About a year later, the king was hunting in an area where he should have known not to hunt. Cannibals(食人者) __7 him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, set up a wooden post and 8 him to it. As they came close to set fire to burn the king, they 9 that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So 10 the king, they sent him on his way.

As he returned home, he was 11 of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the 12 to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” Then he 13 to tell the friend all that had just happened.

“I feel 14 for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”

“No,” his friend replied, “this is good!”

“What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?”

“If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been ___15 !”

1. A. joking B. remarking C. announcing D. whispering

2. A. expectation B. experience C. expedition D. experiment

3. A. prepare B. arrange C. carry D. hold

4. A. deliberately B. apparently C. naturally D. specially

5. A. thumb B. king C. gun D. situation

6. A. angrily B. calmly C. regretfully D. joyfully

7. A. caught B. warned C. robbed D. hunted

8. A. connected B. related C. wrapped D. fastened

9. A. observed B. understood C. noticed D. complained

10. A. untying B. forgiving C. overlooking D. beating

11. A. recalled B. accused C. informed D. reminded

12. A. house B. jail C. village D. kingdom

13. A. stopped B. hesitated C. continued D. refused

14. A. fortunate B. foolish C. guilty D. painful

15. A. burnt B. cooked C. fired D. eaten

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， 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,并将答案填写在答题卷标号为16-25的相应位置上。

My wonderful aunt Helen Louise recently passed away very unexpectedly. I have been trying to stay positive during this time. Today was an especially emotional day, 16 I decided to try and keep myself busy by doing a little “treasure hunting” at my local Goodwill store.

While I was browsing, I saw a young girl trying to ride a bicycle. Her grandmother was very __17 (encourage) and it made me smile to see the determination on the little girl’s face.

I browsed through the shelves but didn’t find anything 18 I wanted to buy. I was on the point of leaving 19 I noticed the bicycle 20 (park) at the checkout counter. An idea occurred 21 me and I asked the clerk if the bicycle 22 (pay) for. She told me that the little girl’s grandparents were going to buy 23 after they were done looking around. I quickly searched my purse for a Smile Card. I told the clerk I wanted to buy the bicycle for the girl. I paid, got the receipt and handed it, along with the Smile Card, to the girl’s grandmother. I told her about the bicycle. 24 looks on that family’s faces were priceless and I could feel my aunt Helen’s 25 (approve) shining upon me.

I miss my aunt Helen every day, but I will continue to honor her legacy of generosity by doing some acts of kindness.

II．阅读（共两节，25题，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，并在答题卷上将该题涂黑。

A

Until a few months ago, he was a butler(管家) in one of the more expensive residential buildings in Manhattan. But now, Nepal-born Indra Tamang is the owner of two multi-million dollar apartments in the same building.

The former owner - his former employer, Ruth Ford - died last year and left the apartments to Mr Tamang in her will.

Mr Tamang is happy but quickly points out that his good fortune did not come easily. "I am happy and have been touched by the generosity of the Ford family," he says. "I never expected that I will be given the ownership of these apartments. But I have been working for the family for the last 36 years, devotedly, with honesty and dedication(奉献). So my hard work has been rewarded."

Mr Tamang was 21 when he was brought from Nepal by Charles Ford, a writer and a photographer. Mr Ford died in 2002; his sister, actress Ruth Ford, then took charge and told Mr Tamang that he was like a brother to her after Charles's death.

Mrs Ford died aged 98. During the last five years of her life, she lost her eyesight and also developed speech problems. Mr Tamang looked after her most of the time and took care of her medicines and food.

He also worked with Charles Ford on various photography projects, which he now wants to keep as the photographer's legacy(遗产). He hopes to organize exhibitions of Mr Ford's photographs and edit a book of his works.

Mr Tamang plans to sell the bigger, three-bedroom apartment to pay the taxes he owes to the government on his legacy. He says: "The rules of the building might be a problem, as they require a minimum monthly income to qualify to live as owner of apartments. I have my small house here but I am happy with it,"

Mr Tamang has learnt his lesson from the life of his employers and plans to use his money with great caution. "I think one should save money for old age. That's when you need it the most to get care," he says.

26. Mr Tamang treated the legacy as __________.

A. a reward B. a punishment C. business D. a gift

27. What DIDN’T Mr Tamang do in the Ford family?

A. Show Mr Ford's works in the exhibition.

B. Look after Ruth Ford when she was ill.

C. Work on kinds of photography projects

D. Experience deaths of Charles Ford and Ruth Ford

28. Mr Tamang wants to sell one apartment to _______.

A. buy the small house

B. pay the government the tax of the apartments

C. edit a book of Charles Ford's photographs

D. move into the expensive apartments as soon as possible

29. What lesson does Mr Tamang learn from the Ford family?

A. To find a good butler.

B. To spend money thoughtfully.

C. To save money for children.

D. To get good care when people get old.

30. What can we know from the passage?

A. Charles Ford gave the apartments to Mr Tamang.

B. Charles Ford couldn't see or speak before his death.

C. Mr Tamang treated Ruth Ford much better than her brother.

D. Mr Tamang will still live in his small house in the near future.

B

You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”. “The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (礼仪) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” Gray told the BBC. “They [elevators] are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.” We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, liftusers unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed. He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want – it’s your own little box. If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance. When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle. New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple – look down, or look at your phone. Why are we so awkward in lifts? “You don’t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us. And that’s not possible in most elevators.” In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.

31. The main purpose of the article is to _____. A. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator B. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquette C. share an interesting but awkward elevator ride D. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator

32. According to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _____. A. turn around and greet one another B. look around or examine their phone C. make eye contact with those in the elevator D. try to keep a distance from other people

33. Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator?

34. The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _____. A. judge B. ignore C. put up with D. make the best of35. According to the article, people feel awkward in lifts because of _____. A. someone’s odd behaviors B. the lack of space C. their unfamiliarity with one another D. their eye contact with one another

C

By the year 2050 it is estimated that the world's population will reach nine billion. An interesting question：what happens when people in poorer countries manage to raise their living standard and demand more meat in their diet？Imagine trying to feed nine billion people with enough meat. In short, it's simply impossible.

A