第一节：完型填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21 - 30各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words---though they mean ___21___ at the time to the people who say them --- can have great power.
I recently heard a story from Malcolm Dalkoff, who has been a professional ___22___ for the last twenty-four years, mostly in advertising.
As a boy, Dalkoff was terribly shy and ___23___. He had few friends and no self-confidence. Then one day, his high school English teacher, Ruth Brauch, asked the class to write their own chapter that would ___24___ the last chapter of the novel since they had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it in. Today he cannot recall anything special about the chapter he wrote, or what ___25___ Mrs. Brauch gave him. ___26___, what he does remember is the four words in the paper: “This is good writing.” Thanks to the four words, his life has been ___27___ greatly.
“ Until I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or what I was or what I was going to be,” he said, “ After reading her ___28___, I went home and wrote a short story, ___29___ I had always dreamed of doing but never believed I could do.”
Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories, and always brought them to Mrs. Brauch for instruction. “She was ___30___, helpful and honest. She was just what I needed,” Dalkoff said.
21. A. much B. little C. well D. ill
22. A. report B. designer C. writer D. teacher
23. A. weak B. independent C. troublesome D. helpless
24. A. follow B. change C. connect D. explain
25. A. help B. encouragement C. grade D. words
26. A. Therefore B. However C. Meanwhile D. Besides
27. A. improved B. developed C. changed D. enriched
28. A. chapter B. novel C. note D. explanation
29. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
30. A. encouraging B. careful C. strict D. effective
完形填空（共1小题）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。
You Can’t Be Replaced
As a teenager，I felt I was always letting people down．I was rebellious（叛逆的）on the outside，________ on the inside I wanted people to ________me．
Once I left home to hitchhike（搭便车）to California with my friend Penelope．The trip wasn’t ________ and there were many times I didn’t feel safe．One situation in particular left me ________for still being alive．When I returned home，I was different —not so outwardly（外表上）sure of myself．
I was happy to be home．But then I noticed that Penelope，who was ________ with us，was wearing my clothes．And my ________ seemed to like her better than me．I wondered if I would be ________ if I weren’t there．
I told my mom，and she explained that________ Penelope was a lovely girl，no one could ________ me．I pointed out，“She is more patient and is neater than I have ever been．” My mom said these were wonderful ________ but I was the only person who could fill my ________ ．She made me realize that even with my ________，—and they were many—I was a loved member of the family who couldn’t be replaced．
I became a searcher，________ who I was and what made me unique．My ________of myself was changing．I wanted a solid base to start from．I started to resist pressure to ________ in ways that I didn’t like any more，and I ________ who I really was．I came to feel much more ________ that no one can ever take my place．
Each of us holds a unique place in the world．You are ________ no matter what others say or what you may think．So ________ about being replaced．You ________ be．
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完形填空（共1小题）
“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked．When the baby was placed in her arms, she was ．The baby had been born without ears．Time that the baby’s hearing was perfect．It was only his that was damaged．When he rushed home from school one day and himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed, that he would have many heartbreaks in his life．He grew up and became a(n) with his classmates．He might________have been class president, but for that．The boy’s father with the family physician in secret．“Could ________ be done?” the father asked．“I believed I could________on a pair of outer ears, if they could be got．” the doctor answered．So the ________ began for a person who would make such a ________ for a young man．Two years went by．Then the father said, “You are going to the hospital, son．Mother and I have someone who will give the ears you need．________it’s a secret,” said the father．The operation was very ________ , and a new person appeared．“But I must know!” he urged his father．“Who ________ so much to me? I could never do enough for him．” “I do not believe you could,” said the father．The secret was ________ for years till he stood with his father over his mother’s coffin(棺材)．Slowly and ________ , his father raised his mother’s thick brown hair to ________that his mother had no outer ears．“Mother said she was ________ she never let her hair be cut,” he whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought she was less________ , did they?”
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完形填空（共1小题）
Money was a constant source of tension and stress when I was growing up. My parents were , well-educated and hard-working, but they lived from paycheck to paycheck. When I was 13, they split up. Then my mom to raise three kids, often relying on free lunch tickets and food stamps. As my mother retirement age, she was filled with over the fact that she hadn’t saved enough for her golden retirement years, she often sighed. My father had always been to work—we had always he’d work less and spend more time with us . But he is just a workaholic(工作狂).
My parents were trying so hard to make ends meet, so I couldn’t become a on them. As a result, I college and spent the next couple of years drifting from one minimum wage job to another. I my broken-down car, went to work on foot, reduced my by sharing a one-bedroom apartment with three other women, and got free food during Happy Hour at our local bar. I learned to do whatever it took to .
One night, while I was working at a donut shop and 34 coffee for a homeless customer, I that I was one paycheck away from being homeless myself. That was my wake-up . Motivated by fear of an uncertain , I opened the Yellow Pages(电话黄页), professional dog trainers and negotiated an unpaid apprenticeship(学徒工作). Less than a year later, I was by a dog trainer, and I loved the work. A couple of years later, I started my own dog-training school, which luckily turned out to be . My efforts paid off.
Though I didn’t have rich parents to rely on, I discovered the power of asking for what I want.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Learning a life lesson on managing time
One day，an expert was speaking to a group of students about how to manage their time．He ________ an example those students will never forget．
He pulled out a wide jar and put it on the table．He also ________ about a dozen rocks and carefully ________ them into the jar．One at a time．When no more rocks would ________ inside，he asked，“Is this jar full？”
Everyone in the class answered loudly，“Yes．” The expert said，“Really？” He ________ under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel (砾石)．He put some gravel in and ________ the jar，causing it to go down into the ________ between the big rocks．He then asked the group once more，“Is this jar full？”
“ ________ not，” one of them answered this time．“Good！” he replied．From under the table he brought out a bucket of sand and started ________ the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left ________ the rocks and the gravel．Once more he asked the question，“Is this jar full？”
“No！” the class shouted．Once again he said，“Good．” Then he ________ a cup of water in ________ the jar was full．Then he looked at the class and asked，“What is the ________ here？”
Immediately one ________ student raised his hand and said，“The point is，no matter how full your ________ is，if you try really hard you can always fit ________ things in！” “No，” the expert replied，“that’s not the point．The point is if you don’t put the big rocks in ________ ，you’ll never get them in ________．What are the ‘big rocks’ in your ________ ？Time with your loved ones，your education，or your dreams？Remember to put these big rocks in first or you’ll never get them in at all，________ you’ll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big，important things．”
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松鸡)．It's impossible for a grouse to have any contact (接触) with people．In fact, they're hard to spot, they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.
This grouse came into our lives in ．Tom was working out in the field when he her walking around at the edge of the field．She was unafraid and seemed to be curious about what he was doing.
Tom saw the bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him．We quickly grew f the bird and decided to call her Mildred.
One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch．Tom he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.
Apparently, she didn't like to be ignored．She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then________off to see what he would do．This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the ________and left.
As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to ________ more and more often．________Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a picture of the two of them together．This friendly grouse soon felt________ not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.
When hunting season opened, we put a ________at the end of our driveway asking ________ not to shoot our pet grouse．My father, who lived down the road, ________ warned people not to shoot her．In fact, hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.
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