阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

     If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It may save your life. This is the surprising    1    of a British cook.

     One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table, and    2    a snake appeared ... and bit him on the hand.

A few days earlier, the snake came to the    3    from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and    4    under the dish.

      “I went to try to pick it up and it bit me again, I threw it    5    the kitchen, and it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door,” Mr. Jackson said.

      Anyway, Mr. Jackson stayed    6    and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his    7    began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn’t say what was wrong    8    they didn’t know what kind of snake it was.

      Then Mr. Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors    9    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    10    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!”

1．A. chance        B. advice           C. excuse           D. business

2．A. suddenly      B. nearly           C. especially       D. fortunately

3．A. garden        B. hospital         C. restaurant       D. school

4．A. hung           B. hid                C. jumped           D. ran

5．A. under          B. into              C. towards          D. across

6．A. cool            B. noisy            C. pleased           D. afraid

7．A. foot             B. leg               C. hand               D. mouth

8．A. but               B. though         C. so                  D. because

9．A. wrote          B. sent               C. sold               D. taught

10．A. his              B. her              C. its                   D. their

Senior high school life is a very new experience. Li Ruomeng, 16, a Senior 1 student at Shanghai No 8 High School, thinks that he has become more responsible (有责任感的)    1   he began to study in an all-boys class.

Li is studying in one of the first all-boys classes in Shanghai. The classes were started    2    September, 2012. Besides common subjects    3   math and English, the all-boys classes take some special courses. They’ve learned how to stay safe in earthquakes and fires. Li is looking forward to courses in the mountains. “That    4    be exciting and useful. I can’t wait to see if I can live by    5    in the mountains.” said Li.

From eight months of study, the students have got a lot from    6   and also made progress in their studies. But there are still some worries that boys in the class may be    7    to get on with girls.

Lu Qisheng, the school’s headmaster, doesn’t agree with that. “The boys told me they have more ways to get on with    8   ,” Lu told China Daily. “One boy goes to next-door classes to   9  girls stories, while another likes to show girls how to dance.”

The school is planning    10    four more all-boys classes this September. “What we try to do is to help boys do their best and achieve their greatest potential (潜能),” Lu said.

1．A. until              B. after                 C. since               D. when

2．A. at                 B. in                     C. on                    D. for

3．A. such as         B. for example      C. as                    D. because of  

4．A. can’t            B. must                  C. may                D. shouldn’t

5．A. itself              B. themselves       C. myself              D. yourself

6．A. their teachers  B. common subjects  C. special courses  D. the mountains

7．A. clever            B. friendly            C. happy               D. afraid

8．A. parents          B. classmates       C. teachers             D. girls

9．A. tell                 B. say                  C. speak                D. talk

10．A. to close       B. to start              C. to finish            D. to give

Working parents feel that they are not giving their children enough care. They think that their children feel　1　and 　2　 to spend more time with them.

Scientists in some colleges have found that working parents believed that they knew 　3　 their children, but 　4 had ever asked their children what they thought. So scientists interviewed (采访) over 1,000 children of working mothers or fathers to　5　 what they wanted. They asked the children　6　they wanted their parents to stay　　7　 and some　8　questions．After they collected the answers, it was   9  that only 10% of the children in their study said that they wanted more time with their parents. _10_, the children who were interviewed said they wanted their parents to give more   11 to them. They said that their parents were as   12  as a bee. When they were asked about what they 13   most, a large number of the children said that they wanted to feel important and    14  .

So parents should know what their children really want and how to get along  15  with them.

1．A. tired         B. afraid           C. unhappy          D. worried

2．A. think         B. let              C. ask              D. want

3．A. of　　        B. at　　　　       C. about　　　　　 D. over

4．A. every one     B. someone          C. anyone           D. no one

5．A. try out       B. find out         C. take out        D. put out

6．A. whether       B. why              C. when             D. how

7．A. behind        B. at home          C. away             D. up

8．A. other         B. others           C. the other        D. the others

9．A. surprising    B. important        C. necessary       D. useful

10．A. But          B. Also             C. However          D. too

11．A. food             B. care             C. money            D. practice

12．A. small       B. young            C. lazy                 D. busy

13．A. talked      B. learned          C. needed               D. studied

14．A. loved        B. hated            C. complained           D. troubled

15．A. good         B. nice             C. fine                 D. well

Mexican people have a tradition of greeting each other with handshakes and kisses on the cheek（脸颊. But recently, government officials asked people to   1   this. They have also closed schools and museums, and advised people to stay at home.

This is to stop people from  2   an infectious disease (传染病), swine flu (猪流感). The disease has spread over the country. It has killed 159 people and caused 4,000 to become sick   3  .

What is swine flu? Swine flu is a disease that causes respiratory (呼吸的) illness in pigs. It spreads to people in two ways. People catch the virus after being with infected(被感染的)pigs, or they get it from an infected   4  . The disease spreads in the same way   5   human flu, through coughs and sneezes and then touching the nose or mouth. However, it   6   be spread by eating pork.

People who have caught swine flu will have a fever, a cough, a sore throat and body aches. In most cases, the infection makes people unwell but their lives will not be   7 .

A few governments around the world have advised their citizens not to visit  8 . Some countries have begun checking air travelers for the disease and have set up quarantines (隔离) for people who might be infected. Russia, China and other countries have banned (禁止) buying pork from Mexico, 9   the flu cannot be caught by eating the meat.

Health experts advise people to wash their hands frequently(频繁地), to cover coughs and sneezes and to stay at home if they feel  10 .

1．A. stop to do     B. stop doing   C. go to do       D. go on doing

2．A. catching        B. taking         C. owning          D. curing

3．A. last month    B. in the past   C. a month ago   D. in the past month

4．A. pig              B. person       C. dog                  D. country

5．A. like             B. as               C. for                   D. in

6．A. can’t           B. can            C. must                 D. will

7．A. in safety     B. in hunger    C. in danger           D. out of danger

8．A. Mexico       B. America     C. China             D. Russia

9．A. but            B. though          C. while              D. because

10．A. tired          B. happy         C. hungry            D. ill

Mexican people have a tradition of greeting each other with handshakes and kisses on the cheek（脸颊. But recently, government officials asked people to   1   this. They have also closed schools and museums, and advised people to stay at home.

This is to stop people from  2   an infectious disease (传染病), swine flu (猪流感). The disease has spread over the country. It has killed 159 people and caused 4,000 to become sick   3 .

What is swine flu? Swine flu is a disease that causes respiratory (呼吸的) illness in pigs. It spreads to people in two ways. People catch the virus after being with infected(被感染的)pigs, or they get it from an infected  4  . The disease spreads in the same way  5  human flu, through coughs and sneezes and then touching the nose or mouth. However, it   6  be spread by eating pork.

People who have caught swine flu will have a fever, a cough, a sore throat and body aches. In most cases, the infection makes people unwell but their lives will not be   7.

A few governments around the world have advised their citizens not to visit   8 . Some countries have begun checking air travelers for the disease and have set up quarantines (隔离) for people who might be infected. Russia, China and other countries have banned (禁止) buying pork from Mexico,  9   the flu cannot be caught by eating the meat.

Health experts advise people to wash their hands frequently(频繁地), to cover coughs and sneezes and to stay at home if they feel  10 .

1．A. stop to do     B. stop doing   C. go to do       D. go on doing

2．A. catching       B. taking           C. owning         D. curing

3．A. last month    B. in the past    C. a month ago  D. in the past month

4．A. pig              B. person          C. dog               D. country

5．A. like              B. as                 C. for                 D. in

6．A. can’t           B. can                C. must              D. will

7．A. in safety      B. in hunger        C. in danger       D. out of danger

8．A. Mexico       B. America         C. China            D. Russia

9．A. but             B. though            C. while              D. because

10．A. tired          B. happy            C. hungry            D. ill