I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I ’m left 36 . Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other 37 ？
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, 38 children from different races and religions played and studied 39 in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone s 40 from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and Iwas an Indian Hindu——we just 41 our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice，well 42 or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we'd 43 the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to 44 the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his 45 .
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail s family later returned to their village, and I 46 touch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I 47 my destination. The driver acknowledged my 48 but did not move off. Instead, he looked 49 at me. “Raddar?" he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号). I was astonished at being so 50 addressed (称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two 51 we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something 52 to describe.
If we can allow our children to be 53 without prejudice, they'll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be 54 their side through' thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and 55 we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, 44we happy few, we band of brothers".
A．interested B．pleased C．puzzled D．excited
A．parties B．cities C．villages D．races
A．why B．which C．how D．when
A．together B．around C．alone D．apart
A．drop B．throw C．move D．roll
A．refused B．made C．sought D．accepted
A．paid B．meant C．preserved D．treated
A．explore B．search C．discover D．desert
A．get through B．deal with C．come across D．take away
A．arrival B．choice C．effort D．company
A．lost B．gained C． developed D．missed
A．stated B．ordered C．decided D．chose
A．attempts B．instructions C．opinions D．arrangements
A．anxiously B．carelessly C．disappointedly D．fixedly
A．familiarly B．strangely C．fully D．coldly
A．departures B．months C．years D．decades
A．possible B．funny C． hard D．clear
A．them B．themselves C．us D．ourselves
A．from B．by C． with D．against
A．still B．otherwise C．then D．instead
III. Reading Comprehension (35分)
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Billions of people across the world use cell phones. Though cell phones can be wonderful, liberating tools of 50 , freeing us from the confines (界限) of an office and providing more leisure time, they often do the exact 51 . Cell phone use has 52 the line between work and non-work time, increasing stress and tension within families and between friends. As Eric Slate, author of Technoslave commented in his essay: "It seems the more ' 53 ' we are, the more detached (不相连的) we become."
There is a risk of being too connected. While I was hiking in Spain, I got 54 a few times. I saw new sights and was surprised by 55 landscapes and towns I wouldn't have otherwise come across. Back in the US, whenever I got lost, I would always call a friend for 56 on my cell phone. With a cell phone, you're less 57 to go down the wrong street and see new things or unexpectedly meet new people.
So, when I recently returned home to Burlington, Vermont, I 58 my cell phone and traded in an old, rusty bike for a regular landline telephone that was connected to the wall and everything. Now, I go outside and don't make a phone call or check my phone. 59 , I've seen things in my neighbourhood I 60 noticed before, like a big flower garden around the block and artwork and sculptures down the road. Now that I'm not __61___ my cell phone, I've met new people on the street and at the supermarket, started 62 with neighbours I haven't spoken with before and talk with my friends face-to-face instead of over the phone. .
Instead of 63 me from the world, getting rid of my cell phone has helped me become more in touch with my community. I am no longer a 64 of my cell phone.
50. A. information B. communication C. learning D. exchange
51. A. opposite B. same C. wrong D. right
52. A. misused B. limited C. troubled D. confused
53. A. affected B. separated C. connected D. satisfied
54. A. exhausted B. disappointed C. lost D. attracted
55. A. inaccessible B. unexpected C. familiar D. similar
56. A. attention B. destination C. direction D. action
57. A. eager B. likely C. willing D. interested
58. A. made use of B. hung up C. got rid of D. got hold of
59. A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Instead
60. A. once B. often C. never D. ever
61. A. happy with B. crazy about C. glue to D. aware of
62. A . interviews B. arguments C. visits D. conversations
63. A. isolating B. saving C. protecting D. removing
64. A. fan B. master C. friend D. slave
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，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town, saying that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole world. A large crowd 36 and they all admired his heart, for it was 37 .There was not a mark or a flaw (瑕疵) in it. They all agreed it was38 the most beautiful heart they had 39 seen. The young man was very 40 and boasted (自夸) more loudly about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man 41 at the front of the 42 and said, “Your heart is not as beautiful as mine.” The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart. It was beating43 , but it was full of 44 . It had places where pieces had been 45 and other pieces put in, but they didn’t46 quite right and there were several rough and pointed edges.
The people stared. “How can he say his heart is more beautiful?” they thought. The young man looked at the old man’s heart and laughed. “You must be 47 ,” he said. “Compare your heart with mine. Mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes, yours 48 perfect, but I would never trade with you,” said the old man. “Every scar 49 a person to whom I have given my love. I50 a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the 51 place in my heart, but because the pieces aren’t 52 in shape, I have some rough edges, which I53 .They remind me of the love we shared. So now do you see what true 54 is?”
The young man was moved. He stood there silently with 55 running down his cheeks.
36. A. stoppedB. cameC. agreedD. gathered
37. A. cleanB. exciting C. happyD. perfect
38. A. probably B. trulyC. likelyD. luckily
39. A. never B. seldom C. everD. sometimes
40. A. proudB. regretful C. happyD. angry
41. A. appeared B. criedC. showed D. listened
42. A. manB. crowd C. streetD. town
43. A. quicklyB. strongly C. slowly D. heavily
44. A. tearsB. waterC. scarsD. love
45. A. burntB. changed C. removedD. cut
46. A. placeB. fitC. jumpD. see
47. A. jokingB. tricking C. dreaming D. playing
48. A. looksB. smells C. sounds D. feels
49. A. explainsB. helpsC. presents D. represents
50. A. tear down B. turn down C. tear out D. throw out
51. A. cleanB. scaryC. emptyD. painful
52. A. normal B. bigC. fine D. exact
53. A. wantB. dislikeC. fear D. value
54. A. kindnessB. happiness C. beauty D. love
55. A. waterB. sweatC. tearsD. Blood
第二节：完型填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)
Recently I was invited to a friend’s house for supper—and had a meal I have never had before.
All the friends invited were a little 36 . It’s not that Ben is unsociable, or a bad cook, but it’s just that he never 37 more than he has to. So how come he was inviting us round for a meal? Had he bought something 38 for his friends? He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dining room where a 39 table was waiting for us. “Nothing but the 40 for my friends! ” said Ben. We all sat down and looked 41 at each other—what was he 42 ?
Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup. “It’s a 43 of carrots, potatoes and tomatoes, ”said Ben. The next 44 was also a little strange 45 we didn’t quite know what it was again. “It’s just another mixture of vegetables. ”
As we ate we chatted and finally the 46 turned back to what we were eating. “Was there a recipe(菜谱) for this, ”asked Marina, “or did you 47 it up? ”Ben put his fork down. “What I cooked 48 what I could find. ”Marina was surprised. “But you can find anything in supermarkets these days. ”“But there’s 49 choice in what you can find 50 supermarkets, ” he replied.
51 that we had all finished the food, Ben decided to tell the truth. He had read recently that supermarkets usually 52 away 5 percent of their food every day. So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins. There he found food that was slightly out of 53 , boxes of thrown-away vegetables and fruit.
So Ben had 54 provided a decent meal for his friends, and made us aware of the fact that there are many poor people who need the food, but the amount of food thrown away is enough to 55 millions of people.
36.A. excited B. disappointed C. surprised D. delighted
37.A. takes B. spends C. uses D. does
38.A. cheap B. special C. practical D. usual
39.A. new B. separate C. booked D. laid
40.A. freshest B. most C. best D. least
41.A. nervously B. carefully C. sadly D. happily
42.A. in for B. up to C. away from D. out of
43.A. mixture B. liquid C. matter D. dish
44.A. courseB. food C. soup D. salad
45.A. in thatB. on condition that C. in case that D. so that
46.A. dinnerB. idea C. food D. subject
47.A. pick B. look C. make D. take
48.A. referred B. depended on C. lay in D. resulted from
49.A. less B. more C. some D. any
50.A. within B. beyond C. inside D. outside
51.A. Feeling B. Seeing C. Realizing D. Thinking
52.A. store B. move C. throw D. hide
53.A. order B. place C. season D. date
54.A. successfully B. possibly C. hardly D. hopefully
55.A. enrich B. please C. affect D. Feed
第三节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1．5分；满分30分）
阅读下面短文，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。
Jessie's Glove
I do alot of management training each year for the Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores．21 the topics we discuss is the retention （保持）of quality employees -- a real challenge to managers when you consider the pay scale （薪水标准）in the service industry．During these discussions, I asked the participants, "What has caused you to stay long enough to become a manager?" Some time back a new 22 took the question and 23 said, "It was a $19 baseball glove．"
Cynthia told the group that she 24 took a Circle K clerk job as an interim （过渡时期）position 25 she looked for something 26．On her second or third day behind the counter, she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie．He needed a baseball glove for Little League．She explained that 27a single mother, money was very 28 , and her first check would 29go for paying 30．Perhaps she could buy 
his baseball glove with her second or third check．．
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store that 31 as an office．Cynthia 32if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the day before．She was concerned and confused．
Patricia handed her a box．"I overheard you talking to your son 33 ," she said, "and I know that it is hard to34things to kids．This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how 35 he is, even though you have to pay bills36you can buy gloves．You know we can't pay good people like you as much as we would like to; but we 37 ca
re, and I want you to know you are important to 38．"
The thoughtfulness, sympathy and 39 of this convenience store manager demonstrates vividly that people remember more how much an employer 40than how much the employer pays．An important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove．
| 21．A．Of 22．A．employee 23．A．loudly 24．A．originally 25．A．during 26．A．larger 27．A．to 28．A．small 29．A．have to 30．A．calls 31．A．worked 32．A．imagined 33．A．yesterday 34．A．introduce 35．A．important 36．A．after 37．A．can 38．A．him 39．A．love 40．A．has |
B．Among B．student B．quickly B．generally B．while B．easier B．for B．low B．like to B．bills B．regarded B．wondered B．last week B．instruct B．helpful B．Before B．do B．her B．expectation B．Does |
C．In C．manager C．slowly C．mostly C．after C．better C．like C．useful C．stick to C．meals C．looked C．realized C．today C．explain C．hopeful C．when C．have C．us C choice C．cares |
D．about D．teacher D．angrily D．recently D．until D．Safer D．as D．tight D．attend to D．Education D．served D．doubted D．just now D．speak D．wonderful D．since D．need D．them D．wish D．says |
完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
Travel in most of Europe is easy. An agreement between the 15 European Union countries in 1995 means that citizens from most European countries can travel across borders without needing a visa.
Each of the 12 countries that has 36 its own currency (货币) to accept the euro has its own 37 . So how have these countries been able to 38 ? And how has each country prepared for the birth of this new currency? Firstly, many people in Europe, 39 in west Europe, speak English. The European Convention on Human Rights says that all people have a 40 to learn and use their traditional language.
But at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, the official language for all business is 41 . And every European country requires students to study English for many years at 42 . Other languages may be offered, too. But English is a 43 .
"If I meet someone, I try Spanish. Then I try 44 . And if it's not 45 , I say "Hello". That' s the signal, and we communicate no matter what country we come from." Said Maria Ortega, a ski instructor in the Pyrenees, 46 French and Spanish are mainly used.
Each country has its own 47 culture. Though the French may be famous for their 1,000 types of cheese and the Greeks are known to 48 olive oil on everything, most people in Europe like 49 strong coffee on their breakfast table. Another drink is held 50 throughout the continent. Europe's vineyards(葡萄园) may be famous, but the real drink of Europe is 51 . Europeans consume tons of it.
Football, of course, also helps to 52 all of Europe. Many fans are obsessed (着迷) with 53 and with international stars. David Beckham, of England' s Manchester United, is a hero to Europeans in the same 54 that Michael Jordan is to 55 .
36. A. given up B. ended up C. agreed with D. started with
37. A. money B. right C. border D. culture
38. A. meet B. unite C. travel D. accept
39. A. specially B. generallyC. particularly D. normally
40. A. chance B. right C. wish D. place
41. A. French B. German C. English D. Spanish
42. A. school B. work C. home D. table
43. A. subject B. tool C. needD. must
44. A. English B. French C. German D. Greek
45. A. listening B. spoken C. working D. heard
46. A. as B. where C. since D. whose
47. A. food B. art C. drink D. life
48. A. add B. spread C. spend D. put
49. A. a kind of B. a lot of C. a cup of D. a taste of
50. A. in common B. in general C. in needD. in special
51. A. beer B. wine C. coffee D. soup
52. A. attract B. tie C. play D. watch
53. A. opera B. bread C. music D. football
54. A. direction B. level C. way D. game
55. A. basketballers B. British C. athletes D. Americans