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人物故事一、阅读理解（共15小题；共30分）a london(reuters)british milkman steve leech, who saved several shops and flats by putting out a fire with 320 pints of milk, was celebrating thursday after winning a national bravery award. leech, 35, named “hero milkman” by the national dairymens association, said that he had noticed smoke coming out of a shop in cornwall, southern england, while delivering(递送) milk as usual a year ago. “i saw the flats up above and thought id better do something. so i kicked the door in and started pouring milk everywhere,” lee told reuters thursday. “when firemen arrived, the fire was almost out,” he said. firemen said he had helped save the lives of eight people living in the flats above the shops. “it was hard work opening all those bottles, especially since they have tamper-proof lids. but it was even harder trying to explain to my boss where all the milk had gone.” 1. this is a(n) from london.a. posterb. reviewc. advertisementd. news report 2. leech was awarded the prize for his .a. hard workb. brave behaviorc. inventiond. patriotic behavior 3. which is the correct order of what leech did about a year ago? 1 the fire was almost put out. 2 he kicked the door in. 3 he noticed smoke coming out of a shop. 4 he delivered mile as usual. 5 he poured milk everywhere.a. 12345b. 42351c. 34125d. 43251 4. the underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggests(暗示) that tamper-proof lids add to the difficulty of those bottles.a. stealingb. breakingc. openingd. wasting 5. which is not true according to the passage?a. leech put out a fire with milk at the age of 34.b. cornwall is in the north of england.c. leech saved eight people in the shops.d. the fire was already out before firemen arrived.b sam was a fifteen-year-old boy living with his little sister, julie. their parents had passed away long ago. sam had taken care of julie by himself. one day, sam woke up at three in the morning as usual when julie was sleeping alone. sam left their little house to send newspapers. when he found an old man sitting in front of their house. sam was so surprised that he stopped to look at him closely. it was an icy morning and he looked very old. the poor old man didnt have anything to cover himself with. sam went into his house to get the old man a blanket. however, there were no extra blankets, so sam thought hard and took his fathers coat. it was the only thing of his fathers that he had left. sam wrote a short note. sir, i found you sleeping in front of my house. this is my fathers coat. i hope it fits you well. he put the note in a pocket of the coat, and covered the old man with the coat. then he went to work. when he came back three hours later, both the man and the coat were gone. sam thought that it was the best thing he could have done with his fathers coat. that afternoon, sam hurried home after school because julie was at home alone. however, julie and the old man were standing in front of the house, and julie shouted to sam, brother! hes our grandfather! the grandfather smiled and said, sam. thank you for giving me the coat and letting me know how good my grandson is. this coat was the one i gave my son a long time ago! 6. how was the weather when sam saw an old man in front of his house?a. hot and sunny.b. rainy.c. icy and cold.d. windy. 7. sams morning job was to .a. take care of his sisterb. go to schoolc. send newspapersd. look for his grandfather 8. their parents passed away long ago means their parents long ago.a. diedb. went onc. left homed. passed by 9. sam covered the old man with his fathers coat because .a. his fathers coat fitted the old man wellb. the coat was the only thing that his father had leftc. he knew the old man was his grandfather thend. he had no extra blanket10. what is the story mainly about?a. fathers coat was missing.b. sam found his grandfather through an act of kindness.c. an old man was too cold to live on.d. sam took care of his sister by himself.c i was 15 months old, a happy and carefree kid, until the day i fell. it was a bad fall. i landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. from then on, my injured, sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me. sometimes people asked me embarrassing(使人难堪的) questions. whenever kids played games, i was the monster. i was always imagining that everyone looked down on (瞧不起) me. yet mum would say to me, hold your head up high and face the world. i began to depend on that saying. as a child, i thought mum meant, be careful, or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking. as a teenager, i usually looked down to hide my shame. but i found that when i held my head up high, people liked me. in high school i even became the class president, but on the inside i still felt like a monster. all i really wanted was to look like everyone else. when things got really bad, i would cry to my mum and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, hold your head up high and face the world. let them see the beauty that is inside instead of your appearance(外貌). my mums love was the sunshine that made me bright. i had faced hard times, and learned not only to be confident(自信的) but also to have deep compassion(同情) for others. hold your head up high has been heard many times in my home. i say it to my children. the gift my mum gave me will live on.11. the word carefree in the first paragraph probably means in chinese.a. 无忧无虑的b. 无拘无束的c. 小心翼翼的d. 与众不同的12. why did the writer imagine that everyone looked down on her?a. she felt bad about her appearance.b. she found it hard to act as a monster.c. kids refused to play games with her.d. people always asked her embarrassing questions.13. why did the writers mum say hold your head up high to her?a. to tell her to be careful.b. to help her hide the shame.c. to stop her from getting hurt.d. to make her more confident.14. from the story, we can know that .a. the writer understood the saying very well as a childb. the writer felt like everyone else in high schoolc. the writer is living with a warm and brave heart nowd. the writer has deep compassion for others all her life15. the passage is mainly about .a. what the writer experienced when she was 15b. what the writer did to show thanks for her mums giftc. how the writer changed herself with her mums loved. how the writer became confident with her great efforts二、阅读与表达(混合式)（共10小题；共10分）a anna is twenty-four years old. she works in a supermarket in london. anna likes clothes very much. she has different clothes in her clothes-press(衣橱). they are dresses, blouses, coats and jeans. in her free time, she likes looking for the clothes she likes on the internet(互联网). the clothes on the internet are usually cheap and in fashion(时尚). sometimes she buys clothes in the clothes shop. one day, a friend tells her a new clothes shop opens on fifth street. there are many beautiful clothes in the store. so anna wants to have a look in the shop. she takes a bus to the fifth street. there are so many shops there. where is the new clothes shop? she asks a man, but he doesnt know. then she sees a young girl. the young girl tells her the shop is next to a big bike shop. she thanks her and finds the shop finally. 任务一：判断正误，正确的为t，错误的为f。16. anna likes playing computer games in her free time. 任务二：完成句子。17. anna is a clerk in . 任务三：简略回答问题。18. how does anna go to the new clothes shop? 任务四：找出并写下第一段的主题句。19. 任务五：将文中划线句子译成汉语。20. b hi, boys and girls! i want to say something(某事) about my family. my name is yang hong. my favorite food is hamburgers. i eat hamburgers for breakfast. i like playing volleyball best(最). i think it is interesting. my fathers name is yang jun. he likes eating carrots and eggs. he thinks they are healthy. his favorite sport is soccer and he plays it well. my mother is wang lin. she likes eating chicken. she doesnt like sports. she thinks they are difficult. yang min is my sister. her favorite food is ice-cream. she likes playing baseball. she thinks it is fun. this is my family. what about your family? 任务一：判断正误，正确的为t，错误的为f。21. yang hong thinks volleyball is boring. 任务二：完成句子。22. wang lin likes eating . 任务三：回答问题。23. what does yang min think of baseball? 任务四：在文中找出并写下与下句意义相近的句子。24. she likes ice-cream best. 任务五：将文中划线句子译成汉语。25. 三、选词填空(短文选词填空)（共10小题；共10分）sorrywilllookbothwebutdrinkmuchidearun one afternoon jack and sarah were 26. tea at home when jack asked her to go out for a walk. thats a great 27. , jack. shall we go to the park? said sarah. should we take an umbrella? it might rain. i dont think its necessary, sarah. the rad