Margaret, married with two small children, has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner, cleaning offices in a big building.

She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. “I would have liked to go back to it, but the shifts（工作班次）are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school.”

So she works as a cleaner instead, from 9 p.m. till 6 a.m. five nights a week for just ￡90, before tax and insurance. “It’s better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work ‘unsocial hours’ should get a bit extra.”

The hours she’s chosen to work mean that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her husband. However, she doesn’t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.

Her work isn’t physically very hard, but it’s not exactly pleasant, either. “I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it, perhaps they’d be a bit more careful.”

The fact that she’s working all night doesn’t worry Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. “Since I’ve got to be here, I try to enjoy myself—— and I usually do, because of the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags.”

Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she does for a living. “They think you’re a cleaner because you don’t know how to read and write,” said Margaret, “I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I’d been doing, but I don’t think that way any more. I don’t dislike the work though I can’t say I’m mad about it.”

1.Margaret quit her job as a nurse because _______.

2.Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because _______.

3.When at work, Margaret feels _______.

4.The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret’s parents would _______.

 “BANG” the door caused a reverberation．“Never set foot in this house again!” shouted Father．With tears welling (涌出) up in my eyes，I rushed out of the house and ran along the street．

A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me．I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space：happy and harmonious.

But now I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because Dad is getting old．We are just like two people coming from two different worlds．It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened．

I wandered the street，without a destination in my mind．My heart was frozen on this hot summer night．As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people in the streets，until I had only streets to keep me company. When I finally reached the high rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still on．

I thought to myself，“Is Father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”

In fact，it was nothing．Perhaps，Dad was throwing some of his old stamps．Perhaps he thought they were useless．I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps．

All the lights were off except Father’s.

Dad was always 1ike this．Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself．After shouting at me，he never showed any mercy or regret. After an argument he will creep(蹑手蹑脚)up in my sleep and then tuck me underneath the covers.

This was how he always was．He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature．

The light was still on. With the key in hand，I was as nervous as I had ever been．At last，I decided to open the door．As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks．I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all. Love－it is second to none．

41. The underlined word “reverberation” refers to _____________.

 A．a sound forced back      B．a heavy blow      C．a shake      D. an earthquake

42. When seeing a young father with a child in his arms, the writer might have the following feelings EXCEPT _____________.        

A. He admired them very much

B. He wished that the relation between him and his father could also be so harmonious

C. He felt that happiness had been far away from him／her

D. He felt disappointed with his father

43. Why do you think the father often shouts at his child?

A．The father is getting older and older．      

B．The child had already grown up.

C．They never agree with each other．       

D．The father has got used to doing that.

44. What conclusion can you draw after reading the text?

A．The father treats his child in an unfair way.    

B．The father is actually kind to his child.

C．The father is neither kind nor cruel to his child. 

D．The father is always finding fault with his child.

45. The article is ____________.

 A. expository writing                           B. argumentative writing      

C. narrative writing                             D. reportage

When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course（课程） so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.

The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom," I don't know how to use a computer," she admits.

Unlike her 1995 autobiography（自传）, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. "I felt there was a need for a book like this," she says." I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease."

But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up —again—and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.

Although her disease has affected her eyesight, she refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other," she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."

1.Why did Mary feel regretful?

A．She didn't achieve her ambition.            B．She didn't take care of her mother.

C．She didn't complete her high school.         D．She didn't follow her mother's advice.

2.We can know that before 1995 Mary

A．had two books published                 B．received many career awards

C．knew how to use a computer              D．supported the JDRF by writing

3.Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her

A．living with diabetes                      B．successful show business

C．service for an organization                D．remembrance of her mother

4.When Mary received the life-changing news, she

A．lost control of herself                    B．began a balanced diet

C．tried to get a treatment                   D．behaved in an adult way

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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was told just now in the hospital that I was having a Bell's palsy attack, a condition in which the face muscles tighten because of stress. During the long car ride home, all I could think about was my coming interview. But now I could not even    31  myself in the mirror and my lips was unable to open normally, surely all the other applicants would have the    32  , I concluded.
However, I wouldn’t let my own self-consciousness    33  me. Not now, not when I had   34    so hard for so long to be given this opportunity. This was the kind of position I'd dreamed of for all these years.  “Mom,    35  me off on Jacob Street. I'm going to the    36  .”
“Honey, I don't think you should. You look...  37  ,” she said, ever so gently.
I knew she was   38  . But if I didn't, I'd always   39  if I could have gotten my dream job.
"No, Mom, take me there.”
40  , she took me where I wanted to go.
"Hello,” a gray-haired man sitting behind the large desk   41  me. “Miss Jenkins?”
“Yes. Please excuse me. I'm having a Bell's palsy attack. My doctor explained to me that it would last a few days. I came right from the   42  .”
“You're very    43  to come when you're in such a state,” he   44  , after a pause.
He spent a few minutes looking through my   45  . “Is everything on here   46  ?” he asked.
“Yes, but I    47  to mention I type seventy-five words per minute.”
“Well, you have an impressive background with related experience, you are    48  qualified. When are you    49  ?” he asked. 
I took a deep breath and asked, “You're hiring me?”
“Not only have you got the skills I'm looking for, you also have the   50  .” He gave me a big smile.
31.   A．forgive                    B．recognize               C．believe                    D．control
32.   A．chance                    B．advantage                C．courage                  D．sympathy
33.   A．pardon                     B．stop                        C．help                        D．transform
34.   A．driven                   B．turned                     C．prepared                 D．worked
35.   A．take                     B．pull                         C．drop                   D．send
36.   A．supermarket             B．interview                 C．doctor                    D．office
37.   A．weak                    B．annoying              C．angry                            D．strange
38.   A．right                        B．kind                        C．wrong                    D．sensitive
39.   A．regret                     B．believe                    C．wonder                   D．quit
40.   A．Hopefully                 B．Unwillingly              C．Fortunately             D．Unexpectedly
41.   A．doubted                   B．greeted                   C．examined                D．discouraged
42.   A．hospital                    B．home                   C．office                       D．work
43.   A．determined               B．crazy                      C．disrespectful           D．funny
44.   A．stressed                   B．interrupted              C．commented             D．complained
45.   A．face                        B．health                     C．application              D．situation
46.   A．correct                    B．normal                    C．incredible                D．contradictory
47.   A．pretended                 B．demanded               C．focused                 D．failed
48.   A．narrowly                  B．possibly                  C．impossibly              D．certainly
49.   A．accessible                      B．convenient              C．energetic                 D．available
50.   A．qualification             B．appearance              C．character                      D．disadvantage

“BANG” the door caused a reverberation．“Never set foot in this house again!” shouted Father．With tears welling (涌出) up in my eyes，I rushed out of the house and ran along the street．
A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me．I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space：happy and harmonious.
But now I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because Dad is getting old．We are just like two people coming from two different worlds．It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened．
I wandered the street，without a destination in my mind．My heart was frozen on this hot summer night．As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people in the streets，until I had only streets to keep me company. When I finally reached the high rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still on．
I thought to myself，“Is Father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”
In fact，it was nothing．Perhaps，Dad was throwing some of his old stamps．Perhaps he thought they were useless．I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps．
All the lights were off except Father’s.
Dad was always 1ike this．Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself．After shouting at me，he never showed any mercy or regret. After an argument he will creep(蹑手蹑脚)up in my sleep and then tuck me underneath the covers.
This was how he always was．He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature．
The light was still on. With the key in hand，I was as nervous as I had ever been．At last，I decided to open the door．As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks．I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all. Love－it is second to none．
41. The underlined word “reverberation” refers to _____________.
A．a sound forced back      B．a heavy blow      C．a shake      D. an earthquake
42. When seeing a young father with a child in his arms, the writer might have the following feelings EXCEPT _____________.        
A. He admired them very much
B. He wished that the relation between him and his father could also be so harmonious
C. He felt that happiness had been far away from him／her
D. He felt disappointed with his father
43. Why do you think the father often shouts at his child?
A．The father is getting older and older．      
B．The child had already grown up.
C．They never agree with each other．       
D．The father has got used to doing that.
44. What conclusion can you draw after reading the text?
A．The father treats his child in an unfair way.    
B．The father is actually kind to his child.
C．The father is neither kind nor cruel to his child. 
D．The father is always finding fault with his child.
45. The article is ____________.
A. expository writing                         B. argumentative writing     
C. narrative writing                            D. reportage