Despite the great progress in medical science, human beings are constantly attacked by cancer, which means death. A woman named Bonnie suffered a 36 of discomforts caused by the treatment of cancer. She didn’t regard cancer as a 37 disease, but a laughing matter. She treated it in a humorous way. To put it in 38 way, she is teaching people that even though cancer isn't 39 , we can treat it in a humorous way.
Her second child was going to be born three months away 40 she was diagnosed with cancer. Suddenly, a 41 mother turned into a helpless woman afraid for her own 42 . It was after she had had her baby 43 that she had an operation. 44 came chemo（化疗）and her life seemed to be made up of fears and 45 . But the 46 moment in her life came after she lost all her hair and a free wig(假发) arrived. She 47 it on as her older son Kyler watched.
“That was when I decided how to 48 it: crying over this bad wig or laughing about it. 49 way would make 50 remember it.” Bonnie said. She spent a lot of time looking for anything funny from cancer patients. She got a lot out of collecting 51 stories. She started laughing a lot, finding it the perfect medicine. Using herself as a bald (光头) model, Bonnie 52 to design her own greeting cards and calendars, making fun of the sufferings of chemo.
"To have joy, we badly 53 to laugh," she said.
Clearly, you can increase your confidence to 54 over any disease and trouble 55 laughing.
A．set B．way C．series D．pack
A．deadly B．seriously C．terribly D．fearfully
A．the other B．another C．other D．others
A．serious B．painful C．fierce D．fun
A．before B．when C．while D．until
A．happy B．sad C．fortunate D．sick
A．son B．illness C．life D．operation
A．made B．delivered C．attended D．opened
A．Here B．Later C．Thus D．Then
A．failures B．loneliness C．tears D．wonders
A．highest B．lowest C．great D．ugly
A．wore B．carried C．fastened D．tried
A．deal with B．do with C．go with D．meet with
A．All B．Any C．Either D．Both
A．myself B．my son C．everyone D．my husband
A．set out B．get down C．set about D．set down
A．need B．ought C．want D．long
A．think B．get C．run D．take
A．in terms of B．by the way of C．through the method of D．by means of
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分,满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中选出最佳选项。
Earthquakes are ____， and thousands of them happen each day．But most are too weak to feel．During a ____ earthquake, there is often a great noise first．Then the earth ____ terribly and many houses ____ down．Railway tracks break and trains go ____ lines; a great many factories are ____； thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes ．．．____ the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake ____， other disasters such as fires often ____．More buildings are destroyed and more ____ are caused．
It is well known of the ____ of a possible earthquake, and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes．More than 2,000 years ago, ____， a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng ____ a machine which could find out from which ____ the seismic waves had come, and this machine is still ____ by scientists today．Now we know much more about earthquakes and ____ they happen, but we still cannot ____ exactly when and where an earthquake will happen, and cannot ____ it from happening．So earthquakes are among the ____ disasters in the world．
No one can stop natural earthquakes．____， scientists can help stop earthquakes destroying the whole cities and causing too many deaths．
A．common B．familiar C．strange D．unusual
A．real B．small C．big D．weak
A．moves B．breaks C．jumps D．shakes
A．get B．fall C．set D．put
A．off B．behind C．into D．on
A．burst B．buried C．destroyed D．struck
A．Except B．Because of C．Instead of D．Besides
A．lonely B．itself C．themselves D．later
A．follow B．enter C．come D．copy
A．quakes B．results C．difficulties D．deaths
A．information B．problems C．dangers D．questions
A．as a result B．as well C．for example D．in fact
A．invented B．bought C．found D．discovered
A．country B．city C．way D．direction
A．improved B．used C．protected D．repaired
A．where B．why C．what D．when
A．speak B．point C．talk D．tell
A．make B．let C．stop D．prepare
A．worst B．fast C．most D．best
A．However B．So C．And D．But
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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If you think you are sick, you are sick no matter what says. , if you believe in your doctor, and if he tells that you are going to feel better, you probably will. The of the mind on the body does exist and sometimes can be powerful. It exists whether one is of it or not.
Take the of Mrs. Green, for example. She was unable to get to sleep at night and was too tired during the day to do some simple things that she enjoy doing. She had headaches more often which her from reading or watching TV. The more she thought about her conditions, she felt. At last she went to her doctor, whom she had known for years. The doctor listened to her and gave her a very examination. Then he said to her, “ There is nothing wrong with you physically, but I accept the fact you don’t feel well. I’m going to give you some pills that should help. I want you to one after dinner and one half an hour you go to bed tonight. Call me tomorrow and tell me you feel.
Mrs. Green telephoned, “Doctor, I had the first night’s sleep in two months. What is in this pills ?” The doctor said, “It is an old formula（配方） I have for years. Just taking them for a week.” Turning to the nurse, he said, “It’s wonderful what a little baking soda（苏打） can do.”
A．everyone else B．anyone else C．nobody else D．someone else
A．On the other hand B．As a matter of fact C．More often than not D．In other words
A．result B．cause C．reason D．effect
A．aware B．fond C．sure D．full
A．care B．cut C．case D．call
A．would B．could C．might D．used to
A．benefit B．allowed C．prevented D．forbade
A．the more B．the better C．the worse D．the less
A．hear B．see C．watch D．ask
A．thorough B．basic C．general D．main
A．serious B．special C．specially D．seriously
A．that B．which C．不填 D．why
A．eat B．take C．drink D．chew
A．when B．since C．after D．before
A．what do B．what C．how do D．how
A．The next day B．Later C．Shortly D．Tomorrow
A．bad B．terrible C．good D．right
A．at all B．on earth C．by the way D．for ever
A．sold B．written C．read D．used
A．keep up B．keep off C．keep on D．keep away
Four years ago, I went to the U. S. A. to improve my English. My plan was to be in Seattle for one month then go to Japan to study Japanese for （3） month. Once in Japan I felt I was lacking something and not my new life. I decided to return back to Seattle in search for new skills and training.
Upon my return to the U. S. A. I studied at a school for six months and while doing that I the community college market in Seattle. After costs, programs, distance to the city of Seattle and ，I decided to attend the Graphic Imaging and Printing Technology program by Seattle Central Community College.
I hold a four-year degree in Advertising； ，I thought that learning about printing give me the chance to gain hands-on experience and myself to the advertising industry in the Seattle area. This is exactly happened. Besides discovering an excellent field to adding my in advertising ,I was also offered a job by the International Education Department at the college. Then, the experience suddenly became more touchable and my decision to study in the U. S. A. started to make very good .
first as an office assistant and then as a member of the marketing team at the college gave me customer service, office, and very good advertising development skills. Within the first year of working at the college I had the chance my ideas and actually start to get them . The remaining two years as an SCCC worker opened up a new horizon in my life.
A．own B．first C．original D．private
A．and B．or C．while D．but
A．other B．another C．the other D．another one
A．get used to B．used to C．used D．used to live in
A．printing B．industry C．language D．marketing
A．researched B．searched C．looked D．entered
A．compared B．comparing C．judged D．determining
A．price B．conditions C．surroundings D．convenience
A．offered B．performed C．offering D．supplying
A．however B．then C．therefore D．yet
A．used to B．ought to C．would D．should
A．bring B．take C．introduce D．carry
A．which B．that C．as D．what
A．field B．enterprise C．study D．income
A．real learning B．true learning C．learning real D．learning true
A．go in for B．go back to C．get down to D．get along with
A．sense B．effect C．influence D．result
A．To work B．Working C．Having worked D．Being worked
A．carrying on B．to carry out C．showing D．to show
A．to produce B．to be produced C．being produced D．produced
Every summer a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the are in seasonal work，mainly connected with tourism and . The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the （3） of travel. You can pick grapes on farms in France ,entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are always jobs in hotels and restaurants.
But as far as they are ，it is not easy now to find work, “ you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few openings，” says Althea Ellis, an adviser on for students. “If you work with a family in Italy, you'll have to speak Italian. When you wash dishes in a restaurant in Par-is，the owner will expect you to speak . British students only have a language for jobs in the USA and Australia. ” enjoys the experience. Sarah James was employed to help forty American children in Europe. The two teachers with the children had never been . One child lost his passport and just after they ，another became seriously ill and was flown home. Even worse, the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the they made, and what's worse, Sarah herself was robbed on her only evening of the entire trip. “I did visit a lot of new places，” she says, “but it wasn't worth it. The pay was and it really was a 24-hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!”
“The trouble is，students expect to have time of it，” Althea Ellis points out. “ ，they see it as a holiday. In practice, ，you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual (临时的）work. You'll have a job when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy, you will be with the service. In other words ,you'll work if it's convenient for the company that employs you, otherwise it is . You have few employment rights. As soon as the holiday season ，they'll get rid of you. ”
A．work B．luck C．chances D．services
A．agriculture B．industry C．hotels D．restaurants
A．pains B．comfort C．difficulty D．excitement
A．asked B．said C．told D．concerned
A．If B．Unless C．Because D．Although
A．health care B．vacation work C．language studies D．tourist safety
A．Italian B．English C．French D．Spanish
A．chance B．ability C．possibility D．advantage
A．No one B．None C．Not everyone D．Everybody
A．abroad B．employed C．alone D．respected
A．settled in B．flew in C．ran in D．looked in
A．friends B．decisions C．noise D．damage
A．busy B．free C．tiring D．pleasant
A．nice B．reasonable C．fair D．poor
A．a hard B．an easy C．a demanding D．an adventurous
A．After all B．Worse still C．However D．Therefore
A．besides B．altogether C．though D．until
A．taken B．sent C．brought D．occupied
A．out of trouble B．out of date C．out of work D．out of the question
A．starts B．lasts C．goes D．finishes
Two years ago, I donated my kidney (肾）to my brother. I considered it a complete life-changing experience, not only for the two of us for the entire family. We ended up from surgery (外科手术）at a friend's home in Baton Rouge, LA. His to us was unforgettable. We had received so many . We had gotten food donation from so many people who us something beyond physical comfort.
Now my brother is back on his feet and is living life normal. Last April, he to give back to the community by money for the Medical Association through cycling 180 miles from Houston to Austin. I felt greatly moved, tears in eyes , that my kidney gave him a second chance in life and that he is now living beyond what he imagined to be. Recently, our mother suffered from breast cancer. she was the one who took care of me and my brother, we wanted to do something in her . My brother, my sister and
I are going to next year for the Cancer Society, my brother and I will be joining in the half marathon in honor of our mother and this will be our good chance to be kidney donation as well.
We during our surgery that several thou-sands die from kidney diseases every year. Patients would be on the list for kidney donation and end up in death because of the of kidney donors. If my brother and I can others to do the same thing I did, maybe more lives will be saved.
only I had more kidneys, I would do it again for other people.
A．and B．but C．so D．or
A．rebuilding B．reusing C．recovering D．reserving
A．kindness B．courage C．power D．manners
A．friends B．people C．patients D．doctors
A．devoted B．contributed C．delivered D．gave
A．against B．under C．beyond D．for
A．decided B．urged C．demanded D．insisted
A．earning B．lending C．donating D．raising
A．knowing B．expecting C．hoping D．reporting
A．future B．life C．success D．luck
A．If B．Though C．Because D．Before
A．place B．job C．health D．honor
A．run B．study C．cheer D．fight
A．as B．when C．while D．however
A．sellers B．collectors C．volunteers D．advocates
A．figured out B．found out C．learned from D．looked into
A．working B．waiting C．sending D．growing
A．delay B．common C．lack D．help
A．encourage B．support C．order D．affect
A．But B．Not C．Just D．If