It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics(题目), “The Art of Eating Spaghetti(意大利面条)” caught my eye. The word “spaghetti” brought back the ___36___ of an evening at Uncle Alien’s in Belleville ___37___all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat ___38___ spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic(外来的) treat in ___39___days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and ___40___ of the grown-ups had enough experience to be___41___it. What laughing ___42___ we had about the___43___respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. ___44___, I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to ___45___ it down simply for my own ___46___,  not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher. ___47___, I would write something else.

When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no ___48___ left to write a proper com??position for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to ___49___my work. Two days pas??sed before Mr. Fleagle returned the ___50___ papers. He said, “Now, class, I want to read you a composition, ‘The Art of Eating Spaghetti’. ”

My words! He was reading my words out ___51___ to the whole class. ___52___ laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show___53___, but what I was feeling was pure happiness, ___54___ my words had the power to make people___55___.

36. A. memory       B. thought      C. knowledge  D. experience

37. A. when    B. where C. since   D. after

38. A. cooked B. served C. got     D. made

39. A. their     B. past    C. last     D. those

40. A. none     B. one     C. earns   D. neither

41. A. careful about       B. good at      C. fond of      D. interested in

42. A. speeches      B. lessons       C. sayings       D. arguments 

43. A. nearly   B. naturally    C. officially    D. socially

44. A. Especially    B. Probably    C. Suddenly    D. Fortunately

45. A. settle    B. put     C. bite     D. let     

46. A. work    B. story   C. luck    D. joy

47. A. However      B. Therefore   C. As for him  D. Except for that 

48. A. time     B. excuse C. way    D. idea   

49. A. give up B. continue     C. hand in      D. delay 

50. A. written B. graded       C. collected    D. calmly

51. A. laid      B. fast     C. publicly     D. calmly

52. A. People  B. Nobody      C. Somebody  D. I

53. A. shock   B. wonder      C. worry D. pleasure

54. A. if  B. for      C. while  D. although

55. A. excited B. satisfied     C. think   D. laugh 

The long speech given by that old professor seemed _____ and endless. He felt so _____ that he nearly fell asleep.

A．disappointed; boring	B．disappointed; bored
C．disappointing; bored	D．disappointing; boring

 

One day my 5-year-old daughter, Mini, ran to the window crying: "A Cabuliwallah(喀布尔商贩)!A Cabuliwallah!" In the street below was Rahmun,a Cabuliwallah passing slowly along. Mini called him  21   ,but when he looked at her she ran away scared.    As time went by, they got to know each other and started to    22   together,

laughing and talking all the way. Rahmun would give her grapes and strawberries,spending the Iittle money he had 23   her. The two often enjoyed jokng together.Rahmun   24   say: "Well, little one, when are you going to the father-in-law's house?"Mini did not understand this and was   25    .

One morning,l saw Rahmun being led away by the police. There was some blood on his clothes .I   26 a neighbor had owed Rahmun money but denied it,and that in the course of the   27   Rahmun had struck him. On a charge of murderous attack, Rahmunwas   28   to prison.

Time passed. Mini grew up and we were making arrangements,for her  29    .I was sitting in my study   30   someone entered. It was Rahmun, his face pale and dirty and I could   31  recognize him! He said all those years ago Mini -had reminded him of his own daughter in Kabul. It was his belief that Mini was   32  the same. He  had   once   33   Mini running to him calling 66 A Cabuliwallah!" and pictured them laughing and talking together.

The two were now reunited. But when he made   34  once more, Mini's face turned red. They could not recover their old  35   .When Rahmun left,  l gave  him a bank note,   36  : "Go back to your own daughter, and may the happiness of your meeting bring good  37   to my child!"

Having made this  present,I had to  38   the electric lights and the music band  I had intended for the wedding and the ladies in the house were   39   .But to me the wedding was all the   40   for the thought that in a distant land a long-lost father met again with his child.

1.                A．loudly          B．proudly         C．seriously  D．firmly

 

2.                A．work out        B．run out         C．hang out  D．stand out

 

3.                A．in             B．on             C．to   D．at

 

4.                A．would          B．should          C．must D．could

 

5.                A．concerned      B．frightened       C．puzzled   D．ashamed

 

6.                A．insisted         B．doubted        C．announced    D．heard

 

7.                A．escape         B．quarrel         C．communication D．bargain

 

8.                A．punished       B．admitted        C．dropped  D．sentenced

 

9.                A．wedding        B．birthday        C．graduation D．promotion

 

10.               A．while          B．after           C．unless D．when

 

11.               A．nearly         B．actually         C．hardly D．simply

 

12.               A．even          B．still            C．just   D．yet

 

13.               A．caught         B．imagined       C．avoided   D．kept

 

14.               A．jokes          B．comments      C．suggestions D．requests

 

15.               A．belief          B．impression      C．friendship D．energy

 

16.               A．reading        B．writing         C．telling D．saying

 

17.               A．fortune        B．treasure        C．support   D．comfort

 

18.               A．put off         B．give up         C．turn to    D．care about

 

19.               A．moved         B．delighted       C．worried   D．disappointed

 

20.               A．clearer         B．easier          C．brighter   D．quieter

 

 

This is a story from 28 years ago. My dad was a used car salesman. Every Thursday night, he would head off to Shreveport, LA for an auction. Most of the time, I drove a car over there for him so he could sell it at the auction.

One day, I was riding with my dad when he noticed a hitch-hiker with a backpack. Without hesitation, he pulled the car over and offered him a ride. Dad asked him his name, and proceeded to talk to him about all sorts of things. Dad asked him where he was going. The hitch-hiker told him he was heading for the west. I can’t recall why but he told Dad a lot of things that had occurred to him and that persuaded him to make that decision. He talked about the tragic events that occurred to him several years before. He was low in spirits, but I could see that the hitch-hiker’s attitude was changing as someone was really listening to him.

We drove 45 minutes before the hitch-hiker got off. We pulled over and Dad told him to keep his head up and things would start looking up for him soon. He reached into his pocket and handed the hitch-hiker a twenty-dollar bill. The guy smiled. He nearly lit up right there on the cold, dark highway.

We drove on and my dad did not say a single thing. I was still completely amazed by what I had just witnessed. I was always told by everyone never to pick up a hitch-hiker and yet my dad did it every single time he saw one. While reflecting upon that story I came to understand that just one single kind act could change someone’s life, and I am sure that my father’s deed made that poor man’s day.

The underlined words “that decision” in Para. 2 refer to ___________.

A. catching the car                 B. heading for the west

C. talking about his experiences       D. driving 45 minutes

What made the hitch-hiker become less upset?

A. The writer’s father offering him a free ride

B. The writer’s father really listening to him

C. The writer’s father agreeing to driving him to his destination

D. The writer’s father talking to him about all sorts of things

When his father helped the hitch-hiker, the writer ___________.

A. was deeply moved               B. strongly disagreed

C. admired his father               D. couldn’t understand

Which of the following words cannot be used to describe the father?

A. willing to help     B. easy-going    C. far-sighted   D. full of sympathy

The author wrote the text mainly to _________.

A. show his respect for his father

B. tell a story about his kind father

C. prove his father is the best teacher

D. advise people to learn from their fathers

完形填空（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，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D中），选出最佳选项。

Later Mike became a salesman. He hoped to get lots of money for flying school. He traveled ___41___ America for his factory. He liked to travel, ___42___ by plane. To save money, he usually stayed in cheap hotels.
One morning, Mike __43___ to Altanta. On the plane, after breakfast, he went to ___44___. Some time later, he woke up. The two men beside him were talking in a ___45___ voice. When Mike heard the word “hijack(劫持)”, he nearly __46___ out of his seat, but he pretended(假装) he was still ___47___ . he listened when the two men talked. Mike quickly learned what was ___48___. They planned to hijack the plane to Cuba. This made Mike very ___49____. He knew he had to stop them before they began their ___50____.
Mike pretended to use the washroom. On the way he met a hostess(空姐) and told her about the coming___51____. A moment later, the passengers were told that there was something wrong with the plane. Soon he plane landed at the ___52___ airport.
The two men received a __53___ when they saw twenty police officers were ___54___ them at the airport.
Later Mike was given free flying training as a reward. __55__ he became a pilot and flew happily ever since. Now his story is well known in the United States.

【小题1】

A．spoke B．heard C．dreamed D．thought

【小题2】

A．little B．much C．easily D．quickly

【小题3】

A．as well as B．such as C．because of D．instead of

【小题4】

A．warning B．talking C．asking D．complaining

【小题5】

A．expensive B．cheap C．difficult D．enjoyable

【小题6】

A．along B．towards C．through D．around

【小题7】

A．never B．widely C．except D．especially

【小题8】

A．flew B．came C．moved D．drove

【小题9】

A．work B．sleep C．rest D．bed

【小题10】

A．loud B．nervous C．low D．serious

【小题11】

A．ran B．walked C．jumped D．dropped

【小题12】

A．awake B．asleep C．quiet D．careless

【小题13】A saying     B. changing  C. discussing  D. happening

【小题14】

A．sad B．angry C．painful D．careful

【小题15】

A．plan B．story C．challenge D．accident

【小题16】

A．danger B．trouble C．flying D．training

【小题17】

A．safest B．biggest C．nearest D．farthest

【小题18】

A．surprise B．welcome C．message D．present

【小题19】

A．looking for B．waiting for C．asking for D．talking about

【小题20】

A．So B．Since C．Though D．Then