一．阅读填空An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his_1__all the time, watering and fertilizing （施肥）them.One day a young man went by the ___2 . He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be ___ 3 he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was ___ 4 . He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers. ___ 5 are you busy taking care of them every day?”The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you fou r___ 6 . First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, 7 ___ I can’t see thes e flowers, I can touch them. 8 ___ , I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s ___9 .”“Me? But you don’t know me,” sai d the young man.“Yeah, it’s ___10 that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels that everybody___11. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”The blind man’s work opened our eyes, and ___12 our hearts, which also made his life ___13. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t___14his wonderful music, but his music has__ 15 millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind o f happiness?1. A. flowers B. trees C. vegetables D. grass2. A. balcony B. kitchen C. garden D. study3. A. after B. as C. before D. if4. A. blind B. famous C. smart D. friendly5. A. What B. Who C. Why D. Which6. A. stories B. reasons C. excuses D. conclusions7. A. although B. since C. because D. unless8. A. First B. Second C. Third D. Fourth9. A. me B. you C. my mother D. my son10. A. true B. hard C. cool D. fair11. A. greets B. doubts C. meets D. knows12. A. broke B. hurt C. pleased D. treated13. A. emptier B. busier C. luckier D. happier14. A. write B. hear C. play D. believe15. A. changed B. affected C. discovered D. encouraged二Agatha Christic would never forget the night when she met a robber (抢劫者) many years ago.That evening, she went to a birthday party which ___ 1 until two o’clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the___ 2 street alone. Suddenly from the back of a dark ___ 3 a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good___ 4 , lady,” the man said in a low voice. “I don’t think you wish to___ 5 here!” “What do you want?” “Your earrings. Take them off!”Agatha suddenly had a ___6 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar (衣领) of her overcoat while she used ___ 7 hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly___ 8 them on the ground.“Take them and let me go,” she said. The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all, onlytrying to ___9the necklace. It would cost ___ 10 , so he said, “Give me your necklace.”“Oh, sir. It doesn’t ___ 11much. Please let me wear it.”“I’m not that___ 12, Quick!”With shaking ___13 . Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picked up her earrings and ran as___ 14 as she could to one of her friends.The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost ___ 15 six pounds.1. A. ended B. stayed C. stopped D. lasted2. A. busy B. quiet C. noisy D. wide3. A. part B. block C. building D. street4. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night5. A. die B. escape C. fight D. stay6. A. funny B. safe C. brave D. bright7. A. other B. others C. the other D. another8. A. handed B. threw C. passed D. put9. A. own B. keep C. have D. protect10. A. cheap B. expensive C. more D. less11. A. weigh B. take C. spend D. cost12. A. afraid B. angry C. silly D. bad13. A. hands B. feet C. head D. body14. A. much B. early C. carefully D. fast15. A. really B. already C. only D. hardly三A Chinese student went to England to study by plane. His name was Sun. It is spelt S-U-N just__1_ the word “sun”, the sun in the sky, is spelt.England is a country with __2_ weather. It is oftencloudy and rainy, so the people there don’t get __3_ sunlight (阳光) in the year. When _4__Chinese student arrived at _5__Airport, a tall English policeman opened his_6__ to check the visa (签证). The policeman was__7_ to find the Chinese name “sun” in the passport. He thought it was pronounced just __8_ the English word “sun”. So he said to the student, “I see your name is Sun. You are __9_ here.”The Chinese student felt __10_. So he asked thepoliceman, “Is there anything wrong with my passport of visa? Do I have to__11_ to my country?” “What?” shouted the policeman. “No, we’ll never let you go away.”The Chinese student was worried by now. He thought he was going to be arrested (逮捕). He was sure_12__he had been in trouble. 13_he wondered whether he had broken the British (英国的) law. So he asked the policeman again. “What happened? What have I done?”It was then that the policeman began to_14__. He said,“You don’t know what you have done, Mr Sun? You_15__sunlight to England! So we don’t want you to go away.”1. A. why B. how C. when2. A. bad B. nice C. dry3. A. a lot B. many C. much4. A. an B. the C. a5. A. London B. Paris C. Tokyo6. A. book B. passport C. pocket7. A. scared B. bored C. interested8. A. like B. by C. with9. A. trained B. wanted C. refused10. A. surprised B. satisfied C. pleased11. A. go over B. go on C. go back12. A. to B. that C. of13. A. But B. Till C. Or14. A. complain B. smile C. discuss15. A. brought B. would bring C. have brought。