（一）
Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes（欠债）me $12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the 51 . “You sold me a ticket 52 May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It 53 me $12.”
Harry was 54 . He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just 55 the Jersey timetable for May 22nd. The woman and her little girl followed him 56 . She was 57 right, as Harry soon discovered, there was no 58 on May 22nd. How could he have 59 such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering 60 to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sunburned,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was 61 . And I can swim too!” “That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t 62 a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”
“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”
Harry 63 the mother. “I remember your , Madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get 65 for your daughter, did you?” “Er, well,” the woman looked at the child. “I mean, she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”
“A four-year-old child 66 have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs…, let me see… $13. So 67 the railway pays your hotel, you will 68 $1. The law is the law, but since the 69 was mine…”
The woman stood up, 70 the child’s hand and left the office.
51. A. train 52. A. in 53. A. paid 54. A. worried 55. A. look 56. A. into 57. A. not 58. A. plane 59. A. broken 60. A. how B. ship B. spent B. pleased B. watch B. out B. all B. sailing B. made B. why C. office D. hotel
C. at D. before
C. cost D. saved
C. disappointed D. interested
C. test D. check
C. outside D. inside
C. quite D. never
C. train D. bus
C. given D. thought
C. what D. which
B. for
61. A. lovely B. beautifully C. terrible D. wonderfully
62. A. walk B. ride C. swim D. run
63. A. listened to B. asked for C. got to D. turned to
. A. money B. ticket C. ship D. daughter
65. A. one B. it C. them D. ones
66. A. can B. may C. need D. must
67. A. since B. if C. unless D. until
68. A. owe B. have C. get D. spend
69. A. money B. ticket C. fault D. debt（债务）
70. A. raised B. picked C. brought D. took
(二)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Mexico, the largest nation in the region, is a good example of life in Middle
America. Although Mexico is a large country, 36 12 percent of its land is good for farming. 37 40 percent is good grassland. The rest of the land is hills and mountains, 38 plateaus (高原), or wet coastal regions.
The mountains are too 39 to farm. The high plateau in the middle of Mexico would be good farmland if it had more 40 The coastal areas receive so much 41 that the land 42 becomes waterlogged (浸满水的). For all of these 43 , Mexicans must 44 the good farmland they have. 45 good farming has not always been 46 inMexico. For many 47 , Mexican farmers had 48 traditional crops. These 49 com, beans, and squash (南瓜). 50 , when the Spanish arrived in the 1500’s, they tried to 51 new ideas. They thought new 52 such as onions, turnips, sugarcane, and bananas would 53 well in warm tropical ( 热带的) 54 . But the Mexicans wished to continue with their old 55 .
36. A. only B. for C. even D. with
37. A. Other B. Another C. The other D. All
38. A. dry B. beautiful C. far-away D. cool
39. A. warm B. hot C. high D. good
40. A. farmers B. hills C. water D. cattle
41. A. rain B. wind C. fog D. sunshine
42. A. often B. soon C. probably D. Slowly
43. A. things B. ideas C. reasons D. matters
44. A. pay attention to B. take care of C. be satisfied with D. be proud of
45. A. So B. Yet C. Because D. Obviously
46. A. difficult B. wonderful C. disappointed D. possible
47. A. days B. ages C. dynasties D. centuries
48. A. used B. grown C. seen D. missed
49. A. produced B. belonged to C. had D. included
50. A: At last B. Naturally C. However D. Otherwise
51. A. introduce B. replace C. mistake D. give up
52. A. plants B. vegetables C. fruits D. crops
53. A. be B. do C. plant D. receive
54. A. weather B. days C. countries D. time
55. A. thoughts B. ways C. things D. habits
（三）
完形填空: 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项.
Switzerland is famous for its watches. However, this country did not 36 the watch. It was the British who did it . Here is a story of how the watch was brought to Switzerland.
Many years ago, an Englishman 37 Italy. On his way he 38 in a small town in Switzerland 39 Geneva. 40 Englishman took a carriage ( 四轮马车) 41 which there was a carriage watch. This was the earliest kind of watch. A blacksmith’s ( 铁匠) helper happened to see the watch. He 42 what it was and asked the Englishman about it. “It’s a carriage watch,” said the man. “This machine 43 the time but now it 44 .
At once the blacksmith’s helper said that he 45 try to repair it, and the traveller handed him the watch. The helper was a very clever man. So it was not 46 that he managed to(设法做到) mend it. He 47 remembered how it was 48 . Soon after he made a watch of exactly the same 49 . So watch-making 50 inSwitzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold all over the world.
( ) 36. A. discover B. sell C. make D. invent
( ) 37. A. moved on B. arrived in C. was staying in D. was travelling to
( ) 38. A. dropped B. stopped C. lived D. got
( ) 39. A. called B. from C. beside D. belonging to
( ) 40. A. An B. Another C. This D. That
( ) 41. A. in B. on top of C. behind D. in front of
( ) 42. A. wondered B. knew C. saw D. asked
( ) 43. A. knows B. tells C. says D. strikes
( ) 44. A. is stopping B. is slow C. doesn’t work D. isn’t walking
( ) 45.A.could B. would C. might D. should
( ) 46.A.interesting B. surprising C. hoped D. expected
( ) 47.A.also B. even C. still D. almost
( ) 48.A.used B. repaired C. made D. done
( ) 49.A.kind B. model C. one D. watch
( ) 50.A.was found B. started C. developed D. formed
（一）key:CBCAD DCBBC ACDBA DBACD
（二）36—40 ABACC 41—45 AACBB 46—50 DDBDC 51—55 （三）key:36-40 D D B A C 41-45 B A B C B 46-50 B B C A B
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