A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile-zone, when a police car came behind him with the flashers(警灯) on. As he pulled over and stopped, he could see a policeman getting out of his car. Right away the man started thinking of excuses to give, as this was not the first time, he had been in similar situations many times before.

 As the policeman came to him, he said, “Hi, officer, I guess you caught me a little bit over the limit. I was in a rush to get home, to be with my wife and kids, you know my younger son wasn’t feeling too well, when I left home this morning.”

The policeman said, “Well, I guess so,” and started scribbling(速写) in his notebook. As minutes went by, he could see from the side view mirror, the policeman was still scribbling. The man was wondering why he hadn’t asked for his driver’s license so far.  A few moments later, the policeman came to his window and handed him a folded paper, and returned back to his car without saying a single word. The man started to wonder, how much this ticket is going to be as he began to unfold the paper. He was surprised it was not a ticket as he began to read:

“I had a daughter who was killed by a speeding car at the age of six, by a speeding driver like you. He got a fine (惩罚), a few months in prison, and was free, free to hug his two other daughters. I only had one, and now I have to wait until I get to heaven before I can hug her again. I have tried to forgive that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive him, but I have to do it again, even right now. So pray(为……祈祷) for me, and be careful when you drive again, my son is all I have left.”

The man was completely dumbfounded(目瞪口呆的) and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove slowly, even a few miles under the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.

52. Why did the policeman stop the man?

A. Because the man drove after drinking.

B. Because the man drove at a speed of 40 miles an hour.

C. Because the man drove over the speed limit

D. Because the man drove in a 40-mile-zone.

53. Which statement is TRUE according to the article?

A. It was the first time that the man had driven over the limit a little bit.

B. He was in a rush to get home because his son was not feeling well.

C. This story happened in the morning.

D. The policeman didn’t believe the excuse the man gave.

54. From what the policeman said in Paragraph 4 we know that ______.

    A. he wanted to go to heaven to hug his daughter

    B. he recognized the man who had driven the speeding car who killed his daughter

    C. the man who had killed the policeman’s daughter was free to do anything in prison

    D. the man who had killed the policeman’s daughter hugged his own daughters in prison

55. Why did the man at last drive slowly?

    A. Because he was afraid to be fined again.

    B. Because he heard his son was feeling well.

    C. Because he was driving in a 40-mile-zone.

D. Because he got a good lesson from what the policeman had written.

 

第II卷 (共 50 分)

词汇：第一节：默写。（共30个空格，每空格0.5分，满分15分）

I am going to tell you an ________ story. This afternoon a ________ ________ gentleman came into my restaurant. Nobody knew who he was and where he came from.   ... When he was asked to pay the bill, the gentleman asked whether we would mind waiting just a few minutes... ________, we could not change the bank note as it was too large. So I gave this strange but very rich man a free dinner, ________ _________ ________ that he might come to my restaurant again.

What it was to become was ________ until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the dust ________ ________ ________ ________ ________. The earth became so ________ that it was not clear whether the shape would last or not. It ________ loudly with fire and rock.

“Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and _________ _________ _________ __________ make Vancouver one of the most popular cities to live in. Its population is __________ _________. …. It is so wet there that the trees are ________ tall, some ________ over 90 metres.”

The tunnel would be ________ if tall chimneys were built above sea level… If, at that time, the British ________ not ________ ________, it would ________ ________ ________.

 

It was 4 o'clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.

“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just   36  in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)  37  and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was  38  . The doctor described the  39 , which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they   40  the charcoal(木炭),it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline(petrol).The flames  41  my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.

  42 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and  43  him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in  44   to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars(伤疤).

After he  45  from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months  46  it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.

When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch very  47  scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not   48  it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”

I   49   this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to  50   and returned to school with his head held high--glad he was alive.

By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not  51 . So he made the  52   to give up any plastic surgery. We all have “scars” that we believe  53  people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.  

But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same  54  standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value  55   yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

1.                A．brought        B．given           C．turned   D．showed

 

2.                A．doctor         B．hospital         C．aircraft   D．ambulance

 

3.                A．serious         B．terrible         C．dangerous D．important

 

4.                A．event          B．process         C．reason   D．accident

 

5.                A．got            B．lit             C．burned　　   D．moved

 

6.                A．took           B．held　　        C．caught 　　   D．attracted

 

7.                A．Fortunately      B．Surprisingly      C．Happily   D．Slowly

 

8.                A．Pushed         B．threw          C．dropped  D．rolled

 

9.                A．shape          B．place           C．fact  D．time

 

10.               A．benefited       B．recovered      C．suffered   D．relaxed

 

11.               A．if             B．while          C．because   D．although

 

12.               A．normal         B．violent         C．obvious   D．popular

 

13.               A．mention        B．notice          C．laugh D．hide

 

14.               A．sent           B．kept           C．handed   D．passed

 

15.               A．heart          B．life            C．practice   D．considerate

 

16.               A．grow          B．matter         C．exist  D．appeal

 

17.               A．mistake        B．effort          C．decision   D．request

 

18.               A．invite          B．cause          C．allow D．Remind

 

19.               A．false           B．strict           C．moral D．general

 

20.               A．by            B．over           C．beyond   D．within

 

 

第二节 完型填空（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was 4 o’clock in the morning on June 9, 2003 when I received the phone call. “This is the emergency room calling and your son was just  21  in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)  22  and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was  23  .

The doctor described the  24  , which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they  25  the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much petrol. The flames  26  my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.

27  , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and  28  him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in  29  to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars.

After he  30  from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容) for 6 months  31  it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.

When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very  32  scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not  33  it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”

I  34  this wisdom on to my son. He kept my advice in  35  and returned to school with his head held high--glad he was alive.

By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars didn’t  36  , so he made the  37  to give up any plastic surgery.

We all have “scars” that we believe  38  people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.

But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same  39  standards. Put your imperfections(缺点；瑕疵) out of your mind and concentrate on what you value  40  yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

21. A. brought             B. given                  C. turned                       D. showed

22. A. doctor             B. hospital                C. aircraft                    D. ambulance

23. A. serious               B. terrible                C. dangerous                D. important 

24. A. event                 B. process                C. reason                       D. accident

25. A. got                   B. lit                       C. burned                     D. moved

26. A. took               B. held                 C. caught                        D. attracted

27. A Fortunately         B. Surprisingly        C. Happily                     D. Slowly

28. A. pushed              B. threw                C. dropped                   D. rolled

29. A. shape              B. place                   C. fact                            D. time

30. A. benefited           B. recovered          C. suffered                     D. relaxed

31. A. if                    B. while                   C. because                      D. although

32. A. normal              B. violent              C. obvious                  D. popular

33. A. mention            B. notice                C. laugh                         D. hide

34. A. sent                   B. kept                    C. handed                       D. passed

35. A. mind                B. life                   C. practice                   D. heart

36. A. grow          B. matter                 C. exist                        D. appear

37. A. mistake             B. effort                C. decision                     D. request 

38. A. invite              B. cause                  C. allow                        D. remind

39. A. false                 B strict                     C. moral                        D. general 

40. A. by                 B. over                  C. beyond                       D. within

 

 

.---Did your father come back early last night?

---Yes. It was not yet eight o’clock ______ he arrived home.

A. before        B. when           C. that          D. until