I have been convinced that the print media are usually more __________ and more reliable than television.

A. actual         B. adequate         C. accurate      D. autonomous

The Quiet Hero 沉默的英雄

    It was Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’ll   1    that Sunday in 2000 was bittersweet for me. As a single mother I   2    to think of my shortcomings — how many evenings I couldn’t spend with my children, and how many things I couldn’t   3    my waitress’ salary to buy.

    But what   4    kids I had! My daughter Maria was a senior in college, and Denny was home visiting from his freshman year at Harvard University. They were   5    impolite enough to complain, but there was so much more I   6    I had done for them. I just hoped they   ___7  .

As I walked into the   8    quietly to start breakfast, I was greeted by a vase   9    a dozen red roses! When had Denny possibly slipped down to leave them? But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly   10    of an eighteen-year-old. It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago. It   11  :

She took a day off from her busy   12    to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5 hours just to get there, and they had to be there early   13    he could see his hero take batting practice.   14    their arrival, she took her hard-earned money to buy an overpriced T-shirt on which was   15    his hero making a diving catch. After the game, of course he had to   16    his hero’s signature, so she stayed with the little boy    17    one in the morning…

   It took me long enough to   18    it, but I finally know who the   19    hero is. Mom, I love you!

   And suddenly, it was a   20    Mother’s Day, after all.

A. admit                 B. adopt                    C. deny                    D. refuse

A. intended              B. liked                     C. tended                     D. hesitated

A. stress                  B. spare                     C. strengthen             D. spend

A. poor            B. great                     C. faithless                   D. pretty

A. merely               B. usually                  C. never                       D. often

A. wished               B. hoped                C. expected                  D. desired

A. supported            B. understood             C. approved                 D. disgusted

A. 1iving-room          B. kitchen                  C. bed loom                 D. study

A. including            B. containing             C. possessing             D. pinning

A. handwriting      B. description             C. tone                        D. scratch

A. wrote                B. recorded                C. memorized              D. read

A. event         B. content             C. schedule                  D. circumstance

A. or                    B. for                        C. but                          D. so

A. At                    B. In                         C. On                          D. By

A. impressed         B. printed                      C. presented                 D. pressed

A. buy                  B. abandon                C. get                          D. swap

A. before              B. until                     C. after                        D. when

A. see                   B. hear                      C. realize                     D. tell

A. actual               B. true                      C. imaginary             D. visual

A. sad            B. bitter                    C. happy                      D. exciting

This is the _____ piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.

A. actual        B. genuine        C. real            D. original

II. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do .But that Sunday in 2008 was bittersweet for me. As a single mother I tended to think of my shortcomings —how many evenings I couldn’t spend with my children , and how many things I couldn’t   21  my waitress’ salary to buy .
But what   22   kids I had! They were   23   impolite enough to complain.
As I walked into the kitchen quietly to start breakfast, I was greeted by a vase   24    a dozen red roses! But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly   25   of an eighteen-year-old. It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago. It  26   :
…She took a day off from her busy   27   to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5hours just to get there, and on their arrival, she took her hard-earned money to buy an overpriced T-shirt on which was   28   his hero. After the game, she stayed with the little boy to get his hero’s signature until one o’clock in the morning …
It took me long enough to    29   it, but I finally know who the 30    hero is . Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a happy Mother’s Day, after all.
21. A. stress                           B. spend                  C. strengthen        D. spare
22. A. great                           B. poor                   C. faithful            D. pretty
23. A. merely                        B. usually                C. never               D. often
24. A. including                     B. containing           C. possessing        D. pinning
25. A. scratch                        B. description          C. tone                 D. handwriting
26. A. read                            B. recorded              C. memorized       D. wrote
27. A. event                           B. content                C. schedule           D. circumstance
28.A. impressed                     B. presented             C. printed             D. pressed
29. A. see                              B. tell                     C. feed                 D. realize
30. A. actual                          B. true                    C. imaginary         D. visual

Tess was a precocious(早熟) eight-year-old girl when she heard her Mom and Dad taling about her little brother,Andrew.____ __she knw was that he was very sick and they were completely _____money. They were moving to an apartment complex next month because Daddy didn’t have the money for the doctor’s bills and their house .Only a(n) _____could save him now.

??? Tess went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly(果冻) jar from its hiding place. She poured all the ??? out on the floor and counted carefully. Three times, even. The total had to be absolutely exact. No ??? here for mistakes. After carefully placing the coins back in the jar, she slipped out of the back door, and ??? her way six blocks to a chemist’s.

??? She waited patiently for the pharmacist (药剂师) to give her some ??? ,but he was too busy at this moment. Tess twisted her feet to make a noise. Nothing. She cleared her ????? with the most awful sound she could muster. No good.

??? Finally the pharmacist asked in an ???? tone of voice, “What do you want? I’m talking to my brother from Chicago ???? I haven’t seen in ages,” he said without waiting for a reply to his question.

??? “Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,” Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. “His name is Andrew and he has something bad ???? inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?”

“We don’t sell miracles here, little girl. I’m sorry, ????? I can’t help you,” the pharmacist said, his voice ????? a little.

There was a man there whose clothes were admirable. He asked the little girl, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”

“I don’t know” Tess replied with tears in her eyes. “I just know he's ????? sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can’t pay ????? it, so I want to use my money.”

“How much do you have?” asked the man. “One dollar and eleven cents,” Tess answered.

“A dollar and eleven cents ― the ????? price of a miracle for your little brother,” smiled the man, “Take me to ????? you live. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”

That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neurosurgery (神经外科). The operation was completely ????? charge and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again and did well.

Mom and Dad were happy but they wonder how much the operation would have ????? . Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost…one dollar and eleven cents…plus the ????? of a little child.?????

1.A. As????????????? ??? B. All????????????? ?????? C. All what????????????? D. That

2.A. in need????????????? B. in short????????????? ?? C. out of ????????????? ????? D. sort of

3.A. miracle????????????? B. doctor????????????? ?????? C. God????????????? ????? D. operation

4.A. change????????????? B. jellies????????????? ?????? C. candies????????????? ????? D. cookies

5.A. way ????????????? ??? B. doubt????????????? ?????? C. chance????????????? ????? D. wonder

6.A. drove????????????? ??? B. fought????????????? ?????? C. made????????????? ????? D. struggled

7.A. pills????????????? ??? B. attention????????????? ?? C. medicine????????????? ? D. tablets

8.A. mouth ????????????? B. eyes????????????? ???? ? C. ears????????????? ?????? D. throat

9.A. anxious????????????? B. exciting????????????? ?? C. annoyed????????????? ?? D. tired

10.A. who????????????? ??? B. where????????????? ?????? C . because????????????? ?? D. which

11.A. finding????????????? B. planting????????????? ?? C. showing????????????? ?? D. growing

12.A. and????????????? ???? B. or else????????????? ?? C. but?????? ????????????? D. or

13.A. soft ???? ????????????? B. soften????????????? ?? C. softened????????????? D. softening

14.A. really ????????????? ???? B. real ????????????? ?????? C. firm????????????? ??? D. firmly

15.A. back????????????? ???? B. for????????????? ?????? C. off????? ????????????? D. up

16.A. actual????????????? ???? B. exact????????????? ?????? C. average????????????? ??? D. true

17.A. the place????????????? B. the apartment????????????? C. the complex????????????? D. where

18.A. free????????????? ???? B. free of????????????? ??? C. not ????????????? ??? D. no

19.A. spent ????????????? ???? B. paid ????????????? ???????? C. cost ????????????? ??? D .took

20.A. thought ????????????? B. value????????????? ???????? C. patience????????????? D. faith