A young man was getting ready to graduate from college；For many months he had  1 a beautiful sports car in a showroom，and knowing his father could well  2  it．he told him that was all he wanted．

As Graduation Day cam near，the young man awaited  3  that his father had bought the car．  4  ．On the morning of his graduation．his father called him into his 5  study room．His father told him how  6  he was to have such a fine son，and told him how  7  he loved him．He handed his son a beautifully  8  gift box．

Curious, and somewhat disappointed，the young man opened the box and  9  a lovely．leather-bound（皮纸封面）Bible,  10  the young man’s name pressed in gold．  11  ．he raised his voice to his father．and said “With  12 your money，you give me a Bible?” and stormed out of the house．

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in  13  ．He had a beautiful home and wonderful family．but realized his father was very  14  ，and thought perhaps he should go to him．He had not seen him  15  that graduation day．

    Before he could make arrangements．he received a telegram  16   him his father had passed away．and willed all his possessors to his son．He needed to come home immediately and  17  things．

When he arrived at his father’s house，sudden  18  and regret filled his heart．He began to search through his father’s important papers and saw the still gift wrapped Bible  19  as he had left it years ago．With tears，ho opened the Bible and began to turn the pages．

Suddenly．a car key dropped from the back of the  20  ．It had a tag（标签）with the date of his graduation on it．and the words PAlD IN FULL．

1．A．admired                 B．watched               C．seen             D．noticed

2．A．offer                     B．afford                  C．serve             D．supply

3．A．mark                     B．support                C．signs              D．promise

4．A．Finally            B．Instead                C．So                   D．Shortly

5．A．public                    B．hard                    C．lazy                D．private

6．A．proud                    B．sad                      C．upset              D．puzzled

7．A．many                     B．far                       C．much              D．often

8．A．typed                    B．wrapped              C．written            D．painted

9．A．looked                   B．reached                C．showed           D．found

10．A．with                    B．while                   C．after                      D．when

11．A．Interested              B．Pleased                C．Angry             D．Disappoint

12．A．none                    B．all                        C．1ittle                D．bit

13．A．business                B．study                   C．city              D．home

14．A．healthy                B．strong                  C．young              D．old

15．A．on                       B．until                     C．since              D．after

16．A．telling                  B．showing               C．saying             D．talking

17．A．look for               B．take care of           C．care             D．mind

18．A．excitement             B．disappointment        C．surprise          D．sadness

19．A．but                      B．right                    C．just              D． only

20．A．Bible                    B．bed                      C．desk                D．door   

I still remember the last time I went to the playground with two of my children. It had rained during the night and the playground was very muddy (泥泞的). They had just put on clean clothes, so I was a little worried about the mud on the playground. It was not long before Kathy got her beautiful skirt dirty on the playground. She dug through the rocks. I was about to blame (指责) her for getting her clothes dirty when she ran towards me with a smile on her face. When she got to me, she handed me a little heart-shaped rock and said, “Here, Mom! Here is a heart for you —just because I love you! Keep it!” With tears in my eyes, I thanked her.
Should I blame her for getting her clothes muddy? No way! I still have that little heart-shaped rock. It is one of the best gifts that I have ever received. I realized that many times it was not necessary for us adults to worry about the small things our children did. Let them do what they’d like to.
I will spend a lot more time on the playground with my children. I’m sure I will learn a lot from them. It makes me think of the days when my grandfather told me, “You would not enter the kingdom of happiness until you pretended (假装) to be a small child.”
【小题1】At first, the author wanted to blame Kathy because she __________.

Two traveling angels(天使) stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied: “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor but very hospitable(好客的) farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field.
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “How could this happen?” Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,” she accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you did not help.”
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune, I asked God if I could seal(封口) the wall so he couldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”

1. 1.

   Why did the older angel repair the hole for the rich family?

   1. A.
      Because she didn’t like the greedy owner.
   2. B.
      Because she wanted to save the gold for the poor.
   3. C.
      Because the basement was too cold to stay in.
   4. D.
      Because she believed that one should always be ready to offer help.
2. 2.

   In paragraph two, “the pair” refers to_____________.

   1. A.
      The poor couple
   2. B.
      the rich couple
   3. C.
      the guests
   4. D.
      the angels
3. 3.

   The story tries to tell the reader that_________________.

   1. A.
      angels are always ready to help the poor
   2. B.
      sometimes things are not what they seem
   3. C.
      angels are always ready to help the rich
   4. D.
      the young should always learn from the old.

One minute means a lot in one's life.
During his college years, Roger   36  a summer in an Idaho logging camp. When the boss had to leave for a few days, he   37  Rogers in charge.
“   38 if the men refuse to follow my orders?" Rogers asked. He thought of  Tony, an immigrant worker who troubled all day, giving the other men a  39  time.
‘‘Fire them,” the boss said.   Then, as if   40 Rogers' mind, he added,“I suppose you  think you are going  to  fire Tony if you get the   41  . I'd feel       42  about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is the most__43  worker I've ever had. I know he is a troublemaker and that he__44  everybody and everything. But he comes in first and leaves last. There has not been an   45  for eight years on the hill where he works.”
Rogers_ 46 the next day. He went to Tony and spoke to him."Tony, do you know I’m in charge here today?" Tony grunted（嘟囔）.“Iwas going to fire you the first time we tangled（纠缠）,but I want you to know I’m not,”he told Tony,_ 47 what the boss had said.
When Rogers finished,Tony_48 the spadeful of sand he had held and tears streamed__49 his face.
That day Tony worked harder than ever before.
Twelve years later Rogers met Tony again who was now the  50  for railroad construction for one of the largest logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to have such    51  .
Tony replied, "If it not be for the one   52  you talk to me back in Idaho, I kill somebody someday. One minute   53   my whole life."
Effective managers know the    54  0f taking a moment to point out what a worker is doing well. But what a    55  a minute of yes can make in any relationship!

第三部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I’ve shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we’ve both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other self-destructive behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy because they didn’t want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn’t believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting nowhere. I just couldn’t believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience. It had been so frustrating, I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship，but I didn’t. I put the power of friendship to the final test. We’d been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.
56. In the writer’s opinion, her friend ________.
A. was a girl with no self-respect
B. could find a better boyfriend
C. was brave enough to stick to her own choice
D. didn’t value the writer’s suggestion
57. What did the writer worry about?
A. She would lose the friendship with her.
B. Her friend’s parents would be worried about their daughter.
C. Her friend would get into great trouble with the boy.
D. Her friend’s boyfriend would be in great trouble.
58. We may leam from Paragraph 3 that the writer ________.
A. didn’t want to go anywhere else
B. hated her friend’s hanging with her boyfriend
C. couldn’t believe that her friend’s choice was acceptable
D. doubted that she could in any way help her friend
59. What can be concluded from the passage?
A. Friendship starting from childhood is not reliable.
B. Friendship is a cure for any injury in life.
C. Friendship should be everlasting once begun.
D. Friendship can have magical power in life.