完形填空 （共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
Are you carrying too much on your back at school? Lots of kids at the same age as you are. Not only are students in China ___36___ from this problem, but kids in the United States are ___37___ fed up with（饱受…之苦） heavy school bags.
Experts are starting to___38___ that more and more young students are having back and neck problems as a result of school bags ___39___ too heavy for them. “It’s hard for me to get up the___40___ with my bag because it’s so heavy,” said Rich Hammond, ___41___ 11-year-old student in the US. Rick is among the students who have ___42___ backpacks with two straps (带子) to carry them, ___43___ a number of other students choose rolling backpacks. However, even with rolling backpacks, ___44___ up stairs and buses with them is ___45___ a problem for kids. Many of them have hurt their knees, backs or necks because of heavy school bags.
But how much is too ___46___? Experts say students should carry ___47___ more than 10 to 15 per cent of their own body weight. Scott Bautch, a Wisconsin ___48___ doctor, said kids under 4th grade should ___49___ with 10 per cent. But it’s also important that older kids don’t go ___50___ 15 percent, because their bones are still growing. Bautch explained that there are other injuries caused by backpacks. “Kids are ___51___ their balance and falling down with these backpacks,” he said．
Parents and teachers are starting to tell the kids to only take ___52___ library books they will be reading that night. Some teachers are using worksheets (作业纸) or ___53___ workbooks for students to take home. One of the best answers is, as some ___54___ themselves suggested, to have no homework ___55___!
36． A．meeting B．facing C．experiencing D．suffering
37． A．already B．always C．yet D．also
38． A．explain B．say C．worry D．announce
39． A．being B．be C．are D．is
40．A．schools B．stairs C．houses D．homes
41．A．this B．that C．a D．an
42．A．special B．unusual C．ordinary D．regular
43．A．when B．but C．then D．and
44．A. getting B．climbing C．going D．turning
45．A．only B．still C．even D．just
46．A．more B．very C．much D．many
47．A．no B．not C．any D．much
48．A．children B．student C．bag D．back
49．A．carry B．stay C．take D．bring
50．A．about B．under C．beyond D．before
51．A．keeping B．missing C．losing D．making
52．A．home B．class C．school D．city
53．A．valuable B．thin C．important D．interesting
54．A．reports B．teachers C．parents D．kids
55．A．at all B．after all C．in all D．for all
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四个选项（ABCD）中，选出可以填入空白的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
“Father, I don’t like to go to school,” said Harry Williams one morning. “I wish you 36 let me stay at home. Charles Parker’s father doesn’t make him go to school.”
Mr. Williams took his little boy 37 the hand, and said kindly to him, “Come, my son. I want to 38 you something in the garden.”
Harry walked into the garden with his father, who led him along 39 they came to a bed in which peas(豌豆) were growing. Not a weed(杂草) was to be 40 about their roots.
“See how beautifully these peas are 41 , my son,” said Mr. Williams. “How clean and healthy the vines(藤) look. We shall have a good 42 . Now let me show you the vines in Mr. Parker’s garden.”
Mr. Williams then 43 Harry to look at Mr. Parker’s pea vines.
After a few moments, Mr. Williams asked, “Well, my son, what do you 44 Mr. Parker’s pea vines?”
“Oh, Father!” replied the little boy. “I never saw such 45 looking peas in my life! The weeds are nearly as 46 as the peas themselves. There won’t be half a crop!” “ 47 are they so much worse than ours, Harry?”
“Because they have been left to grow as they 48 . I suppose Mr. Parker just planted them, and never took any care of them 49 ”
“Yes. A garden will soon be overrun（超过） with weeds 50 it is not taken good care of,” Mr. Williams 51 , “and so it is with the human garden. Children’s minds are like garden beds. They must be 52 cared for. I send you to school in order that the garden of your 53 may have good seeds and 54 plentifully. Now which would you 55 , to stay at home or go to school?”
“I would rather go to school,” said Harry.
A．could B．should C．might D．would
A．in B．with C．by D．of
A．offer B．show C．give D．remind
A．when B．where C．before D．until
A．made B．changed C．seen D．planted
A．growing B．moving C．shaking D．dancing
A．result B．harvest C．match D．present
A．forced B．ordered C．followed D．led
A．think of B．look at C．hear of
A．ugly B．fine C．dirty
A．deep B．long C．high D．wide
A．When B．Why C．Where D．How
A．pleased B．stayed C．left D．belonged
A．ahead B．outside D．afterward
A．as B．or C．if D．so
A．required B．answered C．explained D．announced
A．carefully B．correctly C．gently D．slightly
A．school B．mind C．family D．dream
A．produce B．develop C．decrease D．drop
A．find B．support C．know D．prefer
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（ABCD）中，选出可以填入空白的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Preparing for tomorrow
Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms．Shelton believed in readiness．Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the 36 ．They quickly protested that the words were not on their 37 and they couldn’t learn them．
Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these 38 ．She said that she would teach them something that should be given．Ms．Shelton 39 by saying that one of the students in the classroom could g
o on to 40 , maybe even be president someday, and she wanted
to prepare them for that day．
Ms．Shelton spoke those words many years ago． 41 did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them 42 ．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could 43 high goals．
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are 44 to see．” If that’s true, then it is also 45 that they only become what they are prepared to become．And many things in life are just about getting ready．
“I want to be doing something more 46 with my life than what I am doing now,” a young man once said to me．He 47 what he was doing was just not that important．Other people have said things to me such as, “I only 48 I had a meaningful relationship．” And, “I’d really like to get a better job, but 
I just don’t see 49 ．”
You fill in the blanks．What is it you would like to 50 that isn’t happening? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet 51 ．Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which 
you 52 ．
Think of today as another chance to 53 yourself for the exciting future you are looking for．Today is not wasted．If you desire more from 54 , then you can use today as training．For you will experience only what you are prepared to 55 ．Something wonderful can happen．And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow．
A．desk B．wall C．chalkboard D．door
A．duty B．desk C．mind D．level
A．words B．grammars C．pronunciations D．sentences
A．started B．ended C．warned D．reminded
A．greatness B．wealth C．honor D．failure
B．Little C．Hardly D．Totally
A．nervously B．eagerly C．seriously D．simply
A．keep B．have C．set D．achieve
A．prepared B．forced C．attracted D．tempted
A．proper B．exact C．legal D．true
A．difficult B．significant C．pleasant D．interesting
A．boasted B．behaved C．felt D． looked
A．wish B．expect C．hope D．imagine
A．what B．when C．why D．how
B．happen C．gain D．win
A．adventurous B．active C．ready D．intelligent
A．concern B．arrange C．adore D．desire
A．prepare B．enjoy C．imagine D．conduct
A．history B．nature C．life D．marriage
A．suffer B．experience C．struggle D．work
完形(15%)
Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” Once __41 __, such opportunities are like valuable diamonds hidden in the sand.
Several years ago, I spoke at a school about how we were surrounded by “___42___ ” if we could only recognize them. A man stopped by to see me, and I remembered him as somebody who had suffered through a(n) ___43___ divorce (离婚) and was examining what was most important to him. He took a small ___44___ out of his pocket. Here is what he said to me that day.
“I ___45___ on this stone when I was leaving church last Sunday. You had spoken about ___46___ opportunities—diamonds. I put the stone in my ___47___ to remind me to look for those “diamonds” that I need. I have been trying to sell my business . On Monday morning, a man w
ho seemed interested in ___48___ some of my stock (股票) stopped by. I thought, ‘Here’s my diamond—don’t let it ___49___!’ I sold the entire stock to him by noon. Now my next diamond is to find a new ___50___ !”
Not long afterward, he did find a new an
d better job. From then on, he decided to keep his stone with him all the time as a ___51___ to look for “diamonds” as he dug through the ___52___ of life.
Richard DeVos is right when he points out. “This is an exciting world. It is filled with opportunities. Great moments wait around every corner.” Those moments are diamonds that, ___53___ left unrecognized, will be forever lost.
Are you looking for “diamonds” every day? If not, you may ___54___ pass them by! Perhaps there is a diamond of opportunity hidden in the difficulty you’re ___55___ now.
A．given B．discovered C．sent D．made
A．opportunities B．dangers C．diamonds D．chances
A．painful B．stupid C．normal D．original
A．ball B．stone C．paper D．flower
A．stepped B．depended C．fought D．based
A．stealing B．accepting C．recognizing D．realizing
A．purse B．pocket C．bag D．house
A．selling B．buying C．hunting D．casting
A．go off B．give in C．stay up D．watch out
A．buyer B．job C．stock D．rock
A．scene B．prize C．reminder D．power
A．difficulties B．hopes C．characters D．cases
A．unless B．though C．for D．if
A．happily B．easily C．luckily D．dangerously
A．expressing B．satisfying D．experiencing
完形填空（共20个小题, 每小题1分，共20分）
More good things come from small things
About a year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any 36 from the children, but the parents were always shouting at the kids.
We 37 often in the hallways when we were coming or going. I 38 spoke, but the only 39 I ever got was a hello from the four – year – old girl.
I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I 40 they were just coming from their apartment and the little girl was holding the door 41 for the others. I 42 in the car doing unnecessary things because I didn’t like to be snubbed（冷落）. The parents were43 her to hurry and get in the car, I looked up and saw the little girl was 44 holding the door open, 45 for me.
I hurried as much as I could and 46 her. She was smiling from ear to ear. That afternoon I saw a white toy bear, I 47 the little girl and said to myself, “I 48 she would like that” so I bought it. I wrote a note 49 how much her act of kindness had touched a soft spot in an old man’s50 .
The next day there was a 51 on the door and 52 was the little girl and her father. She was so proud of her bear and thanked me. Then I 53 her mother and the other children were there in the hall too. The mother and father both thanked me.
Now when we meet in the hall we all speak, and in a 54 manner, I might add. 55 time passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. In fact, hardly at all.
A．sound B．noise C．conversation D．crying
A．met B．saw C．visited D．gathered
A．never B．sometimes C．seldom D．always
A．reward B．action C．answer D．prize
A．moved B．returned C．started D．drove
A．open B．closed C．fit D．active
A．stopped B．kept C．worked D．remained
A．suggesting B．telling C．forcing D．making
A．ever B．even C．still D．yet
A．waiting B．calling C．leaving D．asking
A．replaced B．encouraged C．ignored D．thanked
A．thought about B．thought of C．thought over D．thought out
A．decide B．am lucky C．am sure D．doubt
A．saying B．stating C．reporting D．writing
A．mind B．body C．thought D．heart
A．hit B．knock C．drop D．beat
A．she B．it C．they D．he
A．noticed B．watched C．recognized D．felt
A．kindly B．politely C．coldly D．friendly
A．When B．Since C．As D．While
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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The old man went slowly into the restaurant. A young waitress named Mary 36 him go toward a table by the window.
Mary ran 37 to him, and said, “Here, Sir. Let me give you a 38 with that chair.”
She pulled the chair away from the table. Steadying(使平稳) him with one arm, she helped him move 39 the chair, and get 40 seated. Then she leaned his 41 against the table where he could reach it. In a 42 , clear voice he said, “Thank you, Miss. And bless you for your kind 43 .” “You’re welcome, Sir.” She replied. “And my name is Mary. I’ll be back in a moment, and if you need 44 , just wave at me!”
45 he had finished a hearty(丰盛的) meal of pancakes, bacon, and hot lemon tea, Mary 46 him the change. She helped him up from his chair, and out from behind the table. She handed 47 his walking stick, and 48 with him to the front door.
Holding the door 49 for him, she said, “Come back and see us, Sir!” He turned with his whole body, smiled, and nodded. “You are very kind.” he said softly. 50 Mary went to clean his table, she was very 51 . Under his plate she found a business card and a note. Under the note was a one-hundred-dollar bill.
The note 52 
: “Dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you 53 yourself too. It shows by the 54 you treat others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will shine through 55 meets you.”
The man she had waited on was the owner of the restaurant where she worked. This was the first time that she, or any of his employees had ever seen him in person.
A．watched B．helped C．looked D．wanted
A．towards B．over C．away D．outside
A．lift B．change C．ring D．hand
A．behind B．next to C．in the front of D．in front of
A．comfortably B．nervously D．actively
A．hat B．walking stick C．coat D．bag
A．hard B．tough C．soft D．cold
A．methods B．minds C．gestures D．thoughts
A．nothing B．everything C．anybody D．anything
A．After B．Before C．As if D．If
A．took C．passed D．treated
A．her B．them C．him D．it
A．waved B．greeted C．walked D．sent
A．open B．shut C．closed D．opened
A．Unless B．Though D．When
A．surprised B．puzzled C．disappointed D．satisfied
A．put B．read C．told D．spoke
A．ignore B．value C．respect D．express
A．way B．smile C．action D．style
A．who B．whom C．anyone D．whoever