Michelle is blind, but she makes such good use of her other senses that guests rarely realize that she is blind.
When my daughter Kayla came back from her home, she was very 1 about her day. She told me that she had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was especially excited about her finger-painting project. “I learned how to 2 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! Michelle 3 with us too. She said she liked how the paint feels through her fingers,” said Kayla.
Something about my child’s excitement caught my 4 . this made me sit down and take a look at my child and at myself.
Then Kayla said, “Michelle told me my picture showed joy, 5 and a sense of accomplishment. She 6 saw what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger-painting felt until Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
This is when I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never 7 in conversation. When I told her, she was quiet for a moment. At first, she didn’t 8 me. “ But mommy, Michelle understood exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla insisted. I knew my child was 9 because Michelle had listened to Kayla when she 10 her artwork. Michelle had listened to Kayla’s pride in her work, and her wonder at her discovery of the way colors blend.
1.
A.satisfied B.moved C.excited D.affected
A.mix B.combine C.connect D.join
A.wrote B.dealt C.contacted D.painted
A.attention B.sight C.note D.observation
A.discovery B.understanding C.pride D.achievement
A.apparently B.really C.obviously D.carefully
A.come around B.com across C.come through D.come up
A.doubt B.refuse C.believe D.approve
A.right B.polite C.real D.wrong
A.described B.created C.designed D.invented
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
I just came home from visiting my 90-year-old grandpa after his heart surgery. We talked and laughed and before I left he __36__me, told me that he loved me and told me not to be_37_ if he died because he had loved his life.
When my mom was in hospital due to breast cancer, I went to _38_ her. She wasn’t in her _39_. When I headed for the Nurses Station to _40_ her, I saw her coming down the hall. “ Mom, why are you out of bed? Where have you been?” She _41_ and said she’d been to the nursery floor to visit the babies.
My lifelong friend almost lost her 50-year-old husband to cancer._42_, she did her full-time job at the hospital and two other jobs to _43_ losing their house. She continued to laugh, love and find_44_ every single day in life.
And on and on---------
Maybe that’s part of why I have a positive _45_. I’m really lucky to know so many _46_ people. I’ve known so many people in my life who have _47_ the difficulties and the horrors of life with grace, humor and _48_.
When you say life isn’t worth _49_, when you say you want to die, when _50_ you know has used you, abused you, _51_ you, hated you, it’s you, your _52_ that have created a life for yourself that you don’t feel is worth living and a life no one else wants to live with you. I don’t feel_53_ for you. I don’t care about you. You’re a coward(懦夫). _54_, you should try to change things, move _55_ and learn something from the things you have experienced. Then maybe someone will really care about you.
A.drew B.pulled C.hugged D.showed
A.frightened B.sad C.nervous D.astonished
A.support B.visit C.encourage D.invite
A.bed B.office C.house D.chair
A.hold B.remind C.scold D.find
A.sighed B.smiled C.nodded D.cried
A.Fortunately B.Gradually C.Unbelievably D.Actually
A.avoid B.stop C.risk D.forget
A.work B.advice C.surprise D.joy
A.attitude B.reply C.demand D.belief
A.romantic B.humorous C.optimistic D.careful
A.lived for B.shown off C.looked for D.gone through
A.strength B.courage C.feelings D.spirits
A.living B.fighting C.losing D.noticing
A.someone B.nobody C.everyone D.everything
A.left B.envied C.educated D.appreciated
A.selfishness B.bravery C.behavior D.honesty
A.proud B.sorry C.excited D.happy
A.Otherwise B.Besides C.However D.Instead
A.downward B.backward C.leftward D.forward
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。
In the seventh grade when my mother suggested that I should join the golf team, I thought she had lost her mind. But as 36 , my mother won in the end. I 37 on the junior school golf team in the seventh and eighth grade. The summer before 38 school came, I had a burning 39 to play on the high school team.
That summer I 40 almost every Sunday morning on the golf course (高尔夫球场) with my 41 , and too many afternoons counting on the course with my mother. This 42 relationship with my parents 43 during my high school years, and Mom and I 44 it to the hours spent together on the golf course. 45 you're walking down the freshly mowed fairway (高尔夫球场上的平坦大道), staring (凝视) out 46 miles of nothing but golf course, and looking up at the beautiful blue sky, you will realize 47 is important in life. My mom and I have solved most of the world's48 there and plan to write a book together one day. We talk about such things in the middle of a round of (一轮比赛) golf as we would never do at 49 , where she is Mom and I am an annoying ( 惹人烦恼的 ) teenager. On the golf course, we're just two people who 50 golf.
51 has become part of my life during the past years. My friends know in the summer the place to find me is on the golf course. There is 52 I love more than a perfect autumn morning, riding around in a golf cart with my dad. Golf has 53 me and made me into the person I am today. And I have to 54 that all of it is thanks to my mom who 55 me join that middle school golf team. She was right -- as usual.
A.much B.well C.usual D.normal
A.played B.joined C.got D.went
A.junior B.high C.primary D.college
A.fire B.opinion C.hope D.desire
A.took B.spent C.cost D.bought
A.father B.mother C.sister D.teacher
A.funny B.unhappy C.close D.lasting
A.changed B.began C.broke D.continued
A.owe B.lead C.lend D.explain
A.Until B.When C.How D.Why
A.in B.through C.across D.into
A.that B.who C.which D.what
A.problems B.questions C.answers D.secrets
A.school B.home C.table D.course
A.discover B.hate C.love D.think
A.Walking B.Studying C.Talking D.Golfing
A.nothing B.something C.anything D.everything
A.shaped B.controlled C.helped D.given
A.regret B.accept C.consider D.support
A.appreciated B.brought C.made D.invited
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从34-48题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
She watched her little girl at play through her window. Memories 34 back to her childhood.
She remembered that when she was a little girl, her mother would kiss her face every night when she was about to go to bed with her toys. 35 , she left home when 36 to college. Then she got married. Her work and family 37 her from visiting her mum, who is now living alone.
Thinking of this, she realized that she hadn’t 38 her mum for a long time. So she 39
the phone.
“Dear, I miss you,” there came her mum’s 40 . “Someone said that I should give you a
41 before you left home, but I didn’t. I want to kiss you now, but I can’t do it through a phone.”
“You kissed me every night when I was 42 ,” she said in a low voice.
“You’re right, honey. Those days were so nice. But I feel 43 now when looking through your bedroom window.”
Tears rolled down her cheeks. Not knowing how to comfort her, she hung up 44 .
She picked up her pen and wrote a letter to her mum.
Dear Mum,
Thank you for what you’ve done for me. There’s no greater love than yours. Mum, you may not know how many times I saw you watch me play. The 45 that you looked through is the same one that God looked in. He saw you by my bed each night when you’d tenderly tuck me in (把被子盖好). But since I was 46 at that time, I didn’t know how great this love was. It is not until I have my own 47 to tuck in, to watch through the window 48 I understand your love for me. We are the same now. So Mum, please don’t feel lonely; you know I’ll always be there.
A.flooded B.turned C.left D.entered
A.Actually B.Instead C.However D.Generally
A.awarded B.admitted C.allowed D.carried
A.caught B.protected C.took D.prevented
A.heard B.called C.remembered D.watched
A.hung up B.put up C.picked up D.set up
A.letter B.ring C.chance D.kiss
A.back B.home C.away D.out
A.excited B.terrified C.lonely D.upset
A.in relief B.in a hurry C.in a way D.in peace
A.door B.window C.phone D.home
A.loved B.tired C.young D.old
A.toy B.boy C.mother D.child
A.that B.what C.who D.which
完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意;然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One factor that can influence consumers is their mood(情绪) state. Mood may be described ____21____ a temporary and mild positive or negative feeling that is generalized and not tied to any particular circumstance. Moods should be ____22____ from feelings which are usually much more stronger ____23____ to specific circumstances, and often conscious. In one sense, the effect of a consumer’s mood can be thought of in ____24____ the same way as our reactions to the ____25____ of our friends — when our friends are happy and “up”, that tends to influence us positively, but when they are “down”, that can have a negative impact on us. ____26____, consumers operating under a given mood state tend to react to stimuli(刺激因素) in a direction consistent with that mood state. Thus, for example, we should expect to see consumers in a positive mood state evaluate products in more of a ____27____ manner than they would when not in such a state. Moreover, mood states appear able to enhance(增强) a consumer’s memory.
Moods appear to be readily influenced by marketing ____28____. For example, the rhythm(节奏), pitch, and volume of music has been shown to influence behavior such as ____29____ of time spent in supermarkets or intention to purchase products. In addition, advertising can influence consumer’s moods which, in ____30____, are more likely to influence consumers’ reactions to products.
21. A. as B. about C. by D. with
22. A. developed B. discouraged C. divided D. distinguished
23. A. related B. referred C. attachedD. associated
24. A. nearly B. much C. evenD. still
25. A. signal B. gesture C. viewD. behavior
26. A. Similarly B. However C. ThereforeD. Besides
27. A. casual B. confident C. seriousD. favorable
28. A. tendency B. techniques C. temperatureD. operation
29. A. degree B. amount C. numberD. range
30. A. turn B. total C. detailD. depth
第二节:完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从41~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,
选出最佳选项。
As a saying goes, every bean has its black. It is impossible to make no mistakes all one’s life. My grandpa Nybakken, a carpenter(木匠), is no 41 . Several decades ago he made a mistake – a perfect mistake, 42 .
On a cold Saturday, Mother’s father was building some wooden cases for the clothes his church was sending to an orphanage (孤儿院) in China. On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. He remembered putting them there that morning, so he drove back to the church. His search proved fruitless.
When he 43 replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the cases, which he had nailed shut. His brand new glasses, having 44 him £20 that very morning, were heading for China! He had to drive home 45 .
Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather’s church, which Grandpa and his family also attended.
“But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the 46 you sent last year. You see, the bandits(土匪) had just 47 through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate.”
“ 48 I had the money, there was simply no way of 49 those glasses. 50 headaches every day. Then your cases arrived. When my staff 51 the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top.”
Then, still gripped (吸引注意) with the 52 of it all, he continued: “When I tried on the glasses, it was as though they had been made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!”
The people listened, 53 for the miraculous(奇迹的) glasses. But the director surely must have 54 their church with another, they thought. There were no glasses on their 55 of items to be sent overseas.
But sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized the Master Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way.
41.A.expectation B.success C.comment D.exception
42.A.though B.although C.as D.so
43.A.mentally B.physically C.anxiously D.directly
44.A.charged B.spent C.paid D.cost
45.A.disappointed B.pleased C.nonstop D.quick
46.A.cases B.clothes C.glasses D.wishes
47.A.cut B.swept C.pulled D.broken
48.A.Unless B.As long as C.Until D.Even though
49.A.replacing B.finding C.wearing D.changing
50.A.Except for B.Along with C.Rather than D.As for
51.A.nailed B.burnt C.removed D.took
52.A.preparation B.pleasure C.satisfaction D.wonder
53.A.pity B.happy C.curious D.eager
54.A.confused B.associated C.combined D.compared
55.A.cases B.order C.list D.orphanage