My husband Mike hated Christmas. He didn’t hate the true meaning of ___36___, but the commercial aspects (方面) of it. Knowing he felt this ____37__, I decided one year to__38__the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something __39_just for Mike. The idea came in an unusual way.

　　 Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was____40__at the junior level at the school he attended and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match___41____a team sponsored（资助） by a church.

　　 These youngsters from the church, dressed in shoes so____42___that shoestrings(鞋带) seemed to be the only thing holding them together,___43_____our son’s team were in their beautiful new wrestling shoes.

　　 As the match began, I was___44___to see that the other team was wrestling without a helmet(头盔) designed to___45____a wrestler’s head. They clearly could not____46___ them. Well, our son’s team ended up defeating them and took every weight class. But as the other team ____47__up from the mat(垫子), they walked around with a sense of pride that couldn’t admit___48____.

　　 Mike, seated beside me, shook his head___49___, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential(潜力), but___50___like this could take the heart right out of them.” Mike loved__51____and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball. That’s when the __52____for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and ___53____some wrestling helmets and shoes and sent them to the church.

　　 On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his____54___from me. His smile was the____55___ thing about Christmas that year.

1.                A．the gift         B．an envelope     C．the wrestling   D．Christmas

2.                A．way           B．joy            C．music    D．fear

3.                A．buy            B．avoid 　        C．wear D．give

4.                A．beautiful        B．expensive　     C．special   D．new

5.                A．wrestling       B．weightlifting     C．shooting  D．boxing

6.                A．at             B．against 　　     C．for  D．on

7.                A．big            B．small 　        C．worn D．cheap

8.                A．because        B．if 　           C．so   D．while

9.                A．frightened      B．disappointed     C．pleased   D．surprised

10.               A．cover          B．surround　　    C．protect    D．hide

11.               A．carry          B．afford 　       C．design D．expect

12.               A．got            B．dressed 　　    C．turned    D．cheered

13.               A．defeat         B．evidence　　    C．charge    D．mistake

14.               A．gently          B．sadly　         C．nervously  D．gladly

15.               A．running        B．winning 　　    C．losing D．shaking

16.               A．workmates      B．parents 　　    C．friends    D．kids

17.               A．invitation       B．idea 　　       C．care  D．money

18.               A．return         B．sold 　　       C．bought    D．left

19.               A．gift            B．warning 　　    C．praise D．love

20.               A．brightest       B．funniest　      C．ugliest D．darkest

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
　　Pete Rose was a great baseball player. Though I have never met him, he taught me something 　31 that changed my life.
　　Pete was being 　32 in spring training the year he was about to break Ty Cobb’s all-time hits record. Suddenly one reporter asked him, “Pete, you only need 78 hits to reach your nearest 　33 . How many at-bats（击球）do you think it’ll take you to get the 78 hits？” Without hesitation, Pete just 　34 at the reporter and said,“78.” The reporter yelled back, “Ah, come on, Pete, you don’t think you’ll get 78 hits in 78 at-bats, do you？”
　　Mr. Rose calmly 　35 his philosophy with the reporters who were 　36 waiting for his reply to the claim.“Every time I 　37 up to the plate（击球区），I 　38 to get a hit! 　39 I have it in mind，I have no right to step into the batter’s（击球手）box! It is 40 expectation that has enabled me to get all of the hits in the first place.”
　　When I thought about Pete Rose’s 　41 and how it applied to everyday 　42 ，I felt a little embarrassed. As a business person，I was hoping to increase my 　43 . As a father，l was hoping to be a good dad. As a married man，I was hoping to be a good husband. The truth was that I was a fairly good salesperson，I was not so 44 a father，and I was an okay husband. I immediately decided that being okay was not 　45 ! I wanted to be a great salesperson，a great father and a great husband. I 　46 my attitude to a positive one，and the results were 47 .I was fortunate enough to win a few sales trips，I won Coach of the Year in my 48 baseball league，and I share a loving relationship with my wife，Karen，with whom I am 49 to enjoy the rest of my life!
　50 ，Mr. Rose!
31．A．reliable 　　　　B．enjoyable 　　　　　　C．valuable　　　　　 D．unbelievable
32．A．admired 　　　　 B．interviewed 　　　　　C．watched 　　　　　 D．trained
33．A．decision 　　　　B．record 　　　　　　　 C．level 　　　　　　 D．goal
34．A．stared 　　　　　B．shouted 　　　　　　　C．glared 　　　　　　D．pointed
35．A．enjoyed 　　　　 B．shared 　　　　　　　 C．discussed 　　　　 D．reviewed
36．A．anxiously 　　　 B．nervously 　　　　　　C．cheerfully 　　　　D．impatiently
37．A．climb 　　　　　 B．jump 　　　　　　　　 C．drive 　　　　　　 D．step
38．A．seem 　　　　　　B．fail 　　　　　　　　 C．expect 　　　　　　D．compete
39．A．Though 　　　　　B．Unless 　　　　　　　 C．Because 　　　　　 D．When
40．A．abrupt 　　　　　B．simple　　　　　　　 C．positive 　　　　　D．considerate
41．A．plan 　　　　　　B．idea 　　　　　　　　 C．ability 　　　　　 D．behaviour
42．A．agenda 　　　　　B．exercise 　　　　　　 C．work 　　　　　　　D．lire
43．A．sales 　　　　　 B．skills 　　　　　　　 C．experiences 　　　 D．experiments
44．A．wise 　　　　　　B．kind 　　　　　　　　 C．mean 　　　　　　　D．bad
45．A．explicit 　　　　B．helpful 　　　　　　　C．enough 　　　　　　D．practical
46．A．changed 　　　　 B．added 　　　　　　　　C．devoted 　　　　　 D．contributed
47．A．hopeful 　　　　 B．amazing 　　　　　　　C．funny 　　　　　　 D．disappointing
48．A．son’s 　　　　　B．wife’s 　　　　　　　C．friend’s 　　　　 D．customer’s
49．A．supposed 　　　　B．expected 　　　　　　 C．encouraged 　　　　D．determined
50．A．Good luck 　　　 B．Best regards 　　　　　C．Thanks 　　　　　 D．Congratulations

　 -Who were those people with the banners?

　　-A group _____ itself the League For Peace.

　　A. calling　　　　　　　　　　　　　　B. calls

　　C. called　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. is called

You're busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Let's assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn't it appealing to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University? More and more people are turning to cheat like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university.

Registrars（登记员） at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are unwilling to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them "cheats"; another refers to them as "special cases". One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by "no such people". To avoid outright(彻底的) lies, some job-seekers claim that they "attending" means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that "being associated with" a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century—that's when they began keeping records, anyhow. If you don't want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a false diploma.

　　One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from "Smoot State University". The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the "University of Purdue". As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.

The main idea of this passage is that ______.

　　A. employers are checking more closely on applicants now

　　B. lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem

　　C. college degrees can now be purchased easily

　　D. employers are no longer interested in college degrees

According to the passage, "special cases" refers to cases that ______.

　　A. students attend a school only part-time

　　B. students never attended a school they listed on their application

　　C. students purchase false degrees from commercial firms

　　D. students attended a famous school

We can infer from the passage that _______.

　　A. performance is a better judge of ability than a college degree

　　B. experience is the best teacher

　　C. past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees do

　　D. a degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition

This passage implies that ______.

　　A. buying a false degree is not moral

　　B. personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools

　　C. most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school

D. society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications

Sport is very popular in England. In other words lots of English people like the idea of sport． A lot watch sport on TV． But the number who take part in（参加）sport is quite small． On the whole English people prefer to be fat rather than thin．
The most popular sport in England is football． Football is played on Saturday afternoon in most towns and the supporters（球迷）of a certain team will travel from one end of the country to the other to see their team play． There are four divisions（级别）of the football league．Not surprisingly the best teams are in the first division． But the best supporters are often in the fourth division． You have to be a good supporter to watch the fourth division football!
Many other sports are also played in England, such as golf, in which you try to knock a ball into a hole; basketball, in which you try to got a ball through a net（篮筐）; tennis, in which you try to hit a ball so that your opponent（对手）can not hit it． As you see, if the ball had not been invented, there would have been no sport．
　　Actually（其实）, that is not quite true． Athletics（田径）isn’t played with a ball; nor horseracing（赛马）． Perhaps that is why they are not so popular as football!
【小题1】________ is the most popular sport in England．