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（一）He's Never Done Any Favours for Others

Mr Jarvis lives in a valley. His village lies__1__a river and a high mountain. He and his wife work hard__2__ . But it has not rained for half a year and their crops have died. His family are in trouble. His children are hungry and__3__all the time. He has to beg some__4__for his family.

One day the poor farmer came to a town. He found there were plenty of shops there. He thought the people in the town were 5 and began to beg from door to door. That afternoon he got to the most beautiful house in the town and began to__6__the door. After a while the door opened and he told an old man what had happened to his family. He begged the rich man to do him a favour(恩惠). The man didn't__7__. At that moment a large dog was rushing towards him. He ran away as quickly as possible. He fell into a channel and__8__his leg. A worker pulled him out， but he couldn't walk and he began to cry __9__by the road.

\"Stop crying， my brother，\" said the worker. \"He never does any favours to anybody! In summer he doesn't put his hands into his__10__ because it's hot inside. And in winter he would not bring his hands out because it's cold!\"

（二）

I still remember I fell in love with English from a very young age， because I thought it was such a(n)__1__language. Full of strong wishes of learning English， I began to__2__it. But soon I found it __3__ than expected. There were too many words， expressions and many other things to remember. And even if you know__4__， you can't use them correctly and exactly. And I did rather __5__ in my first English test. I was worried about it. This made me upset and dropped my interest in English __6__.

While I was in trouble， my English teacher gave me much help. I knew that interest didn't mean __7__ and I should have some learning methods. I did as he said and tried many different ways of learning English.__8__the days went by， I could do better and better and became more and more interested in it.

During summer vacation， an old lady from Australia visited my school. She had a talk with us. I was the first time__9__a foreigner. I got __10__nervous at first， but soon I found it exciting to talk with her， and I learned a lot from her. How I wish to practice speaking English with foreigners every day!

（三）

Small talk is a good way to kill time and make friends. If you __1__ to other countries， do you know what to say to start small talk with local people?

Ｉn Britain， the best topic is the weather. British__2__changes quite often. It's also a safe topic. You can start small talk simply by saying \"It' s a lovely day today， isn't it?\"

Besides the weather，it's good to talk about gardens__3__English people. For example， you could say， \"Those roses look really beautiful，__4__?\" English people love their pets. So it's also nice to begin with \"What a lovely__5__! What is its name?\"

In America， people like to talk about sports，__6__American football and basketball. They also talk about clothes by saying \"It's a nice shirt! Where did you get it?\" The weather is a__7__topic there， too.

Of course， there are also a lot of topics to avoid (避免) during small talk in western countries.

Don't ask people \"How old are you?\". Age is usually a__8__， especially for ｗomen.

__9__ask \"How much money do you make?\". It makes people uncomfortable. Don't ask strangers whether they have a girlfriend __10__ boyfriend. Politics(政治) or religion(宗教) is not a good topic for two people who have just met， either.

（一）

1.B. 從句意可以看出，這個(gè)村莊在河和山之間。

2.C. 從后面所說(shuō)的他們的收成不好可以得知，他 們?cè)谵r(nóng)場(chǎng)里干活。

3.A. 孩子們餓了，自然是要哭泣的。

4.D. 對(duì)他們?nèi)襾?lái)說(shuō)，最需要的當(dāng)然是食品，他 去討要的莫過(guò)于此。

5.A. 那個(gè)村莊店鋪林立，他自然會(huì)認(rèn)為那里的 人 很有錢，才在那里乞討。

6.C. Mr Jarvis想要乞討一些食品，就得敲門。

7.D. 從那個(gè)有錢人放狗出來(lái)驅(qū)趕Mr Jarvis就能 看出，他不同意幫助他。

8.B. 從后面Mr Jarvis不能走路就能得知，他在掉 進(jìn)水渠時(shí)，把腿摔傷了。

9.A. Mr Jarvis沒(méi)有討要到東西，反而摔傷了腿，他當(dāng)然很傷心。

10.D. 那個(gè)有錢人要給別人施舍，就得把手伸進(jìn) 口袋里取錢，他不愿這樣做。

(二)

1.B. A項(xiàng)意思是“有幫助的，樂(lè)于助人的”，作者年 齡小且還沒(méi)接觸過(guò)英語(yǔ)，故談不上。B項(xiàng)意思是“棒的、精彩的”，小孩對(duì)不曾真正接觸過(guò)的東西會(huì)感到新鮮，可以產(chǎn)生一種崇拜感，覺(jué)得了不起， 故可選。C項(xiàng)意思是“令人激動(dòng)的，令人興奮的”，英語(yǔ)表面看上去并不表現(xiàn)出可令人興奮的地方，只能說(shuō)作者感到產(chǎn)生興奮。D項(xiàng)意思“細(xì)心的”，并非英語(yǔ)的特征。

2.C. 通過(guò)下文可知是開(kāi)始要學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)。

3.B. 通過(guò)下文所苦惱的事便知英語(yǔ)要比起初預(yù) 料的困難。

4.A. them指代上句的單詞、短語(yǔ)等，且下半句也 出現(xiàn)了them。故只能選A。

5.D. 本段最后作者感到煩惱和對(duì)英語(yǔ)失去興趣， 可表明英語(yǔ)測(cè)試結(jié)果相當(dāng)糟糕。

6.C. A項(xiàng)意思是“一個(gè)接一個(gè)的”，表可數(shù)。B項(xiàng)指三 者以上的“彼此”；C項(xiàng)意思是“一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)的，逐漸的”； D項(xiàng)指兩者的“彼此”，故C項(xiàng)最合適。

7.A. A項(xiàng)泛指“一切”，與not連用表部分否定。文中意思是“我懂得了興趣并不能代表全部，我還應(yīng)該學(xué)會(huì)一些方法”。其他選項(xiàng)都不能構(gòu)成部分否定。

8.B. when“當(dāng)……時(shí)”，強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作發(fā)生的某一時(shí)刻； as“當(dāng)……時(shí)，隨著”，不如when意思強(qiáng)烈；whi-le“當(dāng)……時(shí)”，多與延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞連用，go 為非延 性動(dòng)詞，故不選;for表原因，意思是“因?yàn)椤保什贿x。文中意思是“隨著日子流逝，我逐漸……”， 故選B。

9.C. 此處考查動(dòng)詞不定式作主語(yǔ)，用it代替，而不 定式短語(yǔ)放于句尾，故可排除B和D項(xiàng)。同某 人說(shuō)話應(yīng)加介詞with或to，即應(yīng)為“talk with/to sb．”。

10.A. 此處意為“起初我感到有點(diǎn)緊張，但是我很快發(fā)覺(jué)與她談話是很令人興奮的……”。A項(xiàng)可修飾形容詞表程度，意思是“一點(diǎn)兒”；B項(xiàng)表否定，意思是“幾乎沒(méi)有”，作代詞或修飾不可數(shù)名 詞；C和D項(xiàng)只能作代詞或修飾名詞復(fù)數(shù)，不修 飾形容詞表程度。

（三）

1.B. travel to other countries 去外國(guó)旅游。

2.A. 根據(jù)上句，在英國(guó)，最好的話題是天氣。因此可推斷選weather。

3.C. talk about something with some body 和某人討 論某件事情。

4.A. 反意疑問(wèn)句分為兩類：(1)前肯定，后否定；(2) 前否定，后肯定。前后兩部分的動(dòng)詞在人稱、數(shù) 和時(shí)態(tài)上通常保持一致。

5.C. 根據(jù)前句English people love their pets．可知。

6.D. 根據(jù)語(yǔ)義，在美國(guó)，人們喜歡討論體育活動(dòng)，比如美國(guó)的足球和籃球。故選such as (比如)。

7.C. 根據(jù)第二段第三句話中It's also a safe topic．可知。

8.B. 根據(jù)前句，不要問(wèn)人們的年齡，可推斷，年齡通常是一個(gè)秘密。

9.A. 根據(jù)下句，It makes people uncomfortable．可知。

10.D. 根據(jù)語(yǔ)義，C 項(xiàng)明顯錯(cuò)誤。 and表并列；but 表轉(zhuǎn)折；or 表警告 或選擇。