Jim is ______ person, and everyone is willing to be ______ with him.

A. so kind a, friends      B. so a kind, friends

C. so kind a, friend     D. so a kind, friend

We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly disappears. ___36___, for example, the neatly-dressed woman I ___37___ to see--or look at--on my way to work each morning.

For three years, no matter ___38___ the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On ___39___days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Sometimes ___40___out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. ___41___, she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I ___42___ all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how ___43___ I expected to see her each morning. You might say I ___44___ her.

“Did she have an accident? Something ___45___?” I thought to myself about her ___46___. Now that she was gone, I felt I had ___47___ her. I began to realize that part of our ___48___ life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar ___49___: the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who ___50___walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are ___51___markers in our lives. They add weight to our ___52___ of place and belonging.

Think about it. ___53___, while walking to work, we mark where we are by ___54___ a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though ___55___ person?

36. A. Make    B. Take   C. Give   D. Have

37. A. happened     B. wanted       C. used    D. tried

38. A. what     B. how    C. which D. when

39. A. sunny   B. rainy   C. cloudy       D. snowy

40. A. took     B. brought      C. carried       D. turned

41. A. Clearly B. Particularly       C. Luckily      D. Especially

42. A. believed       B. expressed   C. remembered      D. wondered

43. A. long     B. often   C. soon   D. much

44. A. respected     B. missed       C. praised       D. admired

45. A. better   B. worse  C. more   D. less

46. A. disappearance      B. appearance C. misfortune  D. fortune

47. A. forgotten     B. lost     C. known       D. hurt

48. A. happy   B. enjoyable   C. frequent     D. daily

49. A. friends  B. strangers    C. tourists       D. guests

50. A. regularly      B. actually      C. hardly D. probably

51. A. common      B. pleasant      C. important   D. faithful

52. A. choice  B. knowledge  C. decision     D. sense

53. A. Because       B. If       C. Although    D. However

54. A. keeping       B. changing    C. passing       D. mentioning

55. A. unnamed      B. unforgettable     C. unbelievable      D. unreal

III、第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每题1.5分)

One day, I happened to talk to a stranger on a bus. When he  36  that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good 37  lived there and he wondered if I 38  know him. At first I wanted to say that it was  39  to think that, out of all the millions of people in Chicago, I could 40  meet his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that  41  was a very big city. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he began to  42  me about his friend.

He told me that his friend was an excellent   43  player, and that he even had his own tennis court. He  44  that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools,   45  that he knew two people in the country who had their own tennis courts. His friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I  46  several people like that, for example,47  and my next door neighbour. I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in Chicago. Then he asked  48  my brother lived in Chicago. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend   49   the summer in Sacramento and lived  50  to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next door neighbour went to Sacramento last summer and  51  in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say  52  .

“Would your  53  name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your   54  name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?” It was my  55  to laugh.

36. A. turned out    B. made out    C. took out        D. found out

37. A. friends  B. classmates  C. brothers        D. teachers

38. A. managed to  B. happened to       C. tried to         D. got to

39. A. clever   B. wise    C. foolish         D. kind

40. A. likely   B. friendly      C. luckily         D. possibly

41. A. New York    B. Chicago     C. California      D. Edmonton

42. A. tell       B. learn   C. know           D. talk

43. A. football       B. tennis  C. basketball       D. swimming

44. A. decreased     B. increased    C. added         D. pluses    

45. A. and      B. however     C. so             D. therefore

46. A understood               B. knew C. met            D. saw

47. A. my sister      B. my friend   C. my brother     D. my teacher

48. A. Which  B. What  C. Why           D. Where

49. A. spent    B. took    C. paid            D. cost

50. A. above   B. below C. next door       D. behind

51. A. worked B. studied       C. researched       D. lived

52. A. anything      B. something  C. someone        D. anyone

53. A. brother’s      B. friend’s      C. teacher’s        D. family’s

54. A. friend’s B. family’s     C. brother’s        D. teacher’s

55. A. way      B. road    C. mouth         D. turn

 

The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little__31__. It was Mother's Day — and 800 miles separated her from her parents.

    She had called them that morning, and her mother had__32__ how colorful their backyard was__ 33__ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she__34__ those lilacs（丁香）in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the__35__ and come on.” So off they went.

    Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest__ 36__ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she__37__ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the__38__ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her__39__.

    When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and__40__ to a nearby nursing home.  She went to the end of the porch(门廊), where a(n)__41__ patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two__42__, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her__43__. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair__44__ with a smile, and held the lilacs__45__.

“Mom,” the kids asked, “__46___ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so__47__ while I have all of you. And anyone would be__48__ by flowers.”

This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he__49__ some young lilacs around their yard.

I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids__50__ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.

1.A. moved   B. worried   C. angry    D. depressed

2.A. learned   B. imagined   C. mentioned   D. realized

3.A. now that   B. so that   C. as if     D. even if

4.A. missed   B. grew     C. watered   D. showed

5.A. cars      B. kids      C. clothes   D. lilacs

6.A. bush     B. hill     C. yard     D. door

7.A. bought   B. picked    C. set        D. raised

8.A. break    B. holiday   C. trip       D. dinner

9.A. friends   B. memory   C. flowers   D. honor

10.A. responded   B. pointed   C. drove   D. hurried

11.A. loving    B. elderly   C. serious   D. sensitive

12.A. hesitated   B. waited    C. sat    D. chatted

13.A. family   B. mother   C. path      D. home

14.A. nodded    B. waved      C. left   D. continued

15.A. sadly    B. politely   C. quickly   D. tightly

16.A. why     B. when     C. how     D. where

17.A. quiet    B. confused   C. alone    D. patient

18.A. calmed   B. persuaded   C. disappointed   D. cheered

19.A. arranged    B. dried    C. planted   D. hid

20.A. find      B. gather    C. receive   D. sell

 

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。

There was a rich foreign merchant who had 4 wives. He loved the 4^th wife most and  36  her with best clothes and  37  her to delicious food.

  He also loved the 3^rd wife very much. He’s very proud of her and always wanted to  38  his 3^rd wife to his friends.

  He too, loved his 2^nd wife. 39  the merchant faced some 40  , he always turned to his 2^nd wife and she would always help him out.

  Now, the merchant’s first wife had made great  41  to his business. However, the merchant did not love her and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her.

  One day, the merchant fell ill. He knew that he was going to die  42  . He told himself, “ Now I have 4 wives with me. 43  when I die, I’ll be alone. How  44  I’ll be!”

  Thus, he asked the 4^th wife, “ I  45 you most. Now that I’m dying will you 46  me and keep me company?” “No way!” replied the 4^th wife and she walked away without another word.

  The  47  merchant then asked the 3^rd wife, “ I have loved you so much for all my life. Will you follow me and keep me company?” “ 48  !” replied the 3^rd wife. “ Life is so good over here! I’m going to 49  when you die!”

  He then asked the 2^nd  wife, “ I 50 turned to you for help. Now I need your help again. Will you follow me and keep me company?” “I’m sorry, I can’t  51  you out this time!” replied the 2^nd wife.

  Then a 52 pulled out, “ I’ll leave with you. I’ll follow you no matter  53  you go.” Broken-hearted, the merchant said, “ I should have taken much better  54  of you while I could have.”

 Actually, we all have 4 wives in our life: our body, our possessions, our friends, and our 55  . We should take good care of our soul all our life.

A wore                      B bought           C dressed               D shared

A gave          B treated           C provided                  D sent

A show off           B turn off         C show out             D turn out

A Wherever      B However         C Whether              D Whenever

A requests           B exercises         C problems             D duties

A friends            B contributions    C differences          D attempts

A soon          B fast             C easily                D bitterly

A So                      B And                  C But                          D For

A lonely                 B friendly             C lovely                          D lively

A respected              B missed               C wanted                     D loved

A like                    B catch              C take                         D follow

A sad                     B hopeless            C anxious                    D lucky

A Yes                 B No                    C Sure                         D OK

A work                 B leave              C remarry                    D stay

A seldom       B always               C sometimes             D never

A advise     B demand             C suggest                     D help

A voice            B sound             C shout                     D laugh

A how                  B where             C when                     D why

A advantage       B pity                    C care                         D control

A wealth            B health             C power                          D soul