The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My 41 began when I was just a kid. I 42 becoming a doctor.
My mother was a worker. Through her work, she observed that 43 people spent a lot more time reading than they 44 watching television. She announced that my brother and I
45 watch two to three TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and then 46 her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a 47 . My mother was illiterate (文盲的).
When I entered h
igh school I was an A-student, but not for long. I 48 the fashionable clothes. I wanted to 49 the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home after 50 at one of her several jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing (擦洗) floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy 51 food and pay the bills. With the money that is 52 , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very 53 with that plan, but once I had finished paying for all of the important things, there was 54 left. I realized that my mother was always dealing with money well to be able to 55 a roof over our heads and to put food on the table. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. _56__ required intellectual (智力的) preparation. I went back to my 57 and became an A-student again. Finally, I 58 my dream and I became a doctor. My story is really my mother’s story — a woman with 59 formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. Now I believe that there is no job more 60 than parenting.
A．belief B．work C．education D．promise
A．kept up with B．got used to C．dreamed of D．got tired of
A．lazy B．easy-going C．successful D．reliable
A．cost B．paid C．took D．did
A．could only B．could not C．must not D．should often
A．read B．give C．hold D．explain
A．mystery B．risk C．fool D．trick
A．wanted B．attracted C．recognised D．accepted
A．get rid of B．hang out with C．test on D．keep in touch with
A．serving B．looking C．working D．getting
A．your brother B．yourself C．me D．the family
A．left over B．paid off C．used up D．carried out
A．angry B．pleased C．disappointed D．bored
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．buy B．operate C．keep D．send
A．Success B．Failure C．Faith D．Comfort
A．guys B．mother C．studies D．clothes
A．made B．realised C．changed D．tried
A．little B．much C．some D．high
A．interesting B．gentle D．bitter
完形填空 (共20小题；每小题l.5分，共30分)
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。
Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s ____ filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so ____ that I decided to write an article about her.
I ____ Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She ____ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I ____ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there ____, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that ____ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The ____ was almost unbearable. I struggled for days ____ draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript ____. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I ____ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t ____ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While ____ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in ____:
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some ___ materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to ____ your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to ____. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of ____ writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this ____, I learned a very important lesson: You can’t ____ to doubt yourself.
A．joy B．voice C．speech D．smile
A．proud B．active C．satisfied D．moved
A．visited B．emailed C．phoned D．interviewed
A．agreed B．refused C．hesitated D．paused
A．admitted B．discovered C．explained D．knew
A．seriously B．patiently C．nervously D．quietly
A．blaming B．fooling C．inviting D．urging
A．hardship B．failure C．comment D．pressure
A．with B．by C．on D．in
A．disappeared B．returned C．spread D．improved
A．compare B．struggle C．survive D．compete
A．ignore B．deliver C．face D．receive
A．decorating B．repairing C．cleaning D．leaving
A．disbelief B．anxiety C．horror D．panic
A．subjective B．relevant C．private D．reliable
A．broadcast B．create C．publish D．assess
A．recover B．prepare C．escape D．concentrate
A．constant B．endless C．typical D．enjoyable
A．experience B．success C．benefit D．accident
A．attempt B．afford C．expect D．pretend
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain____ so I decided I would leave the children in the car____ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to ____ anything and told them I would be ____ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left ____happily looking out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had ____! I could hardly believe my ____. The car doors were ____ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat ____only two coats. Being ____, I ran to the corner of the street ____ there was no sign of them. I ____up to an old lady nearby and asked ____ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and ____ to stop trembling(发抖). Suddenly, I ____ a merry laugh ____ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and ____ were two very red-face and ____ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, ____ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. ____ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.
A．heavy B．hard C．big D．hardly
A．before B．since C．after D．which
A．talk B．reach C．hear D．touch
A．away B．out C．back D．along
A．them B．her C．herself D．themselves
A．discovered B．disappeared C．described D．delivered
A．ears B．words C．eyes D．heads
A．even B．again C．already D．still
A．have B．were C．had D．are
A．foolish B．proud C．frightened D．pleased
A．where B．which C．that D．when
A．arrived B．looked C．rushed D．left
A．what B．when C．whether D．how
A．tried B．had C．tired D．ought
A．felt B．listened C．smelt D．heard
A．behind B．over C．before D．with
A．outside B．among C．inside D．between
A．worried B．excited C．surprised D．interested
A．climbed B．flew C．threw D．jumped
A．For B．About C．With D．Down
Yang Yang was a native of Liaoning Province. When he was in Grade Two, his got worse. Later he was found to have sick changes to his retina (视网膜). At 15, he had to school because of his injured eyes.
“Though I my eyesight, I wanted very much to read and study, even if just for ,” Yang says. “My parents my eyes. They have read to me since my childhood.”
Yang the national college entrance exam and entered the Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, where he acupuncture (针灸). In 1999, Yang graduated from college and decided to go on for education.
Later Yang bought a special software (软件) which helped him to the Internet and send e-mails.With the software, Yang hoped to a postgraduate (研究生) degree. But he found that no Chinese offered such degrees specifically for sight-injured people. As the first step toward getting a post-graduate from a foreign university, Yang decided to take the TOEFL for the blind.
After English through computers,Yang took the test in Hong Kong, a mark of 97 out of 120. After taking part in video interviews and the necessary forms and papers, Yang was 47 to the University of Southern California.
“Studying can help me my life. One can change one’s life through effort. I believe that with effort, a child can draw a world if you give him a pen and paper,” Yang says.
A．eyesight B．health C．hearing D．study
A．rescued B．ignored C．suffered D．treated
A．look B．attend C．take D．leave
A．imagined B．lost C．recovered D．caught
A．education B．fun C．experience D．knowledge
A．cared for B．looked after C．acted as D．kept off
A．passed B．made C．tried D．broke
A．offered B．picked C．received D．studied
A．more B．quicker C．easier D．further
A．surf B．repair C．build D．accept
A．buy B．start C．get D．keep
A．hospitals B．universities C．departments D．groups
A．course B．material C．test D．degree
A．learning B．translating C．speaking D．remembering
A．breaking B．scoring C．discovering D．starting
A．looking through B．putting up C．handing in D．carrying on
A．admitted B．turned C．promised D．refused
A．affect B．keep C．find D．improve
A．firmly B．hardly C．only D．partly
A．popular B．beautiful C．natural D．real
A little boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world because a disease made his leg lame(跛的). He ______played with his classmates. When the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always_______ his head without a word.
One ___ the boy’s father asked for some saplings(树苗)from the neighbor. He wanted the __ to plant a sapling(树苗) each person in front of the house. The father said, “Whose sapling grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite___.” Seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees , however, the boy had an idea .He hoped that the tree he planted would_____soon. So ,after watering it once or twice, he never _______ it.
A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was ___ to find that it didn’t fade but grew some fresh leaves. ___ the trees of his brothers and sisters , his tree was even greener. His father kept his _____ , bought the little boy his favorite gift and said that from the tree he planted, he would become an outstanding_____ when he grew up.
Since then, the little boy slowly became________. One night, he lay on the bed but could not sleep. Then he got up and came to the ______. To his surprise, his ______ was splashing(喷洒)something onto his tree. ______, he understood---his father had been____ fertilizing(施肥)his small tree!
He returned to his room, _____ running down. ____ passed. The little boy didn’t become a botanist(植物学家)，but he was elected President of the United States. His name was Franklin Roosevelt. Love is the_____nourishment(营养)of life__ it is just a drop of clear water, it can still help the tree of life thrive(茁壮成长).
A．bravely B．seldom C．freely D．always
A．raised B．nodded C．lowered D．knocked
A．spring B．moment C．winter D．week
A．neighbors B．friends C．children D．boys
A．sapling B．tree C．gift D．toy
A．die B．grow C．break D．survive
A．led to B．attended t C．belonged to D．objected to
A．pleased B．upset C．worried D．surprised
A．Compared with B．Similar to C．Connected to D．Popular with
A．request B．schedule C．promise D．secret
A．president B．botanist C．artist D．researcher
A．smart B．desperate C．optimistic D．practical
A．field B．courtyard C．park D．farm
A．brother B．sister C．father D．neighbor
A．All of a sudden B．For a moment C．In time D．From then on
A．busily B．quietly C．cautiously D．secretly
A．water B．tears C．sweat D．rain
A．Hours B．Months C．Decades D．Centuries
A．last B．only C．least D．best
A．Even if B．Now that C．If only D．What if
A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul his office, a street urchin(顽童) was walking around the shiny new car, it.
“Is this your car, Mister?” he said.
Paul nodded, “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was , “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything? I wish…” He .
Of course Paul knew what he was going to . He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said shocked Paul all the way to his heels.
“I wish.” the boy went on, “that could be a brother like that.”
Paul looked at the boy in , then impulsively(有意地) he added, “Would you like to take a in my car?”
“Oh yes, I'd love that.”
After a short ride, the boy with his eyes shining, said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of ?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought the boy wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong. “Will you stop those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He got out and the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back slowly. He was his little crippled(跛足的) brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and the car.
“ she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. I'm going to give you one just like it…then you can see for all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the crippled boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable ride.
That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he said, “It is more blessed to give.”
A．checked into B．devoted to C．came out of D．picked up
A．admiring B．striking C．measuring D．examining
A．amused B．touched C．astonished D．relaxed
A．choked B．hesitated C．promoted D．neglected
A．send for B．look for C．wish for D．care for
A．down B．out C．in D．up
A．mine B．yours C．you D．I
A．silence B．astonishment C．low spirits D．view
A．chance B．ride C．look D．rest
A．turned B．jumped C．cried D．smiled
A．my brother B．my neighborhood C．the steps D．my house
A．now B．again C．then D．finally
A．from which B．what C．at which D．where
A．ran up B．jumped off C．fixed up D．fell over
A．rescuing B．leading C．carrying D．following
A．pointed to B．looked into C．turned to D．ran to
A．As B．So C．There D．Surely
A．Some way B．Some time C．Today D．Some day
A．a while B．yourself C．the moment D．some reason
A．city B．country C．evening D．holiday