For long, a little boy was wondering why his deskmate could rank 1st in the class whenever he wanted to, while he himself failed to: he only ranked 21st.
At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more 21 than others? I feel I am obedient and as careful as him, but 22 I always fall behind? ” Hearing the words， Mom was aware that her son began to 23 the sense of self-respect, which was now being injured by the ranking system. 24 at him, she went wordless, not knowing 25 to explain.
In another test, the son ranked 17th, while his deskmate remained 1st. Back home he 26 the same question. Mom really wanted to inform his son that 27 differs, which means that students ranking 1st are supposed to be cleverer than normal ones. 28 , was this discouraging answer the one that her son was constantly 29 about? Thank goodness she did not open her mouth.
How to answer her son’s question? There were times when she felt an urge to say, “You are too lazy. You are not as hard-working as others…” but she stopped 30 imagining her son suffering from the pains of unsatisfied grades and rankings. She thought it 31 to put any additional burden on his son and was trying to find out a perfect answer.
Time passing swiftly, the son 32 primary school. Despite studying harder and better, he was still unable to keep up with his deskmate. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to 33 him to the sea. During the trip, she managed to give an answer.
Now, the son no longer worries about his 34 , and there are no boring guys who would inquire his grades in primary school, because, 35 the 1st ranking, he is admitted to Tsinghua University. Back home in winter vacation, he was invited to 36 the students and parents in his high school, In the speech, he mentioned a valuable experience in his childhood, “…When my mother and I were lying on the 37 , she pointed to the front and said, “Do you see the seabirds struggling for food over there? When the waves come near, little birds can rise 38 while awkward seagulls would take more time to complete the process. However, have you noticed birds that finally fly 39 the endless ocean are none other than the awkward seagulls?” The speech 40 many mothers present to tears, including his mother.
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| A．considerate | B．car eless |
C．stupid | D．clever |
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| A．what if | B．how come | C．how about | D．what for |
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| A．lose | B．have | C．win | D．beat |
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| A．Shouting | B．Glaring | C．Staring | D．Pointing |
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| A．which | B．why | C．when | D．how |
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| A．raised | B．met |
C．answered | D．got |
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| A．intelligence | B．right | C．knowledge | D．strengt h |
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| A．Therefore | B．Still | C．Thus | D．However |
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| A．enthusiastic | B．curious | C．crazy | D．clear |
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| A．if | B．before | C．unless | D．when |
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| A．cruel | B．important | C．disappointed | D．necessary |
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| A．attended | B．started | C．finished | D．entered |
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| A．guide | B．take | C．bring | D．push |
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| A．homework | B．belongings | C．health | D．rankings |
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| A．in | B．by | C．with | D．on |
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| A．teach | B．deliver | C．address | D．face |
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| A．floor | B．road | C．bank | D．beach |
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A．quickly |
B．suddenly | C．slowly | D．sharply |
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| A．into | B．through | C．across | D．throughout |
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| A．made | B．moved | C．impressed | D．inspired |
第二节：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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was ten, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles. Even though we struggled to make 36 meet, my parents stressed to me . 37 fortunate we were to live in a great country with 38 opportunities. They imbued(灌输) in me the 39 of family, faith and love for our country.
The following year, my dad, Benjamin, injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was 40 as a hairstylist. He rented space in a shopping mall and gave his shop the fancy name of Mr Ben's Coiffure.
The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his 41 for cleaning the parking lot three nights a week, which 42 getting up at 3 a.m. To pick up trash, Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower 43 Morn and I emptied garbage cans and picked up litter 44 .
I did this job for two years, but the lessons I learned have 45 a lifetime. I acquired discipline, a strong work ethic and a 46 attitude towards life, I also learned at an early age the importance of 47 life's competing interests---in my 48 , school, homework and a job. All 49 helped during my senior year of high school, when I worked 40 hours a week at a fast-food restaurant while 50 precollege courses.
The hard work paid off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to receive graduate 51 in law and business from Harvard, 52 I joined a big Los Angeles law firm. In these jobs and in everything else I've done, I have never forgotten those days in the parking lot. The experience has 53 me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to 54 themselves and their families that is something we should 55 .
36. A. ends B. demands C. challenges D. friends
37. A. so B. what C. why D. how
38. A. priceless B. resistless C. limitless D. sightless
39. A. efforts B. decisions C. concepts D. activities
40. A. retired B. resignedC. replaced D. retrained
41. A. sales B. rentC. machine D. shop
42. A. meant B. kept C. needed D. started
43. A. since B. although C. when D. while
44. A. with joy B. on purpose C. by hand D. in time
45. A. proved B. impressed C. marked D. lasted
46. A. practical B. pleasant C. positive D. tolerant
47. A. developing B. balancing C. comparing D. facing
48. A. case B. example C. dream D. attempt
49. A. generally B. lately C. really D. typically
50. A. applying B. doing C. following D. taking
51. A. titles B. instructions C. chances D. degrees
52. A. after that B. ever since C. after which D. after then
53. A. equipped B. prepared C. taught D. guided
54. A. serve for B. feed on C. provide for D. count on
55. A. believeB. honorC. remember D. support
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My began when I was just a kid. I becoming a doctor. My mother was a worker. Through her work, she observed that people spent a lot more time reading than they watching television. She announced that my brother and I
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 her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a . My mother was illiterate (文盲的).
When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I the fashionable clothes. I wanted to the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home after 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 food and pay the bills. With the money that is , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very with that plan, but once I had finished paying for all of the important things, there was left. I realized that my mother was always dealing with money well to be able to 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. ___ required intellectual (智力的) preparation. I went back to my and became an A-student again. Finally, I my dream and I became a doctor. My story is really my mother’s story — a woman with 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 than parenting.
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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 C．important D．bitter
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A, B, C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were .The rivers were long gone back into the .If we didn’t see some rain soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true of sharing and the only miracle I had seen with my own eyes.
I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. Minutes after he into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.
I went back to make sandwiches, that what he had been doing was completed. Moments later, ,he was once again toward the woods. This went on for an hour—walked to the woods, and ran back to the house.
I couldn’t take it any longer, so I went out of the house quietly and him on his journey. As I leaned into spy on him. I saw the most sight. Several large deer were in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. And I saw a tiny young deer lying on the ground suffering from dehydrateion (脱水) and heat exhaustion, lifting its head with effort to drink up the water in my beautiful boy’s .
When the water was ,Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap that we had .Billy opened it all the way up and a small trickle(细流) began to creep out. When he stood up and began to ,I was there in front of him. His little eyes were just filled with tears.
“I’m not ,”was all he said.
As the tears that rolled down his face began to hit the ground,they were suddenly by other drops…more drops…and more.
All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm, just like one little boy saved deer.
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A．dying B．producing C．harvesting D．drying
A．sea B．gas C．earth D．land
A．skill B．lesson C．impression D．opinion
A．found B．expected C．noticed D．witnessed
A．disappeared B．broke C．turned D．looked
A．admiring B．thinking C．imagining D．desiring
A．consequently B．eventually C．however D．therefore
A．experience B．activity C．exercise D．arrangement
A．hurriedly B．secretly C．worriedly D．carefully
A．Immediately B．Finally C．Fortunately D．Unexpectedly
A．stopped B．caught C．followed D．urged
A．amusing B．interesting C．appealing D．amazing
A．anxiously B．disappointedly C．naturally D．obviously
A．no B．brave C．great D．poor
A．hands B．face C．eyes D．legs
A．gone B．cool C．running D．faded
A．put out B．taken away C．shut off D．set up
A．stop B．leave C．smile D．run
A．washing B．drinking C．throwing D．polluting
A．melt B．added C．attached D．joined
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors, we began to think about college. Kyle on Georgetown, and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be and that the miles would never be a problem. Kyle was to prepare a speech for graduation.
Graduation day, I saw Kyle. I could see that he was about his speech. So, I patted him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!" He looked at me with one of those (the really grateful one) and smiled. "Thanks," he said.
As he started his speech, he his throat, and began. "Graduation is a time to those who helped you it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach.... but , your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best you can give them. I am going to tell you a story."
I just looked at my friend with as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. " , I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."
I heard the go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom and Dad me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I it's depth.
Never underestimate(低估) the of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life. For or for worse. Friends are angles who lift us to our feet when our wings have remembering how to fly. .
A．decided B．called C．took D．agreed
A．classmates B．neighbors C．friends D．students
A．hoped B．chosen C．forced D．supposed
A．sure B．nervous C．eager D．curious
A．manners B．impressions C．interests D．looks
A．raised B．cleared C．swallowed D．felt
A．thank B．understand C．assist D．please
A．get B．catch C．manage D．make
A．practically B．nearly C．mostly D．seriously
A．lesson B．request C．gift D．position
A．dislike B．disbelief C．disagreement D．disrespect
A．kill B．help C．direct D．dismiss
A．broken up B．put out C．set up D．cleaned out
A．Thankfully B．Unfortunately C．Actually D．Hopelessly
A．anger B．disappointment C．gasp D．terror
A．pointing to B．looking at C．appealing to D．aiming at
A．reach B．observe C．realize D．measure
A．power B．purpose C．reason D．reward
A．fairer B．longer C．better D．harder
A．time B．energy C．freedom D．trouble
完形填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31-45各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选
出最佳选项。
Many TV programs seem to be quite realistic (真实的). One 41 watches TV often feels that whatever happened in the film may as well happen 42 him. With only a little thinking, every man in the street may 43 to be a thief, or a spy (间谍), or a murderer. Jane had been watching a spy film at a friend’s home. In it a young girl had been 44 and killed. She felt a little frightened. She took a 45 back to the center of the city. There were a lot of people traveling with her, so she felt much 46 .
A man sat face to face with her, 47 a newspaper. She thought nothing of it 48 _ she saw him looking at her for a long time. Remembering the film and feeling 49 , she got off the train and went to the bus stop. When she got on the bus, she found he was following her. When she got off the bus, she was getting more and more nervous as there was 50 else in the street. She walked as quickly as she could. She could hear footsteps behind her, but she didn’t dare to look 51 her shoulder (肩膀). It seemed to have been hours 52 she reached the front door. She felt for her keys, but couldn’t find them. The 53 stopped behind her. She felt a hand on her shoulder. Instead of feeling hands round her neck, she heard a pleasant 54 : “ I am sorry 55 I frightened you. I thought I recognized you in the train, but I was not sure.”
41. A. he B. which C. whoD. she
42. A. to B. on C. upon D. in
43. A. look B. appear C. turn D. come
44. A. watched B. followed C. searched D. hurt
45. A. bus B. car C. train D. plane
46. A. safe B. more worried C. dangerous D. safer
47. A. reading B. looking C. seeing D. watching
48. A. when B. after C. asD. until
49. A. frightened B.puzzledC. excited D. surprised
50. A. someone B. no one C. anyone D. none
51. A. on B. for C. at D. over
52. A. before B. when C. as D. until
53. A. thief B. footsteps C. spy D. murderer
54. A. sound B. noise C. voice D. word
55. A. whether B. as if C. even if D. if