The professor spoke so fast that I found         him.

       A. it hard following                                   B. it being hard to follow

C. hard to follow                                       D. it hard to follow

. There is not much tine left and every minute _____.

A. important        B. cares C. values      D. counts

—How about your present salary？

—My basic salary is about $500 and _____ I’ll receive some extra income.

A．in general 　　　　　　　　　　 B．in addition

C．in public 　　　　　　　　　　　D．in common

Because of the traffic jam _______I was caught, I was late for the meeting.

   A. by which         B. where           C. that            D. in which

Women’s earnings are well below men’s _____ educational differences that are decreasing between the two sexes.

A．in favor of 　　　　　　　　　　B．in case of

C．in terms of 　　　　　　　　　　D．in spite of

A cool rain was falling_________with snow causing heavy traffic．

      A．mixed                 B mixing                   C．to mix                   D．having mixed

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

For almost 18 years, my mom has given time from her life to devote her care to my growth. She has ashed  36  clothes. She’s planned doctors’ appointments  37  all parts of the body, cut hair, taken icures, bought presents,  38  vacations and basically kept a small boy’s life  39  smoothly.

When I was 12, I got into  40  arguments with my older and wiser parents. The   41  never led a any achievement for me, but I still took part. Many times strong feeling of anger caused tears  42  to in my eyes by the end of the quarrel with them.   43  , I’d return to my room and stay for as long as my parents allowed. Then I’d  44  a knock and hardly manage a weak, “Come in.” My mom, acting as a peacemaker,   45  slowly enter and sit next to me on the bed. I’d again try to  46  what I had said was true,  47  this time less angrily. Then mom calmly, strictly and lovingly showed to me her voice of   48  . After that she’d hug me and I’d stop crying; all would be  49  in my family again.

Hugs will  50  be her trademark（标志）: warm hugs for goodnights, good-byes and a thousand other such situations. “You’re never too old to  51  your mother.” I’ve heard those eight words since I came to the world. They ring true. For some reason, those words possess the unbelievable  52  to reduce anxiety, cool an angry head,   53  fears and put wrong things right.

Perhaps my mother, now worthy of the title “Mom” can  be an example to mothers everywhere. Being a mother is not so  54  . Any female has the ability to become one. The challenge isn’t in becoming a “mother”, but instead , a “mom”. Mine does that quite  55  .

36．A．dirty     B．expensive  C．warm           D．old

37．A．on         B．for        C．in          D．about

38．A．prepared   B．taken     C．spent     D．enjoyed

39．A．advancing B．changing   C．running    D．developing

40．A．unfit     B．casual       C．unfair       D．silly

41．A．quarrels    B．doubts      C．complaintsD．puzzles

42．A．dry       B．go         C．well      D．take

43．A．Crying     B．Blaming   C．Shaking    D．Whispering

44．A．take      B．make     C ．hear     D．get

45．A．might       B．could     C．should      D．would

46．A．admit           B．prove           C．conclude   D．debate

47．A．so         B．or         C．but        D．for

48．A．advice      B．reason      C．demand    D．courage

49．A．active       B．right      C．comfortableD．friendly

50．A．forever     B．finally      C．even      D．actually

51．A．touch           B．love      C．hug       D．comfort

52．A．ability      B．confidenceC．influence  D．power

53．A．lose       B．share     C．overcome  D．express

54．A．difficult    B．sad        C．boring      D．disappointing

55．A．carefully   B．perfectly   C．formally   D．normally