It was Mother’s Day. I was so busy with my work that I couldn’t 1 _ back home. When I passed by a 2 shop, an 3 came to my mind, “I’ll send Mum some roses.”

While I was 4 my flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get 5 only five dollars, Madam?” he asked. The assistant was trying to tell him roses were as 6 as forty dollars a dozen---- Maybe he would be happy with carnations (康乃馨). “ No, I 7 have red roses,” he said, “my mum was 8 ill last year and I didn’t spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, roses, as rose is her 9 .”

After hearing it, I said I would pay 10 of the money for the young man. 11 by both of us, the assistant said, “well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the 12 and ran out of the shop. It was 13 worth twenty-five dollars I paid to see the exciting 14 . Then I paid for my dozen of roses and told the assistant to 15 them to my mother.

As I walked out, I felt 16 . Suddenly I saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon I 17 it was not a park 18 a cemetery(墓地). Crying, the young man carefully 19 the roses, “Mum, why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”

Seeing this, I turned and quickly walked to the 20 . I would take the flowers home myself.

1 A. go B. come C. return D. turn

2. A. jewellery B. clothing C. rose D. flower

3. A. fact B. word C. idea D. picture

4. A. picking B. getting C. selling D. showing

5. A. in B. for C. at D. on

6. A. much B. cheap C. expensive D. high

7. A. might B. have to C. should D. can

8. A. a bit B. hardly C. badly D. nearly

9. A. flower B. favorite C. dream D. gift

10. A. all B. some C. the rest D. much

11. A. Surprised B. Pleased C. Excited D. Moved

12. A. roses B. assistant C. air D. street

13. A. very B. well C. not D. only

14. A. moment B. time C. scenery D. incident

15. A. give B. offer C. present D. send

16. A. relaxed B. amazed C. shameful D. nice

17. A. understood B. realized C. learned D. was told

18. A. and B. or C. nor D. but

19. A. laid B. lay C. buried D. grew

20. A. man B. street C. shop D. cemetery

第二节 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A. B. C. D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

What do you think of advertising（广告） such as TV commercials（商业） and magazine advertisements?

Oh Yoon Kwon from Korea: Nowadays, we can see so many advertisements. Some people say it is just a waste. However, I don’t agree. Sometimes, I think there are too many on TV, but sometimes I like to watch just the advertisements . I think they are so funny. I like to watch them when I am bored. Another reason why I like advertisements is I like Internet games. Some Internet games are free because of the advertisements.

Inna Ignatovich from Russia: Advertising is an important part of marketing. You can’t escape it. Sometimes it bothers me a lot. But also, sometimes I enjoy it. Some commercials are created so professionally that they become a piece of TV art. Unfortunately, it is a rare situation. Some years ago, I couldn’t imagine the interruption of an interesting movie by advertising. Now it is reality, and we understand its necessary.

Christine Le Prince from France: In my opinion, advertisements are part of our economic system. We can’t do without it. Sometimes commercials are very useful; they can inform you on a new product which you wouldn’t know about otherwise. However, I think that we are bombarded with too many advertisements, especially on TV. When you want to watch a movie, you are interrupted every five minutes. It is so boring. And what about junk mail? I personally don’t pay attention to it. It goes directly in the garbage, so what a waste of paper!

21. Oh Yoon Kwon likes ads because he thinks they are _______.

A. paid B. useful C. interesting D. necessary

22. In the opinion of Inna Ignatovich, advertising is _________.

A. an important part of marketing. B. really a kind of TV art.

C. his favorite program D. always bothering him

23. What most people hate about advertising is probably that _____.

A. advertisements waste too much time B. advertisements force them to buy some necessary things

C. advertisements are short of arts. D. advertisements interrupt them watching movies

24. We can infer from the passage that _________.

A. no advertisements are interesting B. you have to pay for all internet games

C. many people can accept advertisements D. Tv advertisements are becoming more and more

B

Fun Day

To celebrate the Year of the Snake

Note:

1．Tickets are available at the Central Office of Lam Tin Youth Centre.

2．For those who would like to be a volunteer, please contact Miss Olivia Wong one week before the activity.

25. What do you have just read is a _______.

A. note B. report C. schedule D . poster

26. What is going to take place on 2 February, 2013?

A. A big event to welcome a Chinese new year.

B. A social gathering to raise money for wildlife.

C. A party for close friends to meet and have fun.

D. A meeting of Kwun Tong High school students.

27. How much do you have to pay in total if four of you go together?

A. $ 20 B. $ 40 C. $ 60 D. $ 80

28. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Tickets are sold in Kwun Tong High school.

B. It’s necessary to take soft drinks with you.

C. Free digital cameras are provided for everybody.

D. Festival food will be served without extra charge.

C

Then comes the July, and with it are examinations; but these are soon finished and with them ends the school year. Boys and girls have nearly two months holiday before them as they leave school by train and car to return home to their fathers and mothers.

The summer holidays are the best part of the year for most children. The weather is usually good, so that one can spend most of one’s time playing in the garden or, if one lives in the country, out in the woods and fields. Even if one lives in a big town. One can usually go to the park to play.

The best place for a summer holiday, however, is the seaside. Some children are lucky enough to live near the sea, but for others who do not, a week or two at one of the big seaside towns is something which they will talk about for the whole of the following year.

In England, it is not only the rich who can take their children to the seaside; if a factory worker or a bus driver, a street cleaner or a waiter wants to take his wife and chileren to Southend or Margate, Blackpool or Clacton, he is usually quite able to do so.

Now, what is it that children like so much about the seaside? I think it is the sand, sea and sun more than any other things. Of course, there are lots of new things to see, nice things to eat, and exciting things to do, but it is the feeling of sand under one’s feet, of salt water on one’s skin. And of the warm sun on one’s skin, and of the warm sun on one’s back that make the seaside what it is.

29. Summer holidays start _______.

A. with July B. as soon as the examinations are over

C. in mid----June D. in August

30. After the examinations, all the pupils leave for home -_____.

A. by train only B. by car C. by bike D. by either train or car

31. The summer holidays last ______.

A. as long as two months B. more than two months

C. one and a half months D. a little less than two months

32. Children like the seaside so much, because they can ____.

A. swim in the sea B. play with the sand C. take a sunbath D. do all of the above

D

How to Become Cleverer

Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him “foolish boy”.

“That’s easy,” answered the fisherman. “I know one way to make you become cleverer.”

“Really?”

“Of course. It is said that a fish head is good for brain. If you eat one, you’ll become cleverer indeed. Pay only three pounds for one fish head.” The boy paid him three pounds and the fisherman cut off a fish head and handed it to him.

A raw fish head is not good—not even for a hungry boy to eat but the boy ate it up in two gulps.

“Do you feel anything?” asked the fisherman.

“Not in my head,” said the boy.

The boy lay on the ground and thought. “One whole fish costs only two pounds. I had paid him three pounds for the fish head. Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain and one pound left over?” He jumped up and shouted at the fisherman. “You are thief! You are fooling me!” The fisherman laughed, saying, “The fish head works now, you see.”

33. The boy came to the fisherman in order to __________.

A. buy a fish B. ask the fisherman a question C. eat a whole fish D. A and C

34. The boy paid three pounds. He should have had __________.

A. a whole fish B. a fish head and one pound back

C. a whole fish and one pound back D. a whole fish, a fish head and one pound back

35. __________ helped the boy become cleverer.

A. A good meal B. The raw fish head C. Nothing D. What had happened

E

Albert Einstein was probably the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. He changed scientific thinking in the modern world. He is generally considered as the greatest physicist who ever lived. What’s more, he devoted a lot of his time and energy to working for human rights and progress.

In 1933, while Einstein was visiting England and the United States, the Nazi Government of Germany took all his things away, including his position and his citizenship(公民权). Einstein advised Franklin D. R