My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and the sea．As was often the case, we had to pack our belongings into boxes and 31 those we had grown to love．We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again 32 at the pier （码头） waving good-bye to my father as his 33 pulled him away from us．My mother would turn my brother and I around before the ship was out of 34 , wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of 35 in the new environment again．
Throughout the years of changing 36 , schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother．For both my 37 and I, she was the cook, maid and teacher．She played these roles while 38 some type of part-time job．Leaving a promising career is just one of the 39 which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so． 40 she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother, 41 , managed to make each house to be the very home that is safe and 42 ．
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, 43 with two small children: “single” parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability （无能） to 44 a career or establish a home．But it was not for my mother．She turned this 45 into adventure for us all! Each relocation （变换位置） was a chance to 46 another part of the world．My mother greeted each new culture, climate and neighborhood．Each new house was a 47 to rearrange furniture, make curtains and 48 pictures．Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people．
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a 49 attitude．She always had strength in the face of struggle and change．My mother was so 50 all those years during my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change．She is my hero．
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A．leave behind B．leave out C．leave off D．leave for
A．living B．staring C．standing D．going
A．car B．ship C．train D．plane
A．range B．shape C．sight D．control
A．adapting B．suiting C．matching D．fitting
A．names B．jobs C．addresses D．directions
A．father B．classmates C．brother D．relatives
A．performing B．seeking C．waiting D．applying
A．programs B．sacrifices C．contribution D．cooperation
A．Once B．While C．When D．Unless
A．somewhere B．somewhat C．sometime D．somehow
A．romantic B．comfortable C．mysterious D．wealthy
A．generally B．actually C．especially D．unfairly
A．desert B．develop C．affect D．limit
A．lifestyle B．value C．journey D．opportunity
A．acquire B．explore C．occupy D．realize
A．load B．sadness C．result D．challenge
A．hang B．draw C．take D．sell
A．changeable B．cautious C．positive D．negative
A．experience B．brave C．ordinary D．annoyed
完形填空(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel. Life seemed ___21___. The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their ____22___ for granted, just as he used to himself. Now, however, he felt ____23____ —and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his ___24___.
Seeking more personally satisfying ___25___, he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate（命运）played a cruel ___26__ on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was __27___ to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to ___28____ the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only __29___. Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated（带插图的）books.
According to Jimmy, you are what you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world sometimes seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
This idea can be __30___ in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel before making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is ___31___.
Though the world may make us feel small, we must be __32___. Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the “small people” in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are __33___ for us.
In spite of his new ___34___ and wealth, Jimmy prefers working __35__ at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could offer.
A．unhappy B．unusual C．unfair D．uneasy
A．health B．wealth C．happiness D．illnesses
A．ashamed B．disappointed C．helpless D．endless
A．crying B．painting C．imagination D．consideration
A．home B．condition C．situation D．work
A．game B．trick C．role D．part
A．unable B．impossible C．uncomfortable D．difficult
A．understand B．face C．refuse D．recognize
A．failures B．efforts C．choices D．interests
A．found B．drawn C．written D．accepted
A．powerful B．hopeful C．useful D．successful
A．great B．strong C．brave D．equal
A．scientific B．basic C．right D．simple
A．product B．fame C．name D．job
A．rapidly B．separately C．slowly D．quietly
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36-55各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact 36she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 37a driving offence (犯规，犯法).
Then one day she nearly 38her record. A police car 39her, and the policemen in it saw her 40a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 41that she would be punished.
42Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 43old to drive a car, and that the 44why she had not stopped at the red 45was most probably that her eyes had become weak 46old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was 47 , Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was 48and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 49a needle（针） with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had 50done this, she took the thread（n.线） out of the needle again and handed 51the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 52 . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the 53and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was 54 , and her record 55unbroken.
A．which B．when C．that D．this
A．about B．on C．to D．for
A．kept B．won C．missed D．lost
A．watched B．after C．followed D．ran after
A．pass B．go C．run D．rush
A．sure B．indeed C．certain D．perhaps
A．Before B．While C．Until D．When
A．so B．very C．too D．quite
A．cause B．reason C．matter D．trouble
A．light B．lamp C．sign D．one
A．with B．because C．for D．of
A．speaking B．saying C．talking D．telling
A．holding B．getting C．carrying D．bringing
A．took B．brought C．picked D．chose
A．almost B．hardly C．successfully D．successful
A．both B．all C．neither D．either
A．time B．turn C．chance D．job
A．thread B．glasses C．needles D．needle
A．dismissed B．passed C．settled D．studied
A．was B．kept C．seemed D．remained
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。
A philosophy professor loved to teach students about important theories of the subject．Once, while his 21 was about to begin, he just closed the book and 22 stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him．Students were curious but the professor without looking at them 23 a very large and empty jar．And then he started to 24 it with small rocks．25 the jar appeared full, the professor asked his students whether the jar was full
The entire class26 that jar was indeed full．Next, the professor picked up some 27 and began pouring them into the jar．The moment pouring was 28 , he shook the jar lightly．As a result of that, all the small rocks 29 the open areas between the rocks comfortably．
Professor again asked the students if the jar is full．Same 30 from the class like before．Professor 31a bit but silently, and this time he picked up a box of sand．He poured the box into the jar and sand filled the entire 32 spaces．At the same time, professor 33 his question to the class, if the jar was full? Yes again．
Professor now 34 towards the class and said, this jar 35 your life．All the things in the jar I poured mean some important lessons．The rocks are the most important things, 36 is family, your partner, health and your 37 ．Even if everything else in your life goes away but the rocks remains there, your life would still be full 38 the most important things are still present in your life．Pebbles represent other significant things like car, house and job etc．And the sand is the small stuff or everything else．
If your time and 39 is spent on small stuff then there is no 40 for the pebbles or the rocks or in other words, most important things of your life．
A．lecture B．talk C．speech D．letter
A．though B．besides C．otherwis D．instead e
A．pointed to B．picked up C．took out D．sent up
A．fill B．fix C．put D．turn
A．Soon B．Instantly C．Luckily D．Hopefully
A．argued B．told C．suggested D．agreed
A．rocks B．stones C．sand D．water
A．understandable B．complete C．reliable D．adjustable
A．response B．comment C．order D．content
A．spoke B．cried C．scolded D．smiled
A．left B．available C．getting D．remaining
A．asked B．answered C．repeated D．discussed
A．turned B．looked C．walked D．moved
A．means B．represents C．competes D．matches
A．which B．that C．what D．it
A．wealth B．business C．children D．friends
A．because B．if C．once D．while
A．energy B．money C．power D．strength
A．hope B．need C．room D．doubt
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。
Year after year my brothers, sister and I would lie in bed awake on Christmas morning. We were just 36 to hear my father’s voice saying it was all right to 37 . Usually I was the first one jumped out of bed. I can still 38 my growing eagerness(渴望) for the 39 every year.
Even now as I 40 the boxes of Christmas decorations(装饰品) I can see the familiar ones: the presents with our birth years on them, our five stockings, four for the 41 , one for the dog. It used to be easy for us to 42 when to put up the decorations. But now since we all have 43 and social lives, it is usually a hurried activity.
As we get older, the season almost brings a 44 to a little place in our hearts. The worst was year after my grandparents had 45 . We couldn’t go to their house to celebrate the holiday anymore. 46 , we just had a get-together in my house. Now when I 47 to it, I miss the special 48 my grandfather gave me for Christmas. I even miss him 49 me “Jessie”, even though I can’t 50 when people call me that.
Things change, not always for the good, 51 not always for the bad either. And the things that don’t 52 have the most important meaning to us, and I am sure they will be there for the 53 of our lives. After all, every time I hear my father’s 54 “All right you guys, come on down, nice and slow” and we go down the stairs, first my brother, then me, then my sister, then my older brother, I still 55 the true Christmas spirit.
A．advising B．starting C．wishing D．forgetting
A．come up B．come down C．come on D．come out
A．discover B．understand C．receive D．remember
A．year B．season C．habit D．result
A．throw away B．set down C．look through D．give up
A．kids B．girls C．boys D．babies
A．wonder B．get C．record D．decide
A．toys B．balls C．jobs D．candies
A．surprise B．pain C．joy D．disappointment
A．died B．failed C．succeeded D．married
A．Possibly B．Indeed C．Instead D．Luckily
A．move back B．turn back C．step back D．think back
A．gifts B．news C．replies D．tools
A．bringing B．calling C．telling D．introducing
A．follow B．listen C．watch D．stand
A．and B．so C．but D．thus
A．change B．grow C．appear D．happen
A．beginning B．rest C．truth D．happiness
A．letters B．dreams C．promises D．words
A．need B．hate C．feel D．doubt
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。
John wanted a bike. He had asked his parents for the36 and they said he must earn it. But 37 ? He thought about this as he walked home.38 many people wanted to ask boys to work for them. Maybe he could 39 away snow for the neighbors. But this was 40 . He’d have to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for this garden because he had no41 to do the work42 .
Then he 43 one of his classmates, Dick, delivering newspapers. “ I could44 that,” he thought. “ Maybe I could even get the bike45 away. I could pay for it a little each week.” He ran to46 up with Dick. John asked a lot of47 about having a paper48 . He learned that it was possible to earn twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job49 about three hours each 50 . Dick gave him the phone number of this newspaper manager.
John51 flew home. After he had explained his 52 , his mother smiled. “I think it’s a great 53 ,” she said. “I’ll call the newspaper.”
“Wait, Mom,” John said. “I’ll call.54 , I’m going to be a 55 now.”
A．money B．chance C．permission D．bike
A．when B．where. C．why D．how
A．Few B．A few C．Not D．No
A．get B．take C．throw D．clear
A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
A．time B．tool C．way D．friends
A．with B．for. C．at D．by
A．saw B．heard C．learned D．discovered
A．do B．make C．deliver D．seize
A．far B．right C．out D．back
A．keep B．set C．look D．catch
A．news B．questions C．information D．problems
A．trade B．business C．route D．shop
A．paid B．wasted C．spent D．took
A．mornings B．night C．week D．newspaper
A．almost B．quickly C．even D．obviously
A．dictionary B．suggestions C．act D．plan
A．mistake B．fun C．dream D．idea
A．Above all B．More or less C．After all D．As a matter of fact
A．reporter B．businessman C．newspaper D．salesman