（十六）山东潍坊
As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He's very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other 31 in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked 32 . He was an actor.
Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's 33 his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted 34 part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them 35 : Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful 36 __.Dickens' early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He 37 it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write 38 he died. When he died in 1870, he was 39 a story. But what a pity! We'll never know _40_ it ended. 31. A. cities B. countries C. towns 32. A. reading B. writing C. acting 33. A. what B. how C. why
34. A. the next B. next C. next to 35. A. too B. as well C. as well as 36. A. book B. story C. film
37. A. hated B. enjoyed C. wanted 38. A. as B. while C. until 39. A. drawing B. singing C. writing 40. A. what B. how C. who
（十七）山东枣庄
One Sunday morning, Millie and Amy went to Sunshine Park. They love to chat there. As usual, they sat ___26____a big tree. Suddenly, they heard a whistle from the bushes behind the tree. They turned around but could not see anything unusual. They were ____27______. “Is 28 there?” Millie asked. Nobody answered. They 29 very carefully and heard the strange noise again. The two girls were very afraid. They ran away quickly. On their way, they met Andy.
“What happened?” Andy asked. “There’s a ghost in the 30 . Please help us.” Millie said. “Really? Tell me more.” Andy said. Millie told Andy everything. Andy went to the park, 31 beside the tree and listened carefully. Then he heard 32 noise! He looked behind the tree and heard another whisper. He was now sure the sound 33 from the bushes. He searched carefully.
“Oh! Here it is.” Andy said to himself. He 34 a little cat in the bushes. It was very weak. When it miaowed, 35 made a sound like a whisper. 26. A. under B. on C. behind 27. A. excited B. frightened C. frightening 28. A. nobody B. everybody C. anybody 29. A. saw B. looked C. listened 30. A. church B. school C. park
31. A. rose B. slept C. school 32. A. a B. the C. an 33. A. came B. learned C. heard 34. A. smelled B. looked C. found
35. A. he B. she C. it
（十八）四川达州
Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15, his father asked him 36 on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 37 with his father’s idea.“That isn’t my job. I have 38 school work to do.” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise to give you the best present if you 39 finish one year’s work.” Tom thought for a while and 40 . Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked hard until evening, just like 41 farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops(庄稼) grew well. 42 the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year,” said the father. “Now, tell me 43 you want.”
The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread 44 his wheat. I’ve already got the best present: No pain, no gain. I think this is what you wanted me to know.” His father was 45 to hear that. 36. A. works B. work C. to work 37. A. happy B. excited C. unhappy 38. A. much too B. too much C. a lot 39. A. can B. need C. must 40. A. said B. answered C. agreed 41. A. other B. the others C. any other 42. A. On B. At C. In 43. A. where B. what C. which 44. A. made by B. made of C. made from 45. A. pleased B. unpleased C. unsatisfied
（十九）四川德阳
Everyone can feel stressed out because of too many things happening in your life. Teenagers, however, have __36__ opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard.
You are not a children any more, but you are not __37__, even though you have to deal with some grow-up problems and made decisions by __38__. Families can be one of the biggest causes（原因）of stress, such as problems of arguing with __39__ or brothers or sisters. Teenagers also have lots of stress from __40__, either from their teachers or from their classmates. Some teenagers also feel __41__ about choosing their education after high school. Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some can’t __42__ to go to university. It is hard for some teenagers to get a job after they graduate. There are so many young people finishing school __43__ not enough jobs for them. Though there is a lot of stress, you can find many ways to __44__ it. Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress. It may sound __45__, but it is helpful. ( )36. A. more B. fewer C. many ( )37. A. a baby B. a teenager C. an adult ( )38. A. yourself B. himself C. myself ( )39. A. teachers B. parents C. classmates ( )40. A. family B. society C. school ( )41. A. relaxed B. stressed C. excited ( )42. A. afford B. offer C. refuse ( )43. A. and B. but C. or ( )44. A. agree with B. talk with C. deal with ( )45. A. simple B. difficult C. good
（二十）四川内江
One Friday night, a poor young man stood at the train station. He played his violin and many people put 41 into the hat in front of him.
The next day, the young man came to the station 42 . But this time he took out a large piece of paper 43 some words on it. It said “Last night a lady 44 Mrs Sang put an important thing into my hat 45 . Please come for it.”
After about an hour, a middle-aged woman ran to the young man in a hurry and said, “You do come here. I know that you’re a(n) 46 man and will certainly come here.” They had a talk and the young man made sure she was the owner. Then he took out a lottery ticket and 47 it to the woman. Her husband bought a lottery ticket every day. Yesterday when she knew the lottery ticket he bought won, she was very 48 . The prize of the lottery ticket was $ 500,000. When she walked past the young man, she took out $50 and put it in the hat. 49 , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.
Later, someone asked the young man, “You play the violin every day to make money. Why didn’t you just take the prize of the lottery ticket for yourself?” the young man said，“Although I don’t have much money, I live happily. But if I 50 honesty, I won’t be happy forever.” 41. A. money B. tickets C. paper 42. A. instead B. differently C. again 43. A. for B. with C. over 44. A. introduced B. spelled C. named 45. A. by mistake B. for mistake C. on mistake 46. A. crazy B. cool C. honest 47. A. gave B. lent C. offered 48. A. surprising B. happy C. exciting 49. A. But B. However C. Therefore 50. A. have B. win C. lose