第二节：完型填空（共20 小题；每小题1分；满分20分）
She was a four-year-old girl with very fine golden hair when I first met her. She was carrying a bowl of soup. I was 29 at that time and 11 from the flu.
Her mom and I had been friends for years. 12 that friendship grew into care, from care into 13 and marriage. Marriage brought the three of us together as a 14 . At first I was afraid to be a “stepfather”. Therefore, I tried not to come 15 my future daughter and her 16 father. I acted in that way in order to be liked. However, 17 she was growing up, I found it increasingly hard to 18 with her.
Once her school required the parents to individually(个别的) write an open and 19 letter to our children. I wrote a letter about a little golden-haired girl who had 20 me a bowl of soup when I needed 21 .
A week later, all the parents 22 together with our children. The students were allowed to make a few statements. I was 23 to hear what my daughter would say.
Finally my daughter 24 make her way up to the microphone. She said something like others and then 25 , “At this very moment, I just want to say …I love you, Father.”
Immediately people around me started 26 at me. For a teenage girl to say 27 in front of so many people, “I love you,” took a great deal of courage.
Since then I have 28 to understand I didn’t need to have any 29 about being a stepfather. I can still 30 honest love with the same little girl I met so many years before － carrying a bowl full of what turned out to be kindness. I can also be friends with the girl － my dear daughter.
11. A. hurting B. attacking C. suffering D. experiencing
12. A. Immediately B. Finally C. Especially D. Generally
13. A. like B. pleasure C. excitement D. love
14. A. union B. group C. family D. whole
15. A. between B. among C. from D. for
16. A. natural B. following C. untrue D. old
17. A. after B. as C. with D. before
18. A. connect B. share C. communicate D. argue
19. A. honest B. formal C. powerful D. responsible
20. A. taken B. shown C. shared D. brought
21. A. cure B. care C. help D. friend
22. A. presented B. invited C. gathered D. asked
23. A. glad B. hopeful C. serious D. anxious
24. A. determinedly B. independently C. patiently D. unexpectedly
25. A. lasted B. declared C. continued D. responded
26. A. hugging B. smiling C. kissing D. celebrating
27. A. quietly B. openly C. brightly D. attractively
28. A. used B. stepped C. desired D. come
29. A. courage B. fear C. happiness D. idea
30. A. exchange B. send C. expect D. fall
"How did you do it, Dad? How have you to not take a drink for almost 20 years?" It took me almost 20 years to have the to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he a situation that, in the past, would have him drinking again. For a few years we were afraid to bring it up the drinking would begin again.
"I had this little poem that I recite to myself at least four to five times a day," was Dad's reply to my 18-year-old question. "The words were an instant relief and constant to me that things were never so that I could not handle them," Dad said. And then he the poem with me. The poem's simple, yet profound words immediately became part of my daily as well.
About a month after this talk with my father, I a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily affirmations （誓词）with one affirmation for each day of the year.
It has been my experience that when you get with days of the year on it, you automatically turn to the that lists your own birthday.
I opened the book to November 10 to what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. I did a double-take and tears of and appreciation rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the same poem that had helped my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity （安详）Prayer:
God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the Courage to change the things I can; and the Wisdom to know the difference.
A．prepared B．promised C．managed D．performed
A．courage B．opportunity C．inspiration D．reason
A．began B．avoided C．permitted D．quit
A．got away with B．got into C．got down to D．got through
A．forbade B．started C．attracted D．caused
A．for fear B．for sure C．so that D．otherwise
A．should B．might C．would D．had to
A．unanswered B．unasked C．unexpected D．unwelcome
A．prayer B．performer C．inspector D．reminder
A．rough B．severe C．tough D．urgent
A．created B．explained C．spared D．shared
A．schedule B．routine C．habits D．customs
A．mistook B．posted C．accepted D．received
A．copied B．presented C．listed D．printed
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．date B．page C．matters D．problems
A．doubtedly B．eventually C．patiently D．hurriedly
A．see B．recite C．repeat D．forecast
A．sadness B．loneliness C．disbelief D．belief
A．exact B．correct C．almost D．much
On a cold winter evening, I was walking home, tired and hungry, when suddenly came screams（呼喊声） from behind some tress. , I slowed down to listen, and that what I was hearing were the sounds of a fight. A woman was being not far from where I stood.
“Should I go to help her?” I thought. I was worried about my own ，and I regretted having suddenly decided to take a new way home that night. “ I’m hurt too? Shouldn’t I just to the nearest phone and call the police?..” But already the girl’s were growing weaker. I knew it was time for me to act fast because I could not the life of this unknown woman， it meant risking my own life.
I am not a man. I didn’t know where I found the and physical strength（体力）, but once I had finally to help the girl, I became suddenly changed. I ran behind the bushes and the attacker off the woman. Struggling, we fell to the ground, where we fought for a few minutes the man jumped up and escaped.
heavily，I stood up and came up to the girl, who was crying behind a tree. In the ，I could not see her clearly, but I could certainly her shock. Not wanting to frighten her any further, I at first spoke to her from a distance.
“It’s OK,” I said . “The man ran away. You’re safe now. ”There was a long stop and then I heard the words, said in both wonder and . “Dad, is that you?” And then, from behind the tree, stepped my youngest , Katherine.
A．Excited B．Frightened C．Interested D．Disappointed
A．knew B．understood C．realized D．imagined
A．attacked B．beaten C．robbed D．caught
A．money B．safety C．future D．family
A．What for B．So what C．What about D．What if
A．move B．walk C．run D．go
A．cries B．noises C．cheers D．sounds
A．save B．ignore C．change D．decide
A．although B．because C．as D．but
A．kind B．powerful C．mean D．brave
A．courage B．belief C．attitude D．hope
A．agreed B．planed C．promised D．decided
A．took B．dropped C．pulled D．got
A．unless B．after C．since D．until
A．Walking B．Drinking C．Breathing D．Fighting
A．daylight B．afternoon C．darkness D．midnight
A．feel B．see C．guess D．find
A．angrily B．softly C．loudly D．happily
A．shame B．peace C．pain D．surprise
A．son B．daughter C．grandson D．cousin
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I take the train to work every morning from a train station near my house. I can get to the station quite because there is a short cut(捷径)to the station. But in the summer, it can get quite smelly because of all the . So I always try to through it. Today I was trying to do so as usual something made me stop for a moment. I saw the most beautiful by an old woman walking in front of me with the help of a white .
She was short and and had white hair. She was walking as each step took some effort. I hadn’t specially noticed her ,until she stopped near a rubbish bin.
She slowly placed her walking stick the rubbish bin. Then she leaned(斜倚着)on it with her right hand. She bent down and the rubbish. She clearly found it and it took her a while. She some rubbish with her left hand and slowly straightened(伸直) herself up again. All the while she used the rubbish bin to herself. She threw the rubbish inside the bin and then walking. It all took her great effort（努力）.
There’s so much rubbish and no one ever does about it. I was moved to this old woman make such a great effort to keep even a small part of it ! I haven’t been able to thinking about that all day.
I want to follow her example. I’ve decided to pick up rubbish off the if I meet from now on. I hope people will do the same as I do.
A．hard B．early C．easily D．late
A．rubbish B．boxes C．bottles D．paper
A．walk B．pass C．go D．rush
A．so B．until C．when D．because
A．back B．act C．mark D．color
A．bike B．stick C．dog D．umbrella
A．weak B．rich C．clever D．sad
A．quickly B．happily C．angrily D．slowly
A．at midnight B．at noon C．at last D．at first
A．in B．around C．against D．under
A．searched for B．threw away C．reached for D．looked at
A．unable B．difficult C．different D．impossible
A．picked up B．dropped down C．put in D．lifted up
A．warm B．help C．support D．hide
A．continued B．started C．enjoyed D．remembered
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．feel B．see C．have D．let
A．busy B．beautiful C．dirty D．clean
A．keep B．stop C．mind D．regret
A．Wall B．Desk C．ground D．classroom
I know you are going to miss me , but I don’t think that I will ever forget you or stop loving you because I’m not around to say I LOVE YOU . I’ll you every day, mom and I will love you even more each day . Some day we will see each other again.
I want you to a little boy , you won’t be so .He can have my room and my old things to play with . If you decide to get a instead , she probably wouldn’t like the things as we boys do , so you have to buy her and stuff that girls like .
Don’t be when you think about me .This is really a great place .Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and me around some good places . The angels are so ,and I love to watch them fly . I got to sit on God’s knee and talk to him like I was somebody . I told God that I wanted to you a letter and tell you good-bye and everything , but I knew that wasn’t . God secretly handed me some paper and his own personal pen to write to you this letter with . I think Gabriel is the name of the angel that is going to drop this off to you .Oh , by the way Mom , nobody else can see what is written on this paper but you . To everyone else , it is just a blank sheet of paper .
I almost to let you know-now I don’t any more because the cancer is all gone. I’m glad because I needn’t stand that pain any more . God himself couldn’t stand to see me suffer the either , so he sent The Angel of Mercy to get me .
A．tell B．miss C．hear D．see
A．accept B．receive C．get D．adapt
A．scared B．upset C．lonely D．exhausted
A．girl B．boy C．man D．woman
A．robots B．papers C．cars D．dolls
A．sad B．worried C．angry D．glad
A．looked B．turned C．went D．showed
A．unkind B．friendly C．ugly D．generous
A．necessary B．strange C．important D．impossible
A．write B．hear C．get D．receive
A．asked B．forbidden C．allowed D．required
A．card B．email C．parcel D．letter
A．forgot B．remembered C．memorized D．knew
A．injure B．damage C．hurt D．harm
A．hunger B．love C．thirst D．pain
Lara was dying to discover how college could benefit her. Day after day, she sat in the , waiting for something her professors said to have a(n) . By the end of the semester nothing had happened and she was . She approached one of her and asked, “Is this all there is?” The teacher looked at her for a moment and answered, “For you, apparently so.”
As simple as it is, this story contains an important for all potential students to learn: you cannot depend entirely on others to you. If you do, you will get with the education system with its inefficiencies and imperfections. You’ll enjoy your educational experience more and get more if you realize that education is self-education, as it is you who how much and how well you will learn.
Learning is a partnership of two or more willing minds. Your teachers can you with information and guidance, but much of the responsibility to learn is on your . If you welcome this , you will exercise more control over your experience, both in and out of the classroom. Then, even if some of your instructors to meet their responsibilities in the partnership, you can still the situation from your side.
Having more control will make you feel more fully involved, and feeling more involved will make you more about your education; , you will not only increase your capacity to learn but will probably the process more. You will also experience a greater sense of freedom and direction.
A．study B．theater C．classroom D．hall
A．judgment B．result C．joke D．influence
A．strange B．negative C．impressive D．moving
A．puzzled B．disappointed C．pleased D．worried
A．professors B．classmates C．teammates D．partners
A．truth B．symbol C．memory D．reality
A．change B．educate C．follow D．invite
A．concerned B．frustrated C．satisfied D．connected
A．pleasure B．information C．benefit D．help
A．compulsory B．formal C．real D．public
A．decides B．notices C．recognizes D．guesses
A．assist B．mix C．honor D．charge
A．family B．desk C．feet D．shoulders
A．trick B．fun C．luck D．responsibility
A．business B．travel C．college D．work
A．fail B．continue C．stop D．desire
A．damage B．control C．avoid D．describe
A．scared B．enthusiastic C．careful D．guilty
A．in particular B．for example C．in other words D．as a result
A．believe B．doubt C．regret D．enjoy