六、完形填空（共15分，每小题1分。）

    阅读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容，从第36-50小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

(A)

At our school, we sometimes have a special day to help others. Last year we went to an old people’s 36 and sang songs and performed a play for 37 . The old people were very 38. We should be allowed to take time to do things like that more often. For example, we should 39 primary schools and help 40 young students. I want to be a teacher 41 I’m older so it would be a great experience for me. Other students would like to do other jobs. For example, my friend Tian Ge wants to 42 for a newspaper. She should be allowed to volunteer at the newspaper office once a week.

36. A. home B. bank C. shop D. river

37. A. us B. them C. him D. her

38. A. great B. angry C. smart D. happy

39. A. buy B. have C. visit D. build

40. A. tell B. ask C. teach D. find

41. A. how B. when C. where D. why

42. A. write B. wait C. look D. pay

(B)

In the park I sat down to read on the bench, disappointed by life with good reason to complain, for the world was 43 letting me down.

Then a young boy came up to me and said with great excitement, “ Look, what I found!” In his hand wad a flower and he placed it to his nose. He said with overacted surprise, “It sure 44 pretty and it’s for you.”

The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must 45 it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower and replied,” Just what I need.” But 46 placing the flower in my hand, he held it midair without reason. It was then that I noticed for the very first time, that the boy was blind.

I heard my voice trembling (颤抖) , tears 47 in the sun, as I thanked him for picking the “best” one. I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a self-pitying woman.

Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the 48 ;the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been 49 , I made up my mind to see the 50 in life.

43. A. once B. hardly C. always D. seldom

44. A. feels B. smells C. keeps D. seems

45. A. get B. try C. give D. take

46. A. as for B. instead of C. except for D. because of

47. A. shining B. falling C. running D. drying

48. A. world B. flower C. boy D. life

49. A. annoyed B. silly C. proud D. blind

50. A. future B. problem C. beauty D. reason

阅读部分（共30分）

七、阅读理解（共22分，每小题2分。）

阅读下面三篇短文，根据短文内容，从第51-61小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

51. Junior One students ___ on the Children’s Day/

A. visited Beijing B. watched a match C. took s trip D. gave a talent show

52. Sixteen visitors from ___ arrived at our school.

A. China B. America C. England D. Germany

53. On June ____, there’ll be a concert in our school.

A. 1st B. 3rd C. 9th D. 30th

B

On a Friday night in New York, a poor young man called Jay stood near the subway station, playing this violin. The music was so great that many people slowed down and put some money into his hat.

The next day, Jay came again. He tool out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. Then he began playing. It seemed more pleasant to listen to. Before long, many people came, looking at the paper. It said, “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat. Please came to claim （认领）it soon.”

Seeing this, people wondered what it could be. After about half an hour, a middle-aged man rushed through the crowd to the young man and said, “I’m the George. I knew you’d surely come here!”

Then George explained the whole story. He bought a lottery ticket a few days ago. Yesterday he found that he won a prize of $500,000. He was very excited. On his way home, he felt the music was so wonderful that he took out $100 and put it on the hat. However, the lottery ticket with his name on was also thrown in.

Jay was a student at an arts school in Paris. He had booked the flight and would fly that morning. However, when he happened to find the ticket holder had won the lottery, he cancelled (取消)the flight and came back to the subway station.

Later someone asked Jay,” Why didn’t you take the lottery ticket for yourself?” He said, “Although I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever.”

54. On a Friday night in ___, Jay played his violin near the subway station.

A. New York B. Paris C. Hong Kong D. London

55. Jay went back because he wanted to ____.

A. his violin B. a piece of paper C. 100 dollars D. a lottery ticket

56. Jay went back because he wanted to ____.

A. return the lottery ticket B. make more money

C. go to the arts school D. Perform for people

57. The best title of the text could be “ ____”.

A. A poor Young Musician B. The Price of Love and Honesty

C. A Story of the Subway Station D. The Importance of Being Honest

C

As we know, it is not easy to build a satellite. Building a traditional normally takes years. The costs can be as high as $250 million or more. Most members of the design reams have worked in the field for a long time. They hold advanced degrees in math, science, or engineering.

But things are changing. High costs, unusual educational requirements and long start-up times are no longer an obstacle to space exploration. The scientists at Stanford University have developed a new type of tiny inexpensive earth-orbiting satellites that go from ideas to launch （发射）in a year.

So far, college student have built and launched several cube-shaped satellites, or CubeSats. At least 15 more are ready to go. Those already in orbit （轨道）take pictures, collect information and send it back to the earth, just as regular satellites do.

But you might not even have to wait until you get to college to start designing and building your own satellite. A new program called KatySat aims to get teenagers to take part. Once kids understand what satellites can do, says Ben Yuan, an engineer at Lockheed Martin in Menlo Park, Calif, the kinds of applications they’ll come up with may be countless.

“We’d like to put this technology（技术）in your hands,” he tells kids. “We’re going to teach you how to operate a satellite. Then we want to turn it over to you as a sandbox for you to play in. We want you to take the technology into new directions that we haven’t thought of yet.”

Education isn’t the only goal of CubeSats. Because these tiny, technology-filled boxes are relatively inexpensive to build and can be put together quickly, they’re perfect for testing new technologies that might one day be used on major space tasks.

Nowadays, college and high school students are getting a chance to learn what it takes to explore in space. Someday- perhaps a lot sooner than you imagine- you might get to design, build and launch your own satellite. If you do, you’re sure to have fun. And you might also get crazy about science for life.

58. Compared with the traditional ones, the new satellites ____.

A. need long start-up times B. are low-cost and small-sized

C. are very hard to operate D. collect more information in orbit

59. What does the underlined word “obstacle” probably mean?

A. An aim to achieve in the near future.

B. An imagination that kids usually have.

C. Something dangerous to terrify people.

D. Something difficult that stands in the way.

60. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A. CubeSats could possibly cause pollution in space.

B. A few kids will send applications for the project.

C. Scientists designed CubeSats for kids to play with.

D. Students can’t design satellites without college education.

61. What’s the purpose of the author writing the passage?

A. To show that high technology brings a big change in kid’s life.

B. To show that kids lead the space research into a new direction.

C. To tell us that satellite technology can also be learned by kids.

D. To tell us that kids must study hard to learn satellite technology.