1、根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出适当的选项补全短文。一My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. Hes had it for years. As he is very careful with it, so it still looks as good as new. 1 He shook his head. Then how did you get it? I asked. Well, he answered, there s a strange true story about the umbrella. About ten years ago, I
2、 was walking along a quiet London street one evening when it suddenly rained. I had no raincoat or umbrella. 2 And the people in the streets were fewer and fewer. As I was on my way to a party, I was afraid to get wet. So I stood in a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. 3 What was worse, there
3、even wasnt a person around, and still it rained and rained. At last a young man came to the place where I was standing. 4 As I hoped he would allow me to walk to the next corner with him, where I could get a taxi, I stepped out of the dark doorway where I had been standing. 5 As I suddenly appeared
4、before him, the young man was so shocked that he dropped the umbrella. He ran away and disappeared into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk. I knew it would be hard in this big city to find the owner, so Ive kept it ever since. A. Gradually, it grew quite dark.B. He held a l
5、arge umbrella over his head.C. I asked him where he was going with that umbrella.D. No buses ran through the street and there were no taxis.E. I asked my uncle if he bought it or some one sent him as a gift. 二Gloria is a famous hostess of a TV station. When she was 15, she happened to walk into a bo
6、okstore in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves. The man behind the counter, John Smith, asked if shed like a job. She needed to start saving for college, so she said yes.Gloria worked after school and during summer vacations, and the job helped pay for her first year of colleg
7、e. During college she would do many other jobs: she served coffee in the student union（学生会）, was a hotel cleaner and even made maps for the Forest Service. 1 One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Gloria for books on cancer. The woman seemed anxious. Gloria showed her practically everythi
8、ng they had and found other books they could order. The woman left the store less worried, 2 Years later, as a television hostess, Gloria heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and hand. His family could not afford an operation, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his hand in
9、 his pocket all the time. 3 After the story was broadcast, some doctors called, offering to perform the operation for free.Gloria visited the boy in the hospital after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, “Thank you.” 4 At Smiths bookstore, Gloria always re
10、alized she was working for the customers, not the store. 5 The TV station pays her, but she feels that she should work for the people who watch the programs, helping them understand the world better.A Gloria persuaded (说明) her boss to agree to let her do the story.B What a sweet sense of satisfactio
11、n Gloria felt!C and Gloria has always remembered the pride (自豪) she felt in having helped her customer. (顾客).D Today its the same.E But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs. 三I was born in New York, but I grew up in San Francisco. 1 If I was asked now where I want to live forever, I wou
12、ld say London. But I will always be American.San Francisco, like London, has many parks. 2 I didnt go to school. I only had three hours of formal education when I was five. I was sent to school but came home at noon on the first day. I said I didnt enjoy it and hadnt learned anything. 3 , so I never
13、 went back.My mother then taught me and my two sisters in the way of an English lady who had good education. We learned languages and reading more than sciences and math. Sometimes she taught us herself, but we also had other teachers. They asked us to take lessons every day. About once a week we wa
14、lked to Golden Gate Park. While we were walking, my mother taught me to read music. 4 and I remember now how Id like to have it. I couldnt say my “r” when I was small. My mother said if I could say an “r” well, I would have the toy train. I practiced and practiced. Then one morning I woke everybody
15、up with my “r” s. I got the toy train and 5 - but I work hard for them.AMy parents thought that school was unsuitable(不适合的) for meBEvery day my sisters and I were taken to play in the parks as children.COne day I noticed a little toy train in the window of a shop.DI began to live in London 25 years
16、ago.EI usually get the things I want in life. 四 1 There are lending libraries where people, old and young, can borrow books if they are members. The largest library in Singapore is the National Library at Stamford Road. 2 Most of them are English books although there are also some Chinese and Malay
17、books for Chinese and Malay readers. 3 To be a member you have to pay a certain fee. After you have paid the fee, you are given a card and you can use this card to borrow books for three weeks at a time.Students do not need to pay membership fee. 4 For those who live far away there are extension lib
18、raries at Toa Payoh, Queenstown and other places which also have books for readers to borrow.Reading is a good habit. 5 .A More than thousands of books can be found.B You can borrow books from the library if you are a member.C All they need is a letter from their school principals and they can becom
19、e members of the library.D Not all people can afford to buy expensive books.E It can increase our knowledge and improve our language. 五Are you the only child in the family? 1 Parents are the closed people to you in the world. 2 They feel theyre not as close to their parents as before. They even dont
20、 think their parents are fair(公平的) to them. 3 Some say their parents dont allow them to play computer games when other classmates are playing that. Other say when theyre making phones to friends, their parents like ask if they are speaking to a boy or a girl. 4 Some students even decide to leave hom
21、e because theyre afraid to tell their parents when they have done something wrong, especially when they do badly in exams. Then they think running away is the best choice. 5 Problems are parts of life. Here are some suggestions for you to solve your problems.1).Find a good chance to talk with your p
22、arents. Dont be afraid to tell them your feeling.2).Get help from others like good friends or teachers.3).Keep a diary to help you understand more about yourself and your feelings.4).Show your parents youre growing up, Then theyll feel youre no longer a small child.If you follow the advice, youll ha
23、ve a happy life and never think of running away.A. Some students complain that their parents often say a lot to them, but never listen to them.B. But a lot of middle school students have a problem.C. These make them very unhappy.D. But they dont know running away may bring them more problems.E. If s
24、o, you are the most important in your family. 六There are two days we shouldnt worry about in our life. One is yesterday, 1 . Yesterday is gone forever. 2 . So it is useless to worry about it.We cannot control tomorrow. 3 , maybe something good or bad. No matter tomorrow is sunny or cloudy, the sun w
25、ill rise as usual.So we have only one day left. What is it? 4 . Today is the most important for everyone. It is the only day for us to fight for ourselves. We can control it. We can choose what to do and what not to do. We can choose how to do it. Treasure Today, 5 .A. We cannot change what you said
26、 or what you did yesterdayB. We dont know what will happen next dayC. Yes, it is TodayD. because it is our wealth in our handE. and the other one is tomorrow 七Basketball is a young game. In the year of 1891, 1 . The weather was bad. They couldnt play outside. So they were unhappy. Sometimes they eve
27、n got into fights.Finally, 2 Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. 3 . It was played between two teams. In order to make a score, the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet above the floor on the wall. At first, 4 . As he couldnt find boxes of the right size, 5
28、. That is how the game got its name basketball. The history of this game is over 100 years.A. a famous college was having some trouble with its boy studentsB. It was a fast, exciting game with much moving and passing of the ballC. Dr. Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into a box.D. He had
29、 to use fruit basket instead.E. Some teachers asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play in doors. 八Mrs. Daives was a teacher in India. One summer she got a job as a teacher in an international school. 1 After she discussed with her husband, they decided to
30、 move to Landon. 2 He didnt want to leave his friends. He said that he would rather live with his classmate, Mike. His parents thought that he would change his mind later. Soon it was August. Mr. and Mrs. Daives were busy packing. 3 When the day came for them to leave India, Mr. and Mrs. Daives foun
31、d their son lost. They were anxious and they called Mike, but he didnt know where Matt was, either. 4 He walked past a park. He remembered that he and his father often played tennis in the park. He walked past a supermarket. It reminded him of shopping with his mother. He realized that those things
32、would be meaningless(毫无意义的)without his family. 5 He told them he was looking forward to living in London with them and making new friends there.A. Matt quickly ran home to say sorry to his parents.B. But the school was in London.C. In fact, at that time Matt was walking alone on the street.D. Howeve
33、r, Matt refused to go with his parents.E. The boy felt surprised and upset. 九In almost every big university in the USA, football is a favorite sport. American football is not like soccer. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. 1 They have four chances to move
34、the ball ten yards. They can carry it or throw it. 2 This is called a touch-down.It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men in the team try to stop the man who has the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.3 Thousands of people come to watch.
35、They all yell(为加油)for their favorite team. Young men and women called cheerleaders(拉拉队员) come on the field to help the people yell more. 4 Every team plays ten or eleven games each season which begins in September and ends in November. 5 The best teams play again on January 1, the first day of the N
36、ew Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.A. If they move it to the other end of the field, they will receive six points.B. They dance and jump while they yell.C. Each university wants its team to win.D. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the sea
37、son ends.E. They try to take it to the other end of the field. 十This morning, a boy of twelve saw a small fire at one end of a ship. Tom left home very early, against the wishes of his father, to see the ships at the port. It was a good thing that he did, 1 and the small fire grew dangerously big ve
38、ry soon.Tom stood near the ship and shouted at the top of his voice. 2 The ship was one of the six big ships in port at the time and they were all carrying oil（石油）and paper.The fire burned hundreds of boxes of paper, 3 The end of the ship was black with smoke, but thanks to Tom, 4 5 because his father was pleased rather than angry with him.A. because there was nobody else aroundB. so it spread very quicklyC. He woke up the port （港口）workers living nearby.D. the fire didnt reach the oilE. Tom was also lucky Keys：一.EADBC 二.ECABD 三.DBACE 四.DABCE 五.EBACD六. EABCD 七.AEBCD 八.BEDCA 九.EACBD 十.ACBDE
