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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process．The instructor asked us to list __16__ in our past that we felt __17__ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud．

       This seemed like a very __18__ process, but there' s always some __19__soul in the crowd who will volunteer．The instructor then __20__ that we find ways to __21__ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings．I was seriously wondering how this could ever __22__ my communication．

       Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my __23__, I remembered an incident from high school．1 grew up in a small town．There was a Sheriff __24__ of us kids liked．One night, my two buddies and 1 decided to play a __25__ on him．

       After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s．o．b．（畜生）．The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious __26__．Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office．My friends told the truth but I lied．No one __27__ found out．"

       Nearly 20 years later．Sheriff Brown's name __28__ on my list．I didn't even know if he was still    29__．Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed．I tried his number．After a few __30__, 1 heard, "Hello?" I said, "Sheriff BroW?" Paused．"Yes．" "Well, this is Jimmy Calkins．"

       "And I want you to know that I did it? "Paused．"I knew it!" he yelled back．We had a good laugh and a __31__ discussion．His closing words were: "Jimmy, I always felt bad for you __32__ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it __33__ all these years．I want to thank you for calling me for your sake．"

       Jimmy inspired me to __34__ all the items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It's never too late to __35   the past wrongdoings．

16．A．something          B．anything     C．somebody      D．anybody

17．A．ashamed            B．afraid              C．sure           D．proud

18．A．private             B．secret               C．interesting     D．funny

19．A．foolish             B．polite               C．simple         D．brave

20．A．expected            B．suggested           C．ordered      D．demanded

21．A．connect with        B．depend on           C．apologize to    D．get along with

22．A．improve            B．continue             C．realize         D．keep

23．A．notes              B．list                C．plan          D．stories

24．A．any                B．most                C．none          D．all

25．A．part               B．game               C．trick           D．record

26．A．view               B．sign               C．attention       D．remark

27．A．also               B．even               C．still         D．ever

28．A．appears'      B．considers     C．presents       D．remembers

29．A．angry              B．happy               C．doubtful       D．alive

30．A．words              B．rings               C．repeats        D．calls

31．A．cold               B．plain               C．nervous        D．lively

32．A．in case             B．so long as           C．unless         D．because

33．A．around             B．out                 C．on          D．away

34．A．build up            B．make up            C．clear up       D．give up

35．A．regret              B．forgive             C．right            D．punish

I shall never forget the night, a few years ago, when Marion J. Douglas was a student in one of my adult-education classes. He told us how tragedy had struck at his home, not once, but twice. The first time he had lost his five-year-old daughter. He and his wife thought they couldn’t bear that first loss; but, as he said, “Ten months later, God gave us another little girl and she died in five days.”

This double bereavement was almost too much to bear. “I couldn’t take it,” this father told us. “I couldn’t sleep, eat, rest or relax. My nerves were entirely shaken and my confidence gone.” At last he went to the doctors: one recommended sleeping pills and another recommended a trip, but neither helped. He said, “My body felt as if it was surrounded in a vice(大钳子), and the jaws of the vice were being drawn tighter and tighter.” The tension of grief(悲伤) --- if you have ever been paralyzed(使瘫痪) by sorrow, you know what the meant.

“But thank God, I had one child left --- a four-year-old son. He gave me the solution to the problem. One afternoon as I sat around feeling sorry for myself, he asked, ‘Daddy, will you build a boat for me?’ I was in no mood to build a boat; in fact, I was in no mood to do anything. But my son is a persistent fellow! I had to give in. Building that toy boat took me about three hours. By the time it was finished, I realized that those three hours spent building that boat were first hours of mental relaxation and peace that I had had in months! I realized that it is difficult to worry while you are busy doing something that requires planning and thinking. In my case, building the boat had knocked worry out of the ring. So I determined to keep busy.”

“The following night, I made a list of jobs that ought to be done. Scores of items needed to be repaired. Amazingly, I had made a list of 242 items that needed attention. During the last two years I have completed most of them. I am so busy now that I have no time for worry.”

No time for worry! That is exactly what Winston Churchill said when he was working eighteen hours a day at the height of the war. When he was asked if he worried about his huge responsibilities, he said, “I am too busy. I have no time for worry.”

The underlined word “bereavement” in the second paragraph refers to _________.

A. having lost a loved one	B. having lost a valuable article
C. having lost a profit-making business	D. having lost a well-paid job

Marion felt his body as if it was caught in a vice because _________.

A. he couldn’t earn enough money to support his family

B. he was suffering from sleeplessness disease

C. he couldn’t get out of mental pressure

D. he felt tired of adult-education classes

Marion made a list of over 200 items that needed to be repaired because _________.

A. he hadn’t been able to spare time to mend them

B. he wanted to kill his free time by repairing them

C. the items had actually been broken and needed attention

D. repairing the items helped crowd worry out of his mind

At the end of the passage, the author wrote about Winston Churchill in order to ________.

A. prove that he followed Churchill’s example

B. support his student’s solution to his problem

C. show that he was successful in his career

D. make it clear how his conclusion was reached

Researchers who study relationships have discovered that a big difference between those who make new friends easily, and those who don’t, is that socially successful people tend to make eye contact with their conversation partners much more frequently than those who are less successful socially. In fact, you may be able to become much more socially successful by making this one simple change to your behavior.

   Most Americans prefer to have a lot of eye contact when they are talking with someone. When a person doesn’t make eye contact with them, they tend to think that the person is hiding something or the person doesn’t believe in himself/herself.

   When you are having a conversation and you want to leave a friendly impression, be sure to keep looking at that person frequently while you are talking. If it really bothers you to look directly into another person’s eyes, you can gaze generally at, not above, the eyebrow area or the bridge of the nose; this is close enough to the eye region that you will appear to be looking at the person’s eyes. But neither the hair or the shoulders have the same effect. Don’t stare at other people too intensely, otherwise, you will look aggressive(攻击性).

   Keep the majority of your focus on the other person. If you glance around the room too much, or look too frequently at other people, your conversation partner may guess that you are looking around for someone else you would rather talk with.

   You can lighten your nervousness by smiling more often, nodding, and by gazing at the entire face as well as the eyes. In addition, you can frequently look away for very short periods.

   When people get the sense that you are really paying attention to them, they will be much more likely to want to have conversations with you!

Which of the following is NOT the impression left by those who don’t make eye contact during the talk?

A. They are not telling the truth.        B. They are bored with the partner.

C. They are lacking in confidence       D. They are angry and ready to attack.

Besides the eyes of the partner, during the talk, you can look at his/her ___________.

A. hair       B. shoulders      C. the bridge of the nose       D. area above the eyebrows

From the passage, we can learn that ____________________.

A. looking away during conversation should always be avoided.

B. looking at a person frequently can give him/her a good impression.

C. many Americans feel like being stared at for a long time.

D. all successful people are good at making eye contact.

What would be the best title for the passage?

A. How to make yourself socially successful

B. How to use eye contact to make a good impression

C. How to make friends with the people around you

D. How to leave a good impression during a talk

第二部分：语言知识及运用（满分25分）

第一节 完形填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

Trees are useful to man in three very important ways. They provide him with wood and other   __21__ ; they give him shade; they help to prevent drought(干旱)and  __22__.

Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important.

Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire, but,__23__its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to__24__,the home country found itself faced by floods and starvation.

Even where a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for__25__to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food with ; and he can earn money by making charcoal or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after new trees. So, unless the government has a good system of control, or can__26__the people, the forests will slowly disappear.

This does not only mean that the villagers’ sons and grandsons have__27__trees. The results are even more serious; for where there are trees, their roots break the soil up—allowing the rain to sink in—and also bind(结合)the soil, thus preventing its__28__washed away easily, but where there are no trees ,the rain falls on hard ground and carrying__29__with it the rich top soil, in which crops__30__so well. With all the topsoil gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.

21．A. uses                  B. products                   C. production                D. result

22．A. floods            B. soil                         C. air                           D .sunlight

23．A. with                 B. by                           C. on                           D. without

24．A. break         B. unite                        C. bits                          D. pieces

25．A. it                   B. them                        C. he                            D. they

26．A. ask                   B. educate                    C. want                        D. remove

27．A. a few             B. fewer                       C. a little                      D. little

28．A. been              B. being                       C. is                             D. was

29．A. away             B. off                           C. with                         D. by

30．A. come             B. grow                        C. get                           D. Turn

完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）

   阅读下面短文，从后面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，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。

High school seems bigger.There are  36  kids and it’s a totally new environment. It could be a  37  time for new students,  38  ,in fact,it isn’t really that bad.

The first day of course is always terrifying,but,then again,the first day of middle school was probably the  39  .Of course you might get lost during the first few days  40  your classes,but after a while what seems like a large school really isn’t.

One thing that’s really cool about high school is that there are so many more classes that you can  41  .For example,if you like  42  ,there are many art classes.At the same time,there are  43  classes,which you can’t take in middle school  44  photography and psychology(心理学).There are many new things in high school that make it much more  45  .

In high school,you’re able to join more clubs,play more sports,and take part in more  46  ,and at the same time make new friends with kids with the same  47  as you.Also, these activities can give you a  48  to learn something that you might not have had the opportunity to learn in  49  .

High school is different  50  everyone,but there’s one thing that’s  51  .You’re going to have just as much fun here as you  52  before.But having fun isn’t enough though! You’re  53  so you have to be more responsible.Everything changes when you get  54  ,but the changes aren’t that bad.You  55  worry too much about growing up.

.A.less    B.few   C.more  D.many

A.terrible B.popular   C.good  D.worried

A.but  B.and   C.while D.or

A.different    B.same  C.rich  D.difficult

A.attending to B.looking for   C.finding out   D.knowing of

A.take B.join  C.give  D.learn

A.dancing  B.sports    C.art   D.singing

A.other    B.another   C.others    D.the other

A.without  B.like  C.except    D.as

A.fun  B.boring    C.busy  D.tiring

A.activities   B.classes   C.lectures  D.groups

A.customs  B.classes   C.ages  D.interests

A.chance   B.time  C.place D.space

A.your home    B.middle school C.society   D.primary school

A.in   B.from  C.on    D.for

A.sure B.certain   C.doubtful  D.believable

A.did  B.created   C.remembered    D.made

A.taking classes   B.growing up    C.joining activities    D.making friends

A.older    B.cleverer  C.taller    D.wiser

A.can’t   B.mustn’t  C.shouldn’t    D.won’t