— Lucy, how are you getting on with your composition?

— I have rewritten it so many times that I wonder if I ________ it.

A. finish            B. finished   C. have finished          D. will finish

 

When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark.   31  , it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so   32  .

       As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly   33   cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.

      With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move   34   that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also   35  . Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something   36  . Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need   37  . I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”

       “Airport? You   38   are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers   39   you reach the T-junction. Turn left and   40   for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the   41   to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no   42   you’ll get there in five minutes!”

       “Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll   43   in time.”

       The   44   moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it   45   and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something   46   happened. The car began changing. First, its color   47   from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward,   48   just above the ground. As the car   49   into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling   50  , the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…

1. A. Therefore   B. Besides       C. However   D. Otherwise

2. A. curious     B. excited       C. brave      D. stubborn

3. A. proved       B. seemed       C. fell         D. grew

4. A. forward        B. around           C. aside       D. backward

5. A. stayed        B. stopped      C. arrived           D. started

6. A. gathered     B. moved           C. dropped     D. existed

7. A. help         B. water            C. rest        D. gas

8. A. necessarily  B. certainly     C. basically     D. normally

9. A. if            B. as          C. unless        D. until

10.A. drive         B. march       C. follow     D. walk

11.A. guidance    B. signs       C. notices           D. address

12.A. way          B. room      C. time        D. doubt

13.A. finish it       B. get it       C. make it      D. have it

14.A. wheel       B. window      C. headlight    D. door

15.A. continued   B. rushed     C. turned     D. passed

16.A. sensitive      B. strange       C. imaginable D. horrible

17.A. appeared    B. developed  C. spread     D. faded

18.A. floating       B. rolling           C. drawing     D. flashing

19.A. returned       B. pointed      C. broke      D. rose

20.A. voice        B. tune        C. sound      D. tone

 

One day I jumped into a taxi and took off for the airport.

We were driving in the right lane   36   suddenly a black car jumped out of a

parking space   37   in front of us. My taxi driver immediately put his foot on the   38  . The taxi slid a short distance quickly and   39   the other car by just inches! The driver of the black car moved his head around and started   40   at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy; and I mean he was   41   friendly, which is truly beyond my expectation.

   42   I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost  43   your car

and sent us to the   44  !” This is when my taxi driver   45   me what I now call “the Law of the Garbage Truck.”

He   46   that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, disappointment, frustration (挫败感) and   47  . As their garbage   48  , they need a place to dump (丢弃) it and sometimes they’ll dump it on   49  . Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move   50  . Don’t take it   51  . Don’t take their garbage and   52   it to other people at work, at home or on the streets.                                

         The   53   line is that successful people don’t let garbage trucks take over their day. Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with   54  , so “Love the people who treat you   55  . Pray for the ones who don’t”.

1.

A. as                                          B. when                           C. before                         D. while

2.

A. even                                     B. still                              C. right                            D. only  

3.

 A. brakes                               B. airbags                       C. seats                           D. gases

4.

 A. left                                      B. hit                                C. attacked                    D. missed

5.

 A. nodding                             B. looking                        C. yelling                         D. frowning

6.

 A. really                                  B. exactly                        C. almost                        D. rarely 

7.

A. Since                                     B. So                                 C. But                              D. Yet 

8.

 A. blocked                              B. ruined                         C. passed                        D. followed

9.

 A. airport                               B. prison                         C. court                           D. hospital

10.

A. returned                              B. showed                     C. taught                        D. brought

11.

A. imagined                             B. explained                   C. argued                        D. advised

12.

 A. doubt                                 B. eagerness                 C. anger                          D. panic

13.

A. piles up                                B. breaks down             C. runs out                     D. cuts down

14.

A. none                                     B. me                               C. themselves               D. you

15.

A. on                                          B. along                           C. in                                  D. out

16.

A. formally                               B. personally                  C. immediately      D. permanently

17.

A. save                                      B. present                      C. offer                            D. spread

18.

A. finish                                   B. life                               C. front                            D. bottom

19.

 A. losses                                B. regrets                      C. dreams                       D. plans

20.

A. well             B. differently           C. actively         D. hard

 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

There are reasons why a middle-aged woman who has been away from the work for her children’s sake decides to go back to work. The  16  reason for me was: years ago my job was that of a bookkeeper(会计)----- it was then that I worked for  17  , and now with my children working, I wanted to do something  18  , something new and exciting.

Money wasn’t too important now, as my husband made a very  19  living for us. But what should I do? What sort of   20  should I look for? I knew I needed to be  21   as to what I became involved with. I am not a "quitter"(容易放弃的人) and so I hoped to  22   becoming responsible to an employer in a job that might turn out to be a mistake for me.

While I made painful efforts thinking over what to do, I was   23  of a past incident where I needed to replace my original engagement ring  24  the gold was wearing thin. My husband and I shopped and shopped for one,   25 we went, even when we were on vacation.  26  this nonstop searching got my poor   27  to ask, "Just what kind of ring do you want, what exactly are we looking for?" My reply was, "I honestly don’t   28, but when I see the correct setting, I will know it." That was the  29  I felt about the new career I wished to start; I didn’t have an exact idea as to what I wanted to do, but knew there was a perfect fit for me, if I would  30  be patient.

Fortunately, that summer while I  31  my twenty-fifth high school class reunion(重聚), I heard a former classmate  32  what she did for a living. She was a travel agent, and she and her husband had just  33 from a trip to Hawaii where they acted as guides for a group of travelers. WOW, that  34   like fun, considerably more fun and exciting than being a  35  : I know what to take up!

16. A. possible                   B. obvious             C. believable               D. good

17. A. money                B. fun                   C. children                   D. employers

18. A. valuable              B. reasonable         C. worthy                     D. different

19. A. interesting           B. comfortable              C. successful              D. meaningful

20. A. pleasure                     B. place                 C. job                       D. man

21. A. careful                B. useful            C. joyful                   D. painful

22. A. finish                 B. miss                  C. avoid                       D. forget

23. A. recalled                     B. reminded           C. warned                    D. robbed

24. A. where                 B. while                C. if                 D. as

25. A. nowhere             B. somewhere        C. wherever                  D. everywhere

26. A. Actually              B. However           C. Finally                     D. Once

27. A. children                     B. classmates         C. employer                  D. husband

28. A. care                    B. know                C. understand             D. find

29. A. way                    B. time                  C. style                        D. thought

30. A. really                 B. ever                  C. just                          D. certainly

31. A. joined                 B. left                   C. started                   D. attended

32. A. complaining        B. explaining         C. describing             D. considering

33. A. returned                     B. rested                C. came                        D. stayed

34. A. looked                B. seemed              C. sounded                   D. felt

35. A. travler                B. wife                  C. employer                  D. bookkeeper

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。

Years ago, I worked at the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. One day, as I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped,        by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. It was        that they could, at any time, break free,       strangely enough, they didn’t. I asked a trainer the       for this.

He said, “When they were very young we used the       size rope, and it was enough to hold them. As they grow up, they believe the rope can       hold them, so they never try.”

Like the elephants, how many of you believe you cannot do a thing, simply because you       once before? Do you often tell       “I cannot dance” or “I’m not good at math”?

    These are       of self limiting beliefs. You must realize you’re       for them. A limiting belief that says you’re poor at math may have       as a reaction to the embarrassing experiences related to math, or the remarks made by someone important to you which       you. The cool thing is that because you create the       you can choose to change it! Here is how:

First,       it with “I am good at math”. Once you change your      , your subconsciousness will make this      by driving you to act. That might be to take a math course or to go online       help, etc. Gradually you’ll really see your math skills are      .

This is such a simple process that you can       it today. Don’t be like the poor elephant and make your life       at a place because of a limiting belief you developed years ago.

1.A. excited       B. confused       C. discouraged  D. worried

2.A. impossible         B. doubtful        C. uncertain      D. obvious

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

4.A. case   B. result    C. reason      D. choice

5.A. same B. bigger C. smaller     D. different

6.A. narrowly    B. almost   C. still            D. hardly

7.A. did     B. failed    C. tried          D. succeeded

8.A. yourself    B. others   C. your teacher          D. your partner

9.A. causes        B. stories  C. results         D. examples

10.A. conscious         B. honest  C. responsible   D. depended

11.A. stopped   B. referred        C. changed        D. originated

12.A. interested        B. disappointed         C. bored       D. inspired         

13.A. belief      B. experience   C. embarrassment    D. remark

14.A. represent        B. compare        C. mix            D. replace

15.A. action      B. thought         C. aim           D. plan

16.A. come true       B. run out C. on guard        D. keep cool

17.A. at     B. by         C. for                 D. in

18.A. improved          B. judged  C. realized    D. recognized

19.A. finish        B. continue        C. keep         D. begin

20.A. involved  B. stuck     C. unfinished     D. changed