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。   

"How did you do it, Dad? How have you  36  to not take a drink for almost 20 years?" It took me almost 20 years to have the___ 37___to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first   38    drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he 39   a situation that, in the past, would have   40   him drinking again. For a few years we were afraid to bring it up   41   the drinking would begin again.

"I had this little poem that I   42  recite to myself at least four to five times a day," was Dad's reply to my 18-year-old   43   question. "The words were an instant relief and constant 44   to me that things were never so   45   that I could not handle them," Dad said. And then he 46   the poem with me. The poem's simple, yet profound words immediately became part of my daily 47   as well.

About a month after this talk with my father, I   48   a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily affirmations （誓词）with one affirmation   49   for each day of the year.

It has been my experience that when you get   50   with days of the year on it, you automatically turn to the   51   that lists your own birthday.

I   52   opened the book to November 10 to   53   what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. I did a double-take and tears of   54   and appreciation rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the   55   same poem that had helped my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity （安详）Prayer:

God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the Courage to change the things I can; and the Wisdom to know the difference.

36. A. prepared       B. promised       C. managed      D. performed

37. A. courage        B. opportunity     C. inspiration     D. reason

38. A. began         B. avoided        C. permitted      D. quit

39. A. got away with   B. got into        C. got down to    D. got through

40. A. forbade        B. started         C. attracted       D. caused

41. A. for fear        B. for sure        C. so that         D. otherwise

42. A. should         B. might         C. would         D. had to

43. A. unanswered     B.unasked        C. unexpected     D. unwelcome

44. A. prayer         B. performer      C. inspector       D. reminder

45. A. rough         B. severe          C. tough         D. urgent

46. A. created        B. explained       C. spared         D. shared

47. A. schedule       B. routine         C. habits         D. customs

48. A. mistook       B. posted          C. accepted       D. received

49. A. copied        B. presented        C. listed          D. printed

50. A. something     B. anything        C. everything      D. nothing

51. A. date          B. page            C. matters         D. problems

52. A. doubtedly      B. eventually       C. patiently        D. hurriedly

53. A. see           B. recite           C. repeat          D. forecast

54. A. sadness        B. loneliness       C. disbelief        D. belief

55. A. exact          B. correct         C. almost          D. much

Self-esteem(自尊心) is all about how much we are valued, loved, accepted, and thought well of by others and how much we value, love and accept ourselves. People with healthy self-esteem are able to do better in school and find it easier to make friends. They tend to have better relationships with others, feel happier, find it easier to deal with mistakes and failures, and are more likely to stick to something until they secceed, People with low self-esteem may feel as if no one will like them or accept them or that they can’t do well in anything.

The folowing ways may help you improve your self-esteem.

Try to stop thinking negative thoughts about yourself. If you’re used to focusing on your shortcomings, start thinking about positive aspects of youself that outweigh them. It is good to aim high, but your goals for yourself should be within reach, That’s why you should set practical goals and never expect the impossible. Mistakes are part of learning, so view mistakes as learning opportunities. Accept that you make mistakes because everyone does. Also, you should recognize what you can change and what you  can’t. If you realize that you’re unhappy with something about yourself, you can change and start from today. If it’s something that you can’t change(like your height),start to work toward loving the way you are.Feeling like you’re making a defference or that your help is valued can do wonders to improve your self-esteem. So don’t hesitate to make a contribution. You can lend a hand to a classmate who’s having trouble. Hope your neighborhood clean up, or volunteer to  do some other things.

Self-esteem plays a role in almost everything you do. It’s never too late to build healthy self-esteem. It takes some work, and it’s a necessary skill you’ll have for life.

64.The underlinded word”them” in Parsgraph 3 refers to “_______”.

A. your classmates    B. your shortcomings  C. your strong points  D. your goals

65.According to the passage, which of the following can help improve your self-esteem?

A. Setting high goals similar to others’

B. Never fogiving yourself for your mistales.

C. Lending a hand to a classmate in trouble.

D. Changing all the things that make you unhappy.

66.The passage is mainly about _______.

   A. how people improve their self-esteem

   B. what self-esteem means

   C. what people with low self-esteem are like

   D. what people with healthy self-esteem are like

67.How many ways of improving your self-esteem are mentioned in the passage?

   A. 5          B. 6            C. 7            D. 8

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题：共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分,满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。请按下列情况改正：

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其写面写出该加的词。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词写出改正后的词。

注意：1.，每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last week I went to a movie,which was very touched.It was a sad movie about a mother and her sons.When the child was a littleboy,his mother was very poor that she had to send him to a richfamily who had no child.The boy accepted a very good education and twenty years later became doctor.In his hospital, he had a patient,who was an old lady.He did care too much about her, for she could hardly afford for the medical care. One evening,thelady died quietly of a serious illness but on her bed the doctor found a letter,in it he discovered the truth and felt the love of a greatmother.He had wanted to call her mother,but it was too late. Everybody in the theatre was

moved to tears.?

 Some birds fly_______________in winter and some stay in the north.

A. south    B. the south     C. in the south     D. to south

 It was ________that we went camping on the mountain.

A.such nice weather  B. so nice a weather  C. such a nice weather  D. so nice weather

---- She likes shopping, but she doesn’t have enough money.

   ----  _________ .

  A. So does he                   B. So it is with him 

  C. Neither does he                   D. Nor he does

_____his being late again,he lost his job and had to stay at home.

A. Owe to     B. As result of      C. In case of      D. Because

– Can you read the sign, sir? No smoking allowed in the lift!

   – ________.

   A. Never mind           B. Don’t mention it    

   C. Sure. I don’t smoke     D. Pardon me

Which gender is the most talkative? No matter what you answer, you are partially right.

A recent Gallup Poll showed that both men and women believe that women possess the gift of talking and some even believe women are biologically built for conversation, but all of that is challenged in a research published in the November issue of Personality and Social Psychology Review.

In a recent research by Campbell Leaper and Melanie Ayres, they collected all of the available evidence from decades of scientific study and systematically combined the findings into an overall picture of the differences between men and women regarding talkativeness.

They found a small but reliable tendency(趋势) for men to be more talkative than women in certain cases, such as when they were conversing with their wives or with strangers. Women talked more to their children and to their college classmates.

The type of speech was also explored in the research. The researchers discovered that, with strangers, women were generally more talkative when it came to using speech to ensure her connection to the listener, while men’s speech focused more on an attempt to influence the listener. With close friends and family, however, there was very little difference between genders in the amount of speech.

60.This passage mainly talks about a research conducted by _______ .

       A. Gallup Poll       B. Personality and Social Psychology Review

       C. Campbell Leaper and Melanie Ayres       D. the author

61.Which of the following statements describes the main idea of the passage?

       A. Women are born more talkative than men.

       B. Men are born more talkative than women.

       C. Women and men are talkative in different cases.

       D. Women are no more talkative than men.

62.The underlined word gender means _______.

       A. people       B. nationality  C. culture       D. sex

63.Talking with strangers, ________.

       A. women are more talkative than with people they know

       B. men are more talkative than with their wives

       C. women prefer to listen more rather than speak more

       D. men speak a lot to have their opinions accepted

Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make. One important question that you might ask yourself is: "How do I get a good job?"      .

There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and find the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all. Still others believe that the in-person, door-to-door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time.       . He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them. His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream. One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick. Without stopping to think, the young man offered to take his place.        .

     . If the young man had gone home to ponder（考虑）his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well.

Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to get plum jobs（美差）. When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying.     . And within a year this person had become general manger of the company.

A．This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself.

B．People find jobs in an limitless number of ways.

C．It's almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapers.

D．Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor.

E．But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer

all the company's faults.

F．He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved.

G．It is very important to seize an opportunity when you are given one.