Ⅰ. 完形填空。
阅读短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was in Grade 5, I hated reading. Books seemed so 1. I would rather play video games than open a book. Then one day, my cousin came to visit me. 2 brought a thick book with a boy on a broomstick on the cover. "This is wonderful," he said. "Just try the first chapter."
I started to read with little 3. But after I read a few pages, something different happened. I 4 stop reading. The boy, Harry Potter, was just an ordinary boy, but then he 5 that he was a wizard(巫师). He went to a magical school, made friends, and faced a dark 6. I wanted to know what would happen 7.
That week, I spent every free moment 8. I read at breakfast. I read in the car. I read with a flashlight under my covers at night. When I finished the book, I had 9 of the feelings—sad and happy. I was sad because the story ended, but I was happy because I had discovered 10 wonderful.
Since then, I have read all seven Harry Potter books. Some of them I have read twice. These books 11 me to many other stories. I learned that books can take us to 12 worlds and make us feel things we never knew we could feel.
Now I am known as the "bookworm" in my class. I keep a reading diary, and I 13 started a book club. Reading has become a part of my life that I cannot 14 losing.
If you think reading is boring, maybe you just haven't found the 15 book yet. Keep looking. Your magic story is out there waiting for you.
()1. A. poor B. boring C. ugly D. large
()2. A. She B. I C. We D. He
()3. A. courage B. interest C. time D. money
()4. A. shouldn't B. needn't C. couldn't D. mustn't
()5. A. found out B. pointed out C. brought out D. made out
()6. A. classmate B. teacher C. friend D. enemy
()7. A. first B. last C. next D. before
()8. A. reading B. playing C. practicing D. traveling
()9. A. neither B. both C. either D. all
()10. A. nothing B. anything C. everything D. something
()11. A. led B. invited C. sent D. asked
()12. A. real B. strange C. different D. old
()13. A. still B. even C. just D. hardly
()14. A. practice B. imagine C. help D. suggest
()15. A. thick B. hard C. heavy D. right

1-5 BDBCA 6-10 DCABD 11-15 ACBBD

1. 根据前文"I hated reading"可知作者原本讨厌阅读，认为书籍十分无聊，boring符合语境，选B。
2. 后文出现"he said"，可知指代来访的表哥，主语用He，选D。
3. 作者原本讨厌阅读，最开始尝试读这本书的时候几乎没什么兴趣，little interest表示几乎没有兴趣，符合语境，选B。
4. 读了几页之后被内容深深吸引，根本停不下来，couldn't stop reading表示无法停止阅读，符合语境，选C。
5. 此处指哈利·波特后来发现自己是巫师，found out表示查明、发现，符合剧情逻辑，选A。
6. 结合《哈利·波特》的剧情设定，他进入魔法学校后要面对黑暗敌人，dark enemy符合语境，选D。
7. 作者被故事吸引，迫切想要知道接下来会发生什么，what would happen next表示接下来会发生什么，选C。
8. 后文列举了作者在早餐时、车里、被窝里都在读书，说明他把所有空闲时间都花在阅读上，符合spend time doing sth.结构，选A。
9. 后文提到了sad和happy两种情绪，both of表示两者都，对应两种感受，选B。
10. 作者读完书很开心，因为他发现了某样很棒的事物（阅读的乐趣），肯定句中用something表示某事物，选D。
11. 这些书引领作者接触到了更多其他的故事，led是lead的过去式，lead sb. to sth.表示引领某人接触某物，符合语境，选A。
12. 书籍可以带我们去往不同的世界，让我们体验从未有过的感受，different worlds符合语境，选C。
13. 作者坚持写阅读日记，甚至还创办了读书俱乐部，even表示甚至，用来表递进，符合语境，选B。
14. 阅读已经成为作者生活的一部分，他根本无法想象失去阅读，imagine losing sth.表示想象失去某物，选B。
15. 如果你觉得阅读很无聊，可能你只是还没找到那本合适的书，right表示合适的、正确的，符合语境，选D。