17．There is one showing love．and there's another not responding in time．During lifetime，however，it turns out to be a regret and we always think of making it up when it's gone．
A lather sat at his desk staring over his monthly bills（21）Dhis young son rushed in and（22）A．"Dad．because this is your birthday and you're 55 years old，I'm going to give you 55（23）B．one for each year!"When the boy started（24）Chis agreement，the father exclaimed，"Oh．Andrew，don't do it now； I'm too（25）B
!"The youngster immediately（26）Csilent as tears welled up in his big blue eyes．（27）Dthe father said，"You can finish later．"
The boy said nothing but quietly（28）C，disappointment written（29）Ahis face．That evening the father said，"Come and finish the（30）Bkisses now．Andrew!"But the boy didn't respond．
Unfortunately，a few days later after this incident，the boy had an  （31）Cand was drowned．His（32）Dfather wrote．"If only I（33）Dtell him how much I regret my thoughtless（34）A，and could be assured that he knows how much my heart is（35）B．"
Love is a two-way street．Any loving act must be warmly accepted（36）Dit will be taken as rejection and can（37）Ba scar．If we are too busy to give and（38）Clove，we are too busy!Nothing is more important than（39）Dwith love to the cry for love from those who are near and precious to us，because there may be no（40）Aat all as in the case of the little boy．

21．A．while	B．before	C．as	D．when
22．A．announced	B．laughed	C．replied	D．added
23．A．gifts	B．kisses	C．cards	D．wishes
24．A．coming up with	B．getting away with	C．looking forward to	D．getting on with
25．A．angry	B．busy	C．glad	D．curious
26．A．felt	B．went	C．fell	D．looked
27．A．Excitedly	B．Nervously	C．Jokingly	D．Apologetically
28．A．turned away	B．calmed down	C．walked away	D．set off
29．A．over	B．through	C．against	D．within
30．A．unfinished	B．loving	C．comforting	D．caring
31．A．operation	B．event	C．accident	D．injury
32．A．beloved	B．unlucky	C．considerate	D．heartbroken
33．A．would	B．should	C．must	D．could
34．A words	B．comments	C．questions	D．accounts
35．A．racing	B．aching	C．sinking	D．beating
36．A．but	B．and	C．yet	D．or
37．A．remain	B．leave	C．stay	D．keep
38．A．spread	B．hold	C．receive	D．catch
39．A．coming	B．accepting	C．learning	D．responding
40．A．chance	B．regret	C．time	D．story

16．假设某培训机构为庆祝其成立五周年，免费为十名高中学生提供到美国学习两个月的机会，你幸运地成为了其中的一员．两个月后你回到了母校，你的英语老师让你写一篇不少于100词的演讲稿，内容包括：在美国学习期间的感受、与寄宿的美国家庭相处的经历等，并在英语课上向同学们讲述．
注意：开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数．
Dear friends，
Studying in America is an amazing experience and I will never forget it．The best part of studying abroad is meeting students from all over the world．Also I can learn the language and
culture of America with my own eyes and ears．It‟s really interesting．
I lived with a host family which consisted of a father，a mother and two sons．We became
friends with each other soon after I arrived．The daily conversation helped me improve my spoken
English a lot．The host families of other students would sometimes invite me to their home parties．
I had so much fun each day．I think this experience will be the best one in my life．
Thank you all．

15．当今过洋节成了年轻人的一种时尚，中国传统节日备受冷落．为了彰显民族文化的优秀传统，中国的一些传统节日已经被定为法定假日了．为了进一步扩大传统节日的影响，你要写一篇不少于100词的短文来提议将乞巧节作为法定节日．短文中需要有你的观点以及支持你的观点的依据或理由．
短文的要点有：
    1．当今人们对于中西方节日的态度；
    2．乞巧节来历（又叫七夕节，农历七月初七，牛郎织女相会，源于汉代）；
    3．你的观点以及支持这个观点的理由．
参考词汇：情人节Valentine's Day；  农历lunar．
It's wrong for young people only to seek western festivals but forget all about Chinese traditional festivals．当今人们对于中西方节日的态度
We should have Qiqiao Festival instead of Valentine's Day．Qiqiao Festival，or Double seventh Festival，on the 7^th day of the 7^th lunar month，which is known as Chinese Valentine's Day，which is a traditional festival full of romance in China．It comes from the beautiful Chinese love story about Niulang and Zhinu，who meet each other once a year on this day．Chinese people have been celebrating this festival since the Han Dynasty．乞巧节来历
I believe it a good idea to make this festival a legal holiday since it is part of our traditional culture．The long history and the way it is celebrated tell people what true love is and show how we value love in a Chinese way．作者的观点以及理由．

14．假如伦敦奥运会组委会正在向全世界招聘奥运会志愿者．条件如下：
    1．有热情为他人服务的思想；
    2．有丰富的文化知识，既能做好服务工作，也能传播文化；
    3．有流利的英语表达能力和良好的沟通能力．
    假如你是李华，你想申请成为一名奥运会志愿者．请根据以上要求，写一封申请信．
注意：
    1．可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
    2．词数120 左右，开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数．
Dear Sir or Madam，
    I am grateful to you for reading my letter of application．With the 2012 London Olympic Games drawing near，        ．
     I would appreciate it if you could give me an early reply．
 Yours
Li Hua．

13．When I enrolled at Pepperdine University in 1974，my mother exercised her parental right to express her worry at my departure．I responded with typical teenage indifference and ignorance．"Mom，I'm only an hour away．What's the bit deal？""You just wait until you have one of your own，"she cried．"Then you'll know what I'm feeling．"It has been a little more than a month since my daughter Devin moved into her dorm at Occidental college，and life as I know it has come to an end．Or that's what it feels like．Mom，you were right．
The nest's empty loneliness is almost unbearable．Why does it hurt so bad？Science has an answer：We are social mammals who experience deep attachment to our fellow friends and family，an evolutionary throwback to our Paleolithic（旧石器时代的）hunter-gatherer days of living in small bands．Bonding unified the group，aiding survival in harsh climates and against unforgiving enemies．Attachment between parents and offspring assured that there is no one better equipped to look after the future survival of your genes than yourself．
The empty-nest syndrome is real，but there is good news for this and all forms of loss and grief．According to Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert，we are not very good at forecasting our unhappiness．Most of us think that we would be miserable for a very long time．Gilbert calls this the durability bias，an emotional misunderstanding．
The durability bias and the failure to recognize the power of our emotional immune systems lead us to overestimate how depressed we will feel and for how long，and to underestimate how quickly we will get rid of it and feel better．
For me，taking the long view helps．How long？Deep time．Evolutionary time，in which 6，895 days represent a mere 0.000000005% of the 3.5 billion year history of life on Earth．
Each of us parents makes one small contribution to the evolutionary importance of life's continuity from one generation to the next without a single gap，an unbroken link over the eons（永久）．
57．What message does the author want to express by telling us her experience in the first paragraph？C
A．The empty-nest syndrome is really hard for old parents to bear．
B．All people should learn to love their parents no matter how old they are．
C．A person will not understand his parents?love until he has his own child．
D．The love parents give to children is selfless and should be respected．
58．According to Daniel Gilbert，the empty-nest syndrome isA．
A．caused by our emotional misunderstanding
B．not a real problem but in our imagination
C．the result of overestimating our happiness
D．from our emotional immune systems
59．The author gets herself out of the empty-nest syndrome by holding a positive idea thatD．
A．she can go to see her daughter regularly when she misses her
B．her daughter will one day come back to her after graduation
C．her daughter will understand her when she has her own children
D．the departure from her daughter is much shorter than the history of life on Earth
60．What kind of role do parents play in the human history，according to the last paragraph？B
A．They cultivate talents for the development of history．
B．They help keep the life's continuity without a broken link．
C．They accelerate the evolutionary pace of the human beings．
D．They point a right way for the next generation to develop themselves．

12．I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice．"Mom，come here!There's a lady here my size!"
The mother rushed to her son，then she turned to me to（21）D．
I smiled and told her，"It's okay．"Then I （22）Athe boy，"Hi，I'm Darryl Kramer．How are you？"
He studied me （23）D，and asked，"Are you a little mommy？"
"Yes，I have a son，"I answered．
"（24）Bare you so little？"he asked in curiosity．
"It's （25）B I was born，"I said．"Some people are little．Some are tall．I'm just not going to grow any （26）A．"After I answered his other questions，I shook the boy's hand and left．
My life as a little person is （27）Cwith stories like that．I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look （28）Afrom their parents．
It takes only one glance to see my （29）D．I stand three feet nine inches tall．I was a born dwarf （侏儒）．（30）D this，I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up．
I didn't realize how short I was （31）BI started school．（32）B kids picked on me，calling me names （嘲笑我）．Then I knew，I began to （33）Cthe first day of school each year．New students would always stare at me as I struggled to（34）Athe school bus stairs．
But I learned to smile and accept the （35）Dthat I was going to be noticed my whole life．I decided to make my uniqueness and advantage rather than a disadvantage．What I lacked in height，I make up for in （36）D．
It's the children's questions that make my life （37）B．I enjoy answering their questions．My hope is that I will （38）C them to accept their peers （同龄人） whatever （39）Aand shape they come in，and treat them （40）C．

21．A．scold	B．acknowledge	C．help	D．apologize
22．A．spoke to	B．dealt with	C．looked at	D．kept to
23．A．from time to time	B．from beginning to end	C．from head to toe	D．from right to left
24．A．When	B．Why	C．How	D．Whether
25．A．the time	B．the way	C．the chance	D．the reason
26．A．bigger	B．smaller	C．stronger	D．weaker
27．A．satisfied	B．disappointed	C．filled	D．applied
28．A．different	B．similar	C．familiar	D．short
29．A．shortage	B．kindness	C．patience	D．uniqueness
30．A．Instead of	B．Owing to	C．But for	D．In spite of
31．A．after	B．until	C．when	D．unless
32．A．Every	B．Some	C．No	D．Both
33．A．enjoy	B．expect	C．hate	D．avoid
34．A．climb	B．step	C．get	D．jump
35．A．matter	B．mistake	C．situation	D．fact
36．A．strength	B．power	C．sympathy	D．personality
37．A．strange	B．special	C．common	D．convenient
38．A．advocate	B．advance	C．encourage	D．educate
39．A．size	B．weight	C．width	D．length
40．A．gladly	B．differently	C．equally	D．peacefully．

11．In 1982，Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank．He got into a life boat，but his supplies were （21）C．His chances of surviving were small．（22）Bwhen three fishermen found him 76 days later，he was alive-much （23）A than he was when he started，but alive．
His （24）Dof how he survived is fascinating．His cleverness-how he（25）Cto catch fish，how he evaporated（蒸发） sea water to （26）Afresh water-is very interesting．
But the thing that（27）Bmy eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost，and there seemed no（28）Din continuing the struggle．He was starved and（29）Bworn-out．Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice．
When people （30）Cthese kinds of circumstances，they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going．Many people in（31）Adesperate circumstances （32）Din or go mad．Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on （33）Bdifficulties．
"I tell myself I can （34）Ait，"wrote Callahan in his book．-Compared to what others have been through，I'm fortunate．I tell myself these things over and over，（35）Cup courage…"
I wrote that down after 1 read it．It （36）Dme as something important．And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed（37）Aoff or when my problems seemed too terrible．And every time I've said it，I have always come back to my （38）B．
The truth is，our circumstances are only bad（39）D to something better．But others have been through the much worse，that is，in comparison with what others have been through，you're fortunate．Tell this to yourself over and over again，and it will help you（40）Cthrough the rough situations with a little more courage．

21．A．full	B．rich	C．few	D．enough
22．A．And	B．Yet	C．Still	D．Thus
23．A．thinner	B．stronger	C．worse	D．healthier
24．A．attitude	B．assumption	C．instruction	D．account
25．A．assisted	B．tended	C．managed	D．intended
26．A．make	B．absorb	C．select	D．replace
27．A．attacked	B．caught	C．froze	D．cheated
28．A．operation	B．taste	C．message	D．point
29．A．firmly	B．completely	C．hardly	D．generally
30．A．deal	B．defend	C．survive	D．observe
31．A．similarly	B．differently	C．gradually	D．commonly
32．A．pull	B．take	C．break	D．give
33．A．for the lack of	B．in the face of	C．in exchange for	D．as a result of
34．A．handle	B．carry	C．follow	D．inspect
35．A．rolling	B．using	C．building	D．making
36．A．defeated	B．recommended	C．introduced	D．struck
37．A．far	B．long	C．ever	D．even
38．A．feelings	B．senses	C．ideas	D．influences
39．A．related	B．measured	C．contributed	D．compared
40．A．see	B．cut	C．get	D．think．

10．请根据图写一篇100-120个词的短文．你的短文应包括下列要点
1．简要描写图画内容；
2．解释该图画的内涵
3．谈谈你个人的看法
注意：1．短文的标题和开头已给出（不计词数）：
2．参考词汇：psychological quality心理素质：moral character品德
Should We Ignore Quality Education？
As is vividly shown in the picture above，                                              ．

9．Blogging may have psychological（心理的）benefits for teens suffering from social anxiety，improving their self-esteem（自尊） and helping them relate better to their friends，according to new research published by the American Psychological Association．"Research has shown that writing a personal diary and other forms of expressive writing are a great way to release emotional distress and just feel better，"said the study's lead author，Meyran Boniel-Nissim，PhD，of the University of Haifa，Israel．"Teens are online anyway，so blogging enables free expression and easy communication with others．"
Blogging has a stronger positive effect on troubled students'well-being than merely expressing their social anxieties and concerns in a private diary，according to the article published online in the APA journal Psychological Services?．Opening the blog up to comments from the online community intensified those effects．
The researchers randomly surveyed high school students in Israel，who had agreed to fill out a questionnaire about their feelings on the quality of their social relationships．A total of 161 students--124 girls and 37 boys，with an average age of 15--were selected because their scores on the survey showed they all had some level of social anxiety or distress．All the teens reported difficulty making friends or relating to the friends they had．The researchers assessed the teens'self-esteem，everyday social activities and behaviors before，immediately after and two months after the 10-week experiment．
Four groups of students were assigned to blog．Two of those groups were told to focus their posts on their social problems，with one group opening the posts to comments； the other two groups could write about whatever they wanted and，again，one group opened the blog up to comments．The number and content of comments were not evaluated for this experiment．The students could respond to comments but that was not required．Two more groups acted as controls--either writing a private diary about their social problems or doing nothing．Participants in the writing and blogging groups were told to post messages at least twice a week for 10 weeks．
Four experts，who held master's or doctoral degrees in counseling and psychology，assessed the bloggers'social and emotional condition via their blog posts．Students were assessed as having a poor social and emotional state if they wrote extensively about personal problems or bad relationships or showed evidence of low self-esteem，for example．
Self-esteem，social anxiety，emotional distress and the number of positive social behaviors improved significantly for the bloggers when compared to the teens who did nothing and those who wrote private diaries．Bloggers who were instructed to write specifically about their difficulties and whose blogs were open to comments improved the most．All of these results were consistent at the two month follow-up．
The authors conceded that the skewed（有偏向的） sex ratio was a limitation to the study．However，the researchers analyzed the results separately by gender and found that boys and girls reacted similarly to the interventions and there were no major differences．They said future research should attempt to control the subjects for sex．

50．The selection of students for the experiment was largely based onC．
    A．their social relationships       B．their self-esteem
    C．their problems in social life    D．their willingness to fill out a questionnaire
51．What's the function of"controls"（Paragraph 4）in the experiment？D
    A．To write down some social problems in a private diary．
    B．To post messages to the blog and respond to comments．
    C．To help evaluate the number and content of blog comments．
    D．To offer a comparison for checking the experimental result．
52．From the experiment we can know thatB．
    A．writing private diaries makes no difference to the relief of one's emotional stress
    B．teenagers opening their blogs up to comments have more psychological benefits
    C．the positive effects of expressing one's emotions by blogging don't last very long
    D．those describing bad relationships on blogs tend to develop more mental problems
53．What can be inferred from the last paragraph？C
    A．The authors insisted that all the research findings were accurate．
    B．Sex rate had been taken into account before the survey was conducted．
    C．The authors were intended to improve the experiment in the future．
    D．Similar reactions of boys and girls indicated the failure of the experiment．
54．What is the main idea of the passage？A
    A．Blogging can help reduce social stress and anxiety．
    B．The research into blogging attracts public attentipon．
    C．Blogging provides a simple way for communication．
    D．Blog comments have a positive effect on teenagers．

8．LOS ANGELES，Feb 12-Whitney Houston，whose soaring voice lifted her to the top of the pop music world but whose personal decline was fueled by years of drug use，died on Saturday afternoon in a Beverly Hills hotel room．She was 48．
The pop superstar died on the eve of the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles at the same hotel where her mentor，record mogul Clive Davis，was holding an annual pre-event party featuring scores of music industry celebrities（名人）．
A dramatic scene unfolded at the Beverly Hilton hotel as guests arriving for the party expressed shock at her death，while reporters swarmed the hotel，fans gathered outside to light candles in her memory and helicopters hovered overhead．
Beverly Hills police said they were called to the Beverly Hilton at around 3：43 p．m．PST，and fire department personnel who were already at the location responded immediately．Houston was in her fourth-floor room but was unresponsive to CPR，and she was pronounced dead at 3：55 p．m．
"She has been positively identified by friends and family （who） were with her at the hotel，and next of kin have already been notified，"Lieutenant Mark Rosen told reporters．Police said there were no obvious signs of criminal intent．
Los Angeles County coroners removed Houston's body from the hotel after midnight through a backdoor to avoid the crush of media set up to cover her shocking death．
Typically，coroners conduct an autopsy within a day or two，at which point they might release some preliminary information about the death．If drugs or alcohol are involved，however，an official cause of death would not be released until after toxicology（毒理学） tests，which could take six to eight weeks．
Tributes poured in from around the world for a singer whose remarkable vocal power and range produced some of the most memorable music of her generation，including her signature hit，"I Will Always Love You．"
"I don't have to mask my emotion in front of a room full of so many dear friends，"Davis told a somber crowd at his gala dinner and party just hours after Houston's death．"I am personally devastated by the loss of someone who has meant so much to me for so many years．"
Neil Portnow，president of the Recording Academy，which runs the Grammys，told the audience at Davis's party that Jennifer Hudson would sing a tribute to Houston at Sunday night's Grammy Awards．"We will do something appropriate tomorrow，and nothing could be more appropriate than having Jennifer Hudson sing on stage for Whitney，"Portnow said．"In our community，we celebrate things…let's celebrate Whitney Houston．"

41．We can learn  from the first paragraph thatB．
    A．Whitney Houston died suddenly because of drug use．
    B．Whitney Houston's profession was affected by drug use
    C．Whitney Houston had little potential in the pop music world
    D．Whitney Houston's fame grew as she won the Grammy Awards
42．According to the passage，at the most，how long will people be waiting to find out the cause of Houston's death？D
    A．For two days．  B．For a week．  C．For six weeks．  D．For two months．
43．The underlined word"Fributes"（Paragraph 8）refers to the activities to showA．
    A．honor          B．sympathy       C．amazement      D．disappointment
44．Which of the following describes how people responded to Houston's death？C
    A．Reporters crowded to a backdoor of the hotel to cover Houston's death．
    B．Fans inststed the police find out the cause of Houston's death immediately．
    C．Firemen rushed to the very hotel where Houston died without any delay．
    D．Policement tried to prevent the news of Houston's death from being spread．
45．What Neil Portnow said at Davis's party implles thatB．
    A．Jennifer Hudson is likely to replace Houston in singing one day
    B．Houston was a singer of great influence in the pop world
    C．the Grammys are of little significance without Houston
    D．singing Houston's songs is a good way to keep her memory alive．