三．完形填空(10分)

阅读短文, 指出能填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

it was monday. mrs smith's dog was 1 , but there was no meat in the house. thinking that there was no 2 way, mrs smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it："give my dog half a pound of meat." then she gave the paper to her dog and said, " 3 this to the butcher, and he's going to give you your lunch today." 4 the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's shop. it gave the paper to the butcher. the butcher read it 5 , and recognized (辨认) that it was 6 mrs smith's handwriting. so he did 7 he was asked to. the dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

at midday, the dog came to the shop again. it gave the butcher a piece of paper again. after reading it, he gave half a pound of meat 8 .

the next day, the dog came again just at midday. and as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. this time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog 9 meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers. but, the dog came again at 4:00 p.m.. and the same thing happened once again. to the butcher's surprise, it came for the third time at 6:00 p.m.. the butcher felt puzzled. he said to himself, "this is a small dog. why does mrs smith give it so much meat to eat today?" looking 10 the piece of paper, he found that there were no words there.

⒈ a. hungry b. thirsty c. hot d. ill

⒉ a. another b. other c. others d. the other

⒊ a. take b. bring c. get d. carry

⒋ a. picking b. having c. dropping d. holding

⒌ a. carefully b. quietly c. slowly d. clearly

⒍ a. possibly b. really c. exactly d. strongly

⒎ a. when b. like c. as d. after

⒏ a. too b. also c. again d. either

⒐ a. its b. his c. himself d. it

⒑ a. at b. for c. into d. up

四．阅读理解（30分）

阅读理解下面的短文，然后按要求答题。

(a)

根据表格内容, 指出能完成所给句子的最佳答案。

⒈ the art show will last ___ .

a. one day b. two days c. three days d. four days

⒉ the students will have the school meeting ___ in may.

a. four times b. three times c. twice d. once

⒊ we can see that the students will have exams from ___ to ___ .

a. may 1, may 5 b. may 10, 12 c. may 22, may 26 d. may 8, may 11

⒋ from the above chart (图表) we can see that there are two ___ groups in this school.

a. sports b. art c. science d. language

⒌ there will be ___ ball matches in may.

a. two b. three c. four d. five

(b)

when most people think of the olympics, they don't think of science. but in the usa, each year, students take part in a kind of competition called the science olympiad.

it has a lot of different events. students go there to show how much they know about the science of music, biology, chemistry and others. my best event is forestry (森林学). this time, i went to the olympiad with my school's team. we had worked hard, but this was the state competition. it would be hard to win.

the olympiad was out of town, so we got to ride on a bus and stay in a hotel for a night. the olympiad was in three big rooms. when we got there, we set up our team's "camp" off to one side. the big day had come at last! first, i went to watch the tower building competition. that's when students build small towers and put heavy things on top of it. they hope they can hold them up. one of my schoolmates was putting things on her tower. she was nervous, and in the end it was too heavy for her tower to hold it—it broke! i felt bad for her. after lunch, i helped some teammates with their events. one was geography, and the other was history. i don't know much about those things, so i just watched my teammates do most of the work. at last, it was time for my favorite event—forestry. another student was also in the forestry event. the rules were easy. we had to look at more than 40 different kinds of leaves and find out which plants they were from. we also had to answer some questions about the uses of each leaf. i knew almost all of the leaves and could answer most of the questions. i had spent more than a month studying on the internet to get ready. at the end, it was time for the awards (颁奖), l was nervous, because the forestry awards were last. we won second place in the whole state! a nice man gave me a medal and smiled at me.

i had a great time at the science olympiad. i can't wait for next year!

根据短文内容, 指出能完成所给句子的最佳答案。

⒍ which of the following is true?

a. when people talk about olympics, they never think of the sports games.

b. the writer got some help from others in getting ready for the competition.

c. no one thinks the olympics has anything to do with science.

d. the writer thought the competition was difficult.

⒎ the writer felt ___ about the competition.

a. nervous b. excited c. sad d. bad

⒏ we know that ___ .

a. you know a lot about biology if you're good at forestry

b. it's the first time for the writer to be in the competition

c. the writer had to do some experiments in the competition

d. the state competition lasted several days

⒐ the writer took part in the competition ___ .

a. in the morning b. at noon

c. in the afternoon d. at night

⒑ the writer ___ at the science olympiad.

a. won the first prize b. lost the state competition

c. enjoyed himself d. got 40 different kinds of leaves

(c)

for many of us, the idea of a family is a lot narrower than it used to be. today children go away to college, and take up jobs wherever chances seem greatest. so instead of growing up in a family with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, many of us are truly connected only to our parents and brothers.

many kids today know little of the lives of their relatives and don't care deeply about them.

whether we realize it or not, this feeling of being disconnected makes people feel a kind of lonely. "people need to feel connected," says joy browne, a doctor in the u.s. "and they will do it in the easiest ways." when family members aren't connected, what could be easier than forming (形成) a connection to famous people?

this isn't something unusual, of course. people cried when mei yanfang died in 2003. it's natural and in most ways harmless to feel that way. but that's unhealthy, because these relationships (关系) aren't two-way.

for that, we need to stay connected to our own families. we'll never turn back the clock to keep families from breaking. but parents can help by telling their children stories about their grandparents, aunts and cousins, and by telling them the children's latest activities and interests.

we can use technology to keep connected with each other. it's easy to send e-mails to granddad better yet, take a vacation with members of your relatives—not with any other person. a week or so of relaxing vacation can be a great way to tie up family ties. and when a bad thing happens, no one can be as helpful as your relatives. because no matter how much we cry for the famous people, they can't be there to cry for us.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正(t)与误(f)。

⒒ the writer seems to tell us the feeling of love should be two-way.

⒓ people should love famous people better than they love their relatives.

⒔the writer talks about technology here to tell us the way to improve family relationship.

⒕ the reason why people feel lonely is that kids today know little about their relatives

⒖ the writer writes this passage to advise families to keep closely connected.