第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意,然后在31—45 各题所给的四个选项（A/B/C/D）中选出可以填入空白出的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。

It was Mother’s Day. I was so busy with my work that I couldn’t  36 _ back home. When I passed by a  37  shop, an  38  came to my mind, “I’ll send Mum some roses.”

While I was  39   my flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get  40  only five dollars, Madam?” he asked. The assistant was trying to tell him roses were as  41  as forty dollars a dozen---- Maybe he would be happy with carnations （康乃馨）. “ No, I  42  have red roses,” he said, “my mum was   43  ill last year and I didn’t spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, roses, as rose is her  44  .”

After hearing it, I said I would pay  45  of the money for the young man.  46  by both of us, the assistant said, “well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the  47  and ran out of the shop. It was  48  worth twenty-five dollars I paid to see the exciting  49  . Then I paid for my dozen of roses and told the assistant to  50  them to my mother.

As I walked out, I felt  51  . Suddenly I saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon I  52   it was not a park  53  a cemetery. Crying, the young man carefully  54  the roses, “Mum, why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”

Seeing this, I turned and quickly walked to the  55  . I would take the flowers home myself.

36    A. go                    B. come                       C. return                      D. turn

37    A. jewellery           B. clothing                   C. rose                         D. flower

38    A. fact                  B. word                        C. idea                         D. picture

39    A. picking             B. picking up                C. selling                      D. showing

40    A. with                 B. for                           C. at                                   D. on

41    A. much                B. cheap                       C. expensive                 D. high

42    A. might               B. have to                     C. should                      D. can

43    A. a bit                 B. hardly                      C. badly                       D. nearly

44    A. flower                     B. favorite                    C. dream                      D. gift

45    A. all                    B. some                        C. the rest                     D. much

46    A. Surprised          B. Pleased                    C. Excited                    D. Moved

47    A. roses                 B. assistant                   C. air                           D. street

48    A. very                 B. well                         C. not                          D. only

49    A. moment            B. time                         C. scenery                    D. incident

50    A. give                  B. offer                        C. present                     D. send

51    A. relaxed             B. amazed                    C. shameful                  D. nice

52    A. understood        B. realized                    C. learned                    D. was told

53    A. and                   B. or                            C. nor                          D. but

54    A. laid                  B. lay                           C. buried                      D. grew

55    A. man                  B. street                       C. shop                        D. cemetery

 

It was in my high school science class．I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on．

         A   36   came．"Nice shirt," I smiled from ear to ear．Then another voice said, "That shirt belonged to my dad．Greg's mother works for my family．We were going to   37   that shirt away, but gave it to her   38 ．" I was speechless．I wanted to hide．

         I   39  me shirt in the back of the closet and told my mom what had happened．She then dialed her   40__, "I will no longer work for your family," she told him．That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life's   41   was something greater．

         The next morning she   42   with the personnel manager at the Board of Education．Ke told her that without a proper education she could not teach．So Mom decided to__43__a university．

         After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager．He said, "You are 44    aren't you? I think I have a___45_for you as a teacher's assistant．This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of  46  Mom accepted the opportunity very   47 ．

         For almost five years, as a teacher's assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling   48 ．Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal   49   in her classroom．The principal said, "We have watched how you   50   the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working   51   over the last five years．We are all in  52  that you should be the teacher of this class．"

         My mom spent more than 20 years there．  53   her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year．All of this came about because of the  54   comment made in my classroom that day．Mom showed me how to handle   55__situations and never give up．

1.A．noise                             B．voice                     C．sound                     D．tune

2.A- get                           B．take                 C．carry                  D．throw

3.A．otherwise  B．anyhow                               C．instead              D．actually

4.A．settled    B．pushed                                 C．stored                 D．stuck

5.A．teacher    B．employer                             C．director          D．adviser

6.A．purpose   B．encouragement                    C．achievement        D．victory

7.A．went      B．met                                C．worked                 D．stayed

8.A．visit      B．continue                                C．attend              D．prepare

9.A．serious    B．fortunate                          C．careful              D．responsible

10.A．career    B．duty                                 C．position                D．part

11.A．learning  B．judging                                  C．obeying            D．imagining

12.A．patiently  B．eagerly                               C．successfully          D．skillfully

13.A．upset                       B．frightened          C．guilty               D．ashamed

14.A．looked up B．went up                                C．took up              D．showed up

15.A．believe   B．protect                              C．treat            D．receive

16.A．spirit                           B．intention               C．action               D．attempt

17.A．discussion B．argument                            C．disagreement       D．agreement

18.A．At       B．During                                   C．On                     D．With

19.A．worthless  B．thoughtless                        C．hopeless           D．helpless

20.A．challenging B．different                              C．dangerous      D．strange

 

 I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 1  and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 2  but a failure.”

After five years of 3  jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best  4 that could have happened to me. I 5  I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 6  that what people said about me was 7 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 8  it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.”  So I tried hard with my 9  and went to college. My first novel (小说) 10  while I was at college.

`After college I taught during the 11  in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 12 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 13    that job to write full time 14  I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 15  was a working-class boy who’d 16  school early, now teaching at the university

My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 17 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 18  what does it mean? I 19  wish all the people that have put me down had 20 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

1.	A．bright B．useless C．simple D．hopeful

 

2.	A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing

 

3.	A．low B．poor C．good D．useful

 

4.	A．support B．happiness C．surprise D．thing

 

5.	A．admitted (承认) B．decided C．planned D．told

 

6.	A．me B．them C．her D．it

 

7.	A．wrong B．right C．stupid D．bad

 

8.	A．see B．know C．understand D．face

 

9.	A．experiment B．practice C．writing D．composition

 

10.	A．came on B．came in C．came out D．came back

 

11.	A．day B．night C．month D．year

 

12.	A．graduation B．pass C．degree D．success

 

13.	A．giving in B．giving back C．giving out D．giving up

 

14.	A．while B．if C．when D．or

 

15.	A．there B．here C．it D．that

 

16.	A．left B．attended C．changed D．graduated

 

17.	A．tired B．calm C．nervous . D．famous

 

18.	A．And B．But C．However D．Well

 

19.	A．just B．exactly C．so D．very

 

20.	A．praised B．said C．answered D．advised

 

第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节       （共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

My sister and I shared a typical sisterly relationship: we couldn’t stand each other．Or, to be honest, she couldn’t stand me．I took her as a hero．My clothes mysteriously looked like hers, and even my words tended to copy those I heard from her．Any sort of talk we had usually became a fighting, and try as I might, my sister had an extra six years worth of rude vocabulary．

After a while, I stopped trying to impress her and learned to be totally indifferent（冷漠的）；we soon fell into a sad pattern — I avoided her, she paid no attention to me, and deep inside, it hurt．She was only a sister in name．I truly believed that we would forever be apart, two housemates without conversation, two strangers without warmth．

I still remember the day I learned to ride a bike．I had received the bike that Christmas, which was great, until I realized I had no idea how to ride it．My mom had long since abandoned any attempt to teach me; I had proved to be a frustrating student．I had to learn by myself, a little bit each day, but unsuccessfully．On that day I was so disappointed that I threw my bike aside and began to cry, I guess that was what caused my sister to come outside．At first I was nervous, as I thought she would begin to laugh at me．She did not．She gently picked my bike up．That was the beginning．She fearlessly held my hand while the tears dried on my cheeks．She never once let me fall．And for three hours — three wonderful hours — we learned to ride my bike．No shouting．No fighting．No arguing．

That day I learned that my sister was human — how else could she have been my teacher? It was a life-changing experience．We still occasionally have our quarrels, but since that day, it’s been easier to get along because we have an unspoken respect for each other．

56．From the first paragraph, we can infer that _____．

A．the writer’s sister usually won the fighting

B．the writer was not always honest with her sister

C．the writer showed little respect for her sister

D．the writer’s sister had a good memory

57．When the writer failed to impress her sister, she _____．

A．felt hurt and treated her sister as a stranger

B．decided to be indifferent to her sister

C．didn’t talk with any member of the family

D．kept apart from her sister for a long time

58．What caused the writer to cry when she learned to ride a bike?

A．She fell off the bike and hurt herself seriously．

B．Her mother refused to buy her a bike．

C．She couldn’t learn how to ride a bike by herself．

D．Her sister laughed at her old bike．

 

 

第二节完形填空（20小题；每小题1分，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）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。

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college．I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time．The moment was exciting．Salome’s 36 filled the room and brought the theater to life．1 was so 37 that I decided to write all article about her．

I 38 Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine，and that I wanted to meet her to talk her career．She 39 and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday．When I hung up，1 was scared out of my mind．I 40 I was lying．I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list．

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday．I sat there 41, taking notes and asking questions that all began with，“Can you tell me…”I soon realized that 42 Salome Bey was one thing，but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible．The 43 was almost unbearable．I struggled for days 44 draft after draft．Finally I put my manuscript(手稿)into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox．

It didn’t take long．My manuscript 45．How stupid of me! I thought．How could I 46 in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t 47 the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer．

Five years later．I was moving to California．While 48 my apartment I came across the unopened envelope．This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in 49 :

Dear Ms Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic．Yet we need some 50 materials．Please add those and return the article immediately．We would like to 51 your story soon．

Shocked，it took me a long time to 52．Fear of rejection cost me dearly．I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in major magazine．More importantly, I lost years of 53 writing．Today, I have become a full-time writer．Looking back on this 54, I learned a very important lesson：You can’t 55 to doubt yourself．

36．A．joy        B．voice    C．speech     D．smile

37．A．proud           B．active           C．satisfied         D．moved

38．A．visited          B．mailed    C．phoned    D．interviewed

39．A．agreed    B．refused    C．hesitated         D．paused

40．A．replied         B．discovered      C．explained       D．knew

41．A．seriously        B．patiently         C．nervously       D．quietly

42．A．hardship       B．fooling         C．inviting  D．pressure

43．A．hardship         B．failure     C．comment D．pressure

44．A．with      B．by         C．on  D．in

45．A．disappeared    B．returned         C．spread     D．improved

46．A．compare         B．struggle  C．survive    D．compete

47．A．ignore     B．deliver    C．face        D．receive

48．A．decorating      B．repairing C．cleaning   D．1eaving

49．A．disbelief        B．anxiety    C．horror     D．trouble

50．A．subjective       B．relevant  C．private          D．reliable

51．A．broadcast       B．create      C．publish    D．assess

52．A．recover  B．prepare  C．escape      D．concentrate

53．A．energetic        B．endless    C．typical    D．enjoyable

54．A．experience      B．success    C．benefit      D．accident

55．A．attempt  B．afford           C．expect      D．pretend