“I?ll be glad to sell him,” the woman said.”You can have him for ten dollars.” “Ten dollars!” the man said. “Only ten dollars? Why so little?” “Because, ” the woman said, “he always tells a lie.” 78. The dog _______.
A) sat on the pond B) could read the magazine C) was helping the woman D) belonged to the woman 79. The dog spoke_______
A) until the man talked to him. B) ten minutes after sitting on the bench.
C) when the man was reading D) before he was asked to 80. The man was _______to hear it speak
A) surprised B) frightened C) interested D) sad 81. The dog explained that it had ______.
A) stopped a fireman from saving three children. B) never been in the war.
C) acted bravely in dangerous situations D) refused a medal in the last war. 82. The man would like to pay _______to buy the dog.
A) ten dollars B) only a little C) a lot of money D) nothing 83. The woman was _______
A) happy to sell her dog B) not to sell her dog C) hoping her dog would earn much money D) selling her dog on TV 84. From the story we know that _______
A) the man and the woman didn?t like each other B) the woman loved money more than her pet.
C) the dog was a hero D) the dog always told lies. C. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语，完成短文）：（14分）
The school was cross the street from our home and I would often watch the kids when they played. She seemed so small when she pushed her way ___85___ the crowd of boys on the playground. She would practice dribbling(运球) and shooting alone over and over again. One day I asked her ___86__ she practiced so much. She said without hesitation, “I want to go to college. I am going to play college basketball to get a
scholarship(奖学金). I want to be better. My dad told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
But one day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head buried in her arms. I walked toward her and asked what was the matter. “Oh, nothing. I am just too ___87___.” The coach told her that at her height she should probably never get to play for a top
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team, so she __88___stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I sensed（感觉） her ___89___. I asked her if she had talked to her dad. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not believe the power of a dream. He told her if she really wanted to play for a good college, ____90___ could stop her except one thing---her own attitude. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
The next year, as she and her team went to a game, she was seen by a college recruiter（招聘人员）. She was indeed offered a scholarship. She was going to get the college education that she had __91__ and worked toward it for all those years. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91.
A) through A) how A) tall A) should A) anything A) got rid of
B) across B) when B) thin B) can B) nothing B) heard of
C) over C) why C) fat C) need C) excitement C) something C) known of
D) into D) what D) short D) may D) agreement D) everything D) dreamed of
A) disappointment B) enjoyment
D. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）：（14分）
Everyday Millan puts on his running shoes and takes a four-hour walk with 40 dogs---large and small, y 92 and old. Most of those dogs belong to him. The rest are at the heart of his work, they are troublesome dogs sent to Millan to learn good manners.
Millan, star of the TV show Dog Whisperer and author
of the best-selling book Cesar’s Way, has a special gift for working with these animals.
Growing up on a farm, Millan knew he wanted to work with dogs. His first job, at the age 15, was helping a veterinarian(兽医). He was so good at letting dogs quiet and handling all kinds of situations. People started to c 93 him “the dog boy”. Since then, he has built a rewarding job around his favorite animal.
“My grandfather taught me at an early age n 94 to work against nature,” he explains. In nature, dogs like to stay in a group and follow one leader. Millan’s specialty is teaching people to be leaders for their dogs.
Studying dogs on the farm where he grew up, Millan realized they need lots of exercise to stay quiet. He explains his way: “Exercise and rules f 95 , and then love!” he says that a lot of people get it backwards because they don’t realize what
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dogs r 96 need. Therefore, while he trains dogs, he teaches owners to understand that their pets need rules.
To find the right job, Millan e 97 kids to do what they enjoy. “A lot of people don’t realize I’ve worked with dogs for more than 20 years---long before my TV show or book. Success followed me because I was following my d 98 of being the best dog trainer in the world.”
E. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题,）：（14分）
Jackson was a mailman. Five days a week he rode his bicycle from village to village delivering letters. He knew everybody and everybody knew him.
“Here comes Jackson,” the children called, and their parents came to the doors of their houses. Everybody liked Jackson, and of course everyone especially liked getting letters.
“Something for you today,” Jackson would call and he would get of his bicycle and take a letter or a package out of the bag. Or he would say, “Sorry, nothing for you today,” and rode on.
Even the dogs knew and liked Jackson, and although they barked (叫)at strangers, they never barked at him. Except for one dog. Its owner, Mrs. Lin, had not lived in the village for many weeks, and every time the dog saw Jackson, it started barking. When he came to Mrs. Lin’s house, Jackson rode his bicycle faster. There were never any letters for her so he did not have to stop. Then one day, there was a letter for her. Jackson stopped his bicycle some way from Mrs.Lin’s house. The dog started barking. Mrs. Lin came to the door.
“A letter for you!” Jackson shouted.
“Why can’t you bring it to me?” Mrs Lin shouted back.
“What about your dog?” Jackson said. “I don’t want it to bite me.”
Mrs Lin laughed. “Don’t be frightened,” she said. “Everyone knows the old saying: a barking dog never bites.”
“You know the old saying and I know it,” Jackson said, “but how do you know that your dog knows it?”
99. How did Jackson deliver letters? 100. How many days a week did he work? 101. Where did he keep the letters?
102. Whose dog barked at Jackson when it saw him? 103. Why didn’t Jackson bring the letter to her one day? 104. Jackson didn’t know the old saying, did he?
105. Do you believe the old saying “a barking dog never bites.”? Please translate
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（翻译）it into Chinese. IX. Writing (写话): （共18分）
106.Write at least 60 words according to the given topic “My trouble”(以“我的烦恼”为题写话，词数不少于60个，标点符号不占格。)
（注意：短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。） 提纲：
Use the following points as a guide. (短文须包含下列要点．．．．．．．．．
) ▲What is/was your trouble in your life/study?
▲How do/will/did you face(面对) the trouble? (Give at least two ideas.)
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