一、词汇检测
1. Although he was not the ______()in this film, he got a lot of fans.
2. As one of the ______()great tennis players, he keeps working hard.
3. Not having enough sleep is one of the ______()problems the students are facing now.
4. The host was busy remembering the ______()names and he was quite nervous.
5. Usually, leaving school ______()one’s change from a teenager to an adult.
6. When Jane was a little girl, she wanted to be a ballet d______().
7. As soon as I got to the square, a tall ancient tree caught my a______().
8. At last, Mary was chosen to play the r______()of a princess in this show.

() 1. ______ big success the new film is!
A.What a
B.What
C.How
D.How a

() 2. It’s reported that the heavy rainstorm caused a great ______ to the local people.
A.news
B.challenge
C.loss
D.miss

() 3. She insisted that the man ______ a robber (强盗) because she saw him do the bad thing.
A.should be
B.is
C.would be
D.was

() 4. — I can’t think of any other actress who is more beautiful than Audrey Hepburn.— You’ve got the point. I think her beauty is ______ words.
A.over
B.above
C.beyond
D.without

() 5. Yuan Longping will always be remembered ______ a great scientist.
A.as
B.for
C.by
D.with

() 6. — Mum, I want to give up learning the piano. It’s too difficult.
— Come on. ______ leads to success.

A.Dream
B.Luck
C.Carefulness
D.Effort

() 7. The famous poem Hard Is the Way of the World ______ the story of Li Bai’s real-life experiences.
A.based upon
B.is based upon
C.was based at
D.base on

() 8. — Did you watch the film with your brother?
— Yes. It was great. The only pity is that we ______ the beginning of it.

A.missed
B.was missing
C.miss
D.will miss

() 9. Like most Chinese people born ______, my mother used to walk to school every day when she was a pupil.
A.in the 1980s
B.in 1980s
C.in the 1980
D.in 1980’s

()10. — Are you sure you won’t go to see a film with us?
— ______, if you insist.

A.Not at all
B.All right then
C.It depends
D.I don’t care

三、阅读理解
My name is Henry Adams. When I was 27, I worked in San Francisco. One Saturday afternoon, I sailed my little boat but a strong wind pushed my boat into the Pacific Ocean (太平洋). Luckily, I was saved by a British ship heading to London.
I had only one dollar when I arrived in London. I was tired and hungry. At that moment, the window of a nearby house opened and a man said to me, “Come in here, please.” I was taken to a beautiful room. ① There were two old gentlemen discussing something.
The two gentlemen were brothers. ② One brother said, “If an honest and clever stranger arrives in London without friends and money, except for a £100 000 bank note (钞票), he will starve (挨饿) to death. If he goes to the bank to change this big note, the police will think he stole it and arrest him.” The other brother answered, “No, I disagree.”
The two gentlemen decided to end their argument (争论) with a bet. ③ They chose me because I had an honest, clever face. Also, I was a stranger to England. One of them gave me an envelope and told me not to open it until I was in my hotel room.
④ After leaving the house, I opened the envelope and saw money inside of it! I rushed to the nearest restaurant. After eating, I tried to pay with the money but discovered that it was a bank note worth five million dollars! No one could possibly cash (兑现金) it. It made my head swim. The owner said, “You can pay for the meal whenever you want, sir. I understand that you are a rich gentleman. You like playing jokes on people by dressing like a poor man.”
I quickly returned to the house but was told that they had left on a trip. Then I remembered the letter inside the envelope. It said, “In this envelope you will find some money. It is yours for only 30 days. At the end of that time, return to this house. We have a bet on you.” How strange!
Then, I entered a clothes store to buy a cheap suit. When I showed the owner the bank note, he was angry since the salesman sold me such a terrible suit.
(To be continued... )
( ) 1. We can best put “For several days, they had been arguing about a very strange subject.” in ______.
A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④
( ) 2. What can we learn from the underlined sentence “It made my head swim.” in Paragraph 5?
A. I was sad about the money.
B. I was so happy that I wanted to swim.
C. I was worried about how to use such a big bank note.
D. I was so excited that I wanted to wash my head.
( ) 3. What will happen in the following story?
A. The salesman continued to sell me such a cheap suit.
B. I left the clothes store because I couldn’t cash the money.
C. The owner served me well and ordered a new suit for me.
D. I learned about the two gentlemen from the store owner.