1、阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this 11 .One day, I enter
2、ed Donnas classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and 12 . All the students were working on a 13 . The student next to me was filling her page with “I Cants.” “I cant kick the soccer ball.” “I cant get Debbie to like me.” Her page was half full and she showed no 14 of stopping. I walked down
3、the row and found everyone was writing sentences, 15 things they couldnt do. By this time the activity aroused my 16 , so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on but I noticed she too was 17 in writing. “I cant get Johns mother to come for a parents meeting.” I felt it best not
4、to 18 . After another ten minutes, the students were 19 to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their “I Cant” statements into an empty shoe box. Then Donna 20 hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked（塞进） it under her arm and headed out the door. Students followed the tea
5、cher. I followed the students. Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel（铁铲） from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to 21 . The box of “I Cants” was placed at the 22 of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. At this point
6、 Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and 23 your heads.” They quickly formed a circle around the grave（墓地）. Donna delivered the eulogy（悼词）. “Friends, we gathered here today to 24 the memory of I Cant. He is 25 by his brothers and sisters I Can and I Will. May I Cant rest in 26 .” She
7、 turned the students 27 and marched them back into the classroom. They celebrated the 28 of “I Cant”. Donna cut a large tombstone（墓碑） from paper. She wrote the words “I Cant” at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom. On those rare occasions when a student 29 and said, “I
8、Cant,” Donna 30 pointed to the paper tombstone. The student then remembered that “I Cant” was dead and chose other statement.11. A. job B. project C. observation D. course12. A. checked B. watched C. noticed D. waited13. A. task B. computer C. problem D. farm14. A. scenes B. senses C. marks D. signs
9、15. A. discussing B. doing C. describing D. drawing16. A. curiosity B. suspect C. sympathy D. worry17. A. trapped B. strict C. busy D. successful18. A. insert B. interrupt C. talk D. request19. A. taught B. shown C. forced D. instructed20. A. added B. wrote C. made D. folded21. A. cry B. pray C. dig
10、 D. play22. A. back B. bottom C. top D. edge 23. A. drop B. raise C. fall D. lift24. A. keep B. thank C. forgive D. honor25. A. remembered B. punished C. removed D. replaced26. A. silence B. heart C. peace D. memory27. A. down B. up C. off D. around 28. A. birth B. passing C. loss D. starting29. A.
11、awoke B. reminded C. forgot D. apologized30. A. simply B. hardly C. seriously D. angrily第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Do you want to go out to eat with your kids? Here are some restaurants that are good for kids in downtown Los Angeles.Grand CafT
12、el: （213） 356-4155Do you need a place that opens as early as your kids wake up? Then go to Grand Caf. Families can order breakfast off the menu or enjoy the buffet. Because of the variety, buffets seem to be an easy option for families with picky eaters. There are many options for the different mood
13、s of all family members.Nickel Diner （213） 623-8301Nickel Diner was listed in Los Angeles Magazines as one of “LAs Best New Restaurants”. The space is small, but the menu is wonderfully large. The atmosphere is quiet and relaxed, which makes it easy to bring the kids. One of the most attractive thin
14、gs about Nickel Diner is its unique menu of breakfast foods.Lucky Strike Bowl （213） 542-4880Theres nothing like a good game of bowling to add some happiness to the family outing. Why not take the family to a place where you can bowl while eating? Try their homemade Belgium fries, the mini burgers, f
15、latbread pizza, or crispy tacos. Downtown LAs Lucky Strike Bowl will never make you and your kids disappointed.Kula （213） 290-9631Kula is an exciting sushi bar and is a big hit for little sushi eaters. Kulas concept includes providing “a high standard of natural organic foods” and they use 100% orga
16、nic rice. If your child is not a sushi eater, there are also many other options.31. Who would most probably go to eat at Grand Caf? A. People who love organic foods. B. People who want to play while eating. C. People who love a quiet eating environment. D. People who want to serve themselves in a re
17、staurant.32. Which of the following aspects of Kula most attractive to eaters? A. It has many other options. B. It offers very healthy foods. C. It allows kids to run around. D. It offers different kinds of rice.33. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To encourage people to go to Los Angeles. B.
18、To compare some kid-friendly restaurants. C. To recommend some nice foods in the city. D. To recommend some kid-friendly restaurants.When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the MakeAWish Foundation, nobody understood what she was talking about. But Sophia knew ju
19、st how important MakeAWish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we went along to meet Sophia to listen to what she had to say.Sophia told us that MakeAWish is a worldwide organization t
20、hat started in the United States in 1980. “Its a charity that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. MakeAWish helps children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true,” Sophia explained. We asked Sophia how MakeAWish had first started. She said i
21、t had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chriss dream come trueso, with everybodys help, Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “policeman” for a da
22、y. “When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too, and that was the beginning of MakeAWish,” explained Sophia.SophiaalsotoldustheFoundationtriestogivechildrenandtheirfamiliesaspecial,happy time.AMake-A-Wishvolunteervisitsaskswh
23、attheywouldwishfor if theycouldhaveanythinginworld.saidvolunteerswereimportantbecausetheyoneswhohelpedmakewishescometrue.Theydothiseitherbyprovidingthingsthatarenecessary,orraisingmoneyhelpingoutwhateverwaycan.34.foundaboutMakeAWishFoundation becauseherbestfriendhad_. A.benefitedfromit B.volunteered
24、helpit C.dreamed D.author35.AccordingSophia, MakeAWish_. A.isaninternationalcharity B.wasunderstoodnobodyatfirstraisesforverypoorfamilies D.starteddrawinginterestofpublic36. What do we know about Chris? A. He has been a policeman since he was seven. B. He gave people the idea of starting MakeAWish. C. He wanted people to help make his dream come true. D. He was the first child MakeAWish helped after it had been set up.37. What do we know about MakeAWish volunteers from the passage? A. They try to help children get over their illnesses. B. They are important for making wish
