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

When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was   1  to see that it was an English English dictionary, also known as a monolingual（单语的） dictionary.   2  it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one and, to be honest, I found it extremely  3  to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and still not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the   4  bilingual（双语的）dictionaries, in which the words are    5  both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt   6  to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I   7 that monolingual dictionaries are  8 in learning a foreign language.
As I found out, there is in fact often no perfect equivalence(对应) between two  9  in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to  10 that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the   11 meaning of a word in English! Therefore, she insisted that I read the definition(定义) of a word in a monolingual dictionary when I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. 12  , I have come to see what she meant. 
Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n)   13  number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am  14 exposed to the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas.  15 this, I can express myself more easily in English.

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，掌握其大意，然后从31~50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

For long, a question disturbed a little boy. He couldn’t understand why his next-desk-pal(同桌)could rank lst whenever he wanted to , while he himself 31 to .

At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more 32 than others? I feel I study as hard as him, but why do I 33 lag behind?” Staring at him ,she went 34 ,not knowing how to explain.

She felt an impulse (冲动)to say , “you are too 35 .You are not really as hard-working as others…”but she stopped 36 she knew her son was suffering from the pains of 37 grades and rankings . She thought it 38 to add any additional burden to his son and was trying to find out a(n) 39 answer.

Time went by quickly, the son finished primary school. 40 studying harder and harder, he was still unable to 41 his pal. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to take him to the sea. During the trip, she 42 to give out an answer.

Now, the son no longer 43 his rankings, because, with the lst ranking, he was 44 by Harvard University .

Back home in winter vacation, he was invited to 45 the students and parents in high school. In the speech, he mentioned a(n) 46 experience in his childhood:…When my mother and I were lying on the beach, she pointed to the front and said ,“Do you see the seabirds fiying for food over there? When the 47 comes near,  little birds can escape quickly 48 ‘clumsy’ seagulls (笨拙的海鸥)would take more time to complete the 49. However, have you noticed birds that 50 fly across the endless ocean are none other than ‘clumsy’seagulls?”

31.A.refused                        B.decided                    C.failed                        D.afforded

32.A.troublesome                B.stupid                       C.naughty                     D.careless

33.A.always                         B.never                        C.hardly                       D.even

34.A.wrong                         B.worried                     C.crazy                        D.wordless

35.A.young                         B.lazy                  C.clever               D.old

36.A.although             B.before                     C.beacuse              D.unless

37.A.worrying                       B.surprising            C.doubting                   D.unsatisfying

38.A.cruel                B.unnecessary          C.important             D.impossible

39.A.natural            B.harmonious           C.perfect             D.ordinary

40.A.Besides              B.Despite             C.Beyond               D.Without

41.A.get through         B.come across          C.compare with         D.keepup with

42.A.managed            B.hesitated            C.determined        D.remembered

43.A.cares about         B.doubts about         C.wonders about      D.worries about

44.A.invited                        B.accepted                    C.welcomed                  D.dismissed

45.A.visit                              B.contact                  C.address                  D.meet

46.A.private                        B.valuable                    C.interesting                 D.unexpected

47.A.wave                           B.food                         C.wind                         D.time

48.A.and                        B.since                         C.until                         D.while

49.A.game                           B.fun                           C.match                       D.process

50.A.suddenly                 B.immediately                 C.finally                       D.gradually

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked successfully, his assistant __36_, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”

Thomas Edison replied very __37_, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have _38__ a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot _39__ to make a good light bulb.”

If you learn from your mistakes, then you are _40__. If you learn from someone else’s mistakes, then you are a genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines __41__ daily and failure is nothing more than a few small __42_ repeated daily.

How __43_ the above lines are! Success takes __44_. We’ll make mistakes _45__ we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life, we don’t build enough confidence to __46__ new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence __47__ what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional __48__, but only a few really _49___ their true potentials and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) _50__ life. Do you want to be exceptional?

Success is a fruit which everyone wants to _51__, but it is not found everywhere and no one can __52_ it without serious efforts.

Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find a(n) _53__!

Success depends on previous __54__, and without it we will end in failure.

When you are __55__, please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.                  

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1. I think he did it on p_____.

2. Many people were killed or i____ during the earthquake.

3. In class, you should be a____ in answering the questions your teacher asks.

4. She comes from London; her n____ language is English.

5. The weather f___ is not always accurate either.

6. We know Bob had cancer, but the news of his death still came as a ____(震惊的事).

7. It does serious harm to children’s character that too much          (暴力) is shown on television.

8. None of us like to work with ____(顽固的) people.

9. She was wearing a pair of glasses so that I hardly ___(辨认出) her at first sight.

10. All children like to play___(在户外) instead of staying indoors when the weather is fine.