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The Turners sat at the kitchen table. The sun was shining and filled the kitchen with a warm light. It was a perfect day for having a picnic or going surfing. But in the Turners? kitchen, no one seemed to be paying attention to the ______ (31).
“Okay, girls,” said Mrs. Turner. “I can tell by the expressions on your
faces that you have a pretty good idea of why we need to have this family ______ (32).” Linda and Kala exchanged looks and slowly nodded.
“Your mom and I have had many talks lately about the possibility of ______ (33),” said Mr. Turner. “We were hoping that it wouldn?t come to this, but we don?t have other choices.”
“But Dad,” said Kala, “Kilauea has been an active volcano (火山) since 1983! Nothing has happened to us or to our house yet. I know we?ll be ______ (34) here. ”
“But your dad and I care about all the recent warnings given by the government. Even though we?ve been safe up to now, there is no way to guarantee (保证) that a larger eruption (喷发) isn?t coming up,” said Mrs. Turner.
“Mom, this is our ______(35). I can?t even remember living anywhere else!” Linda said, fighting back tears.
Mrs. Turner put an arm around her daughter?s shoulder. “This won?t go ______ (36) for any of us,” she said. “Dad and I love this house, too. We have so many happy memories here. But we?re tired of living with such uncertainty. The most important thing in the world to us is that our family stays safe.”
Mr. Turner ______ (37).“ Girls, there are other places in Hawaii where we?ll feel safer. We?ll have to give up our house, but you know home is wherever we go as a family. We?ll make new memories, and we?ll find things to love about our new home.”
The girls were quiet for a moment as they considered what it would mean to move. “There are so many things I?ll ______ (38) here, ” said Kala quietly.
“We all will, ” said Mrs. Turner. “But one of the places that your dad and I have looked at is only a few minutes? walk to the beach.”
Kala and Linda couldn?t help ______ (39) when they heard that. They both spent
every spare minute they had surfing. If their parents told them that they could actually live in the water, they would have been perfectly happy.
Mr. Turner walked around to the other side of the table. He put one large hand on each of his daughter?s shoulders. “I?m proud of you two,” he said. “Thank you for trying to ______ (40) why this is so important to your mom and me.”
Linda and Kala smiled. Dad was right: home was wherever the family was. 31. A. kitchen 32. A. trip 33. A. moving 34. A. happy 35. A. dream 36. A. early 37. A. nodded 38. A. sense 39. A. smiling 40. A. explain
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六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后所给的A、B 、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共30分，每小题2分）
A
Are you interested in studying in the US as an exchange student? Here are four schools for you to choose from.
Folly Quarter Middle School FQMS serves students in grades 6—8. Besides common curriculum(课程)，there is a program for gifted children in art. Each grade takes part in a community project. For example, 8th graders have raised $6,000 for St. Jude?s Hospital. The school offers a weekly newsletter to parents about what is happening at B. table B. meeting B. traveling B. safe B. choice B. easily B. shouted B. stress B. arguing B. wonder
C. picnic C. dinner C. returning
D. relaxed
D. island D. successfully D. repeated D. miss D. doubting D. discuss
D. weather
D. celebration D. rushing
C. brave
C. home C. quickly C. judged C. respect C. worrying C. understand
school. Stowe Middle School SMS is a school for grades 6—8. It offers a curriculum in world languages, math, music, art, P. E. and so on. At least four hours of community service is required for all students every week. The school prepares a monthly newsletter to parents. It gives parents suggestions on helping their children to be successful. Lincoln Akerman School Grades 6—12 are taught at LAS. The school offers a special program in math and science. Each grade is separated into teams to have math and science lessons. Friday wellness classes allow students to take part in skiing, swimming, skating and other team sports. Falmouth Middle School FMS serves students from Grade 5 to Grade 8. An online free library is provided to all students. It has a website that helps students in finding books and reading online. For after-school fun, students can sign up for skiing, ping pong, and relay races, among other activities. 41. Folly Quarter Middle School has a program for gifted students in ______. A. languages
B. sports
C. music
D. art
42. If you study at Stowe Middle School, your parents can get a school newsletter ______. A. every week
B. every month C. every term
D. every year
43. If you are interested in math and science, you can choose ______. A. Stowe Middle School B. Falmouth Middle School C. Lincoln Akerman School D. Folly Quarter Middle School
44. If you study at Falmouth Middle School, you ______.
A. can read books online free B. should raise money for a hospital C. can have swimming classes on Friday
D. should do community service every week
B
A Trip to the Smithsonian
Ms. DeJohn stood at the front of the room.“Okay, everyone,”she began,“as you all know, We?ll visit the Smithsonian Institution on Monday. We are going to spend some time this morning discussing what you would like to see there.”
Ty raised his hand.“How many museums are we going to see?”he asked.
“That?s a good question, Ty, ”replied Ms. DeJhon.“We?re going to choose four museums. I?d like to hear some of your suggestions. What interests you most at the Smithsonian?”
“Can we go to the National Museum of Natural History?”asked Emma.“I?d like to see the dinosaur skeletons (恐龙骨骼) there.”
“I want to see Anita and Arabella,”said Calvin.“They?re the space spiders(蜘蛛). A student wanted to know if spiders could spin webs in space, so two spiders were sent into space on Skylab Ⅱ. Anita?s and Arabella?s bodies are housed at the National Air and Space Museum.”
Ms. DeJohn began to list the students? suggestions on the board.
“If we go to the National Zoo,”said Deepak,“we can see pandas from china. I think that getting to see them in person would be really amazing.”
“I?d like to go to the Museum of the African Art,”said Imani.“My parents moved from Kenya when they were children, but I?ve never been there to visit. My family collects African art, so I?d like to learn more about it.”
“I think we should go to the National Museum of American History.”said Chris.