I’ll never forget my first daughter, who died too early from a bad accident. During those years, life was 36 . One Christmas I found my 3-year-old daughter 37 with a roll of golden wrapping paper. I had bought the paper to finish a rather important project. So I became 38 and scolded her loudly, “You are not good. And you are 39 your father’s money. You don’t know how hard your parents are working.” She was 40 and cried bitterly, running away.
41 , she brought a gift, a golden 42 made of golden wrapping paper to me the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.” I was 43 of my earlier hurting words, but my anger rose again when I found out the box was 44 . I shouted at her, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside?” She 45 at me with tears in her eyes and cried, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew 46 into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.”
I was completely 47 . I put my arms around her and begged for her 48 . A year later, a serious 49 took the life of my daughter. I was so sad that I 50 in bed for three days and three nights, saying nothing with tears rolling down my cheek. From then on, I hated cars and kept the golden box by my bed for many years. Whenever I was 51 , I would take out an imaginary kiss and 52 the love of my daughter who had put it there.
In a very real 53 , each one of us, as humans beings, has been given a golden container 54 with unconditional love and kisses ... from our children, family members, friends, and God. There are 55 no other possessions that anyone could hold more precious than this.
A．nice B．hard C．instructive D．dull
A．tearing B．littering C．cutting D．busy
A．disappointed B．curious C．angry D．anxious
A．using B．spending C．sparing D．wasting
A．confused B．frightened C．amazed D．calm
A．Therefore B．However C．Thus D．Though
A．box B．tie C．car D．pen
A．scared B．happy C．ashamed D．satisfied
A．full B．broken C．cheap D．empty
A．looked around B．looked away C．looked up D．looked down
A．kisses B．love C．hearts D．prays
A．glad B．touched C．upset D．confident
A．thanks B．gifts C．forgiveness D．explanation
A．event B．illness C．operation D．accident
A．lay B．stood C．knelt D．sat
A．lost B．hungry C．discouraged D．sick
A．realize B．remember C．recognize D．respond
A．way B．state C．direction D．sense
A．decorated B．filled C．covered D．linked
A．only B．naturally C．simply D．actually
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A concert violinist was performing a difficult piece in front of a large audience. Suddenly there is a loud snap( 断裂声 ) and the__31___could be heard throughout the auditorium( 礼堂 ).The audience ___32___knew that a string( 弦)had broken. They all __33____the concert to stop for a short time ___34___another instrument was brought to the musician.
But instead, the __35___composed( 使镇定 ) herself and then signaled the conductor to start again.The orchestra( 管弦乐团 ) continued where they had __36___and the musician played the music on three strings. In her __37____she worked out new fingering to make up for the missing string. A work that few people could play __38___on four strings, the violinist played on three.
When she __39____and bowed to the audience,there was a silence in the hall. And then the crowd rose to their feet and cheered wildly. The violinist ___40___and wiped sweat from her forehead. When __41____returned to the hall, she ___42___why she had continued to play although there was a __43___string. "You know," she said, "sometimes it is the artist's __44___to find out how much music you can still ___45___with what has been left."
Maybe we've lived most of our lives and we have only a little time left. Maybe disease has ___46___us of our capacity( 能力 ) to work. Or perhaps a financial(财政的) loss has left us very__47___. Can we still make "music"?
There will come a time when we all __48___loss. Can we find the __49___to discover how much "music" we can still make with what has been left, just like the violinist? And if it takes extra courage to make the "music", others will __50___ your effort. Some people have lost more than others, but they are brave enough to face it. They inspire the rest of us to reach greater heights.
31. A. voice B. sound C.music D. scream
32. A.immediately B. gradually C. hardly D.eventually
33. A. hoped B. advised C.urged D.expected
34. A.when B.untilC.after D. since
35. A.audience B.conductor C.violinist D.pianist
36. A.left B. stopped C.remained D.arrived
37. A.hands B. eyes C.opinion D.mind
38. A.fast B.badly C.well D.gently
39. A.started B.performed C.finished D.paused
40. A.worried B.smiled C.apologized D.escaped
41. A.thought B.happiness C.excitement D.silence
42. A.askedB. wondered C.explained D.introduced
43. A.broken B.lost C.bad D.difficult
44. A.dream B. plan C. suggestion D. task
45. A.take B.get C.make D.carry
46. A.warned B.reminded C. required D.robbed
47. A.poor B.brave C.guilty D.rich
48. A.appreciate B.avoid C.experience D.improve
49. A. assistance B. hope C. support D.courage
50. A. comment B.applaud C. accept D.blame
第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分,满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock（码头） at his family’s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day __16__ the bass (鲈鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, __17__ sunfish with worms. Then he tied on a small lure (鱼饵) and practiced casting. When his pole（竿） __18__, he knew something huge was __19__. His father watched __20__ as the boy skilfully worked the fish alongside the dock. Finally, he very carefully lifted the __21__ fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, __22__ it was a bass. It was 10 P.M.-- two hours before the season opened. The father looked at the fish, then at the boy.
“You’ll have to __23__, son,” he said.
“Dad!” cried the boy.
“There will be other fish,” said his father.
“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy.
__24__ no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could __25__ by his father’s firm voice that the decision was __26__. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into __27__. The creature moved its powerful body and __28__. The boy thought that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was __29. He has never again landed such a big fish as the one he __30 that night long ago. But he does see __31 fish again and again every time he comes up against a question of principles. As his father taught him, principles are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of principles__32 difficult. Do we __33_when no one is looking?
We would if we __34__ to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right remains __35__ in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.
16．A．until B．when C．after D．before
17．A．providing B．catching C．feeding D．supplying
18．A．bent over B．came up C．turned over D．broke down
19．A．on the other end B．on the other hand C．on one hand D．at the either side
20．A．with anxiety B．in surprise C．with admiration D．for fear
21．A．delighted B．frustrated C．frightened D．exhausted
22．A．and B．but C．however D．yet
23．A．bring it home B．put it aside C．put it back D．pick it up
24．A．Even thoughB．Now thatC．Ever since D．In case
25．A．tell B．say C．speak D．talk
26．A．passed B．changed C．fixed D．refused
27．A．the wide container B．the broad seaC．the black water D．the small river
28．A．fled B．disappeared C．floatedD．swam
29．A．wrong B．right C．satisfactory D．pleased
30．A．caught B．saw C．castD．threw
31．A．a different B．many big C．even bigger D．the same
32．A．which is B．it is C．that is D．this is
33．A．do wrong B．do right C．do harm D．do good
34．A．were taught B．told C．were let D．orderedw
35．A．freshly B．freshC．clearly D．strongly
第二节完形填空（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24 -- 44各题所给的四个选项（A﹑B﹑C和D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We make a living with what we get, but we make a life with what we give.
--- Winston Churchill
I am willing to 25 this saying. I have been 26at the Boston Children’s Hospital every year since I was thirteen. At the beginning, I only wanted to go 27I would get praise for entertaining children at the 28 . After giving my time for two months, my 29changed completely.
When I first 30into the waiting room on the ground floor, I was very 31that I would be spending my entire summer with kids. As it became 32 for me to show up every day at 8 a.m., many kids began to 33me. To my surprise, I began looking forward to seeing their 34faces as well. They were always enthusiastic about 35 . My heart warmed every time I heard their 36 voices asking me for a story or an answer to a question. I felt 37 and irreplaceable. (不可替代的).
As I look back, I see the 38 that these special children have had on me. It is because of them that I have 39a desire to become a psychologist. Recently, I have volunteered for a month. I have been asked to 40 on many different floors besides the waiting room 41I started. The kids on the floors above are usually there for a longer time. 42their anxiety and desire to get better and go home, they always offer me a(n) 43 smile. I feel renewed after spending a day with them because I realize that there is much more to 44than money. It is much more important to love and to be loved.
25. A. know B. believe C. respect D. understand
26. A. livinging B. studying C. stayingD. volunteering
27. A. unlessB. untilC. afterD. because
28. A. hospital B. schoolC. roomD. building
29. A. plan B. styleC. opinionD. life
30. A. looked B. stepped C. turnedD. appeared
31. A. happyB. upsetC. nervousD. worried
32. A. special B. curiousC. routineD. hopeful
33. A. noticeB. expectC. watchD. annoy
34. A. foolishB. brightC. dirtyD. silent
35. A. smilingB. sleeping C. learningD. playing
36. A. loud B. crazyC. eagerD. irritating
37. A. valuedB. tiredC. disappointedD. surprised
38. A. expectation B. dreamC. influenceD. love
39. A. developed B. remembered C. workedD. improved
40. A. help out B. drop in C. go aroundD. turn up
41. A. whatB. whichC. whereD. that
42. A. WithB. ForC. AgainstD. In spite of
43. A. willingB. optimistic C. sadD. pitiful
44. A. lifeB. habitC. natureD. family
二、完形填空
Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, ____31____ that his great gift to the Russian people would have such a strange history. This was the Amber Room, ___32___was given this name because almost seven __33__tons of amber were used to make it. Amber has a beautiful yellow-brown colour. Although it __34__as hard as stone, it easily melt when __35__. Once it is heated, the amber can become any shape. The design for the __36___was __37__ the fancy style popular in those days. The Amber Room was also made with gold and jewels. It ___38__a team of the country’s best artists ten years to make it. Everyone agreed that it was the best and biggest __39___of amber art ever made. ___40___, in 1941 the Nazi German army stole it.
31.A. could never imagined B. imagined
C. could have imagined D. could never have imagined
32.A. whichB. thatC. /D. who
33.A. thousands ofB. thousand of C. thousandD. thousands
34.A. feelB. feels C. feltD. has felt
35.A. heatB. heatedC. it was heatedD. it has heated
36.A. roomB. houseC. amberD. thing
37.A. ofB. toC. forD. in
38.A. spentB. cost C. tookD. costs
39.A .jobB. workC. worksD. gift
40.A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. butD. Moreover
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink-Cola-Cola,” the sign said.
“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.
An old woman was standing at her door.
“You boy! Come here this minute!”
Slowly the boy 21onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she 22out her hand and wrapped（缠住）her 23old fingers around his arm.
“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me 24to my bed. What’s your name?”
“Joseph,” he said.
The old woman on the bed tried to 25up, raising herself on her elbow（肘）. Water26 from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 27.
“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a 28for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”
Joseph looked down at the 29, and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Cola-Cola.”
“I want my silver ring to 30to my daughter.”
Joseph bent his small body over the table and 31the pencil slowly across the paper.
“There’s my Bible（圣经）,” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a 32Christian burial（基督葬礼）with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last 33of a poor old woman.”
The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.
“Here. Bring it here so I can 34it.”
Joseph found the Bible, and, 35the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.
“ 36me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”
He ran out of the house.
A cold wind blew through the 37window, but the old woman on the bed 38nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 39on the paper were some childish letters. They 40the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
21．A．rushed B．struggled C．hurried D．stepped
22．A．reached B．let C．pushed D．pointed
23．A．firm B．smooth C．dry D．fresh
24．A．back B．upC．away D．ahead
25．A．sit B．get C．stand D．wake
26．A．fell B．burnt C．burst D．ran
27．A．ill B．sick C．unpleasant D．funny
28．A．letter B．note C．will D．message
29．A．table B．pen C．paper D．woman
30．A．send B．go C．belong D．come
31．A．moved B．drew C．used D．pulled
32．A．great B．merry C．splendid D．real
33．A．hope B．chance C．opinion D．wish
34．A．sign B．read C．remember D．copy
35．A．setting B．hiding C．placing D．laying
36．A．Hold B．Leave C．Excuse D．Pardon
37．A．large B．open C．small D．pretty
38．A．did B．saw C．felt D．knew
39．A．DescribedB．Printed C．Recorded D．Written
40．A．formedB．spelled C．organized D．repeated