—Do you think you will be able to finish your writing by five o’clock today?

— ______. I’ll be busy with experiments all day.

A．Not a little         B．Not a chance       C．Not to mention it    D．Not a big deal

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。该项中有两项为多余选项。

    My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard.  ___1.___ Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.

    My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. ___2.___She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.

    ___3.___ Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us. ___4.___ She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.

    Often she says to us, “Work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is! ___5.___ This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.

A. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.

B. She enjoys listening to classic music.

C Can you tell us something about your mother?

D. She loves her students and cares for them.

E. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.

F. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.

G. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.

We always want what we cannot have. When we’re young, we want to stay out late, have romantic relationships, and be __36__. However, when we’re __37__, we want to go back to being young and we __38__ the days when we didn’t have to worry about complex love affairs, __39__ pressure, and money problems.

Young people believe adulthood __40__ freedom from parents and schoolwork. When they get older, they feel that __41__is freedom from work pressure and family responsibilities. To  __42__ this feeling, people say, “The grass is always __43__ on the other side.”

As teenagers, we like to be like adults but as young adults, we __44__to be young again. We think about staying out late, __45__ our own money to spend. Suddenly, they see that love can result in _46__hearts; staying out late makes it hard to get ready for__47__the next morning. They find out that adult life is not as __48__as they thought it would be and suddenly, __49__ becomes very scary.

Life is __50__. It gives us time to__51__ but also requires us to work. The time will come when we must grow up and we will always look __52__ wishing we __53__being young a bit longer. That time will not come back. It is normal to want what we cannot have but the __54__ is that to be happy is to appreciate what we have. That is the first step to growing up. __55__life becomes more complex we will not regret the time we wasted wishing we were adults.

1.                A．comfortable     B．dependent      C．independent   D．polite

2.                A．older          B．defeated        C．married  D．confident

3.                A．like            B．forget          C．regret    D．miss

4.                A．study          B．job            C．age  D．health

5.                A．creates         B．shows          C．means    D．limits

6.                A．childhood       B．adulthood       C．parenthood   D．romanticism

7.                A．reduce         B．describe        C．experience    D．understand

8.                A．greener        B．thinner         C．yellow    D．colorful

9.                A．wish           B．decide         C．return    D．stop

10.               A．making         B．having         C．worrying about  D．showing off

11.               A．healthy         B．ambitious       C．broken    D．excited

12.               A．breakfast       B．school         C．exercise   D．work

13.               A．rich           B．busy           C．free D．easy

14.               A．life            B．love           C．career    D．future

15.               A．long           B．short          C．fair   D．beautiful

16.               A．study          B．think           C．play D．live

17.               A．up            B．down          C．back D．into

18.               A．stopped        B．enjoyed        C．imagined D．tried

19.               A．reason         B．result          C．dream D．truth

20.               A．If             B．When          C．Unless D．Before

My First Job

Jay Leno is a very famous TV host in NBC．He started his talk show titled The Jay Lena Show in September 2009．It was a very popular TV programm in America．Here is the story of his first job．

I gained a very strong work concept from my parents, both of whom lived through a hard period of time-the Great Depression           （大萧条）．They couldn't ___36___ people who didn't work regularly．I once told my mom that Sylvester Stallone was getting $12 million for ten weeks of work．"What's he going to do the rest of the _37__?" she asked．

I took my first job at Wilmington Ford near my homerown of Andover, Massachusetts, when I was 16．I worked until five or six o'clock on school days and __38____ 12-hour days during the summer as a prepper（擦洗汽车的小工）．This meant washing and polishing the new cars, and making sure the paper floor mats were in __39__．Another responsibility was taking off the hubcaps (车轮毂盖） at night, so they wouldn't get stolen, and    40   them the next day．This was    41    work because we had about seven acres of   42 One day, carrying an armful of hubcaps    43   a corner, I almost __44__ our new general manager．Scared, I dropped them all．He __45 me on the spot．

I was too ashamed to tell my parents．Every day for about two weeks, I stayed __46  until evening．Then I would go home and say I had a ．__47___ day at work．

Trying to make a last    48   ,  I wrote a letter to Henry Ford II and told him what happened．I said that we were a reliable Ford family and that when I was old enough, I was going to buy a Mustang． __49__ the owner of the dealership(经营店） called．"I don't know who you know in Detroit．" he said．"but if you want your job back, you've  50 it.”

Later, during college, I wanted to work at a Roils-Royce dealership, but the owner said there were no openings．So 1 started washing cars there anyway．When the ___51__ noticed me, I said I was working until he _52__ me．He did．And the second day, I started to work there as a sales clerk．

It   53   persistence (坚持） to succeed．Attitude    54_ matters．I have never thought I was better than anyone else, but I have always believed I couldn't be _ 55  ．

1.                A．see            B．know           C．understand    D．love

2.                A．day            B．month          C．week D．year

3.                A．put in          B．took up         C．gave out  D．stuck to

4.                A．place          B．need           C．shape    D．fashion

5.                A．changing        B．selling          C．replacing D．cleaning

6.                A．hard           B．normal         C．regular   D．plain

7.                A．mats           B．cars            C．areas D．floors

8.                A．at             B．in             C．beyond   D．around

9.                A．broke into      B．looked across    C．crashed into   D．came across

10.               A．fired           B．left            C．punished  D．forgot

11.               A．calm           B．busy           C．still   D．alone

12.               A．stressful        B．relaxing        C．bad  D．great

13.               A．effort          B．change         C．dialogue   D．decision

14.               A．Gradually       B．Eventually       C．Temporarily    D．Hopefully

15.               A．reached        B．passed         C．got   D．caught

16.               A．prepper        B．owner         C．clerk D．customer

17.               A．helped         B．tired           C．hired D．called

18.               A．makes         B．shows          C．carries    D．takes

19.               A．also           B．even           C．never D．ever

20.               A．followed        B．scolded        C．defeated  D．interrupted

第四节完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、和D四个选中选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
On a cold winter morning, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed warmly and equipped with the video we had been  26  to watch. I was feeling a little  27  , as I was carrying our shopping bags of snacks and the video.
They were so heavy that I decided to  28  some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can when I noticed a poor man  29  his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He held a paper bag with his dirty hand. He  30  over to another nearby garbage can and started  31  it.
I suddenly felt very  32 . I knew this man would take all he could get,  33  I walked up to him and 34  the drink and some snacks over to him. The man, with lines on his face and wrinkles on his forehead, looked up in  35  and took what I gave him.
A huge smile 36  across his face and this 37  me to feel indescribable satisfaction. I felt like I couldn’t be  38  with myself, but then he said: “Wow, first someone gives me this sandwich, then this drink, and now some  39  food; this is my daughter’s  40  day!”
He thanked me happily and started off  41  his bike. I even heard him whistling a song as he rode away.
I now 42  what is meant by the saying “giving is getting”. Everyone in the world needs help, everyone can  43  help and everyone will be helped by showing  44 .
The image of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind  45  I have the chance to do something nice.
26．A．drinking      B．eating          C．dying          D．living
27．A．excited                 B．puzzled        C．tired                   D．satisfied
28．A．pick out          B．eat up            C．put down      D．throw away
29．A．running                B．walking           C．dragging      D．pulling
30．A．headed          B．rode               C．ran               D．fled
31．A．breaking into  B．looking through C．staring at    D．searching for
32．A．cold             B．afraid             C．guilty           D．content
33．A．but                    B．because            C．so                D．if
34．A．turned           B．thought           C．took              D．handed
35．A．surprise        B．detail               C．case                    D．return
36．A．disappeared    B．paused             C．existed             D．spread
37．A．made             B．forced             C．caused           D．gave
38．A．sadder             B．angrier            C．happier            D．crazier
39．A．cheap           B．tasty                C．clean               D．useful
40．A．lucky             B．busy                C．interesting      D．quiet
41．A．by                      B．on                   C．in                  D．with
42．A．remember        B．understand      C．appreciate      D．recognize
43．A．refuse           B．receive            C．offer              D．find
44．A．kindness          B．eagerness         C．willingness       D．braveness
45．A．every time     B．last time              C．atother times         D．next time