In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki When she was a teenager, she 36  of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American  37  was from the textbooks she had read. "I had a  38  in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living  room,Mummy  39  cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend."

    Atsuko  40  to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her  41  world.'"People were struggling with problems and often seemed  42  ," she said. "I felt very alone."

    One of her hardest  43  was physical education. "We played volleyball." she said."The other students were   44  it, but I wasn't."

    One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to   45   the ball to her teammates so they could knock it  46  the net.No problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face  47  she failed.

    A young man on her team  48  What she was going through." He walked up to me and  49  , 'Come on. You can do that'".

    "You will never understand how those words of  50  made me feel…Four words: You can do that I felt like crying with happiness."

    She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not  51  .

    Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk. "I have  52  forgotten the words." she said. "When things are not going so well, I think of them."

    She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness   53  to her.  "He probably doesn't even remember it," she said. That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind—you have no idea how long the words will  54  . She's all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four  55  words: You can do that.

36. A. learned                     B. spoke                      C. dreamed                  D. heard

37. A. way                          B. life                                C. education               D. spirit

38. A. photo                       B. painting                         C. picture                           D. drawing

39. A. baking                     B. frying                            C. steaming                        D. boiling

40. A. hoped                      B. arranged                        C. liked                             D. attempted

41. A. described                  B. imagined                C. created                   D. discovered

42. A. tense                        B. cheerful                         C. relaxed                          D. deserted

43. A. times                       B. question                         C. classes                           D. projects.

44. A. curious about      B. good at                   C. slow at                          D. nervous about

45. A. kick                       B. pass                          C. carry                             D. hit

46. A. through                    B. into                               C. over                           D. past

47. A. after                        B. if                                  C. because                     D. until

48. A. believed            B. considered                  C. wondered            D. sensed

49. A. warned                     B. sighed                    C. ordered                          D. whispered

50. A. excitement         B. encouragement         C. persuasion               D. suggestion

51. A. interested          B. doubtful                         C. puzzled                          D. sure

52. A. never                      B. already                   C. seldom                   D. almost

53. A. happened           B. applied                   C. seemed                   D. meant

54. A. continue            B. stay                               C. exist                       D. live

55. A. merciful            B. bitter                      C. simple                    D. easy

It is believed that if a book is ______, it will surely ______ the reader.

 A. interested; interest                B. interesting; be interested

 C. interested; be interesting           D. interesting; interest

I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed，but others had their own ways of showing care.

What I ___ most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we ____ ate our meal.With so little conversation I was quick to ____ his family as cold.When we got into the ____ to go home，his father suddenly appeared.___，he began to wash his son’s windscreen.I could feel he is a caring man through the glass.

I learned another lesson about love a few years later.My father often ____ me early in the morning.“Buy Xerox.It’s a good sharp price，” he might say when I answered the phone.No pleasant ___ or inquiry about my life，just financial instructions.This manner of his ___ me and we often quarreled.But one day，I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his ____ morning calls.The next time he called and told me to buy a stock，I ____ him.

When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends，I’ve often felt ___.For example，I always return phone calls ____ and regularly contact my friends.I expect the same from them.I had one friend who rarely called，answering my messages with short e?mails.I rushed to the ____：She wasn’t a good friend！My anger ____ as the holidays approached.But then she came to a gathering I ____ and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window?shopping the previous month.I was ____ at her thoughtfulness，and regretful for how I’d considered her to be ____.Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.

Far too often，I ignored their ____ expressions，eagerly expecting them to do things in my ____.Over the years，however，I’ve learned to ____ other persons’ love signs.

1.A.remember? B．enjoy

C．value? D．admire

2.A.excitedly? B．nervously

C．silently? D．instantly

3.A.regard? B．treat

C．find? D．think

4.A.bus? B．train

C．car? D．plane

5.A.Punctually? B．Carefully

C．Proudly? D．Coldly

6.A.visited? B．interrupted

C．warned? D．telephoned

7.A.greeting? B．meeting

C．apology? D．explanation

8.A.interested B．angered

C．encouraged? D．surprised

9.A.long? B．short

C．warm? D．polite

10.A.praised? B．remembered

C．blamed? D．thanked

11.．A.content? B．guilty

C．curious? D．disappointed

12.A.in order? B．in turn

C．without delay? D．without difficulty

13.A.feeling? B．suggestion

C．judgment? D．belief

14.A.disappeared? B．grew

C．helped D．declined

15.A.opened? B．refused

C．hosted? D．invited

16.A.depressed B．upset

C．fascinated? D．shocked

17.A.uncaring? B．dishonest

C．unhappy? D．discouraged

18.A.unique B．common

C．pleasant? D．familiar

19.A.opinion? B．way

C．mind? D．life

20.A.send? B．read

C．give? D．express

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

       It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee.   21   I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed   22  . I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls   23   their souls belonged to the   24  .

    I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man   25   in front of it. “I’m Steve,” he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m   26  ,”he said. He was chatting online and,   27  , he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was   28  .

    Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried   29   to speak to that computer geek(怪人),   30   not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应). I was   31  . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “   32  !”

    I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I   33  , and saw nobody showed any interest.

      34  , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more   35   having a relationship with the   36  , particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to   37   the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines   38   with people.

    I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even   39   that the coffee was bad,   40   Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.

21. A. Before                    B. Since                       C. Although                  D. While

22. A. pain                          B. loneliness                 C. sadness                     D. fear

23. A. because                   B. when                       C. until                        D. unless

24. A. home                         B. world                    C. Net                          D. Café

25. A. sleeping                         B. laughing                   C. sitting                   D. learning

26. A. busy                          B. thirsty                   C. tired                        D. sick

27. A. first of all                  B. just then                   C. at the same time     D. by that time

28. A. surprised                    B. delighted                  C. moved                         D. frightened

29. A. once                          B. again                       C. first                         D. even

30. A. but                                B. so                            C. if                          D. or

31. A. excited                   B. respected                  C. afraid                       D. unhappy

32. A. Shut up                         B. Enjoy yourself       C. Leave me alone      D. Help me out

33. A. walked about              B. walked out            C. raised my hand        D. raised my head

34. A. From then on             B. At that moment      C. In all                       D. Above all

35. A. interested in            B. tired of                    C. careful about            D. troubled by

36. A. computer                   B. soul                         C. shop                        D. geek

37. A. tell                                B. plan                         C. imagine                    D. design

38. A. other than                  B. instead of                 C. except for                 D. as well as

39. A. pretend                   B. understand             C. insist                        D. realize

40. A. as if                          B. just as                   C. just after                  D. even though

If you are _______ about Australian cities, just read the book written by Dr. Johnson.

  A.interested                      B.anxious                      C.upset                          D.curious