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Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once.(将下列单词或词组填入空格。 没空格限填一词，每个单词或词组只能填一次)
A. strange B. airport C. children D. looking forward to E. at first F. downstairs
G. wrong H. differently I. deliver
When I was sixteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It was not the first time I had been abroad. But it made a deep impression on me. Like most English 1., I learned French at school and I often went to France, so I was used to (习惯于) speaking a foreign language to the people who didn't understand English. But when I went to America, I was really 2. having a nice easy holiday without any language problems. How 3. I was! The misunderstanding began at the 4.. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring. So I asked an old man. “I want to give my friend a ring. Could you help me?” “Well, that’s 5.,” he answered in surprise. “You look very young. Are you getting married?” “Oh! No,” I replied. “I just want to give a ring to tell her I have arrived. Could you tell me if there is a phone box near here?” “Oh! Sorry,” he said, “There is a phone 6.. ” When we met up. Danny told the misunderstanding to me clearly. “Don’t worry! I met such problems 7.. There are lots of words which the Americans use 8. in meaning from us British. But Most of the time British and American people can understand each other well! You will soon get used to all the funny things they say.”
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Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词或词组只能填一次）:
Shop owners around the world are getting increasingly annoyed with the latest trend of customers coming into their shops just to try things on, but not to buy. They have decided to do something to stop it.
As online shopping has become more and more popular, some shop owners have 46 that although their shops look busy, they aren’t making much money. This is because customers are 47 to save money by buying online but are worried about choosing the wrong size or colour. So they go to stores to try on clothes before going home to 48 them from a website.
But now stores in Australia have come up with an idea to stop this. They are asking customers to pay a ‘trying on’ fee. Winter sportswear shops have introduced charges (收费) of up to $50 to try on boots or other ski wear. This charge is returned if customers come back to buy the 49 within seven days.
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Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once （将下列单词或词组填入空格.每空格限填-词.）
A. probably B. journalist C. based on D. war E. belong to
Every day we hear about individuals, politicians. and world leaders trying to bring peace to countries at 1. . But there's another group of people you 2. haven't heard much about who are trying to do the same thing. And they're mainly teenagers. These teenagers 3. an organization called Seeds of Peace.
Seeds of Peace was started in 1993 by a 4. named John Wallach. The group began with 46 Israeli (以色列) and Arab teens and educators, and has grown to over 5,000 members in 27 different countries.
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Complete the following passages with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once(将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词或词组只能填一次):
A. if B. that C. after D. same E. grew up
Late regrets
I’ve read many stories about family memories. In those stories, I’ve found voices of sadness and longing(渴望). It is true ___1.__ so much in our daily lives makes us busy all the time. We have less and less time to spend with our families and friends. I’ve had the 2. experience myself.
I used to spend happy times with my grandfather when we lived together. When I was very young, I often enjoyed his garden, looking at the blooms (花) and watering his fruit trees. As I 3. , I gradually started to become self-centered.
Once, when I was 6, I went out shopping with him. As he and I took the wrong bus and got lost outside, I couldn’t stay calm and shouted rudely in his face. And I didn’t say sorry to him 4. returning home, believing that I had done nothing wrong.
A. speak B. ones C. how D. truly E. say
I know now how ridiculous (荒谬的)I was at that time. I now realize 5. late it was when Ifinally said it was my fault! Yet, when I 6. wanted to express my regret, my grandfather had left me forever, leaving me with no more chances to apologize for my mistake. I couldn’t 7. even the three simplest words: “I am sorry.”
We are spending more and more time at school, while little time is left for us to spend at home with our families. So make the most of every second you still have with your loved 8. , because time keeps going, waiting for no one.
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Complete the following passages with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词或词组只能填一次): (共8分)
| A. looking forward to B. expect C. usually D. root E. such as |
The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it
1. means “one who offers his or her services.” There are many different ways in which people can volunteer, 2. taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage from beaches and parks. Voluntee
rs may work within their own countries or in other c
ountries. They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t 3. any kind of pay.
At the 4. of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people. Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently 
came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta. The following is her story.
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Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word of phrase can only be used once. (共8分)
A. choice B. learn C. fantastic D. interest E. choose
No matter whether you have a sweet tooth or not, you can’t miss tasting Swiss chocolate. In Switzerland, you can taste as much chocolate as you like, also you may visit many chocolate museums. You will ________1._______ about the history of chocolate, explore the traditions of Swiss chocolate making, and even watch the chocolate production process.
If you have a lot of money, taking a chocolate train can be a good _______2.________. It will be a _______3.________ journey to sit on a first-class seat, taste yummy chocolate, and visit the chocolate factory.
You show no _______4.________ in chocolate museums and chocolate trains? Well, a chocolate spa will meet your needs. You can give your whole body a chocolate treat! How sweet it is!
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Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can
only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格， 每空格限填一词，每次只能填一词.
| A. theatres B. hardly C. collections D. more E. networks |
Every year, more than nine million people all over the world come to visit London. They go to the museums and 1. ; they look at interesting old buildings or have a drink in a park. Two million visitors go to the Tower of London. One million 2. go to see St Paul’s Cathedral or go to Oxford Street to look at shops.
A quick and easy way to get to different places in the city is to take an underground train. The London underground is one of the best and most widely used transport 3. in the world with around 24 million journeys made each day. The trains run all day and most of the night. Buy your ticket before you get on the train. It’s better not to make your journey between eight o’clock and ten o’clock in the morning, or four o’clock and six o’clock in the evening. The trains are so crowded that you can 4. move or find a place to sit.
| A. cancel B. simplest C. predict D. are called E. special |
London’s famous red buses form a big part of getting around in London. Although the London underground is the fastest and for newcomers the 5. way of getting around London, the buses play their part and are an experience you should try at least once your visit. Unlike the London underground, seated on the top deck of the bus, you get a great sightseeing experience of London as well.
Some6. visitors’ buses take you to many of the interesting places in the city on one journey. It takes about one and a half hours, but you can 7.your journey and get off (and on again. at the different places you want to visit.
London taxis8. “black cabs”. Most of them are black, but some are not. You can stop one if it has a “For Hire” sign on it. The drivers are friendly and helpful.
In a word, London is a big and beautiful city with lots to see and to do.
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II. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次): (共8分)
A. research B. like C. changed D. top E. familiar
We live in a digital world now, and a student’s technology needs have 1.. For the early years, say when you are in primary school, you can get by with no technology at all. Even if you have a computer, it’s a good idea to make children2. with libraries. At this age, trips to the library are 3. family outings.
As you get closer to middle school, a computer with Internet access becomes more of a necessity. Teachers will often give homework that requires a student to use the Internet for 4.. After a computer, technology choices for students become more difficult to make, especially when it comes to cell-phones.
A. record B. easier C. need D. reach E. forms
Kids will beg their parents for a cell-phone, especially in middle school. For many parents, it’s a matter of safety: They want to know that their kids can 5. them quickly if necessary. For teachers, cell-phones can be used to 6. lessons when students are absent. But many teachers dislike cell-phones. Some kids send messages or have talks in the class. Sending messages also raises the problem of cheating on exams. More and more schools are now forbidding the use of cellphones.
Many kids see iPods as necessary things to have. iPods are great for music, but do they do anything good for your children’s education? Maybe they do. That’s the opinion of Doug Johnson, an educator for 30 years. Johnson says that educators should accept all new 7. of technology in the classroom, including iPods. “Some do more with their cell-phones than we can do with our laptops,” he jokes. “I don’t think we should be afraid. The truth is that it’s 8. to change the way we teach than to change the technology habits of an entire generation.”
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Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格, 每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次。）:（共8分）
| A. believed B. situation C. close to D. technology E. search for |
Two teenage girls are missing after they failed to return to their school camp in a Victorian National Park ___1.__ the New South Wales border last night.
The police began to __2.__ the girls, aged 14 and 15. They are students at Melbourne School and were in the area as part of a school camp. The girls were last seen at about 4:30 pm yesterday and did not return for dinner at 6 pm.
“They were ___3.___ to be wearing lightweight clothing. It has rained in the area for three days and the police are worried about their __4.__. Search and Rescue police will arrive in the
area immediately to coordinate(协调）a full-scale search,” said the spokeswoman.
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1Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once (将下列单词词组填入空格。每空格填一词，每词只能填一次
| A. clothes B. left C. though D. difficult E. parent F. reading G. happy with H. angry about I. came true |
My mother was a housewife. She thought that successful people spent a lot more time __1___than watching TV. So she asked my brother and me to read two books every week in our free time. She would check them with marks, __2___she couldn’t read the books at all.
When I went to school, I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted cool __3___ and hung out with friends. I went from being an A-student to a C-student, but I didn’t care. One night, I complained about not having enough Italian T-shirts. Then my mother gave me all her money. She said I could get the money __4__ to buy shirts if I finished buying all things the family needed. I was very __5__that, but after I bought those things, there was no money left. I got to know how _6__ it was for my mother to do all this. I went back to my studies and become an A-student again. Finally, my dream __7__ and I become a doctor.
My story is really my mother’s story--a woman with little education greatly changed my life as a __8__. So, I believe there is no job more important than parenting.
rs may work within their own countries or in other c
ountries. They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t 
came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta. The following is her story.
area immediately to coordinate(协调）a full-scale search,” said the spokeswoman.