Until last summer I had a very comfortable life: winter vacations skiing and summer cruises(乘船游览). My parents spent a lot of money on a private school, so they could get me into a competitive middle school. Everything was about tomorrow, next year, my graduation. We never had to worry about today. 

Before last summer I never thought much about the people in the world who live day to day, every day, whose lives are controlled by poverty and hunger. Then I enrolled in a two-week intensive program. We lived in a “Tribal Village,” in a hot, dry open grassland in Arkansas, a state of the south-central United States. I am a tribal member in Mozambique, a country of southeast Africa. Every meal, I make the fire for my family, and feel the flames lick up my nostrils as I blow to keep the fuel alive. I cook mush with vegetables. This is all my family is ever given.

I feed the hen and three rabbits their dinner. I grow attached to the rabbits, even though I know I shouldn’t. I name them. I’m not getting enough to eat; it’s time to decide whether or not to kill the rabbits. I feel pain but it’s a privileged child’s pain because I know I will soon be eating again. That’s not true for a lot of other children around the world.

Growing up comfortably in the U.S., I’ve never had to worry about my dinner, and even though this whole process was only a simulation, it changed my life. Now I believe in doing whatever I can to help find practical ways to defeat hunger.

So I’ve become president of Roots and Shoots, a group working to improve local environments for people and animals. I’m also working to create a program at my high school called the “Safe Passage” trip to help young people in the Guatemala City dump. And I’ve got plans to do more.

I'm often thinking of laboring in the hot sun and the millions who still do. Now, I try to live for today and stop worrying so much about the future. When I eat or feel full, I am grateful for this fortunate life and want to extend the same feeling to others.

I believe in offering help to those who need it.

61．What is true about the author before last summer?

A．Her life was under great pressure.               B．She had to worry about her dinner

C．She didn’t have to worry about the future.        D．Her life was well-planned.

62．We can learn from the second paragraph that _______________.

A．the author raised some rabbits as pets

B．the author had a very difficult life in the “Tribal Village”

C．the author took part in a two-week program in Africa

D．the author never thought about poor people after the program

63．The author feels pain because ____________ .

A．she doesn’t want to kill the rabbits                  B．she is not getting enough to eat

C．she is a privileged child                     D．she can’t go back to her regular life

64．What does the underlined word “simulation” in the fourth paragraph probably mean?

A．Reality             B．Imitation                 C．Imagination             D．Experience

65．What influence did the author’s experience in the “Tribal Village” have on her?

A．It has made her life more comfortable.    

B．It taught her to be grateful to her parents.

C．It gave birth to a belief in helping others.

D．It inspired her to start two groups to help others.

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens,   and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister  and brother. “But the desk,” she’d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth. ”

I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and    daughter.

They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface(表面)”.

As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅) me.

I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.

My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace— it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was    pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found    some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.

Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.

1.The writer began to love her mother’s desk ______.

2.The passage shows that ______.

3.The word “gulf” in the passage means ______.

4.What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking forgiveness?

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

6.选A。由But she lived “on the surface ”. 和全文内容可知，作者的母亲表面上很冷漠，但心里充满了对作者的爱，正确

根据汉语提示，写出单词或者短语的正确形式完成下面的句子。

1.My son is ____________ about collecting car models.  (对…热心)

2.The book gave us a vivid               of the war. (描述)

3.It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of the               week. (先前的)

4.I deeply ____________ your kindness in coming so far to meet me. (感激)

5.During our conversation, I realized he was trying to ____________ the topic. (躲避)

6.She looked up his telephone number in the phone book to _________________ that she had got it right. (确定)

7.Jack breaks the ice during the conversation by _________________ sometimes. (讲笑话)

8.You are ________________ and you will succeed in the end if you keep moving like this. (取得进步)

9.“The interests shall ___________________ five parts, according to the agreement made by both sides,” declared the judge. (划分)

10.There is only ten minutes to go. We can’t wait any more, ___________________, we should start at once. (换言之)

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
For almost 18 years, my mom has given time from her life to devote her care to my growth. She has ashed  36  clothes. She’s planned doctors’ appointments  37  all parts of the body, cut hair, taken icures, bought presents,  38 vacations and basically kept a small boy’s life  39  smoothly.
When I was 12, I got into  40  arguments with my older and wiser parents. The   41 never led a any achievement for me, but I still took part. Many times strong feeling of anger caused tears  42  to in my eyes by the end of the quarrel with them.   43 , I’d return to my room and stay for as long as my parents allowed. Then I’d  44  a knock and hardly manage a weak, “Come in.” My mom, acting as a peacemaker,   45  slowly enter and sit next to me on the bed. I’d again try to  46  what I had said was true,  47  this time less angrily. Then mom calmly, strictly and lovingly showed to me her voice of   48  . After that she’d hug me and I’d stop crying; all would be  49  in my family again.
Hugs will  50  be her trademark（标志）: warm hugs for goodnights, good-byes and a thousand other such situations. “You’re never too old to  51  your mother.” I’ve heard those eight words since I came to the world. They ring true. For some reason, those words possess the unbelievable  52  to reduce anxiety, cool an angry head,   53  fears and put wrong things right.
Perhaps my mother, now worthy of the title “Mom” can  be an example to mothers everywhere. Being a mother is not so  54  . Any female has the ability to become one. The challenge isn’t in becoming a “mother”, but instead , a “mom”. Mine does that quite  55 .
36．A．Dirty    B．expensive  C．warm       D．old
37．A．on        B．for       C．in      D．about
38．A．prepared   B．taken     C．spent D．enjoyed
39．A．advancing B．changing   C．running    D．developing
40．A．unfit     B．casual       C．unfair       D．silly
41．A．quarrels    B．doubts      C．complaints       D．puzzles
42．A．dry      B．go        C．well  D．take
43．A．Crying     B．Blaming   C．Shaking    D．Whispering
44．A．take     B．make     C．hear  D．get
45．A．might       B．could     C．should      D．would
46．A．admit          B．prove          C．conclude   D．debate
47．A．so        B．or        C．but    D．for
48．A．advice      B．reason      C．demand    D．courage
49．A．active       B．right     C．comfortable     D．friendly
50．A．forever     B．finally      C．even  D．actually
51．A．touch          B．love     C．hug   D．comfort
52．A．ability      B．confidenceC．influence  D．power
53．A．lose      B．share     C．overcome  D．express
54．A．difficult    B．sad       C．boring      D．disappointing
55．A．carefully   B．perfectly   C．formally   D．Normally

The Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement

In 1955，bus seats for African Americans and whites were separated in parts of the U．S.. On December 1,1955，in the city of Montgomery，Alabama，a conflict，or disagreement，started when an African American woman named Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white man and go to the back of the bus. The police took 42­year­old Parks to jail.

The African American community was extremely angry. They had a meeting and decided to work together to protest discrimination. They agreed to boycott(抵制) the buses on the day that Parks went to court. The day was a success. Empty buses drove through the streets. The city lost money. The community decided to continue the boycott. They elected a man named Martin Luther King，Jr. to be the leader.

The boycott continued. It was difficult for African Americans to get to work without buses，but they didn’t stop the boycott. The city continued to lose money. Finally，the U．S. Supreme Court decided that Montgomery’s bus laws were unfair and gave the African American community equal right. On December 21,1956，the bus boycott ended.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. The movement eventually led to the Civil Rights Act in 1964，a set of laws that made discrimination a crime. During the Montgomery Bus Boycott，people worked together to change the government. Today，people in the U．S. continue to work together for a change. Now hundreds of organizations and community groups work to protect the rights of U．S. citizens and residents.

1.How is the situation for the black in the U．S. in 1955?

A．They were treated equally.

B．They were treated unfairly.

C．They had no rights to take a bus.

D．They were not allowed to take the same bus with the white.

2.What is the cause of the Civil Rights Movement?

A．Bus seats for African Americans and white were separated in parts of the U．S.

B．Rosa Parks was sent to jail for she refused to give her bus seat to a white man.

C．The African American community had a meeting to protest discrimination.

D．A man named Martin Luther King，Jr. was elected to be the leader.

3.How long did the boycott continue?

A．Less than a year.   B．Less than a month.

C．More than a year.   D．More than a month.

4.How did the black people fight for the civil rights?

A．By refusing to take buses.

B．By refusing to talk to the white.

C．Through fights with the white people.

D．By doing nothing.

5.What is the final result of the Civil Rights Movement?

A．The U．S. Supreme Court decided that Montgomery’s bus laws were unfair and gave the African American community equal right.

B．They elected a man named Martin Luther King，Jr. to be the leader.

C．Black people and white people can take the same bus.

D．The movement eventually led to the Civil Rights Act in 1964，a set of laws that made discrimination a crime.