根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋，在橫線上寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。（每空只寫一詞）

1．A _____ （淹死） man was saved by my brother．

2．We ______（討價還價） with the farmer for a supply of milk and butter．

3．Her husband takes a _____（包裝） lunch to work every day．

4．Go into that _____ （對面）room, and wait there till I come．

5．Big men are not ______（必然地） strong men．

6．Are you ______（二十） or twenty-first on the list?

7．On ______（運動） day we have competitions in running, jumping, etc.

8．I saw him light a ______（香煙） for her．

9．No matter how frequently ______（表演）, the works of

Beethoven are still popular．

10．Salt water _____（凍結(jié)） at a lower temperature than fresh water．

      11．They keep two _______（仆人）: a cook and a gardener．

12．_______ （和…比） with many women, she is indeed fortunate．

13．The more careful you are, the ____（少） mistakes you will make．

14．You can eat a potato _______（烤）, boiled, or fried.

15．“She is a fool,” said Peral _______（憤怒地）．

Jeanne Calment, a French woman, become a record breaker on 17 October 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days, she became the longest-lived human being on record. A Japanese man died in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237 days.
Jeanne Calment lives in a small old people’s home in the south of France, her husband, her only child and her grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes here as being “more like a 90-year-old in good health” than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of humor. When asked on the 120^th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied, “A very short one.” She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her.
So what is the key to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important factors. Jeanne Calment has followed two of the tips. She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do exercises every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115. However, until recently she drank two glasses of strong red wine a say, and she does smoke (now only a little). Besides, Jeanne Calment might have got very good genes from her parents. Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86.
A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death. It must have seemed a good move at the time, but so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying: “Sorry, I’m still alive!”
【小題1】 How does Jeanne Calment feel about her old age?

A．She feels upset and unhappy.

B．She is cheerful and humorous.

C．She likes to live much longer.

D．She feels she is going to die very soon.

【小題2】 The text seems to suggest that Jeanne Calment owes her good health and long life to______.

A．smoking only little every day

B．neither smoking nor drinking

C．a(chǎn)lways drinking two glasses of strong red wine a day and never smoking

D．the good genes from her parents, a healthy diet and some exercises

【小題3】 Which of the following could best explain the underlined word “genes” in the third paragraph?

A．good habits of body-building.

B．Some materials that control the development of a living thing.

C．Comfortable living conditions.

D．Something necessary for a person to keep his life.

【小題4】Why did Jeanne Calment say “Sorry, I’m still alive!” to the local lawyer?

A．She had an agreement with the lawyer when she was 80.

B．The lawyer has not paid her enough rent yet.

C．The lawyer has paid her more money than the value of the house.

D．The house she sold to the lawyer was worth the money already paid.

She was so amused with the magician’s tricks that she ________ a smile.

   A. burst out               B. burst into       C. burst forth       D. burst in

 

There’s no danger of 88-year-old Harry Ward forgetting his wife Doris’s Valentine’s Day card – the couple still use the same one he bought her 70 years ago.

When 17-year-old Harry Ward presented Doris with a Valentine’s Day card as he boarded a train to join the wartime effort on February 14, 1941, he must have been fairly confident about his affections(鐘愛). After all the couple had been dating since they met in a café three months earlier.

But little can he have imagined that 70 years on, not only would he still be happy about having married Doris, but that every year she would present him with the very same card he gave her that Valentine’s Day. “I bring it out of the cupboard and put it on our mantelpiece（壁爐臺）every Valentine’s Day,” she said. “It’s a special to me now as it was 70 years ago. Harry has never bought me one since, because I have this one every year.”

They first met in a café. “Harry was in the café drinking and he said hello. He asked me my name and we got talking happily. He offered to walk me to the bus stop but when we got outside, a bombing raid（突然襲擊）had started and we had to run to a nearby air-raid shelter（防空洞）,” Doris said.

Mr. Ward said,“I knew Doris was the one for me the moment I met her. I gave her the Valentine’s card then and she is still my Valentine now.” Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.

“Harry is quite romantic and we are as still in love as the day he first gave me this card,”Dorris said.

1.When did the couple first meet?

A. In 1940.                          B.In 1939.                   C. In 1941.                          D. In 1942

2.Why does Mrs. Ward always use the same Valentine’s Day card?

A. She is an environmentalist.

B. She can’t afford a new one.

C. She values the card very much.

D. She doesn’t want to waste money.  

3.What do we know about the 70-year-old Valentine’s Day card?

A. It was first given to Doris on a plane.  

B. It is usually kept in their cupboard

C. It was made by hand by Mr. Ward.            

D. It is sent to Doris by post every year.

4.By saying “Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.”, the author means __________.

A. The card records their romance

B. The card will still be used in future

C. They both treasure the very card

D. Their affections are still strong

 

Ever since Jerusha started her college, she began to write letters. Through a series of letters, from freshman to senior in college, she shared her life and study with an unknown gentleman, who never wrote back. Here is the very first letter.

Dear Mr. Kind, Here I am! I traveled yesterday for four hours in a train. It's a funny experience. I never rode in one before. College is the biggest, most confusing place — I get lost whenever I leave my room. I will tell you more later when I'm feeling less puzzled. Now I want to write a letter first just to get me familiar to you. It seems strange to be writing letters to somebody you don't know. It seems strange for me to be writing letters at all — I've never written more than three or four in my life, so please overlook it if they are not a model kind. Before leaving yesterday morning, Mrs. Lippett and I had a very serious talk. She told me how to behave, especially towards the kind gentleman who is doing so much for me. I must take care to be very respectful. I have been thinking of you a great deal this summer; having somebody take an interest in me after all these years makes me feel as though I had found a sort of family. It seems as though I belonged to somebody now, and it's a very comfortable feeling. I must say, however, that when I think about you, my imaqination has very little to work upon. There are just three things that I know: I .You are tall. II .You are rich. III. You hate girl. I suppose I might call you Dear Mr. Girl-Hater. Only that's rather unpleasant to me. Or Dear Mr. Rich-Man, but that's unpleasant to you, as though money were the only important thing about you. Maybe you won't stay rich all your life; But at least you will stay tall all your life! So I decide to call you Dear Daddy-long-legs. I hope you won't mind. It's just a private pet name — we won't tell Mrs. Lippett. The ten o'clock bell is going to ring in two minutes. Our day is divided by bells. We eat and sleep and study by bells. There it goes! Lights out. Good night. You can see how strictly I obey rules due to my training in the John Grier Home. Yours most respectfully, Jerusha Abbott

【小題1】Which of the following is NOT the reason for Jerusha to write the letter to Mr.Kind?

A．To get her familiar to him.

B．To present her thankfulness to him.

C．To share her brand-new college life with him.

D．To apologize to him for not writing letters too often.

【小題2】If Mrs. Lippett learned that the writer calls the man she writes to Daddy-long-legs, she would probably        .

A．burst into laughter	B．think it acceptable
C．criticize the writer	D．inform the man

【小題3】By "when I think about you, my imagination has very little to work upon.", the writer intends to tell us that       .

A．the man she writes to is dull and boring

B．she is not familiar with the one she writes to

C．it is not interesting at all to write to a stranger

D．she lacks imagination when it comes to writing a letter

【小題4】Jerusha was probably         while she worked on the letter.

A．curious

B．light-hearted

C．serious

D．skeptical