One day Eric was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a 41 . A few minutes later, Paul came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

　　“My horse is wild,” said Eric. “Please tie your horse to another tree, 42 my horse will kill yours.”

　　“No way!” Paul said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” He tied up his horse and had his 43 nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible noise. The two horses were 44 . They ran up to them, but it was too 45 . Paul’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done! You’ll have to 46 it,” shouted Paul. And he brought Eric before Mr. Know.

　　Mr. Know asked Eric some questions. But Eric said 47 . At last Mr. Know said, “This man cannot speak.”

　　“He can!” Paul said 48 . “He talked to me when I met him.”

　　“Are you 49 ? ” asked Mr. Know. “What did he say?”

　　“He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”

　　“Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he 50 you. Then can you expect to get money from him?”

　　Paul had to leave silently.

　　41. A. treeB. stoneC. window

　　42. A. soB. andC. or

　　43. A. breakfastB. lunchC. supper

　　44. A. fightingB. eatingC. sleeping

　　45. A. strangeB. lateC. heavy

　　46. A. wait forB. look forC. pay for

　　47. A. somethingB. nothingC. everything

　　48. A. happilyB. shylyC. angrily

　　49. A. sureB. afraidC. sorry

　　50. A. thankedB. warnedC. followed

　　Ⅶ.阅读理解(一)(共 15小题，每小题 2分，满分 30分)阅读下列三篇语言材料，根据语言材料的内容，从每小题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。

　　(A)

　　My favorite book is A Friend like Henry. It’s about how a family dog helps a boy deal with his autism(孤独症). When I felt sad, my best friend gave me Li Mei the book. It cheered me up.

　　Reading in the holiday is an interesting thing. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is my favorite book. It’s about a captain’s travel under the sea. The story is very interesting and the pictures are fantastic. This book can make Tony you relaxed.

　　I like reading the Four Great Classical Novels of China although I’m a foreigner from Sydney. I can’t wait to tell the story The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It taught me a lot about the three kingdoms(王国) of Bob Wei, Shu and Wu. If you are interested in history, don’t miss it.

　　In my opinion, The Little Prince is the best one. In this book, a young prince(王子) falls to Earth from a small planet and experiences a lot.

　　It’s not just a fiction story, but tells us about the correct values. Mary

　　51. When Li Mei felt ________, her friend gave her the book A Friend like Henry.

　　A. happy B. sad C. bored

　　52. Tony’s favorite book is ________.

　　A. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

　　B. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

　　C. The Little Prince

　　53. We can learn a lot about ________ from The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

　　A. traveling B. history C. science

　　54. Mary thinks The Little Prince is the best because ________.

　　A. it has fantastic pictures B. it can deal with her autism

　　C. it tells about the correct values

　　55. The best title for this passage is “________”.

　　A. My Best Friend B. My Favorite Book C. My Interesting Movie

　　(B)

　　Someday in the future we may not need to have money in our pockets. Is life easier when people don’t need to carry any money at all? Is money heavy to carry? Is it safe to carry money? Maybe in the future each of us will have only one small credit card(信用卡). We will use it instead of money to buy all the things.

　　Of course we may still have some of the same problems with cards we now have with money. For example, we lose money from time to time. Maybe we will lose the cards. Maybe someone will take the cards. Someone may even make a card that looks like our cards. Since we can’t buy anything without our cards, the credit cards may be no better than money.

　　Is there something easier to use than credit cards? Each of us has a thumbprint(拇指指纹). No two thumbprints are the same. Maybe someday the government will keep people’s thumbprints with a number. When you want to buy something, you will put your thumb on a machine or a computer. Each store or business will posses one. Everyone’s thumbprints will be in the computer. It will be difficult to lose our thumbprints! It will be difficult for someone to steal it or to make one like it.

　　56. The writer probably agrees that credit cards are ________ to carry than money.

　　A. heavier B. easier C. more difficult

　　57. What may be a problem with credit cards in the future? A. We may lose the cards from time to time.

　　B. We won’t be able to make enough cards.

　　C. We may not know how to use the cards.

　　58. Someday the government may keep people’s thumbprints with a ________.

　　A. sign B. note C. number

　　59. The underlined word “posses” probably means “________” in English.

　　A. lend B. have C. sell

　　60. In the writer’s opinion, it’ll be the best way to buy things with ________ in the future.

　　A. money B. credit cards C. thumbprints