“Why don’t you want to be a(n) 50 ?” asked the owl.
“Because I am so small and weak,” she cried. “I want to be as big and strong as the lion. He is important, but I am not.”
The owl said 51 in her ear. Then the bird dried her tears and 52 away. One week later, the bird came back. “Thank you very much, Mr. Owl. You are so 53 ,” she said to the owl. “I’m very happy now. Every day, I watch out for lions and tigers. When they come 54 , I shout as loudly as I can. Then my friends all run and hide. They often 55 me for that. I am useful and important now.”
The wise owl smiled and said: “Dear, no one in the world is useless.” 46. A. both
B. all
B
Children today have many things to play with. They can watch television,56what they like on the Internet, or play video games. But what do you think children did for57long ago? They read books. Some of you might ask,“Are books really fun? ” Believe it or not, books58many things that television or computers cannot.Most books use 59to tell a story, theycan make progress in your imagination（想象力）. You can60the characters（人物）and background in your head and youcan also imagine61the characters feel. The words and sentences that areused in storytellingare also very interesting and usually cannot be62often on television or on websites. They are sometimes so beautiful and63that they can bring tears to your eyes.
Books also help us to think harder and64. As we continue to read, we ask questionsto ourselves and try to find answers.
These are some of the 65why books are so fun to read and why people always look forward to good books.
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C. either C. what C. singing C. replied C. tiger C. anything C. drove C. polite C. far
D. none
D. when D. sleeping D. asked D. owl D. something
47. A. how 48. A. crying 49. A. agreed 50. A. lion
B. why
B. smiling
B. advised B. bird
51. A. nothing 52. A. ran
B. everything
B. flew
B. bored B. slow B. leave
D. swam
D. active
53. A. bright 54. A. late 55. A. hate
D. near
D. worry
C. thank
Remember: the more you read, the more you grow. 56. A. look over 57. A. fun
B. look after B. work B. explain
C. look through C. skills C. translate C. letters C. visit C. what C. watched C. moving C. longer C. subjects
D. look out
D. exercise
D. provide D. signs D. remember D. when D. spoken D. frightening D. faster D. reasons
58. A. afford 59. A. words 60. A. study 61. A. where 62. A. found 63. A. relaxing 64. A. higher 65. A. examples
B. drawings B. picture B. how B. kept B. smiling B. deeper
B. problems
第三部分 阅读理解（共两大题，满分45分）
VIII．补全对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。 A: Hi, Mark. I want to have a class party. 66 B: Sure, Andy. When shall we have the party? A: 67 B: No, it is too early today. If we have it today, half the class won’t come. A: OK, let’s have it tomorrow.
B: Hmm. 68 Students will leave early to study forthe test. It’s better to make it on the weekend.
A: OK, let’s have it on Saturday afternoon. We can all meet and watch a video. B: No, 69 Some students will be bored. Why not play party games? A: OK, good idea. Can you think about the party games to play? B: Sure, I can do that. 70 A: Yes, no problem.
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A: There’s a test tomorrow. B: Will you help me with it? C: You will have a good time. D: Let’s have it today after class. E: I am going to take a bus to the party. F: I don’t think we should watch a video. G: And can you prepare some food for us? IX．阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
A
Let’s Explore（探究）The Nature! Are you interested in animals and nature? Want to enjoy your winter holiday and learn something interesting and useful? Here comes your chance! Youth Explorer has prepared you with a three-day program! You can meet with live animals —— giraffes, pandas, tigers, and so on! More information about the program is as follows: Age: Students aged 8~16 Groups: There are 2 programs for you to choose from. Each program needs at most 15 students. Program A Dates: 14~16 February, 2015 Time: 10:00 a.m.~4:00 p.m. Program B Dates: 1~3 March, 2015 Time: 10:00 a.m.~4:00 p.m.
Program cost: ￥230 for members; ￥250 for non-members（非会员）. How to do: Simply come to get an application form（申请表）and hand it in before 11th February, 2015. Notes: 1. No free lunches are provided because people have different tastes. You may either bring a lunch-box or pay for lunch at our restaurants. 2. Both programs will start one day later if there is a rainstorm（暴风雨）. COME AND JOIN US NOW!! DON’T MISS THE CHANCE! 71. Two members and one non-member should pay for the program. A. ￥690
B. ￥710
C. ￥730
D. ￥750
72. Free lunches aren’t provided because . A. the lunches cost too much C. there are many restaurants
B. they may bring lunch-boxes D. people have different tastes
73. If there is a rainstorm on 14th February, Program A will start on . A. 15th February
B. 17th February C. 2nd March
D. 4th March
74. What can we know from the passage?
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A. Youth Explorer is the name of the program. B. More than 15 students are in each program. C. You need to hand in an application for the program. D. We can only see three kinds of animals in the program.
B
Called the “Afghan Bruce Lee,”Alizada looks very much like Hong Kong action film star and Chinese Kung Fu artist Bruce Lee.
He became interested in Chinese Kung Fu at a very young age. However, he had to study it by himself as his family could not afford the training. His family was not rich to give him a good coach. “It was when I was around eight years old that I saw a Bruce Lee movie for the first time. I became crazyabout those movies, which served as a drive for me to learn Chinese Kung Fu,”Alizada said.
Alizada has studied Kung Fu for more than 10 years.The 23-year-old had a great influence online a few years ago when he posted a video named “Bruce Lee appears in Afghanistan” on Facebook.
Alizada has now appeared in two films, with one in Azerbaijan and the other in India.
“I want to star in a film produced by Afghanistan when I am well-known all over the world,”Alizada said.
75. How old was Alizada when he was crazy about Chinese Kung Fu? Around ______. A. 8 years old
B. 10 years old
C. 13 years old
D. 23 years old
76. Alizada learnt Chinese Kung Fu by himself because ______. A. his family couldn’t afford its training B. he was clever enough to learn by himself C. his father didn’t like Chinese Kung Fu at all D. there was no good Kung Fu coach in his country
77. The underlined word “drive” in Paragraph 3 probably means “______”. A. 迫使 D. 驱赶
B. 驾车
C. 驱使
78. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Chinese Kung Fu is useful. have their own dreams.
B. Everyone should
C. Afghanistan is a rich country. D. Many people like
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Bruce Lee very much.
C
An “egg-laying”cliff （产蛋岩）in Southwest China has attracted（吸引）a lot of interest online recently.
The cliff, in Sandu County, Guizhou Province, has many egg-shaped rocks sitting on it. Most rocks are the size of a football, while smaller ones are still half inside the cliff, with only parts of them standing out.
According to the local government, the cliff is in a place of interest that has been open to public since 2010. It is about 100 meters long and five meters high. Local people said that some “eggs”fall off the cliff every 30 years, “like a hen laying eggs.”
At the bottom of the cliff lie many rocks that fell down in the past. Most of them are round or egg-shaped with a diameter（直径）of up to 50 centimeters. The green rocks are hard.
“In the past, people thought the rocks were symbols of good luck and took them home,” said the local people. The largest rock weighs about 300 kg, with a diameter of 60 centimeters.It’s called “the king of eggs.”
It’s said that Guizhou was once a large ocean, and that the rock eggs could have been produced byanimals from the ocean. But nobody is sure about how they are formed. 79. The “egg-laying” cliff is famous because ______. A. the rock eggs are very beautiful C. it can lay “eggs” every 30 years
B. it is now in the sea
D. it is colorful and hard
80. The cliff has been open to public as a place of interest for about ______. A. 5 years
B. 8 years
C. 30 years
D. 50 years
81. Which is right about the “eggs”? A. The “eggs” are black and hard. C. Most “eggs”weigh over 300kg. 82. What can we know from the passage? A. The cliff is as big as a football field. C. The cliff lays many eggs every year.
D
“Without music, life would be a mistake,” famous German philosopher（哲学家）Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets（预算）.
For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it firedover 1,000 teachers. Among
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B. All the “eggs” are almost the same size. D. Many “eggs” are at the foot of the cliff.
B. The “eggs” were “bad luck eggs”. D. The cliff was in the ocean in ancient times.