Section B (18 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words and phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.
Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list ___36___ in our past that we felt ashamed of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.
This seemed like a very ___37___ process, but there’ s always some brave soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then ___38___ that we find ways to make an apology to people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever ___39__ my communication.
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my ___40___, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff (郡长)__41__ of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a trick on him.
After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b.(畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious ___42__. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one ever found out.”
“Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name appears on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still ___43__. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few ___44___, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused. “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”
“And I want you to know that I did it?”Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a lively discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you ___45___ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it around all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”
Jimmy inspired me to ___46___ all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to ___47___the past wrongdoings.
36. A. something B. anything C. somebody D. anybody
37. A. private B. secret C. interesting D. funny
38. A. expected B. suggested C. ordered D. demanded
39. A. improve B. continue C. realize D. keep
40. A. notes B. list C. plan D. stories
41 A. any B. most C. none D. all
42. A. view B. sign C. attention D. remark
43. A. angry B. happy C. doubtful D. alive
44. A. words B. rings C. repeats D. calls
45 A. in case B. so long as C. unless D. because
46. A. build up B. make up C. clear up D. give up
47. A. regret B. forgive C. right D. punish
A 25-year-old student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua, China’s most famous university, after an eight-year . Li Jun comes from a poor family in a small village of Hubei Province. He first going to college in the year 2000 he was admitted by a local school after
from a secondary technical school at age 17.
As a art student, he passed the exam again next year but ____
school due to economic pressures in September 2002. Life seemed but Li didn’t give up. He earned a by working part time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students. But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University. Li
the college entrance examination for five continuous years starting from 2003. , he missed making the cut one mark last year.
In 2008, his fifth try, Li’s efforts . he finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major into Tsinghua University. Every year, Li took art in Beijing and took exams from December to March. He then took cultural courses in his school till June. The rest of the year he spent on work. Li said he hadn’t any money from his family since he graduated from the technical secondary school. Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his through knowledge.
by his contribution, Li Jun’s university him 9,000 yuan out of his tuition fees of 11,450 yuan. An eight-year struggle may have come to an end for Li Jun, but a new has now begun. Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present. He wants to study well and more scholarships.
A.research B.struggle C.service D.expectation
A.talked of B.told of C.dreamt of D.knew of
A.where B.when C.that D.since
A.learning B.seperating C.dating D.graduating
A.gifted B.surprised C.interested D.easy going
A.went on with B.watched out for C.dropped out of D.looked forward to
A.unfair B.hard C.practical D.busy
A.value B.respect C.freedom D.living
A.entering B.visiting C.supporting D.pursing
A.turned to B.applied for C.called for D.adapted to
A.Instead B.At times C.However D.Besides
A.took off B.paid off C.gave off D.sent off
A.ways B.programmes C.success D.courses
A.full-time B.part-time C.out of door D.all
A.asked for B.looked for C.prayed for D.waited for
A.plan B.ideal C.fate D.opinion
A.Encouraged B.Influenced C.Accused D.Impressed
A.funded B.gave C.paid D.cost
A.challenge B.life C.case D.relationship
A.spend B.win C.care D.use
Inspiration
“Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was to more, my interests in the world of dance varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a : I became a member of the company back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it surely any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief I was half way through rehearsals(排练) on my first day. I never actually to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely . I remember shaking with excitement.
Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change, it did not come without its fair share of . through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme to detail(细节) and stress on practice that set us . To then follow those high-energy rehearsals a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new of the words “hard work”. What I thought were my physical were pushed much further than I thought . I learned to make each performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great
of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a (20) that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow—and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.
A.hobby B.plan C.dream D.word
A.connected B.expanded C.exposed D.extended
A.rarely B.certainly C.probably D.consistently
A.director B.trainer C.leader D.dancer
A.symbol B.memory C.truth D.reality
A.bouncing B.dating C.turning D.tracking
A.lacks B.adds C.makes D.brings
A.while B.since C.until D.when
A.cared B.expected C.asked D.decided
A.motivated B.relaxed C.convinced D.astonished
A.challenges B.profits C.advantages D.adventures
A.put B.mix C.build D.pick
A.attention B.association C.attraction D.adaptation
A.apart B.aside C.off D.back
A.over B.by C.with D.beyond
A.function B.meaning C.expression D.usage
A.boundaries B.problems C.barriers D.efforts
A.necessary B.perfect C.proper D.possible
A.talent B.honour C.potential D.responsibility
A.victory B.trend C.tradition D.desire
Eating the Cookie
One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way. was “having the cookie”. If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didn’t have the cookie, life was
.
Unfortunately, the cookie kept some of the time it was money, and sometimes power. At
times, it was the new car, the biggest contract… A year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate(前列腺)cancer, he sits
his head regretfully. “It seems that I stopped learning how to
after I was a kid. When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. if I take the cookie away or it
, he is unhappy. But he is two and a half and I am forty-three. It has taken me this long to understand that the
will never make me happy for long.
The you have the cookie it starts to fall to pieces or you start to
about it crumbling(弄碎)or about someone trying to take it away from you. You know, you have to
a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be
that no one takes it away from you. You may not even get a chance to eat it
you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
the cookie is not what life is about.”
My patient laughs and says has changed him. For the first time he is
. No matter if his
is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. “Two years ago, cancer
me, ‘What is really important?’ Well, life is important. Life any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to
with the cookie: it has to do with being
. ”
A. Happiness B. SuccessC. BusinessD. Love
A. normal B. CommonC. worthlessD. Useless
A. increasing B. changing C. decreasingD. recovering
A. oneB. other C. noD. other
A. shakingB. nodding C. knockingD. raising
A. growB. learn C. liveD. work
A. burnsB. breaks C. sharesD. throws
A. disease B. changeC. kidD. cookie
A. hourB. time C. secondD. minute
A. thinkB. come C. worryD. doubt
A. give up B. add upC. use upD. call up
A. braveB. curious C. awareD. sure
A. unless B. becauseC. thoughD. until
A. Eating B. ProtectingC. HavingD. Making
A. deathB. energyC. lifeD. cancer
A. happyB. weak C. upsetD. sad
A. result B. fortunate C. businessD. behavior
A. askedB. left C. desertedD. recognized
A. dealB. do C. connectD. link
A. aloneB. alive C. ambitiousD. active
Megan’s Library of Love Book Drive began in 2006, in memory of a student who passed away. The idea to send books to a school in was created by Megan’s classmates at Cedar Groove-Belgium Middle School as a tribute to her.
The project formed out of the desire to honour memories of Megan, to help our community heal, and to make a in the life of others. Students have many of Megan, but the most vivid was her love for her family and the diligent help she gave to her classmates. They combined this with her for learning and reading to create the Library of Love.
This project honours Megan’s special qualities. In the of one of her classmates, “Megan was a good daughter, a good student and a good friend. We are all blessed to have been a of Megan’s life.
Every February, on Megan’s birthday, fifth grades at Cedar Groove-Belgium Middle School donations of newly-purchased books and send them to a school in need. The “love books” are truly a of love meant to reading and learning. Students earn the money for postage by writing letters to local . The fifth grades also have the of labeling every book with a Library of Love sticker, sorting books in categories, and all the books for shipping.
In the two years since the Library of Love began, students have collected over 5,000 newly-purchased books to send to schools in need. In 2006, 3,149 books were sent to St. Bernard’s Parish to help to their school library after Hurricane Katrina devastated the community. In 2007, 1,613 books were sent to Whited Mountain School in Alaska, which was by a fire. Students look forward to sending the gift of reading to other schools in the future.
A.debt B.need C.trouble D.practice
A.mark B.contribution C.difference D.start
A.images B.expressions C.comments D.memories
A.enthusiasm B.interest C.preference D.determination
A.looks B.words C.case D.diary
A.company B.favor C.witness D.part
A.collect B.abandon C.devote D.present
A.force B.signal C.measure D.gift
A.push B.inspire C.reward D.combine
A.libraries B.post offices C.hospitals D.business
A.ability B.pleasure C.responsibility D.chance
A.packing B.fastening C.check D.settling
A.project B.assignment C.organization D.campaign
A.repair B.refill C.rebuild D.remove
A.broken B.hurt C.closed D.damaged
Introduction to Letters to Sam
Dear Reader,
Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my _ , Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been _ ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the_____to tell Sam what I had _ ___.
For years I have been hosting a program on the___and writing articles for a magazine. Being to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and ___. So when Sam was born, I____to tell him about school and friendship, romance and work, love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these____. I hope that Sam would____them sooner or later.
However, that expectation___when Sam showed signs of autism (自闭症) at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He ____to communicate with others, even the family members. That was____for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even_____now to tell him. I wanted him to____what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll____as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just____if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.
Now, _____the book has been published, I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life, and all about what it means to be a____.
Daniel Bottlings
A.son B.nephew C.brother D.grandson
A.seriously B.mentally C.slightly D.quietly
A.ability B.time C.courage D.responsibility
A.written B.suffered C.observed D.lost
A.radio B.television C.stage D.bed
A.ready B.unable C.anxious D.eager
A.warm B.broken C.closed D.open
A.hosts B.visitors C.readers D.reporters
A.began B.stopped C.forgot D.decided
A.letters B.emails C.books D.diaries
A.find B.read C.collect D.keep
A.developed B.disappeared C.changed D.arrived
A.tried B.refused C.regretted D.hoped
A.exciting B.acceptable C.strange D.heartbreaking
A.less B.everything C.more D.nothing
A.understand B.explain C.believe D.question
A.fear B.face C.know D.cause
A.felt B.guessed C.saw D.doubted
A.as B.once C.though D.if
A.teacher B.child C.man D.writer