【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 are D. am 10. The nurse doesn’t feel well today, ____ she still works very hard. A. but B. and C. or D. then 11. –How long ___ you ___ here? For about two years so far. A. have。 studied B. did。 live C. do。 stay D. were。 swimming 12. She bought a digital camera online _____ she would save a lot of time. A. so that B. as soon as C. no matter D. such that 13. Not only his parents but also his brother _____ to the Summer Palace. They haven’t been back. A. have been B. have gone C. has been D. has gone 14. He is _____ older than his wife. A. quite B. very C. rather D. more 15. –Those boxes are still new. Don’t_____. OK. A. throw away them B. throw them away C. throw away it D. throw it away II. 完形填空 SARS caused a lot of problems. Here, there are two ways we can look upon the epidemic (流行病 ). One side of SARS is already ___1__. It is a serious disease and over 300 people in China have died from , however, we look at SARS in another way, we can say that it has caused people to realize that __3__ is very valuable (有價值的 ). One day in April, Li Hong, a student in Taiyuan, traveled on the ___4___ bus as a man who might have had SARS. As a result, he had to stay at ___5___ for over two weeks. ―I’m now going to ___6___ every day of my life,‖ he later said. SARS taught people to be ___7___ for what they had. Many doctors and nurses spent all their time with people who had SARS. Some of them have even lost their ___8___. Another student said he wanted to be a doctor when he grew up. ―Though they know their jobs were ___9___, doctors and nurses tried their best to ___10___ people’s lives. We must learn from them,‖ he said. 1. A. important B. natural C. ordinary D. clear 2. A. If B. Since C. For D. Because 3. A. disease B. health C. life D. challenge 4. A. old B. clean C. same D. big 5. A. school B. home C. hospital D. bed 6. A. spend B. use C. take D. enjoy 7. A. thankful B. careful C. fit D. clever 8. A. families B. lives C. jobs D. children 9. A. great B. dangerous C. favorite D. safe 10. A. change B. chock C. save D. treat IV. 閱讀理解 A Almost all people like flowers. Some people like flowers because of their smells, shapes, colors and so on. Others like flowers because they think different flowers mean different things. Flowers have their own language. For example, red roses mean ―love‖ and sunflowers mean ―loyalty‖（忠誠） .So people in more than 100 countries have chosen their own national flowers which say something about their countries’ spirit（精神） . In 1994, China talked about choosing a national flower. Some people liked the peony（牡丹） but others liked the plum blossom（梅花） .They couldn’t agree with each other. So it has not been decided yet. People like to buy different flowers in different seasons. Where do all the beautiful flowers in shops e from? They may e from far away, so their price is higher. a. Farmers grow flowers in their fields. b. Planes or trains or buses take the flowers to different places. c. Flower shopkeepers buy flowers from the flower markets. They look at the flowers and throw away the broken or bad ones. They cut the flowers to make them more beautiful. d. You go to buy the flowers in the shops. When you buy a flower, you’re paying lots of people: the farmer, the driver of the plane or train or bus. The seller in the flower market and the flower shopkeeper. So you’d better keep your flowers from far away for a long time. But how? Why not dry them? It’s easy! Sand drying is a way. Dry, clean sand is one of the oldest things for drying flowers. And it’s one of the cheapest. ?Fill a box halfway with sand. ?Put the flowers on top of the sand. ?Put the box in a warm, dry place. ?Leave the flowers t