first corn harvest and __31__ a fair profit（利润）, as well as 10 big bags of corn for our own use. At last we feel that we will be in our new land.

It has not been an easy road. There were times when I thought I was__32__ to leave the comfort of family and the mild climate of England. In our first year, Mary and I worked side by side to clear the big and small trees from a small part of our land to grow the __33__. We used the trees we cut to make fences and to build a little shelter for the kitchen.

My dear Mary has worked as hard as any man to make our dream __34__ true. All through that first year we had only a tent to shelter and had to water from the river for our bath and for the washing. Not once did she __35__.

Last spring, after the corn was planted, I began work Mary busied herself in our kitchen garden. It is a very bedroom and a living room, with a kitchen at the back. But the three sides of the house and it is here that we spend when it is hot. We now have a __37__ so we no longer have the river. Our new bathtub sits __38__on the back veranda pleasure once more.

We will soon start working on __39__ more land for corn, new farm. If we have a few more seasons, I will be able

which is much needed on the to build Mary a better __36__ our house, while simple home, just one we have a wide veranda on most of our pleasant time to make the journey down to and bathing has become a

house ---and __40__ we can start our family. I have heard that in some years this land suffer from dreadful drought（遭受旱灾）, but I hope that this will not happen any time soon.

I wish you all a happy Christmas and that this letter finds each one of you in good health.

Your son and brother,

George

31. A. bought B. accepted C. received D. lost 32. A. silly B. lucky C. pleased D. hard 33. A. rice B. corn C. fruit D. vegetables 34. A. go B. return C. change D. come 35. A. smile B. run C. shout D. complain 36. A. on B. at C. out D. away 37. A. road B. car C. well D. boat

38. A. lonely B. proudly C. silently D. straightly 39. A. repairing B. clearing C. cutting D. buying 40. A. at last B. at first C. at last D. at most

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阅读下面的四篇短文，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。

A

TOP Banquets（宴席）of Specialties in Daxing

Watermelon Banquet Address: Watermelon Town, Panggezhuang Town, Daxing District, Beijing Specialties: Northeastern China famers’ home-cooked dishes; dishes cooked in an iron wok（铁锅）, or on an iron board Watermelon Banquet is newly invented with watermelons in different shapes and the watermelon here is famous all over the country Tel: +8610 89282266 24-Dish Banquet Address: Luozhuang Village, Zhangziying Town, Daxing District, Beijing Specialties: The 24-dish Banquet was one of the top choices of noble people（贵族）to treat their guests during the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing. The Banquet got its name because of its 24 dishes: four main ones, eight cold ones, eight hot ones and four as a staple food（主食） Tel: +8610 81283388 Old-ladies Handmade Noodles Address: Dongxintun Village,Qingyundian Town, Daxing District, Beijing Specialties: Old-ladies handmade noodles and made by local women. They are favored with their beautiful appearance. And they are delicious and healthy. Noodles here take on five different colours, and are served with hot wok, high soups as well as vegetables and different seasonings（调味料） Tel: +8610 80229456 Beiwei-taste Banquet Address: Beiweishifang Restaurant, Weishanzhuang Town, Daxing District, Beijing Specialties: Based on cooking arts in China on meat, vegetables, soups and seasonings written in Qiminyaoshu, a book about farming and cooking during the North Wei Dynasty. Cooks here are working hard to develop their dishes with choiced local materials Tel: +8610 86266503 41. Watermelon Banquet is__________.

A. newly invented B. famous all over the world C. cooked in watermelon works D. Northwestern China home-cooked

42. If your family want to find something once eaten by noble people, you should go to__________.

A. Dongxingtun Village B. Watermelon Town

C. Luozhuang Village D. Weishanzhuang Town 43. If you want to try delicious noodles, you should call.

A. +8610 80229456 B. +8610 81283388 C. +8610 89282266 D. +8610 86266503

44.__________ is made according to cooking arts in Qiminyaoshu?

A. Watermelon Banquet B. 24-Dish Banquet C. Old-ladies Handmade Noodles D. Beiwei-taste Banquet

B

TV or Movies?

I seldom watch TV, because I’m sick of commercial （商业的）advertisements that often interrupt the teleplays and the movies shown on TV. You know, the pupils like us don’t have much time for fun. We have so many lessons to attend and so much homework to do. So it seems to me that watching advertisements on TV is really a waste of time. I prefer to do some reading or play table tennis with my parents.

I like watching movies. There’s a cinema near my home，which is named “Vanda Cinema”. It’s a big modern cinema in Beijing, so they always play the very latest movies. And, the ticket price is affordable to common people.

Sometimes during the weekends, I watch movies online at home together with my parents. I prefer to watch movies at home. Firstly, watching movies at home can be very easy and a lot cheaper. I can buy movie DVDs and enjoy many interesting movies at home. Secondly, watching movies at home can be very comfortable. I can sit back eating cookies, and enjoy a film on the computer.

I love to watch the US action movies and Hong Kong comedy（喜剧）movies. I find a lot of fun from watching these movies. I don’t like horror（恐怖）movies. Last week, I watched a horror movie named “Phantom of the Louvre”（卢浮魅影）, I was so frightened that I couldn’t sleep at the night.

I’m a fan of Zhou Xingchi, the famous movie star from Hong Kong. I’ve watched most of his movies. My favorite one is “Kong Fu”, I watched it for many times. I find a lot of fun from watching his movies. 45. The writer thinks watching advertisements on TV is __________ .

A. a waste of time

B. better than watching movies

C. more interesting than talking to parents

D. the same as reading or playing games with parents

46. How many reasons does the writer give for watching movies at home?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 47. How does the writer usually watch movies?

A. Goes to the school cinema. B. Watches them on an iPad. C. Watches them at home.

D. Buys DVDs and watches with friends.

48. What kind of movies does the writer like to watch?

A. Art movies B. Comedy movies C. Horror movies D. History movies

C

Do You Have a Used Smart Card?

Hilary Moore Hebert had a simple idea. She knew many visitors Washington, D.C. buy fare cards to ride the city’s public transportation system（公交系统）. What would happen, she wondered, if visitors donated（捐赠）old fare cards to help poor people get doctors’ offices or schools?

Moore Hebert bought 56 fare cards for a group from New Orleans, Louisiana. Its members were traveling to the nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington. The march was held January 21. She asked that the cards be returned after the event. She offered to donate them to a charitable（慈善）group.

But Moore Hebert did much more than that. She put out a request on Facebook and other social media（媒体）. It was directed to the hundreds of thousands of people who attended the Women’s March and the hundreds of thousands at the swearing-in ceremony（就职仪式）of President Donald Trump the day before. Would they consider donating old smart cards to help needy people?

Moore Hebert’s efforts paid off. More than 10,000 smartcards were donated in just over three weeks. They continue to arrive by mail from as far away as Hawaii. Washington’s public transportation system requires people to pay for their trips with “SmartTrip” cards. Each card is like a bank card, and comes with a computer chip（芯片）that pays for each trip. A person with a $10 card, who takes a bus trip costing $2, would have $8 remaining for future trips.

Often people visiting Washington, or any city with a fare card system, end up buying a card for more trips then they take. So unless they plan to return to that city soon, chances are that money is lost forever. Unless they donate the cards.

SmartTrip cards have value, even if there is no balance（余额）left on the cards. That is because a person planning their first trip on the transportation system must buy a SmartTrip card. Each one costs $2. So, even a card, with no balance remaining, would save a person $2.

Moore Hebert hopes to keep the program going, even when donations from the Women’s March and presidential swearing-in ceremony stop. She wants Washington area hotels to ask hotel guests if they are willing to donate their smart cards. Some hotel guests give their fare cards to housekeepers or other hotel employees at the end of their stays. With her efforts, she hopes everyone knows how to deal with the used smart cards so that more people can get help. 49. What’s Moore Hebert’s simple idea?

A. To become famous on social media.

B. To help the poor with donated smart cards. C. To buy smart cards to travel in Washington. D. To collect enough smart cards to visit President. 50. According to the passage, SmartTrip cards __________.

A. have value themselves B. are used for a single trip C. can be used as bank cards D. will be useless unless donated

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