Unlike many surfers who sought the perfect wave, my interests always lay beneath the sea' s surface in a world I could only imagine and dream of．When I was twelve, I made my first adventures in the deep．Later I would learn how to dive, expanding my world of exploration many times over．
Perhaps the greatest turning point in my life came when I was in high school and I wrote a letter to the famous Scripps Oceanographic Institution, asking how I might learn more about the sea．A kind scientist answered my letter and told me how to apply to Scripps for a summer scholarship, which I received．During one of their courses that summer, I met Dr．Robert Norris, a marine geologist．He loved the sea almost as much as I did．Soon he suggested I consider his school, the University of California, for my study．One year later I became a member of the freshman class．
Now my love affair with the sea became a serious endeavor（艰苦的努力）．If I wanted to be an undersea explorer, I needed to learn as much as I could about the laws of the physical world that controlled the environment I wanted to enter．The undersea world is not our natural world．It is unforgiving to those who make mistakes．At its greatest depths the water temperature is near freezing, the pressure is eight tons per square inch, and it is totally dark．It is easy to get lost in such a world．I needed to learn a lot about geography, navigation, geology, biology, and many other things．
I decided another important thing for me to do was to join the U．S．Navy．If I was going to be an undersea explorer, I would have to lead men and women on dangerous adventures where they might get hurt, and I didn't want that to happen．
In the Navy I learned discipline, organization, and how to motivate and lead people on adventures so that we could explore the wonders of the deep．
Finally, the time came to put all that I had learned to use, to go forth with a team of men and women and explore an adventure I am still on and hope to be on for many years to come．
【小题1】What happened to the author at the age of twelve?

Unlike many surfers who sought the perfect wave, my interests always lay beneath the sea' s surface in a world I could only imagine and dream of．When I was twelve, I made my first adventures in the deep．Later I would learn how to dive, expanding my world of exploration many times over．
Perhaps the greatest turning point in my life came when I was in high school and I wrote a letter to the famous Scripps Oceanographic Institution, asking how I might learn more about the sea．A kind scientist answered my letter and told me how to apply to Scripps for a summer scholarship, which I received．During one of their courses that summer, I met Dr．Robert Norris, a marine geologist．He loved the sea almost as much as I did．Soon he suggested I consider his school, the University of California, for my study．One year later I became a member of the freshman class．
Now my love affair with the sea became a serious endeavor（艰苦的努力）．If I wanted to be an undersea explorer, I needed to learn as much as I could about the laws of the physical world that controlled the environment I wanted to enter．The undersea world is not our natural world．It is unforgiving to those who make mistakes．At its greatest depths the water temperature is near freezing, the pressure is eight tons per square inch, and it is totally dark．It is easy to get lost in such a world．I needed to learn a lot about geography, navigation, geology, biology, and many other things．
I decided another important thing for me to do was to join the U．S．Navy．If I was going to be an undersea explorer, I would have to lead men and women on dangerous adventures where they might get hurt, and I didn't want that to happen．
In the Navy I learned discipline, organization, and how to motivate and lead people on adventures so that we could explore the wonders of the deep．
Finally, the time came to put all that I had learned to use, to go forth with a team of men and women and explore an adventure I am still on and hope to be on for many years to come．

1. 1.

   What happened to the author at the age of twelve?

   1. A.
      He dreamed about undersea exploration．
   2. B.
      He began to swim under the deep water．
   3. C.
      He surfed on big waves for the first time．
   4. D.
      He learned to dive off the cliffs．
2. 2.

   In college, the author took many different types of courses because he

   1. A.
      was told it was easy to get lost in exploration
   2. B.
      was advised to take them by Dr．Robert Norris
   3. C.
      thought they were needed to fully understand the ocean
   4. D.
      believed it would help him succeed in the Navy
3. 3.

   The author joined the Navy to ______．

   1. A.
      develop his leadership skills
   2. B.
      get along with people under stress
   3. C.
      learn about the dangers of the ocean
   4. D.
      gather specific information about ocean life
4. 4.

   Which word can best describe the author?

   1. A.
      Imaginative．
   2. B.
      Optimistic．
   3. C.
      Independent．
   4. D.
      Ambitious．

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项的标号涂黑。
第二节完形填空（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。
My 14-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time. It was hanging at a （an）  21  clothing store. The coat had a black velvet collar, delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label （标签） and a （an） 22  price of $ 28.
We looked at  23  , saying nothing,  24 John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with  25, but could  26 several hundred dollars new.
John 27the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied  28that soon changed into a smile. The 29 was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They love it.” He said, carefully  30  it over the chair and smoothing it flat.
Over the next few weeks, the 31came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion was  32 argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to  33. “Good dinner, Mum,” he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are right, and I guess I will.”
When I  34 this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know  35  caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat!” At the library, we 36  to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “  37  this be John?” He asked, looking up to John’s new height and coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both knew we should never  38  a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for  39 a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standard of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for  40 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
21．A．second-hand     B．expensive     C．big       D．cheap
22．A．reasonable          B．unbelievable     C．special      D．average
23．A．each other     B．one another      C．the other   D．others
24．A．therefore     B．however      C．but       D．thus
25．A．adults          B．people         C．parents     D．teenagers
26．A．spend          B．cost          C．pay      D．take
27．A．touched       B．buttoned      C．held     D．obtained
28．A．gesture        B．expression     C．attitude     D．feeling
29．A．color         B．price         C．fit        D．style
30．A．pressing       B．taking          C．hanging    D．folding
31．A．happiness     B．satisfaction       C．change      D．generosity
32．A．because of          B．instead of     C．aware of   D．full of
33．A．please          B．understand       C．complain  D．apologize
34．A．mentioned          B．wrote              C．reported    D．explained
35．A．when         B．how         C．what     D．that
36．A．happened     B．came         C．intended   D．decided

Alone in the light at the dining room table, surrounded by a nearly dark house, I sat in tears.
Finally, I  36  in getting both kids to bed. As a new single  37 , I had to be both Mommy and Daddy to my two little children.
With full rights of my children, I  38  to give them a normal and comfortable home life. I  39  a happy face for them.
I rose slowly, trying not to  40  even the least sound which might start them up  41 . I tiptoed(蹑手蹑脚地走) out of their room,  42  the door part way, and went downstairs.
And loneliness(孤独). I  43  as thought I were at the bottom(底部) of a great sea of loneliness. It all  44  together and I was at once lost. I sat there,  45  crying.
Just then, a pair of little  46  went around my middle and a little face looked up at me. I looked down into my five-year-old son’s  47  face.
I was shy to be  48  crying by my son. “I’m sorry. Ethan, I didn’t know you were stillo awake.” I don’t know why, but so many people  49  when they cry and I was no exception. “I didn’t  50  to cry. I’m just a little  51  tonight.”
“It’s okay, Daddy. It’s okay to cry; you’re just  52 .”
I couldn’t express(表达) how happy he made me, this little boy, who was simple, gave me  53  to cry. He seemed to be saying that I didn’t have to always be  54 , and that sometimes it was possible to allow myself to feel weak and let out my  55 .

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
Filled with sorrow, I didn’t notice the hardness of the chair I was sitting on. I was at the funeral(葬礼)of my   1 . The hurt was so intense（强烈的）, and I found it hard to   2  at times.
Suddenly, I heard a   3  open and slam shut at the back of the church. Quick   4  hurried along the floor. A young man looked around in a   5  and then sat next to me. His eyes were full of tears.
“I’m  6 ,” he explained, though no explanation was   7 . After several eulogies (悼文), he leaned over and commented, “Why do they keep   8  Mary by the name of ‘Margaret’?” “Because that was her name, Margaret. Never Mary,” I   9  . “No, that isn’t correct,” he insisted. “Her name is Mary, Mary Peters.” “That isn’t  10  this is,” I replied. “Isn’t this the Lutheran church?” “No, the Lutheran church is across the street. I believe you’re at the   11  funeral, sir.”
The solemnness (庄严) of the occasion   12  with the realization of the man’s mistake bubbled (充溢) up inside me and came out as  13 . I peeked at the misguided man seated beside me. He was laughing,   14 . I imagined Mother laughing. At the   15  “Aman”, we darted(猛冲) out a door and into the parking lot.
“I do believe we’ll be the   16  of the town,” he smiled. He said his name was Rick and that   17  he had missed his aunt’s funeral, he asked me out for a cup of coffee. That afternoon began a lifelong   18  for me with this man who attended the wrong funeral. A year after our meeting, we were   19  at a country church. This time we both arrived at the same church, right on time.
Whenever anyone asks us how we   20  , Rick tells them, “Her mother and my aunt Mary introduced us.”