One Saturday morning a careless car－driver   26   a lighted cigarette out of his car ten miles west of the small Canadian town of Stanton.The forest at the side of the road was   27  because there had been no   28   for many days.Within a few minutes the trees were   29  fire.

A truck driver saw the fire when he was on his   30   to Stanton.As soon as he reached the town he told   31  about it.Soon fire fighters were   32   westwards.When they arrived the fire they saw was very  33  .It could not spread to the north because of a lake   34   to the south because of a wide   35  .But a   36   wind was carrying the fire towards Stanton and the fire fighters could not stop it.Then,one of the firefighters   37   a message back to the town  38 

radio.

The chief fire officer and   39   of people hurried to a place about a mile   40   of the town.There they   41   dynamite to blow down the trees and to clear a wide path through the forest.  42   the fire reached the path it began to   43   down because there was   44   left to burn.After several hours they   45  to put out the fire and save the town.

26.A.lit                        B.threw                        C.put                           D.smoked

27.A.wet                      B.dry                           C.thick                         D.heavy

28.A.snow                    B.water                        C.rain                          D.wind

29.A.set                       B.caught                       C.on                                   D.in

30.A.way                            B.path                          C.road                          D.street

31.A the man                B.the police                  C.the forest                   D.the fire

32.A.hurrying               B.reaching                    C.arriving                     D.getting

33.A.big                       B.small                        C.large                         D.little

34.A.and                      B.or                             C.but                           D.even

35.A.road                            B.farm                         C.river                         D.forest

36.A.east                      B.west                          C.south                        D.north

37.A.got                       B took                          C.sent                          D.carried

38.A.with                     B.from                         C.on                                   D.by

39.A.many                   B.most                         C.hundreds                   D.a hundred

40.A.east                      B.north                        C.south                        D.west

41.A.will use                B.use                           C.would use                  D.used

42 A.However               B.Though                     C.When                        D.If

43.A.put                       B.go                                   C.die                            D.get

44.A.something             B.nothing                            C.anything                    D.everything

45.A.tried                     B.succeeded                  C.managed                   D.decided

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I love spending weekends with my grandparents. I felt especially welcome and    36    in Grany’s small kitchen. It was there that we had conversations and Grany always seemed to include a bit of    37    with every recipe she prepared.
I remember one Saturday morning    38   . After breakfast I asked Grany, “What kind of soup are you making today?” “Vegetable beef,” she answered, “And you can help by chopping some carrots and celery.” As I slowly peeled carrots, I    39   , “I’ve got to give an oral work report next week and I’m    40   .”
Grany looked at me and said, “Most people are afraid of    41    speaking. But remember, the only thing you have to fear is fear    42   .”
“But I don’t like standing up in front of everybody.    43    I forget what I’m going to say?”
“Have you prepared    44   ?” asked Grany.
“Well, no. That would be a lot of    45    work.”
“But do you like my soup?” she asked. Soup? I wondered. I thought we were talking about my life.
“I love your soup, Grany.” I said.
“Well, you know, a lot of people don’t    46    homemade soup these days. They say it’s too much trouble. First you have to cook a nice broth（肉汤）and then chop all the vegetables into bite-size pieces.”
“But I don’t    47    a little trouble,” she said. “It adds variety and flavor to my soup and to my life. My soup would be    48    bland（淡而无味的）without the vegetables, and so would my life if it didn’t have the little    49   .”
After pausing she added, “Besides, you have to remember God knows exactly    50    he’s cooking up in your life. You’ve got to trust him with the recipe.” She smiled and then walked to the sink to start washing the dishes.
While I help Grany  51  , I thought as well what she had said. I still had a few days to  52    my oral report.
That Saturday, Grany gave me food for thought as well as a bowl of her homemade soup. Every spoonful of Grany’s masterpiece was    53    with delicious bits of meat and vegetables. As I enjoyed the meal with my grandparents,    54    my problems didn’t seem quite so big any more. I was determined to work on them. Grany had said hard work    55   . Maybe I too could turn a little trouble into something as special as Grany’s homemade soup.tesoon
36. A. experienced                B. relaxed                     C. withdrawn                D. tortured
37. A. wisdom                            B. affection                  C. anecdote                   D. fantasy
38. A. as usual                            B. above all                  C. in general                 D. in particular
39. A. wept                          B. suspected                  C. complained               D. mourned
40. A. scared                        B. received                   C. conservative             D. deliberate
41. A. public                        B. private                            C. personal                   D. authentic
42. A. others                        B. itself                        C. audience                   D. judges
43. A. Only if                      B. How come                C. So what                   D. What if
44. A. assessment                 B. regulation                 C. deadline                   D. notes
45. A. absolute                            B. subjective                 C. extra                        D. flexible
46. A. decorate                     B. inspect                            C. make                       D. foresee
47. A. add                           B. mind                        C. expose                     D. appoint
48. A. even                          B. pretty                       C. much                       D. far
49. A. ups and downs            B. part and parcel          C. cats and dogs            D. pros and cons
50. A. how                          B. when                       C. what                        D. where
51. A. eat up                        B. do up                       C. pick up                    D. clean up
52. A. distribute                   B. practice                    C. boycott                    D. decline
53. A. loaded                       B. equipped                  C. reformed                      D. resisted
54. A. therefore                    B. however                   C. somehow                  D. moreover
55. A. left off                      B. kept off                    C. took off                   D. paid off

Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away. Life has changed for millions of young people across the world who now make friends online. Whether you use chat-rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are a member of this group.
“I don’t often talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ,” said Fox’s Shadow, the online name used by a girl student in China. “Most of my classmates use QQ after school.”
QQ is the biggest messaging service in China. A record from Tencent, the company which developed QQ, shows that 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October.
And probably Fox’s Shadow was one of them. “I log in on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel everything around me boring. I usually spend about ten hours chatting online every week,” she said. “But I never talk with strangers, especially boys or men.”
Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making friends with strangers online. “You don’t know who you’re talking to. You should always be careful about whom you believe in online.”
Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have known someone very well. Fox’s Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face. It was a girl who was a football fan like herself and they went to a football match together.
A 16-year-old Beijing boy, named Bart Simon online, dislikes QQ users. “I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking about foolish things,” he said. Now he chats online in English, using MSN. “I only chat online because I’ve got friends in Japan, the US and Singapore,” he said. “I want to learn more about foreign cultures.” But he spends little time chatting on QQ as he sees it as a waste of time and money.
“If you are really addicted to it, sometimes you can’t give your mind to your lessons,” he said. “And friends in your real life are always more important than those so-called friends you meet online.”
【小题1】From the passage, we know“…they are all just a few clicks away” means“    ”.

I want to tell you a story that changed my life many years ago. We were living in College Station, Texas and my wife and I were on our way home from Houston, Texas one Saturday morning. We decided to stop at a local restaurant to get something to eat since we had enough time. When we finished, we got back into our car and before I started it, we noticed a homeless man standing in front of the building. His clothes were worn and it looked as though he didn’t have any money. It was cold and I was sure he wanted something warm to drink; however, it was not this that I remember, because that is not what "moved" me. A dog was also walking up to the front of the building. Being a dog owner, I knew that the dog was a mother, and that she had just had some pups (小狗). She was hungry and weak and I felt bad for her. I knew if she didn’t eat soon, she and her pups would not live. People walking by didn’t even notice her. She was not as pretty and clean as most dogs, but she still deserved (值得) better. We still did not do anything, but someone else did. The homeless man, who I thought could not afford anything to eat, went into the store and bought dog food with all the money he had.

1.Where did the story happen?

A．In front of the local restaurant.

B．In front of a building.

C．In the car parking lot.

D．Near the author’s house.

2.What do we know about the dog?

A．The author wanted to help the dog, but he was un-able to.

B．The dog and her pups were in danger of dying from hunger.

C．The dog was not cute enough to be loved.

D．The author didn’t like dogs.

3.Which of the following moved the author?

A．The homeless man had no money to buy food for himself.

B．The homeless man wore worn clothes on cold days.

C．The homeless man bought food for a dog with all his money.

D．Most people walking by the dog didn’t notice her.

4.What can we conclude(得出结论) from the passage?

A．The author was so hungry that he went into the local restaurant to eat.

B．The author didn’t understand what the homeless man did.

C．The dog shouldn’t be taken care of carefully because it looked ugly.

D．Things are not always what they seem.

5.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．My Memory                           B．A Poor Dog

C．The Homeless Person                    D．A Mother Dog

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away. Life has   36   for millions of teenagers across the world who now make friends online.   37   you use chat rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are   38   of a virtual community (虚拟社区).

"I rarely talk with my parents or grandparents,   39   I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ," said Fox's Shadow, the online nickname (网名) used by a Senior 2 girl in China. "Eighty per cent of my classmates use QQ   40   school."

QQ is the biggest messaging   41   in China. A record shows 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October,   42   to Tencent, the company which developed QQ.

And Fox's Shadow might well have been one of them. "I log in (登陆) on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel  43  . I usually   44   about 10 hours chatting online every week," she said. "But I rarely talk with  45  , especially boys or men."

Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making   46   with strangers online. "You don't know   47   you're talking to. You should  48   be careful about who you trust online."

Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to  49   someone very well. Fox's Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face. It was a girl who was a comic fan like   50   and they went to a comic show together.

However, not all teenagers have been so   51  . At the beginning of this year, a 17-year-old girl in Liaoning Province was killed after meeting a friend she had found on QQ. The criminals (罪犯) weren't   52   until last month.

A 16-year-old Beijing boy, known online as Bart Simon, dislikes QQ users. "I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking   53  ," he said. Now he chats online in English, using MSN. But he spends little time chatting as he sees it as a  54    of time and money. "If you are really   55   to it, sometimes you just can't concentrate (集中精神) in class," he said.

36.A. improved      B. become      C. changed     D. increased

37.A. Whether       B. If       C. When  D. Unless

38.A. member B. part    C. partner       D. number

39.A. but B. as       C. when  D still.

40.A. before   B. at       C. after   D. since

41.A. service  B. product      C. structure     D. organization

42.A. granting       B. depending  C. considering D. according

43.A. sleepy   B. tired   C. bored  D. busy

44.A. take      B. cost    C. pay     D. spend

45.A. friends  B. adults  C. males  D. strangers

46.A. relation B. touch  C. contact       D. friends

47.A. who      B. which C. whose D. these

48.A. often     B. usually       C. sometimes  D. always

49.A. know    B. recognize   C. tell     D. judge

50.A. herself   B  she    C. anybody else      D. everyone

51.A. good     B. fortunate    C. safely  D. healthy

52.A. kept      B. held    C. caught D. killed

53.A. uselessness    B. noise   C. nonsense    D. rubbish

54.A. short     B. lack    C. waste  D. little

55.A. kept      B. held    C. addicted     D. stuck