单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
【小题1】The farmers have b________ a lot from the government’s support.
【小题2】The story r________ me of my terrible experience in the coal mine.
【小题3】There was a strong c________ about their wedding plans and everybody wondered.
【小题4】Chinese scientist Chen Yu’ao was a__________ the Annual Fresnel Prize in 2013 because of his contribution in physics.
【小题5】At the beginning, it was not immediately o_________ that water was fundamental to the development of life.
【小题6】An a__________ doesn’t necessarily mean doing something rough and dangerous. It may be anything that you have never experienced before.
【小题7】There e___________ a certain doubt among the students as to the necessity of the work.
【小题8】Don’t be upset. There is no f________ on earth that does not end in parting.
【小题9】They were s___________ by the police as they were entering the bank.
【小题10】Some festivals, such as the Japanese Obon, are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the a___________, who might return either to help or to do harm.

单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

1.The farmers have b________ a lot from the government’s support.

2.The story r________ me of my terrible experience in the coal mine.

3.There was a strong c________ about their wedding plans and everybody wondered.

4.Chinese scientist Chen Yu’ao was a__________ the Annual Fresnel Prize in 2013 because of his contribution in physics.

5.At the beginning, it was not immediately o_________ that water was fundamental to the development of life.

6.An a__________ doesn’t necessarily mean doing something rough and dangerous. It may be anything that you have never experienced before.

7.There e___________ a certain doubt among the students as to the necessity of the work.

8.Don’t be upset. There is no f________ on earth that does not end in parting.

9.They were s___________ by the police as they were entering the bank.

10.Some festivals, such as the Japanese Obon, are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the a___________, who might return either to help or to do harm.

They were s___________ at the news that he had cheated in the exam.

The Hand
Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class fun work to draw a picture of  36  for which they were thankful.
Most of the class might be  37   to be economically(经济上) poor, but still many would  38   a big holiday dinner with turkeys and other traditional goodies of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the   39   of most of her students’ art. And they really were.
But Douglas made a   40   kind of picture, for Douglas was a different kind of boy. He was the teacher’s true child of pity and love,  41  and unhappy. As other children played at break, Douglas was likely to stand close by her side. One could only guess the pain Douglas felt  42   those sad eyes.
Yes, his picture was different. When he was  43  to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a  44  ---nothing else. Just an empty hand.
His picture brought out the heated  45  of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer because farmers  46   turkeys. Another suggested a police officer’s because the police protect and  47   people. And so the discussion went --- until the teacher   48   forgot the young artist.
  49 the children had gone on to do other work, she   50 Douglas’ desk, bent down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy looked away and said in a very low voice, “It’s yours, teacher.”
She recalled the  51    when she had taken his hand and walked with him here and there and how  52   she had said, “Take your hand, Douglas, and we’ll go outside.” or “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” or “Let’s do this together.” Douglas was most   53   for his teacher’s hand.
Brushing aside tears, she went on with her work.
In fact, people  54   not always say “Thanks”. But they would remember the hand that  55   .

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，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was a cold winter’s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight   36 .
I worked in a   37  doctor’s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run   38  than usual. It seemed I was going to be late   39  home and my husband, being the   40  person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe   41  I hurried, I could still make it home.
I was heading inside to   42  for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for   43  to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just   44  a few minutes ago.
The young man at the counter was trying to be   45  in explaining how to get there, with two other people making   46 . One of them was   47  trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, “Would you like to follow me to the   48 ?”
A look of   49  crossed the woman’s face.
“I’m going right by there,” I said, which wasn’t a(an)   50  since I had just made up my mind to do   51  that.
I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right   52  me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to   53 . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.
Later, as I arrived home, my husband   54 , “So you aren’t ever late any more.”
I said, “Sometimes it’s   55  to be late.”