Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain__26__ so I decided I would leave the children in the car__27__ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to__28_ anything and told them I would be __29__ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left __30__happily looking out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had __31__! I could hardly believe my __32__. The car doors were __33__ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat __34__only two coats. Being____ __35__, I ran to the corner of the street __36__ there was no sign of them. I __37__up to an old lady nearby and asked __38__ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and __39__ to stop trembling(发抖). Suddenly, I __40__ a merry laugh __41__ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and __42__ were two very
red-face and _43__ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat,  __44__ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. __45__ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.

【小题5】

A．them B．her C．herself D．themselves

【小题11】

A．where B．which C．that D．when

Two sons worked for their father on the family farm. For some years, the 16 brother had been given more 17 to do than the older one. The older brother couldn’t 18 why, so one day he asked his father the 19 why he always trusted (信任) his younger brother to do more work.
The father said, "Go to the Kelly’s 20 nearby and see if they have any 21 to sell."
The older brother soon 22 with the answer, "Yes, they have five ducks they can 23 to us."
That father then said, "Good, now please ask them the 24 for the ducks."
The son returned, "The ducks are ￡10 each."
The father asked, "25 can they deliver (交付) the ducks?"
The son returned, "They can deliver the ducks tomorrow."
The father asked the older brother to 26 and watch. He then said to the younger brother, "Go to the Davidson’s Farm and see if they have any ducks for sale."
The younger brother soon returned with the 27 , "Yes, they have 28 ducks for ￡10 each, 29 ten ducks for ￡8 each; and they can 30 them tomorrow —I asked them to deliver the five ducks 31 I told them not to in the next hour. We agreed that if I wanted the 32 five ducks I could buy them at ￡6 each."
The father 33 the older son, who nodded his head. He now 34 why his brother was given more work. His younger brother was actually 35 at it than he was.

When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My   16  took me by train or by car to a hotel by the   17 . All day, I seem to remember, I   18  on the sands with strange   19  children. We made houses and gardens, and   20  the tide（潮汐） destroy them. When the tide went out, we   21  over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.

In those days the   22  seemed to shine always brightly   23  the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 24  ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were   25  in one’s pockets or good places where one could   26  ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.

Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good   27  is much the same as it was. I   28  like the sun and warm sand and the sound of   29  beating the rocks. I no longer wish to   30  any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.   31 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I   32  what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am   33 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   34  who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves   35  on too many ices…

1.                A．teacher        B．parents         C．nurse    D．younger sister

2.                A．sea            B．lake            C．mountain D．river

3.                A．played         B．slept           C．sat  D．stood

4.                A．moving         B．exciting         C．anxious   D．nervous

5.                A．made          B．brought         C．watched D．heard

6.                A．rolled          B．jumped         C．turned   D．climbed

7.                A．light           B．sun            C．moon    D．lamp

8.                A．and            B．yet            C．but  D．or

9.                A．exploring       B．examining       C．repairing  D．measuring

10.               A．sweets         B．sand           C．ice-creams D．money

11.               A．make          B．sell            C．buy  D．offer

12.               A．house          B．holiday         C．garden    D．tide

13.               A．hardly         B．almost         C．still   D．perhaps

14.               A．waves          B．tides           C．hands D．feet

15.               A．destroy        B．fix             C．use   D．build

16.               A．But            B．However       C．Otherwise D．Besides

17.               A．wonder        B．feel           C．understand D．believe

18.               A．strong          B．weak          C．young D．old

19.               A．children        B．boys           C．girls  D．grown-ups

20.               A．happy          B．tired           C．sad   D．sick

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16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Kindness at fast-food restaurant

It was summer and I had gotten one of the few jobs a 14-year-old can find—working at Burger King，a fast－food restaurant．It  16  wasn’t a good job，but it meant money，  17  was something I needed.

One day，I was working behind the front counter，taking  18  .The customers were coming and going，and the woman who  19  didn’t seem any different from most others.

She ordered her meal and I told her the total.As she searched  20  her purse to find some change，the woman soon  21  that she was about a dollar short.“I’m  22  to say this,but I guess I won’t be able to make my purchase  23 ，”she said sadly

That’s when I had the idea of paying the difference for her. She refused at first，but after I 24  ,she agreed.She thanked me and moved to the end of the counter to  25  her order.I continued with my work and thought  26  more of it

About an hour later  27  had slowed down and I was waiting for my next customer.Then I glanced over towards the  28  and saw the same woman whom I’d helped with the money entering again．I  29  recognized her.

She walked straight up to me and said，“I want to thank you again for what you did.You see，I’m a diabetic(糖尿病患者),and  30  I need to eat something right away．That’s  31  I came in earlier．If you hadn’t helped me as you did，I  32  have fainted.Thank you．”

She handed me two dollars,  33   I’d given her.

34  the woman walk away,I realized that God had used me to help me.In the end,I was  35  not only with money but also with the satisfaction of knowing that I’d helped someone out of a tight spot.

16．A．firstly          B．roughly       C．certainly          D．strictly

17．A．which          B．what            C．that                 D．it

18．A．menus             B．orders              C．service             D．food

19．A．reached           B．moved             C．presented         D．approached

20．A．through       B．for                  C．about               D．across

21．A．recognized       B．realized           C．admitted          D．said

22．A．guilty              B．disappointed     C．embarrassed     D．regret

23．A．above all         B．first of all        C．in all               D．after all

24．A．insisted on    B．insisted            C．stuck to           D．stuck

25．A．pick up            B．pick out           C．carry out          D．bring out

26．A．none               B．anything          C．nothing            D．something

27．A．cnstomers        B．orders              C．pressure           D．business

28．A．entrance          B．restaurant         C．counter            D．window

29．A．suddenly          B．immediately     C．surely              D．completely

30．A．at a time          B．at time             C．sometime         D．sometimes

31．A．when               B．where              C．why                D．how

32．A．shall                B．may                C．might              D．need

33．A．twice that        B．twice what       C．that twice         D．what twice

34．A．Watching         B．Looking           C．Observing        D．Noticing

35．A．awarded          B．honored           C．returned           D．rewarded

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30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。
Night after night，she came to wrap me in，even long after my childhood years．Following her longstanding custom，she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way，then  21 my forehead．
I don’t remember when it first started   22 me—her hands pushing my hair that way．But it did annoy me，for they felt work-worn and rough  23 my young skin．Finally，one night，I  24 her，“Don’t do that anymore your hands are rough!”She didn’t say   25 in reply．But  26 again did my mother close Out my day with that familiar   27  of her love．
Time after time，with the passing years，my   28  returned to that night．By then I missed my mother’s hands；  29  her goodnight kiss on my forehead．Sometimes the incident seemed very   30 ，sometimes far away．But always it hid，in the back of my mind．
Well，the years have passed，and I’m not a little girl anymore．Mom is in her mid seventies，and those   31 I once thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family．She's been our doctor， 32  a medicine box to calm a young girl’s stomach．She cooks the best fried chicken in the world．．．gets   33 Out of blue jeans that I never could wash Out．．．
Now，my own children are grown and gone．  34 ，in my memory，for the thousandth time，I  35 the night when my young voice complained，“Don’t do that anymore—your hands are rough!”Catching Morn’s hand in hand，I blurted out(冲口而出) how  36  I was for that night．I thought she’d remember， 37 I did．But Morn didn't know what I was talking about．She had forgotten—and  38  long ago．
That night，I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my   39 mother and her caring hands. And the  40 that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found．
21．A．kiss                          B．put                           C．touch                           D．feel
22．A．comforting                 B．encouraging               C．annoying                     D．educating
23．A．through                  B．against                   C．about                           D．in
24．A．glared at                   B．stared at                  C．laughed at                  D．shouted at
25．A．something                B．anything                   C．nothing                        D．everything
26．A．ever                         B．seldom                   C．often                            D．never
27．A．expression                  B．feeling                    C．way                              D．meaning
28．A．idea                         B．anger                               C．thoughts                     D．words
29．A．remembered             B．missed                    C．escaped                      D．faced
30．A．distant                    B．tight                        C．serious                        D．close
31．A．hands                      B．words                     C．actions                        D．behaviors
32．A．getting into           B．looking into           C．breaking into             D．reaching into
33．A．colors                      B．spots                       C．mud                         D．pictures
34．A．Moreover              B．Therefore              C．However                     D．Thus   
35．A．recalled                  B．thought                  C．stuck                            D．forgot
36．A．happy                      B．interested             C．upset                           D．sorry
37．A．when                       B．as                             C．so                                  D．that
38．A．left                           B．understood           C．forgiven                       D．followed
39．A．gentle                     B．strict                       C．forgetful                      D．lovely
40．A．happiness              B．sense                               C．sorrow                         D．guilt