The flower I brought to you was ________ like yours.

1. A.
   very
2. B.
   exactly
3. C.
   so
4. D.
   much

The dirty, homeless man sat on the pavement, staring at the atones. He thought back more than twenty years to when he was a boy living in a small red brick house on this very street. He recalled the flower garden, the swing his dad made, and the bike he had saved up for months to buy.

         The man shrugged impatiently, for the brightness of those pictures hurt him, and his memory travelled on another ten years. He had a job by then, plenty of friends and started to come home less. He did not really want to remember those years, nor the day when, because o' debts, he had gone home planning to ask for money. He felt embarrassed, but he knew exactly where his dad kept the money. When his parents stepped out of the room, he took what he wanted and left.

         That was the last time he had seen them. Ashamed, he went abroad, and his parents knew nothing about the years of wandering or time in prison. But locked in his cell he often thought of home. Once free, he would love to see his parents again, if they were still alive, and still wanted to see him.

         When his prison time was up, he found -a job, but couldn't settle. Something was drawing him home. He did not want to arrive penniless, so he hitchhiked most of the long journey back. But less than a mile from his destination he started to feel sick with doubt. Could they ever accept this man who had so bitterly disappointed them?

         He spent most of that day sitting under a tree. That evening he posted a letter which, although short, had taken him hours to write. It ended with:

         I know it is unreasonable of me to suppose you want to see me ... so it's up to you. I'll come early Thursday morning. If you want me home, hang a white handkerchief in the window of my old bedroom. If it's there, I'll come in; if not, I'll wave good-bye and go.

         And now it was Thursday morning and he was sitting on the pavement at the end of the street. Finally he got up and walked slowly toward the old house. He drew a long breath and looked.

         His parents were taking no risks. ________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

         The man threw his head back, gave a cry of relief and ran straight through the open front door.

1. Why did the man shrug impatiently (paragraph 2) while he was thinking of his childhood?

   A. The thoughts made him angry.

   B. He felt he had wasted time.

   C. He was anxious to go home.

   D. The sweet memory caused him much pain.

2.Why did it take him hours to write the letter?

   A. He doubted if his parents still lived in that house.

   B. He had much news to tell his parents.

   C. He felt ashamed to ask for forgiveness.

   D. He was longing to return home and felt excited.

3. In what order did the following events take place?

   a. He took the money from his parents.

   b. He bought a bicycle with his savings.

   c. He was sentenced to prison.

   d. He wrote the letter home.

   e. He sat on the pavement.

   f. He hitchhiked back home.

   A. b, a, c, d, e, f                            B. b, a, c, f, d, e

   C. a, c, b, d, f, a                            D. a, d, b, c, e, f

4.Which of the following best fits into paragraph 8 ?

   A. Every inch of the house was covered in white. Sheets, pillowcases and table clothes had

      been placed on every window and door, making it look like a snow house.

   B. The house before him was just as he remembered: the red bricks, the brown door and

      nothing else.

   C. A colourful blanket was over the front door. On it, in large letters, was written, "Welcome

      home, son

   D. A police car was parked in the drive way, and two officers stood at the front door.

5.The best title of the passage is _______.

   A. Sweet Memory              B. White Handkerchief

   C. Abandoned Son              D. Leaving Home

单词拼写（每题1分，共8分）

1.It is healthier to keep a b_______ diet every day.

2. The little boy e________ his living by selling newspapers.

3. I’ll come tomorrow,  if the weather p___________

4. Finally, they were able to s_______ shelter from the rain.

5. The first s________ of the play was moving.

6. It’s r_______ to interrupt, so you had better wait.

7. To succeed, we must c___________ talent with hard work.

8. The flower is i________ beautiful, but it produces no fruit.

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

Research shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behaviour when they are watched. Do you?

A picture of a set of eyes on a computer screen can cause a change in the way people act. Even images of eyes on a charity donation, collection box encourage people to be unselfish, because people put more money in a collection box that has a picture of eyes on it than they do when a flower symbol is on the box.

Manfred Milinski from the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany and Bettina Rockenbach of the University of Berlin, the authors of a new study, found that people act better when they are being watched because they feel they will be rewarded for good behaviour. Their report also referred to other research showing that this response of behaving well when watched is somehow coded into humans and people respond this way unconsciously, or without realizing it.

It is not just humans that act unselfishly when they are being watched. A fish called the grooming fish cleans other fish. When other fish are around, it is gentler. When no other fish are around, however, the grooming fish bites chunks from the fish it is supposed to be cleaning.

The researchers suggest that the best way to get people to behave in the correct way is to make them feel watched. This could be the reason for the success of a famous American army poster. On it was a picture of an elderly man staring fiercely and pointing, it appeared, to the person who was looking at the poster. Under the picture was the caption 'I Want You' It encouraged hundreds of thousands of young American men to join the army during the Second World War to fight the Germans and Japanese.

1.According to the report, why does a person behave better when he feels he is being watched?

A. He does not want to be shamed by others.

B. He needs to show he is a good person.

C. He desires others to like him more.

D. He feels he will receive some social reward.

2.What is the text mainly about?

A. It describes changed behaviour when observed.

        B. It details ways to control people's behaviour.

         C. It tells how to make people work harder.

       D. It discusses different advertising methods.

3.Where would the study described in the text most likely be found?

         A. In a newspaper.                                   

B. In a scientific journal.

         C. In an advertising magazine.                     

D. In a science textbook.