Mr Bean, who is silly, awkward (笨拙的)    1   always funny and enjoyable, is a world-famous comedy character on TV and in movies. He makes people    2 through a series of simple and funny acts   3  body languages. Rowan Atkinson is the   4  who plays Mr Bean. Mr Atkinson is quite   5   for playing Mr Bean. 

Rowan was born on January 6, 1955, and   6  his early years on the family farm with his mother, three older brothers and his strict father, who did not believe   7  the value of television. For a time, he attended the same school as Tony Blair, who was two years older than him. At the age of 13, he   8   at Newcastle University where he had the highest marks in his year. At Oxford he got his Master’s degree (碩士學(xué)位) in electrical engineering. He was particularly  9  fast cars, of which he has a large collection.

Rowan’s career change from an electrical engineer to a famous comedian was partly   10  some speaking problems he had in his childhood.

While he was still at primary school, Rowan had already shown great talent in    11  . Although his teachers predicted (預(yù)言) a career in acting, Rowan was not confident   12   he met a group of talented people at university, and he realized this could be a career for him. Another important event    13  . One day in 1976, he was playing around and making faces  14 . He realized something. “I discovered my face,” he said later. John Lloyd, who worked for the BBC, says, “When I watched Mr Atkinson act for the first time, I was   15  that he would be more famous than Chaplin.”

1.                A．a(chǎn)nd            B．or             C．but  D．while

 

2.                A．laugh          B．sing            C．cry  D．dance

 

3.                A．use            B．using           C．to use    D．to using

 

4.                A．doctor         B．writer          C．a(chǎn)ctor     D．farmer

 

5.                A．honest         B．friendly `        C．helpful   D．famous

 

6.                A．cost           B．took           C．paid D．spent

 

7.                A．in             B．on             C．a(chǎn)t   D．/

 

8.                A．worked         B．studied         C．played   D．helped

 

9.                A．good at         B．a(chǎn)mazed at       C．interested in   D．worried about

 

10.               A．because        B．because of      C．so    D．since

 

11.               A．swimming       B．driving         C．a(chǎn)cting D．singing

 

12.               A．until           B．but            C．a(chǎn)fter  D．before

 

13.               A．caused         B．missed         C．caught    D．occurred

 

14.               A．in the mirror    B．in class         C．on the wall D．in the playground

 

15.               A．a(chǎn)fraid          B．sure           C．worried   D．surprised

 

 

Hi, my name is Jeff．Last summer I had a   1   vacation．I went across the USA   2   my parents by car．We drove six to eight   3   a day．In big cities, we stayed in big hotels．The food   4   usually delicious．Most of the hotels had swimming pools and game rooms．I played there happily．But there were   5   people in hotels, so we often had to sleep in one room．And it was expensive,   6  ．

Sometimes, we   7   in a small cabin（小木屋）in the mountains．I really loved it．The cabin was clean   8   quiet．We had two rooms so I could get up late in the morning．But I always got up early   9   we wanted to go swimming．There was a beautiful lake   10   the cabin．We also went fishing and cooked food outside．

1．A．great                 B．well                C．really              D．lazy

2．A．by                   B．win                  C．of                 D．from

3．A．years                B．months             C．hours              D．weeks

4．A．were                B．a(chǎn)re                 C．is                 D．was

5．A．lots of               B．kind of              C．a(chǎn) little              D．much

6．A．so                   B．too                 C．a(chǎn)lso                D．then

7．A．worked              B．studied              C．stayed             D．cleaned

8．A．but                  B．or                  C．not               D．a(chǎn)nd

9．A．if                   B．because             C．a(chǎn)fter               D．before

10．A．near                B．on                 C．in                D．under

Maria was born in Peru（秘魯）.She grew up in a small village. She  46 when she was six years old. She went to elementary school，but she  47 to high school. Her family was very  48 ，and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She  49 in a shoe factory.

When Maria was seventeen years old，her family   50 to the United States. First they lived in Los Angeles，and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria   51 in the United States，she was not very happy.

She missed her friends in Peru，and she didn’t  52 a word of English. She began to study English at night，  53 worked in a factory during the day.

Maria studied very hard，and now she speaks English well. She’s still  54 at night，but now she’s studying typing. She wants   55 a secretary. Maria still misses her friends. But she’s very happy now，and she hopes she will have a good future（將來）in the new country.

1.                A．went to school   B．go to school     C．goes to school  D．begins school

 

2.                A．went           B．didn’t go       C．began    D．wasn’t

 

3.                A．rich           B．poor           C．happy    D．glad

 

4.                A．works          B．is working       C．is going to work D．worked

 

5.                A．moved         B．go             C．stayed    D．lived

 

6.                A．reached        B．a(chǎn)rrived         C．got  D．moved

 

7.                A．tell            B．talk            C．know D．say

 

8.                A．when          B．so             C．or   D．a(chǎn)nd

 

9.                A．studying        B．studied         C．study D．studies

 

10.               A．to do          B．do            C．to be D．be

 

 

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you  1   .

I wanted to do something very   2   for my fifteen – year – old son, who has always been the perfect child. He   3   all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it until it looked almost new. I was so   4   of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could   5   wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening，I went to the kitchen to start the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a   6  : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so surprised. It had been a long – standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could take lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s response.

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could   7   this expensive gift.

Of course, the house awoke, and my son was excited with my reaction. Many kisses were   8  , and I immediately wanted him to open my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not exactly what I was expecting. Then I   9   that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother  10  on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still   11    and lives even in the ever – changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to   12   this story.

Yours,

                Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

1．A．hope                     B．a(chǎn)dvice                 C．support               D．courage

2．A．polite                    B．similar                 C．special                D．private

3．A．played                  B．studied                C．traveled               D．worked

4．A．sure                      B．fond                    C．proud                  D．confident

5．A．perhaps                 B．really                   C．a(chǎn)lmost                 D．hardly

6．A．note                      B．notice                  C．word                  D．sign

7．A．present                 B．a(chǎn)fford                 C．find                    D．order

8．A．exchanged             B．experienced         C．expected             D．exhibited

9．A．realized                 B．remembered         C．imagined             D．supposed

10．A．only              B．still           C．ever              D．even

11．A．works                 B．exists                  C．matters               D．counts

12．A．send                  B．publish          C．share           D．write

As students, we are supposed to spend more time _________ .

A． study

B．studied

C．studying

D．to study