When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark.   31  , it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so   32  .

       As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly   33   cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.

      With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move   34   that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also   35  . Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something   36  . Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need   37  . I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”

       “Airport? You   38   are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers   39   you reach the T-junction. Turn left and   40   for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the   41   to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no   42   you’ll get there in five minutes!”

       “Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll   43   in time.”

       The   44   moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it   45   and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something   46   happened. The car began changing. First, its color   47   from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward,   48   just above the ground. As the car   49   into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling   50  , the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…

A. Therefore   B. Besides       C. However   D. Otherwise

A. curious            B. excited       C. brave      D. stubborn

A. proved     B. seemed       C. fell         D. grew

A. forward       B. around           C. aside       D. backward

A. stayed       B. stopped      C. arrived           D. started

A. gathered           B. moved           C. dropped     D. existed

A. help       B. water            C. rest        D. gas

A. necessarily  B. certainly    C. basically     D. normally

A. if           B. as          C. unless        D. until

A. drive         B. march       C. follow     D. walk

A. guidance    B. signs       C. notices           D. address

A. way          B. room      C. time        D. doubt

A. finish it        B. get it       C. make it      D. have it

A. wheel       B. window      C. headlight    D. door

A. continued   B. rushed     C. turned     D. passed

A. sensitive       B. strange       C. imaginable D. horrible

A. appeared    B. developed  C. spread     D. faded

A. floating        B. rolling           C. drawing     D. flashing

A. returned       B. pointed      C. broke      D. rose

A. voice        B. tune        C. sound      D. tone

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31~50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
For long, a question disturbed a little boy. He couldn’t understand why his next-desk-pal(同桌)could rank lst whenever he wanted to , while he himself 31 to .
At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more 32 than others? I feel I study as hard as him, but why do I 33 lag behind?” Staring at him ,she went 34 ,not knowing how to explain.
She felt an impulse (冲动)to say , “you are too 35 .You are not really as hard-working as others…”but she stopped 36 she knew her son was suffering from the pains of 37 grades and rankings . She thought it 38 to add any additional burden to his son and was trying to find out a(n) 39 answer.
Time went by quickly, the son finished primary school. 40 studying harder and harder, he was still unable to 41 his pal. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to take him to the sea. During the trip, she 42 to give out an answer.
Now, the son no longer 43 his rankings, because, with the lst ranking, he was 44 by Harvard University .
Back home in winter vacation, he was invited to 45 the students and parents in high school. In the speech, he mentioned a(n) 46 experience in his childhood:…When my mother and I were lying on the beach, she pointed to the front and said ,“Do you see the seabirds fiying for food over there? When the 47 comes near,  little birds can escape quickly 48 ‘clumsy’ seagulls (笨拙的海鸥)would take more time to complete the 49. However, have you noticed birds that 50 fly across the endless ocean are none other than ‘clumsy’seagulls?”
31.A.refused                        B.decided                    C.failed                        D.afforded
32.A.troublesome                B.stupid                       C.naughty                     D.careless
33.A.always                         B.never                        C.hardly                       D.even
34.A.wrong                         B.worried                     C.crazy                        D.wordless
35.A.young                         B.lazy                  C.clever               D.old
36.A.although             B.before                     C.beacuse              D.unless
37.A.worrying                       B.surprising            C.doubting                   D.unsatisfying
38.A.cruel                B.unnecessary          C.important             D.impossible
39.A.natural            B.harmonious           C.perfect             D.ordinary
40.A.Besides              B.Despite             C.Beyond               D.Without
41.A.get through         B.come across          C.compare with         D.keepup with
42.A.managed            B.hesitated            C.determined        D.remembered
43.A.cares about         B.doubts about         C.wonders about      D.worries about
44.A.invited                        B.accepted                    C.welcomed                  D.dismissed
45.A.visit                              B.contact                  C.address                  D.meet
46.A.private                        B.valuable                    C.interesting                 D.unexpected
47.A.wave                           B.food                         C.wind                         D.time
48.A.and                        B.since                         C.until                         D.while
49.A.game                           B.fun                           C.match                       D.process
50.A.suddenly                 B.immediately                 C.finally                       D.gradually

That day I was later for school, so Mom offered me a   36 . I sat beside her in our car, daydreaming about my  37 . I’d be graduating from high school in a few months. I’d leave high school behind and do whatever I wanted. What  38 I do? Go to college? Or get a job in an office where I could  39 my way up?

Mom interrupted my thoughts.“Kassandra, do you  40  that?’’She asked just as we were  41  the railroad tracks. She stopped the car on the other side and   42  the window. “It looks like a child.’’  43 ,I saw a small boy walking by himeself. The warning lights on the train tracks flashed  44 .The boy stayed where he was right in the middle of the   45 .The whistle sounded. There’s no  46  that train can stop in time!The boy jumped up and down and   47  at the engineer.

I took off running. My shoes flopped(松动) against my feet as I   48 , so I kicked them off. I ran faster. Stones crunched(发出刺耳的碎裂声) and flew under my   49  feet. The ground shook. God, let me get to him! The train was almost on top of him. I   50 the boy in my arms. Keep running! But something   51  

me. I fell backward, away from the train. I pulled the boy with me onto safe ground. The train barreled(高速行驶)past. The noise was  52 . The wheels were so close that I could have reached out and touched one.

Once the train was out of  53 , I stood up. Mom ran up and hugged me. “Kassandra, I didn’t think you were going to  54 it !’’

I got ready for bed that night  55 looking forward to school the next day. I wanted to enjoy every moment in life.

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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36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark.  36  , it was only a 15,ncnule ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that he hadn’t been so   37  .

       As she rounded a sarp benu, it suddenly   38   cold－very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs aso cale that it became hard to ride.

       With her liart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move   39   that the didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also   40  ,Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something   41  . Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,”said the old lady. “I need   42  . I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”

       “Airport? You   43   are lost,”Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers   44   you reach the”

T-junction.Turn left and  45  for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway.From there,just follow the  46  to the airport.But I’m afraid there’s no  47  you’ll get there in five minutes!”

       “Thank you very much,dearn eplied the old lady.“Don’t worry-I’ll  48  it time.”

       The  49  up and the started off.A little way ahead,it  50  and with hedlights filashing, it drove past Alice. But then, mething  51  happened.The car hegary changing flrst, its color  52  from black to silvey grew when, the wheels began disappearing, but the car    to move forward,  53  just above the grolld. As the car  54  into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly.With a faint whistling  55  ,the car was gone in seconds,leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…

       36.A.However                     B.Besides              C.Therefore           D.Othrwise

       37.A.brave                   B.excited               C.eurious               D.grew

       38.A.fell                      B.around               C.forward              D.backward

       40.A.arrived                 B.aopped               C.stayed                D.started

       41.A.gathered               B.opped                C.stayed                D.started

       42.A.help                            B.exicult               C.rest                    D.water

       43.A.necess                  B.gas                    C.rest                    D.water

       44.A.if                         B.until                  C.unless                D.as

       45.A.drive                    B.walk                  C.follow                D.march

       46.A.address                 B.sigms                 C.notiees               D.guidance

       47.A.doubt                   B.room                 C.time                   D.way

       48.A.have it                  B.get it                  C.make it                     D.finishit

       49.A.door                     B.window              C.headlight            D.wheel

       50.A.passed                  B.rashed                C.turned                D.continued

       51.A.strange                 B.entive                C.imaginable         D.horrible

       52.A.developen             B.apend                 C.spread                D.ladea

       53.A.rollin                   B.floating              C.drawing             D.flashing

       54.A.pointed                 B.returned             C.broke                 D.rose

       55.A.tune                            B.voice                 C.sound                 D.tone

There was a story many years ago of a school teacher-Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.
Then Mrs.Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs.Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs.Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students， Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume(香水).
Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to .”After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.
Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy’s mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.
Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed， Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D.(医学博士).
The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”
1. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?
A.She made Teddy feel ashamed. 
B.She asked the children to play with Teddy.
C.She changed Teddy’s seat to the front row.
D.She told the class something untrue about herself.
2. What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy ?
A.He often told lies.            B.He was good at math.
C.He needed motherly care.      D. He enjoyed playing with others.
3. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change ?
A.She taught fewer school subjects.        
B.She became stricter with her students.           
C.She no longer liked her job as a teacher.             
D.She cared more about educating students.
4 Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?
A.She had kept in touch with him.      B.She had given him encouragement. 
C.She had sent him Christmas presents.  D.She had taught him how to judge people.