One day，I went to a shop. There I met an old woman. “Excuse me，can you tell me 16 the meat is?” she asked me. As I was 17 her to the place，she told me that she needed some meat for Christmas.
“I'm making food early this year. My two，children and their 18 are going away for Christmas，” she said. “ 19 husband, Jack，passed away(去世)in the spring. My children wanted to 20 Christmas with me， but they had planned to go on holiday to another country. I know they like traveling. So I told them to go on holiday. I’ve had many good Christmases， more than 21 could ever hope for. This year，I'm going to do something 22 . I'm going to help several organizations to give food and presents to the poor.”
Her eyes were happy and clear as she was speaking. She didn't look like a person who had to spend her Christmas alone 23 forty-one years of marriage.
“Everyone feels sorry for me. They think I'll be 24 because Jack won't be with me，” she said. “But I don't feel lonely. I know that Jack would be always with me，every day and every Christmas.”
After saying these words，she gave me a big 25 . From her eyes，I knew that Jack had never left her. ( ) 16. A. what
B. where
C. which C. leaving C. families C. His C. take
D. when D. inviting D. relatives D. My D. decorate
( ) 17. A. taking ( ) 18. A. homes ( ) 19. A. Your
B. carrying B. houses B. Her B. spend
( ) 20. A. leave
( ) 21. A. somebody B. nobody ( ) 22. A. special ( ) 23. A. before ( ) 24. A. alone ( ) 25. A. surprise
B. strange B. until B. angry B. smile
C. everywhere D. anybody C. interesting D. terrible C. after C. happy
D. during D. excited D. cry
C. Present
III.阅读理解(35分)
I. 阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项。
(共25小题，每小题1分)
A
An officer suggested my dad take flight lessons. He only spent a few months flying helicopters，and I believe he flew army transports. He never told me about seeing a war, so I'm not completely sure if he saw any.
One day he was planned to take a test. He arrived fifty minutes late for his test and couldn't find his instructor. He waited around for half an hour or so and asked someone about it. They said the instructor was probably asleep and went off to find him. Another half an hour later，the instructor showed up and my dad was drunk. They climbed into the helicopter and my dad started touching controls. The instructor told him to stop and wait for a little bit. They sat in silence fir a few minutes，and then the instructor told my dad that he would just say he had passed the test and he was free for the night.
My dad only gave me one tip for flying a helicopter. If you have to vomit(呕吐)，vomit into something before throwing it out. If you vomit directly out of the helicopter，it’s going to get sucked(吸) back.
( ) 26.Who advised the writer’s dad to take flight lessons?
A. His instructor. B. His son. C. An officer. D. His dad.
( ) 27. Why couldn't he find his instructor?
A. His instructor had something important to do. B. He was late for his test. C. He drunk too much.
D. His instructor went out to drink. ( ) 28. You shouldn't vomit _____ during a flight.
A. into a plastic bag B. into a box
C. outside the helicopter directly
D. into a dustbin
( ) 29.Which of the following is TRUE about the writer's father?
A. He didn't see a war.
B. He was extremely interested in flying. C. He did well in the test. D. He liked drinking a lot.
( ) 30. The passage is mainly about _____
A. a war B. a flying test
C. a flight D. an instructor
B
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A. don't need to pay for what you want
B. don't have to wait for a long time to pay for what you buy C. can buy anything at the lowest price D. can become tired of buying so many things
( ) 32. If you _____，you can learn any language in a very short time.
A. go t6 Fashion Shop B. go to Happy Every Day
C. take part in Smart Learning Program D. call someone at 88556731
( ) 33.If you go to Computer World before August 1, you can _____
A. become younger
B. spend less money in learning the computer language C. ask someone else to help you carry things you have bought D. be interested in buying things online ( ) 34. According to the passage，we know _____
A. old people can’t take the course at Computer World B. Smart Learning Program offers service twelve hours a day C. we can eat lots of different food at Happy Every Day D. we can call to get some information about all the above ( ) 35. The passage is a(n) _____
A. ad
B. report C. speech D. invitation
C
Here are six simple ways to help children to know how to manage money.
◇ As soon as we can count money，we can ask our parents for some information about money. How can we save money? And how can we spend it wisely?
◇ As. we grow，we should learn the differences among needs，wants and wishes. This will help us to make good spending decisions in the future.
◇ Setting goals is the most important way to learn how to save money. And we should try to reach the goals that we set.
◇ Go to a bank and 'open our own savings accounts(储蓄账户). Getting into the habit of saving money early is one of the keys to success.
◇ Keeping good records of money saved and spent is another important skill to help us save money. We should keep notes on what we- do with our money.
◇ Through shopping trips，learn the value of money. Going to a store is often our first spending experience. Spending smartly at a store can save us a lot of money. If we spend our money well, spending money can be fun. Bad spending usually results in 20-30% of money wasted because we buy something of poor value. ( ) 36. We should ask our parents for some information about money as soon as we
_____
A. go to school B. go shopping C. put money in a bank D. can count money
( ) 37. _____ is the most important way to learn how to save money.
A. Opening your own savings account
B. Keeping records of the money saved and spent C. Setting goals D. Going shopping
( ) 38. We can learn from the passage that _____
A. spending money wisely can make us happy
B. making money is the most important thing in one's life C. we should buy all the things we need by ourselves D. shopping trips can make us waste a lot of money
( ) 39. If you pay $100 for a coat and it's a bad decision，at least _____ is wasted.
A. $20