ in my first English test. I was worried about it. This made me upset and dropped my interest in English __6__.

While I was in trouble， my English teacher gave me much help. I knew that interest didn't mean __7__ and I should have some learning methods. I did as he said and tried many different ways of learning English.__8__the days went by， I could do better and better and became more and more interested in it.

During summer vacation， an old lady from Australia visited my school. She had a talk with us. I was the first time__9__a foreigner. I got __10__nervous at first， but soon I found it exciting to talk with her， and I learned a lot from her. How I wish to practice speaking English with foreigners every day!

（三）

Small talk is a good way to kill time and make friends. If you __1__ to other countries， do you know what to say to start small talk with local people?

Ｉn Britain， the best topic is the weather. British__2__changes quite often. It's also a safe topic. You can start small talk simply by saying \"It' s a lovely day today， isn't it?\"

Besides the weather，it's good to talk about gardens__3__English people. For example， you could say， \"Those roses look really beautiful，__4__?\" English people love their pets. So it's also nice to begin with \"What a lovely__5__! What is its name?\"

In America， people like to talk about sports，__6__American football and basketball. They also talk about clothes by saying \"It's a nice shirt! Where did you get it?\" The weather is a__7__topic there， too.

Of course， there are also a lot of topics to avoid (避免) during small talk in western countries.

Don't ask people \"How old are you?\". Age is usually a__8__， especially for ｗomen.

__9__ask \"How much money do you make?\". It makes people uncomfortable. Don't ask strangers whether they have a girlfriend __10__ boyfriend. Politics(政治) or religion(宗教) is not a good topic for two people who have just met， either.

（一）

1.B. 從句意可以看出，這個村莊在河和山之間。

2.C. 從后面所說的他們的收成不好可以得知，他 們在農(nóng)場里干活。

3.A. 孩子們餓了，自然是要哭泣的。

4.D. 對他們?nèi)襾碚f，最需要的當(dāng)然是食品，他 去討要的莫過于此。

5.A. 那個村莊店鋪林立，他自然會認為那里的 人 很有錢，才在那里乞討。

6.C. Mr Jarvis想要乞討一些食品，就得敲門。

7.D. 從那個有錢人放狗出來驅(qū)趕Mr Jarvis就能 看出，他不同意幫助他。

8.B. 從后面Mr Jarvis不能走路就能得知，他在掉 進水渠時，把腿摔傷了。

9.A. Mr Jarvis沒有討要到東西，反而摔傷了腿，他當(dāng)然很傷心。

10.D. 那個有錢人要給別人施舍，就得把手伸進 口袋里取錢，他不愿這樣做。

(二)

1.B. A項意思是“有幫助的，樂于助人的”，作者年 齡小且還沒接觸過英語，故談不上。B項意思是“棒的、精彩的”，小孩對不曾真正接觸過的東西會感到新鮮，可以產(chǎn)生一種崇拜感，覺得了不起， 故可選。C項意思是“令人激動的，令人興奮的”，英語表面看上去并不表現(xiàn)出可令人興奮的地方，只能說作者感到產(chǎn)生興奮。D項意思“細心的”，并非英語的特征。

2.C. 通過下文可知是開始要學(xué)習(xí)英語。

3.B. 通過下文所苦惱的事便知英語要比起初預(yù) 料的困難。

4.A. them指代上句的單詞、短語等，且下半句也 出現(xiàn)了them。故只能選A。

5.D. 本段最后作者感到煩惱和對英語失去興趣， 可表明英語測試結(jié)果相當(dāng)糟糕。

6.C. A項意思是“一個接一個的”，表可數(shù)。B項指三 者以上的“彼此”；C項意思是“一點點的，逐漸的”； D項指兩者的“彼此”，故C項最合適。

7.A. A項泛指“一切”，與not連用表部分否定。文中意思是“我懂得了興趣并不能代表全部，我還應(yīng)該學(xué)會一些方法”。其他選項都不能構(gòu)成部分否定。

8.B. when“當(dāng)……時”，強調(diào)動作發(fā)生的某一時刻； as“當(dāng)……時，隨著”，不如when意思強烈；whi-le“當(dāng)……時”，多與延續(xù)性動詞連用，go 為非延 性動詞，故不選;for表原因，意思是“因為”，故不選。文中意思是“隨著日子流逝，我逐漸……”， 故選B。

9.C. 此處考查動詞不定式作主語，用it代替，而不 定式短語放于句尾，故可排除B和D項。同某 人說話應(yīng)加介詞with或to，即應(yīng)為“talk with/to sb．”。

10.A. 此處意為“起初我感到有點緊張，但是我很快發(fā)覺與她談話是很令人興奮的……”。A項可修飾形容詞表程度，意思是“一點兒”；B項表否定，意思是“幾乎沒有”，作代詞或修飾不可數(shù)名 詞；C和D項只能作代詞或修飾名詞復(fù)數(shù)，不修 飾形容詞表程度。

（三）

1.B. travel to other countries 去外國旅游。

2.A. 根據(jù)上句，在英國，最好的話題是天氣。因此可推斷選weather。

3.C. talk about something with some body 和某人討 論某件事情。

4.A. 反意疑問句分為兩類：(1)前肯定，后否定；(2) 前否定，后肯定。前后兩部分的動詞在人稱、數(shù) 和時態(tài)上通常保持一致。

5.C. 根據(jù)前句English people love their pets．可知。

6.D. 根據(jù)語義，在美國，人們喜歡討論體育活動，比如美國的足球和籃球。故選such as (比如)。

7.C. 根據(jù)第二段第三句話中It's also a safe topic．可知。

8.B. 根據(jù)前句，不要問人們的年齡，可推斷，年齡通常是一個秘密。

9.A. 根據(jù)下句，It makes people uncomfortable．可知。

10.D. 根據(jù)語義，C 項明顯錯誤。 and表并列；but 表轉(zhuǎn)折；or 表警告 或選擇。