【正文】 he driving test, but his coach still wonder____ he has really got everything ready. A. whether, that B. whether, whether C. that, that D. that, whether 13. The two girls have quarreled seriously three times but each time they ______ and became best friends again. A. made up B. turned away C. held out D. put down 14. ______a satisfactory operation, the patient is expected to recover from his illness very soon A. Having given B. Giving C. To be given D. Having been given 15. In the south of Liaoning Province ______, one of the most beautiful coastal cities in China. A. does lie Dalian B. Dalian lies C. lies Dalian D. does Dalian lie 16. Why, Jessie, you look so tired! Well, I ______ the graduation essay and I must finish it at the end of this month. A. was writing B. am writing C. have been writing D. have written 17. Without the help of his teacher, it ______impossible for him to make such great progress. A. would be B. was C. would have been D. had been 18. The speaker _____ himself in the middle of his speech. A. interrupted B. behaved C. sighed D. apologized 19. The river, ______ banks used to be covered with fruit trees and flowers, is now seriously polluted. A. of which B. along which C. where D. whose 20. How he regretted _______ his father’s advice! Otherwise he would not have made such a silly mistake. A. not to take B. not taking C. not taken D. having not taken 第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩小節(jié)，滿分 40 分） 第一節(jié)（共 15 小題， 每小題 2 分 ， 滿分 30 分 ） A Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table, reading his book. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to copy him in every way he could. One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the book just like you, but I don’t understand it, and I fet what I understand as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?” The grandpa quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandpa laughed and said, “You’ll have to move a little faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned. Out of breath, he told his grandpa that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, so he went to get a bucket instead. The grandpa said, “I don’t want a bucket of water。 I want a basket of water. You’re just not trying hard enough.” The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandpa the basket was empty again. Out of breath, he said, “Grandpa, it’s useless!” “So, you think it is useless?” the grandpa said, “Look at the basket.” The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean. “Grandson, that’s what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you’ll be changed, inside and out.” 21. What puzzled the grandson most was _________. A. why he fot what he read soon B. whether it was useful to read books C. what kind of book he could understand D. how he could read books like his grandpa 22. Why did Grandpa ask his grandson to fetch a basket of water A. To get him to realize the use of reading books. B. To punish him for not reading carefully. C. To clean the dirty basket in the river. D. To train him to run faster. 23. What lesson can we learn from the story? A. The old are always wiser than the young. B. It is foolish to carry water with a basket. C. You can’t expect to remember all you read. D. Reading books can change a person gradually. B When 15yearold Louisa Ball takes a nap, she sleeps for days on end, and no amount of shaking can fully wake her up. The British girl has a rare condition called Sleeping Beauty Sickness. Doctors don’t know what causes it or how to cure it only know that it strikes teenagers and goes away by itself after eight to 12 years. Louisa’s mum, Lottie, told NBC News that the girl had flulike symptoms just over a year ago. Shortly afterward, she had her first period of long sleeping. She was eventually diagnosed with KleineLevin Syndrome, whose victims worldwide may number no more than 1,000. The victim