My best friend, Tom, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment in a lovely small town. Tom is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady .

Years ago, I __36__  when I retired I would get a dog to __37__  my golden years. From the very beginning, Tom has always been __38_ and I never have to tell him anything more than once. He is extremely __39___ and always puts back the toys where they were after __40__.He is a wonderful companion. We sometimes play a ___41___together. He does many amusing things that make me laugh. As a result, I enjoy his__42___.

One afternoon, Tom started acting ___43__. I was sitting on the floor playing with him, __44___he started sniffing at the right side of my chest. He had never done anything like this before, suddenly he threw his entire__45__at the right side of my chest, and I cried in___46___.

Soon after this, I felt a lump(肿块). After X-rays and tests, doctors told me I __47__cancer. When cancer started, for an unknown __48___, a wall of calcium(钙化壁) built. Then the lump or cancer _49__ itself to the wall. When Tom __50__on me, the force broke the lump away from the calcium wall, which made me ___ 51__the lump. Before that, I couldn’t see or feel it, so there was no way for me to know it was there.

I had a complete __ 52___ and the cancer did not spread. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone unfound even six more months, it would have been too late.

Was Tom ___53__ of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do

know is that I’ m glad I made a promise to_ 54 __my golden years with this wonderful creature---- for Tom not only shares his life with me; he has made sure that I will be ___55___to share my life with him.

A. suggested       B. insisted       C. told        D. promised

A. take            B. bring         C. share       D. carry

A. well-behaved     B. well-built     C. well-dressed D. well-known

A. dirty            B. neat         C. lazy        D. sad

A. working         B. sleeping      C. eating      D. playing

A. joke            B. fun          C. game       D. face

A. company        B. kindness      C. care       D. comfort

A. happily         B. luckily        C. strangely   D. sadly

A. while           B. when         C. as         D. before

A. power           B. energy       C. devotion    D. weight

A. joy             B. surprise      C. pain        D. relief

A. enjoyed         B. had          C. lived       D. treated

A. cause           B. excuse       C. reason      D. idea

A. attached         B. devoted      C. fell        D. dropped

A. jumped          B. sat          C. stood      D. put

A. watch           B. witness      C. observe     D. notice

A. task             B. work        C. operation   D. job

A. fond            B. aware        C. ashamed   D. afraid

A. waste           B. spend        C. cost       D. make

A. in              B. around       C. out        D. outside

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often   36   that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so   37   with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It was the   38   of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily occupied in tidying up their new home, the light suddenly   39  . Terry was regretful to have forgotten bringing along   40   and had to wait   41   in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant   42   on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the   43  night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered. Since Terry was a   44   in this city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be   45  . So he went to the door and opened it   46  . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir. do you have candles? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door   47  . “What a nuisance (讨厌),” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to   48   things.”

After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside.   49   this time she was   50   two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She   51   me here to give you these.” Terry was struck dumb (目瞪口呆) by what he   52  .

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his   53   in life. It was his   54   and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was   55   nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic (无情的) mind.

A. complaining           B. reflecting                 C. praying                    D. pretending

A. inspired         B. disappointed             C. thrilled                     D. encouraged

A. morning              B. moment                C. afternoon                 D. evening

A. went on         B. went down           C. went out                   D. went through

A. candles                  B. matches                    C. lights                       D. flashlights

A. happily                B. patiently                   C. willingly                  D. helplessly

A. steps                     B. words                   C. knocks                     D. screams

A. dark               B. quiet                        C. noisy                       D. crowded

A. newcomer              B. guest                        C. neighbor                  D. settler

A. offered                     B. disturbed                  C. embarrassed              D. surprised

A. cheerfully           B. confidently               C. impatiently            D. absurdly

A. gently                  B. deliberately                  C. slightly                    D. heavily

A. lend                   B. sell                          C. purchase                   D. borrow

A. And                   B. But                          C. So                           D. For

A. holding                B. hiding                   C. fetching                   D. seeking

A. suggested             B. forbad                   C. sent                         D. forced

A. felt                  B. smelt                      C. heard                    D. saw

A. failure          B. success                     C. attempt                    D. determination

A. warmth                B. coldness                   C. kindness                   D. influence

A. probably            B. hardly                   C. actually                    D. especially

We are going on a long train journey. Out of the windows, we can see cars running on nearby highways, children waving at a crossing, cattle grazing（吃草） on a distant hillside, smoke pouring from factories, village houses and city skylines.
But   36  in our minds is the final destination（目的地）. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will  37  into the station. Bands will be playing and flags   38  . Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will   39  and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a(n)   40   jigsaw（拼图） puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles（过道）, damning（诅咒） the minutes for waiting, waiting for the station.
“When we reach the  41  , that will be it!” We cry “When I am 18.” “When I  42  a new 450SL Mercedes Benz!” “When I put the   43  kid through college.” “When I have   44  off the debts!” “When I get a promotion（提升）.” “When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live   45  ever after!”
  46  , we come to realize that there is no such station as we arrive at once and for all. The  47  joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It   48  leaves us behind.
“Cherish（珍视） the moment” is a good   49  . It is the burdens（负担） of today that drive us to keep on   50  . And it is the regrets over yesterday that motivate（激发） us to overcome the   51  and look forward to the future.
So   52  pacing the aisles and counting the miles.   53  , climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot（赤脚） more   54  , swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less. Life must be lived   55  we go along. The station will come soon enough.
【小题1】A hidden      B faint      C deep      D buried
【小题2】A pull      B get      C approach      D arrive
【小题3】 A floating      B waving      C raising      D shaking
【小题4】A come up      B come around      C come out      D come true
【小题5】A divided      B separated      C completed      D united
【小题6】A station     B age      C target      D point
【小题7】A borrow      B buy      C order      D rent
【小题8】A first      B best      C last      D eldest
【小题9】A cut      B left      C taken      D paid
【小题10】A happily      B fully      C anxiously      D freely
【小题11】A Believe it or not      B Sooner or later      C Once again      D All at once
【小题12】A simple      B basic      C true      D final
【小题13】A eventually（最后）      B accidentally      C instantly      D constantly
【小题14】A motto（箴言）      B sentence      C concept     D slogan（标语）
【小题15】A pushing      B trying      C working      D sticking
【小题16】A effort      B mistake      C challenge      D fault
【小题17】A consider      B stop      C go on      D plan on
【小题18】A Besides      B Thus      C However      D Instead
【小题19】A often      B gently      C quickly      D slowly
【小题20】A if      B unless      C as      D once

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、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。

During my second year of college I was looking around for a place to live. One Sunday after church the pastor(牧师) told me to stay in his daughter’s room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year.

To be  21 , I really didn’t want to stay with “the pastor’s family”. He told me how much the  22  would be — a very low figure that  23  one home-cooked meal a day. I thought about the  24  and decided to move in.

At the end of the term I had planned to find  25  living place, since the daughter was to  26  home. To my delight, they  27  that I share a room with their son. I seemed to have been adopted into their  28  —her people. I  29  accepted the offer.

As I emptied the daughter’s bedroom, I thought it might be  30  to have a little sister to look after. But when I later met my new sister, I  31  that she was more independent than I first  32 .

We finally feel in love,  33 , and have looked after each other for many years. There have been times that life turned out more  34  than either of us could have known. But we have always been able to go  35  largely because we knew that we are deeply  36  .

It isn’t about marriage …it’s about  37 . It’s about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as  38  as family. It’s about anybody who can say, “I’ll be  39  —you can count on me. I’ll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me.”

Is there somebody you can depend on? And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is   40  to look after, and when someone is looking after us.

You've been away from us for one year; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago.

On this special day for teachers across the country, I can _1_keep myself from telling your white lie to those who would lend me an ear.

Do you still remember the happy _2_about six years ago? We fixed our eyes upon you at your _3_.You, a beautiful young lady, _4_ us that you would live in our village.

Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children _5_more time on their books _6_ after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still _7_ that one day you might leave. You _8_a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their_9_ of your leaving. You went all out in the _10_ of your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their tuition(学费).You often emphasized to us the _11_ of one's life, so that must have been what you were _12_ in those five years!

One cold morning when class began, you entered the room _13_ you had been crying _14_.In your class, we _15_ but looked away from your eyes. You _16_for some time as if you were _17_to find this right word…you said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more…?

On the following morning, we _18_ you the very best and the villagers gave you their _19_The train took you away and your broken _20_The other day I happened to hear my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world soon after you waved goodbye.

1. A. forever         B. seldom     C. hardly          D. soon

2. A. scene          B. condition   C. sign             D. sight

3. A. report         B. arrival      C. explanation       D. speech

4. A. promised       B. answered   C. permitted        D. agreed

5. A. shared         B. spent       C. paid            D. devoted

6. A. even          B. ever        C. soon            D. still

7. A. considered     B. feared       C. supposed        D. doubted

8. A. wore          B. pretended    C. gained          D. presented

9. A. pale          B. trouble       C. question        D. fear

10. A. teaching      B. middle      C. course          D. field

11. A. way          B. wealth      C. value           D. cost

12. A. after         B. for          C. with           D. against

13. A. as if         B. because      C. even though     D. before

14. A. happily      B. bitterly       C. anxiously       D. angrily

15. A .listened      B .talked        C. discussed       D. studied

16. A. explained    B. stopped       C. talked          D .spoke

17. A. thinking     B. worrying      C. crying          D. trying

18. A. hoped       B expected      C. wished          D. brought

19. A. thanks       B. satisfactions   C. expressions      D. rewards

20. A. boy         B. class         C. heart            D. memory