Ⅱ. 完形填空(每小题1分, 满分10分)
If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It may save your life. This is the surprising 36 of a British cook.
One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table, and 37 a snake appeared. . . and bit him on the hand.
A few days earlier, the snake came to the 38 from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and 39 under the dish.
“I went to try to pick it up and it bit me again. I threw it 40 the kitchen, and it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door,” Mr. Jackson said.
Anyway, Mr. Jackson stayed 41 and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his 42 began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn’t say what was wrong 43 they didn’t know what kind of snake it was.
Then Mr. Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors 44 it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Mr. Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day.
“So my advice is this：If a snake bites you，pick up your phone. Take 45 photo first and then show the photo to the doctors,” suggests Mr. Jackson. “Oh, and if the snake doesn’t smile for the photo, don’t worry!”
36. A. chance B. advice C. excuse D. business
37. A. suddenly B. nearly C. especially D. fortunately
38. A. garden B. hospital C. restaurant D. school
39. A. hung B. hid C. jumped D. ran
40. A. under B. into C. towards D. across
41. A. cool B. noisy C. pleased D. afraid
42. A. foot B. leg C. hand D. mouth
43. A. but B. though C. so D. because
44. A. wrote B. sent C. sold D. taught
45. A. his B. her C. its D. their
Ⅲ. 阅读理解(每小题2分, 满分14分)
A
I bought a jasmine plant for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom (开花) and the sweet smell would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there weren’t any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.
One day, another friend Mary called and invited me to her office. When I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn’t help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly understood something.
Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I gave it away.
In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need to be patient and let things happen.
Last Sunday Linda told me that she was going abroad the next week. Before she left, she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I have learned that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.
46. Before she gave the jasmine away, the writer had it for .
A. one day B. one year
C. two weeks D. two months
47. When the writer saw Mary’s jasmine, she felt .
A. unhappy B. peaceful
C. hopeful D. surprised
48. What has the writer learned from her experience?
A. Patience is needed in life.
B. Flowers can make life better.
C. Friendship is necessary for us.
D. Jasmine can be a wonderful plant.
，我们将会及时处理。
