On April 10, 1912, the Titanic started her first trip from Southampton, England, to New York City, US. The ship was the world’s largest and most luxurious（豪華的）one at that time.
　 High-class facilities（設(shè)備）for passengers including restaurants, a library and a swimming pool made the ship like a floating hotel. More importantly, its owners and builders said it was unsinkable（不會下沉的）.

　 However, on April 15, the ship sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and killed over 1,500 people.　

This April 15, on the 100th anniversary（周年紀(jì)念）of the sinking of the Titanic, people in the UK and US will hold activities to remember the event. James Cameron’s 1997 film, Titanic, was a huge hit all around the world. Now the 3-D film will come to Chinese theaters on April 10. It is a love story between a poor young man named Jack and a rich young woman named Rose on the unlucky ship. In Belfast, UK, the port of the Titanic’s birth, a museum called Titanic Belfast will open to the public.
　Today, the sinking of the Titanic is not just an accident. It has become a popular expression to mean a large disaster or mistake, usually because of too much confidence.
　In the UK, if somebody says that his or her mobile phone is really great and could never break, others might say, “Yeah, and people said the Titanic was unsinkable.” In other words, no matter how confident or proud people are about something, anything can go wrong.

43. The first and second paragraph mainly tells us _____.

A. Titanic had High-class facilities　　　　　　　　 B. the ship was built in 1912

C. what kind of ship Titanic was　　　　　　　　　 D. Titanic was like a hotel

44. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “hit” in Paragraph 4?

A. Success　　　　　　 B. Break　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Knock　　　　　　　　　　 D. Movie

45. In which situation can we say “The Titanic was unsinkable” to Tom?

A. He is worried about the result of his exam.　 B. He wants to make friends with Jack.

C. He is sure to win in the competition.　　　　 D. He is asking for a day off.

46. Through the passage, the writer wants to tell us that _____.

A. Titanic was an unlucky ship　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. any mobile phone can go wrong

C. the 3-D film “Titanic” will be put on in China

D. never being too confident or proud about anything

Worries about school bus safety have drawn much attention. Now schools in some poor areas are looking   41  some other ways to go to school.
In the countryside, students are living in different places. And there isn’t enough   time for school buses to go around and pick up   42  student. So the most useful way is to let students living in the   43  village take a special school bus which is for them only. And the cost is   44  by their parents and the school.
Each bus is asked to carry only five students on the same route(路線) every day. Traffic police are also making daily checks to make sure drivers don’t carry__45  than 5 students. For a bus like this, the drivers can   46  make any money. So schools pay 300 yuan to drivers every month. The rest comes from the parents’ pockets（口袋）.
The roads to the students’ homes are rough(崎嶇的) and sometimes even dangerous,   47  falling rocks and narrow（狹窄的） bridges. After spending at least an hour on the road, the students finally make it home.   48 the money for taking a bus has increased and it’s not easy for parents to make money, they are glad to know that their children will   49  home safely each day. And they feel happy to see their child enjoy their time at school. But one girl says she’s seen the big yellow school   50  on TV, and wonders when she’ll ride one of her own.

With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”

Only a few people put   36  in the hat. A man was walking by. He   37  some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign   38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   39  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see   40  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （認(rèn)出他的腳步聲）and asked, “Were you the one who   41  my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   42  way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,   43 I cannot see it.”

Both the   44  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply   45  people to help by throwing some money into the   46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the   47  of the day, but the boy couldn’t   48  he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn   49  this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.   50  , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

完形填空。（每小題2分，共20分）
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從A、B、C、D 四個選項(xiàng)中選出一個能正確填入相應(yīng)空格內(nèi)的最佳答案，并把答題卡上對應(yīng)題目的答案標(biāo)號涂黑。
Why do we take school trips? School trips are a great chance to learn outside the classroom      41      new and interesting ways. For example, on a trip to a farm, we can see   42          of the things we        43     about so far in biology lessons. While   44       science
museums, we can see science in action.
Where can we go on a school trip? In Japan, cherry (櫻花) trees are blossoming (開花) by the beginning of the year for students to take school trips. School children have picnic lunches, sing songs and dance under the trees. They       45    go boating and hiking around the lakes and hills. Some kids even take baths in hot springs. If there is     46     , don’t worry. They will go to a museum     47     .
In China, students often take school   48     to parks, museums or to visit a mountain. But nowadays it’s very popular to take an outward bound(野外拓展) trip.  Students can learn about survival skills.(生存技能)
In the UK, students go to many interesting places. They     49     shells(貝殼) on the seaside . Kids may also learn about      50        when they go to a castle(城堡) or a famous old home.
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