第二节　语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在标号为16～25的相应位置上。

Six days of spring rain had created a wild river __16___(run) by Nancy Brown’s farm.As she tried to drive her cows to higher ground, she __17____(slip) and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk.Nancy was badly hurt and could only walk with great _18___(difficult).The water __19___(rise).Nancy’s pace got slower and slower.Finally, all she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzie’s neck and try to hang on.About 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to __20___ (succeed) pull herself and Nancy out of the water  and onto a bit of high land.     It took rescuers another two hours to discover Nancy.__21___ helicopter lowered a doctor, __22____attached Nancy to a life-support lift.They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym, __23____the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter.

When the flood subsided two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the highland.Lizzie was gone.  __24____was one of the 19 cows that Nancy lost.“I owe my life _25____her,” said Nancy sobbingly.

Ⅱ.阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节　阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

A

It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.

“Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.

I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet wit h heavy snow.

“Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”

They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.

The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich?”

“Am I rich? Pity, no!”

I looked at my worn­out slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer (碟) carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.

Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.

I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room.  The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.

26.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A.Lady, are you rich?            B.A story of Thanksgiving Day

C.Don't forget how rich you are    D.Does cups and saucers match well?

27.The writer let the two children come in and served them well because________.

A.she wanted to sell old papers to them

B.she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party

C.she showed great pity and care on them

D.she had the same experience as them in the past

28.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A.The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.

B.The writer had thought she wasn't rich because her supplies were not expensive.

C.If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap.

D.After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was.

29.The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________.

A.show that she was a kind­hearted lady

B.remind her that she shouldn't forget how rich she was

C.leave room for readers to think about what being rich is

D.prove that she had understood what meant being rich

30.It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________.

A.how much money you have made

B.what attitude you have had towards life

C.the way you help others

D.your social relationship