Football is, I do think, the most favorite game in England. It is one of the important  ( 36 ) to see. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them. To a stranger, one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great  ( 37 )   of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can   (38)  you the names of the players in most of the important teams; he has pictures of them and knows the   ( 39 )  of Large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he hopes will   (40)  such a match, and his ideas about football are usually as good as those of men three or four times his age.

【小題1】

A．tides B．matches C．teams D．places

【小題2】

A．medal B．success C．knowledge D．secret

【小題3】

A．say B．tell C．talk D．speak

【小題4】

A．results B．roles C．reasons D．reporters

【小題5】

A．heat B．cover C．enjoy D．win

When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldn’t  36 me at home on my own,   37  I had to go to the market with her.

  38 , I didn’t have to do anything. I just sat there, and my mother told me jokes and stories so I didn’t get   39 .When I got older, I gave my mother a hand and I really enjoyed it.

Then one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it. I was 14, and I didn’t have to go to the market  40 because my mother could leave me at home on my own. I  41 my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made  42 them.

One day, my mother was ill, so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to  43 some candles with me and see  44 I could sell them. They  45 in 20 minutes! The next week, my mother gave me some money to buy some wax (蠟) to make more candles. They were sold out really quickly, too.

Ten months later, we decided  46 flowers. My mother and I couldn’t make enough candles during the week, so some of my friends started to help us. I paid them one pound  47 every candle, and we   48 sell them for three or four times. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market.

At the age of 22, my uncle  49 me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello Road. Since then, I’ve  50 looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from the designer, furniture to paintings. Oh, and candles, of course.

1.	A．forgot B．leave C．remember D．take

 

2.	A．because B．so C．why D．instead

 

3.	A．To begin with B．To begin to C．To start to D．Started

 

4.	A．tiring B．excited C．relaxed D．bored

 

5.	A．a(chǎn)t all B．no more C．no longer D．a(chǎn)ny more

 

6.	A．paid B．took C．spent D．cost

 

7.	A．hundreds of B．hundred of C．hundred D．hundreds

 

8.	A．take B．bring C．carry D．fetch

 

9.	A．that B．which C．who D．if

 

10.	A．came out B．clean out C．were sold out D．sold out

 

11.	A．stop selling B．to stop selling C．to stop to selling D．to stop to sell

 

12.	A．for B．on C．with D．in

 

13.	A．a(chǎn)re used for B．used to C．a(chǎn)re used to D．use

 

14.	A．borrowed B．lend C．lent D．borrow

 

15.	A．sometimes B．a(chǎn)lways C．never D．usually

 

In a small town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he  31 a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to 32  the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took  33   farmer to the judge (法官).
The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butler. The farmer replied. "I am so 34  that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it, 35 I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the buttery" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butler from 36 , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it On the scale and give him the butter of the same weight,"
We 37  what we give to Others in life. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this 38  , "Am I honest?"
Honesty or dishonesty can become a 39  . Some dishonest people can lie(說謊) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even 40  what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behaviour.

【小題1】

A．gave B．fed C．threw D．sold

【小題2】

A．weigh B．watch C．cut D．use

【小題3】

A．/ B．a(chǎn) C．a(chǎn)n D．the

【小題4】

A．rich B．poor C．honest D．quiet

【小題5】

A．a(chǎn)nd B．so C．but D．or

【小題6】

A．I B．my C．me D．mine

【小題7】

A．get back B．look back C．give back D．turn back

【小題8】

A．a(chǎn)nswer B．question C．help D．idea

【小題9】

A．difference B．habit C．mistake D．difficulty

【小題10】

A．Study B．mean C．imagine D．know

How do you usually get to school? Buy bus? On foot? Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little 36__________---he goes by horse (馬).
Burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and from school 37 __________the beginning of the semester. “Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I’m on my way at 6 am.” Burch says, “The streets are mostly 38__________ at this time of morning. It’s a nice way to start the day.”
The idea was his 39__________. His family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer, “My dad just said, ‘Roby, you 40__________ ride your horse to school every day.’” says Burch. He thought it really was a good idea.
When they got back home, Burch asked for permission from the headmaster (校長), Joe Cox, and surprisingly, he got the green light. Cox even 41__________ Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster’s house. Then his dad helped Burch find the best route to school. It is along back streets and has 42__________cars than the others.
For the return trip every afternoon, Burch leaves school at 5:45 pm. Even now, as the days grow shorter and colder, he 43__________ to ride his horse. “ I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather.” he says.
Burch says the first time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy he was afraid. 44__________ now, “it’s what I do best.” It’s no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy (牛仔) when he grows up. “I love riding horses more than 45 __________ else.” He says, “It’s really a guy thing.”

【小題1】

A．normally B．casually C．differently D．a(chǎn)ctually

【小題2】

A．for B．since C．before D．a(chǎn)fter

【小題3】

A．empty B．crowded C．busy D．a(chǎn)wful

【小題4】

A．sister’s B．brother’s C．mom’s D．dad’s

【小題5】

A．will B．won’t C．should D．shouldn’t

【小題6】

A．invited B．a(chǎn)llowed C．taught D．urged

【小題7】

A．fewer B．few C．more D．many

【小題8】

A．begins B．stops C．continues D．refuses

【小題9】

A．so B．or C．a(chǎn)nd D．but

【小題10】

A．a(chǎn)nything B．nothing C．everybody D．somebody

One’s education starts from family, especially from his or her mother. Here is a story__26__ happened in my childhood.
One Saturday morning, I was watching TV in the living room with my two brothers. My mum__27__ several apples of different colors and sizes. She put all the apples on the table, then __28__me and my younger brothers, “Which do you like ?”__29__ my younger brothers and I wanted the biggest one. __30__ I could say “ The biggest one”, one of my brothers stood up and said what I wanted to say.
My mum __31__ the biggest apple and said to us, “It is __32__to get the biggest apple. Many people want the best thing, but few really get it. Now let’s start a __33__. Look at the lawn(草坪) in front of our __34__. I’ll divide it into three parts. Each of you must finish pruning(修剪) __35__own share. The best and quickest one will be__36__the biggest apple.” I won the apple finally.
Since then, I have learned to try my best to succeed whenever I get a chance. I work __37__to get what I want. That was what my mother advised me to do. I feel very thankful to my mum because she taught me a very basic but the most __38__lesson. It is quite fair that we can get what we want __39__competing (競(jìng)爭). My mother kept teaching us in this way and we followed her __40__ all the time.
I do believe that mother is the first teacher of children, who can teach them to be a No.1 pursuing person.

【小題1】

A．how B．what C．that D．when

【小題2】

A．wanted B．drew C．hid D．brought

【小題3】

A．told B．a(chǎn)nswered C．replied D．a(chǎn)sked

【小題4】

A．All B．Both C．Neither D．Either

【小題5】

A．Before B．When C．Until D．After

【小題6】

A．a(chǎn)te up B．looked up C．picked up D．gave up

【小題7】

A．good B．strange C．bad D．polite

【小題8】

A．lesson B．party C．conversation D．competition

【小題9】

A．school B．church C．house D．library

【小題10】

A．my B．our C．your D．their

【小題11】

A．sent B．given C．shown D．shared

【小題12】

A．hard B．carelessly C．easily D．comfortably

【小題13】

A．expensive B．important C．difficult D．traditional

【小題14】

A．on B．without C．a(chǎn)bout D．by

【小題15】

A．a(chǎn)dvice B．example C．decision D．plan