阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。
The picture show eighteen – year- old Katy Ross in Nepal, small country in north India. Katy
46 school 8 months ago and soon she will go to university. She loves traveling and decided to visit Asia 47 she goes to university.
Katy is living with a family in the capital of Nepal. She has 48 a lot about the country since she arrived 4 months ago. The family has two children but many uncles and cousins live with 49 in their big house. They have taken Katy to many parties.
Katy teaches for four hours a day at small 50 . All the classes are in English and the pupils have spoken English since the 51 of six. The older children speak English very 52 . Katy has taught writing, grammar and art, all in English. She enjoys art the most. And she thinks the children like the lessons best, too.
Katy has not a lot of time to 53 Nepal, but soon she will stop teaching and travel around Nepal 54 a friend. “After that” Katy says, “ we will visit more countries in Asia. We’re not 55 which ones yet.”
46. A. left B. found C. visited D. reached
47. before B. when C. after D. while
48. A. used B. taught C. made D. learnt
49. A. us B. him C. her D. them
50. A. shop B. cinema C. school D. factory
51. A. life B. age C. number D. amount
52. A. had B. good C. fine D. well
53. A. see B. hear C. look D. smell
54. A. of B. on C. with D. in
55. A. tired B. sure C. afraid D. happy
四、阅读理解(共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目，从各题A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
A
When I was 16 years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk about anyone with my problems. And I didn’t my parents to worry about me.
Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, without a word, a smile.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!
It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at world and it will smile back.
56. Why was the smile an important gift?
A. Because the writer’s old school was far away.
B. Because the writer didn’t know who the boy was.
C. Because the smile didn’t mean anything to the boy.
D. Because it made the writer feel happy, lively and warm.
57. The writer didn’t talk to anyone in her new school about her problem because .
A. she was always unhappy B. she didn’t have any friends there
C. she was in the first year at the junior high school
D. she didn’t want her parents to worry about her
58. How did the smile change her life?
A. She started to make friends. B. She became the best friend with the boy.
C. Her parents didn’t worry about her any more.
D. She realized that she was lonely.
59. Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from?
A. From her old school. B. From her parents.
C. From herself D. From her classmate at the new school
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