The Girl with the Cut - out Face

When I was a child, I often looked through a family album. I remember asking my mother why there was a   36   cut out of a photo of a little girl. But it was   37   that my mother did not want to talk about it.

  38   I looked at the album I saw that cut - out face and   39   about it. I figured there was something   40   . When I was grown up and had almost   41   about the photo, my mother must have realized I should know her   42   . She sat me down one day and said, “That cat - up photo is   43   your Aunt Anna. She has schizophrenia（精神分裂症）.”

But why did my mother never   44   this before? I still didn’t understand. “Because people are… were…   45   of having mental illness in the family” was the   46   . But I wanted to meet Aunt Anna, and I   47  .

My mother and I traveled to the house   48    Anna lived with an Italian family. Anna looked like a question mark on legs,   49   she had lovely, clear eyes and a gentle manner. I could see the   50   to my mother. “So nice to meet you,” she said to me. “Do you have a trunk （象鼻；行李箱）？”

Did she think that I was an elephant? No, she wanted to run   51   and hide in the trunk of my car. The family that   52   her said that she always wanted to   53  .

The last time I saw Anna she was placed in a smaller old - age facility in Brooklyn.

  54   Aunt Anna, I’m not the least bit ashamed of you. I’m   55   about you now for many to see, with your sweet young face showing under a pretty bow.

And you finally found that escape you were seeking.

1.A. space         B. picture          C. face             D. corner

2.A. easy          B. necessary        C. simple           D. clear

3.A. At once       B. Every time       C. On purpose       D. Of course       

4.A. wondered      B. recognized       C. proved           D. learned

5.A. wrong         B. serious          C. difficult        D. strange

6. A. forgotten    B. remembered       C. found            D. lost

7.A. thought       B. mind             C. secret           D. reason

8.A. for           B. of               C. about            D. on

9.A. follow        B. discover         C. stop             D. mention

10.A. proud        B. tired            C. ashamed          D. fond

11.A. question     B. answer           C. voice            D. fact

12.A. had          B. did              C. would            D. dared

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

14.A. so           B. and              C. but              D. or

15.A. difference   B. possibility      C. chance           D. resemblance

16.A. upstairs     B. forward          C. outside          D. back

17.A. housed       B. supported        C. offered          D. accepted

18.A. run          B. escape           C. hide             D. die

19.A. Therefore    B. Otherwise        C. However          D. Anyway

20.A. telling   B. writing  C. finding  D. complaining

                     When I recall my experiences of feeling heard and deeply understood by someone, I know how much the experiences helped me to cope with whatever I was dealing with at the time. Caring people who I have turned to in difficult times helped me the most by listening and asking about my feelings.

     During one of my volunteer jobs at a  local HIV and cancer clinic, I found the helpfulness of empathic（感情移入的） listening. As a volunteer I was providing emotional support for people with health related problems. Empathic listening really made a difference on how patients felt about their health problems. By sharing about their pain and suffering and may willingness to listen, they felt less alone.

We can make life easier for each other by becoming a better listener and encouraging each other to share our feelings. We can become a better listener by avoiding giving advice and trying to solve problems unless we are asked to do so. Pressuring others to solve their life problems--"our ways"--is not helpful. Most people intuitively(凭直觉地） know how to solve their own problems. As a listener it's important to be patient and not to interrupt the speaker. Let them know it's OK to talk about their feelings and support them in feeling their feelings.

      When one neither shares nor reaches out for support, he or she can remain a lonely mystery. Life can feel lonely when one keeps everything inside. Feeling alone with life problems can be worse than the problem itself. When we let a caring person listen to our life struggle, we will no longer feel alone with our struggle. Don't be afraid to ask your loved ones to take time to hear you out. Sometimes you have to ask for it. People cannot read your mind. Confiding in others can have a positive effect on our mood.

59.What made the author comfortable in difficult times?

   A. Persuading      B. Sharing     C. Apologizing     D. Complaining

60.According to the second paragraph, we can know that ____.

   A. The patients enjoyed listening to the author

   B. The author found empathic listening was helpless

   C. The patients didn't get on well with the author

   D. The author did a good job at a cancer clinic

61.What does the underlined part "Confiding in others" in the last paragraph mean?

   A. Telling others your secrets.      B. Reading others' mind

   C. Listening to others.        D. Leaving others alone.

62.What's the main idea of this passage?

   A. Listening and sharing can make you happier.

   B. People know how to solve their own problems.

   C. It is wrong to give advice to solve problems.

   D. You should learn to believe in other people.

I wonder why you didn’t do as ________ and it’s the third time you have done this.

A. telling          B. be told             C. told to         D. tell

I regret _____ you that my sister regretted _____ you her date. You are not the kind of person she wants.

A. telling; making  C. to tell; to make  C. telling; to make   D. to tell; making

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had 36_ a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 37 _his father could well 38_ it, he told him that was all he wanted.
On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 39_ he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 40_ but slightly disappointed, the young man 41_ the box and found a lovely book, 42_, he raised his voice at his father and said, “ 43_ all your money you give me a book? ” and rushed out of the house, 44_ the book in the study.
He did not contact(联系)his father for a whole year 45 one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He 46_ he had to go back home and see his father.
When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week .The moment he was about to 47_ the hospital, he saw on the desk the  48  new book ,just as he had left it one 49_ ago. He opened it and began to 50_ the pages. Suddenly, a car key 51_ from an envelope taped behind the book. It had a tag(标签)with dealer’s name, the 52_ dealer who had the sports car he had 53_ .On the tag was the 54_ of his graduation, and the 55__ PAID IN FULL
36. A expected    B enjoyed        C admired     D owned
37. A finding     B proving        C deciding     D knowing
38. A afford      B offer          C keep        D like
39. A encouraged  B comfortable    C proud       D moved
40. A Nervous     B Serious       C Careful      D Curious
41. A packed     B opened        C picked up     D put aside
42. A Angrily     B Eagerly       C Calmly       D Anxiously
43. A At         B From          C With         D To
44. A telling     B putting        C forgetting     D leaving
45. A until       B as            C before        D unless
46. A learned     B realized       C recognized    D admitted
47. A get to      B search for      C turn to        D leave for
48. A much      B still          C hardly        D quite
49. A year       B month         C week         D day
50. A clean      B read           C turn          D count
51. A lost        B came          C appeared      D dropped
52 A old            B same        C special       D new
53 A remembered    B desired       C found        D met
54. A. picture       B. place        C. date         D. sign    
55. A. words        B. information   C. messages    D. card