SECTION B
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
When I was little, my family used to move frequently. Before I could even get acquainted with my schoolmates, my family was on the move again. I became very 36 because of this.
But a girl with dark skin and long shiny hair changed me. Her best characteristics are her openness and 37 . She is always smiling, like a beautiful sunflower following the sun. Without doubt I enjoyed being with her and soon we became good friends. As time went by, I gradually became a 38 girl. But this joyful period didn’t last long. We were admitted to different colleges. I felt like I had gone back to my always-on-the-move childhood. I felt 39 and helpless and I was afraid that I would 40 her as my best friend. She stayed calm and said to me: “Rain, you can achieve more than I do, so 41 to your dreams and make a big effort! Real friendship doesn’t fade and we will be best friends forever.” Maybe she didn’t realize what a great 42 she was to me at that time.
However, it turned out that my concerns were well-founded(有根据的). I felt that the 43 between us was getting bigger and bigger. One day, she sent me a text message happily telling me that she had fallen in love with a handsome boy in her class.
I felt happy for her, but at the same time I was secretly worried about our friendship. I 44 her several times intending to tell her to think carefully about her relationship with the boy, but I got no more messages from her. I felt sad that perhaps our friendship would not 45 . I had almost given up hope until she visited me at my campus a week later. She looked 46 but was wearing the most beautiful smile. She gave me a big hug and said: “I’m sorry. I want to be myself and your friend forever!” We cried together, ignoring the people walking past. She told me her sad story, and we knew we had gone back to how it was before.
Now I firmly believe that distance and time can’t 47 you from a friend. If you care enough about each other, friendship never fades.
36. A. silent B. disappointed C. outspoken D. crazy
37. A. faithfulness B. cheerfulness C. quietness D. kindness
38. A. happy B. lucky C. helpful D. successful
39. A. scared B. strange C. ashamed D. homesick
40. A. leave B. miss C. lose D. desert
41. A. look forward B. hold on C. get down D. go back
42. A. burden B. example C. encouragement D. wonder
43. A. difference B. distance C. misunderstanding D. conflict
44. A. visited B. messaged C. telephoned D. wrote
45. A. turn B. develop C. survive D. advance
46. A. cheerful B. relaxed C. calm D. pale
47. A. protect B. prevent C. free D. separate
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。
Year after year my brothers, sister and I would lie in bed awake on Christmas morning. We were just 36 to hear my father’s voice saying it was all right to 37 . Usually I was the first one jumped out of bed. I can still 38 my growing eagerness(渴望) for the 39 every year.
Even now as I 40 the boxes of Christmas decorations(装饰品) I can see the familiar ones: the presents with our birth years on them, our five stockings, four for the 41 , one for the dog. It used to be easy for us to 42 when to put up the decorations. But now since we all have 43 and social lives, it is usually a hurried activity.
As we get older, the season almost brings a 44 to a little place in our hearts. The worst was year after my grandparents had 45 . We couldn’t go to their house to celebrate the holiday anymore. 46 , we just had a get-together in my house. Now when I 47 to it, I miss the special 48 my grandfather gave me for Christmas. I even miss him 49 me “Jessie”, even though I can’t 50 when people call me that.
Things change, not always for the good, 51 not always for the bad either. And the things that don’t 52 have the most important meaning to us, and I am sure they will be there for the 53 of our lives. After all, every time I hear my father’s 54 “All right you guys, come on down, nice and slow” and we go down the stairs, first my brother, then me, then my sister, then my older brother, I still 55 the true Christmas spirit.
A.advising B.starting C.wishing D.forgetting
A.come up B.come down C.come on D.come out
A.discover B.understand C.receive D.remember
A.year B.season C.habit D.result
A.throw away B.set down C.look through D.give up
A.kids B.girls C.boys D.babies
A.wonder B.get C.record D.decide
A.toys B.balls C.jobs D.candies
A.surprise B.pain C.joy D.disappointment
A.died B.failed C.succeeded D.married
A.Possibly B.Indeed C.Instead D.Luckily
A.move back B.turn back C.step back D.think back
A.gifts B.news C.replies D.tools
A.bringing B.calling C.telling D.introducing
A.follow B.listen C.watch D.stand
A.and B.so C.but D.thus
A.change B.grow C.appear D.happen
A.beginning B.rest C.truth D.happiness
A.letters B.dreams C.promises D.words
A.need B.hate C.feel D.doubt
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
John wanted a bike. He had asked his parents for the36 and they said he must earn it. But 37 ? He thought about this as he walked home.38 many people wanted to ask boys to work for them. Maybe he could 39 away snow for the neighbors. But this was 40 . He’d have to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for this garden because he had no41 to do the work42 .
Then he 43 one of his classmates, Dick, delivering newspapers. “ I could44 that,” he thought. “ Maybe I could even get the bike45 away. I could pay for it a little each week.” He ran to46 up with Dick. John asked a lot of47 about having a paper48 . He learned that it was possible to earn twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job49 about three hours each 50 . Dick gave him the phone number of this newspaper manager.
John51 flew home. After he had explained his 52 , his mother smiled. “I think it’s a great 53 ,” she said. “I’ll call the newspaper.”
“Wait, Mom,” John said. “I’ll call.54 , I’m going to be a 55 now.”
A.money B.chance C.permission D.bike
A.when B.where. C.why D.how
A.Few B.A few C.Not D.No
A.get B.take C.throw D.clear
A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter
A.time B.tool C.way D.friends
A.with B.for. C.at D.by
A.saw B.heard C.learned D.discovered
A.do B.make C.deliver D.seize
A.far B.right C.out D.back
A.keep B.set C.look D.catch
A.news B.questions C.information D.problems
A.trade B.business C.route D.shop
A.paid B.wasted C.spent D.took
A.mornings B.night C.week D.newspaper
A.almost B.quickly C.even D.obviously
A.dictionary B.suggestions C.act D.plan
A.mistake B.fun C.dream D.idea
A.Above all B.More or less C.After all D.As a matter of fact
A.reporter B.businessman C.newspaper D.salesman
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,然后从各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项 。
Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and 36 the theme “Water for Life”.
There are more than one billion people in the world who live without 37 drinking water. The United Nations 38 to cut this number in half by 2015.
Solving such a big problem seems like a(n) 39 challenge. But everyone, 40 teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the 41 of her age around the world.
Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work— 42 discarded(废弃的) batteries(电池)which pollute water.
In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how 43in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.
Haggerty learnt that 44 the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone 45 batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to 46 awareness in her area.
She 47 her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools 48 the public library, hospital, and churches. With help from her family, friends and local waste-management 49 , she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n) 50 video.
Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made 51 progress.
When asked 52 she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite ____53 . “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”
Every year the Gloria Barron Prize 54 young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in 55 the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.
A.had B.gave C.wrote D.discussed
A.enough B.safe C.much D.polluted
A.asks B.orders C.hopes D.ensures
A.good B.strong C.important D.unreal
A.especially B.sometimes C.even D.seldom
A.boys B.others C.students D.grown-ups
A.collecting B.selling C.buying D.using
A.things B.chemicals C.water D.air
A.making B.recycling C.reducing D.handling
A.uses B.has C.throws D.needs
A.tell B.increase C.spread D.inform
A.talked to B.listened to C.heard from D.thought about
A.and B.beside C.as well as D.as good as
A.officials B.workers C.clerks D.experts
A.industrial B.agricultural C.scientific D.educational
A.much B.no C.some D.little
A.if B.how C.when D.why
A.proud B.glad C.modest D.worried
A.praises B.helps C.supports D.honors
A.awarding B.saving C.serving D.favoring
完形填空(共20 小题,每小题1 分, 满分20分)
Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really 41 your feelings?”
Immediately, he said, “Yes, last Christmas you promised us a special 42 that I really wanted but you 43 gave it to me.”
The 44 was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I 45 , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but I haven’t apologized 46 ?”
Again, his 47 was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the 48 because Kate, my little sister, was going to be born? You left us at home and 49 in a hurry. Remember?”
“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he 50 all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were 51 to see the suitcase had been opened and 52 had been thrown all over the place, and then you 53 me.”
“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.
“No, I didn’t. I was just searching for my gift.”
My heart sank. I felt 54 . I hugged Keith and asked him to 55 me. His honesty made me think of my other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the 56 question. Kevin answered as immediately as his 57 , “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forget about it.”
58 Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The 59 thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was that I’d made a promise too 60 and didn’t keep it as their mother.
A.showed B.hurt C.attended D.expressed
A.candy B.book C.picture D.toy
A.never B.often C.always D.ever
A.challenge B.message C.idea D.fact
A.complained B.apologized C.continued D.explained
A.with B.to C.in D.for
A.suggestion B.answer C.memory D.blame
A.hospital B.church C.school D.garden
A.settled down B.went on C.set off D.got up
A.knew B.imagined C.discovered D.remembered
A.angry B.worried C.happy D.satisfied
A.nothing B.somebody C.everything D.nobody
A.praised B.punished C.helped D.educated
A.terrible B.hopeless C.inspired D.encouraged
A.support B.criticize C.suspect D.forgive
A.easy B.direct C.same D.funny
A.mother B.brother C.sister D.father
A.Though B.Because C.Since D.Until
A.strange B.interesting C.important D.difficult
A.lightly B.rudely C.equally D.truly
完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
Wings of Angel
I used to hate myself because I wasn’t “normal”. Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not 36 . I had a severe spinal cord disorder (脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much 37 than others.
I hated going to school and I hated people 38 at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing straight and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the 39 and seeing an ugly hunchback (驼背).
My friends found me 40 because I didn’t let others get close to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life 41 Angela appeared.
That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school — a spot where no one would 42 me. That’s when I first heard her voice.
“Hi. Can I sit down?”
I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face.
“What are you looking at?” she asked.
“Ants.”
“What are they doing?”
“No idea.”
“I bet they’re playing games and making friends. Don’t you think so?”
That was how our 43 started and it didn’t stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche (处境) — until it was sunset.
Then suddenly, she saw my 44 . She just stared.
My heart sank. What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would 45 me now.
She stood up, pointed at my back and said, “I know 46 your back is hunched.”
I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be sentenced. I begged in my heart for her to 47 , but she just kept on going. “I know what you’ve got in there. Do you?”
“No,” I answered 48 .
She bent and whispered in my ears.
“Your back is hunched because you’ve got a pair of wings from the angels.”
I was 49 . I looked into her eyes and her kindness touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to 50 myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind-hearted friend.
A.them B.it C.me D.her
A.sadder B.shorter C.weaker D.slower
A.looking B.smiling C.aiming D.glaring
A.street B.sun C.corner D.mirror
A.distant B.disappointed C.hopeless D.unlucky
A.after B.while C.since D.until
A.disturb B.seek C.comfort D.ignore
A.games B.performance C.conversation D.competition
A.face B.back C.eyes D.wings
A.look up to B.catch up with C.look down upon D.put up with
A.that B.how C.whether D.why
A.relax B.leave C.stop D.forbid
A.excitedly B.weakly C.proudly D.firmly
A.astonished B.ashamed C.annoyed D.upset
A.control B.like C.forgive D.hate