she was smiling like a bud（花蕾）flowering into bloom. Her father hugged me and said in a very low voice, “Thank you. Thank you so much.” He turned to Megan and said, “Honey, it’s time for your class.”

Megan 45 did learn many skills in her own time. More importantly, she never again stood at the back of the line. From that day forward, whenever I asked the children to line up for tumbling, Megan ran to stand in the 46 . 35. A. friends 36. A. made

B. parents B. chosen B. imagining B. angry

C. teachers C. mastered

D. children D. watched

D. suggesting D. cruel

37. A. trying 38. A. sad

C. considering C. cold

39. A. difference 40. A. see 41. A. can

B. mistake B. help B. may

C. promise C. prove C. must

D. change

D. forget

D. should

D. popular D. achieve

42. A. special 43. A. afford 44. A. As

B. interesting B. order

C. important

C. appreciate

B. Though B. simply B. front

C. Once D. Before

D. finally

45. A. totally 46. A. side

C. naturally C. middle

D. back

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六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

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A

Fun Places to Visit in Singapore At Jurong Bird Park you can see more than 5,000 birds and even feed some of them by hand! If feeding birds makes you hungry, you can join the park’s parrots for lunch. Jurong Bird Park 5

Take a small boat into Singapore’s past. A 10-minute ride will take you to this island. The life on the island hasn’t been changed since the PulauUbin 1960s. Walk through Orchard Road’s modern malls. Then try an open-air shopping experience at the markets. There you can buy inexpensive clothes, Malls and Markets Night Safari lets you see animals that are active at night in their natural environment. Walk through the park at night to get close to the animals from seven different areas. Night Safari 47. How many fun places are mentioned? A. 2.

B. 3.

C. 4.

D. 5.

toys and old furniture. 48. Where can you get to know Singapore’s past? A. At Night Safari.

B. At PulauUbin. D. At Jurong Bird Park.

C. At Malls and Markets.

49. You can go to Night Safari to ______. A. watch animals

B. take a boat trip D. feed and eat with birds

B

Does this ever happen to you? Someone introduces you to a friend, you hear his or her name, and then two minutes later, you forget it. Or you go to the same restaurant every day and the owner always says “Hello” to you but you can never remember her name. If this happens, you are typical— actually most people have the problem remembering names.

Here are some ways that can help people remember names. ?

C. buy some clothes

Repeat the person’s name loud at least three times while you talk together. For example, 6

instead of saying “Nice to meet you.” say “Nice to meet you, Jack (for Sue or whatever the person’s name is).” Instead of saying“Where do you live?” you can say “Where do you live, Jack?” ? ?

Introduce the person by name to someone else right away. Write the name down (with a little information about the person) as soon as possible. There are other ways which may seem a little strange. However, try them.

? Think of a story using the person’s name. For example, think to yourself, “Jack has a nice jacket.” Imagine Jack in a nice jacket. ? Think of a rhyme（押韵）for the person’s name. For example, think to yourself, “Jack would look nice in black.” Imagine Jack wearing black clothes. All these ways have one thing in common. You must pay attention to the people you meet.

You can’t just meet someone, nod your head, say hello, and walk away. Remembering names takes work and practice.

50. The word “typical” probably means “______”. A. funny

B. common

C. strange

D. careless

51. Which of the following may seem unusual to help remember a name? A. Repeating the name.

B. Writing the name down.

D. Introducing the person to others.

C. Making up a story with it.

52. If you want to remember names easily, you must ______. A. look after the people you meet B. pay attention to the people you meet C. nod your head to the people you meet D. talk politely to the people you meet

C

Do termites（白蚁）sound delicious? If you were living in Mexico or Thailand or Kenya, the idea of eating insects（昆虫）might not seem strange and unusual to you at all. For thousands of years, insect-eating, has been common practice among many of the world’s people. According to insect-eaters around the world, insects are tasty. “When they are cooked, I find termitesreally delicious,” Arnold Van Huis of Wageningen University in the Netherlands said. Van Huis is an insect scientist. He also studiesinsect-eating. He has traveled the world to learn how different groups of people collect insects and prepare them as food.

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Insect fans say insects are not only tasty, they are also nutritious（有营养的）. Many are full of protein, vitamins and minerals. Van Huis is working with other scientists to encourage insect-eating.

According to the United Nations, the world’s population is now almost 7 billion. It is expected to reach 9 billion before 2050. By that time, the need for meat is expected to double. Raising animals such as cows and sheep requires large areas of farmland, and feeding the animals can be expensive. “We have to find other choicesof meat,” Van Huis says. “One good choice is eating insects.”

Raising insects, which are able to live in crowded quarters, requires less land, says Van Huis. Insects are also cheaper to feed, since they can eat food scraps, such as potato skin.

Not only can insects eat our scraps, but also they require much less foodand waterthan cows or sheep. “A cow wastes most of its energy just keeping warm,” Brian Fisher, an insect scientistin the U.S. says. But since insects are cold-blooded, they use more of what they eat to grow.

For insect-eating to become the mainstream, Fisher says people must have a chance to sample delicious, ready-to-eat insects. If you want a try, it is possible to order insect dishes at a few restaurants.

53. What do you know from the first paragraph? A. Insect-eating has a long history. B. People cook insects in traditional ways. C. Insect-eating is unusual and unacceptable. D. People travel around the world to collect insects. 54. We can infer that ______.

A. insect-eating is common in the U.S. B. people can benefit from insect-eating C. insects are more nutritious than animals

D. eating insects is sure to be popular in the future 55. What is probably the best title for this passage? A. Time to Raise Insects C. A New Choice for Meat

B. Easy Enough to Cook D. A Strange Way of Eating

D

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