4．Each spring brings a new blossom （开花）of wildflowers in the ditches（沟渠） along the highway I travel daily to work．
There is one particular blue flower that has always （21）Dmy eye．I'veB（22）Bthat it blooms only in the morning hours，the（23）B sun is too warm for it．Every day for about two weeks，I see those beautiful flowers．
This spring，I（24）Aa wildflower garden in our yard．I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers．I've often thought that those（25）C  blue flowers from the（26）Awould look great in that bed alongside（27）C wildflowers．Every day I drove past the flowers thinking，"I'll stop on my way home and （28）Bthem．""Gee，I don't want to get my good clothes dirty…"（29）Dthe reason，I never stopped to dig them．My husband even gave me a folding shovel（铁铲） for my trunk to be used for that（30）Dpurpose．
One day on my way home from work，I was saddened to see that the highway department had mowed（铲） the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were （31）B．I thought to myself，"Way to go，you（32）Ctoo long．You would have done it （33）Byou first saw them blooming this（34）A．"
A week ago we were （35）Cand saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a brain tumor（瘤）．She is 20years older than my husband andB（36）Bbecause of age and distance，we haven't been as （37）Cas we all would have liked．I couldn't help but see the（38）A between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband's sister and us．I do believe that（39）C has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us．
And yes，if I see the blue flowers again，you can bet I'll stop and transplant them to my wildflower（40）B．

21．A．attracted	B．drew	C．pulled	D．caught
22．A．learned	B．noticed	C．watched	D．seen
23．A．morning	B．afternoon	C．evening	D．night
24．A．started	B．began	C．caused	D．dug
25．A．living	B．lively	C．lovely	D．alive
26．A．ditch	B．highway	C．garden	D．yard
27．A．another	B．others	C．other	D．the other
28．A．plant	B．dig	C．buy	D．see
29．A．Whichever	B．However	C．Whenever	D．Whatever
30．A．given	B．impressed	C．exposed	D．expressed
31．A．disappeared	B．gone	C．lost	D．stolen
32．A．took	B．spent	C．waited	D．expected
33．A．while	B．when	C．if	D．since
34．A．spring	B．summer	C．autumn	D．winter
35．A．scared	B．surprised	C．shocked	D．frightened
36．A．happily	B．unfortunately	C．fortunately	D．naturally
37．A．familiar	B．similar	C．close	D．far
38．A．connection	B．relationship	C．difference	D．similarity
39．A．Mom	B．my husband	C．God	D．my sisiter
40．A．pot	B．garden	C．yard	D．park

3．Samuel was back at the thrift shop（旧商店）．He had walked into the shop with only one（36）Din mind-to find a book that he had NOT bought yesterday．The book was one of seven that he had （37）Ayesterday．He was going to buy all of them．But at the last moment，he changed his mind．He put（38）Cseven back on the shelf．
Samuel had a personal library of more than 1，000books at home-almost all unread．He subscribed（订阅）to seven magazines and one daily newspaper．Samuel had more reading material in his small apartment than he could（39）Bin two lifetimes，yet his urge to buy more books was still（40）A．
He（41）Dput his foot down．Not one more book，he told himself，（42）Dit was really special．Yesterday's book fit the bill．It was a biography of one of his favorite fiction authors in America-Stephen King．But it wasn't easy for King early in his（43）B．Samuel wanted to be a great writer．King was his model．
Samuel immediately found one of the books he had（44）Cyesterday，and then another one．In minutes，he found all the books that he had held in his hands yesterday，except the biography．Samuel took a walk throughout the store，knowing that people often （45）Bmerchandise（商品）in one place and then leave it in another place．The book was a thick paperback（平装本）with a red cover．But it was nowhere to be found．But only when he let it go did he realize its（46）C．When he found it again，he would place the book prominently（显眼地） （47）A．

36．A．reality	B．problem	C．cause	D．goal
37．A．piled up	B．cleaned up	C．looked up	D．made up
38．A．another	B．my	C．all	D．such
39．A．agree	B．finish	C．return	D．forget
40．A．strong	B．natural	C．fancy	D．important
41．A．exactly	B．eagerly	C．especially	D．finally
42．A．when	B．if	C．because	D．unless
43．A．position	B．career	C．business	D．choice
44．A．arranged	B．forgot	C．collected	D．described
45．A．focus on	B．pick up	C．learn about	D．leave out
46．A．use	B．purpose	C．value	D．reason．
47．A．on his bookshelf	B．under his pillow	C．in the store	D．in his drawer

2．I believe in miracles（奇迹）because I've seen so many of them．One day，a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old．"There's a（36）Bin my upper jaw，"she said．"I told my own dentist it's nothing，but he（37）DI come to see you"
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her．He would（38）Cto add something，but she stopped him．She wanted to tell everything herself．I found a large cancer that spread over much of the
（39）Aof her mouth．A careful examination later（40）Athat it was a particularly bad sort of cancer．
    During her next appointment，I explained to her the（41）Cof the problem She clasped my
hand in hers and said，"I know you're worried about me，but I'm just（42）C．"
    I thought otherwise．After considerable（43）Don my part，and kindness on her part because she wanted to（44）Bme，she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon．She saw him，but as I expected，（45）Atreatment．
  About six months later she returned to my office，still energetic and（46）C．
"How are you？"I asked．
"I'm just fine，honey，"she responded（47）Bhigh spirits．"When can I get stared on fixing
my dentures（假牙）？"
       Surprised to see her at all，I answered（48）B，"Let me take a look in your mouth and we'll see about it．"
       I couldn't believe my eyes．The cancer that had（49）Anearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone-only one small area of redness（50）D．
       I had read of such things happening，but had（51）Cseen them with my own eyes．That was my first miracle．Since then I've seen many others，because they keep getting（52）Ato see．In fact，miracles are daily events for me now．And people are n miracle，（53）Dthrough them we have a chance to know ourselves and to（54）Dthe miracles of one another．
       Since my first miracle，I've come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is（55）Bwe choose to find it．

36．A．cut	B．pain	C．wound	D．cancer
37．A．declared	B．suspected	C．promised	D．insisted
38．A．refuse	B．continue	C．attempt	D．manage
39．A．roof	B．coiner	C．bottom	D．surface
40．A．confirmed	B．convinced	C．considered	D．concluded
41．A．possibility	B．importance	C．seriousness	D．resolution
42．A．old	B．sick	C．fine	D．glad
43．A．permission	B．support	C．approval	D．effort
44．A．persuade	B．please	C．encourage	D．astonish
45．A．declined	B．provided	C．received	D．required
46．A．healthy	B．elegant	C．optimistic	D．humorous
47．A．to	B．in	C．with	D．by
48．A．worriedly	B．confusedly	C．patiently	D．confidently
49．A．covered	B．reached	C．spread	D．grown
50．A．cured	B．faded	C．expanded	D．remained
51．A．ever	B．also	C．never	D．already
52．A．easier	B．rarer	C．happier	D．closer
53．A．or	B．so	C．yet	D．for
54．A．read	B．make	C．keep	D．see
55．A．whatever	B．wherever	C．whoever	D．whichever

1．          a diary every day and you'll improve your writing．（　　）

A．

Keeping

B．

To keep

C．

Keep

D．

If you keep

20．    on May 12，2008，Wenchuan county has taken on dynamic new look gradually two years since then．（　　）

	A．	Although it destroyed		B．	Although destroyed
	C．	Although was destroyed		D．	Although destroying

19．---Let's go shopping．It's said that Jinying Shop ____________，and all the sweaters are sold at half price．
---Why not？（　　）

A．

hascloseddown

B．

isclosingdown

C．

wasclosingdown

D．

closesdown

18．The hat doesn't match any of my clothes，please show me      ．（　　）

A．

the other

B．

other

C．

another

D．

others

17．Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents．Every day they are very busy trying to（36）Cin order to pay the high tuition （学费） for my brother and me．They don't act in the（37）Bwaya that I read in books or I see on TV．In their opinion，"I love you"isD（38）Dluxurious （奢侈） for them to say．Sending flowers to each other on Valentine's Day is even more out of the （39）A．
One day，my mother was sewing a quilt．I sat down beside her．"Mom，I have a question to ask you．Is there（40）Bbetween you and Dad？"I asked her in a very low voice．She didn't answer immediately．She（41）Dher head and continued to sew the quilt．
I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her．I was（42）Band I didn't know what I should do．But at 1ast I heard my mother say the following words：
"Susan，"she said（43）A，"Look at this thread．Sometimes it is（44）C，but most of it disappears in the quilt．The thread really makes the quilt（45）D．If life is a quilt，then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen（46）B，but it's really there．Love is（47）A．"
I listened carefully but I（48）Bher until the next spring．At that time，my father suddenly （49）Aseriously．My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month．When they returned from the hospital，they both looked（50）B．It seemed both of them had had a serious illness．After they were back，every day in the morning and dusk，my mother supported my father （51）Don the country road．
"Dad，how are you feeling now？"I asked him one day．
"Susan，don't（52）Cme．"he said gently．"To tell you the truth，I just like walking with your mom．"（53）Ahis eyes，I know he loves my mother deeply．
Once I thought love meant flowers，gifts and（54）C．But from this experience，I undentand that love is just（55）Ain the quilt of our life．Love is inside，making life strong and warm．

3

6．A．keep	B．rise early	C．earn money	D．collect money
37．A．magic	B．romantic	C．fantastic	D．attractive
38．A．very	B．quite	C．rather	D．too
39．A．question	B．problem	C．interest	D．control
40．A．feeling	B．love	C．quarrel	D．smile
41．A．raised	B．shook	C．nodded	D．bowed
42．A．in great surprise	B．in great embarrassment	C．in deep depression	D．in deep sorrow
43．A．thoughtfully	B．patiently	C．anxiously	D．happily
44．A．strong	B．weak	C．visible	D．invisible
45．A．warm and soft	B．hot and hard	C．thin and oool	D．strong and durable
46．A．somewhere and sometime	B．anywhere or anytime	C．here and there	D．more or less
47．A．inside	B．outside	C．faraway	D．nearby
48．A．could believe	B．couldn't understand	C．might know	D．wouldn't recognize
49．A．got sick	B．got stuck	C.1ay down	D．lay off
50．A．quite healthy	B．very pale	C．fairly red	D．much surprised
51．A．jump high	B．go hurriedly	C．run fast	D．walk slowly
52．A．think about	B．talk with	C．worry about	D．laugh at
53．A．Reading	B．Seeing	C．Saying	D．Writing
54．A．fresh roses	B．gold rings	C．sweet kisses	D．beautiful jewels
55．A．a thread	B．a needle	C．the cloth	D．the cotton

16．One day I took a bus with my girlfriend．It was so（36）C that we stood for several stops until a vacant seat was  （37）B  for her．
Then a pretty girl rushed towards me，saying，"Hi，where are you going？"I was so struck by the stranger that I had a hard time trying to  （38）A her．Clearly she had taken me （39）D somebody else．I returned her greeting with politeness，（40）B to give explanation to my girl later．
Noticing my dialogue with somebody else，my girl （41）Cher eyes and found she was pretty．She asked jealously，"Who's she？"The pretty girl，quite （42）D of the situation，spoke out first，"Hi，let me （43）C myself．I'm Nancy，used to be（44）B．Very glad to meet you．"She behaved very（45）A．
But I was （46）B to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors．I was worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend （47）Cthe pretty girl again turned to me，"Will you give me your cell phone number so that we （48）B keep contacts（联系） later？"I had to submit to her （49）A．
Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop．
A minute later I got a short （50）D on my phone-from a stranger．My girlfriend  （51）B my phone and read the note．It was from the girl，who said，"Just now，two thieves tried to （52）D your pocket．I had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention．I should have left at the （53）C stop but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also（54）Bto leave at the same stop．Because of the（55）A I delayed my departure．Now you'll understand all I have done to you．Wish you luck．"

36．A．tiring	B．slow	C．crowded	D．messy
37．A．ready	B．available	C．special	D．suitable
38．A．identify	B．realize	C．remind	D．judge
39．A．on	B．by	C．with	D．for
40．A．preferring	B．planning	C．managing	D．promising
41．A．fixed	B．Opened	C．raised	D．focused
42．A．proud	B．careful	C．afraid	D．aware
43．A．explain	B．enjoy	C．introduce	D．help
44．A．partners	B．neighbors	C．friends	D．colleagues
45．A．naturally	B．generously	C．cautiously	D．normally
46．A．in a hurry	B．at a loss	C．at ease	D．in time
47．A．while	B．before	C．when	D．until
48．A．would	B．can	C．should	D．must
49．A．request	B．question	C．command	D．opinion
50．A．suggession	B．warning	C．notice	D．message
51．A．removed	B．seized	C．found	D．caught
52．A．steal	B．reach	C．get	D．pick
53．A．terminal	B．former	C．previous	D．latter
54．A．pretending	B．intending	C．demanding	D．announcing
55．A．incident	B．matter	C．accident	D．affair

15．-Another cup of coffee？That's your third since lunch．
-Yeah，well，I           all night preparing for my math exam．I can hardly keep my eyes open．（　　）

	A．	stayed up		B．	have stayed up
	C．	have been staying up		D．	had stayed up