阅读下在短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A woman id her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drover her    21     by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then run away with pears,     22  “Aunty Misery” at her.
One evening, a passer by asked to    23    for the night. Seeing that he had an   24  Face, she let him in and gave him a nice    25  . The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫师), thanked her by granting (允准) her   26    that anyone who climbed up her tree 27  not be able to come back down until she   28 it.
When the children came back to steal her   29  , she had them stuck on the tree. They had to beg her
long   30  she gave the tree permission to let  31   go. Aunty Misery was free from the   32  at last.
One day another man    33   her door. This one did not look trustworthy to her,   34  she asked who he was . “I am Death, I’ve come to take you   35   me.” said he.
Thinking fast Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to  36   some pears from my dear tree to remember the 37          
it brought to me in this life. But I am too    38  to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so   39   as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr. Death climbed up the tree   40  and was immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go.
21.  A. hopeless    B. painful   C. dull   D. crazy
22.  A. calling     B. shouting   C. announcing       D. whispering
23.  A. stay       B. live       C. hide             D. lie
24.  A. interesting B. honest    C. anxious          D. angry
25.  A. gift       B. kiss      C. treat             D. smile
26.  A. suggestion  B. demand     C. permission       D. wish
27.  A. could      B. should     C. might            D. must
28.  A. permitted   B. promised   C. answered         D. declared
29.  A. branch    B. food       C. tree             D. fruit
30.  A. after      B. while      C. since            D. before
31.  A. it        B. them       C. him              D. her
32.  A. trick     B. question    C. trouble          D. difficulty
33.  A. stepped into   B. left for C. stopped at      D. walked around
34.  A. so       B. but          C. although        D. because
35.  A. with     B. off          C. upon            D. for
36.  A. choose    B. pick         C. shake           D. hit
37.  A. honor     B. pleasure      C. hope            D. excitement
38.  A. light     B. short        C. old             D. thin
39.  A. proud     B. kind         C. fine            D. smart
40.  A. disappointedly       B. cheerfully      C. unwillingly     D. eagerly

Bare foot and dirty, the girl just sat and watched the people go by in the park. She never tried to  36 . She never said a word. Many people passed,  37  never did one person stop.
The next day I decided to go back to the  38 , curious if the little girl would still be there. Right in the very  39  as she was yesterday, she sat with the  40  look in her eyes.  41  I began walking towards her, I could see the back of the little girl’s dress indicated a disability. I guessed maybe that was the 42  the people just passed by and made no effort to help. But I wanted to help her, so I  43  to let her know it was OK. I sat down beside her and  44 with a simple “hello”.
The little girl was  45  and replied a “hi” in a low voice. I asked the girl why she was so sad. The little girl looked at me and said, “Because I’m  46. ” I immediately said, “That you are!”and smiled. The little girl acted  47 sadder, and she said, “I know.”
“Little girl,” I said, “you  48 me of a sweet angel.” She looked at me and smiled. Slowly she stood to her  49 , and said, “Really?”
“Yes, dear, you’re 50  a little guardian angel (守护神) sent to watch over (守护) all those people walking by.”
She 51  her head “yes”. Then she spread her wings and said, “I am. I’m your guardian angel.” I was 52  by what I was seeing. She continued to say, “Because you think of someone other than (而不是) yourself, my job here is done.” Immediately, I also 53 to my feet and said, “Wait, so why did 54 stop to help an angel?” She looked at me and smiled, “You’re the only one who could see me, and you  55  an angel in your heart.”

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。
As the hot tears rolled down her cheeks, I knew I had asked the wrong question. The ___21___reverberated(回荡)in my mind: Widowed or divorced? I looked into the lady’s __22___, now dampened （使潮湿）with the __23___ tears my words had caused.
“ Well, you could call me widowed,” she replied. “ My husband ___24___ five months ago .”
“ I am so ____25___ ,” I mumbled. “ I need it to fill out your credit application.”
“Don’t worry about it, honey,” she ____26___. “if I never thought about it, I would not ___27____ the love and the memories we shared. Even after 50 years of ___28____ ,each passing moment would bring a deeper meaning to the word love. Now, trust me, I know how ____29___ that sounds. We had our share of challenging times, but in the end ____30___ of that mattered.”
Unsure of what to say, I laughed ___31___ . I picked up the phone to relay her information. After finally completing the credit application, I ____32____ to find myself riveted（固定） to the lady’s face again.
Her eyes began to sparkle ___33___ she continued in a heart-to-heart way. I couldn’t believe someone could open up to a perfect stranger, but it was not my place to ___34____ . I enjoyed listening to her just as much as she ___35___ having somebody to talk to.
“ Have you ever been ____ 36___?” she  asked.
I couldn’t help but ___37____. “Ah, no.” I replied. “I’m only 16.”
“Sixteen?” she murmured. “That’s a great age, an age of ____38____. There’s so much worth learning.”
She then spoke in a whipser, “Never take anyone for granted. If you are in ____39___ with someone, let it known. Otherwise, life may pass you by. Don’t spend your life angry . The ridiculous arguments which you think are important won’t even be remembered in a short time.”
Then, she hugged me and thanked me for letting her talk. As she turned to walk away, I could see that tears still hung in her eyes, but the smile that lit her face was amazing. After that,    I have never seen that woman again, but her words of inspiration still live in me. At that time, the words were only little bits of advice. Now, ___40___, they are the words which I try to live by, words that will always remind me of my special friend.

【小题18】

A．success B．wonder C．failure D．lessons

Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his diary; now, a teenager with  21   problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog(博客). In many ways, a diary and a blog are very  22 . But what makes bolgging different from writing in a(n)      23  diary?
The biggest difference is that a blog is much more 24  than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of  25  that he does not want to  26  with others.
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog  27  a diary will probably write nearly the same information.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her  28 . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test.   29  I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but  30  in my dairy. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was  31  that my sister might read it.
The biggest  32  with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something  33  about him in my diary, he would never know.  34 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might 35   her blog and get angry.
There are also  36  to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “ Nobody cares about me”, because no one would   37  about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would quickly  38  and tell her how much they 39   her. Blogs help people  40 in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.

I am a team leader in an insurance company. We are going through a lot of changes right now, which is   36  much stress for all of us.
A few weeks ago I was having a day so   37  that I even doubted if I had the ability to do this challenging work, and was about ready to change to a less stressful job   38  . Something happened that day to change my way of   39  and I am so appreciative of this young lady. I want to let her know that the small act   40  .
On the top of my cubicle (工作隔间) I have a small collection of lighthouses (灯塔) to let people know where I am sitting   41  my team members have to find me for emergencies.
That day I came into the office and was about to get the day   42  when Crystal came over. I asked if she needed anything. And she said, “I   43  you something.” I looked at her with a   44  look and said, “Well, thank you, but why   45  you buy me anything?” I had never spoke to this young lady   46 . She said, “Every day I stand up and look across the     47  and see your lighthouses. Then I feel I am not alone and I encourage myself that there are always   48  things in life. I saw this on the way to work and thought   49  would like it. I wish it would have the same   50  as your lighthouses do.” In her hand she had a small globe with a lighthouse and a ship on it. I gave her a hug and   51  her. I don’t think she knows how much that small act of   52  changed my day: I remained   53  the rest of the day.
For anyone that reads this, I hope you remember, no matter what the   54  is, you could change someone’s day,   55  even his views on life.