11.考查动词及语境的理解。句意：乔治被告知祖母过去曾经是温柔的女士。George与told之间是被动关系。故选C。
15.考查副词及语境的理解。A. care关心； B. careful细心的；形容词； C. carefully副词，细心的；D. careless粗心的。句意：他搅拌了茶，把茶带进了起居室。这里用副词来修饰动词，这里修饰 carried 故选C。 考点：故事类阅读。
二、完形填空 （共10小题，每题1.5分，满分15分） 完形填空。
More than 700 years ago，Scotland ( 苏格兰 ) was fighting with England . The king of England wanted to___16___Scotland. He had a strong army so it was___17___for the Scots to fight. They lost many times, King Robert of Scotland had to run from the English army.
One rainy day, King Robert lay in an old house. He thought that he was not good enough to be king. He was so___18___ that he didn’t even see a spider(蜘蛛)near him. He ___19___when he saw the spider climbing. It was trying to climb up its web at the top of the house but it fell down.
“How sad” thought King Robert. “The spider is like me. It’s not ___20___enough.”He watched while the spider climbed up again. It fell down a second time.
“Be careful, little spider， or you might die,”he said. “Life is so hard. You’ll never get back to your web.”But the spider___21___again and again. King Robert watched while it___22___climbed back to its web. After an hour, the spider got do the web.
“You are such a great___23___，”he said.“If you can keep trying. I can too. I must keep on fighting. I won’t let the English win.” His___24___grew strong and they___25___the English army. Scotland was free.
Nobody knows if this is a true story. Many parents tell it to their children because the want them to keep trying.
16.A. leave B. control C. help D. Visit 17.A. interesting B. difficult C. important D. necessary 18.A. surprised B. bored C. worried D. Lonely 19.A. looked ahead B. looked out C. looked on D. looked up 20.A. old B. strong C. fast D. free 21.A. tried B. fell C. practiced D. cheered 22.A. finally B. easily C. slowly D. suddenly 23.A. player B. fighter C. soldier D. spider 24.A. army B. feeling C. opinions D. family 25.A. kept B. raised C. stopped D. joined 【答案】 16.B 17.B 18.C
19.D 20.B 21.A 22.C 23.D 24.A 25.C
16.考查动词及语境的理解。A. leave 离开；B. control控制；C. help帮助；D. visit参观。句意：英国的国王想要控制苏格兰。根据Scotland ( 苏格兰 ) was fighting with England .可知，英国想要占领苏格兰。 故选B。
17.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. interesting有趣的；B. difficult困难的；C. important重要的； D. necessary必要的。句意：他有一支强大的军队所以苏格兰想战胜英国是很难的。根据He had a strong army 可知，被打败很难。故选B。
21.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. tried尝试； B. fell 掉； C. practiced练习；D. cheered欢呼。句意：但是蜘蛛试了一次又一次。根据King Robert watched while it___22___climbed back to its web.可知，蜘蛛攀爬不上去，掉下来然后又尝试再去攀爬。故选A。
22.考查副词及语境的理解。A. finally终于； B. easily容易地；C. slowly慢慢地；D. suddenly突然。句意：King Robert观察着，当蜘蛛慢慢地又爬回到网的时候。根据After an hour, the spider got do the web.可知，蜘蛛的速度很慢。故选C。
23.考查名词及语境的理解。A. player运动员；B. fighter战士；C. soldier 战士；D. spider蜘蛛。句意：你是这么伟大的蜘蛛。根据上文The spider is like me.可知，这里叙述的是蜘蛛的情况。故选D。
24.考查名词及语境的理解。A. army军队； B. feeling心情； C. opinions观点； D. family家庭。句意：他的军队变得更强大。根据I won’t let the English win.可知，军队强大了，才会赢。故选A。
25.考查动词及语境的理解。A. kept保持；B. raised提高；C. stopped阻止，停止；D. joined加入。句意：他们阻止了英国军队。根据Scotland was free.可知，阻止了英国军队的进攻。故选C。
考点：历史类短文阅读。 三、阅读（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：阅读理解。（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
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We often hear stories of animals rescuing people .But now someone has managed to return the favor .
The event took place one snowy January morning Thomas Smith was walking his dog, Jack, in the park.“ As I was walking, I just saw Jack running onto the ice towards the ducks in the middle, and then he fell into the water and couldn’t climb out, ”said Smith. He realized he had no choice but to try and save his dog.“ someone else told me the lake was only one - meter deep, but it was at least twice that. I had to break my way through the 6- cm ice. Finally, I got Jack by the neck, and pulled him out. I don’t think I have ever felt so cold by the time we got back to dry land. And when we got there, everyone was asking if Jack was okay------ no one was particularly worried, about me!”
A neighbor, Julie Brown, saw it all happen.“The dog went onto an icy lake. All of a sudden, it started to go under. There were crowds of people around, and they were all shouting and screaming. Before I knew it, the owner Smith was in the