This is a part from US President Barack Obama’s speech on May 14 at Bamard College in New York.
… My last piece of advice – this is simple, but perhaps most important: 36. Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievement has avoided failure – sometimes catastrophic failures. But they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t 37.
When I first arrived on this 38, I was with little money, fewer options. But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was 39 how in fact I’d go about it. But I wanted to do my part to 40 a better world.
So even as I worked after graduation in a few 41 jobs here in New York, even as I went from motley (鱼龙混杂的)apartment to motley apartment, I 42.
… And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate (天生的)toughness in me. But the truth is, it was 43. I got it from 44 the people who raised me. I grew up as the son of a single mom who struggled to put herself through 45 and make ends meet. She had a marriage that fell apart; 46 went on food stamps at one point to help us 47. But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 48 scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned 49.
And 50, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I married her. And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and a 51 family. We made that marriage work.
… So 52 it’s starting a business, or running for office, or 53 an amazing family, remember that making your 54  on the world is hard. It takes patience. It takes commitment. It comes with plenty of 55 and it comes with plenty of failures.

This is a part from US President Barack Obama’s speech on May 14 at Bamard College in New York.

… My last piece of advice – this is simple, but perhaps most important: 36. Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievement has avoided failure – sometimes catastrophic failures. But they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t 37.

When I first arrived on this 38, I was with little money, fewer options. But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was 39 how in fact I’d go about it. But I wanted to do my part to 40 a better world.

So even as I worked after graduation in a few 41 jobs here in New York, even as I went from motley (鱼龙混杂的)apartment to motley apartment, I 42.

… And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate (天生的)toughness in me. But the truth is, it was 43. I got it from 44 the people who raised me. I grew up as the son of a single mom who struggled to put herself through 45 and make ends meet. She had a marriage that fell apart; 46 went on food stamps at one point to help us 47. But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 48 scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned 49.

And 50, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I married her. And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and a 51 family. We made that marriage work.

… So 52 it’s starting a business, or running for office, or 53 an amazing family, remember that making your 54  on the world is hard. It takes patience. It takes commitment. It comes with plenty of 55 and it comes with plenty of failures.

1.                A．compete        B．persevere       C．struggle  D．preservation

2.                A．rest           B．decline         C．quit  D．regret

3.                A．campus         B．downtown       C．farm D．country

4.                A．confident       B．uncertain       C．ambitious D．proud

5.                A．shape          B．instruct         C．organize  D．lead

6.                A．amazing        B．disturbing       C．meaningful    D．unsatisfactory

7.                A．reached out     B．put out         C．gave out  D．made out

8.                A．presented      B．structured       C．learned   D．created

9.                A．copying        B．detecting       C．persuading    D．watching

10.               A．life            B．work           C．school D．business

11.               A．yet            B．even           C．still   D．also

12.               A．get by          B．come by        C．get along  D．come along

13.               A．during         B．through        C．across D．over

14.               A．mine          B．us             C．ours  D．hers

15.               A．for the time being B．long before     C．up to now  D．later on

16.               A．young          B．poor           C．weak D．strong

17.               A．as if           B．if             C．whether   D．unless

18.               A．rising          B．raising         C．arousing   D．arising

19.               A．view           B．stay           C．remark    D．mark

20.               A．goals          B．advantages      C．shortcomings   D．setbacks

Dear Dad,
I was very upset when I received your letter. I knew you  36 not like my results, but I didn’t realize you and Mum were so  37 with me. This has made me  38 very carefully about myself, and now I  39  how silly I have been.
My poor  40 have come from my own  41 . Of course, I want to do my best. I want you and Mum to be proud  42  me, but somehow when I get to school I just can’t keep my   43  on the subject and I stop  44  the teacher. So many other things seem so much more  45 , but I know that I must not  46 the chance you and Mum have given me. If I don’t work very hard 47  the next few months, I am going to get  48 results. So I am going to study hard this summer. And I will show Mum anything  49 I can’t understand so that she can give me help.
I  50 you will allow me to play some basketball. I think I need some exercise,   51 _ I will control the time I   52 on it properly.
If you want me to stop meeting Cindy, I will — but there is  53 serious. We are just good friends, and she often helps me  54 my schoolwork.
Dad, I am really sorry I have made you angry. I’m going to try my best to  55 my study. I promise that I will make you proud of me soon.
Yours,
Jimmy

A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would   21 the water in ten minutes.

Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for  22  sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so  23  that she forget to deliver him the  24  . As a result, the passenger was  25  to take his medicine. She hurried over to him  26  a cup of water, but to her surprise he  27  it.

In the following hours on the  28  , each time the air hostess passed by the  29  , she would ask him with a  30  whether he needed help or not. But the passenger  31  paid attention to her words.

When he was going to get  32  the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to  33  him the passenger’s booklet(意见簿). She was very 34  . She knew that he would write down  35  words, which might result in the loss of her job.  36  with a smile she handed it to him.

Off the plane, she  37  the booklet and cracked a smile,  38  the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times  39  . How can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles?”

That’s  40  ! Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?   

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Under her bed, Mrs Chang kept a box containing some jewellery which had belonged to her mother. The jewellery was the only 21  thing she had, and she always said she would keep it and only sell it for a very important reason. Well, this was an important reason, wasn't it? She said nothing to Mary,   22   went secretly into the city and sold the jewellery for $2,750. Over half the money! But where could she  23    the other half?
During the next few months, Mrs Chang was always busy. She went out four mornings a week and  24    other people's houses. She   25   until late in the night and sewed dresses and trousers for the people in the village. She embroidered(绣高☆考♂资♀源?网) colourful birds and flowers on a piece of silk for the   26    who came through the village.   27   , her pile of money under her bed began to   28   . Mary noticed that her mother was very  29  , but her mother just said, "I want to have some new clothes for your   30    I'll need to buy cloth. And I want to be able to 31  you another good present. "
By June, Mrs Chang had $4,250 under her bed. She went to a relative in Yuen Long, who had a small business. "Tsun Man," she said. "I badly  32    $750. Her relative was  33   . Mrs Chang had  34   asked anyone for money before. But he lent her the money.
Mrs Chang 35  her best clothes, went to the city and  36  a return ticket from London to Hong Kong. After putting it in a nice  37   she began to write 38   address on it and posted it. "What a surprise this will be for David." She said to   39   . "How happy he will be! And how happy Mary will be too, to   40   her brother with her on her wedding day."
21. A. valuable              B. beautiful          C. interesting       D. wonderful
22. A. or                   B. but               C. so              D. however
23. A. get                  B. borrow            C. make           D. bring
24. A. searched             B. entered            C. cleaned         D. washed
25. A. stayed up             B. kept up            C. made up        D. dressed up
26. A. neighbours            B. tourists            C. relatives        D. friends
27. A. Gradually             B. Frequently         C. Probably        D. Immediately
28. A. reduce               B. appear             C. disappear        D. grow
29. A. worried               B. busy              C. angry           D. content
30. A. wedding              B. birthday          C. fami1y          D. work
3l. A. give                  B. send               C. buy            D. mail
32. A. lose                  B. owe               C. need            D. earn
33. A. surprised              B. frightened          C. hurt           D. disappointed
34. A. always                B. usually            C. never           D. sometimes
35. A. picked up              B. had on            C. took off         D. put on
36. A. bought                B. sent               C. took            D. carried
37. A. envelope               B. box               C. package        D. bag
38. A. mother's               B. brother's           C. Mary's          D. David's
39. A. him                   B. them             C. herself          D. her
40. A. have                 B. invite             C. take            D. 1eave