Section B
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are 4 words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.
It was one of the happiest times of my life. I was 29 and had just received my bachelor’s degree, graduating with 36 despite working two jobs and being a wife and mother. My parents and five-year-old son were among the 37 when I walked onto the stage at Ashland University to get my diploma. I was so excited and proud to be starting a teaching career and contributing more to my family’s happiness.
But when I got home that evening, there was a note from my husband, 38 , “I have come to get my clothes and won’t be back.” We’d been having trouble, 39 that note still came as a shock. He had emptied our bank account. We were horribly in debt. I had quit my previous jobs in the hope of finding a teaching position. 40 , I was eight months pregnant.
The reality was so merciless that I was embarrassed, 41 , and angry and felt I had failed. But I had my son, and I was about to 42 a new life into the world. So 43 my deep sadness, I had to go on. The next morning, I woke up, put my feet on the floor, took a deep breath, prepared breakfast, and basically did everything I always did. I used my routine to keep myself moving.
And in the seven years since, I’ve continued moving forward. I got a job as a kindergarten teacher, earned a master’s degree in education, and watched my babies grow to 12 and 44 . I certainly have never 45 to put them through this, but in retrospect (回首往事), I’m glad it happened to me when it did. It helped me grow 46 , confident, and strong — things I’m now hopefully instilling in (灌输) my children. Sometimes life throws you a curve ball, hands you a lemon, or knocks you for a loop (gives you a shock). But knowing how to 47 failure can be the first step to success. This is my latest belief and strategy on how to win in the end.
36. A. worries B. anxieties C. troubles D. honors
37. A. professors B. students C. audience D. neighbours
38. A. saying B. meaning C. expressing D. writing
39. A. but B. and C. thus D. so
40. A. Therefore B. Yet C. Besides D. Even
41. A. excited B. disturbed C. interested D. scared
42. A. take B. bring C. give D. get
43. A. regardless of B. except for C. in spite of D. instead of
44. A. seven B. eight C. nine D. ten
45. A. stopped B. chosen C. turned D. waited
46. A. indifferent B. careful C. helpful D. independent
47. A. put up with B. keep up with
C. deal with D. do with
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My began when I was just a kid. I becoming a doctor. My mother was a worker. Through her work, she observed that people spent a lot more time reading than they watching television. She announced that my brother and I
watch two to three TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and then her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a . My mother was illiterate (文盲的).
When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I the fashionable clothes. I wanted to the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home after at one of her several jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing (擦洗) floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy food and pay the bills. With the money that is , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very with that plan, but once I had finished paying for all of the important things, there was left. I realized that my mother was always dealing with money well to be able to a roof over our heads and to put food on the table. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. ___ required intellectual (智力的) preparation. I went back to my and became an A-student again. Finally, I my dream and I became a doctor. My story is really my mother’s story — a woman with formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. Now I believe that there is no job more than parenting.
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A．belief B．work C．education D．promise
A．kept up with B．got used to C．dreamed of D．got tired of
A．lazy B．easy-going C．successful D．reliable
A．cost B．paid C．took D．did
A．could only B．could not C．must not D．should often
A．read B．give C．hold D．explain
A．mystery B．risk C．fool D．trick
A．wanted B．attracted C．recognised D．accepted
A．get rid of B．hang out with C．test on D．keep in touch with
A．serving B．looking C．working D．getting
A．your brother B．yourself C．me D．the family
A．left over B．paid off C．used up D．carried out
A．angry B．pleased C．disappointed D．bored
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．buy B．operate C．keep D．send
A．Success B．Failure C．Faith D．Comfort
A．guys B．mother C．studies D．clothes
A．made B．realised C．changed D．tried
A．little B．much C．some D．high
A．interesting B．gentle C．important D．bitter
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A, B, C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were .The rivers were long gone back into the .If we didn’t see some rain soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true of sharing and the only miracle I had seen with my own eyes.
I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. Minutes after he into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.
I went back to make sandwiches, that what he had been doing was completed. Moments later, ,he was once again toward the woods. This went on for an hour—walked to the woods, and ran back to the house.
I couldn’t take it any longer, so I went out of the house quietly and him on his journey. As I leaned into spy on him. I saw the most sight. Several large deer were in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. And I saw a tiny young deer lying on the ground suffering from dehydrateion (脱水) and heat exhaustion, lifting its head with effort to drink up the water in my beautiful boy’s .
When the water was ,Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap that we had .Billy opened it all the way up and a small trickle(细流) began to creep out. When he stood up and began to ,I was there in front of him. His little eyes were just filled with tears.
“I’m not ,”was all he said.
As the tears that rolled down his face began to hit the ground,they were suddenly by other drops…more drops…and more.
All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm, just like one little boy saved deer.
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A．dying B．producing C．harvesting D．drying
A．sea B．gas C．earth D．land
A．skill B．lesson C．impression D．opinion
A．found B．expected C．noticed D．witnessed
A．disappeared B．broke C．turned D．looked
A．admiring B．thinking C．imagining D．desiring
A．consequently B．eventually C．however D．therefore
A．experience B．activity C．exercise D．arrangement
A．hurriedly B．secretly C．worriedly D．carefully
A．Immediately B．Finally C．Fortunately D．Unexpectedly
A．stopped B．caught C．followed D．urged
A．amusing B．interesting C．appealing D．amazing
A．anxiously B．disappointedly C．naturally D．obviously
A．no B．brave C．great D．poor
A．hands B．face C．eyes D．legs
A．gone B．cool C．running D．faded
A．put out B．taken away C．shut off D．set up
A．stop B．leave C．smile D．run
A．washing B．drinking C．throwing D．polluting
A．melt B．added C．attached D．joined
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors, we began to think about college. Kyle on Georgetown, and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be and that the miles would never be a problem. Kyle was to prepare a speech for graduation.
Graduation day, I saw Kyle. I could see that he was about his speech. So, I patted him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!" He looked at me with one of those (the really grateful one) and smiled. "Thanks," he said.
As he started his speech, he his throat, and began. "Graduation is a time to those who helped you it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach.... but , your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best you can give them. I am going to tell you a story."
I just looked at my friend with as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. " , I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."
I heard the go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom and Dad me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I it's depth.
Never underestimate(低估) the of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life. For or for worse. Friends are angles who lift us to our feet when our wings have remembering how to fly. .
A．decided B．called C．took D．agreed
A．classmates B．neighbors C．friends D．students
A．hoped B．chosen C．forced D．supposed
A．sure B．nervous C．eager D．curious
A．manners B．impressions C．interests D．looks
A．raised B．cleared C．swallowed D．felt
A．thank B．understand C．assist D．please
A．get B．catch C．manage D．make
A．practically B．nearly C．mostly D．seriously
A．lesson B．request C．gift D．position
A．dislike B．disbelief C．disagreement D．disrespect
A．kill B．help C．direct D．dismiss
A．broken up B．put out C．set up D．cleaned out
A．Thankfully B．Unfortunately C．Actually D．Hopelessly
A．anger B．disappointment C．gasp D．terror
A．pointing to B．looking at C．appealing to D．aiming at
A．reach B．observe C．realize D．measure
A．power B．purpose C．reason D．reward
A．fairer B．longer C．better D．harder
A．time B．energy C．freedom D．trouble
完形填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31-45各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选
出最佳选项。
Many TV programs seem to be quite realistic (真实的). One 41 watches TV often feels that whatever happened in the film may as well happen 42 him. With only a little thinking, every man in the street may 43 to be a thief, or a spy (间谍), or a murderer. Jane had been watching a spy film at a friend’s home. In it a young girl had been 44 and killed. She felt a little frightened. She took a 45 back to the center of the city. There were a lot of people traveling with her, so she felt much 46 .
A man sat face to face with her, 47 a newspaper. She thought nothing of it 48 _ she saw him looking at her for a long time. Remembering the film and feeling 49 , she got off the train and went to the bus stop. When she got on the bus, she found he was following her. When she got off the bus, she was getting more and more nervous as there was 50 else in the street. She walked as quickly as she could. She could hear footsteps behind her, but she didn’t dare to look 51 her shoulder (肩膀). It seemed to have been hours 52 she reached the front door. She felt for her keys, but couldn’t find them. The 53 stopped behind her. She felt a hand on her shoulder. Instead of feeling hands round her neck, she heard a pleasant 54 : “ I am sorry 55 I frightened you. I thought I recognized you in the train, but I was not sure.”
41. A. he B. which C. whoD. she
42. A. to B. on C. upon D. in
43. A. look B. appear C. turn D. come
44. A. watched B. followed C. searched D. hurt
45. A. bus B. car C. train D. plane
46. A. safe B. more worried C. dangerous D. safer
47. A. reading B. looking C. seeing D. watching
48. A. when B. after C. asD. until
49. A. frightened B.puzzledC. excited D. surprised
50. A. someone B. no one C. anyone D. none
51. A. on B. for C. at D. over
52. A. before B. when C. as D. until
53. A. thief B. footsteps C. spy D. murderer
54. A. sound B. noise C. voice D. word
55. A. whether B. as if C. even if D. if
完形填空（共20小题；每题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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
He drove after drinking alcohol, having a severe accident and had to get his arms removed. Since then, he has had to rely on his younger brother, who became his shadow, never 36 him alone for years. Except for 37 with his toes, he was totally unable to do anything else. As the two brothers grew up together, they had their own problems and would often 38 . Eventually, his younger brother went away and lived separately, leaving him heartbroken and 39 a loss what to do.
40 , a misfortune happened to a girl. One night she was preparing dinner when the kerosene(煤油) light on the stove was overturned, resulting in a fire which took her 41 away. Having decidedly 42 her sister’s willingness to help her, she determined to be thoroughly 43 . At school, she always studied hard. Most of all, she learned to be self-reliant. “I am lucky. 44 my arms are broken, my heart can still fly.” She wrote in her blog.
One day, the young man and the girl were both invited to a(n) 45 program. The boy told the television hostess about his uncertain future, whereas the girl was full of 46 for her life. They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their 47 . The boy: My younger brother’s arms are my arms. The girl: Broken wings, 48 heart.
They had both gone through the same ordeal(痛苦的折磨), but their different 49 determined the nature of their lives. As seems the case, unexpected disasters can strike our life at any time. How you handle 50 when faced with it is the true 51 of your character. If you choose to 52 or escape from the ordeal, it will follow you wherever you go. 53 , if you decide to be strong, the 54 will turn out to be a fortune on which new 55 will arise.
36. A. having left B. to leave C. left D. leaving
37. A. walking B. writing C. cleaning D. playing
38. A. quarrel B. share C. communicate D. disagree
39. A. on B. under C. in D. at
40. A. Unfortunately B. Unexpectedly C. Similarly D. Seriously
41. A. hair B. hands C. happiness D. possessions
42. A. turned on B. turned up C. turned off D. turned down
43. A. helpless B. free C. independent D. respected
44. A. Though B. Unless C. Whether D. Since
45. A. interview B. entertainment C. contest D. donation
46. A. calmness B. enthusiasm C. patience D. excitement
47. A. wisdom B. strength C. toes D. mouths
48. A. promising B. inspiring C. flying D. advancing
49. A. characters B. attitudes C. opinions D. ambitions
50. A. emergency B. misfortune C. opportunity D. defeat
51. A. test B. value C. meaning D. function
52. A. complain B. struggle C. fight D. suffer
53. A. However B. Though C. But D. Therefore
54. A. accidents B. carelessness C. failures D. hardship
55. A. solutions B. impressions C. hopes D. rewards