完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As the hot tears rolled down her cheeks, I knew I had asked the wrong question. The ___21___reverberated(回荡)in my mind: Widowed or divorced? I looked into the lady’s __22___, now dampened （使潮湿）with the __23___ tears my words had caused.
“ Well, you could call me widowed,” she replied. “ My husband ___24___ five months ago .”
“ I am so ____25___ ,” I mumbled. “ I need it to fill out your credit application.”
“Don’t worry about it, honey,” she ____26___. “if I never thought about it, I would not ___27____ the love and the memories we shared. Even after 50 years of ___28____ ,each passing moment would bring a deeper meaning to the word love. Now, trust me, I know how ____29___ that sounds. We had our share of challenging times, but in the end ____30___ of that mattered.”
Unsure of what to say, I laughed ___31___ . I picked up the phone to relay her information. After finally completing the credit application, I ____32____ to find myself riveted（固定） to the lady’s 
face again.
Her eyes began to sparkle ___33___ she continued in a heart-to-heart way. I couldn’t believe someone could open up to a perfect stranger, but it was not my place to ___34____ . I enjoyed listening to her just as much as she ___35___ having somebody to talk to.
“ Have you ever been ____ 36___?” she asked.
I couldn’t help but ___37____. “Ah, no.” I replied. “I’m only 16.”
“Sixteen?” she murmured. “That’s a great age, an age of ____38____. There’s so much worth learning.”
She then spoke in a whipser, “Never take anyone for granted. If you are in ____39___ with someone, let it known. Otherwise, life may pass you by. Don’t spend your life angry . The ridiculous arguments which you think are important won’t even be remembered in a short time.”
Then, she hugged me and thanked me for letting her talk. As she turned to walk away, I could see that tears still hung in her eyes, but the smile that lit her face was amazing. After that, I have never seen that woman again, but her words of inspiration still live in me. At that time, the words were only little bits of advice. Now, ___40___, they are the words which I try to live by, words that will always remind me of my special friend.
A．tunes B．whistles C．songs D．words
A．eyes B．hands C．ears D．arms
A．grateful B．miserable C．happy D．sweet
A．failed B．worked C．died D．retired
A．sorry B．lucky C．anxious D．gloomy
A．encouraged B．explained C．persuaded D．comforted
A．understand B．remember C．experience D．enjoy
A．teaching B．struggle C．marriage D．life
A．foolish B．terrible C．mysterious D．wonderful
A．few B．all C．some D．none
A．loudly B．nervously C．bravely D．bitterly
A．attempted B．began C．turned D．went
A．as B．because C．before D．until
A．comment B．surprise C．doubt D．criticize
A．avoided B．appreciated C．imagined D．considered
A．blamed B．interviewed C．married D．employed
A．laugh B．sigh C．cry D．complain
A．success B．wonder D．lessons
A．peace B．love C．agreement D．harmony
A．but B．so C．however D．although
完形填空：
One morning all the employees reached the office as usual. And on the wall they saw a big36 on which it was written：Yesterday, the person who has been 37 your growth in this company passed 38 . We invite you to join the funeral prepared in the 39 .
In the beginning，they all got 40 for the death of one of their colleagues. 41 after a while they started getting 42 to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.
The 43 in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were 44 to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement 45 up. Everyone whispered to each other:“ 46 on earth is this guy?”
One by one the excited employees got closer to the coffin, and when they 47 inside it, they48 became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in 49 , as if someone had50 the deepest part of their soul.
There was a 51 inside the coffin；everyone who
looked inside it could see himself, There was also a sign next to the mirror that 52 : there is only one person who is 53 to set limits to your growth：IT IS 54 !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes. Your life changes when YOU change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside. Don’t be afraid of 55 ；build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!
A．card B．post C．sign D．1etter
A．encouraging B．helping C．building D．limiting
A．on C．away D．down
A．office B．gym C．way D．meeting room
A．sad C．afraid D．calm
A．And B．But C．Or D．So
A．ready B．pleased C．curious D．serious
A．surprise B．anger C．excitement D．sadness
A．admitted B．forced C．forbidden D．ordered
A．heated B．woke C．turned D．kept
A．Where B．What C．How D．Who
A．walked B．looked C．got D．turned
A．suddenly B．gradually C．merely D．extremely
A．sorrow B．order C．silence D．person
A．stolen B．touched C．attacked D．seen
A．1etter B．book C．mirror D．appeared
A．wrote B．read C．showed D．reflected
A．sure B．eager C．afraid D．able
A．YOU B．ME C．HE D．ITSELF
A．punishment B．praises C．changes D．blame
Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice
of an __36__ should be made even before choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, __37__, most people make several job choices during their working lives, __38__ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve __39__ position. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should __40__ enter into a broad flexible training program that will __41__ them for a field of work rather than for a single __42__ .
Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans __43__ benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing __44__ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss __45__. Some drift from job to job. Others __46__ to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.
One common mistake is choosing an occupation for __47__ real or imagined prestige (声望).
Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field, __48__ both the relatively small percentage of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal __49__. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a White-collar job is __50__ good reason for choosing it as life’s work. __51__, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the __52__ of young people should give serious __53__ to these fields.
Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants __54__ life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take __55__ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.
A．identification B．accommodation C．occupation D．entertainment
A．thereby B．however C．though D．therefore
A．thoroughly B．mainly C．entirely D．partly
A．its B．his C．their D．our
A．therefore B．since C．furthermore D．forever
A．fit B．make C．take D．leave
A．means B．job C．way D．company
A．to B．for C．with D．without
A．little B．few C．much D．a lot
A．chance B．purpose C．basis D．opportunity
A．apply B．appeal C．turn D．stick
A．its B．their C．your D．our
A．concerning B．following C．ignoring D．considering
A．preferences B．requirements C．tendencies D．ambitions
A．a B．any C．the D．no
A．Therefore B．Moreover C．Nevertheless D．However
A．majority B．mass C．minority D．number
A．proposal B．suggestion C．approval D．consideration
A．towards B．out of C．against D．without
A．turns B．parts C．risks D．choices
完型填空（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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
“Never say die'' was my mother's motto．No matter how tough the life was, she always had 36 in the face of struggle and change．
My mother , born in the late 1920s, 37 no education．Her mother, whom she loved dearly , died when she was 12 years old．Her father remarried, 38 he stepmother was 39 to her．As a result, my mother was always kept busy doing ail kinds of household 40 ,varying from feeding scores of tame birds to _41 her stepbrothers "Never say die" she 42 __say to herself．
After marrying my father , she43 my grandparents as her own parents．It was a Lime when China was faced with a severe 44 of food and my family was no 45 ．There was a 46in my family that the best food went to the old and she was always the last to have her meal．At one time , there wasn't a grain left at home, and the whole family got into a_47 "Never say die" said my mother, as she often did in such cases- She, together with my elder sisters—one 8 years old and the other 11, went begging until the 48 picked up．My father was once 49_ to drinking．My mother, on the one hand , tried hard to 50 him to quit drinking; on the other hand, every time my father was heavily drunk; she would feed two thermos bottles of boiled water to him ,using the mouth-to-mouth way．
Poor as my family was my parents 51 to send my sisters to school, which was absolutely 52in my home village then．Now my sisters have both retired as primary school teachers．Then my mother devoted herfelf entirely to 53 her grandchildren, among whom are now two university students, a soldier, an engineer, a bank c’erk and a civil servant.
Devoted to the family, she is deeply respected and loved by her children and grandchildren. Every year a family get-together takes place on her birthday when the whole family 54 being blessed with such a great mother. “Never say die” is a 55 gift she left for her off springs.
A．energy B．strength C．power D．force
A．received B．accepted C．gave D．took
A．and B．or C．but D．so
A．cruel B．strict C．hard D．particular
A．events B．incidents C．affairs D．accidents
A．looking after B．looking for C．looking into D．looking up
A．would B．could C．should D．might
A．considered B．regarded C．took D．treated
A．short B．lacking C．lack D．lacked
A．reception B．expectation C．explosion D．exception
A．tradition B．habit C．custom D．practice
A．trouble B．panic C．puzzle D．pain
A．condition B．situation C．occasion D．cii5e
A．addicted B．devoted C．accustomed D．used
A．advise B．suggest C．talk D．convince
A．succeeded B．managed C．tried D．attempted
A．uneasy B．unfit C．unusual D．universal
A．bringing up B．raising C．supporting D．feeding
A．understand B．enjoy C．imagine D．appreciate
A．worthless B．priceless C．endless D．penniless
After a long day at school, I walked home with my heavy schoolbag . By the time I got home, I was sweaty, 16 and hungry. I threw my things on the couch and grabbed something from the kitchen to 17 . I passed by the living room and wished I could watch TV , but I knew my 18 would take me the whole night. I grabbed my schoolbag and went 19 to my room, feeling defeated. I tried to understand chemistry and 20 sleepiness at the same time. I was stressed out and 21 . I wanted something to cheer me up .
Later in the evening , I 22 the sound of the front door opening. And I waited for it—the sound of my mom singing . 23 she sings off-key (跑调), it made me excited that she was here. I ran down the stairs to greet my mom. We 24 and I ran back upstairs to do homework again. I like it when my mom was happy. Her 25 flowed down to me and I got the strength to 26 the stress again.
Sometimes, I wonder how my mom can still be 27 after coming back from work. Every weekday, she wakes up 28in the morning to go to work and spends an hour on the bus before getting downtown . At a 29 factory, she works standing for the whole day and draws patterns for clothes over and over. After work, she gets stuck in 30 for two hours on her way back home. When I 31 my school life with her work life, I should not be the one to 32 . At least I have some fun things to do at school, while one mistake at work can cost my mom her job. I 33 that my mom has a positive attitude and lives her life with a joyous heart even though there may be 34 . Seeing her happy makes me feel 35 , too.
A．heavy B．busy C．sleepy D．unlucky
A．keep B．eat C．give D．watch
A．dream B．supper C．homework D．experience
A．aside B．upstairs C．outwards D．nearby
A．put off B．fight off C．refer to D．research into
A．bored B．shocked C．worried D．frightened
A．made B．recorded C．imagined D．heard
A．Unless B．Though C．If D．As
A．agreed B．debated C．hugged D．celebrated
A．need B．idea C．faith D．energy
A．face B．change C．accept D．leave
A．creative B．careful C．positive D．professional
A．early B．naturally C．fast D．regularly
A．furniture B．tobacco C．car D．clothing
A．task B．traffic C．communication D．examination
A．replace B．exchange C．connect D．compare
A．complain B．decide C．study D．play
A．achieve B．notice C．appreciate D．improve
A．lies B．difficulties C．confusions D．accidents
A．successful B．skillful C．good D．important
Hot words on the Internet don’t stay hot for long. “Geili” and “Fuyun”, last year’s biggest creations, are actually ____36____ on Internet now. What’s popular now is “hold steady”.
The term（术语）comes from the very Taiwanese TV show ____37___ includes Miss Lin (Xie Yilin) giving a lecture on how to ____38___ like a fashion queen at parties or on the bus. Although the lecture is mainly a mockery（嘲笑）of the fashion world, ____39____ Miss Lin makes a point: We need to hold steady in pressure-filled or embarrassing situations.
____40___ steady is one of the qualities the public has been ____41____ lately ____42___ pressures on marriage, work and money can easily drive people crazy.
The quality was ____43____ by a girl named Su Miaoling this year, who ____44___ in the TV singing competition “Super Girl”. ____45____ herself with confidence on stage, she kept ____46____ when others got anxious.
“I like your poise(淡定). Very few people on this stage can keep calm like you do,” said one of the show’s judges, Hu Haiquan, to Su. Internet users named Su “Sister Poise”.
Poise is also appreciated in Western culture as an essential quality of a ____47____ person.
Each year, the National League of Junior Cotillions of the US releases a list of the Ten Best Mannered People. Kate Middleton was ____48____ as the one of the Ten Best Mannered Peo
ple for the way ____49____ she showed herself in the public. The Duchess of Cambridge was also appreciated ____50____ this year for her remarkable poise at the royal wedding. That is good news for many because she has prove ____51____ true that poise is not born, but it can be got with a bit of ____52____.
About-personal-growth.com, a foreign website on personal growth guidance, gives ____53___ on how to stay poised.
“Take a few deep breaths when you are facing a situation that tests your patience; practise yoga ____54___; say to yourself “I choose to be calm in any situation”; write down your encouragement daily to ____55____ the goal,” reads the site.
A．fashionable B．outdated C．hot D．popular
A．which B．where C．that D．who
A．sound B．feel C．look D．act
A．yet B．however C．but D．and
A．Held B．Hold C．Holding D．Being held
A．looking for B．looking back on C．looking at D．looking down
A．as B．so C．with D．though
A．explained B．exhibited C．equipped D．exchanged
A．turned down B．turned around C．turned on D．turned up
A．Taking B．Giving C．Carrying D．Earning
A．nervous B．upset C．frightened D．cool
A．well-behaved B．well-organized C．well-done D．well-balanced
A．called B．elected C．chose D．selected
A．which B．in that C．how D．in which
A．early B．earlier C．earliest D．former
A．that B．what C．it D．this
A．effect B．effort C．affect D．afford
A．advices B．lectures C．tips D．courses
A．regularly B．commonly C．usually D．normally
A．set B．make C．have D．achieve