As time goes on, I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers 1 it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I 2 her more each day. My mother does not change, but I 3 . As I grow older and wiser, I realize 4 an extraordinary' person she is. How 5 that I am unable to speak these words in her 6 , but they flow easily from my pen.
As a daughter, how to thank her mother for life itself?? For the love, patience and just 7 hard work that go into 8 a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a 9 teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows 10 ? For waiting for the day when a daughter 11 how wise her mother really is?
How does a 12 woman thank a mother for 13 to be a mother? For being ready 14 advice when asked or remaining 15 when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have said these words 16 ? For being 17 herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving? I don' t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she 18 and to help me live up to the example she has 19 . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother 20 in mine.
1．A．as B．that C．until D．when
2．A．approve B．appreciate C．need D．resemble
3．A．do B．have C．did D．will
4．A．how B．that C．who D．what
5．A．sad B．glad C．comic D tragic
6．A．absence B．presence C．appearance D．existence
7．A．common B．plain C．normal D．usual
8．A．raising B．rising C．developing D．training
9．A．childish B．energetic C．fearless D．moody
10．A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
11．A．detects B．discovers C．recognizes D．realizes
12．A．pretty B．foolish C．green D．grown
13．A．failing B．intending C．continuing D．keeping
14．A．by B．with C．for D．on
15．A．silent B．quiet C．cool D．noiseless
16．A．dozen times B．a dozen of times C．dozens of times D．dozen of time
17．A．valuably B．essentially C．naturally D．actually
18．A．devotes B．deserts C．deserves D．desires
19．A．set B．settled C．placed D．fixed
20．A．sees B．finds C．is D．looks
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，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was about six when I started doing gymnastice.I 36 going into the school's gymnasium full of equipment,with the other kids rushing in ,anxious to 37 ,and the scent in the air.
I realized I wanted to get 38 with gymnastics when I watched the Olympics.When I saw those 39 use their bodies to gracefully throw 40 up in the air ,I was filled with admiration:It seemed that they could fly and I 41 myself flying like them.And when I finally tried,the 42 I got for that one 43 in the air was freedom,freedom from everything.It was a 44 ,and it was addicting.
I was crazy when I was little.I was the boy parents didn't want their kids 45 for fear that they would 46 what I did and get hurt.Parents thought I was 47 because I would try tricks that others of my 48 wouldn't.Some of my coaches said kids as old as me don't have the courage and ability to achieve the tricks I could. What most people didn't 49 were the hours I put into learning those tricks.I practiced every step 50 until I put them together and my hard work would 51 something great.
This hard work once stopped when I 52 ,and started at a new school.Everything there was 53 ,but the giggeset change was a lack of a gymnastics gym.
Now I've restarted training in a team I can learn from.As a little kid I could only 54 wide-eyed as the gymnast flew high in the air. 55 I'm older,it's my time to fly.
36.A.regret B.remember C.considered D.avoided
37.A.enter B.leave C.meet D.learn
38.A.serious B.careful C.busy D.interested
39.A.dancers B.fans C.athletes D.winners
40.A.others B.themselves C.everything D.each other
41.A.enjoyed B.found C.set D.imagined
42.A.feeling B.lesson C.courage D.instruction
43.A.second B.effort C.circle D.stop
44.A.bore B.panic C.high D.trouble
45.A.around B.among C.above D.away from
46.A.study B.envy C.notice D.copy
47.A.bad B.crazy C.excellent D.dangerous
48.A.place B.age C.time D.size
49.A.explainB.understand C.realize D.experience
50.A.now and then B.all theh time C.over and over D.little by little
51.A.go through B.belong to C.turn into D.give way to
52.A.moved B.changed C.failed D.finished
53.A.all right B.the same C.terrible D.different
54.A.practice B.watch C.sigh D.sit
55.A.Simply because B.Even though C.As soon as D.Now that
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，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I Was four years old,my mother died of cancer.My father brought my sister and me up 36 .Last April,when he had the heart surgery(手术),I felt as if 37 were going to end.
He is the most caring,selfless,loving person I know.
It all 38 so quickly.Out of nowhere my father's 39 was in danger.I was 17 and thinking about 40 would have to live my life 41 either of my parents! He was the person who jad 42 me what I am and could always 43 me down the fight way when I didn't know what path to choose.He was 44 to me. I felt completely 45 at the thought of his death.
Before my mother 46 ,My father explained her sickness to me.Now again he thought the best thing was to 47 .He sat me down for a long conversation.It was too frightening for my father and mme to talk about him 48 the surgery,so he worked around it by saying,"okay,we both know I am 48 going to die during this surgery, 50 say when I am leaving the hospital I get hit by a bus or something." 51 we talked about what I would do if he died.It was the 52 sonversation,but that was exactly what I 53 .
Facing the danger of death brings about the realization of 54 .I have learned to live every moment to its 55 ,never leaving anything unsaid or undone.
36.A.both B.alone C.later D.together
37.A.the world B.his illness C.our happiness D.my childhood
38.A.developed B.happened C.ended D.started
39.A.job B.family C.life D.health
40.A.when B.where C.why D.how
41.A.like B.after C.without D.with
42.A.made B.told C.given D.taught
43.A.drive B.stop C.place D.lead
44.A.a teacher B.a friend C.everything D.nothing
45.A.excited B.frightened C.disappointed D.lost
46.A.got ready B.fell ill C.became well D.passed away
47.A.talk B.wait C.leave D.plan
48.A.preparing for B.dying from C.working at D.having
49.A.not B.also C.probably D.surely
50.A.and B.so C.but D.then
51.A.First of all B.After a while C.At the end D.In this way
52.A.funniest B.easiest C.hardest D.happiest
53.A.expected B.needed C.enjoyed D.missed
54.A.joy B.work C.parents D.life
55.A.fulllest B.strongest C.longest D.happiest
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
"Daddy" Bruce Randolph was around five-feet-eight and slightly built．At the age of sixty-one, he 36 Daddy Bruce's Barbecue Restaurant in the "Five Points" area, a 37 section of Denver．There is debate about 38 his ribs（排骨） were the best in town but no debate on the man himself．He fed people - not just his 39 , but the poor and the homeless．Every Thanksgiving, Daddy and his son began 40 for the crowds of the homeless．He wanted them to have a great 41 on the one day this country celebrates Thanksgiving．
In the 42 years of his project, he paid for everything out-of-pocket．But as time went by, the 43 sky-rocketed as the crowds grew．That's when Daddy's admirers, athletes, politicians, policemen 44 others stepped in to 45．They donated tons of turkeys, potatoes and ribs and even donated their 46 to stand beside the old man and volunteered to cook and 47 .
It seemed there was an endless 48 of food to feed the crowds．No one ever walked away 49 from Daddy Bruce．It was Daddy who started the whole thing and managed it 50 a few year ago when he edged toward ninety．He had become too 51 to work anymore．He was one of die few people who lived to see a city street 52 in his honor—“Bruce Randolph Boulevard"．A couple of years later．Daddy Bruce died．When asked why he 53 to feed the thousands of poor and hungry people for over twenty-five years, his 54 was simple, "You can't beat love．If you give just one thing, you get more things 55．That’s why I do it．"
36．A．built B．opened C．passed D．sold
37．A．poor B．rich C．beautiful D．lonely
38．A．what B．why C．where D．whether
39．A．customers B．admirers C．friends D．volunteers
40．A．cooking B．looking C．caring D．waiting
41．A．holiday B．surprise C．dinner D．thank
42．A．early B．later C．past D．recent
43．A．prices B．foods C．customers D．costs
44．A．as soon as B．as many as C．as far as D．as well as
45．A．pay B．buy C．interview D．help
46．A．money B．time C．dinner D．food
47．A．serve B．pay C．eat D．share
48．A．supply B．hope C．exchange D．production
49．A．happy B．angry C．thankful D．hungry
50．A．before B．after C．until D．since
51．A．long B．old C．hopeless D．discouraged
52．A．named B．rememberedC．built D．praised
53．A．helped B．supported C．expected D．volunteered
54．A．question B．love C．reply D．plan
55．A．away B．back C．out D．down
Ⅱ. 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从第21 — 40各题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
I stood there listening to dad’s severe words. He gathered us into our yard and had the look on his face that told us one of us did something 21 .
We stared down at the floor containing the art of a child’s 22 in chalk. I suppose that was a no-no for us, though I can’t say I quite 23 the result when I was committing the crime. All the others denied (否认). I stood there, 24 inside. The only words that came from my mouth were, “ Not me, dad. ” I couldn’t find the 25 to tell the truth. Lying was not 26 for me. But the look on dad's face scared me.
Without saying a word, dad 27 for only a few minutes and came back with paper and a pencil. He was so 28 to find the truth! “ I want each of you to write 29 what you see on the floor. ” I was not a 30 kid, though and when my turn came, I wrote the words 31 . So when my dad compared the handwriting, he still 32 tell the truth.
“ I will give you one more chance to confess (承认) ”, he said. Not 33 , no one spoke up.
Should I say something? I guess he’ll be 34 ! So again, I held my 35 . “ Well, if someone came forward, there would be 36 punishment.” he added. Oh, no! I’ve lost my last chance!
He took us into the house. “ 37 none of you confessed, then you all get a spanking (打屁股).”
“ I did it, ” someone said. I looked around to see my sister come 38 . My sister was going to get spanked. And I let it 39 .
I didn’t tell the truth until years later. When I think back to that day, I know I learned the 40
of family, of a sister who would do anything for me. And I would do the same for her now.
21. A. special B. funnyC. wrongD. useless
22. A. handwriting B. mapC. calculation D. drawing
23. A. understood B. remembered C. acceptedD. expected
24. A. cheering B. imaginingC. trembling D. wondering
25. A. courage B. timeC. wayD. chance
26. A. unusual B. unfitC. normalD. difficult
27. A. walked B. disappearedC. hidD. escaped
28. A. afraid B. determinedC. surprisedD. proud
29. A. similarly B. carefullyC. particularlyD. exactly
30. A. smart B. stupidC. naughtyD. lovely
31. A. differently B. strangelyC. quicklyD. quietly
32. A. would not B. might notC. could notD. need not
33. A. excitingly B. disappointingly C. interestinglyD. surprisingly
34. A. mad B. curiousC. delightedD. amused
35. A. breath B. faceC. handD. tongue
36. A. heavy B. muchC. newD. no
37. A. Since B. AlthoughC. UnlessD. While
38. A. out B. forwardC. inD. round
39. A. remain B. existC. happenD. do
40. A. knowledge B. useC. senseD. value
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36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
An elderly carpenter （木匠） was ready to retire．He told his employer of his __36___to leave the house building __37__ and live a more leisurely life with his wife, ___38___ time with his extended family．He would ___39___the pay, but he needed to retire．They could ___40___．
The employer was ___41____to see such a good worker leave and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal___42___．The carpenter said yes, but in time it was ___43___ to see that his heart was not in his work．He built the house ___44___ and used poor materials．It was an ___45___ way to end his career．
When the carpenter ___46___ his work, the employer handed the front – door key to the carpenter．“This is your house,” he said, “a ___47___ to you．”
What a shock! What a ___48____! If he had only known he was building his __49___house, he would have done it all so __50__．Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well．
__51___it is with us．We build our __52___in a distracted （心不在焉）way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best．At __53___points we do not give the job our best effort．Then with a shock we look at the situation we have __54_____ and find that we are now living in the house we have built ．If we had ___55___, we would have done it differently．
36．A．retirement B．problem C．purposes D．plans
37．A．business B．site C．teams D．workers
38．A．spending B．dividing C．enjoying D．sparing
39．A．consider B．miss C．raise D．save
40．A．get by B．get alone C．get back D．get around
41．A．ashamed B．anxious C．frightened D．sorry
42．A．favor B．bargain C．present D．reply
43．A．frank B．probable C．easy D．content
44．A．sadly B．carelessly C．slowly D．proudly
45．A．unfair B．unhappy C．unfortunate D．unlucky
46．A．checked B．discovered C．prepared D．finished
47．A．gift B．salary C．memory D．punishment
48．A．quality B．prize C．shame D．surprise
49．A．final B．best C．everlasting D．own
50．A．differently B．quickly C．hard D．happily
51．A．Then B．So C．But D．Whatever
52．A．houses B．bodies C．glories D．lives
53．A．difficult B．main C．strong D．important
54．A．created B．faced C．improved D．avoided
55．A．known B．noticed C．realized D．previewed