I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was     36   , below the elbow (肘). Then he gave her some     37   , “Don’t treat her any     38    from the other girls. Demand more.” And she     39   !

  My mother had to work to     40    my family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to     41   . Once when I was about seven, I came out of the     42   , “Mom, I can’t peel (削……皮) potatoes. I only have one hand.”

  “You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n)     43    for anything again!”

  Of course I could peel potatoes — with my good hand, while holding them down with my __44    arm. There was always a     45   , and Mom knew it. “If you try hard    46   ,” she said, “you can do anything.”

  Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars (攀爬架). When it was my turn, I     47    my head. Some kids     48   . I went home crying.

  After work the next afternoon, Mom     49    me back to the school playground.

  “Now,     50    up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by     51    I practiced, and she     52    me when I made progress.

    I’ll never forget the     53    time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.

    It was the way with everything. When I     54    I can’t handle (处理) things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to     55    anything. And she taught me I could, too.

A. missing                 B. broken                     C. cut                           D. short

A. warning               B. medicine           C. help                         D. advice

A. badly                    B. differently         C. well                         D. normally

A. did                      B. refused              C. cried                        D. had

A. care                      B. help                  C. support                    D. live

A. find out                 B. work out           C. carry out                  D. help out

A. kitchen                  B. bedroom           C. house                    D. school

A. idea                      B. change                     C. excuse                   D. tool

A. lost                       B. other                 C. next                         D. longer

A. chance                   B. way                  C. time                         D. success

A. enough                  B. too                   C. again                       D. often

A. hurt                      B. nodded              C. shook                    D. turned

A. cheered                 B. whispered          C. joked                       D. laughed

A. drove                    B. took                  C. sent                         D. carried

A. pull                       B. jump                 C. stand                        D. rise

A. before                   B. as                     C. after                        D. until

A. helped                   B. raised                C. praised                     D. protected

A. first                      B. last                   C. wonderful             D. next

A. admit                    B. fear                  C. find                         D. realize

A. face                      B. teach                 C. learn                        D. solve

Of all living creatures on earth, insects are the most plentiful. Some 1 are very useful to man, for example, bees, 2 we get honey and wax, and silkworms, which 3 us with silk. Other varieties, 4 , are extremely harmful, and do a great 5 of damage, especially to crops. Locusts are perhaps the most dangerous of all, 6 they will eat almost any green 7 , and when millions of them 8 on cultivated land they soon leave it 9 . In some countries they are the farmers’ 10 enemy. Another nuisance is the common 11 , not only because it 12 us indoors and out-of-doors, but because it spreads diseases.

　　Scientists have given much time and 13 to the study of insects. It needs the most careful and 14 observation. Thanks 15 their discoveries we now know almost all 16 is to be known about the habits of these hardworking insects, bees and ants, which live in 17 better planned in some ways than our 18 . But the most valuable work has been done in trying to give 19 to men, animals and crops from the 20 which insects cause.

1．A．members             B．forms         C．qualities            D．varieties

2．A．by which             B．from which     C．of which            D．in which

3．A．give                 B．produce         C．offer               D．supply

4．A．however              B．meanwhile      C．offer              D．supply

5．A．majority              B．number         C．amount            D．what’s more

6．A．and                  B．for             C．if                 D．when

7．A．grass                B．field           C．fruit               D．plant

8．A．settle                B．attack          C．pass               D．cross

9．A．bare                B．nothing         C．empty              D．untouched

10．A．hardest             B．greatest         C．serious             D．wildest

11．A．insect               B．creature        C．fly                D．enemy

12．A．dislikes             B．bites           C．worries            D．hates

13．A．understanding        B．ideas            C．comprehension       D．thought

14．A．serious             B．patient         C．curious            D．long

15．A．for                 B．of             C．to                 D．with

16．A．that                B．which         C．there              D．what

17．A．societies             B．crowds         C．teams              D．organizations

18．A．world               B．nation       C．selves              D．own

19．A．help               B．protection    C．living              D．defense

20．A．injury               B．wound        C．sickness             D．ruin

（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。

                              A

A priest(牧师) had a cat that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down. The priest persuaded, offered warm milk, et  The kitty would not come down. The tree was not strong enough to climb, so the priest decided that if he tied a rope to his car and drove away so that the tree bent down, he could then reach up and get the kitty. He did so, checking his progress in the car frequently, then figured if he went just a little bit further, the tree would be bent enough for him to reach the kitty. But as he moved a little further forward, the rope broke.

The tree went “boing!” and the kitty at once sailed through the air —out of sight. The priest felt terrible. He walked all over the neighborhood asking people if they’d seen his kitty. Nobody had seen a lost kitty.

So, he prayed, “God, I just give this kitty to your keeping,” and went on about his business.

Several days later he was at the grocery store, meeting one of his church members. He happened to look into her shopping cart and was amazed to see cat food. Now this woman was a cat hater and everyone knew it, so he asked her, “Why are you buying cat food when you hate cats so much?”

She replied, “You won’t believe this,” and told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat, but she kept refusing. Then a few days before, the child begged again, so the Mom finally told her little girl, “Well, if God gives you a cat, you can keep it.” She told the priest, “I watched my child go out in the yard, get on her knees, and ask God for a cat. You won’t believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes. A cat suddenly came flying out of the blue sky, with its paws spread out, and landed right in front of her.” 

The priest drove his car to bend the tree in order to ________. 

A. get his kitty down from the tree

B. persuade his kitty to come down

  offer the kitty some warm milk

D. see if the rope was strong enough

The underlined sentence probably means that the priest _______.

A. was happy he didn’t have to care for the kitty

B. hoped his neighbors would look after his cat

  thought his kitty might be lost or killed

D. didn’t want to see his kitty any more

Why was the priest amazed when he saw the woman had bought much cat food?

A. Because he couldn’t imagine she had her own cat.

B. Because the woman was his church member.

  Because he thought she would live on cat food.

D. Because he knew clearly she didn’t like a cat.

Which may be the best title of this passage?

A. A flying cat                            B. A lucky girl

  God sent her a cat                    D. An unlucky priest   

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

       When you are hungry, what will you respond? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that?      But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars．So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow．When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity sets a full stop．This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next?”, or “Why can’t I think?”

           Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood．Since it develops other aspects of our life, we have to take help from reading．

       When you read a book, of course you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you．    Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas．If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things, which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams！

       This is nothing but creativity．     Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words．

       So, friends, do give food to your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading．    Go and get a book!

       A．The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed．

       B．Why not do some reading while you are hungry?

       C．Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry．

       D．Now what are you waiting for?

       E．Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading．

       F．Reading can help you make more friends, too．

       G．Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary．

Once out of the earth’s gravity, the astronaut is____ by the problem of weightlessness.

A. affected                    B. effected                   C. related                 D. offered