完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

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It seemed like an everyday moment, but now I realize that when he introduced himself to me, it was the beginning of a life-changing experience.

I met him at a summer  1.

  , and although I met hundreds of people every day, I became his   2.

  . We talked, like everyone else, about our   3.

  and hobbies. We were not  4.

   at all, but we really had a lot in common. By the end of the camp, we were   5.

 stories and laughs, and promised to   6.

  .

When I returned home, I   7.

   that I had lost the paper with his e-mail address on it. I looked through all my stuff (东西), but without   8.

  . One day, I thought to look him up on the online network that was set up for the campers.  9.

   I was online, an instant message suddenly appeared on the   10.

   . It was the boy who I had just tried to   11.

   a moment before.

     A series of very meaningful conversations   12.

   then. I don’t know   13.

, but for some reason we started to  14.

   our deepest feelings in   15.

   , and learned from each other’s pain and experiences. It was a very new  16.

   for me，and it was extremely beneficial to my heart and my soul. 17.

  I had found someone who was willing to  18.

   me without prejudice (偏见).

     I have only known him for three months, but the  19.

  in me is great．I love, I live, and I believe in my life. I  20.

  cry every night because of the  happiness inside me. I dearly hope that he has also benefited from our exchanges even though we are hundreds of miles apart and can only communicate by messaging.

21.A．class               B．party              C．camp          D．pub

22.A．classmate        B．friend              C．partner           D．colleague

23.A．schools          B．homes       C．interests     D．teachers

24.A．familiar      B．strange         C．different     D．similar

25.A．sparing          B．telling             C．sharing           D．showing

26.A．have a party    B．keep in touch    C．get along     D．have fun

27.A．knew            B．announced       C．regretted     D．realized

28.A．reason            B．1uck               C．doubt         D．pity

29.A．Before       B．Although        C．When          D．Since

30.A．screen       B．desk               C．board         D．computer

31.A．1ook up          B．find out        C．call on           D．hear from

32.A．heard               B．started         C．appeared      D．existed

33.A．why             B．where           C．what          D．which

34.A．create           B．express         C．hide             D．refuse

35.A．writing          B．working         C．displaying     D．listing

36.A．treatment        B．solution        C．experience     D．way

37.A．Rapidly          B．Finally         C．Shortly           D．Hardly

38.A．thank               B．help               C．understand     D．support

39.A．1ove            B．hope               C．respect           D．anger

40.A．always          B．no longer       C．sometimes     D．often

单词拼写（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
【小题1】The officers on duty have ____________(克服) all the difficulties, many of them in tears.
【小题2】The Spring Festival Gala was broadcast live without ____________ (打断).
【小题3】It was the boy that was scolded for not____________ (道歉)to the girl who was made fun of by him.
【小题4】By ____________ (积累) as much wealth as possible, they finally came into power with their own financial support.
【小题5】“It’s now or never!” she exclaimed, and she knew she shouldn’t have ____________ (犹豫).
【小题6】 Large ____________ (数量) of money have been put into the research to find out the cause for the cancer. http://www. .com/
【小题7】Of course, no country has the ____________ (特权)of fishing in our coastal water.
【小题8】A distant ____________ (亲戚)is not as good as a near neighbour.
【小题9】Eating out ____________ (吸引) to me in my childhood, but it can’t now.
【小题10】Having worked hard for such a long time, I can ____________ (自信地) promise that this year is going to be very different. http://www. .com/
【小题11】As a designer, ____________ (想象) that customers are critical is very important.
【小题12】He has no ____________ (抱负) or aim in his life. He only drifts along.
【小题13】The Prime Minister ____________ (后悔)not having mentioned the problem at the international conference.
【小题14】We think that he is the most ____________ (体贴的) person we have ever met.
【小题15】____________ (沮丧) about her future, she began to take drugs and became addicted to it.

 A very little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him a plastic pail (桶) and a shiny, red plastic shovel (铲). In the   36   of creating roads and tunnels in the sand, he   37   a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.

The boy dug around the rock,   38   to move it off the dirt. At first, he wanted to carry it out of the sandbox with his hands; however, it was too heavy. Later, with much   39  , he pushed the rock across the sandbox by   40   his hands. When the boy got the rock to the   41   of the sandbox, he found that he couldn’t roll it up and   42   the little wall.   43  , the little boy pushed, but every time he thought he had made some   44  , the rock tipped (翻滚) and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy pushed and pushed, but his only   45   was to have the rock roll back.

Finally he   46   tears. All this time the boy’s father watched from his living room window   47   the drama was unfolded. The moment the tears fell, a large   48   appeared across the sandbox. It was the boy’s father. Gently but   49  , he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had?”

Defeated, the boy   50   back, “I did! I did! I used all the strength that I had!”

“No, you didn’t. You didn’t ask me for help.” The father   51   down, picked up the rock and dropped it off the sandbox.

Do you have “rocks” in your life that need to be   52  ? Are you discovering that you don’t have   53   it takes to lift them? There is someone who is willing to give us the   54   we need. Maybe, it’s sometimes a good idea to ask others for   55   when we meet difficulties we can’t overcome.

1.A. method             B. step         C. practice     D.process

2.A. created                B. set          C. discovered   D.brought

3. A. trying                B. managing     C. deciding     D.competing

4. A. thought               B. struggle     C. movement     D.worry

5. A. touching          B. shaking      C. using    D.controlling

6. A. bottom                B. center           C. edge         D.front

7. A. over              B. down         C. through          D. into

8. A. Doubted           B. Surprised        C. Pleased          D. Determined

9. A. attempt               B. progress     C. effort           D. decision

10.A. hope              B. reward           C. point    D.purpose

11. A. made out         B. broke out        C. burst into   D.rushed into

12.A. so                    B. as           C. until        D.before

13. A. rock             B. picture          C. figure       D. shade

14. A. surprisingly         B. doubtfully       C. kindly               D. firmly

15.A. shouted               B. smiled           C. called       D. asked

16. A. reached              B. looked           C. fell             D. put

17. A. pushed               B. dropped      C. carried      D.removed

18.A. who               B. what         C. which                D. where

19. A. minds                B. spirits          C. force    D.strength

20.A. help              B. tips         C. advice           D.ideas