When I was a little girl, I found love in a box all because of a class assignment. On a Friday night I   36  at dinner table, “My teacher said we have to bring a box, a special box, for our valentines (情人节) on Monday”.

Mother said, “We’ll see,” and she continued eating.

What did “We’ll see” mean? I had to have that box   37  my second grade Valentine’s Day would be a disaster. Maybe they didn’t love me enough to help me with my   38 .

All Saturday I waited   39  and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased, but I   40  an enquiry（询问）about the box might   41  anger or loud voice, for in my house children only asked once. More than that   42  trouble.

Late Sunday afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen. The table was covered with colorful   43  of different kinds. A (n)   44  shoebox rested on top of it.   45  flooded through me when Daddy said, “Let’s get started   46  your project.”

In the next hour my father   47  the shoebox into impressive valentine box. Colorful paper covered the ugly cardboard with red hearts   48  to what I considered all the right places. He sang while he worked. When he finished, he was so delighted that a   49 smile spread over his face. “What do you think of that?” he asked.I answered him with a hug.

But inside,   50  danced all the way to my heart. It was the first time that my father devoted so much   51  to me, for his world consisted of work only.

The holiday party arrived, and my classmates put cards, and presents into the valentine boxes. Laughter filled our classroom until dismissal time   52 .

On the way home, I held out my valentine box for the world to   53 . The love that filled it meant more to me than all the valentines inside. The valentine box became a symbol of his love that   54  through decades of other Valentine’s Days. He gave me other gifts through the years, but none   55  compared with the love I felt within the limits of the old, empty shoebox.

1.                A．appeared       B．announced      C．served   D．sat

2.                A．and            B．however        C．so   D．or

3.                A．design         B．project         C．plan D．idea

4.                A．sadly           B．disappointedly   C．anxiously D．patiently

5.                A．knew          B．found          C．realized  D．imagined

6.                A．start           B．mark           C．cause    D．produce

7.                A．took           B．invited         C．saved    D．had

8.                A．boxes          B．paper          C．gifts D．food

9.                A．new           B．big            C．empty    D．attractive

10.               A．Relief          B．Relaxation      C．Cheer D．Calm

11.               A．by            B．at             C．on   D．in

12.               A．folded         B．changed        C．packed    D．pressed

13.               A．attached        B．joined          C．linked D．connected

14.               A．slight          B．broad          C．brief  D．confident

15.               A．fun            B．joy            C．interest   D．amusement

16.               A．money         B．support         C．time  D．hope

17.               A．reached        B．set            C．came D．spent

18.               A．accept         B．admire         C．respect   D．recognize

19.               A．carried         B．kept           C．spread    D．lasted

20.               A．even          B．yet            C．still   D．ever

原创（十二）
In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some   36   it highly, believing that it is   37   for social progress and prosperity. Others say that   38  is bad, that it sets one person against another; that it   39  unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held the   40  that their self-worth relied on how well they   41    at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and –death affairs.  In their single-minded   42  of success, the development of many other human qualities is   43  forgotten.
44   , while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take a(n)   45  attitude. In a culture valuing only the winner and   46  to the ordinary players, they strongly   47   competition. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or   48  success.  By not trying, they always have a(n)   49 ：“I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter   50  I really didn’t try.”   51    , this belief is the same as    52  of the true competitors trying to prove themselves. Both are based on the   53  belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in    54   with others.  Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve（缓解）  55   a new meaning in competition.
36．A．benefit                  B．influences                     C．value                     D．impress
37．A．cheerful                 B．meaningful            C．comfortable           D．responsible
38．A．competition           B．ability                   C．knowledge             D．challenge
39．A．runs into           B．leads to                 C．comes from            D．begins with
40．A．promise              B．belief                   C．dream                   D．task
41．A．planned                B．performed             C．delivered              D．practiced
42．A．pursuit                  B．memory                 C．behalf                   D．search
43．A．shyly                    B．cheerfully              C．sadly                     D．faithfully
44．A．Therefore              B．Meanwhile            C．However                  D．Afterwards
45．A．proper                   B．suitable                  C．confident              D．opposite
46．A．paying no attention        B．pays less attention        C．paid more attention D．pays no attention
47．A．excuse                  B．blame                    C．charge                   D．trust
48．A．enjoy                     B．apply                     C．receive                 D．achieve
49．A．opinion                  B．explanation          C．excuse                   D．reason
50．A．unless                    B．so                         C．while                    D．because
51．A．Firmly                   B．Naturally              C．Unfortunately      D．Clearly
52．A．that                      B．one                        C．it                           D．this
53．A．mistaken           B．different                C．single                    D．common
54．A．consequence          B．comparison           C．connection            D．common
55．A．we can discover       B．can we discover     C．can discover           D．we discover

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Love in a Box

When I was a little girl, I found love in a box all because of a class assignment. On a Friday night I   36___  at dinner table, “MY teacher said we have to bring a box, a special box, for our valentines (情人节) on Monday”.

Mother said, “We’ll see,” and she continued eating.

What did “We’ll see” mean? I had to have that box   37  my second grade Valentine’s Day would be a disaster. Maybe they didn’t love me enough to help me with my   38  .

All Saturday I waited   39   and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased, but I   40   an enquiry about the box might  41   anger or loud voice, for in my house children only asked once. More than that   42   trouble.

Late Sunday afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen. The table was covered with colorful  43   of different kinds. A (n)   44   shoebox rested on top of it.   45  flooded through me when Daddy said, “Let’s get started   46  your project.”

In the next hour my father   47 the shoebox into impressive valentine box. Colorful paper covered the ugly cardboard with red hearts   48 to what I considered all the right places. He sang while he worked. When he finished, he was so delighted that a  49 smile spread over his face. “What do you think of that?” he asked.

I answered him with a hug.

But inside, ___ 50 ___  danced all the way to my heart. It was the first time that my father devoted so much ___ 51  ___ to me, for his world consisted of work only.

The holiday party arrived, and my classmates put cards, and presents into the valentine boxes. Laughter filled our classroom until dismissal time  52_____m

On the way home, I held out my valentine box for the world to  __53 __. The love that filled it meant more to me than all the valentines inside.

The valentine box became a symbol of his love that  __54__  through decades of other Valentine’s Days. He gave me other gifts through the years, but none  __ 55 __ compared with the love I felt within the limits of the old, empty shoebox.

36．A．announced       B．appeared   C．served      D．sat

37．A．and   B．however   C．or     D．so

38．A．design      B．plan  C．idea   D．project

39．A．sadly B．anxiously  C．disappointedly  D．patiently

40．A．found       B．realized    C．knew D．imagined

41．A．start  B．cause C．mark D．produce

42．A．invited     B．took  C．saved D．had

43．A．boxes       B．gifts  C．paper D．food

44．A．new  B．big    C．attractive  D．empty

45．A．Relaxation       B．Relief       C．Cheer       D．Calm

46．A．by     B．at      C．in      D．on

47．A．folded      B．packed      C．changed    D．pressed

48．A．joined      B．attached    C．linked       D．connected

49．A．slight       B．brief  C．broad       D．confident

50．A．joy    B．fun    C．interest     D．amusement

51．A．money      B．time  C．support     D．hope

52．A．reached    B．set     C．spent D．came

53．A．accept      B．respect      C．admire      D．recognize

54．A．carried     B．kept  C．spread      D．lasted

55．A．ever  B．even  C．yet    D．still

CHONGQING: A total

solar eclipse (日蚀） brought darkness to many places along the upper reaches of China’s

longest river, the Yangtze, at 9:15 am Wednesday. The moon’s shadow blocked out the sun, leaving only the solar corona (日冕) visible in west China’s Chongqing Municipality and Guang ’an City in neighboring Sichuan Province. The cities turned off many street lights to allow the public to better observe the total eclipse, which lasted about four minutes.

The July 22 eclipse is the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st Century. It is expected to pass across China from Tibet to the coastal city of Shanghai, where 300 million people live. Millions of eclipse-watchers crowded to the banks of the Yellow and Yangtze rivers early Wednesday to observe the spectacle. However, the weather in many Chinese cities along the full solar eclipse path is not favorable for observing the phenomenon, according to the China Meteorological Administration’s (气象局) forecast at 8 am.

Zhu Jin, head of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory (天文观测台), said although overcast (阴天) conditions blocked the view along the lower stream of Yangtze, the shadow of the moon was visible moving behind the clouds. The full solar blackout could be seen at 9:30 am from an observatory site in Anji, east China’s Zhejiang Province, a site chosen by Jay Pasachoff, head of the Solar Eclipse Working Group of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), and more 200 astronomers from more than 20 countries. “The weather is clear enough to observe the complete duration of the solar eclipse here in Anji. The forecast of the time of the eclipse proved to be accurate, ” said Zhang Hongqi, chief researcher of the National Astronomical Observatories.

It was raining in Shanghai, when the eclipse occurred at 9:35 am. The city put extra police on streets, and more than 30 police ships patrolled (巡逻) the coast. Only street lamps were left on, as the city turned off all landscape lighting to allow people to watch the solar eclipse.

1. Which of the following is RIGHT?

A. More than 20 foreign astronomers observed the eclipse.

B. The eclipse is the longest one in the history.

C. The eclipse brought darkness to many places in China.

D. The weather was clear enough for people to observe the eclipse.

2. The best place to observe the full solar blackout at 9:30 am could be in___________.

A. Chongqing　　　 B. Sichuan

C. Zhejiang　　 D. Shanghai

3. The following has the same meaning as the underlined word EXCEPT____________.

A. went somewhere in large numbers

B. moved in a large crowd

C. gathered together

D. talked with each other excitedly

4. You can see the passage in a (n)__________.

A. newspaper 　　　　 B. guidebook

C. advertisement　　　 D. magazine

5. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Many cities turned off the lights on the streets to observe better.

B. The weather in some places isn’t favorable to observe the eclipse.

C. Shanghai sent out the police to observe the eclipse.

D. The eclipse attracted many astronomers from all over the world.

It was a market day, so people and traffic had been pouring into the town since early morning.  16  it was an old town, even the main street was very  17  and soon became overcrowded. There was not enough  18  for all the people on the sidewalk at the roadside,  19  they overflowed into the road, 20   danger to their lives from  21  cars and buses, the drivers of  42  were constantly blowing their horns (喇叭) to 23  people to get out of their  24 .

　   Yet it was a(n)  25  scene. Peasants walked along the street, their heads piled high with baskets or beautifully woven blankets which they hoped to   26  to the townsfolk. Men with carts  27  their way along, shouting their goods at the top of their  28 . They were selling apples, oranges and grapes -- the 29  of their fields. 30  it all, women in bright summer clothes made their way, laughing and talking, 31  children rushed in and out of the crowds screaming with laughter when they did’t ask for something they could not have, or crying with  32  because they were lost.

    The noise went on all day. People did not even stop for a meal, but preferred to buy bits of meat cooked over a fire or bread or ice-cream from the street sellers. The  33  from this and from all the activities of the day began to collect in the street. And finally, when night at last came, the street 34   and only the rubbish  35   sadly blowing in the cooling night wind.