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A．fashionable B．outdated C．hot D．popular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
Ⅱ 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30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。
Basketball is a sport enjoyed by millions of people. It began in 1891.
Dr. James Naismith, the father of basketball, was a teacher of a YMCA training 21 . It trained the people to work in YMCAs. Officials at the school were 22 about the low attendance during the 23 months. They felt that people didn’t attend then because the school did not have a good sports 24 in the winter. So they asked Dr. Naismith for help. He came up with a new indoor game.
Naismith studied games being played at that 25 . he found that the most 26 game was a ball. So a ball would be part of his new game, he decided. But kicking the ball or hitting it would be too rough for indoors. So he put two 27 up on the poles. The players have to try to 28 a ball into them. Naismith then made thirteen 29 for the game. Twelve of them are still in use today. Just seven years after the game began professional basketball teams were 30 . and that’s how basketball was born.
21. A. school B. game C. team D. club
22. A. interested B. worried C. eager D. dangerous
23. A. summer B. spring C. autumn D. winter
24. A. suit B. team C. progress D. program
25. A. game B. school C. time D. place
26. A. popular B. practical C. excellent D. skilled
27. A. bags B. baskets C. flags D. sings
28. A. push B. throw C. send D. kick
29. A. persons B. poles C. rulesD. balls
30. A. formed B. called C. dismissed D. stationed
第二节完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife．She burst into 36 ．I took them to the shoemaker to get them 37 ．
The young apprentice （学徒） glanced at the opening and said, " 38 I can do except replace the upper．" His master looked at them and said to me, "If you 39 me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．"
I was 40 and asked why．
He explained, "As if the openings were made 41 for the sake of special style and reuse．"
Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on 42 shoe, but all the openings were patched （打补丁） by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread, 43 more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but 44 the master's skill．
Another time, my wife's sister's white blouse had been torn, leaving a large opening on the back．My wife 45 the blouse carefully, and then said, "Let me take it 46 _ and mend it．"
Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and 47 thread and they 48 a look of ice crystal （冰晶） hanging from a winter's branch． 49 , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I 50 with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of 51 !"
"I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be 52 , but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife．
Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is 53 to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't 54 the existence of wound, you should not expect people's 55 by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful．
36．A．laughter B．cheers C．tears D．speech
37．A．made B．repaired C．decorated D．preserved
38．A．Anything B．Something C．Everything D．Nothing
39．A．trust B．inform C．appoint D．convince
40．A．annoyed B．confused C．disappointed D．discouraged
41．A．on purpose B．by accident C．in vain D．beyond control
42．A．neither B．any C．every D．each
43．A．remaining B．growing C．looking D．feeling
44．A．appreciate B．witness C．praise D．describe
45．A．delivered B．checked C．washed D．ironed
46．A．outside B．downtown C．home D．abroad
47．A．red B．white C．pink D．purple
48．A．took on B．put on C．decided on D．focused on
49．A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Anyway D．Besides
50．A．sighed B．signed C．greeted D．paused
51．A．cake B．art C．furniture D．jewellery
52．A．pretty B．attractive C．tough D．ugly
53．A．easy B．improper C．likely D．impossible
54．A．change B．imagine C．stand D．prove
55．A．respect B．friendship C．sympathy D．apology
第二节完形填空（共20小题：每小题1分，共20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。
Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 36__, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 37 and ill.
My father was 38 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 39 all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 40 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started 41 about life, and I told them about one of my 42.__ .I said that we must very often give things up
43 we grow—our youth, our beauty, and our friends— but it always 44 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 45 up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up 46 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn't think of anything to say. 47 , he answered his own question: “I 48 the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also 49 by his words. After that，when I began to feel irritated（愤怒的）at someone, I 50 remember his words and become 51 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 52 to give up my small irritations. In this 53 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I 54 what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one 55 .
36．A．
Afterwards B．Therefore C．However D．Meanwhile
37．A．tired B．weak C．poor D．slow
38．A．already B．still C．only D．once
39．A．took B．threw C．sent D．put
40．A．impossible B．difficult C．stressful D．hopeless
41．A．worrying B．caring C．talking D．asking
42．A．decisions B．experiences C．ambitions D．beliefs
43．A．as B．since C．before D．till
44．A．suggests B．promises C．seems D．requires
45．A．spoke B．turned C．cheered D．opened
46．A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
47．A．Surprisingly B．Immediately C．Naturally D．Certainly
48．A．had B．accepted C．gained D．enjoyed
49．A．moved B．amazed C．attracted D．warned
50．A．should B．could C．would D．might
51．A．quiet B．calm C．relaxed D．happy
52．A．ready B．likely C．free D．able
53．A．case B．form C．method D．way
54．A．doubt B．wonder C．know D．guess
55．A．award B．gift C．lesson D．word
III. 完型填空（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，然后从第36题至第55小题所给的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。
My grandmother became a widow in 1970. Shortly after that, we went to the 39 shelter to pick out a dog to keep her 40 . Grandma decided on a little dog with a reddish-brown spot above each eye. 41 these spots, the dog was named Penny.
Grandma and Penny quickly became very 42 to each other, but that attachment grew much stronger about three years later 43 Grandma had a stroke（中风）. Grandma could no longer
44 , so when she came home from the hospital, she and Penny were 45 companions.
After her stroke, it became a real 46 for Grandma to let Penny in and out because 47 was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. So a mechanism（机械装置）using a rope and pulley（滑轮）was 48 from the door to a handle at the top of the stairs. Grandma just had to pull the handle to open and close the door. If the store was 49 Penny’s favorite dog food, Grandma would make one of us 50 Penny browned beef with potatoes in it. I can remember 51 my grandmother by saying that she loved that dog better than she loved her family.
As the years passed, it was not 52 for Grandma and Penny to separate each other. If Grandma went to take her nap（打盹）, Penny stayed by her side until she 53 . As Penny aged, she could no longer jump up on the bed, so she 54 on the rug （垫子）beside the bed. If Grandma went into the 55 , Penny would walk along beside her, wait outside the door and accompany her 56 to the bed or chair. Grandma never went anywhere without her 57 companion by her side.
The time came when both my grandmother’s and Penny’s 58 were failing fast. After fifteen years of loving companionship, Grandma and Penny passed away within a few hours of each other.
39．A．animal B．toy C．fish D．bird
40．A．business B．firm C．company D．friend
41．A．In spite of B．Because of C．Instead of D．In front of
42．A．linked B．fastened C．attached D．tied
43．A．before B．while C．until D．when
44．A．think B．speak C．work D．walk
45．A．contrary B．content C．confident D．constant
46．A．problem B．question C．practice D．rule
47．A．the door B．Grandma C．the window D．Penny
48．A．repaired B．fixed C．bought D．loaded
49．A． out o
f B．ahead of C．away from D．apart from
50．A．show B．hand C．buy D．cook
51．A．drawing attention to B．making use of
C．breaking away from D．making fun of
52．A．necessary B．possible C．important D．convenient
53．A．recovered B．awoke C．slept D．screamed
54．A．rolled B．stood C．waited D．lay
55．A．kitchen B．bedroom C．living-room D．bathroom
56．A．back B．up C．off D．down
57．A．splendid B．remote C．faithful D．legal
58．A．smell B．health C．habit D．living
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，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Many years ago, when I was a man in my twen
ties, I worked as a salesman for a piano company．
We 36 our pianos all over the state by advertising in small town 37．Every time we advertised ,we 38 receive a reply on a postcard ,which said , “ Please bring me a new piano for my little 39．It must be mahogany ( 红木 )．I can pay $10 a month with my egg money．” Of course ,we could not sell a new piano 40 $10 a month . 41 her cards kept on coming．
A couple of years 42 , I owned my own piano company, and when I 43 in that area, the postcards started coming to me．For months, I ignored 44．What else could I do?
But then, one day I 45 to be in the area and have a mahogany piano on my little truck．I decided to look the old lady up. Though I knew that I was about to make a 46 business decision, I took the new piano in the house and placed it 47 I thought the roof would be least likely to let in rain on it．I told the old lady and the little barefoot girl to try to 48 the chickens off it, and I left sure I had just 49 a new piano!
But the 50 came in, all 52 of them as agreed, sometimes with coins．It was incredible! One day years later, I was in Memphis on other 51．As I was sitting at a bar having a drink, I heard the most beautiful piano music．I looked around, and there was a lovely young woman playing a very nice grand piano．She 52 at me , and when she took a 53 , she sat down at my table．
“Aren’t you the man who sold my grandma a piano a long 
time ago?”
My Lord, it was her! It was the little barefoot girl! I 54 remembered．I did have to go as soon as possible because men don't like to be seen 55 in public．
36. A. made B. sold C. fixed D. delivered
37. A. books B. villages C. shopsD. newspapers
38. A. would B. may C. must D. can
39. A. son B. child C. granddaughter D. baby
40. A. with B. for C. to D. on
41. A. And B. So C. Therefore D. But
42. A. ago B. later C. before D. past
43. A. worked B. went C. advertised D. succeeded
44. A. it B. them C. thisD. that
45. A. happened B. decided C. started D. wanted
46. A. great B. wise C. good D. terrible
47. A. when B. there C. where D. that
48. A. feed B. keep C. leave D. drive
49. A. given away B. put off C. sold D. thrown away
50. A. payments B. money C. possessions D. postcards
51. A. time B. chance C. business D. matter
52. A. looked B. stared C. laughed D. smiled
53. A. breakB. bread C. drink D. list
54. A. slowly B. suddenly C. carefully D. excitedly
55. A. exciting B. talking C. crying D. speaking