第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Five and a half years ago my father was suddenly rushed to the hospital for an operation. We had  21  idea that he was seriously ill until we were told that the operation did not go well. My father remained  22  . Due to the laws of our state, we were  23  to keep him on a ventilator(呼吸器) for 72 hours, though it was   24    his wish that medical treatment should stop if he was too ill.
At the end of the next day, I was    25   in the waiting room and watching others walk their fathers around who had had operations. Normally, I am very happy for others that are 26  . But that evening, I guess I was a little   27  because I finally realized I would never be  28   to hold my father’s hand and walk down the hall again.
I had to jump up and run down the hall to   29  everyone. This was not in my nature but I just had to be alone. After running for what seemed like a long time, I went into a restroom and       30   for at least five minutes.
When I came out of the stall(厕所侧间),there was a   31  by the sink(水槽). I went to  32 the water to wash my face and she came to  33  me though I didn’t know her. She held onto me until I   34  stopped crying. Then she grabbed a paper towel, wet it   35   handed it to me. She looked at me, smiling, and then left. She never said one word but she   36  my heart.
She taught me that you do not  37   to be a conversationalist to  38  someone who is hurt. Never    39  to hug someone who may need it. You can make a  40   in someone’s life without ever saying a word.
21.  A . no           B. bit           C. some       D. much
22.  A. unhappy       B. uneasy       C. unaware     D. unconscious
23.  A. inspired       B. trained        C. forced      D. forbidden
24.  A. against        B. through       C. for         D. to
25.  A. sitting        B. playing       C. chatting     D. reading
26.  A. walking       B. recovering     C. returning    D. leaving
27.  A. angry         B. pleased       C. curious      D. calm 
28.  A. sure          B. nervous       C. able         D. regretful
29.  A. catch up with   B. take care of   C. pay attention to D. get away from
30.  A. cried         B. shouted       C. screamed     D. sighed
31.  A. father         B. son          C. stranger      D. relative
32.  A. turn on        B. turn off       C. turn up       D. turn down
33.  A. advise         B. criticize      C. call          D. hug
34.  A. meanwhile     B. suddenly      C. soon         D. finally
35.  A. but           B. and           C. or           D. so
36.  A. closed         B. lost          C. touched       D. broke
37.  A. need          B. promise       C. refuse        D. forget
38.  A. forgive        B. confirm       C. excite        D. comfort
39.  A. learn          B. hesitate       C. continue      D. dream
40.  A. choice         B. mistake       C. difference     D. decision

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Kino, a poor fisher man, found a pearl (珍珠) which was    36    big as an egg and very beautiful. He set out for the nearest town to    37    it. He needed money very much to get    38    for his sick baby.
　　  The news that Kino had found the pearl spread (传播) the    39   . Every man suddenly became connected with Kino's pearl, and    40     went into the dreams, wishes and hungers (欲望)  of everyone.  Only one person  stood in the    41    and that was Kino,  who became every man's    42    .
　　   Before Kino reached the town, the pearl buyers somehow    43    he was coming and were    44    for him.
　　 Kino walked into the first shop. An old man    45    to have a look at the pearl. The old man's heart missed a beat (跳动) when he saw the pearl, but he took    46    not to show his excitement (激动). He looked at it for a moment and then said    47   a sad smile, “I'm sorry, my friend. It's too large. Nobody's going to    48    one like this. I can give you a thousand pesos (比索) for it.”
　　“Go and    49    it to the other buyers, or I can ask them to come here if you    50   .” They soon came. They looked as if they didn't know   51    about the pearl. They    52    five hundred for it.
Kino    53     the pearl and left.    54    he never knew he was followed by a group of men who all had    55    with them.
36. A. so          B. too            C. very       D. as
37.   A. buy       B. sell            C. show      D. go with
38.   A. clothes       B. delicious food    C. sweets     D. medicine
39.   A. town      B. village              C. city        D. street
40.   A. they       B. he              C. it         D. which
41.   A. way       B. street         C. town      D. dream
42.   A. friend     B. enemy         C. follower     D. boss
43.   A. saw       B. realized         C. knew     D. recognized
44.   A. ready     B. worried         C. happy     D. afraid
45.   A. ordered      B. suggested      C. wanted       D. promised
46.   A. care       B. notice         C. attention     D. place
47.   A. on         B. in                  C. with       D. by
48.   A. want      B. get             C. carry      D. buy
49.   A. take       B. show          C. give       D. hand
50.   A. want      B. pleased          C. sell        D. like
51.   A. something  B. everything     C. anything     D. nothing
52.   A. gave      B. offered          C. paid       D. bought
53.   A. fetched      B. carried              C. brought      D. took
54.   A. But        B. Though         C. And       D. However
55.   A. pearls     B. money              C. guns      D. nothing

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My wife and I moved into our home nine years ago. We16 a lot of time and 17  in the yard to get it looking the way it does today. We live on a corner, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall.
We did the best to cultivate(耕种) it and called this area our rock garden. 18   We had found flowers and plants, Denise or I will plant them, just to bring some 19 to the area.
Last summer I found a tiny little  plant that I could not immediately
20. I was sure that we didn’t plant it. We decided to let it 21 to grow until we could  22  what it was.
Weeks passed, and as I made my way back to the 23  plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I 24 to nurture(培育) it and weed around it. As I picked up rocks from the area to get to the 25, I noticed something 26 . The sunflower had not started to grow from where I first saw the stalks(茎）appear. 27  it had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to 28 the sun.
That's when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower wouldn't let a big rock stand in its way when growing up, then we have the29 to do the same.  30 we believe in ourselves, like that little sunflower, we can
31 the type of nourishment(营养）and growth. We need to believe in
32,  knowing that we have the ability to 33 our desires. If you stand all like the sunflower and are 34 of who and what you are, then the environment will begin to 35 you. You will find a way to go under or around your obstacles( 障碍）in order to reach your goals.
16. A. took         B. spent        C. cost         D. pay
17. A. strength     B. energy       C. power        D. force
18. A. However      B. When       C. Whenever     D. Whatever
19. A. weed         B. color        C. water        D. soil
20. A. classify      B. accept       C. clarify      D. identify
21. A. remain       B. prevent      C. continue     D. leave
22. A. figure out    B. hold out      C. stand out    D. try out
23. A. endangered   B. convenient    C. mysterious   D. enormous
24. A. refused      B. decided      C. adapted      D. proposed
25. A. seeds        B. stalks        C. rocks        D. weeds
26. A. unusual      B. common       C. fantastic    D. unnatural
27. A. Casually     B. Basically      C. Actually     D. Strangely
28. A. enlarge      B. expand       C. reach        D. spread
29. A. chance       B. choice       C. power        D. ability
30. A. What if      B. As far as      C. Only if      D. As long as
31. A. inspire      B. attain         C. lose         D. refuse
32. A. ourselves    B. yourselves     C. themselves   D. myself
33. A. preserve     B. comfort        C. achieve      D. suggest
34. A. ashamed      B. pride         C. proud        D. ambitious
35. A. ensure       B. support       C. satisfy      D. protect             

第二节  完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第30至第40小题所给的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。
Dear Sarah,
You have every right to feel betrayed by your friend if she did tell your secrets to others, but it seems  31  that she did. You say that you are best  32 ; well, best friends talk about their  33  and try to  34  them. If she is a good friend, you should apologize for blaming her.
 35  you still have doubts, you should think about why you don’t believe her. Was it because you were ashamed of your mark  36  your behavior? Did you feel jealous of your friend’s  37 ? If so, the problem  38  with you, not her. Try not to sound too proud of  39  when discussing your marks in front of others.
However, if you feel that she is very  40  at keeping secrets and likes to embarrass you in public, you had better find a new friend.
31. A. important       B. unlikely               C. necessary             D. unfair
32. A. students           B. players                 C. friends                        D. learners
33. A. problems                B. teachers                C. questions              D. studies
34. A. love               B. solve                    C. find                    D. help
35. A. As                  B. While                  C. Because                D. If
36. A. or                   B. and                      C. with                     D. along with
37. A. clothes            B. family                  C. parents                 D. marks
38. A. goes                B. fights                   C. deals                    D. lies
39. A. you                B. yourself                       C. them                    D. themselves
40. A. good               B. clever                  C. bad                      D. expert

第二节完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes. They think that they are left in the (36)       of strangers for the rest of their lives. Their (37)     children visit them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any (38)      visitors. They live a lonely life without anyone’s care. The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth and (39)     story. In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of such care (40)     elderly people need. They are still living in a familiar family. Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, studied (41)      the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the (42)      American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. However, because people today live longer after an illness than people did years (43)      , family members must provide long term care. We know, people need company, (44)     the elderly people.
More psychologists have found that all caregivers (45)   a common characteristic: All caregivers believe that they are the best (46)     for the job. In other words, they all felt that they (47)     do the job better than anyone else. They will do the job heart and soul. A survey was carried out between the caregivers. Social workers (48)      caregivers to find out why they took (49)    the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative. Many caregivers believed they had (50)      to help their relative. Some (51)      that helping others make them feel more useful and full. Others hoped that by helping (52)      now, they would (53)      care when they became old and (54)      .Caring for the elderly and being taken care of can be a mutually satisfying experience for everyone who might be (55)      .
36. A. charges          B. cares               C. homes                 D. hands
37.A.growing           B. grown                C. developed             D. developing
38 A. regular            B. constant               C. usual               D. close
39.A.true               B. false                  C. imaginary           D. sad
40.A.this               B. that                   C. what                D. as
41.A.how                     B. when                  C. why                D. what
42.A.usual              B. general               C. average              D. most
43.A.later                     B. ago                   C. before              D. since
44.A.let alone           B. leave alone           C. let out               D. leave behind
45.A.share              B. form                 C. appreciate            D. value
46.A.men               B. somebody             C. people               D. person
47.A.would              B. should               C. might                D. could
48.A. questioned         B. interviewed           C. asked                  D. inquired
49.A.up                 B. in                   C. on                 D. off
50.A.intention           B. admiration            C. duty                  D. admission
51.A.declared            B. stated                C. showed              D. complained
52.A.anyone            B. everyone             C. none                D. someone
53.A.earn                B. deserve               C. devote               D. increase
54.A.unsatisfied          B. dependent             C. lonely                  D. unlucky
55.A.thought            B. considered            C. cared                D .involved

第二节   完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
I met Chandra Rekha Shrestha, a visually damaged girl, on the way to Shanti Nagar. She was walking down the road with her white stick, and I saw she walking into a muddy    36   . Had she continued, she might have   37    into the water. Not wanting this to happen, I stopped my   38    and called out, “There’s a hole in front of you, Chandra. If it’s all right with you, I’ll   39   you to your place.”
She happily  40   . I took her bag so she could climb on my motorbike. We talked about her   profession and   41   , and I discovered she was on her way toTinkune for a teacher’s training program.
Chandra had called me a couple of times since our   42    meeting. However, I had been unable to meet her   43    my busy schedules. Finally,   44   at the Kathmandu Mall, she said, "If you hadn’t given me your business card, I wouldn’t have called you." We talked about a range of issues, and I came to   45    that Chandra possessed a deep knowledge which would challenge that of many   46    fit people.
Although she has a mother and three brothers, Chandra has been   47    on her own for the past years. She cooks for herself and washes her own clothes while   48    to teach every morning at Anam Nagar’s Rudramati Primary School. While doing her   49   , she tries to remember people, places, and things in order to manage her daily life. She is a(an)   50    person, telling me that she made the decision to live alone after her  51    said they would take turns to look after her each month. Chandra felt this would   52    her. Chandra’s main source of information is through her   53  , learning about various news as they are broadcast.
Chandra lost her eyesight as a baby and had to learn how to survive at an early age. I really   54    her confidence and the way she carried herself in her life. Thank you, Chandra Rekha. You have reminded me of what truly matter in life but are   55    lacking in our city.
36. A. pavement            B. passage             C. hole                         D. freeway
37. A. climbed                 B. landed               C. flown                       D. fallen
38. A. car                        B. truck                 C. motorbike                D. bus
39. A. pass                    B. drop                 C. take                         D. fetch
40. A. allowed                 B. expected            C. replied                            D. accepted
41. A. study                  B. job                   C. celebration               D. travel
42. A. happy         B. unexpected     C. sudden                     D. strange
43. A. due to                 B. in addition to     C. instead of                 D. in spite of
44. A. resisting              B. rescuing            C. reuniting                  D. removing
45. A. discovered          B. encouraged        C. persuaded                 D. supposed
46. A. mentally             B. inappropriately  C. physically                 D. naturally
47. A. living                 B. lying                 C. waiting                    D. staying
48. A. managing            B. recognizing       C. allowing                   D. reducing
49. A. practice                 B. housework         C. effort                       D. homework
50. A. stubborn             B. reliable             C. confident                  D. intelligent
51. A. sisters                 B. uncles               C. brothers                   D. aunts
52. A. hurt                    B. weaken             C. ruin                         D. frighten
53. A. TV                        B. radio                 C. calculator                 D. computer
54. A. follow                B. show                 C. notice                      D. admire
55. A. finally                B. recently             C. mostly                            D. simply

第二卷（非选择题 共35分）
注意事项：
用0．5毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡上作答。在试卷上作答，答案无效。 
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）.
第一节 短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
What would you do if you failed? Many people may choose to give  ______ ．    76．____
However, the surest way to success is to keep your direction      and s_____         77．____
to your goal．On your way to success, you must keep your direction．It is just like a lamp,
g        you in darkness and                78．____
helping you ______（克服）difficulties on your way．Otherwise, you           79．___
will easily get lost or hesitate to go       （向前）．Direction means          80．______
objective, you can get nowhere        an aim in life．You can                81．__   
try to write your aim on paper and make some p       to achieve              82．______
it．In this way, you will know _______ to arrange your time and to             83．_____
spend time properly．And you should have a   （信念）that you             84．______
are sure to succeed as l       as you keep your direction．                        85．___

第二节 完形填空（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，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并填在答卷卡上。
I can still remember the first day when I met my best friend. She had just moved into the neighborhood （邻里）and her grandmother brought her down to  36  me. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother,  37  to look at each other. Soon we lost the  38  and started playing with each other.
In the 7th grade, I first lost touch with her. She was  39  family problems and I deserted her to be with the “cooler people”. None of my new friends liked her as much as I did  40  they knew she had  41  . However, every summer we  42  always sit at each other’s house and watch soap operas （肥皂剧）and talk about all the boys we liked.
It was last year when I noticed the problem. I guessed I was  43  devoted in high school to  __44  she needed someone there for her. Anyway, she made a new  “best firiend” and so did I. Then I didn’t know why,  45  she started cutting herself!
She then was diagnosed as clinical depression （临床抑郁症）. At first, I was very  46  , but we still stayed in  47  . I wanted to be there for her since her new best friends basically  48  her and people were calling her  49  .
Yesterday she came to me and said: “I never knew what a best friend was  50  you were the only person that would stop me from cutting. 1  51  you so much, and you didn’t even know you were  52  me.”
We both cried. And I think a kind of  53  from my life so far is to never give up on （放弃）your friends. Even if they aren’t as cool as others, or people think they are crazy, they need  54__ there. If you desert them, you will only be   55  yourself.
36. A. follow  B. meet   C. join    D. support
37. A. scared   B. angry  C. worried      D. delighted
38. A. temper  B. interest       C. confidence  D. shyness
39. A. working out     B. answering for      C. going through    D. helping with
40. A. though  B. because      C. while  D. yet
41. A. problems     B. shortcomings      C. partners       D. disabilities
42. A. should  B. could  C. would D. might
43. A. much    B. too     C. only    D. just
44. A. admit   B. accept C. consider     D. realize
45. A. but           B. for    C. or           D. so
46. A. mad     B. careless      C. upset   D. hopeful
47. A. place    B. touch  C. control       D. mood
48. A. confused      B. bothered     C. reminded    D. deserted
49. A. crazy    B. selfish C. brave  D. lonely
50. A. since    B. when  C. until   D. if
51. A. expect  B. influence          C. appreciate   D. demand
52. A. cheating       B. reminding         C. helping       D. praising
53. A. honour B. favour C. pleasure     D. lesson
54. A. someone      B. something         C. anyone       D. everything
55. A. unguilty       B. successful         C. guilty   D. reliable

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分 30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Traveling in Vietnam was like visiting a mysterious neighbor. You have lived next door to each other for years but know very    1_ about what happened on   2__ side of the fence.
I traveled there last August. A(n)   3   180-kilometre trip from a Chinese border town to Hanoi, the capital of Vietman,   4    an adventurous eight hours. That’s   5    the country still doesn’t have a modern expressway system. The major passage going through the country is only a two—way road.    6    , many areas are mountainous.
Vietnamese drivers are   7    and fearless. They compete with each other at full speeds no matter how scared the   8    feel. When the bus shook us violently for the hundredth time, the driver made a   9   to make us feel better. “See, this is just a(n)   10   Vietnamese people give you, a free massage(按摩) service.”
It was midnight   11   I reached that hotel. Switching on television, I was   12   by something: All the __13__ in the TV plays spoke in the same voice.   14   , modern Korean plays and historical Chinese plays are   15   with the Vietnamese. But it seemed they didn’t have enough   16   to dub(为…配音) all these programs. So, the same boring woman appears 17   every TV play to speak for the roles. The next morning when I opened the window, I found myself in a huge “   18   ”. The buildings in the streets were __19  in all kinds of colors you can imagine. Vietnamese are allowed to   20   their houses as they like. Each one was different. The large number of colors brought the city alive.
1. A. little                     B. much                C. a lot                         D. few
2. A. another      B. other         C. either              D. the other
3. A. long        B. simple        C. pleasant            D. easy
4. A. took              B. spent         C. paid              D .devoted 
5. A. why              B. when         C. because            D. where
6. A. Therefore         B.However       C. Also               D. Otherwise
7. A. wonderful   B. impatient            C. careful             D. helpless
8. A. passengers         B. policemen     C. drivers             D. passers-by
9. A. story       B. joke                C. promise            D. statement
10. A. gift             B. pleasure       C. competition        D. surprise
11. A. that             B. until          C. when             D. while
12. A. excited           B. embarrassed    C. disappointed        D. amazed
13. A. actresses         B. actors         C. characters          D. channels
14. A. At present  B. To be honest    C. Sure enough         D. Of course
15. A. satisfied          B. received       C. content             D. popular
16. A. time             B. budget         C. people              D. space
17. A. beside           B. under         C. over               D. behind
18. A. film             B. garden              C. book               D. cup
19. A. put              B. set           C. dressed             D. filled
20. A. rent       B. make         C. live                D. paint

第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为31-40的相应位置上。
As settlers moved to California ___31     the mid-nineteenth century, they became
concerned about the lack of rapid _____32    (communicate) with the eastern United States. Because of the dangers and hardships of ___33   (cross) the West, mail often did not arrive. Therefore the most important mails _____34    (send)  via Panama, ____35    took a month or more. In 1860 a stagecoach company decided to meet the problem by beginning the Pony Express. The company hired __36   bravest riders and bought the fastest horses __37   (use) as relay(替换) teams between Missouri and California, and the company promised __38     mails would be sent in ten days. The company established two hundred stations along the route at which riders could rest and change horses. In less than two years, __39  , telegraph lines were completed and the Pony Express was ___40     longer needed.