On my birthday this year, I decided to do something very different. I had been   31  so much and I wanted to reach out to bring happiness to someone else. So, that   32 , I bought some flowers and went to a hospital. I had no   33  who I was going to present the flowers to, but I would find someone who needed   34  .

I asked the nurses in the hospital, who thought it   35  that I didn’t have anyone in particular to see.   36 , they gave me the room number of a(n)   37  lady, who needed some comfort.

I entered the room with the flowers. The elderly woman looked up, staring at me   38 . She was greatly moved when I told her about my   39  in being there. She was an amputee(被截肢者) and she explained to me that she was very worried   40  they were going to fit her with prosthetic leg(假肢). She knew that as she was getting used to the “  41 ”leg, she would be in  42  .

Later, in the following two hours, we  43  a lot and both felt very happy. I  44  until it was dark. I will always remember how   45  she was the moment she received the flowers from me—a   46  . She called me her angel and said she had no more   47  .

I   48  that story with my neighbor and she   49  that she was going to do the same thing on her birthday. And I hope that she will   50  others to be kind and do the same thing. You never know you might be considered someone’s angel one day.

Americans value competition. They believe that competition      out the best in any individual. They claim that it challenges or even      each person to produce the very best that is humanly possible.     , the foreign visitor will see competition encouraged in the American home and in the American classroom,     at the youngest age levels. You may find the     placed on competition confusing, especially if you come from a society that promotes cooperation   competition among individuals. But Americans teaching in the Third World countries find the lack of competition in a classroom situation equally     . They soon learn that what they had thought to be one of the universal human qualities      only a particularly American or Western value.

1.A．carries             B．brings            C．picks           D．comes

2.A．forces              B．causes           C．leads           D．teaches

3.A．Particularly         B．Occasionally       C．Consequently    D．Accidentally

4.A．even               B．still              C．only           D．already

5.A．thoughts            B．interest           C．attitude         D．value

6.A．together with        B．rather than         C．in spite of       D．along with

7.A．puzzling            B．unacceptable       C．unfortunate      D．discouraging

8.A．encouraged          B．respected          C．represented     D．Produced

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40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。

     One student took a box of chicken to class．Another carried on a cell-phone  21  ,and still another whistled loudly every time the   22   turned his back．

     Reform school? No．College．

     More and more, professors say, they are coming across  23   students in their classrooms．Many of today’s young scholars arrive late, leave  24  , talk loud or take care of personal  25  such as paying bills during class．

     Why are the students behaving  26  _? “Because they can,” said a student of University of North Texas．“A lot of the time, the professors let them get away with it．”

     Some educators say it is time to bring politeness back to their classrooms—and even   27 taking some of the blame for bad behavior．They say that rude students are by no means the majority but that one of them can ruin an entire   28 ．

     People are   29 __when they learn that impolite behavior is becoming more and more common in   30  _ education, says Dr．Gerald Amanda, a counselor at City College of San Francisco．They   31 some high school students to misbehave, but think those who get to   32__  will behave more politely．

     Dr．Amanda believes that society in   33   has become more tolerant of rude behavior and 

34  ___ people in power, including professors, no longer  35 ___standards for  36 __．That leads to a growing imprudence（轻率行为）  37  some college students．“There’s a great   38    of bad behavior in the world around them, and young people see it and   39  _disrespect,” said Dr．Amanda,   40 ___that sometimes students “have no idea that they are being rude．”

A．line                B．conversation     C．message          D．picture

A．professor           B．student          C．president            D．classmate

A．hardworking     B．cheating         C．rude             D．selfish

A．late                B．early                C．noisily          D．quietly

A．felling         B．interest         C．computer         D．business

A．badly               B．well             C．politely         D．oneself

A．enjoy               B．hate             C．start                D．avoid

A．school          B．company          C．society          D．class

A．delighted           B．surprised            C．interested           D．encouraged

A．better              B．more             C．higher           D．younger

．A．expect         B．hope             C．forbid           D．wish

A．work                B．college          C．learning         D．knowledge

A．all             B．time             C．charge           D．general

A．why             B．how              C．whether          D．that

A．change          B．break                C．set              D．reach

A．teaching            B．politeness           C．thinking         D．progress

A．about               B．for              C．behind           D．among

A．deal                B．number           C．many             D．sum

A．prepare         B．grow             C．develop          D．improve

A．speaking            B．adding           C．warning          D．wishing

第二节：完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms,  36_my teacher said again and again that it was important．

    One day, I happened to  37  an Englishman, on the road, and soon we began to  38  ． As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!”  I was  39  , I thought, perhaps this is not a  40  topic. Well, I’d  41  change the topic． So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?  42 _ the way, have you ever   43  there?”

    “Certainly, everyone back home will  44   me if I leave China without seeing  45 . It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of   46  ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “  47  !” I couldn’t  48  asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do  49  ”, he answered, gently surprised．

    I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”

    Hearing this, theEnglishman  50   to tears. He began to  51 , “‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’. It is an  52  of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention  53  English idioms．”

    Then I knew I had made fool of   54  ． Since then I have been more  55  with idioms．

36．A．though         B．when                 C．if                  D． as

37．A．look            B．meet                 C．pick up              D． find out

38．A．walk           B．talk                   C．play                 D． go

39．A．pleased         B．angry            C．afraid               D． surprised

40．A．proper         B．strange               C．safe                 D． polite

41．A．to             B．better                     C．not                 D． like

42．A．On             B．In                    C．All                   D． By

43．A．gone           B．visited                C．seen             D． been

44．A．look at         B．think of             C．send for             D． laugh at

45．A．It              B．them            C．anything            D． something

46．A．fun            B．interest            C．business               D． mountain

47．A．Really           B．Good                 C．You don’ t say     D． You are right

48．A．be             B．help                  C．think            D． do

49．A．this            B．so                   C．anything            D． me a favor

50．A．laughed        B．cried                 C．moved               D． came

51．A．explain         B．shout                 C．prove               D． say

52．A．experience    B．expression           C．explanation             D． example

53．A．for          B．to               C．at                    D． in

54．A．me          B．myself                C．him                   D． somebody

55．A．helpful         B．popular           C．careful               D． satisfied

What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you don't even try any more because you think what you do is not ? ? ? enough．

Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time, ? ? ? however hard we work, it seems that there is ? ? ? someone else who can do it much better．

I have always enjoyed music and it is? ? ? ? to me that every musician has a ? ? ? of their own．My father _ ? ? several instruments and when he played with other people, it was not difficult to ? ? ? his sound in a group．Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own ? ? ? sound．

I ? ? ? heard of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student, " ? ? ? else can make the sound that you make．" The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's, but who is to say which is ? ? ．It is said that, " ? ? ? is in the eye of the beholder .” . Perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is in the ear of the ? ? ? ．

Every person has a different tone of voice that ? ? ? only to them, ? ? ? we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of ? ? ? that is unique to them．It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all．It ? ? ? be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps．

Each person has a（an） ? ? ? on the world in some way．Someone else can do what you do, but they cannot do it ? ? ? in the same way that you do it．The next time you feel ? ? ? , remember nobody else can make the sound that you make．

1.A．easy ????????????? B．good ????????????? C．simple ????????????? D．hard

2.A．because ????????????? B．although ????????????? C．when ????????????? D．if

3.A．seldom ????????????? B．always ????????????? C．never ????????????? D．sometimes

4.A．satisfying ????????????? B．convincing ????????????? C．inspiring ????????????? D．interesting

5.A．gift ????????????? B．sound ????????????? C．life ????????????? D．song

6.A．played ????????????? B．designed ????????????? C．created ????????????? D．checked

7.A．turn down ????????????? B．call up ????????????? C．pick out ????????????? D．give off

8.A．loud ????????????? B．powerful ????????????? C．perfect ????????????? D．special

9.A．once ????????????? B．yet ????????????? C．even ????????????? D．still

10.A．Anybody ????????????? B．Somebody ????????????? C．Nobody ????????????? D．Everybody

11.A．bigger ????????????? B．better ????????????? C．deeper ????????????? D．lower

12.A．Beauty ????????????? B．Interest ????????????? C．Patience ????????????? D．Honesty

13.A．speaker ????????????? B．receiver ????????????? C．listener ????????????? D．looker

14.A．devotes ????????????? B．adds ????????????? C．adapts ????????????? D．belongs

15.A．but ????????????? B．yet ????????????? C．and? ????????????? D．for

16.A．running ????????????? B．walking ????????????? C．jumping ????????????? D．speaking

17.A．must ????????????? B．might ????????????? C．would ????????????? D．should

18.A．choice ????????????? B．opinion ????????????? C．duty ????????????? D．effect

19.A．exactly ????????????? B．carefully ????????????? C．cautiously ????????????? D．seriously

20.A．annoyed ????????????? B．puzzled????????????? C．discouraged????????????? D．bothered