【正文】 . was heldD. is held9. A. dayB. holidayC. monthD. time10. A. countryB. AmericaC. placeD. England13．完形填空 My husband died and I became very angry. I hated being alone. One day, as I was 1 down a busy street, I suddenly noticed a beautiful new fence （柵欄）around a house. The 2 still smelled of fresh paint. “Hello!” I came up and said to a 3 in the back garden, “I came to see the fence, it39。s so beautiful! ” “Oh! The fence is not there for me,” the lady explained to me in a calm voice, ”I live alone. 4 so many people pass by every day, I think they maybe pleased to see something really wonderful. 5 stop like you and e up to have a chat.” “But weren39。t you 6 when they expanded （拓寬）the road and everything changed so much?”“Change is part of life and takes part in making us who we are. When something we do not like happens to us, we have 7 choices to bee a bitter （痛苦的）person or to bee a better person.” Her reply changed my life, I carefully left the gate open and drove on 8 a new feeling inside me. I could not tell 9 it was, but I could feel the thick stone wall around my 10 heart breaking off. 1. A. walkingB. ridingC. drivingD. running2. A. streetB. paintC. houseD. fence3. A. boyB. manC. ladyD. girl4. A. ButB. ThusC. AndD. As5. A. FewB. A fewC. EveryoneD. None6. A. happyB. friendlyC. hungryD. sad7. A. oneB. twoC. threeD. four8. A. withB. forC. toD. by9. A. whenB. whereC. whoD. what10. A. surpriseB. happyC. angryD. sad14．完形填空 The umbrella is a very mon object. It keeps the 1 and the sun off the people. Most umbrellas can be folded up （折疊） so it is 2 to carry them. However, the umbrella was not always as 3 as it is now. In the past, it was a symbol of importance. Some African countries still use umbrellas in this 4 . Someone carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or important person. Umbrellas have a long history. People in different parts of the world began to 5 umbrellas at different times. The Chinese had them more than 3,000 years ago. From there, umbrellas 6 to India and Egypt. In Greece and Rome, 7 wouldn39。t use them. They believed umbrellas were only for women. England was 8 the first country in Europe where mon people used umbrellas against rain. The weather there is very 9 and umbrellas are very useful. Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you 10 one, thinking that for centuries only great men and women used them, you39。ll feel you are the important person, too. 1. A. rainB. cloudC. airD. water2. A. lovelyB. cheapC. hardD. easy3. A. lightB. heavyC. monD. special4. A. wayB. sizeC. reasonD. place5. A. discoverB. useC. examineD. discuss6. A. walkedB. traveledC. rodeD. flew7. A. childrenB. parentsC. menD. women8. A. probablyB. alreadyC. suddenlyD. immediately9. A. sunnyB. rainyC. snowyD. windy10. A. sellB. returnC. borrowD. carry15．通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) A、B、C 和 D 中選出一個(gè)最佳選項(xiàng)。 When my family moved to Ohio over the summer, I feared going to another new school and knowing no one because I was able to 1 what was ing. I had bright red hair and huge glasses. Besides, I was 2 and not very popular. 3 on the school bus that first day, I felt like all eyes on me. I could hear the words She39。s huge! Clearly, the kids on the bus had known each other well. I spent that first bus 4 in silence. The following day was even worse. I did not notice that a few boys had tied a rope across the aisle（通道）and then fell face first on the bus, 5 everything I was carrying. 6 I was uneasily gathering my things, I could hear the laughter, and then the words “That felt like an earthquake!” Anyway, I 7 to find a seat. Looking out of the window, I held back the tears running out of my eyes. It was then 8 I went into myself. I began walking everywhere. I would walk through the woods behind our house. I would also walk to a church. I began 9 the afternoon school bus on purpose, walking home instead. Then, 10 , I started losing weight. And as I became satisfied with myself, I began making 11 . One of my newly found friends also fought with her weight. She lived near my neighborhood so we would meet and 12 together. This became a daily activity with talking and laughing 13 the way—different from the lonely walks I had taken. While I would no longer want to experience that time of loneliness and sadness again, I am 14 I made it through. Whenever I am fighting with any other problem in life, I always remember the saying This too shall pass（一切都會過去的）. If you can find a path with no obstacles（障礙）, it probably doesn39。t 15 anywhere.1. A. expectB. understandC. expressD. explain2. A. thinB. overweightC. shortD. tall3. A. RunningB. SleepingC. JumpingD. Getting4. A. driveB. liftC. rideD. travel5. A. throwingB. losingC. leavingD. dropping6. A. WhileB. ThoughC. SinceD. Because7. A. decidedB. rememberedC. failedD. managed8. A. whenB. whoC. thatD. which9. A. catchingB. missingC. takingD. stopping10. A. unexpectedlyB. uncertainlyC. unluckilyD. uninterestedly11. A. changesB. friendsC. effortsD. decisions12. A. studyB. playC. chatD. walk13. A. alongB. acrossC. aroundD. above14. A. excitedB. worriedC. proudD. sad15. A. ap