完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分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。

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s   36  filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so   37   that I decided to write an article about her.

I   38   Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk her career. She   39   and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I   40   I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there   41  , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that   42   Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The   43   was almost unbearable. I struggled for days   44   draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn’t take long. My manuscript   45  . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I   46   in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t   47   the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While   48   my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in   49  :

Dear Ms Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some   50   materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to   51   your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to   52  . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of   53   writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this   54  , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t   55   to doubt yourself.

36．A．joy    B．voice C．speech      D．smile

37．A．proud       B．active       C．satisfied    D．moved

38．A．visited      B．emailed    C．phoned     D．interviewed

39．A．agreed      B．refused     C．hesitated   D．paused

40．A．replied     B．discovered       C．explained  D．knew

41．A．seriously   B．patiently   C．nervously  D．quietly

42．A．blaming    B．fooling     C．inviting    D．urging

43．A．hardship   B．failure      C．comment  D．pressure

44．A．with  B．by     C．on     D．in

45．A．disappeared      B．returned    C．spread      D．improved

46．A．compare   B．struggle    C．survive     D．compete

47．A．ignore      B．deliver      C．face   D．receive

48．A．decorating       B．repairing   C．cleaning    D．leaving

49．A．disbelief   B．anxiety     C．horror      D．trouble

50．A．subjective B．relevant    C．private      D．reliable

51．A．broadcast  B．create       C．publish     D．assess

52．A．recover     B．prepare     C．escape      D．concentrate

53．A．energetic  B．endless     C．typical      D．enjoyable

54．A．experience       B．success     C．benefit      D．accident

55．A．attempt     B．afford       C．expect      D．pretend

  单词拼写(共10小题；每小题1分,满分10分)

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释,在句子右边的横线上写出各单词的正确形式.(每空一词)

1. The m       team was made up of four doctors and five nurses.

2. It is true that our government has always d _______ great efforts to raising the living standard of the people.

3. The story isn't over; you see the notice, "To be c         ．”

4. We shall go to the place where working c         are difficult.

5. The new couple are holding their        （婚礼）party in the hotel.

6. The two girls were ________ (低语) in the library.

7. The month between December and         （二月）is January.

8. After his death, he was not          （安葬）in a church yard but in a cemetery.

9.I’d choose the small car in ________ (爱好) to the large one.

10.After the operation, the patient is _________ (康复) rapidly.

No matter what the newspaper articles say，the newly-made temple doesn't ________a place of interest.

A. head for         B. make for                     C. offer to                                     D. run out

 Here is the dictionary, ______ help you will learn better.

with whose      B. with its                  C. under whose    D. whose

A trip to the village will give you a        of the happy country life.

  A. sight                         B. glance                           C. look                               D. glimpse

His father had only a little money left ___ every month.

A. in the end    B. to the end of    C. at the end of     D. at last

The house you have just bought is ___ mine.

A. as three times big as   B. three times the size of   C. three times the size than  D. as big as three time that

The biggest problem for most plants, which ______ just get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them.

A. can’t                B. shan’t              C. needn’t            D. mustn’t

I don’t think you should mention it at the beginning of the story, or it may ____ the shocking ending.

   A. give out      B. give away     C. give up       D. give off

  George, when your big brother and your little dog and I walked you up to schools today, you

had no idea how I was feeling.

You were so excited. You had packed and unpacked your pencils and safety scissors in your backpack a dozen times. I am really going to miss those lazy mornings when we waved your brother and sister off to school.

Because you are my youngest, I had learned a few things by the time you came along. I found out that the seemingly endless days of babyhood are gone like lightning. I blinked(眨眼), and your older siblings were setting off for school as eagerly as you did this morning, I was one of the lucky ones; I could choose whether to work or not. By the time it was your turn, the shining prizes of career advancement and a double income had lost their brightness. A splash(溅水) in the pool with you in your bright red boots or "just one more" rereading of your favorite book, Frog and Toad Are Friends, meant more. You didn't go to preschool and I hope that doesn't hold you back. You learned numbers by helping me count the soda cans we returned to the store.

I have to admit that in my mind's eye, an image of myself while you're in school has developed, I see myself updating all the photo albums and starting that novel I always wanted to write. As the summer wound down and more frequent quarrels erupted between you and your siblings, I was looking forward to today. And then this morning, I walked you up the steep hill to your classroom. You found the coat hook with your name above it right away, and you gave me one of your characteristically fierce, too-tight hugs. This time you were ready to let go before I was.

Maybe someday you will deliver a kindergartner to the first day of school. When you turn at the door to wave good-bye, he or she will be too deep in conversation with a new friend to notice. Even as you smile, you'll feel something warm on your cheek.

    And then, you’ll know…

64．What does the author mean by the underlined sentence?

       A．She gave up the job with a big salary and prizes.

       B．She could only recall her good job at home now.

       C．Many good jobs with better pay attracted her but she didn’t take them.

       D．Compared with bringing up the baby, work seemed to fade to her.

65．Which statement is NOT TRUE about George’s family according to the letter?

       A．George’s parents gave birth to three children

       B．The Georges is a double income family.

       C．The children had more arguments during the summer.

       D．They recyled soda cans.

66．The passage tries to show us          .

       A．how excited a child will be on his first day to school

       B．how deeply a mother loves her child

       C．how many efforts a mother has made to raise a child

       D．how a mother plans her future life after her children go to school