It was the old lady's eightieth birthday. She was sure Myra wouldn't forget her mother's birthday, even if she was busy. After all, eighty was a special birthday. Perhaps Myra might come. Even if Myra did not come, she would send a present. The old lady was sure of that. Two spots of colour brightened her cheeks. She was excited like a child.

       Mrs. Morrison had brought a card and a bunch of flowers when she came to do the breakfast. Mrs. Grant downstairs had made a cake. Johnnie, the little boy next door, was now up with her with a packet of sweets.

       "I guess you'll get lots and lots of presents," he said. "I did last week when I was six." What would she like? A pair of slippers perhaps. A blue new cardigan. Or a table lamp. Or a little clock, with clear black numbers. So many lovely things.

       She stood by the window, watching. The postman turned round the comer on his bicycle. Her heart beat fast. Johnnie had seen him too and ran to the gate.

       "Granny, granny," Johnnie returned. "I've got your post!"

       He gave her four envelopes. Three were from old friends. The fourth was in Myra's writing.

       "No parcel （包裹）, Johnnie?"

       "No, granny."

       Almost reluctantly, she tore the fourth envelope open. Folded in the card was a check. Written on the card was a message: Happy Birthday—Buy yourself something nice with the check, Myra and Harold.

       The six-figure check fell to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. Slowly the old lad bent to pick it up. Her present, her lovely present. With trembling fingers she tore it into little bits.

1．As can be inferred from the passage, _____.

       A．the neighbors cared little about the old lady in daily life

       B．the friends sent the old lady many lovely presents by post

       C．Myra was stopped by her husband from seeing her mother

       D．the old lady lived alone in a flat away from her daughter

2．The old lady felt _____ when she saw no packet came with her daughter's card.

       A．excited             B．disappointed      C．happy                D．impatient

3．The reason why the old lady tore the check into small pieces was that _____.

       A．she was sure her daughter would come, not the check

       B．she didn't notice there were six figures on the check

       C．she would prefer a present with love from her daughter

       D．she didn't think the check was large enough for a present

4．Which of the following might serve as the best title for the passage?

       A．The Present.        B．The Check.         C．The Birthday.         D．The Daughter.

As I was thinking about language learning the other day, the image of baking bread came into my mind. I compared some of the exercises and drills that we put ourselves through in order to learn a language to the various ingredients(原料) that go into baking a loaf of fresh bread.

Real language learning takes place in human relationships. No one sits down and eats a cup of flour, even if he is hungry and in a hurry. You don’t become bilingual(双语的) by learning lists of vocabulary. You don’t become a speaker of a language by memorizing verb conjugations (动词的变化) and agreement rules. You become bilingual by entering a community that uses that other language as its primary means of communication.

I am not suggesting that we can make bread without ingredients. Flour is necessary, as are yeast（酵母）, salt, water and other ingredients. Vocabulary is part of any language and will have to be learned. Grammatical rules exist in every language and cannot be ignored. But merely combining the appropriate ingredients in the recommended proportions does not result in bread. At best, you only end up with a ball of dough(面团).

In order to get bread, you have to apply heat to the dough. And in language learning, that heat comes from the community. Anyone who has learned a second language has experienced that heat. It creeps up your neck when you ask the babysitter, “Have you already been eaten?” when you meant to say, “Have you already eaten?” When you try to say something quite innocent and the whole room bursts into laughter, you are experiencing the heat that turns raw dough into good bread.

Remember the old saying, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”? This is where language learning often breaks down because we find the heat uncomfortable and we stop the baking process. In order words, we can’t stand the heat, so we get out of the kitchen.

However, the language learner who stays in the kitchen―in the heat―until the combined ingredients are thoroughly transformed will enjoy the richness of a quality loaf of bread. He is lad that he did not “get out of the kitchen” at the critical moment when the oven seemed too hot. The dedicated language learner knows that becoming bilingual cannot be achieved without the heat!

76. The passage is mainly about _____.

A.    how we can make baking bread with various ingredients

B.     how to become bilingual by communicating with others

C.    what an important role “heat” plays in learning a language

D.    what a high quality of bread you may achieve in the kitchen

77. You can become a speaker of a language by _____.

A. bearing millions of words and expressions in your mind

B. using the language to communicate with those around you

C. knowing verb conjugations and grammatical rules

D. saying something innocent to be laughed at by others

78. What’s the purpose of illustration of the example―you ask the babysitter, “Have you already been eaten?” when you meant to say, “Have you already eaten?”?

A. To verify that you are sure to make some mistakes when you enter a community.

B. To show that you should combine the ingredients in the recommended proportions.

C. To prove that you may experience “heat” from the community in language learning.

D. To indicate that being bilingual calls for your courage, confidence and perseverance.

79. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the necessity of baking bread and learning language?

A.    Excellent Skills.

B.     Various ingredients.

C.    Appropriate proportions.

D.    Uncomfortable heat.

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1，满分20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）出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a person. I have forgotten the name of an old lady who was a(n)   31   on my paper route when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it seems like just yesterday that she taught me a lesson in   32  . One afternoon, a friend and I were   33   rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house   34   her backyard. The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they   35   to the roof’s edge and shot out into the   36  .
I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and sent it for a ride. The stone was too smooth, however, so it   37   from my hand as I let it go and headed   38   for a small window on the old lady’s back wall.
I was too scared about getting   39   that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window. However, a few days later,   40   I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel   41   for her misfortune.
I made up my mind that I would   42   my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I   43   would cover the cost of her window. I put the money in an envelope with a(n)   44   explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the   45   for repairing it.
I waited until it was dark, then put the envelope through the letter slot in her door.
The next day, I   46   the old lady her paper and was able to   47   the warm smile that I was   48   her. She thanked me for the paper and said,“Here, I have something for you.”It was a bag of cookies. I thanked her and ate the cookies as I   49   my route.
After several cookies, I   50   an envelope. When I opened the envelope, I was shocked. Inside was the seven dollars and a short note that said,“I’m proud of you.”
31．A．adviser        B．customer      C．assistant          D．neighbor
32．A．carefulness    B．cleverness    C．selfishness       D．forgiveness
33．A．throwing     B．kicking        C．picking           D．striking
34．A．by           B．under         C．from           D．around
35．A．dropped       B．rolled             C．flowed         D．fell
36．A．room         B．kitchen        C．yard            D．sky
37．A．skipped       B．stopped        C．stepped        D．slipped
38．A．straight        B．slow          C．right           D．fast
39．A．lost         B．trapped        C．caught          D．hurt
40．A．before         B．when         C．but             D．though
41．A．guilty          B．safe           C．anxious        D．nervous
42．A．borrow        B．move          C．transfer         D．save
43．A．used          B．calculated    C．chose           D．earned
44．A．book          B．article          C．note         D．notice
45．A．period         B．cost           C．size            D．distance
46．A．handed        B．sold           C．left          D．showed
47．A．witness        B．wear          C．return         D．bring
48．A．comparing to   B．playing with   C．learning about D．receiving from
49．A．continued    B．chose       C．followed     D．forgot
50．A．tore         B．marked         C．bought        D．felt

The old farmer has one son and two daughters, ______ are kind to her,______makes her sad.