When I come across a good article in reading newspapers. I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the ___1___ side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to ___2___ in good health, or a ___3___ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to ___4___ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text ___5___ the title. Therefore, the scissors would ___6___ before they start, ___7___ halfway done when I find out the ___8___ result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth you ___9___. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be ___10___ up. But you know the future is unpredictable(不可预料) — the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left ___11___. Thus you are ___12___ in a difficult position and feel sad. How ___13___ that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life ___14___ greatly on you preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what ___15___ is like, we are often ___16___ with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only ___17___ we get into another. The ___18___ may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I ___19___ remember a philosopher’s remarks, “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual(不经意) ___20___ may not be a bad one.
1. A. front B. same C. either D. opposite
2. A. get B. keep C. lead D. bring
3. A. advice B. news C. theory D. report
4. A. suffer B. reduce C. prevent D. cause
5. A. on B. for C. without D. off
6. A. use B. handle C. prepare D. stay
7. A. or B. but C. so D. for
8. A. satisfying B. regretful C. surprising D. impossible
9. A. courage B. strength C. attention D. patience
10. A. given B. held C. made D. picked
11. A. near B. alone C. about D. behind
12. A. filled B. attracted C. caught D. struck
13. A. dares B. comes C. deals D. does
14. A. improves B. changes C. progresses D. goes
15. A. study B. society C. nature D. life
16. A. faced B. supplied C. connected D. fixed
17. A. before B. after C. until D. as
18. A. following B. next C. above D. former
19. A. still B. also C. once D. almost
20. A. treatment B. action C. choice D. remark
第二节：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，然后从所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Fight against crime hots up
Forget about tanks, guns, and bombs - India’s latest weapon ___36___ in the garden. The bhut jolokia is the world’s ___37__ chili pepper（胡椒）. Now the Indian Army has a plan to turn its seed into powder and use the ___38___ as a kind of natural teargas（催泪弹）.
The army says the smoking hot powder - which some people claim can stop a charging（向前冲的） elephant – will help to break ___39___ riots and chase terrorists out of ___40___ spaces. Women might also be able to use the power to chase off （赶走）attackers.
___41___ to RB Srivastava, a director at New Delhi’s Defense Research and Development Organization: “This is ___42___ going to be an effective non-toxic（无毒的） weapon because its ___43___ can choke（使窒息）terrorists and ___44___ them out of their hideouts（藏身处）. It would literally（确确实实地） choke them.”
On the other ___45___ of the world, in New York, police ___46___ to track（追踪） down a “vampire（吸血鬼） thief” who tried to steal a taxi driver’s ___47___. Police say that man got into the taxi and asked to ___48___ to a neighborhood in New York City. ___49___ they arrive, he pointed a gun ___50___ the taxi driver and told the driver to give him all his money.
When the taxi driver tried to fight ___51___ the gunman, the man bit(咬) him at least five times ___52___ the neck, arm, and back. After biting the driver, the man ran away ___53___ money.
If only the taxi driver ___54___ some bhut jolokia powder, he might have been able to save himself from ___55___ and to get his money back!
36. A. makes B. grows C. is made D. is grown
37. A. most smelly B. coldestC. hottest D. hardest
38. A. juice B. taste C. power D. powder
39. A. up B. down C. through D. in
40. A. hidden B. hiding C. open D. broad
41. A. According B. As C. Based D. Known
42. A. probably B. definitely C. possibly D. hardly
43. A. smell B. taste C. flavor D. energy
44. A. force B. take C. put D. bring
45. A. way B. side C. corner D. half
46. A. have tried B. has tried C. are trying D. is trying
47. A. car B. wallet C. gasoline D. money
48. A. be taken B. take C. be brought D. bring
49. A. AsB. As soon as C. Once D. B and C
50. A. to B. at C. from D. away from
51. A. for B. back C. offD. out
52. A. on B. from C. in D. around
53. A. with the B. without the C. with D. without
54. A. had B. has had C. has D. had had
55. A. biting B. bitten C. being bitten D. being biting
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Once upon a time, there was a boy who would go into the forest and gather food and herbal medicines(草药) with some of his fellows every spring. However, one year, a tiger 36 in the forest and no one dared go into the forest again. One day, the boy’s father became 37， and the family couldn’t afford the 38 that the father needed. The boy decided to try and find some herbal medicines as well as some food in the forest.
It was a perfect sunny day. At first, it was quiet and 39 happened. But later, when the boy bent down to reach one more mushroom, he was suddenly pushed to the ground. A large shadow 40 him. He rolled over and looked 41 in shock as the tiger said in a deep voice. “You are my 42 . Say good-bye to this world.” 43 his sick father, the boy knew he couldn’t die. He quickly calmed down and put a(n) 44 into his mouth, and chewed and swallowed.Then he said, “45 you can kill and eat me, but I 46 you to know that these mushrooms are 47 poisonous(有毒的). You can eat me, 48 you will die too. My family will 49 me and find you. They will 50 your stomach and eat your meat. Your fine 51 will carpet the floor of a rich man’s house and your tiger bones will get a good 52 in the medicine shops. My family will have enough for a year or more and I will be given a good funeral（葬礼） and long53 .
The tiger hesistated. He saw the frightful mushrooms in the basket and 54 his appetite(胃口). He slowly walked away. The boy saved his own life with his quick 55 .
36. A．broke outB. woke upC. showed upD. set out
37．A．hungry B. illC. angryD. mad
38．A．love B. medicineC. care D. doctors
39．A．anythingB. everything C. nothing D. something
40．A．coveredB. followed C. caughtD. pushed
41．A．down B. outC. around D. up
42．A．energy B. powerC. enemy D. supper
43．A．Looking afterB. Thinking of C. Bringing back D. apple
45. A .Of course
B. No wayC. In the beginningD. In any case
46．A．choose B. wishC. persuadeD. order
47．A．expensiveB. delicious C. deadly D. magic
48．A．as B. soC. butD. because
49．A．look for B. call forC. take care ofD. get rid of
50．A．feedB. openC. sellD. kick
51．A．headB. tailC. paws
D. skin
52．A．price B. sellerC. rewardD. doctor
53 A．understoodB. encouragedC. neededD. remembered
54．A．lost B. increasedC. regainedD. forgot
55．A．skill B. warning C. thinking D. word
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once upon a time there was an old general (将军). He liked to drink wine better than anything else.He always __36__ several bottles of good wine in his house.He __37__ go out one day, but he was _38___ his servant would drink his wine.Then he thought of a way to __39_ him doing so.
"I'm going out for the day ." he __40__ his servant."Please _41___ the house for me. There are some meat and two bottles of _42___ in the kitchen .There is also a hen there. But be careful not to _43___ it because it is poisonous.__44___ you drink it ,it will kill you."
But as soon as he left, his servant killed the hen and __45__ it for dinner.He then ate __46__ the hen and the meat,drank the two bottles of wine and went to bed.The general returned home late that evening. He was __47__ to find that the hen,the meat and the two bottles of wine were gone.He then saw his servant __48___ asleep in bed.There were two empty bottles beside him. He woke the servant up.
"What was happened?" he asked.
"I'm very sorry."His servant replied."After 
you __49___,a cat jumped in _50___ the window and ate the meat.A dog took the hen away. I know you would be __51___ with me when you returned,__52___ I tried to _53____myself by drinking the poison . Please __54__ me." The general didn't believe __55__ he said but there was nothing he could do.
36.A.bought B. stole C. kept D. carried
37.A.had to B. had better C. should D. could
38.A. talking B. writing C. pleased D. worried
A. stop B. keep C. notice D. thank
A.ordered B. told C. asked D. invited
41.A. take care of B. leave C. sell D. buy
42.A. wine B. milk C. water D. ink
43.A. touch B. kill C. forget D.drink
44.A. Before B. If C. Because D.Since
45.A. hid B. threwC. washed D. coo
ked
46.A. both B. all C. some D. either
47.A. sure B. disappointed C. surprised D. sorry
48.A. dying B. lying C. singing D. crying
49.A. left B. returned C. knew D. drank
50.A. near B. onto C. under D. through
51.A. thankful B. angry C. satisfied D. strict
52.A. but B. so C. though D. that
53.A. fool B. teach C. kill D. wake
54.A. excuse B.drink C. help D.kill
55.A. when B. that C. what D. How
五、Cloze test(完形填空)20分
In the last century there were not 1 big towns in the U.S. 2 there are today.Most towns in the country were small.And in these small towns,the general store was 3 people 4the things they couldn't made or grow at home.
5the store sold 6a good deal about life in the United States at that time.People bought tools that they needed on their farms.They bought salt,sugar,coffee and 7that their farms didn't produce.They bought articles of 8that they could not make themselves,and cloth or other materials that the 9would make into dresses for themselves,shirts for the men and clothes for their children.
Life in the 10century America was 11.One proves that most people were satisfied with what they had 12still they looked forward 13courage to whatever the future would 14them.It would be interesting to know 15they would feel about life in the world today. 16to them that life is too complex,or would they be glad to see that life is 17in the past?
Nobody will 18know the 19people at that time would enjoy life today or not.Perhaps man is always the same of his kind.They did take things for granted,and also they did try to make life more comfortable.We have to admit that it is the same 20people at present.
1.A.many B.so many C.so much D.a lot of
2.A.where B.like C.what D.as
3.A.where B.for C.in which D.that
4.A.made B.bought C.sold D.paid for
5.A.That B.No matter C.Which D.What
6.A.says B.talks C.refers D.tells
7.A.other things B.another food C.other foods D.foods and drinks
8.A.clothes B.clothing C.dresses D.suits
9.A.farmers B.men C.women D.children
10.A.eighteenth B.nineteenth C.twentieth D.next
11.A.easy B.simple C.interesting D.tiresome
12.A.and which B.and yet C.and that D.but what
13.A.in B.to C.of D.with
14.A.bring B.take C.happen to D.serve
15.A.what B.whether C.that D.how
16.A.Did it appear B.Would it seem C.What did it seem D.What appeared
17.A.still what it used to be B.better than what it was
C.much more easier than D.no more than it was
18.A.never B.always C.once D.ever
19.A.truth that B.fact whether C.idea how D.information of
20.A.as B.for C.with D.like
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项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A soldier, who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam, 21his parents from San Francisco, telling them that he wanted to ask a friend to come and live with their family. The son said, “He was hurt 22in the fighting. He stepped on a landmine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I… I want him to live with us.” His parents 23, explaining that someone with such a handicap（残疾）would be a heavy 24on them.
At that point, the son hung up the phone. A few days later, the parents 25a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building. The police believed it was suicide (自杀).
The heart-broken parents flew to San Francisco to identify the 26of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror, they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had only one arm and one leg.
The sad story of the parents was actually caused by their attitude towards 27 . Friends are a very28jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their 29to us. Let’s say a little prayer that God will give you the luck you need to accept people as they are, to help us all be more understanding of those who are 30from us!
21. A. requested B. called C. met D. emailed
22. A. soundly B. thoroughly C. deeply D. badly
23. A. refused B. agreed C. confused D. ignored
24. A. expense B. burden C. situation D. weight
25. A. made B. sent C. received D. heard
26. A. name B. health C. face D. body
27. A. soldiers B. children C. friendship D. relationship
28. A. rare B. huge C. bright D. heavy
29. A. minds B. houses C. eyes D. hearts
30. A. absent B. different C. far D. separate