Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her ___1___ concert. She had been waiting for this ___2___ for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her ___3___ is.”
The song made her ___4___ to the days when she was Lauren’s ___5___. As a young ___6___, Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied ___7___ in France, Italy and in the United States. “You can become a fine ___8___ in the future,” her teachers told her. “But you must be ___9___ to study hard and work for many years. There will be ___10___ time for anything but music in your life.”
Dorothy was ___11___ at that time and she was ___12___ that music was all she wanted or needed to ___13___ her life. For almost a year Dorothy ___14___ of nothing else. Then she ___15___ David, a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in ___16___. David asked her to be his ___17___. Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved ___18___, too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t ___19___ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.
Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her ___20___.
1. A. sorry B. successful C. first D. wonderful
2. A. dance B. moment C. show D. party
3. A. voice B. face C. dress D. life
4. A. think of B. bring back C. go back D. come back
5. A. age B. friend C. mother D. teacher
6. A. musician B. pop star C. lady D. girl
7. A. French B. music C. piano D. dance
8. A. actress B. student C. singer D. dancer
9. A. prepared B. learning C. driven D. waiting
10. A. some B. any C. no D. enough
11. A. eight B. eighteen C. eighty D. eighty-eight
12. A. lucky B. sure C. afraid D. fond
13. A. fill B. live C. lead D. take
14. A. heard B. knew C. talked D. thought
15. A. saw off B. learned from C. heard of D. met with
16. A. love B. feeling C. music D. touch
17. A. assistant B. teacher C. wife D. student
18. A. him B. engineering C. herself D. music
19. A. certainly B. possibly C. only D. mainly
20. A. thought B. hope C. purpose D. will
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36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
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Years ago, when Barbara started looking for her first job, wise advisers urged, "Be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience." How right they were. Enthusiastic people can 36a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.
"Nothing great was ever 37without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. 38is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough. It is the 39voice that whispers, "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can't!"
It 40 years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn't 41 on her experiments. Work was 42 a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.
As author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, "Years wrinkle(使起皱纹) the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul." How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood? The answer, I believe, 43 the word itself. “Enthusiasm” comes from the Greek and means "God within." And what is God within is but a long-lasting sense of 44-- proper love of self and, from that, love of others.
Enthusiastic people also love what they do, 45money or title or power. Patricia McIlrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, "My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, `I never made a dime until I stopped working for money.'" If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a part-time hobby 46the head of state who paints, the nun(修女) who runs marathons, and the executive who handcrafts furniture.
Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville was 68 47 she began to draw. This activity ended periods of depression that had 48 her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, " I have to say, Layton is 49 a genius." Elizabeth has 50her enthusiasm. ￥高#考#资%源*网
We can't 51to waste tears on "might-have-beens." We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be". We need to live each moment 52with all our senses -- finding pleasure in the fragrance of a back-yard garden, the 53picture of a six-year-old, and the enchanting beauty of a rainbow. It is such enthusiastic love of 54that puts a sparkle(火花) in our eyes, a lift in our steps and 55the wrinkles from our souls.
36. A. put B. make C. turn D. get
37. A. expected B. adopted C. predicted D. achieved
38. A. It B. That C. This D. As
39. A. slight B. outside C. inner D. low
40. A. spent B. took C. cost D. paid
41. A. give off B. give in C. give out D. give up
42. A. such B. so C. too D. rather
43. A. links with B. refers to C. lies in D. leads in
44. A. responsibility B. humor C. trust D. love
45. A. in case B. regardless of C. for fear of D. in terms of
46. A. like B. namely C. as D. likewise
47. A. after B. since C. before D. until
48. A. pleased B. shocked C. worried D. annoyed
49. A. nothing but B. anything but C. everything but D. something but
50. A. recalled B. reflected C. rediscovered D. remembered
51. A. pay B. afford C. affect D. provide
52. A. thoroughly B. absolutely C. wholeheartedly D. warm-heartedly
53. A. colored B. white C. green D. red
54. A. money B. title C. power D. life
55. A. pushes B. softens C. smoothes D. folds
第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
It was my birthday last Thursday. I decided to _ 36it by inviting a few friends out to
supper. I chose a restaurant in a 37part of town. It is one of my favorite restaurants
because the food is good and the waiters are friendly. It is 38 _ ever crowded, because not many people know about it, so it is not usually _39_ to book (预定) a table. In any case, Thursday is not a busy evening 40.
When we entered the restaurant, we were surprised to find it completely __ 41__ . I looked around but not _42 _ table was free. One of the waiters recognized me. He came across and explained the situation. “A party of tourists came in about half an hour ago.” he said. “It was like an invasion(侵略). Suddenly the place was full! We can hardly _ 43”.
The waiter then pointed to a table in the corner. “The people there are about to _ 44 .”
he said, “Just hold on and you'll _ _45_ a place there.” He was right. Fifteen minutes later,
the people 46 _ the corner table paid their 47, got up and left. I led my friends acrossand we all sat down.
48our table was almost out of sight. We tried to call the attention of the waiter
49 _ sent us there, but he, like all the other waiters, _ _50 _ the party of tourism. They ordered lots of food. At last, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very 51with life. The waiter, now very tired, appeared at our table. I advised my friends aboutthe best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our _52 .
A few moments later he returned to our table. We could tell from his face that he had
__53__ for us. _54a little sorry he told us that there was _55_ left. “All we can offer you” he said, “is an omelet (煎蛋卷) !”
36. A. remember B. celebrate C. memorize D. congratulate
37. A. quiet B. calm C. busy D. silent
38. A. hard B. often C. hardly D. always
39. A. necessary B. possible C. important D. certain
40. A. as before B. as a matter of fact
C. as usual D. as is known to all
41. A. empty B. full C. free D. quiet
42. A. all B. an empty C. a single D. a double
43. A. watch B. look after C. try D. manage
44. A. start B. leave C. end D. pay
45. A. find B. find out C. wait D. see
46. A. by B. beside C. at D. near
47. A money B. bill C. food D. drinks
48. A. Luckily B. Fortunately C. Generally D. Unluckily
49. A. whom B. which C. he D. who
50. A. were kept busy B. was busy with C. kept busy with D. were busy with
51. A. exciting B. tired C. pleased D. disappointed
52. A. dishes B. food C. order D. menu
53. A. good presents B. good news C. bad news D. bad presents
54. A. Looking B. Seeing C. Looked D. Found
55. A. no meat or fish B. no meat and fish C. meat and fish D. not meat or fish
第三节：完形填空（共两部分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项
Have you ever run in the rain?
Itwasrainingoutside.Weallstoodnearthedoorofthe 41,waiting.SuddenlyIhearda
sweetvoice.“Mom,let’s 42therain,”said a six-year-oldgirl, with beautiful red hair, who had been shopping with her mum in Wal-mart.
“What?No,honey.We’ll__43__untilitstopsrainingsohard,”themotherreplied.Thegirl waitedaboutoneminuteandrepeated,“Mom,let’srunthroughtherain.”
“We’ll 44if we do,” the mother said. “No, we won’t, mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she 
45out of her mom’s arm.
“This morning?” “Yes, when you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If G
od can get us through this, he can get us through anything!’”
The whole crowdbecame 46. Wecouldn’thearanythingbut 47. Weallstood there silently. Her mom__48___foramomentandsaid, “Honey,you’reright.Let’srunthrough therain. If God lets us get wet, well, maybe we just need __49__.”
Then off they ran. Weallstoodthere, watching and smiling as they ran through the rain. They held their shopping bags over their __50__just in case. Yes, they got wet. Buttheywerefollowed bymany __51__ who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.
Memory is a fortune, a precious gift. I believe that somewhere down the road in life, the mother will 52herselflookingbackon thismomentandshewillsmile.SoDon't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day and take the time to run through the rain.
41. A. cinema B. school C. supermarket D. park
42. A. runthrough B. go through C. look through D. get through
43. A. leaveB. wait C. 
imagine D. jump
44. A. get tired B. get confusedC. get paid D. getwet
45. A. pushed B. pulled C. carried D. monitored
46. A. noisy B. calmC. silent D. thrilled
47. A. her mum B. the girl C. laughter D. therain
48. A. thought B. claimed C. asked D. cared
49. A. running B. waitingC. walking D. washing
50. A. hands B. backs C. heads D. coat
s
51. A. adults B. children C. parents D. drivers
52. A. stop B. findC. make D. impress
完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）
It was a normal summer night, humidity（潮湿）hung in the thick air. The only sound was my sister’s heavy __36__ from the bed next to me.
I couldn’t go to _37__, partly because of my cold and partly because of my __38__ for the next day. My mum had said that tomorrow was going to be a __39__ .
Sweat stuck to my aching body. Finally, I gathered enough __40__ to sit up. I looked out of my small window into the night. There was a big bright __41__ hanging in the sky, giving off a magic glow.
My sister turned over as though she was as light as air. Why could she sleep soundly? Why wasn’t she __42__ too? Did she know about tomorrow?
I couldn’t stand the __43__ anymore, so I did what I always do to make myself feel better. I went to the __44__ and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste. Pouring the red paste onto the brush, I cleaned back and forth, up and down.
Then I walked downstairs to look for some __45__of movement, some life. Gladiator, my cat,__46__ me as he meowed（猫叫）his sad song. He was on the old orange couch （长沙发）, sitting up on his front legs, 47 something to happen. He looked at me as if to say, “I’m __48__, pet me. I need a good hug.” Even the couch begged me to sit on it.
In one movement I settled down onto the soft 49 . This couch represented my birth, my parents’ marriage, and hundreds of other little __50__.
As I held Gladiator, my heart started beating heavily. My mind was __51__ with questions: What’s life? Am I really alive? Are you listening to me? Every time I moved my hand down Gladiator’s body, I had a __52__ thought; each touch sang a different song.
I forgot all about the __53__ and the next day’s surprise. The __54__ was so full of warmth and silence that I sank into its arms. Falling asleep with the big cat in my arms, I felt all my worries __55__ move away.
A．murmuring B．breathing C．crying D．thinking
A．sleep B．work C．study D．rest
A．interpretations B．plans C．arrangements D．expectations
A．surprise B．hope C．success D．failure
A．energy B．ideas C．strength D．stamps
A．cloud B．star C．sun D．moon
A．thrilling B．sweating C．sleeping D．speaking
A．silence B．cold C．pressure D．pain
A．sitting-room B．kitchen C．bathroom D．waiting-room
A．sights B．signs C．signals D．notices
A．interested B．pleased C．reminded D．frightened
A．begging for B．asking for C．admiring for D．waiting for
A．lonely B．shy C．friendly D．lively
A．bed B．couch C．cat D．bad
A．people B．animals C．events D．pets
A．flooded B．applauding C．satisfied D．knocked
A．strange B．difficult C．new D．noble
A．cold B．mind C．time D．heat
A．family B．atmosphere C．heart D．bed
A．completely B．slowly C．suddenly D．partly
I’d been 16 for six days and was already prepared to deal with failure. I remember when my mum 36 me up that morning, her voice wasn’t as 37 as it usually was.
I stayed in bed for a few minutes. I was 38 to leave its warmth and comfort, and didn’t want to face the problem that I’d let myself 39 for the past six months. Finally, I dragged myself out of 40 .
I finished getting ready and tried to 41 . It didn’t work, so I decided that my 42 should go with me. We had a little time, so I thought we could practice parking. I 43 , with the wheel hitting the fence. After that, the little bit of confidence I’d had was 44 . I tried two more times, but didn’t 45 much. Then we headed to the test site.
I went into a room for some paperwork. And I waited for 20 minutes—just 46 time to make myself believe that I was going to fail. Then, finally, it was my 47 . I just wanted to get it over and make sure that I had to come back next Thursday.
I stepped outside and the sky was the light blue I love. It offered me some 48 and I realized something: something between when I pulled myself off the seat and when I got outside. I had become 49 and confident.
The first thing I had to do was parking, which I did quite 50 . The confidence that came with it hit me like a wave. The rest of the test went well too and I 51 it all. As I drove back, the instructor told me I would not be coming back for a second 52 next Thursday.
Back in the building I didn’t have to say a word. My mum knew just by looking at me. Her 53 made her face softer. And I’m sure it was at least as big as the smile on my face. Her eyes, 54 , looked kind of teary. I knew she was 55 for me.
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