toy? He had never owned a good toy. He met a larger boy, __44__ was blowing a whistle. What a pretty sound! “I wish I __45__ that whistle,” he said. Benjamin gave all his pennies to the boy to buy the whistle.
Little Benjamin was very happy. He ran home __46__ he could. “See, mother,” he said, “I have bought a whistle.” “How much did you __47__ it?” “All the pennies you gave me.” “You've paid a dear price for this thing. It's only a penny whistle. You might have bought half a dozen such whistles with the money I gave you,” said his mother.
The little boy saw what a mistake he had made. He threw it upon the floor and began to cry. “Never mind, my child,” said his mother, very kindly. “You are only a very little boy, and you will learn a great deal as you grow bigger. The __48__ you have learned today is never to pay too dear for a whistle.” Benjamin Franklin lived to be a very old man, but he __49__ forgot that lesson. Everyone should remember the name of Benjamin Franklin. He was a great thinker and a great doer, and __50__ Washington he helped to make USA free.
( )41.A.a little ( )42.A.may ( )43.A.knew ( )44.A.which ( )45.A.have ( )46.A.as fast as ( )47.A.cost ( )48.A.idea ( )49.A.always ( )50.A.with
B.little B.should B.wondered B.that B.can have B.so fast as B.pay for B.knowledge B.often B.to
C.a few C.need C.understood C.who C.will have C.faster than C.take C.lesson C.hardly ever C.in
D.few D.must D.realized D.what D.had D.so fastest D.spend in D.fact D.never D.along
七、根据汉语提示，完成句子翻译。(共10分。局部翻译每小题1分，整句翻译每小题2分)
51.官方揭露那个故事是一个恶作剧。
The authorities ______ that the story was a _______. 52.幸运的是，汤姆的父亲让我搭了个便车。 ______ Tom' father ______ me a ______.
53.成千上万的人相信这件事，引起全国上下一片恐慌。
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Thousands of people believed the story and panic ______ _______ across the whole country.
54.那种解释无法让我让我信服。 That explanation didn't _______ me. 55.她告诉我她从没看过这么激动人心的电影。
She told me that she _______ never _______ such an exciting movie. 八、阅读理解(共20分)
(A)根据所提供信息和短文内容，从下面各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将其代表字母填入题前的括号内。(共5分，每小题1分)
Passage 1
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails(钉子) and told him that every time he lost his temper(脾气), he must hammer (用锤敲打)a nail into the back of the fence(栅栏). The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually(逐渐地) dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical(身体的) one.” As William Arthur Ward once said, “It is wise to direct your anger towards problems-not people; to focus your energies (敌人) on answers-not excuses.”
56.When the boy lost his temper, he must _____________ as his father told him. A.break some plates and glasses
B.pull out one nail of the back of the fence C.hammer a nail into the back of the fence
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D.direct your anger towards problems
57.Underlined expression dwindled down means ______________. A.become gradually smaller B.become gradually larger C.stay the same as before D.get more and more
58.When the boy finally told his father that all the nails were gone, his father ____________.
A.took him to the fence and look at the holes
B.asked him to pull out one nail of the back of the fence C.asked him to focus your energies on excuses D.told that the fence was the same as before 59.Which of the following about the boy is WRONG?
A.The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
B.The boy once had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails. C.The number of nails hammered daily became smaller and smaller.
D.The boy found it was easier to drive nails into the fence than to hold his temper.
60.We can infer from the passage that ___________________. A.the boy still had a bad temper at last
B.the boy began to know a verbal wound was nothing serious.
C.the boy learnt to how to control his temper and settle the problem D.the boy didn't realize a verbal wound might be there at last
Passage 2
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Asia is Plunged into Darkness
Across Asia many people have just witnessed the natural wonder that is a total solar eclipse. (日全食)A total solar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Moon and Earth align (排列在一条直线上)in such a way that our view of the Sun is totally obscured by the Moon.
This week's total eclipse could be seen in eastern India before slowly moving across Burma, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Japan, and the Pacific Ocean.
Yesterday, when it reached eastern China, people flocked (聚集)into the streets to witness the astronomical(天文学的) wonder. (1)As daylight disappeared and the sky quickly darkened, cities such as Shanghai were plunged into darkness. The total eclipse lasted 6 minutes and 39 seconds, and was the longest one that can be seen in China in almost 500 years from 1814 to 2309.
One Shanghai resident said “It's like magic, the day turns into night in such a short period of time.(2)我不知道我此刻在哪里了。It feels like a different world.” 任务一：请根据短文内容，按要求完成下列各题。 61.把(1)的英语翻译成汉语。
_______________________________________________________ 62.把(2)的汉语翻译成英语。
_______________________________________________________ 63.根据释义，写出文中所含有的英文单词。
(1)something that makes you feel surprise and admiration: ___________ (2)to prevent something from being seen or heard clearly: ___________ 任务二：根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 64.When does a total solar eclipse occur?
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65.Did people in Shanghai see a partial solar eclipse yesterday? _________________________________________________________
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